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David Gilmour — So Far Away
Album: David Gilmour
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Released: 1978
Length: 5:58
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Why am I suspended here?
Should I kid myself that I have no fear?
I get no choice, I just have to wait
It may already be too late

I don't know what's going on
She is here, but I am gone
I am gone

My love is lying here
She's far away though she looks so near
''"Time will tell,"'' she says to me
When a warm coat is all I need

Her peace of mind, her strength of will
It will come, she's sure it will
But how can I put my mind at rest?
I feel I'm coming off second best

And I'm cut with my own knife
Is this a dream or is it real life?
Oh, sleep, come o'er me soon
I can't bear this lonely room

Look at that head lying there
The room is dark, she shows no fear
I'm lying still, my eyes are wide
My heart is pumping, I'm still alive

I'm still awake against my will
What will it ever take to still
This burning in me?

And I'm cut with my own knife
Is this a dream or is it real life?
Oh, sleep, come o'er me soon
I can't bear this lonely room

Sleep, come o'er me soon
I can't bear this lonely room
Sleep, don't take too long
Can't keep singing this lonely song

Ooh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, oh, ooh, ooh

Sleep, come o'er me soon
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 mrandrew wrote:

Ooooooph.  Dave, dont quit your day job.{#Nyah}



 
But this IS his day job. Looks like he's done fairly well at it too.
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]

Ooooooph.  Dave, dont quit your day job.{#Nyah}


Posted 14 years ago by mrandrew    [ Reply ]
...now this is a rarity to hear...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
An incredibly talented man. And just a horrible songwriter.
 

...half right 'horton'....you must be hearing a 'who'....

The man's a terrific songwriter 'ya meathead!!
Posted 14 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
It is Gilmour...and HE is Great......

 
Posted 14 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
Superb CD
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
The nostalgia of this song is what does it for me. Love the solo! True Gilmour at his best. 
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
An incredibly talented man. And just a horrible songwriter.
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]

David Gilmour - "Coming Back to Life" Live Royal Albert Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCSFz_YycYA
Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

Gilmour and Wright by ~valentina85
©2006-2010 ~valentina85

Concerto David Gilmour, Firenze.
On An Island Tour

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood. 

 

exactly, yet the imbie aged stoners all drink the kool-aid
Posted 14 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
positively soporific. wake the f*#k up Gilmore!
Posted 14 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
He sounds like Elton John on this one. Only the backup vocals give it away, since they're always the same.
Posted 14 years ago by gregormiz    [ Reply ]
FlatCat wrote:
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood.
 EssexTex wrote:

My sympathies....you need a career change{#Wink}
 
       ,,,,made my day,,{#Lol} !

Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]

David Gilmour & Pete Townshend - "Love on the Air" Live (1985):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTN699XZ8ZI
Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Love this!!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood. 

 

maybe so, but there's always tomorrow...
Posted 15 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
FlatCat wrote:
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood.


My sympathies....you need a career change{#Wink}
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Anything from this album is very good. Thx Bill!  
Posted 15 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood. 

 

Ha, good comment...but I still enjoy Gilmour
Posted 15 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
David Gilmour's guitar work always sounds so beautiful to me. Very classy fellow that David.
Posted 15 years ago by maroubra    [ Reply ]
An entire career made from one lugubrious tempo, one dreary mood. 

Posted 15 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]


B.B. King & David Gilmour - "Eyesight to the Blind" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNHFX8Dua4


Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Are you all deaf? This is great.{#Notworthy}
Posted 15 years ago by Mike_Sneade    [ Reply ]
 DoctorHooey wrote:
Strange that I love solo Gilmour but detest late sans-Waters Floyd. Must be the production. This sounds so crisp and full, while the late Floyd stuff is so overblown and plodding, with that snare reverb that lasts a half hour. This stuff just soars.
 
My theory is that when he goes solo he's just being himself, which is great, but when he's doing the post Waters PF thing they're trying too hard to make it Floyd-esq.  They mimic the form, but lack the substance.  As far as I'm concerned PF was Gilmore and Waters and a great support cast; A whole that was greater then the sum of the parts.  Without Waters it's a group of talented guys, but simply the sum of the parts.  (Although they did put on a kickin' show.)

Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]

Plays just as well now as it did 30 years ago. I wonder how much of today's music will be able to listen to 30 yrs from now.



