Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Reviews the Sounds of November 1970

Blind Date with David Gilmour. David Gilmour reviews a pretty underwhelming selection of singles and album tracks from November 1970.

[@cdprince768]

David Gilmour asking "When does the singing start" is the peak of irony.

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

I think he meant that tongue-in-cheek though. He also said it was the only one he liked.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

He recognizes what a "hit" is, and he likes the one that's NOT a hit. My boy!

[@manifestgtr]

Apparently he’s never listened to Shine On 🧐

[@Viczarratt]

@@punker-gamer-trucker-guy David does not like hits by the sounds of this, thus can spot a hit over 25miles ahead... also understands that no-one will like what he likes, eg; long guitar intros/solos.

[@carlodave9]

To be fair, he was probably asking Roger the same thing.

[@lindadote]

Thank you Yesterday’s Papers for all your hard work in bringing us these videos all year, they made for a wonderful start to this (and countless others) old music-lover’s days. Sending you best wishes for a safe, happy and (hopefully) prosperous 2023.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Linda! Happy New Year!

[@johnpolitis9060]

@@YesterdaysPapers The Man Who Sold The World by Bowie was released this month. Why was this not mentioned here?

[@davidellis5141]

Poor David would probably get a chuckle 😃 at how right he was at the mediocrity of the tracks played that week. Most , now consigned to the dustbins 🗑.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

What a week that was ... Band of Gold (Freda Payne), Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Black Night (Deep Purple) Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson) Close to You (The Carpenters) all in the top ten at the same time!!!!

[@ffjsb]

In the US...

[@retinalcircus]

@@ffjsb melody maker was uk

[@ffjsb]

@@retinalcircus Yeah that was my point, all those songs they reviewed were on the UK chart, the OP was talking about the US chart.

[@retinalcircus]

@@ffjsb nah in the video that's shown as the UK chart. The singles David looked at were just new at the time

[@ffjsb]

@@retinalcircus I don't watch that part of the video, I just thought they were playing what was on the UK chart at the time. He really got short shafted on those picks.

[@rabit818]

David Gilmour is super brutal. Some songs are ok in hindsight or for 2022. At least the songs reviewed got personality

[@coldacre]

yeah but this is 1970 when Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Doors, The Kinks, Black Sabbath etc were releasing brilliant music. why would he like any of this?

[@rabit818]

@@coldacre Very good point, I did not realize that - I was a tad young then. Still, those song David disliked is better than ProTool'ed music to the last 20 years.

[@florian8020]

I can fully relate to him feeling like that about the songs. they are ok, maybe even good but not powerful. they don't reach you deep inside.. that is the main issue.

[@chuckcookus]

Personality goes a long way

[@KeanKennedy]

The other thing about them having personality is that to modern ears they're an authentic slice of another time and place... But in that time and place there was probably endless popular music that sounded the same, so they would have felt very derivative.

[@shinyelbow]

It was funny to hear a member of Pink Floyd make the comment of 'when does singing start' regarding the John Renbourn song, although he did like it. Thanks for another good episode.

[@Daniel2195]

I think he was joking, taking the perspective of the average music consumer, giving a reason why he actually enjoyed it.

[@The_Great_Darino]

I hosted an oldies radio show in the mid-80’s to mid-90’s, and prided myself that I played a lot of ‘B’ sides and obscure stuff. It’s amazing how many of the reviewed songs on your posts I never ever heard of.

[@mikaelsjoberg1894]

The amounts of music produced through the years eh...Its mindboggling

[@neilforbes416]

I used to present a show called "Hits & Rarities" on a community station here in Port Stephens(North of Newcastle), NSW Australia. My show would include the likes of Ronnie Prophet, Emitt Rhodes, Dorothy Morrison and others, plus B-sides of more recognised hits. But this lot presented here were a total waste of vinyl.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

The four major UK record companies seemed to have a 'quntity not quality and fling it at the wall to see what sticks' philosophy. I think over 100 45s were often released some weeks. I thing this maay have changed due to the 1973 Oil Crisis.

