Crossover Music, Easy Listening, & Light Classical

[Condobloke]

 

[Brickwizard]

 

[Condobloke]

Stellenbosch University Choir - Wikipedia

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[Condobloke]

 

[wizardfromoz]

Here's a rendition of Chisel's "Flame Trees" from Sarah Blasko.

 

[Brickwizard]

Nostalgia time, this hit the charts around 1969/70 [around the time I started doing my bit as frontman] it always brings back good memories

 

[Condobloke]

 

[wizardfromoz]

I adore Dave Gilmour, love his music and his voice.

He is also to thank for discovering and mentoring the inimitable Kate Bush.

What I didn't know, is that he has a daughter with a musical bent as well, a different stringed instrument, the harp. I shouldn't be surprised...DNA.

Here is Romany Gilmour with her Dad.

 

[wizardfromoz]

And another one with the Gilmours.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

And we also have Matthew Gilmour, David's son (4th born of eight children)

 

[Condobloke]

All his kids

Alice Gilmour – the firstborn who chose a completely private life.
Clare Gilmour – born during The Wall era, yet living far from fame.
Sara Gilmour – a fashion stylist and editor who found her own voice in Milan’s style scene.
Matthew Gilmour – a musician who battled cancer, survived, and released his own album.
Charlie Gilmour – David’s adopted son who went from prison headlines to acclaimed author of Featherhood.
Joe Gilmour – an award-winning theatre director shaping the UK stage world.Gabriel Gilmour – a creative actor and designer who even appeared on Downton Abbey and the cover of David’s 2024 album.
Romany Gilmour – the youngest, a rising singer and harpist who now records and performs alongside her dad.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

Leaps and Bounds

 

[Condobloke]

David Gilmour, Yes, I Have Ghosts. A beautiful song, Lyrics below

[Verse 1]
The heat of the sun stayed on through the night
Made spectres of strangers, playing games with my sight
I passed through the station, a face in the crowd
The whistle was blowing, the barrier came down
There was my baby in another's embrace
I called out her name in shame and disgrace

[Chorus]
Yes, I have ghosts, not all of them dead
Making dust of my dreams, spinning 'round and around
Around in my head

[Verse 2]
Train on the tracks, teeth of the zip
The slider moves down, we were joined at the hip
Stealing the groove, the widening gap
Unfastening rails from a past with no map

[Chorus]
Yes, I have ghosts, a fleeting sight
It's always the living that are haunting my nights

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Where is the sweet soul that you used to be
Gone like a thistle that's blown on the breeze
I guess when it's over, this haunting will end
The waiting, the baiting, my killer, my friend
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[Chorus]
Yes, I have ghosts, not all of them dead
And they dance by the moon
Millstones white as the sheet on my bed

 

[KGIII]

adore Dave Gilmour, love his music and his voice.

He actually has a guitar technique named after him. It's known as the 'Gilmour bend'.

Hmm... I'll let this guy explain it. That'll save me some time and effort.

(I'm only here sporadically today.)

 

[Mike-BTU]

He actually has a guitar technique named after him. It's known as the 'Gilmour bend'.

Thanks. I've been watching David Gilmour for a couple of years now. IMHO, there's no other guitar picker like him.

I love this enough to want to pick up a guitar again. However, my fingers are probably too old to get a thick enough callus for it.

"When I was a child I practiced bending... / My fingers swelled just like two balloons..." (Comment on YouTube ;-)

 

[KGIII]

Thanks. I've been watching David Gilmour for a couple of years now. IMHO, there's no other guitar picker like him.

I love this enough to want to pick up a guitar again. However, my fingers are probably too old to get a thick enough callus for it.

"When I was a child I practiced bending... / My fingers swelled just like two balloons..." (Comment on YouTube ;-)

It's never too late to play. I've shared some of my work in the past. I'm a classical guitarist by training, though I've been paid to perform pretty much anything but classical guitar. There was a period in my life when I needed the money. It didn't pay well, but it fit into my schedule, or could be forced to fit into my schedule. I'd eventually no longer need the money, but I kept performing.

I'm now more or less retired. It has been a little bit, as some aspects of my life are kept private, but I have a band that is willing to let me come sit a few sets whenever I want.

 

[Mike-BTU]

I adore Dave Gilmour, love his music and his voice.

What I didn't know, is that he has a daughter with a musical bent as well, a different stringed instrument, the harp. I shouldn't be surprised...DNA.

Here is Romany Gilmour with her Dad.

Daughter or granddaughter? He seems to have a lot of "daughters" not very far apart in age. And I'm sure he's not a polygamist.