Pink Floyd's David Gilmour gets honor from Queen Elizabeth

AP ^ | 11-8-03

[steppenwolffe]

LONDON (AP) - Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour received an honor from Queen Elizabeth II, before joking that the monarch was probably not his greatest fan.

"I suspect that if she has listened to Pink Floyd it has been one of her children or grandchildren playing it and she is more likely to be the one to say 'turn it off,' but I do not know her taste in music," said Gilmour, 57, after he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in a ceremony Friday at Buckingham Palace.

Gilmour received the honor from the queen for his services to music after a 30-year career with the rock group, which recorded classic albums including "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall."

"She said Pink Floyd had been doing it for a very long time and I had to agree," he said.

Gilmour also has recently turned to charity work, donating $7.5 million to the homeless charity Crisis.

Others honored included pianist Jools Holland, 45, who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for his services to music. The former Squeeze keyboardist rose to fame after playing gigs in pubs in London's East End.

"I would not have believed that music would bring me such a great honor and I think it is wonderful as it can encourage other musicians to see where things can lead," Holland said.

Gilmour and Holland were among several Britons named in the queen's birthday honors list in June. There are a series of ceremonies throughout the year to bestow the honors, largely selected by the government.

[CrazyIvan]

No, and with my ears that's a good thing! There would have been a lot of dented hulls and dead whales!

[GreenLanternCorps]

He's now formaly addressed as: David Gilmor CBE

The Mosr Excellent Order of the British Empire was founded in 1917. It is the newest of the British Crown's six active orders of chivalry. (Three more no longer have apointments made to them) If I recall correctly, it has four degrees:

Member: MBE (The four Beatles got this in the 60's)
Commander: CBE
Knight Commander: KCBE
Knight Grand Cross: GCBE

(I'm doing this from memory, but I think I got the four ranks right.)

[RightWingNut]

I as lucky enough to see Roger Waters in concert when he toured the U.S. GREAT SHOW !!!!!

I hopw I don't have to wait another 12 years for him to tour the U.S.

By the way, Gilmour is an incredible guitarist. One of the best ever, but grossly under-rated.

He shoud be in anyone's top 5. (Clapton, Hendrix, Towhshend, Gilmour, and perhaps the late Duane Allman or Steve Vai, or Ingwae Malstein ? I know the spelling is wrong, but that can't be checked with spellchecker !!)

[Brian Mosely]

Have you seen this? It is incredible.

[CholeraJoe]

*ping* for a Pink Floyd lover.

[Senator Goldwater]

I have seen that, and it is.

Dave Gilmour is one of the most underrated of the guitar greats of the sixties and seventies, and is very deserving of commendation by his monarch.

Here's to you, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna far--

You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try--

They're gonna love you.

[Senator Goldwater]

The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,

and everyday,

the paperboy brings more.

[Senator Goldwater]

Steve O'Rourke RIP

[Delta 21]

I remember a special on Showtime with Les Paul, David Gilmour, Eddie VanHalen, Steve Miller and a few more. It was a great show.

Gilmour is one of the best.

[RightWingNut]

That would have been a great show !!!

[Senator Goldwater]

http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/pics/dgmbe.jpg

[MarkL]

From what I've read, DG is a really decent guy, and has done a lot of charity work, mostly behind the scenes.

As for his music, he's one of the few guitarists who you can almost always identify. He's not particularly showy or flashy in his playing, and unlike many of today's guitarists, he can get more emotion and feeling with what he doesn't play than what they do!

He's got an amazing sense of time and great style on the guitar. BTW, for a real treat, you might want to check him out on his (mostly) acoustic solo performance DVD, "David Gilmour in Concert." It's really something else.

Mark

[PGalt]

Saucerful of Secrets - Careful With That Axe Eugene...Bump

[tutstar]

you guys shook some cobwebs and I had to google.......

2 videos here
http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/main.php?flash=present&quicktime=present

shine on you crazy diamond
comfortably numb

[secret garden]

Thanks bunches. How about a nice earworm?
So welcome to the machine...

[CrazyIvan]

"Oh, by the way.....which one's Pink? "

"Syd Barrett!"

Sorry, Momentary lapse of reason.

[wku man]

I'm not sure where he fits into my Top___ list, but for a long time I've said he's the most underrated guitarist alive. He was so refreshing to listen to back in the eight-finger tapping, 2,000,000 note a minute 80s. He could play one note, the right note, for 16 bars, letting the rest of the music change around that one note, and do more than Yngwie, Jeff Watson, Paul Gilbert, Brad Gillis, or any of those hair band sh**birds. Where the hell are they now? Listening to Dave Gilmour, just like us!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[secret garden]

You left Stanley Jordan and Eric Johnson off the list.

[Jhensy]

If you had told me in 1972....

[CholeraJoe]

How's about an other:

The Dogs Of War

Pink Floyd

Dogs of war and men of hate

With no cause, we don't discriminate

Discovery is to be disowned

Our currency is flesh and bone

Hell opened up and put on sale

Gather round and haggle

For hard cash, we will lie and deceive

Even our masters don't know the webs we weave

On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world

Invisible transfers, long distance calls

Hollow laughter in marble halls

Steps have been taken, a silent uproar

Has unleashed, the dogs of war

You can't stop what has begun

Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion

We all have a dark side, to say the least

And dealing in death is the nature of the beast

On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world

The Dogs of War don't negotiate

The Dogs of War won't capitulate

They will take and you will give

And you must die so that they may live

You can knock at any door

But wherever you go, you know they've been there before

Well winners can lose and things can get strained

But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain

On world, it's a battleground

One world and we're going to smash it down

One world…one world