# Favorite Songs Of The Musician's Own Discography?

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**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs-of-the-musicians-own-discography/931535 "2021-01-26T16:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs-of-the-musicians-own-discography/931535/1 "2021-01-26T16:03:06Z")

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And if you can (please), list (as best as you can) the writers and/or co-writers of the song… I’m usually interested when a musician in a great band names songs they love that they didn’t write.

In “Far Out” magazine, David Gilmour named his 6 favorite Pink Floyd songs:

-Comfortably Numb (co-written with Roger)  
-Echoes (all members are credited)  
-Shine On You Crazy Diamond (co-written with Roger)  
-Wish You Were Here (co-written with Roger)  
-High Hopes (co-written with Polly)  
-The Great Gig In The Sky (Wright/Torry)

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs-of-the-musicians-own-discography/931535/2 "2021-01-27T00:16:44Z")

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I don’t have my own examples, sorry, but I’m interested in yours because I’ve been a Gilmour biased Pink Floyd fan since my teens. It is interesting that there is only one from the post Waters Pink Floyd, but not particularly surprising. I think David Gilmour is well aware of his limitations as a lyricist and he probably has a similar opinion to most fans, that Pink Floyd was its best when it wasn’t just the Roger Waters show, or the David Gilmour (with various guest lyricists) show.

I’m not a big fan of High Hopes personally, I much prefer Wearing The Inside Out.