The TRUE Story Behind David Gilmour's Legendary Pink Floyd Solo
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2024
- Session Guitarist powerhouse, Lee Ritenour, talks playing guitar on Pink Floyd's "The Wall", and reveals that he was brought in to write the ending to one of Pink Floyd's greatest guitar solos. This video is one part of our upcoming "The Guitarist Behind..." interview with Lee Ritenour - please subscribe and turn on notifications so you know when the full interview releases!
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Host/Producer: Mason Marangella
Guest: Lee Ritenour
Videographer: Ricky Chavez
Video Editing: Mason Mejia
Co-Production/Design: Mason Mejia
Audio Editing: Hunter Harrison
#leeritenour #pinkfloyd #thewall #theguitaristbehind #anotherbrickinthewall - Hudba
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I love all of your posts and have been a subscriber for quite a while. I ALWAYS benefit from watching. I just downloaded the first track that’s been released from the Brasil LP. I live in the LA area, and if I can ever be of assistance, please let me know.
Dude, this is an awesome channel. Instant sub. Please take this as a comical compliment but I'm sure I can't be the first to say you remind me a little of Chris Farley doing his hilarious bit on SNL....Hey Lee....remember,,,,,when,,,, that one time,,,,when you played that on guitar solo,,,,,on that one record, by that one guy? Remember that?.....yeah, that was cool!😆😆😆
Great video!!
Lee's "Rio" record was one of my favorite jazz acoustic guitar records. Great playing!!
This is great. I've listened to Ritenour's records for years. It would be great if you could do an interview with Jay Graydon!! @vertexeffectsinc
What an insanely humble dude, couple with immense talent. The guys been everywhere and can pass on so many insights. Hearing him talk about the sessions he was involved with has been so cool, no bragging or upstaging, just the experiences of an absolute operator.
Love Rit, what a legend
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These interviews are treasures. We spend our lives listening to these great musicians and songs and getting a peek under the hood is a treat.
You must be a truly wonderful person if you are using automotive expressions when talking about guitar playing.
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Absolutely
Lee and I had the same guitar teacher, Duke Miller, when we were kids back in 1965
The year I was born, +/- a week or so from Jerry Garcia naming his band Grateful Dead 😁
Wow...great life story....love it. Thanks for sharing man
❤ we talk about it in the full video interview! Be sure to stay tuned!
Lee should write a book about all these stories
I'd read it
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That solo is one of my favs of all time. texture, dynamics, brilliant fit into the track. genius.
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It reminds me of Chris Farley when the interviewed Paul McCartney
That was AWESOME!
Ya remember, that one time...
Thought the same thing!
Totally! 😂
Hopefully a little more coherent and less nonsensical
If you haven't heard it, check out Lee Ritenour's album from back in the day called Captain Fingers. Really great jazz-funk fusion album!
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@@VertexEffectsInc It sure as hell is one I still listen to and play
Dolphin Dreams , Captain Fingers ,..isn't she lovely (bill champlin vocalsl)
"He got up so high he had nowhere to go... He ran out of room but he still had another four bars to go."
Fantastic.
Always thought they should make a guitar with a neck out the other side as well.
@@chrisjordan4210 Haha. Awesome.
@@chrisjordan4210At one time there was a guitar I think it was made by Dan Electro that had 36 frets. Never caught on though.
@@jimshunamon2512 It must have been a monster.
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I love that Rit is just constantly noodling, even unplugged. He's the real deal. Also, what a great smile he has!
I thin he's pretty hardcore ADHD, like so many artists.
I am the opposite, I find it very disrespectful to the interviewer. But I've seen lots of guitar players do this...
I find it a bit irritating when people can't talk normally whilst a guitar is in their hands
James Hetfield does same thing. It’s weird
@@9ineToe I do this myself as well. My guess would be it would often have something to do with a neurological aspect of the person rather than them being callous towards others.
Been a big fan of Lee's for decades now and have seen him live 4 times. A true American guitar icon who not only can rip but also can play backing very unselfishly. A true musicians musician.
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The guy just can't stop noodling around i love it ! 🙂
Guitar is just his language.
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Mason and Vertex crew delivering big time on these recent interview. Great stuff guys!