[@neilforbes416]

@@grahampaulkendrick7845 *Other way round!* British record companies had a *plethora* of truly talented singers and instrumentalists on their rosters. American labels(except Motown) just shoved anything and everything onto the market, good or bad. *Motown* was the only company with a consistent high quality of its output.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

@@neilforbes416 There was a big difference between the two markets as after 1940 the US was flooded with loads of independent labels (Sun, Chess, Atlantic, modern and many others0 that helped to foster jazz, blues, country, rhythm'n' blues, rockabilly and ultimately rock'n'roll. The UK's music scene was in the grip of the big four from the mid-fifties. (The EMI Group, Decca. Philips and Pye.) I have a large number of Melody Makers from 1940-1970. Thanks to the great Yesterday's Papers site piquing my interest, I'm listing all the Blind Date records reviewed (and the Best of the rest singles) which runs to about 25 a week. I'm sure a lot more singles were never actually reviewed. Anyway,each week there are probably some classics, quite a few okay-ish but plenty of dreadful discs that should never have been released. Some of them became clasics over time, but quite a few remain unlistenable. Dealers bought on a sale or eturn basis, so unsold discs were returned and scratched so they could be written off as a taxloss. Altho' at Pye from '62-4, the staff including my dear old Dad were allowed to grab amything they fancied before the scratching commenced. Hence, i still have 250 or so of his records! 😄

[@podchauffe]

Wonderful edit, thank you. At times it seems like the actual footage of David speaking to Melody Maker, chuckling etc. Very appreciated!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@lindadote]

“Take it off”! David didn’t have much of a selection but the charts were typically impressive. Thanks YP.

[@AdrianDeVore]

He was being brutally honest. 🤣

[@sashamoghilla2919]

Great YT channel that made this year for myself. Thank you and best wishes for 2023!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks, Sasha! Best wishes for you, too.

[@livejay9062]

Pink Floyd has been my number one since for 25 years, and David Gilmour just cemented that even further by putting those songs straight where they belonged- in the trash. I'd love to hear him do this is 2023!

[@Famulus9]

Always interesting to hear from David, especially a month after AHM hit #1 in the UK and at a time when Pink Floyd were relatively unsuccessful in the US.

[@matthatter2849]

It's extremely weird to think of "Atom Heart Mother" as a No. 1 hit album. Gee, what was it's peak chart position here in the States? 190?

[@terryenglish7132]

@@matthatter2849 55, almost as bad in terms of sales.

[@retinalcircus]

Lol really? The orchestral arrangements are absolutely dreadful on that album, always speeding up and slowing down, absolutely not how you do it. I wonder how they got to number 1! Fairplay. I'm a lifelong Floyd fan and never realised that. I like AHM all the same but it's hard to believe that went to number one out of all of Floyd's early output it's probably the worse imo

[@robbieclark7828]

@@retinalcircus For me it’s not worse than the studio tracks off of Ummagumma, but it’s much of a muchness.

[@guilhermetonon7267]

@@retinalcircus show me an album where people know "how to do it". You seem to know how things work better

[@katbela3971]

A very, very happy new year, Yesterday's Papers! Thank you for all these beautiful videos that you have given us this year. 😀🤗😇😺💯🌹🥂

[@paulcooper8818]

MM Editor : "Hey you, --- your next assignment is this week's Blind Date, with David Gilmour." MM Writer : "Wonderful, David's a real nice guy; it should an upbeat episode" MM Editor : "Hmm, ...play him a bunch of crap; see if he's still a nice guy." MM Writer : "ok"

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha!

[@mariuspoppFM]

It would be great if it really went like this

[@paavoviuhko7250]

John Renbourn yes. And Freda Payne. God do I miss her. I am too old. But thanks so much for taking me back to the garden.

[@michaelrochester48]

Smith was a great group fronted by the late Gail McCormick. They are a big hit in the United States was the cover of the old Shirelles song, baby it’s you. And it was really powerful

[@davidpollard4051]

Immediately thought of Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company.

[@aliceborealis]

but that was their ONLY big hit

[@MrCherryJuice]

Yes, Ms McCormick was great, though the band, good as it was, was rather lame. And the songs, aside from 'Baby, It's You', which is tremendous, weren't up to much. McCormick's solo albums (I still have 'Flesh and Blood', produced by Three Dog Night bassist Joe Schermie) also suffered from a dearth of suitable tunes. She would have benefited from having a great producer.

