New David Gilmour record:any feedback?

Seems like a very good record on a few spins much more enjoyable than anything released from either camps since Waters left Floyd.

I don't see Money as a negative satire at all-I've always thought there was an intentional hint of hypocrisy aimed at himself on that.
Floyd would never have had the success they had if Water's writing was purely "pessimistic and angry", there's a lot of missed humour in Waters work.
Listen to the commentary of The Wall DVD to hear another side of him.

John,
I don't think I disagree with anything you've wrote there.

Perhaps what I was trying to say that your observations whilst correct only take in a certain aspect on how Waters writing worked and in comparison to Gilmour's lyrics (and his wifes)they are clearly on another level.

For me Floyd's magic works on several levels and I don't see Waters writing as pessimistic at all, merely true.

I like the mood of Gilmour's album by the way.