Interview with David Gilmour & Nick Mason Toronto Canada 

I met David Gilmour in 1984 back stage at a concert in Hollywood Calif. He gave me a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shock both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well.

Not many people who achieve that level of fame can still be so comfortable just being themselves. David has that vibe. I’ve watched and listened to all his interviews and he’s always the same, appearing to struggle to really care about the interview, but polite and willing to play along. He only gets uncomfortable when someone lays praise upon him. I like that kind of human.

7:30 they're so relieved that Roger's gone 😂😂 lmao

David Gilmour is just gorgeous...back in the day and even now...

I love the honesty in Dave. I also love how that one dudes job is make sure the pig is coloured right. He's just totally doing his best.

Loving the analogue desks and big control units for the stage lighting. A spaghetti of cables and patch leads leading to desks with faders, nobs and buttons that light up.

I could listen to Dave Gilmour all day. Really Awesome to watch and listen to both David Gilmour and Nick Mason Interview together. Their Talking Of Covering Other Renowned Musicians' Is A Great Compassion In 2024. 👍 from somewhere over there in Liverpool 🇬🇧 UK

The whole video was very interesting, thanks for uploading.

One word--amazing! What i would give to go back in time to 1987 and see this up close and in person. Thank you for sharing this.

i almost blew coffee out my nose on the Rodgers gone comment lol

27:10 for the most iconic line of the whole interview

6 März 2021 00:56 AM Happy Birthday Sir David Gilmour. Long life SIR DAVID GILMOUR, Hip Hip Hurra .... I Salut You 75. Birthday .... Thank you so much for all of the Nite & Songs of Music that you have written and that always bring joy to your fans around the world. That's all I have to say

omg. i LOVE these guys and MISS those days. Gilmour's voice just melts my heart and i feel like i have come home.... Long Live the Pink Floyd

The sheer amount of effort put into the tour is mind bending. It's going to take alot to better the Pink Floyd live performance. Perfection.

@ 16:23 David talked about midi sampling as an amazing new technology at the time that made their job easier and was mainly used for demoing. Fast Forward 34 yrs later, 2021, sampling is being used everywhere, not for just demoing but for actual production.

My son, Robby......was Conceived after The Pink Floyd Show,..... Miami, Florida The Orange Bowl November 1987 And I'm very grateful for our Son. Thanks, to his Mom.....Sunshine. Great Show..... Flying beds.... Lightning/Thunder/Rain, too...... And the Obligatory Fireworks Finale. Wow!! Type Stuff!!

Fantastic document of the band in the late 80s, thanks!!

Very pragmatic, so professional. They just know their business inside out!

I think my favorite part (aside from the comment at 27:10) was how embarrassed they both got about the "teenaged girls screaming" comment, and how they're not in competition with Bon Jovi! God, how hilarious!

These people are all so down to earth.I like seeing normal people and not egos in Rock and Roll industry. All trying to please the audience. very cool 😎 👌

He is a gift to all of us.

Man. Two legends overall

Very insightful remark from Mason about his laziness in school: He never learned to work and enjoy working. Like so many others bored to death in school

Man ah love david gilmour, i love the way he talks, he's so educated

This is so genuine 💗😍

That was a fantastic tour- the production was top notch all around.

Anything that’s come close to the effort put in to making a great live performance, dare I say on par with Pink Floyd was Coldplay’s Ghost Stories concert, which was also in a hanger coincidentally. One of the best I’ve seen since Pulse.

Watching interviews like this remind me that Floyd could quite possibly be the most complete band in music history. Thanks for sharing. NA1974🇬🇧.

He reads a magazine like me .. back to front 😆

This was posted in my birthday!

David is hilarious, love it

Great interview. Original date of recording should be posted.

One thing I notice with many of PF's videos. The guy's hands are just so nice. For these 2 a guitarist and drummer their hands are so smooth looking.

I’m so glad they still had energy and ambition at this point. It would have been easier to roll over and let Roger win, but they did it because they wanted to.

They are so gracious and not full of themselves....and they put up with all the annoying page announcements. That in itself is impressive never mind that they are rock music giants. They even manage a funny quip about sampling a jet sound that happens in the back .

Legends 💪

What Nick says about school, about the necessity of learning to work and enjoy working, is so important. That's the primary issue I see with institutional education, and with policymakers' measures towards it. There's a singular focus on content rather than process, and it leaves so many students behind not just academically but in life in general. I'm one of them, sad to say.

These guys are geniuses in the music world.

"Telephone call for Clive Brooks, a telephone call for Clive Brooks."

I think David Gilmour matured quite late on in life. He’s certainly mellowed in 2021.

Had a chance to see Pink Floyd a number of times. NYC Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl and Saratoga, NY. At Saratoga I couldn't hear anything when they finished. Totally deaf. What scared me was the drive home with 1,000's of other cars on the road who were totally deaf as well. Carnegie Hall was a midnight concert. At the Hollywood bowl when we bought the tickets. We went inside and smoked a joint behind the control booth in the center of the Bowl. Two heads popped up and reached out to get a hit. It was Gilmore and Waters. They just took a few hits and passed it back to us. Didn't say anything and went on stage for a sound test. I couldn't believe I actually got stoned with Pink Floyd.

