{"id":6503,"date":"2025-01-01T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=6503"},"modified":"2025-01-01T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:05:46","slug":"finest-work-since-dark-side-moon-david-gilmour-staged-smash-comeback-luck-strange-ice-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=6503","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHis finest work since The Dark Side of the Moon\u201d: How David Gilmour staged a smash comeback with Luck &#038; Strange \u2013 and Ice-T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6504\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mVWo2DKumMMHmbN9TghsCj.jpg-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mVWo2DKumMMHmbN9TghsCj.jpg-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mVWo2DKumMMHmbN9TghsCj.jpg.webp 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In September of 2024, the Pink Floyd veteran returned with his fifth solo full-length, Luck and Strange, reminding us of his skills as a master storyteller and enchanting minds with each bluesy bent. It had been nearly a decade since his last studio album.<\/p>\n<p>The guitarist and singer even went to the extent of calling it his best work since Dark Side of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Along with his signature Strats, he also admitted to using a Gibson ES-335 for the solos on Dark and Velvet Nights. He confessed that he didn&#8217;t have &#8220;a huge history with Gibson guitars&#8221; and that the new instrument was &#8220;a very, very different sort of guitar to what I&#8217;m used to,&#8221; but otherwise continued to play Strats.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the guitarist appeared as a guest on Body Count&#8217;s version of Comfortably Numb, nipping at the strings like a background track the entire time\u2014possibly the most unexpected crossover of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Ice-T approached Gilmour first, asking for permission to use the song, but Gilmour ended up agreeing to play on it instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new lyrics are great; they reflect the terrifying reality of our current situation,&#8221; he thought afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September of 2024, the Pink Floyd veteran returned with his fifth solo full-length, Luck and Strange, reminding us of his skills as a master storyteller and enchanting minds with each bluesy bent. 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