Wow, thanks so much!
Years ago I read where David Gilmour stated that Lee played the rhythm part on 'One of My Turns' because he couldn't figure out a part for it.
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You scooped Rick Beato on this interview. Lee has some great stories and I learned a lot listening to him. Liked and subscribed. Keep these type on interviews coming!
I think Rick would have much different things to talk about, and still does. We really just focused on Lee's session career. A smarter person would ask him about his incredible solo career as a Jazz artist.
Its all good bro. Your interview style is par with Beato. Your manner with the guest is top drawer, as is your knowledge.@@VertexEffectsInc
I studied guitar in LA in the early 80s and the talk at the time was that Lee played the solo on “Another brick in the wall”. This clears that up! Great interview!
Thanks for watching and stay tuned for the full 1.5 hour interview with Lee (that this is clipped from), releasing next week. Be sure to subscribe so you're notified!
And who played Mother's solo?
Not so fast...I still have trouble believing that's not Lee on the record, and here's why. At the time, I went to every show Lee did in LA. The second I heard 'Another Brick in the Wall' for the first time on the radio, I immediately exclaimed " that's Ritenour!", even though it seemed ridiculous at the time. I heard no rumors at all. It didn't even make sense to me that he would be asked to play on a Pink Floyd record...but I knew. Fingers don't lie. I asked Lee about it one night at the Roxy in Hollywood, and he reluctantly answered "I finished a solo that Gilmore started". Maybe Gilmore is an expert mimic, but I still have my doubts. Just like I instantly know when I hear Robben or Larry doing a solo. The fingers are our voice.
Heard this rumor too
Robben Ford did a couple of leads on the Kiss album Creatures of the Night
I discovered Lee Ritenour less than 2 years ago, and these session stories are really something!!! I am amazed at his guitar talent and even more about his versilitility crossing the lines of genres. I really love his live albums. This guy is a non-stop music extraordinaire!! 🎸
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I love this - and David has been really honest about this. Regarding One Slip on MLoR: I remember hearing him say: I had ideas better than what I could do and was always happy to call somebody who could make it perfect.
Yeah. A great example of not letting ego get in the of the bigger picture (in this case, the music).
As fantastic a guitarist (and all round musician) as Gilmour is, he also acknowledges his limitations and is more than comfortable letting someone else play certain parts if it is to the benefit of the song.
That's a skill that most people, musicians or otherwise, would be well served to take on board
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Lee was a huge influence on my journey. I bought any and every record that had his name on it. His first three solo records; First Course, Captain Fingers and The Captain's Journey were mind blowing both because of his playing and because of his writing. Brother's Johnson Strawberry Letter 22 is a great example of his chops. I wanted a Mutron Bi-Phase for years because of him. I have one now. Thanks Mason for this.
Hi Tom, was that Lee playing the lead break with all the echo on the Strawberry Letter track?
@@glennmorrissey2529 I believe it was. Pretty amazing solo.
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Confirms my haunting suspicions that great music comes from many minds.
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Only in popular music because popular musicians are Very limited, in superior music, erudit, music is a one Man one mind because they were true geniuses.
All your interviews are pure gold !! Thanks for doing this. Much Love from Indonesia
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Wow. Amazing. I had no idea he was even involved in those albums. And to hear how he had a part in shaping some of that classic solo blows my mind
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His mention of Barry Gibb . Legend amongst legends .
Yes! The artist with so many lives!!!
❤ Yes, we got into the Bee Gees more in the full interview. Stay tuned!
Just a great revealing interview. And Rit, such a humble, down to earth guy for such a HUGE career and notoriety.
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Your work with these videos has been brilliant, Mason. I can't wait for the full interview!
❤ thanks for watching Ben!
Steve Lukather said he recommended Rit because Gilmour couldn’t play what he heard in his head, Luke described as “real Baroque shit”
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I''m a huge Lee fan and once again, Mason, terrific interview. You did your homework, as usual.
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What a great interview! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great production value and content here as always, thanks Mason!
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Wow, mind blown 🤯, thx Mason, this really shows how important collaboration can be…
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Thank you for a wonderful interview.