His voice sounds so good

when i hit david's age in this footage, i hope to achieve his awesome hair

Anyone know what guitar David is playing near the end of the video? Is it a Charvel?

Love that Charvel Dave is playing at the end

Ah yes the infamous David and Nick vs Roger interview that we all love 🏖🍹🍻🎼📀🎹🐷🐑🐕

I like Nick's reaction to the "screaming girls" question....he actually got animated! Lol

I thank god for a world that includes pinl floyd. Saw band twice, 1980 wall and the version of floyd without roger in 1988. the wall concert was , is , and forever more will be special. However, they are great regardless of the personel changes. Watching dave play comfortably numb solo on top of a 1oo ft high wall was beyond cool. Flody rules!

LOL My man Dave ! love these guys !

Nick reminds me of Tony Banks when Genesis is interviewed, during this interview as he discribes what goes on in PF

This was in Toronto pearson Airport where they set up stage and gear did several months of rehearsals. Dave,his wife Polly - Rick and his wife rented house few blocks from my home located on lake promenade rd off lakeshore rd in Ontario

years b4 cell phones,Had to use page announcements

1:09:06. So, that's where the idea for "Coming Back to Life" came from. :)

Actual musician questions/answers, not the usual too cool for the room shit other bands tend to do.

Unspoken the Wall tour, momentary lapse tour, in The Division Bell Tour. And you can tell the last two they were actually having a good time! Smiling, more relaxed. You didn't see that at the wall shows! Was Roger Waters gone, the band was fantastic and you can tell they were enjoying themselves for once!

One can smell the sassyness through the screen. And I love it.

I can’t imagine a more cool and laid back cat than David Gilmour

grreat interview

I think this must of been momentary lapse of reason tour 1988, I’ll never forget it 70,000 ppl .

I’ve only ever seen Waters perform the wall but my god was it a night to remember. I recall driving home that night thinking that I had hit the precipice of life and it was all down hill from there. Lol

Its hilarious when there's a page for a fone call, and Gilmours tryin not to laugh. :)

$20 on a ticket?! Ah the 80’s. My PF tickets stubs were around $30+/- from that era.

This is rare indeed! Was this an extra on a dvd or something??

could they not have found somewhere less public for the interview ?

One of the biggest reasons "Dark Side" stayed in the charts is because everyone (especially audiophiles) kept buying it over and over again as soon as there was an clicks or pops (much less skips!) on the vinyl. You wanted that pristine, and the beginning of that album is so quiet that you don't want to hear all that crackle burying the music. (I feel like that's one reason White Album also sold so much over the years; you couldn't hear 'Long Long Long" if the record had too much wear on it, plus you had all those acoustic tunes on side 2. Not everyone kept their vinyl so pristine.)

what date was this interview?

As stated by Nick, as you get older, you understand why we should learn, sadly for me,nobody ever told me why I was at school. . Growing up, playing with a .musical instrument can be more productive than actually playing one.

34:10 and "Learning To Fly" is born.

the random guy from the beach and the Buffet of racing cars on one couch !

Learning to Fly!!

I saw them in a video that I cant seem to remember interviewing all of Pink Floyd tripping balls. They responded exactly as they are in this interview. No egos. Nothing but good guys, good vibes. These guys should offer a seminar on being a real person.

I'm gonna remix this some day.

this was epic!!!!! anyone know what year this was?

27:10 fucking epic! 😂

Who is interviewing here? It sounds like Paul Gambaccini.

What tour and what year was this shot from?

When and where did this interview take place?

Saw this tour..sorry Roger's Radio Kaos show killed it

Well I felt it was the first time he let his gaurd down about Roger. Then giggled like a giddy school boy. (Charlie Dickens)

Sure would like to know who did this interview and what organization.

22:25 Gilmore saying Poison should be poisoned...lol

27:08 Gilmour-Waters feud explained in five seconds

Such a similar situation as Mick jones versus Lou Gramm of Foreigner.

the beginning of this sounds just like a typical PF song start up....

Man I love pink floyd man

Tony Levin? Nice!

The toys get bigger... their next goal is astronaut licence

Is it just me or does Nick Mason look like Eric Idle?

I am producing a retrospective film on Roger Waters. Could I please ask permission to maybe use a small clip from some of your videos? Kind regards Barry

Leggende...

1:05:00 Rachel fury on stage and he zooms in on the wall

David looked really good here, by the end of the MLOR tour, he looked kinda rough

25:15

0:38 I page magazines backwards too.

27:10 😂

Momentary Lapse is a great addition to the PF arsenal.

مارلون براندوهایه موسیقی 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤❤

David Gilmour is taken with U2.

if tony banks was sat with dave and nick they sound and speak very similar....do t you think guys ?... x

7:28 "We're just so relieved Roger's gone!" ...Or did I hear that wrong?