New David Gilmour Documentary

On BBC 2 TV now.

 

Yep, 75 minutes worth, recording it and will watch tomorrow when i get the TV to myself.

After a break of nine years, David Gilmour steps back into the spotlight with a number one album and world tour. This film is an intimate portrait of one of the greatest guitarists and singers of all time, exploring his past and present. With unprecedented access, the film crew have captured and detailed key moments in David Gilmour's personal and professional life that have shaped him both as a person and a musician.

 

Just finished, was excellent and quite touching actually.

 

What a great documentary.

The part where he admitted he doesn't miss his mother was very honest and moving.

 

Absolutely. He was brutally honest and I admire that very much. He knew that what he was saying was something that would not sound good and was an "ugly" thing to say but he said it anyway because that's how he feels about it. No PC. I never saw him get emotional like that. He didn't cry or anything, even though he was close to it at one point, but you could see that talking about his mother was very powerful for him. I was aware of his "resentment" towards his parents for lack of affection/love but I never realized how strong it was. And I really appreciate that even though he never truly let it go, he didn't become bitter about it. I admire him even more as a person.

 

It was very nice. I had tears in my eyes. The music is beautiful.

 

Anyone know where I can watch this in the U.S.?

 

I definately got to see this.

 

I'd say keep an eye on YouTube. I have a ton of BBC music documentaries on my HD that I stream to my TV. They're not the best picture quality but better than nothing. Other than that, torrents. I don't believe these docs are on US tv in any legit way. BBC does great music documentaries and it's disappointing that the UK has to produce so many docs of US artists.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed watching although I missed the first 10 mins, very interesting regarding his live appearance with Bombay Bicycle Club performing WYWH. The stuff about his parents was fascinating.

 

If anyone spots it on YouTube, can they post a link? Many thanks.

 

In Ireland we can not access bbc online tv but using a dns service you can watch it on BBC iplayer anywhere in the world, I use UNOTELLY. You can also download and keep the stuff in HD using Get Iplayer Automater.

 

With Hola you can watch it anywhere, I guess.

 

Didn't he get shipped off to boarding school at age 7 when his father took a teaching job in the States?

 

Yeah, that's right, though he was 5. He said his parents then returned to Cambridge but didn't collect him or his siblings for a further two school terms.

 

Excellent documentary. Very insightful as to how he records and writes his music and the full access to the house and his family was very touching.

 

Hula is fine for computers but for smart TVs and blu ray players you need something like unotelly.I watch iPlayer through my DNS changed blue ray player.

 

This is absolutely essential viewing.........superb piece of film making.

 

Yeah, I saw this last night. I'm not a huge Floyd fan but I found this fascinating too, and the stuff about his mother was very touching. I wasn't aware he had issues with his parents but I probably should have guessed when his wife was telling the interviewer about how he only expresses emotion through his guitar playing. He does come across as a lovely bloke and his honesty made for riveting viewing. I couldn't help thinking what an idyllic lifestyle he's managed to create for himself out in the countryside.

 

Absolutely brilliant, such an enjoyable and insightful documentary, I don't think I've seen Gilmour be so quite revealing be it in print interviews or on a documentary before.

Makes me appreciate RTL even more, not listened to it for a few weeks but will certainly be giving it a play soon. Although I'm biased as PF are my favourite band and DG my favourite artist but he really does wring out emotions from his instrument like no other guitarist.

No not a man of many words although he did reveal quite a bit to Alan Yentob in the 75 minutes. Particularly emotional when he recalled Rick and that piano on A Boat Lies Waiting is full of emotion, it's really one of the most beautiful songs he's ever composed.

Polly also seems to have tapped into his music on this album, her best lyrics of all their collaborations. I hope this gets a Blu ray release with bonus footage, a real treat for us fans. Such a shame I didn't get to see him live, that footage of the Pula Croatia gig looked truly magical, definitely would have been an ideal setting within an ancient Roman Amphitheater, recalling Pompei some what but with an audience.

 

VERY intrigued to see this now after all the comments here!

 

It was very nice to see that he is the kind of parent he never had, and his children are his priority.

 

I want to see this documentary.

 

Now I have to see it and soon!

 

Absolutely, and good to see them playing instruments and singing too. So important for parents to actually 'teach' their kids stuff, it's something that gets overlooked within the majority of families.