Posted 15 years ago by faust13    [ Reply ]
Boring and repetitive. I much prefer the old Floyd from the '70s.
Posted 15 years ago by ceviche    [ Reply ]
KINDA WHAT BJRUBBLE SAID - NOWHERE OUT OF HERE IS THE CLOSEST TO A PROPER DG TRACK
Posted 15 years ago by Pablo13    [ Reply ]
 ihategrapejuice wrote:


coding_to_music wrote:
Piano from Joni Mitchell's "River" ? WTF! ?


YES, definitely! I just heard that as well. Strange.
 
It amazes me how some of you can hear stuff like that.  I wish I could just listen to, compose, perform, and record music all day!

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
{#Yes} redeyespy wrote:
Excellent. Has aged splendidly.
 


Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
gotta pass on this... sorry
Posted 15 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
 bjrubble wrote:
Blah.  Not bad, but disappointing knowing what Gilmour is capable of.

David Gilmour is like this plutonium-powered super guitar machine.  Put some crazy unstable power source in front of him (like Roger Waters) and he turns out the most incredible sound you've ever heard.  But then Waters decided that the proper form of self-expression for plutonium is an uncontrolled detonation out in the desert somewhere, and ever since then there doesn't seem to be anything that can properly power the Gilmour machine.  So he idles along in low-power mode, most of his systems dark.

Maybe someday we'll discover another way to generate the power necessary to run the Gilmour machine at full power.  One can only hope...
 
i think i need a map.
Posted 15 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Blah.  Not bad, but disappointing knowing what Gilmour is capable of.

David Gilmour is like this plutonium-powered super guitar machine.  Put some crazy unstable power source in front of him (like Roger Waters) and he turns out the most incredible sound you've ever heard.  But then Waters decided that the proper form of self-expression for plutonium is an uncontrolled detonation out in the desert somewhere, and ever since then there doesn't seem to be anything that can properly power the Gilmour machine.  So he idles along in low-power mode, most of his systems dark.

Maybe someday we'll discover another way to generate the power necessary to run the Gilmour machine at full power.  One can only hope...

Posted 15 years ago by bjrubble    [ Reply ]
 smdeeg wrote:

Too true. He has a good voice and uses it well. Certainly something to be proud of. But he's done godlike work on guitar. He's never sung as well as he's played. Not my favorite song of his. Kind'uv prefer "There's No Way Out of Here".
 
I'm with you on that comment.

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Piano from Joni Mitchell's "River" ? WTF! ?


YES, definitely! I just heard that as well. Strange.

Posted 15 years ago by ihategrapejuice    [ Reply ]
Strange that I love solo Gilmour but detest late sans-Waters Floyd. Must be the production. This sounds so crisp and full, while the late Floyd stuff is so overblown and plodding, with that snare reverb that lasts a half hour. This stuff just soars.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
I love this CD...I just bought it cause my vinyl copy is worn..

Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
He's got a great voice, which doesn't get much love since everyone speaks to his guitar playing prowess. I think he sounds both soothing and intimate. And it's a nice song.
Too true. He has a good voice and uses it well. Certainly something to be proud of. But he's done godlike work on guitar. He's never sung as well as he's played. Not my favorite song of his. Kind'uv prefer "There's No Way Out of Here".
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
big_gare wrote:
Hey, I actually own this great piece of vinyl. Makes me want to take it out & play it again!
Some things should stay on vinyl. I don't mean that as an insult to this...quite the opposite. The ritual of unsleeving an album, handling it oh so carefully, cleaning it, making sure the tone arm is balanced and finally you get to sit back with eyes closed and listen. Concept or prog rock albums of the past lend themselves so well to this and just lose that bit of magic when all you have to do is push a button or two.
Posted 16 years ago by CafeRacer    [ Reply ]
There's something of Comfortably Numb and Dogs guitar job, I think... far better than the deadly boring "On an Island", anyway...
...on an island has grown on me, actually...while it was decidedly underwhelming on first listen, there's some nice depth to it which takes several listenings over a goodly span of time to mature and present itself...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
big_gare wrote:
Hey, I actually own this great piece of vinyl. Makes me want to take it out & play it again!
It is a great piece of vinyl. His next solo work, "About Face," is also really quite good. There was a short film made about his touring for these records, called "Beyond The Wall."
Posted 16 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
First time I hear that. There's something of Comfortably Numb and Dogs guitar job, I think... far better than the deadly boring "On an Island", anyway...
Posted 16 years ago by mapomo    [ Reply ]
Hey, I actually own this great piece of vinyl. Makes me want to take it out & play it again!
Posted 17 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
One often forgets about his solo work, prior to On an Island, but he was doing some amazing stuff way back in between Animals and The Wall.
Posted 17 years ago by mjwstickings    [ Reply ]
More_Cowbell wrote:
His best solo work! Fantastic!
Anyone know who else is standing behind him on the album cover?
Posted 17 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
themotion wrote:
Ok it's settled, Gilmour is the greatest rock guitarist ... ever.(IMO)
I'll buy that.
Posted 17 years ago by poopypants    [ Reply ]
His best solo work! Fantastic!
Posted 17 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Ok it's settled, Gilmour is the greatest rock guitarist ... ever.(IMO)
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Tedious high school slow dancing... ...with a nice voice and good guitar work.
Posted 17 years ago by goatshow    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
He's got a great voice, which doesn't get much love since everyone speaks to his guitar playing prowess. I think he sounds both soothing and intimate. And it's a nice song.
Totally agree.
Posted 17 years ago by renlat    [ Reply ]
Love, love, love Gilmour's guitar!
Posted 17 years ago by jadedragon    [ Reply ]
He's got a great voice, which doesn't get much love since everyone speaks to his guitar playing prowess. I think he sounds both soothing and intimate. And it's a nice song.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Wow, I haven't heard this in many years. I may have to dust off the vinyl and slap it on the turntable. Good choice.
Posted 17 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
I love this song... Good solo by him, as well.
Posted 17 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
This has always been an amazing song. And frankly, this has always been my favorite solo album by him. Its good to see it getting airplay.
Posted 17 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
Goes from 8 to 9!
Posted 17 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
Piano from Joni Mitchell's "River" ? WTF! ?
Posted 17 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Excellent. Has aged splendidly.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
pretty amazing how you can recognize David Gilmour without even knowing the song... this prompted me to start the webpage and check ... and discovered an album I did not know yet. Great! Thanks RP
Posted 18 years ago by donmatthews    [ Reply ]
I've always loved this album.
Posted 18 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
first side of this album was always a favorite to blast at 3 a.m. after a night of revelry, waking up the rest of quad/dorms back in the college days.
Posted 18 years ago by Tombanjo    [ Reply ]
What am I suspended here? Should I kid myself that I have no fear? I get no choice, I just have to wait It may already be too late I don't know what's going on My heart is pumping, I'm still alive I'm still awake against my will What will it ever take To still this burning in me? Man, does this song sing my life! Love this.
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
My fav PF member. Consistent quality over his entire career. LOVE THIS!
Posted 18 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
This album was released in 1978. I don't think this is the strongest song on the CD. I do love his guitar solos, though! It had been so long since I had heard this song, I was hoping it was something from his upcoming solo effort. I'm looking forward to hearing some new songs from David, who, IMO was the most incredible musician IN PF.
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
madtowner11 wrote:
Floyd is my all-time favorite band and I never even considered that Gilmour had solo stuff out there. Love this.
He has been doing solo stuff for a while - my personal favorite is Murder, try to find it, you won't be disappointed.
Posted 18 years ago by DarkStar    [ Reply ]
This is the first time I've heard this song, since I don't own the album. I've got to say, it's a pretty mediocre effort. The more-frequently played song from this album, "There's No Way Out Of Here," is far better.
Posted 18 years ago by Gribnif    [ Reply ]
He has a new album coming out soon. Hope to see some here.
Posted 18 years ago by Dylan76    [ Reply ]
*Long time fan remembers she could never get this album because she used to live in Brazil and it was a rare import that no one had.* Click! I bought it!!! Thanks for reminding me of the power of the internet RP.
Posted 18 years ago by mafe    [ Reply ]
This is pretty, but it definitely reveals that perhaps Gilmour was not PF's strongest lyricist...these couplets make me giggle. (here comes the guitar solo, though, so all is forgiven)
Posted 18 years ago by chillynne    [ Reply ]
Floyd is my all-time favorite band and I never even considered that Gilmour had solo stuff out there. Love this.
Posted 18 years ago by madtowner11    [ Reply ]
Always a fan of Gilmore, he always struck me as the creative force behind PF IMO.
Posted 18 years ago by DarkStar    [ Reply ]