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“Sorrow” is the final track from Pink Floyd’s 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason although it was the seventh song from the album performed in the Momentary Lapse set of the 1987/88/89/90 tours. It was written and composed by guitarist David Gilmour. Gilmour has stated about the song that though lyrics aren’t his strong point that “Sorrow” is one of his strongest lyrical efforts, even though the opening lines were appropriated from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Drummer Nick Mason has since stated that Sorrow was almost entirely crafted by David Gilmour alone over the space of one weekend on his houseboat, The Astoria. When he returned from the weekend, only “some spit and polish,” according to Mason, was needed. As with many tracks from the album, Gilmour played a Steinberger GL “headless” guitar on this song , contributing to the overall cold, “sad” feel of the music. The guitar intro was recorded inside a sports arena in L.A, piped through Pink Floyd’s massive sound system, thus giving the tone an extremely deep, cavernous sound. The drum machine on the song was programmed by David Gilmour - for the studio recording, no real drums were used.
Other versions
Live versions of the song are featured on 1988’s Delicate Sound of Thunder album and 1995’s P*U*L*S*E album, with running times of 9:27 and 10:49 respectively, mostly taken up by extended solos by Gilmour and an additional outro. A slightly shortened version of the song appears on Pink Floyd’s greatest hits collection, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, which is edited so that the song “Sheep” segues into Sorrow. David Gilmour played the song at the “Strat-pack” guitar concert, an event which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.
Other versions
Live versions of the song are featured on 1988’s Delicate Sound of Thunder album and 1995’s P*U*L*S*E album, with running times of 9:27 and 10:49 respectively, mostly taken up by extended solos by Gilmour and an additional outro. A slightly shortened version of the song appears on Pink Floyd’s greatest hits collection, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, which is edited so that the song “Sheep” segues into Sorrow. David Gilmour played the song at the “Strat-pack” guitar concert, an event which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.
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My very own home made version of the solos on Sorrow, inspired by live recordings. The background tracking is all made by me. As some may notice, my guitar bares a resemblence to David Gilmour's…
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deadwing1411 wrote:
love it, one of the best pink floyd songs without roger
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kemming wrote:
great guitar sound & awesome song
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piterxpippin wrote:
"...and silence that speaks so much louder than words of promises broken..." Wonderful one, Pulse version is awesome :)
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vess_csm wrote:
PULSE version is........blis, perfection....
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WarheadX2 wrote:
One of best guitar sounds I've ever heard. I can listen to the intro the whole day long :-D
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deeee1991 wrote:
the live version on pulse is perfect
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Amazing song <3
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insidethishouse wrote:
it's not enough, it's not enough.
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bonek wrote:
Agree with gab136.
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gab136 wrote:
Pulse version is epic!
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Cloudy-Now wrote:
I Love sorrow solo...
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onthewall2983 wrote:
Best live version is on both the Pulse VHS/DVD and CD. Better than the studio version even. But Gilmour did a pretty good version of it for the Strat Pack concert he did around 5 years ago.
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silaczka wrote:
This solo killed me for the first time, and still does it.
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MoonOfNeptune wrote:
This song contains one of my fav guitar solos by Pink Floyd. I just sit and enjoy it...
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Bledsitter wrote:
I always turn the volume up at least 25% for this song, lol.
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vess_csm wrote:
hm, dont know. He sings low, especially compared to other Floyd tracks. That's one of the things that i've always liked in this track :)
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sad_satan wrote:
oh I know Pulse or DSOT performances - they are pretty good but there's something strange with Gilmour's voice (it's like... muffled?)
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vess_csm wrote:
try P.U.L.S.E. DVD
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sad_satan wrote:
do you have ur favourite live versions? Every performance is different - in studio there's a better sound quality but in concert "Sorrow" sounds darker, heavier. I'm lookin' for the best version of that great song (and ofc of THAT opening ^^) and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For :D
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izhegazy wrote:
One of the best songs ever written
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