David Gilmour The Piper's Call

[Keith Jordan]

Now you have had time to listen the the track, potentially a few times, how would you rate David Gilmour's latest single The Piper's Call?

https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/davi ... nouncement

[Jimi Dean Barrett]

A lot less poppy than Rattle That Lock or even Blue Light don't think about the dancers in boiler suits don't think about- Gah! Too late!
Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.

[battra]

It makes me want to buy the record.

[Annoying Twit]

Oh darn. I didn't see this thread before posting on another thread.

[flashback]

It doesn't matter bro, just glad to see ya here

[Annoying Twit]

It doesn't matter bro, just glad to see ya here

Thank you.

[Yucateco]

As nearly all Gilmour songs it is ok-ish if you don´t pay attention to the lyrics. Musically nothing really surprising, nothing really bad. Nothing I will remember in three months probably.

[battra]

I'm excited for the new album.

Any time new music is out it's a good thing. Especially when the records are full of new songs.

[Eclips]

IMO this song got better in each listen. I'm really curious about the new album now.

[mosespa]

My favorite thing about "Rattle That Lock" was that it didn't at all sound like a retread of "On An Island," it sounded like a progression. To me, this song sounds like a natural progression from "Rattle That Lock."

I would say that Gilmour is charting a path forward rather than resting on his laurels. Which we would all probably be somewhat okay with, so long as it wasn't complete dross.

[Annoying Twit]

I agree that the song gets better each listen. (And even as my first listen went on).

Also, while I think it isn't in my top 5 Gilmour songs, I think it's a solid song that adds to his oeuvre.

[PooF]

...a solid song that adds to his oeuvre.

Not to mention his canon of work. Maybe not quite standard repertoire level, though.

[Jimi Dean Barrett]

Official lyric video uploaded tomorrow at a quarter past five in the afternoon. https://youtu.be/koBGT0lsPGY?si=ae839ZJCgLUnFlhT
You can set a reminder in the link.

[battra]

...a solid song that adds to his oeuvre.

Not to mention his canon of work. Maybe not quite standard repertoire level, though.

Metallica has released three stellar studio releases in a row, and whilst all of them have some great songs, there's not a single top five song amongst them, and that's fine.

Those records are bangers, like Pink Floyd and Alumni, they have released some top five all time songs in their genre.

I love On An Island and David Gilmour ST, but I wouldn't even call those top fives and that's fine too.

[K2+]

I gave it a three.

I had listened to it a couple of times when it was first released, and had no desire to listen to it again until the album comes out, but i gave it another listen before responding to this thread.

I don't think it's a track I would skip when listening to the full album, but it really doesn't grab me in any way. The guitar solo at the end is disappointing.