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Originally Posted by JohnGalt
The Gilmour disc is good? I like Floyd, more so after Roger Waters departed and I also dig Gilmour's first two solo discs though I wasn't overly impressed with my first listen to On an Island. The fact that he performs that album in its entireity is the only thing that's held me back on this one.
I miss John Lord more than Richie in Deep Purple. Morse is a significantly more talented musician than Blackmore <ducking>, his solo stuff and his work with the Dixie Dregs are both just outrageously cool. I've always hoped they'd put out a DVD of that tour they did a few years back with Satriani on guitar but I suppose that would offend the sensibilities of nearly all Deep Purple fans other than myself.  |
The Gilmour Blu-ray is good, I wasn't a big fan on On an Island either but it works better watching it performed then listening to the CD. And hearing Echoes done is great. Gilmour did a live DVD a few years ago called "In Concert" which I love a lot more just for the performance. There isn't any solo stuff on it and he does most of it on acoustic guitar except for the Comfortably Numb solos and the second half of Shine on You Crazy Diamond. But it is a much more intimate performance with a scaled down band.
I have not kept up with Deep Purple as I didn't really like anything after Perfect Strangers but do you mean they still perform without Lords or Blackmore? That is just wrong if they are.
I have no issue with Moore being a better musician, just a preference of styles. As far as Satriani has a few DVD's out there (G3, Stratch Tapes) so always possible that he gets a future release but maybe not with Purple.