Kirk Hammett liebt David Gilmour’s Shine on You Crazy Diamond Riff

Seit sich Kirk Hammett und David Gilmour beim Peter Green Tributkonzert 2020 kennenlernten, spricht der Gitarrist von Metallica immer wieder über die Qualitäten seines Kollegen von Pink Floyd. Gegenüber dem Guitar World Magazin erzählte er von Shine On You Crazy Diamond und wie sehr er Gilmour’s zurückhaltendes Spiel schätzt.

Kirk Hammett: I love Shine On You Crazy Diamond because there is a riff in that song, but it’s so sideways and so around the back. When you listen, it’s actually blues.

It’s a freaking blues progression but it doesn’t sound like it, and that in itself is a real accomplishment. So I really think that song is just amazing. With the opening to it, that weird ringing opening chord, Shine On You Crazy Diamond is just epic, and there’s so much that I love about that.

Everyone goes on about Comfortably Numb and that guitar solo, and yes, the guitar solo is absolutely amazing with the delay and the chorus. But my favorite part is when he flubs a note and then turns it into an open G during the solo. I know everyone knows what I’m talking about! But I love that David left it in. I love that.

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I love how understated Gilmour’s playing is because it is understated. If anything, I could be more understated, but sometimes I just regurgitate a ton of notes. I can’t help it – it’s just how I am! But David is very, very understated and that, in itself, is a real, real beauty to behold.

Quelle: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Pink Floyd’s Shine on You Crazy Diamond