A Viewpoint

Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb is undoubtedly one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed on the electric guitar. And if you’ve heard the studio version, it’s literally impossible to not get blown away by the myriads of live versions of the solo that Gilmour has played through the years (or decades). And the great thing about the live renditions is that each of them brings a distinctly characteristic feel to the solo--making all of them memorable and stand on their own, it’s almost like different takes on the original studio version. For example, the Delicate Sound of Thunder version has a darker and more tormented feel overall, there are parts of the solo where it’s unlike anything ever heard from Gilmour. This version is also the most ‘badass’ and raw version of the Comfortably Numb solo, which was how Gilmour played it during the Momentary Lapse tour in the late 80’s. And until Live in Gdansk came out, this was my favorite version of the solo. Also, Gilmour’s gu

The fundamental question underlying all philosophy is the age old “why are we here” and that’s probably as old as the history of humanity itself. And there are two major worldviews regarding the answer to this--one is the belief that we and everything that we experience around us is the result of spontaneous, purposeless evolutionary impulse of the Universe. The other viewpoint is it’s opposite and tells us that we, as well as the entirety of this physical Universe, is the creation of a higher intelligence and we are all part of a grand cosmic journey. The former is also widely known as the ‘scientific’ worldview as it makes up literally most of the perspective of modern science. According to it, the Universe as we know it, came from a gigantic explosion and for some inexplicable reason, bursted into a living, physical reality. Also, the Universe is literally endless with an astronomical number of galaxies each having it’s own solar systems full of stars and planets. An