Just an awesome score to get Lee Ritenour AKA Captain Fingers in this full-length interview! The story of the great session players really IS the story of popular music throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's (and beyond). LOVE it! 🔥🙏🏻❤
Gilmour said in an interview One of my turns is one that Lee played on as well ! Run like hell is another that Lee has played I,ve read somewhere!
Yes, indeed!
"as well"?? he didnt play on "Another brick on the wall part 2". he is not sitting here saying that he played on. only that he influenced the outcome @davidnorman4923
Fantastic interview!
Riveting and illuminating interview of an extremely modest Ritenour, he must have been one of the specialists 80's version of the Wrecking Crew ...
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Great to see and hear Lee talk about this session. He was and is the best of the best! It's interesting... after watching this interview I can definitely hear Lee's style influence on those tracks. Pretty cool!
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Really interesting interview, thanks!
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My favorite Rit song is "Captain Fingers". It's my favorite use of guitar synth. It's still a guitar, not trying to be something else.
Great example!
This is amazingly revelatory!!!!!
Thanks so much for watching!
So fascinating. Thank you both!
❤ i musically adore Lee Rittenour. Funny Jeff Picaro played on pink Floyd‘s mother.
Hey, we've met from "Basics of Baroque improvisation"
@@aadityakiran_s ❤️I was JUST on Baroque’s channel! Nice to see you. I went from homeskool to the Freddy King tribute with Billy Gibbons, Derek trucks, Dusty Hill, and Joe Bonamassa to Ted Green to Baroque and now here again here.
@@SeeCSeesCC There's an interview with Robben Ford out on "That Pedal Show". Seen it?
@@SeeCSeesCC Thanks for watching!
@@VertexEffectsInc ❤️ I so enjoy your channel
Magnificent, great work Lee! Nice stuff.....
Great interview & music, thank you!
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I’ll be damned….!! Go Lee!! These interviews are pure mind blowing.
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What a gentleman! Great stories. Thanks.
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I was 20, and that album was the only thing on my turntable for months. I loved learning about the post-WW2 social pressures in English schools from my best friend Mike Wyatt, as it added another dimension to The Wall.
And, I love learning this aspect -- gives me new insight into the musical influences, or, as Mr. Ritenour calls it, the scene.
Very cool. Thanks to both of you for your knowledge and memories!
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Phenomenal interview with Rit. Legendary.
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A fan of Lee's since the 90s
Fascinating. Thoroughly enjoyed this Mason.
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Collaboration is a well established tradition in music. Many go unnoticed and it is a sad thing in my eyes. I enjoy the work of these artists.. I love the work the wrecking crew immensely.
Man you guys are killing it with these session legend interviews! Would love to see Lukather, Ray Parker Jr, Jay Graydon, and all those aces from the golden studio days on here. Great job 👏
The Ray Parker Jr interview which is a great one was done three months ago.
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This channel really stands out, for quality and depth of content, in contrast to many just based around click bait-thanks Mason, for an invaluable insight, into the workings of a monumental band and record and an elite session player,too.
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Great interview.
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Great!! More of that stuff, please!!
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Lee Ritenour (along with Pat Metheny) is my biggest influence on guitar since the 80’s. I just can’t count how many thousands of hours I spent hearing and watching his amazing, superb playing. More recently, Dreamcatcher captured me in a way I can’t describe. What a fantastic musician!
Another story I've heard about The Wall album is that the drums on "Mother" was played by the late Jeff Porcaro.
That is correct. The way I heard it is that Mason just wasn't feeling those time signature changes, and was happy to step aside and have Jeff do it.
That is true. Apparently they didn't have enough time to record it and Nick Mason didn't feel comfortable with the time changes so they called the 'session guy' in.
Yep
Jeff was a great drummer, makes sense!
These stories by session musicians are great. Rock history told by those who made it.
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I was "initiated" to fusion/jazz music by a friend when I was in my teens (80's). Since than, I just loved his music.
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Lee Ritenour is a Legend ❤ loved this interview.
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i had no idea also! i’ve been following Lee since the 70s and lived in the South Bay.
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This is the 3rd guy you’ve had on that mentioned working at our studio… when it was Producers Workshop!
It seemed to be the place to be!
Fascinating stuff! Lee is such a consummate musician.
