David Gilmour Between Two Points - A strange choice for a single?

Check out my review of David Gilmour's new single Between Two Points!

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[CedricsSpecialLP]

People are approaching this album the wrong way. Gilmour isn’t trying to break the charts or to make the next masterpiece of an album. He is a 78-year-old musician who wrote a bunch of songs and just wants to release them. He is not trying to make a record that is on par with Pink Floyd. If you are not interested in it, don’t listen to it! It’s that simple. (This comment is NOT targeted at Bjorn, but instead at other people in the comments).

[bujin]

I like this new song more than the first one he released. I think Romany has a really nice voice. Everyone is comparing her to other singers, and for me, she sounds a lot like Dido, who I listened to a lot in the early 2000s. I see in the comments that some people aren't happy with the direction Gilmour is taking, but for me, he's 78 years old and has spent over 50 years entertaining people. I think he's earned the right to make whatever music makes him happy, and if other people like it too then great. If they don't, really they should stop whinging and move on. Plenty of other artists out there, and the complaining isn't going to change anything.

[hangingon]

Been listening to PF my whole life. Caught 2 shows of the Division Bell tour, they played the DSOTM in its entirety at one. This song may be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life. Her voice is angelic.

[emptypromises]

I've read many complaints about the solo on this song being clunky and badly played. I don't think so! I think the solo is very fitting to the song's theme of being insecure, feeling hopeless, sad and left behind. Some of the last few notes are not really in tune, which captures and conveys that feeling very well.
Those are my two cents anyway.

[jennellhill]

I can't get enough of this song! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[DepressedCapitalist]

Hi. I liked this song a lot. The "apathy" of the melody and her voice creates a Mazzy Star mood. It's very intimate and emotional. The lyrics are great. As for Gilmour, he seems laid back, trying not to be too present in the song. The solo is ok, the sound is interesting and kind of unique for Gilmour, but I have to agree that his licks, his bends and phrasing are more of the same. And, although you can''t run away from your style, you can certainly add things or venture into new licks and techniques. This is not the case here. Still, I prefer this song to the first single. That introspective sound is very well made. Cheers from Argentina.

[tw]

I freaking LOVE this song. Love playing over it also.

[victimj]

This song grabbed me the first time I heard it! Got to see & hear it live at MSG. Romany has a beautiful voice and on this one she comes off almost haunting. Hope it's not my last GIlmour show and they do more together in the future?

[SN.LurkinG]

I actually really love that David is evolving his music even at this age, still distinctly Gilmour once you hear the solo but with a fresh take. I always welcome more inspiration from the man. The solo tone was terrific, I got myself a ChaseBliss Warped Vinyl to try to replicate the modulation... on a side note I actually really enjoyed Rattle That Lock, Faces of Stone is very fun to play

[ibernato]

i listened the longest version on amazon music, it is really better than video version. 1 minute and half more, a longer solo. I love more every time I listen

[JPablo-hhoq]

I think Dave's playing serves to the song on this take. A soft and mellow kind of sound and solo to blend with Romany voice's.

[chrishealton]

Song gives me Mazzy Star, 90s dream pop vibes. Kind of wish David would try some shoegaze. His playing definitely lends itself to that type of sound.

[pablo.romero]

DATA: It's a cover from The Montgolfier Brothers' "Between Two Points". A sad song from 90's. he author died in 2020 (Roger Quigley at 51).

[olivarionline]

Actually I think he's trying to launch his daughter's singing career before he bows out of the scene. So it's the single not so much for its musical qualities but to maximise the exposure of his daughter to the business knowing the song will have millions of listens as a single.

[murraymusic]

I like the song and appreciate that DG at nearly 80, is looking to do something fresh rather than just churn out the same-old same-old till the day he dies....

[neildobson]

He can do whatever he wants. He's a bonified legend.

[thebreakfastmenu]

The Black Cat Strat seems like David's new "signature" axe. I wonder if it has the same pickups or if he's swapped them for anything, because that neck pickup is THICK.
I have seen that one of his black Strats got the EMG treatment to replace the Red Strat.

[brianshank]

Bjorn, congratulations on the awesome new Airbag record!

[tut]

I've wanted to thank you for years. I was looking at your site about 15 years ago and I got out of guitars. Now I'm 55 and I built my version of the Gilmour Red Strat with a Floyd Rose and the Black Strat. Added an EMG 81 humbucker to the red one which has the EMG Total Eclipse black pickups and pickguard from DSOTM 50th. Black guitar has an SSL-5 and two SSL-1s. I want a 69 pickup though. When I got back into guitars a few months ago I looked for your site. Still there all these years later and now You Tube. Thank you so much for all the years and I appreciate your work so much. I have a Boss GT6 pedalboard and also use amp modeling with studio speakers in a studio apartment. All of your advice is a blessing man. Thank you so much

[neilphillips]

Hes great. She's great. Thought the solo was beautiful. Both Romany and that solo keep playing in my
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