You can watch him give his thoughts below.
David Gilmour stopped by The Tonight Show to perform his recent song, “Dark and Velvet Nights.” The musician was joined by house band the Roots, as well as four backup singers, for the dynamic performance.
“Dark and Velvet Nights” comes off the Pink Floyd member’s new LP, Luck and Strange, which dropped in September. The album marks Gilmour’s first new solo album in nearly a decade, following 2015’s Rattle That Lock. The title track features keyboards by Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright, which was recorded at Gilmour’s house in 2007.
Gilmour sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss the album, as well as the rumor that The Dark Side of the Moon was written to synchronize with the film The Wizard of Oz. Fallon asked Gilmour if he’s been affected by the many five-star reviews the album is getting, to which the musician admitted that “of course” he cares about the response to his work.
“You can’t help having a look,” he said. “And raging at the ones that have given you three [stars] and said something dumb in them.” He added of the LP, “To me this is very special.”
Fallon later asked Gilmour about several rumors, including that the musician was once a model. Gilmour confirmed the modeling career was true, noting that “it was a way of building up my resources to buy a new guitar or something I actually needed.”
As for the The Wizard of Oz connection to Pink Floyd’s seminal album, Gilmour brushed off the rumor. “I only heard about it years later,” he told Fallon. He said he has tried synching the vinyl LP to the movie, although now it’s available online. “There are these strange coincidences,” Gilmour said. “I’ll call them coincidences.”
Gilmour is currently on tour in support of Luck and Strange. He is scheduled to perform two more nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City this weekend.
Building on the momentum of his shows in Rome, the U.K., and Los Angeles, he and his band captivated the packed Garden crowd with stellar musicianship, accompanied by the type of stunning visuals that Gilmour’s erstwhile band has long been renowned for. (Forbes)
Gilmour’s latest tour promoted his most recent solo album, Luck and Strange, which he recently called his best work since Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon. A considerable portion of the two-and-a-half-hour show was devoted to the new album—including the title song, “A Single Spark,” “Dark and Velvet Nights” and “Scattered.” The newer material felt naturally at home with the older Floyd and solo music that had been part of Glimour’s previous tours such as “Fat Old Sun,” “Wish You Were Here,” “High Hopes,” “The Great Gig in the Sky,” “A Boat Lies Waiting” “Coming Back to Life” and “Time.”