[@MrCherryJuice]

@@aliceborealis Yes. other than 'Baby, It's You' with Smith, she had a minor solo hit with 'It's A Cryin' Shame' but the lack of a producer who could connect her with songs deserved of her talent meant she never realised her potential. The key to success for so many stars is not them - it's their producer, that person who chooses the tunes, and ensures the arrangements, playing and sound are fine etc. Glyn Johns was right for the Eagles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Who and so many other majors. George Martin was right for the Beatles, Cilla Black, Jeff Beck, and America. Gayle McCormick needed someone right for her.

[@vipe1558]

@@MrCherryJuice No argument from me about the complete mismanagement of her talent, though it's hardly her fault that "What Am I Gonna Do" didn't hit the top 10, despite being a great performance and a song written by Carole King. I think everything she sang on in the Smith albums is worth the time, but inexplicably she only sings half of the songs on both albums. I usually stick up for the band members around the star singing talent, but in this case she really should have just signed on with a label that only prioritized her from the beginning. She honestly was a top tier talent, as good as anyone in the late 60's/early 70's.

[@tonyanderton3521]

I love David's honesty. We need more of that these days, people speaking their mind.

[@mariuspoppFM]

There's a line between honesty and entitlement which he crossed too much here for my tastes

[@tonyanderton3521]

@@mariuspoppFM Yes, I can understand that point of view, Marius. I was thinking that it makes a refreshing change from the endless drivel that we hear on (British) radio every day yet which is always described as brilliant by the radio DJs.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@mariuspoppFM Yea, He was pretty young in this video, so I'm going to say because of that he was being slightly 'elitist', considering the direction of Pink Floyd at the time was "If it's not avante-garde it's crap" kind of view. so I'll let it slide, because I'm sure his opinion has changed drastically with age.

[@dwodo21]

When you look at albums charting during this period, you're thinking, whoa, some classics here. The singles pop charts, well, were what they were - the divide between the two - 33 and a 1/3 and 45 rpm, was already well established. That said, there were still quite a few pop gems during that time. So why at the end of 1970, Blind Date played this load of total s$&t for Gilmour to assess is probably a mystery that'll never be answered.

[@michaeldonaghey]

Nine of the top ten albums are classics.

[@Methilde]

@@michaeldonaghey obviously it's not the same public for the sincles or the albums.

[@Viczarratt]

They played these records to elicit some funny banter out of Mr. G

[@Methilde]

@@Viczarratt Yes, one of the funniest and honest in this exercise.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

Fascinating as always. Not a great week for our David, but I do hope the MM writer gave him the Renbourn LP which is a classic, and so he'll know who John Renbourn is now. 🤩

[@tessjuel]

I'm sure he knew who Renbourn was, Pentangle was quite famous in 1970 ater all. But "The Lady and the Unicorn"was a kind of a break in style both from Pentangle and Renbourn's earlier solo albums so there's no wonder Gilmour didn't recognise him.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

@@tessjuel You may well be right. I was lucky enough to see John play live quite a few times and even got to shake his hand. The MM was having a bad week that week.Harold McNair was listed as Harold Muir (Dave liked his LP as well) and John Renbourn was listed as Joe Renbourn! 😄

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@tessjuel he already made an instrumental medieval album actually kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKbZlZ1_pMSFaaM

[@boomtownrat5106]

It’s too bad that David wasn’t played more selections from Hannibal. They produced only one album. All songs were composed by their brilliant guitarist, Adrian Ingram. I’m a lover of progressive rock, so I was a fan of this early example of jazz/progressive rock fusion. It had a quirkiness like Zappa and the brassy feel of early Chicago (when Chicago was good).

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Pretty cool. I must admit I wasn't familiar with Hannibal prior to making this video but that song definitely picked my curiosity. I'll check out that album.

[@Miler97487]

Hannibal reminded me of Colosseum, similar bluesy/jazzy vibe but without the virtuoso musicianship. I still enjoy the album and I own the original B&C LP which is now rare and hard to find.

