Go Your Own Way/Comfortably Numb

[madformac]

Originally Posted by seteca

(wow..I think it's been about 30 years since I posted on The Ledge..)

Me too dude and I ended up here yesterday (as I'm sure you've seen on the chit chat forum!)

Funnily enough, while we are talking about coincidences, I was listening to Comfortably Numb from Earls Court 1981 when I stumbled on this thread!

I can't see any connection either here. Not in tempo, chord structure, dynamics.. Nothing at all. I'd actually argue the point that GYOW contains a solo at all. The first one being more of a solo, a guitar "break" maybe. The second solo is Lindsey ripping off his own Frozen Love solo with more distortion and then repeating the same note over and over in "Chain" fashion which hardly qualifies as a solo in my opinion. Comfortably Numb contains a nicely written middle solo followed by one of the greatest solos of all time.

Thats not a slight on Buckingham or praise for Gilmour, just what my ears tell me from those two tunes..

[Wouter Vuijk]

Originally Posted by seteca

Pink Floyd....Fleetwood Mac....my favourite two bands.....Gilmour & Buckingham....my favourite two guitarists......

But I see absolutely no connection between these two songs..?? They both have a middle solo and a big solo at the end...that's about it...

(wow..I think it's been about 30 years since I posted on The Ledge..)

Fleetwood Mac.....Free......Pink Floyd.......my favorite three bands......Green & Kossoff & Gilmour....my favorite three guitarists besides Snowy White.

(wow...I think this is the first time I posted on Post Rumours threads.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Wouter Vuijk

(wow...I think this is the first time I posted on Post Rumours threads.

the nerve!!! don't let this happen again!

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by blackroses

I personally don't hear any similarity in the songs.

Neither do I.. and yes, both are GREAT songs.

Originally Posted by seteca

Pink Floyd....Fleetwood Mac....my favourite two bands.....

Ditto! And the best concert I've seen ever was last year, ROGER WATERS. He played several songs plus the whole Dark side of the moon album. It really was a religous experience..

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by chiliD

With "Go Your Own Way", I hear more of a connection with Dire Straits' "Sultans Of Swing".

I've always found similarities between these two as well, though, if you asked me to explain it, I would have a hard time doing so.

GYOW and CN? Hm, not so much....other than them both being incredible tunes, and on most tours, occupying a similar location in each band's setlist, I don't hear much resemblance.