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Old 04-12-2006, 06:25 PM
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Re: Gilmour the Floyd Bassist???

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Originally Posted by imageten
Ok, where are you getting the idea that Gilmour wrote comfortably numb? Do you own a copy of the album? It was COWRITTEN by Gilmour, not written by him. Look at the credits.

Gilmour wrote the music, Waters wrote the lyrics. Gilmour composed the music near the end of the sessions for his 1st solo album in 1978 (there are demos of this around on the web), but didn't include it...perhaps it wasn't mature enough yet. When The Wall came around, Gilmour fought to get his music compositions (CN, Run Like Hell, Young Lust) included on the album.


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