[@boomtownrat5106]

@@YesterdaysPapers the guitar work on this album is brilliant. There is definitely a Chicago Transit Authority vibe to it. The lead singer has a soulful sound to his voice like Chicago’s Terry Kath.

[@boomtownrat5106]

@@Miler97487I still have it on vinyl. Thank goodness for KZbin since you can access the album there.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@boomtownrat5106 Sounds very interesting, I'll definitely give it a listen. I love Chicago's first album.

[@michaelpdawson]

The Velvet Opera singer, who he says has quite a nice voice, sounds to me a bit like Gilmour himself.

[@spyderlogan4992]

Two artists of note: 1) John Renbourn, an acoustic guitarist that influenced Jimmy Page(or so he said, I think in an interview) and 2) Tim Rose, who had John Bonham as his drummer until Bonham got the offer of a lifetime a couple of years earlier(1968) from Robert Plant and Jimmy Page and the rest is history.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

I saw Tim Rose live in the 90s in Poole, Dorset and he was great (as was his early stuff.) But covering a Bee Gees song? I love the Bee gees as much as anyone, but what was he thinking of?

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

The great Bert Jansch was also a major influence on Page due to his DADGAD tuning. Apparently, Al Stewart (who learnt it from Bert) taught it to Jimmy.

[@michaelrochester48]

Smith hello? baby It’s you a great 1969 song

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

@@michaelrochester48 Now I remember it. The Bacharch/David song covered by the Shirelleas in '62 and the Beatles in '63. Thanks for reminding me.

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@grahampaulkendrick7845 he was pushed by his record company to make a hit song cover so he chose that one because he liked it at least

[@MarinxxxEagle]

"Sounds like someone it's strangling him". I laughed so hard 'cause I was thinking the same. Pretty poor selection indeed, except for the exquisite John Renbourn track. I fell in love with it as soon as I heard the first note and immediately went to search for it. No wonder it was the only one David liked.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

When he said “my mind’s a blank” at 4:29 it was funny because someone says “my head’s a blank” on "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" on Atom Heart Mother!😆

[@gianca60]

I never heard not even one of these songs. And I'm 62. P. S. The track at the end, is waaay better.

[@painless465]

I love this KZbin channel!

[@sconni666]

Imagine what he would say about today’s crap.

[@chasjohn57]

16 of 30 artists on the album charts are in the Rock Hall, including McCartney and solo

[@YesterdaysPapers]

The singles chart were not that great in 1970 but the album charts were indeed amazing. So many classic albums there.

[@markvonwisco7369]

This just goes to show that old doesn't necessarily equal good! Our modern perception of the music from the 60s and 70s is skewed by the fact that we mostly hear only those songs and artists that have stood to test of time.

[@barryfederovitch6722]

Absolutely right. Poor David. I felt bad for him reviewing this batch. Awful!

[@lindadote]

I think people forget just how much rubbish made it into the Hit Charts back then. However, the best-selling Albums were more indicative of the incredible variety of music around at the time and of what the public was buying.

[@rsmith02]

@@sg-yq8pm As someone who wasn't around then this series did enlighten me as to the quantity of dreck and derivative works at the time. It does give context to the good stuff I listen to.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Yet so much of it stood the test of time!

[@lindadote]

@@doctorbohr1585 ……exactly. Quality artists and bands were so prolific, the rubbish was irrelevant.

[@Juan-wo7zu]

None of these are that great, but the list of the top albums has some absolute masterpieces like black sabbath, beatles, caravan and weasels ripped my flesh by the mothers

[@YesterdaysPapers]

And "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out" by the Stones, one of my favourite live albums.

[@voodooinblue3450]

@@YesterdaysPapers Ya Yas is the greatest live album ever.

[@tomindenver1331]

@@voodooinblue3450 And coming in at number 8, the soundtrack to "Paint Your Wagon," because who doesn't want to hear Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin sing?

[@lawrenceehrbar8667]

Had William Shatner come out with his album yet? Or Nimoys? Didn't he have a song about a troll or something? Or a Hobbit? Groundbreaking stuff.