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Fabulous Mason, fascinating once again !
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Photo at 1.30 is at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, I was there and will be in London in October 2024
This is so great! Many years ago I had heard about another guitar player contributing to this album, but I wasn't sure who it was. A friend of mine who was an avid reader of the guitar magazines probably told me it was Lee Ritenour who had contributed to the album, but I was also thinking that it could have been Steve Lukather playing the funky chords (mainly that D minor, etc. in "Another Brick in the Wall"). Now I know the straight story about this! :) Thanks for posting this really cool video of your chat with Rit! 😀
Seeing Lee on 6/22 in Rochester NY. Totally worth a long drive and a hotel room.
6/22 Rochester 😉
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Mason is a good interviewer! I’m loving hearing Lee’s stories. I could listen all day!
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Instant subscribe…. What a great, and friendly interview .
Stay tuned for the full 1.5 hour interview to come!
You always have great guests!
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What a interesting interview. Love how Lee is "playing" as he tells the story.
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I've always loved the overheads on Brick perfect intonation
I heardvit was a Goldtop p90
Maybe...definitely could be!
Yep, straight into the desk, apparently…
@@guitarlessonsnow3431thats what I heard
@@guitarlessonsnow3431 Yes it was recorded that way. But afterwards they were running the signal back out to a miked up guitar amplifier if I remember correctly.
@@TonalWorks yes, I believe you’re correct!
From DG: “"Lee Ritenour played one of the two high strums on "Comfortably Numb" and some rhythm guitar on "Is There Anybody Out There?". I tried it with ten different leather picks and I just couldn't pick it smoothly enough. I'm not masochistic and sometimes I get a guitar part out of here (points to his heart) that these things (fingers) won't fucking do!"
Sorry, what does that mean "Lee Ritenour played one of the two high strums on Comfortably Numb".???
Does this mean that L.Ritenour played one of the song's two solos on the album? Which?
@@silviolutti1522 that’s a quote from Gilmore. I think it means he was able to play one of them but not the other one and needed Ritenour to play that one because he could only “hear in his heart” but not get his fingers to play
I think you misunderstood or misread. There was some doubt about the solo of another brick in the wall but apparently it didn't go as some people said: the solo was played by Gilmour. As regards the two solos of comfortably numb, it is 100% certain that David Gilmour played in both solos, Lee Ritenour only played the acoustic guitar. I repeat: the doubts were only about another brick in the wall, but now we know for sure that ALL the solos on the wall studio album were played by David Gilmour.
@@BadSneakers I think you misunderstood or misread. There was some doubt about the solo of another brick in the wall but apparently it didn't go as some people said: the solo was played by Gilmour. As regards the two solos of comfortably numb, it is 100% certain that David Gilmour played in both solos, Lee Ritenour only played the acoustic guitar. I repeat: the doubts were only about another brick in the wall, but now we know for sure that ALL the solos on the wall studio album were played by David Gilmour.
@@silviolutti1522 I wasn’t referring to Another Brick in the Wall only to what DG referred to in his quote.
I believe Steely Dan’s my old school solo was done similarly. They brought in a bunch of different session guys and let them lay down the solo, but they didn’t know which one they chose until they heard the song on the radio. Pretty cool.
Great to see an interview with Lee! I must confess to be a prog and fusion guy, but IMHO 'Gridlock' and 'San Ysidro' are two of the best songs ever (both off Harlequin with Dave Grusin). Great stuff, great player, great guy. Looking forward to the full interview.
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One of the best of the best 🌟
Seriously seen his show dozens of times!
He's wonderful!
They brought in tons of people. Heck, 'Have a Cigar" is sung by Roy Harper. Hats off to him, yeah? Pink Floyd was never against other musicians or singers coming in.
Hats off to Roy Harper is awesome 👌. He definitely had some cool friends. Ha! "Friends" another good one! 👍
Lee was a guy with boots on the ground at the time, that was his read. I can't dispute that.
@@VertexEffectsInc You did a great interview. Let them say their piece. Doesn't need to be a debate. I was just pointing out he's inaccurate about them.
Yes and no.
