JAKARTA - Although David Gilmour is famous for his work on guitar, he is also a great lyricist, something he has shown throughout his career with Pink Floyd and as a solo artist. Taking instructions from some of the best poets out there, this Cambridge native man formed his own distinctive approach to the composition of the lyrics.
However, there is one particular artist who has an extraordinary influence on Gilmour: he is the late Leonard Cohen. In particular, this Canadian is one of the best music words makers ever, with strong arguments that Cohen took the top spot over Bob Dylan as the most talented songwriter in the lyrics in the world. He is a man who consistently keeps a lot of impressive work until he died in 2016.
Songs like Songs of Leonard Cohen, Death of a Ladies' Man, and Recent Song are among his best works, but may be best known in mainstream. for the song Hallelujah, created by Jeff▁gagasan in the next decade.
In 2021, Gilmour spoke to Rolling Stone about displaying a selection of Leonard Cohen's songs during live streaming of the pandemic, includingaturation, If It Be Your Will, and So Long. Here, the Pink Floyd personnel outline how great Cohen was as a guitarist before declaring that he was the best lyricist he could think of.
One thing I learned was how good he was as a guitar player. You tend to think of song singers as people who only use guitar accompaniments to perform the words they do, but Leonard is a guitar player who really excels in fingerstyle things I can't do. And, of course, he is the best lyricist I know," Gilmour said as told by writer Arun Starkey in Far Out Magazine.
This is not the first time Gilmour has given his highest praise to Leonard Cohen. In 2000, he appeared on a webcast and participated in conversations about Pink Floyd and his solo career. Once upon a time, the singer of Wish You Were Here's song was asked to name her favorite single in the 1990s. He chose Closing Time (1992) from Leonard Cohen.
"I spent a lot of time trying to analyze those lyrics," he explained.
When speaking with Dotmusic two years later, Gilmour was asked to explain the naming of Closing Time as his favorite single from the previous decade. Recalling the lyrics of the song, he also mentioned his original album, The Future, 'great'.
It was a great album by Leonard Cohen. I really like the whole album and song. I spend a lot of time trying to analyze what the lyrics mean," said Gilmour.
Listen to the Closing Time by Leonard Cohen below.
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