[@walkerharris2844]

I've never heard a cover of Let there be more light, do you have a link for it? Super interesting 1965-66ish fuzz sound

[@luminatirecords3641]

I've tried to Shazam it at least 8 times with no success

[@walkerharris2844]

@@luminatirecords3641 They may have created it themselves, since some of the instrumentation (organ & horns) does sound pretty modern. But at the same time, that fuzz sound is super tight (reminds me of the fuzz Brian Wilson got for the SMiLE sessions, which I have never heard on anything else) as is the reverb drenched percussion. Either way, great cover.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I recorded that instrumental cover myself. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@walkerharris2844]

@@YesterdaysPapers Bravo!

[@michaelwilson2340]

None of this could be as bad as Dave hearing The Final Cut in full after it was finished.

[@soundshaper]

lol, for real.

[@davidellis5141]

A 1 🌟 album 👎

[@keithdonald6583]

At least Final Cut is better than most solo Gilmour albums.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha!

[@mariuspoppFM]

Hands off The Final Cut

[@smkelly1970]

at least he recognized John Renbourn's talent. He was an amazing guitarist and his lp's with Bert Jansch in Pentangle (or their duet lps) are exquisite masterpieces.

[@CharCanuck14]

Agree! Out of all the music played here, the only one I recognized was John Renbourn, as I had the Lady & the Unicorn album as well as Pentangle's Cruel Sister. Yes, exquisite!

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

'The Fence' from the album 'The Fence' (B&C CAS1016) is by the flautist Harold McNair, and not Harold Muir, as printed in the Melody Maker. Dave seemed to like that track. I presume there's no footage of Harold. if so, that's rather a shame as he was a fine musician and played a lot with Donovan in the 60s.

[@thewkovacs316]

what week in november was this done? cuz i just looked up new releases for the month, and there were tons better records and albums released

[@YesterdaysPapers]

This issue of the Melody Maker was published on November 14th, 1970. I think David got trolled by the Melody Maker! Hahaha

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

People who have been strangled also don't like this song either I'd imagine 4:16

[@MrUndersolo]

Rather harsh, but fair... Thank you, David.

[@lestoil]

Almost every song and album in that Top 10 went on to make music history. We suck nowadays.

[@michaelrochester48]

Blue Mink on the top 30 was a huge influence on the ABBA sound

[@trebleface7835]

Take a look at the quality of the top 10 albums that week yet none of them had a single in the top 30.

[@janbekker71]

IMHO 1970 is up there with 1966 and 1969 as one of the greatest years in rock/pop.

[@hippiedaze1970]

Never cared for 1966 but I agree with you about 1969 and especially 1970.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

I think Chaeles Shaar Murray said 1970 was a bit of a hangover cpme down year after the sixties party. I thought '63-'68 was one long bast, myself.

[@anthonycurtola]

More proof of David Gilmour's great taste in music!

[@PinkFloydCollectors]

Yep

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:43

[@bigcheeses]

@@bradford_shaun_murray kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJPbgqGNf6yppqs the original basement demo version is much better

[@scortchie5023]

Big Pink Floyd fan here, but at the same time, when I reflect on all the pointless garbage tracks Pink Floyd put on their early albums, it's somewhat rich that David Gilmour could be so critical of others in November, 1970.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

Well he was proven right, they all sank without a trace.

[@vii9284]

What is that song at the end?

[@barbarakirk3064]

Nice use of Goodies font on the Hannibal sleeve!

[@darganx]

The first episode of the Goodies aired in November 1970.. spooky

[@douglasschiller7397]

Wow, I don't think I knew a single "single" on this one.

[@trship6274]

No wonder he liked the 3rd one, it sounded like him…

[@jimo7593]

Wait, why don't we hear David saying his own comments? How do we know this is actually what he stated?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

This is taken from an old issue of Melody Maker magazine. You can see the scan of the magazine at the beginning of the video.

[@goffer43]

“The World”, better known as Neil Innes!

