[Drew68]

His personal fortune from a hugely successful career in music has been estimated at $122 million.

Gilmore has been giving away lots of money lately. I remember reading here on FR about a year ago that he was "downsizing" and giving his wealth away to charity. Unfortunately, I could not find the thread in the archives.

[martin_fierro]

I really, really used to be into Pink Floyd's music.

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

[wardaddy]

Gilmour sems like a middle aged English gentleman in interviews and quite composed and articulate and kind.

Arguably the best guitarist in rock history to get the most sound from the least chops. Haunting.

I still love his work. He still gets sort of choked up when talking about Syd's cliffdive from sanity.

[11th Earl of Mar]

We should donate a plaque for the wall of the shelter:

Come on in dead boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far."

[ConservativeDude]

Pink Floyd's Gilmour Gives Walls to the Homeless

sounds like another brick in the wall to me, all in all

[stop_fascism]

That's nice, but 5,880,000 / 400 = 14,700. Wouldn't it be easier just to give them checks?

[SJSAMPLE]

Exactly what HAS been achieved in New York? The homeless have returned (after an eight-year absence) and multiplied. Any attempts to remove their blight from the streets have been met with lawsuits. They're still there, committing more crimes than ever.

[bigfootbob]

You have to respect this guy for putting his DOUGH out there unlike the parasite Bono and his ilk that wants our money to make them "feel" special.

[P.O.E.]

Bump from a long time Floyd fan. I agree with other posters that "Animals" is overlooked, but I must add that so is "Meddle". Echoes is my favorite track from them.

[OOPisforLiberals]

Re: Roger Waters

As musically brilliant as Roger Waters is (and he is -quite- brilliant) he is a HUGE liberal. Huge huge huge. Amused to Death is tour de force of bleeding heart (hah) whining.

That said, both Amused to Death and Pros and Cons of Hitchiking are fantabulous albums. They are impossible in that I thoroughly love listening to them while at the same time am disgusted in the back of my mind at the message. Weird.

As for Floyd's overlooked albums : The Final Cut is like the much cooler cousin of The Wall

[nunya bidness]

Slacker. Tone? You think you've got tone?

Gilmore squeezes more out of passive single coils than your host of humbuckers.

Hands down the best solo he ever did was "On the Turning Away". It's up there with Clapton's "In the Presence of the Lord." And certainly on par with Moore's Les Paul chops.

Anyone who can take advantage of the Strat's fast attack but low sustain while allowing the sound to resonate is a confident player.

Me. I'll stick to outboard gear and pray for the day I can afford a PRS. A man's got to know his limitations.

[montag813]

"I've seen what has been achieved in New York and am passionately behind this London project,"

Haha. I live in New York, and have also seen what this has "achieved", which is to say nothing. There is a law requiring "homeless" be given housing, and what housing it is. Middle class folks would love to have such housing. It has "achieved" so much that young people, many students, are streaming in from other states, posing as homeless in order to get the freebies.