Coming Back to Life
| "Coming Back to Life" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Pink Floyd | |
| from the album The Division Bell | |
| Published | Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd |
| Released | 28 March 1994 (UK) 5 April 1994 (US) |
| Recorded | 1993 |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 6:19 |
| Label |
EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
| Songwriter(s) | David Gilmour |
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour |
"Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour.
Gilmour has said (as can be heard on the David Gilmour in Concert DVD) that the song was written about his wife, Polly Samson.
The song is played in C major. It opens with a synth droning a C major chord, leading to a slow guitar solo played with a clean sound. The first verse is then sung slowly over synth chords, before the main rhythm of the song appears, and the rest of the band join the arrangement. Another verse is sung, and followed by a guitar solo. After this guitar solo, the last few lines of the verse are sung again, and then a guitar solo is played until the end of the song.
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The song has been a staple in Gilmour's performances from 1994-2006. It was one of the songs performed on rotation during the 1994 Division Bell Tour, at every one of Gilmour's semi-acoustic shows in 2001 and 2002, at Gilmour's performance at the Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary concert in London in 2004, and was played at most shows during his solo 2006 On an Island Tour. It has currently been played at a handful of shows only during the current 2015-16 Rattle That Lock Tour.
Pink Floyd, 1994 tour
David Gilmour – electric guitar, lead vocals
Richard Wright – organ
Nick Mason – drums
with:
Guy Pratt – bass
Tim Renwick – acoustic guitar
Jon Carin – synthesiser
Gary Wallis – percussion
Sam Brown – backing vocals
Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals
David Gilmour, 2006 and 2015-16 tours
David Gilmour – electric guitar, lead vocals
Richard Wright – organ (2006 only)
Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
Guy Pratt – bass
Jon Carin – synthesiser
Steve DiStanislao – drums
Kevin McAlea – organ (2015-16 only)
Bryan Chambers – backing vocals (2015-16 only)
Lucita Jules – backing vocals (2015-16 only)
Louise Clare Marshall – backing vocals (2015-16 only)
Chester Kamen – electric guitar (2016 second leg only)
Chuck Leavell – organ (2016 second leg only)
Greg Phillinganes – synthesiser (2016 second leg only)
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