[@jamesgoward5687]

That is actually a pretty good album.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

I was pleased to discover that The World actually included Neil Innes of Bonzos/python/Rutles fame. I must give that a listen as I'm a big fan of the sdaly departed Neil. The Titus Groan maxi-single on Dawn is tempting too, but commands sky-high prices.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I wasn't familiar with the record by The World but the song Gilmour reviewed is pretty good so I'll have to check out that album myself as well.

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

@@YesterdaysPapers From all sources I've seen, there was only one World single released, Angelina/Come Out Into The Open...I have a promo 45 of it as well as the Lucky Planet LP.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@ChrisMezzolesta Yes, the song Gilmour reviewed here was an album track, not a single.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

@@YesterdaysPapers I hadn't heard of The World's album or single before either, so many thanks Yesteday's Papers for yet another top tip! BTW I can't wait for your Cool Singles Of Jan/67 episode and I hope you might also do the same forall the months of '66 and '68 too, in due course.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@grahampaulkendrick7845 Thanks, Graham! Yes, I'd like to do the same with singles from 1966 and 1968.

[@seniorbob6639]

what is the track in the end called

[@martincassidy7721]

What's the music at the end when you are displaying the charts?

[@aliengraff]

Oh yeah. I would also like to know 😊

[@martincassidy7721]

I figured it out. It is some kind of instrumental take on Let There Be More Light by Pink Floyd, but it was hard to recognize in this musical disguise.

[@aliengraff]

@@martincassidy7721 Thank you so much

[@L.C.Sweeney]

The fact he immediately liked John Renbourn makes me happy

[@karlsinclair9918]

Right On, Be Free is a classic. Should have been the A side. I'd actually say there were a couple of artists there I don't know and may be worth digging deeper on.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yep, I'm definitely going to check out that album by Hannibal.

[@mariuspoppFM]

Hannibal and Titus Groan are really worth it

[@karlsinclair9918]

@@mariuspoppFM I seemed to recognise Titus Groan..definitely heard of them

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@karlsinclair9918 they made only a self titled album inspired by Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, a fine example of dark/weird prog in the same vein as Comus

[@karlsinclair9918]

@@mariuspoppFM I must have seen it in an old record fair or something and the cover stuck with me. Or maybe my dad had it in his collection?

[@neilforbes416]

LP at #15 - *Everly Bros. Original Greatest Hits* would've been made up of their pre-1960 issues on Cadence Records, a label for which Any Williams had also recorded. Williams bought out Cadence, rebranded it as "Barnaby" and had it distributed by CBS until about 1973 when he sold the label to the Chess/Janus division of GRT(General Records & Tapes).

[@earlgrey691]

You just can't beat David Gilmour in the good taste stakes,everything this gentleman is about is based on said quality.

[@digger65uk]

Does Anyone know the Outro music from this video.? Just tried to Shazam it but to no avail.

[@martincassidy7721]

It sounds like a cover of Let There Be More Light.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

That Titus Groan album is actually quite good. Not totally surprising to see a rich kid hate working class music though. Different strokes for different folks.

[@securityscorpion8687]

Really? Gilmour was a rich kid? I didn't know that. Explains alot.

[@BraveBunnyCat]

😱OMG I didn’t know Gilmour was a murderer😅, …make that serial killer. Savage! 👏👏👏 but right on point👍 Would love to hear more of this

[@doggedout]

Lol. Strong mead from David Gilmour. Tells it like it is. Interesting that he was meh on the Harlem Choir but basically made the sound kind of the background of his concerts after that.. What do you want from me..indeed.?

[@SuperNevile]

That would have been an interesting concert with those two ensembles involved.

[@markkusyrjala7919]

The picture you get from a peaceful guitar playing Gilmore in the middle of a long solo..but this is someone else, he sounds cranky!😃

[@irvinchadwick5046]

Its funny because usually when an artist says nothing but negative things about every song I think maybe he's a bit jealous or something. But David is right about all of them!

[@mariuspoppFM]

He's not. He shows an embarassing ignorance about John Renbourn

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@mariuspoppFM He actually likes the John Renbourn record. It seems that's the only one he liked.

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@YesterdaysPapers good about that but he should have recognized him

[@Justin_Kipper]

I totally agree with Mr Gilmour about these songs. The music at the end of the video is awesome. Reminds me of Morricone. Great job!

