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David Gilmour of Pink Floyd releases a solo album, About Face, in the UK.
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Roy Harper (songwriter) : He (David Gilmour) asked me to do one of the songs on his album and, er... I suppose I've got to say this; I mean, I didn't want to, but... he asked me and he asked Pete Townshend (of The Who). He asked Pete to do two of them…
David Gilmour : I asked Pete Townshend for help because I was running short of time and even shorter of inspiration … I was very pleasantly surprised when I got the cassette back for Love On The Air. I liked where he had put the line, and how he had done the vocal. I had heard the vocal line in a completely different place and deliberately sent Pete a tape with no melody on it. It was just a completed backing track with no lines on it at all, and no ideas as to what I thought the lyrics should be. He didn’t have any restrictions. Of course, in some places which I intended to be instrumental, he put words on.
Roy Harper : And one of the songs from Pete he didn't like, and he didn't like the one I gave him. Rather, it wasn't that he didn't like it, but he said he couldn't put the conviction into it that I'd put into it, in terms of the lyrics.
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David Gilmour : I asked Pete Townshend for help because I was running short of time and even shorter of inspiration … I was very pleasantly surprised when I got the cassette back for Love On The Air. I liked where he had put the line, and how he had done the vocal. I had heard the vocal line in a completely different place and deliberately sent Pete a tape with no melody on it. It was just a completed backing track with no lines on it at all, and no ideas as to what I thought the lyrics should be. He didn’t have any restrictions. Of course, in some places which I intended to be instrumental, he put words on.
Roy Harper : And one of the songs from Pete he didn't like, and he didn't like the one I gave him. Rather, it wasn't that he didn't like it, but he said he couldn't put the conviction into it that I'd put into it, in terms of the lyrics.