David Gilmour swung by Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week to perform his new single (“Rattle That Lock”) and an old favorite (“Wish You Were Here”) proving that any music worth anything is truly timeless.
The Pink Floyd masterpiece is over 40 years old yet still radiates an ageless, all-compassing twister of emotion and artistry. Gilmour has likely performed this track thousands of times throughout his career and we, as the audience, still experience all the feels. All of ’em. Every last one. This song really speaks to me – it’s as if it connects the entire world’s collective loneliness into 5 and a half minutes, reminding anyone listening that they’re not alone. That everyone around them is also swimming up stream, trying to find that someone–or something–to make sense of all the madness that is life. (I don’t know what drugs Floyd were on back in the day, but I think someone slipped it into my coffee.)
It makes me sad that Pink Floyd will never properly reunite…that Gilmour and Roger Waters won’t ever mend the pain of the past to continue one of the best bands that ever existed. The dreamer in me will keep praying for it, but the doubter in me knows better. Til then, we can at least sleep easy knowing that both Gilmour and Waters will still occasionally hit the circuit and revive these old classics–some of the best songs ever written–from the dead…even if they go it alone.
I love this performance so hard. Deep in my bones, kids.
David Gilmour Performs “Wish You Were Here”
David Gilmour Performs “Wish You Were Here” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Deleted Scene from “Batman v Superman” Starring Jimmy Kimmel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y8iRvQdSGA SUBSCRIBE to get the latest #KIMMEL: http://bit.ly/JKLSubscribe Watch the latest Halloween Candy Prank: http://bit.ly/KimmelHalloweenCandy Watch Mean Tweets: http://bit.ly/JKLMeanTweets8 Connect with Jimmy Kimmel Live Online: Visit the Jimmy Kimmel Live WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/JKLWebsite Like Jimmy Kimmel Live on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/JKLFacebook Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/JKLTwitter Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/JKLInstagram About Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy-winning “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC’s late-night talk show.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.