[@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758]

Its a pink floyd song. From the second album. Its called let there be more light. This is a cover tho.

[@Justin_Kipper]

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 Interesting. I'm fairly familiar with "A Saucerful of Secrets", as it was the last PF album that I actually liked. But I didn't make the connection between the songs. The brilliant choice of instrumental colors in this one made it seem like something Ennio would do for a soundtrack.

[@centralparkjoe1290]

Groovy episode. 🤙

[@lippemuniz]

Possibly Barrett had a similar reaction while listening to late Pink Floyd material from the 1980's and 1990's.

[@jamesedgewood4643]

DAMN would love to know what Dave Gilmour felt about Paranoid by Black Sabbath...I bet he would have loved it.

[@AlexAlexon3897]

"Sounds like he's being strangled!" is straight from parent-speak 1970. And we thought Waters was the grumpy one. They should've asked Syd.

[@CB-xr1eg]

It was a pretty accurate statement tbh.

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

I agree with Gilmour on all of this.

[@tomcarl8021]

Get Yer Ya Ya's Out is my all time favorite album. I used to play air-drums to it from start to finish as a little boy.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

My all-time favourite live album as well.

[@ummagumma7826]

Is that an orchestra version of Corporal Clegg at the end?

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Glad to show somebody this when they are next wittering on about how old music is best

[@YesterdaysPapers]

There's always been a lot of disposable crap in the singles chart, now and then. But take a look at the album charts at the end, pretty much all classics.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

@@YesterdaysPapers I just think the range of music around was much wider back then, so you got far more stuff about, bigger highs and lower lows.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

“When’s the singing start? This will never make the top 20. I like it.” That didn’t go the direction I expected but then again, considering the music David made it makes sense.

[@lestoil]

"Play something good now, please" 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Oakenshield69]

"But the oysters are very good, aren't they?"

[@tentringer4065]

Did they have it in for Dave that week?

[@robbalboni4179]

i guess these records didn't thrill him, but to be fair i have never heard any of these, but thats what i like because its like discovering new old tunes that are obscure to me. some of them were ok ,but many of them were so so , but thats not a bad thing, any and all music has its place, thanks for sharing this, always a pleasure!

[@Gardosunron]

The Renburn song was alright. Nice to see Desmond Dekker in the top 10.

[@Krzyszczynski]

A much better version of Open The Door Homer was put out in 1972 by Coulson, Dean, McGuinness and Flint, on their Lo And Behold album of Dylan covers. You can find it on YT somewhere.

[@hammer44head]

It sounds like someone is strangling him, i cant stop laughing at that. I kinda feel guilty about it though, since Dave was in obvious pain listening to all this tripe! Thanks Dave, i'm stealing that line for every put down of a singer i dont like hearing.

[@rossgregor4817]

Very obscure collection of singles from that month. Interesting to see Mad Dogs and Englishmen making its first appearance. What a monster album it became and Joe a massive star.

[@KieroUnasBotasAGoGo]

I'd like to know what would he have thought of The Hollies' Gasoline Alley Bred (entering at #25 n the chart)

[@fredkrissman6527]

They all DID sound the same -- except John Renbourne, who's not a top 40 pop singer! -- and Floyd never sounded like anyone else...

[@neilfriedman]

I was too busy listening to Floyd to have heard any of these songs. Gave up singles and the charts in 1968 after Saucer Full of Secrets😂

[@paulnolan4971]

@fred freddy lol

[@rianmcfie7633]

Ha ha, love David's comments.

[@MarsHottentot]

Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera (amended to Velvet Opera) are great

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Very English, very funny and pretty honest!

[@GL-ls1eo]

I don't know, hearing some of these songs for the first time, I like them. I have to listen to them more as they might be triggering nostalgia right now.

[@dashriprock9014]

Wonder if he'd like anything by Pink Floyd?

[@jacksonburnette207]

He's actually been pretty harsh on their post-Syd, pre-Meddle stuff in hindsight reviews. So he'd probably say the same about his own songs from this time period!

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Groovy tunes man....far out...I dig it !