They really started to bring in other musicians after they decided to get an esternal producer (Ezrin in this case). From then on (with Floyd and solo careers) they embarked dozens of incredibly talented players. Gilmour had at his court the likes of Tony Levin, Palladino, Jeff Porcaro, Manzanera, Ezrin... Waters went even bigger with Clapton, Jeff Beck, Flea, Pat Leonard and, for sure I'm forgetting a lot of them.
The Rit is fantastic!
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Wow. Absolutely fasinating.
Rit has been in more gigs than anyone else his influence is remarkable
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I love Lee Ritenour's playing, very tasty, soulful stuff with his much-mentioned Brazilian influence in among the more familiar jazz stylings.
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Lee Ritenour is a guitar Legend!
This video reminded me of my distant relative Doug Lubahn. He was a session bass guitar player who played with The Doors, Pat Benetar, Uncle Ted and Billy Squire I do believe. Makes me regret not chatting with him more for the few years that I could talk with him.
Rit is very versatile & he is the complete guitarist & a sessionist of all time A Master!!
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Love these ints that point at about 8:45 is beautiful. Beautiful. How music bonds people across gens. Ta mate!
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David Gilmour a.k.a Professor Les Izmore. That solo on brick has two full 8 count holes, building tension and leaving us begging for more!!
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Like Miles Davis said, it’s not what you play it’s what you don’t play
@@konowd and when you don't play it.
Art is what you leave in and what you leave out
I did not know this. Awesome.
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He nods when it’s clearly some of HIS signature style of playing. PF took his ideas for sure. They should have payed him.
I don’t think he’s staying that they didn’t. He was paid for a session and did the job.
Wait what ?! Must have read everything about PF over the years and had never seen any mention of this before, fascinating. But indeed a couple of footnotes here and there : "In 1979, Ritenour “was brought in to beef up one of Pink Floyd’s The Wall ‘ heaviest rock numbers, “Run Like Hell”. He also played “uncredited rhythm guitar” on “One of My Turns”."
Now you’ve heard it from the horse’s mouth
Lee, Jeff Porcaro and Jeff’s father Joe are all on The Wall.
What wait, Joe was on The Wall? He was a drummer too right?
@@crazyralph6386 Joe played all the snare drums on Bring The Boys back home.
Mostly on sessions he played percussion not much drum kit work.
@@jaycareaga9929 awesome, thanks!
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"He got up so high that he had nowhere to go". Anyone who has played or studied PF knows that when the bass and keyboards and strings go up, then the guitar goes down and visa versa. (Particularly so during guitar solos). I've always called it dynamic tension. PF does it superbly
Good stuff!
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I'm happy to see that the interviewer knows what he's talking about! Nothing is more embarrassing than watching an interview where the interviewer reveals--unintentionally--that he/she doesn't know what he/she's talking about! Great job!
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I hope the full interview mentions the other track that used Lee's work.
Yes, over 1.5 hours of us going through all his big sessions throughout his career!
@@VertexEffectsInc I can't wait!👍
Very cool but you guys left out any discussion and demo of him playing One of my Turns! Thanks for the interview Mason
This is only part of the interview, the full 1.5 hour interview releases later this week.
For his genre, in that era, I thought he was light years ahead of everyone else. He also had the best guitar sound by far for that genre. But I had no idea he was a session guy for bands like this. Yet when you think about it, it makes perfect sense.
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Very nice conversation.
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great one
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yes keep going
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The solo on Another Brick in the Wall is played by Gilmore on an old Les Paul with P90!
I have probably heard the song 1000 times over the years and I never even heard the acoustic in that part. It was mixed so far into the background that I always focused on how beautiful the hypnotic keyboard sounded, as well as the "strings" (nor sure if that was synth). Great interview, thanks for sharing.
Those were real strings. Producer Bob Ezrin brought in a guy named Michael Kamen to arrange them.
Through my smartphone I couldn't hear the acoustic guitars at all so it was a bit annoying when he wasted so much time playing it back. I'd have rather heard more from Lee in that time...
@@akimbo139 Have you tried listening to the original (not on this video) thru headphones?
@@54fighting5 No, I don't have the album and honestly not that interested
@@akimbo139 Well that pretty much makes your first comment pointless doesn't it? Why comment negatively on something you're not even interested in?