On March 6th, David Gilmour turned 75, and to celebrate this special date, the Wikimetal revisited the musician's discography, selected some of our favorite songs by the Pink Floyd , and asked readers which one is their favorite.
“Comfortably Num”, from the album The Wall (1979), won with 39% of the votes, surpassing the classics “Wish You Were Here”, from the album of the same name (1975), which received 19% of the votes, “Time”, from the album The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) which received 18% of the votes, and “Dogs”, from the album Animals (1977), which received 12% of the votes.
The winning song was composed by Gilmour and Roger Waters , who wrote the lyrics. “Comfortably Numb” was released as a single in 1979 with the B-side “Hey You” and is famous for its two flawless guitar solos.
Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time in 2004 at number 314 and in Guitar World's list of best guitar solos .
See the full results of the poll below and click here to participate in the new Wikimetal !
What is the best Pink Floyd song written by David Gilmour?
- "Comfortably Numb", from the album 'The Wall' (1979) (39%)
- "Wish You Were Here", from the album 'Wish You Were Here' (1975) (19%)
- “Time”, from the album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (1973) (18%)
- “Dogs”, from the album 'Animals' (1977) (12%)
- “Breathe”, from the album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (1973) (6%)
- “Learning to Fly”, from the album 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' (1987) (3%)
- “Fat Old Sun”, from the album 'Atom Heart Mother' (1970) (2%)
- “Fearless”, from the album 'Meddle' (1971) (1%)
- "Not Now John", from the album 'The Final Cut' (1983) (1%)
- “Young Lust”, from the album 'The Wall' (1979) (1%)