[@drfoxcourt]

I'm with Mr Gilmore on this one. Not a tune among them was impressive, but what a set of charts. The inter-decade was amazing for the breadth and skill of the albums that made it.

[@charlesachurch7265]

Another treat. I love your presentations. International Times have an archive. Charles Chaar Murray was my mentor. Creative criticism is disappointing these days. Xxx

[@jonhillman871]

3:50 neil innes on the old grey whistle test. sorry, david gilmour but you can't rain on my parade.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

"Come on thrill me for god sake" 🤣😂 What's funny about this review is that David's comments sounded a lot like Syd's review, quite savage and didn't suffer fools gladly. A band is lucky to have one great frontman in it's lifetime ... so the fact that Pink Floyd had two is incredible 🥰 Great work on the music as always, YP. Happy New Year 😘💖

[@paulnolan4971]

Two ?! lol c'mon Sophie lol

[@paulnolan4971]

I don't think ya weighing the 'pros and cons' of that statement there Sophie but I'm amused to comment :P

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks, Sophie. I agree, his comments did sound a lot like Syd's Blind Date. At least Syd got a few decent singles, though. Poor David, on the other hand... Happy New Year, Sophie!

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

@@YesterdaysPapers I think Melody Maker were taking the mick out of our Dave 😂❤

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@SophieLovesSunsets Yeah, he got trolled.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

When I first saw the date of this Blind Date I thought "Uh oh, this might not be the most wonderful selection for poor David" And I guess i was right. Must admit to not knowing ANY of these songs so there might be some gold plated (not gold, no sir, gold plated..) stuff hidden in the dross. And my mood was not helped one bit when I saw The Sound Of Music was nowhere to be found on the Brit album charts. That's bloody awful...Oh well, liquor solves everything, right?....lol Happy New Year, YP, you're the best!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! I too was appalled to see The Sound of Music missing from the UK Charts. What a damn shame! Happy New Year, Willie!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes, appalled, bloody appalled!!

[@deirdre108]

That's when we knew the 60's were really over--no Sound of Music on the charts.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@deirdre108 "The Dream Is Over" (John Lennon after realizing The Sound of Music was no longer on the charts)

[@deirdre108]

@@YesterdaysPapers LOL! Perfect!

[@ericdailey8587]

I enjoy these videos. What I find interesting with them all is the vast amount of music made that has virtually disappeared (at least I never heard of it on any stations here in the U.S. that play music from the 60s and 70s). I realize some of the singles are from British artists that maybe never got any airplay in the U.S., but still there is so much music that has been made over the years that has gone away (and for good reason in some cases 😉).

[@YesterdaysPapers]

A lot of the UK singles featured on these Bliind Dates didn't even chart in ine UK. An incredible amount of singles were releaased every week.

[@Anzevuil]

For all of his Mister Nice Millionaire Musician Guy facade (before and after making his Floyd fortune), this shows how brutal and withering a music critic Dave Gilmour could be if he was bored or got his druthers up about what is "Good" and "Bad" music, as much as Mister Less Nice Millionaire Musician Guy Roger Waters. I guess that's why their decades-long feud has had unending traction; they have strictly defined tastes that compliment and contradict each other. Solo, their weaknesses are more apparent, lacking what made The Floyd so powerful and successful. But we will always continue to listen to them. 🙂 Also, check out Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Tour if you can (and cannot reach or afford RW's final major tour concerts); you won't be disappointed.

[@crisprtalk6963]

Same month Syd Barrett’s “Barrett” was released, an album David was key to getting it done and played on it.

[@TheTransitmtl]

I should show this to every boomer who says all music is bad today

[@chalkandcheese1868]

Well yeah, there was a lot of crap back then, but there was also a lot of gold, that's the difference, you don't get the hilarious crap today, but you don't get any of the gold either.

[@johnny85er]

What is that final song you used?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It's a cover/adaptation of "Let There Be More Light" by Pink Floyd that I recorded.

[@johnny85er]

@@YesterdaysPapers nicely done

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@johnny85er Thanks.

[@KeizerHedorah]

este dave gilmour de Musica de 1960s de psychedelico vato