Pink Floyd officially declared 'over'

[Dukkha]

http://www.nme.com/news/pink-floyd/22156

David Gilmour ends all speculation
Pink Floyd guitarist and co-frontman David Gilmour has declared the band officially "over".

Rumors have abounded that the rock giants would reform for a tour in the near future after their successful reformation at Live8 last summer.

After recent newspaper speculation that the group would play a series of London dates later this year, Pink Floyd issued a statement denying this would happen. But the door hadn't closed completely - until now.

Speaking in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica Gilmour said: "The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.

[Giant Robot]

1. I believe I will have a drink tonight

to say goodbye to an old friend.....

[eyesroll]

2. So the reunion was basically ex sex?

:shrug:

[DS1]

3. It's about time

while appreciate bands moving on in life and changing their styles, Floyd just veered towards junk imo

[Hissyspit]

4. Just replace Gilmour with Syd Barrett. n/t

[kay1864]

5. Like we needed Gilmour to confirm that...

Reality is, Pink Floyd was over in 1985, when Roger Waters left. After that they were Fake Floyd. Their post-Waters "music" was :puke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Have you not heard 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason'?

Great album. In particular, "Learning to Fly" and "On the Turning Away" are marvelous.

Roger Waters is God, but David Gilmour ain't no slacker.

[bbernardini]

9. One of my favorites!

No, it's not Roger Waters spending another hour lamenting about his dead father, but there's some fine tunes on there. "One Slip" is one of the greatest pop tunes ever.

[kay1864]

12. Yes. Yes, I have, unfortunately.

"Learning to Fly" is a one-dimensional song. Listen to the lyrics. It's about, um, someone learning to fly.

Wow. How deep.

Waters, OTOH, wrote lyrics that have layers of meaning, often bordering on poetry.

That album doesn't even begin to compare to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall, or even Animals.

Gilmour is an extremely gifted guitarist, a virtuoso. But he falls flat when it comes to songwriting. For that you need Roger Waters. Otherwise it just ain't Floyd.

[skygazer]

13. Agreed

There were some good guitar licks in there but the lyrics were pedestrian at best. Floyd was always very much about lyrics and depth. But I must say that Waters' solo stuff lacks the lovely instrumental layers that Gilmore brought to Floyd as well as the nuanced poetry he himself was writing with Floyd. It's more long free-form rants with some flashes of the old genius.

It was a fabulous collaboration, greater than the sum of the parts. I personally think it's best this way, though. I'm not really into trying to recapture what's already been.

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. Ahh, well...

It was good while it lasted. ;(

[Dukkha]

8. It's best to bow out now

At their ages they don't have a whole lot to contribute artistically. They could get away with performing though being the nature of their music. The Stones come off as a sideshow gimmick being old folks pretending to be young bad boy rockers.

This way they ended on a high note at Live 8 and all are amicable at best with each other.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. It'd kill me to see them doing 'Money'

during halftime at Super Bowl Many Letters — especially since it'd be the old AM version with "Don't give me that do-goody-good bull----."

Absolute rubbish, laddie! *smack*

[WeRQ4U]

10. Better now than later.

I was afraid someone was going to break a hip.