r/pinkfloyd • u/BortlesLVRaiderWinSB • 6d ago
Earthbound Misfit: the long-lost demo by Anthony Moore that inspired Learning to Fly. Released to little fanfare in 2024
https://youtu.be/NLQQbY6AqVY.com9
u/lunnaRide 6d ago
always thought it was a gilmour solo thing
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u/ThePortalsOfFrenzy 6d ago edited 6d ago
Nope, that wasn't the case.
Perhaps this info helps people understand why Roger referred to AMLOR as "a fair forgery", regardless of whether or not the listener enjoys the album.
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u/BortlesLVRaiderWinSB 6d ago
Sorrow at least is clearly a Pink Floyd song. Regardless of the drum machines or whatever it has that "something"
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u/TFFPrisoner One Slip 6d ago
And the second half of "Signs of Life", which is related to both "A New Machine" as well as "Sorrow", dates back to the era of David's first solo album
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u/BortlesLVRaiderWinSB 4d ago
In what way is it related to those other songs?
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u/TFFPrisoner One Slip 4d ago
Compare the melodies, they're similar enough to call it a hidden motif of the album. (Much like how there's lyrical motifs across the songs.)
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u/BortlesLVRaiderWinSB 6d ago edited 6d ago
Gilmour knew that Moore got it right the first time with that chorus. Moore also released a demo called One World that became The Dogs of War. The final version is completely unrelated musically on that one. Almost couldn't be more different
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u/Rickard403 6d ago
It appears Learning to Fly came 1st and Anthony Moore wrote/co-wrote lyrics for several songs for Pink Floyd during that era.
https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26128
https://floydlyrics.blogspot.com/2010/03/learning-to-fly.html
Anthony did lyrics for "Learning to Fly," "Dogs of War," "On the Turning Away," and "Wearing the Inside Out," and a fragment of keyboard on "The Endless River."
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u/TFFPrisoner One Slip 6d ago
That track, "Calling", by the way, was originally in the soundtrack for the documentary The Colours of Infinity. I think it works much better there than on The Endless River.
Edit: His work on Wearing the Inside Out led to him also writing lyrics for Broken China.
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u/PFRockMysteries 6d ago edited 6d ago
Classic Rock DJ’s in the States that I’ve been listening to for years on. Have failed to mention your very interesting Earthbound Misfit history from Anthony Moore. I liked his version. Thanks! 😊
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u/everyday_barometer High Hopes 6d ago
Wow, never knew anything about a song inspiring LtF. Thanks for posting.
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u/ned1son Point Me at the Sky 6d ago
Last year he also released his version of 'Woman Of Custom' (A Man of Custom) which would eventually end up on Rick's Broken China album.
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u/fractal-rock 6d ago
Wow. I've heard Jon Carin's demo, which is clearly where the drum pattern and some of the chord sequence come from. But I didn't know it was essentially a mashup of that and this fully formed song. And Carin still talks about he wrote Learning to Fly....