Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away - Delicate Sound of Thunder

"On the Turning Away" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

[alexdias]

when the time machine will be invented I will go to all the pink floyd concerts.

[dennisneo]

This solo is what to me makes him the best electric guitarist ever.

[cdeoustech]

I almost cried when I watched this. My father was one of the sound engineers on this tour.

[MixedMediaInk]

"On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand

"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"

It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known

Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord

Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside

Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?"

[tyfrey_]

Okay everyone talks about his guitar playing( which is fucking phenomenal) but seriously, Gilmour sings like an angel. I honestly always preferred him over waters.

[elenakinsley]

I've always felt that David's DSOT tour work was his most melodic - and the solo here is another example of that. GOOSEBUMPS.

[duanehill]

My late father bought me this album when i was 15, which started my love for rock and metal music. My father turned me into a rocker for life. I hold him close to my heart and still miss him loads to this day.

[robpriest]

Those of us that were there know how sublime this concert was.

[wackywriter]

sounds like an anthem
It's just that powerful

[kevnar]

Gives a whole new meaning to the term Seven Minutes in Heaven.

[bobbiejean]

I have loved Pink Floyd for as long as I can remember. I'm 61 and listen to them in the car, break times at work and in the evening. What can I say, their music relaxes me. I work in the medical field. I need relaxation.

[giuliograndi]

Goosebumps and feelings almost bringing me to tears every time I listen to this... So touching...

[paulauvray]

Magic band,  fantastic David Gilmour and beautiful Rachel Fury !!!

[gilsonnatalguimaraes]

Masterpiece performance when the world's top band teams up with the sexiest backup singer in Rock

[gabo-guerrero]

A million years have passed and i'm still in love with Rachel...
A timeless masterpiece. David's solo should be tattoed in the soul of every guitarist.
Thanks for the upload...

[lucafrezzini]

has a strange effect revisit this show and this song after so many years, brings me back to a period of many years ago when we were younger, the pink floyd had returned biggest ever, brings me back to a state of mind and reminds me forgotten memories and smells of that time. I think it's the power of great songs like this.just a bit 'of melancholy of the past ....

[SuperJffry]

This is the best version of this song
Hands down

[TTTREECLIMBER]

Richard Wright the genius of Pink Floyd with his amazing keyboard compositions and synth layers of sound holds it all together. See you on the wind Richard.

[cesarsanchezguerra]

Extraordinaria sinfonia, una belleza sublime de Pink Floyd, grande David Gilmour.

[pierreboileau]

I'm turning 44 this year and I've only recently started to listening to Pink Floyd and this is by far my favorite song! It gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it! It's a shame it took me so long to discover Pink Floyd but I'm grateful that I did...amazing musical masterpieces are what they created!!