Talk:Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song)

message: Why does the box on the right give 7" and 12" as formats of the song, when the text says that 'Learning to Fly' was "the first CD-only single"? Seems like a contradiction to me.--[[User:Kabas
It's wrong.  The single was released on both 7" and 12" formats.  I've removed it. NH78.147.153.46 (talk) 15:08, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Format 

message: The main Pink Floyd article says the music for this song was written by Ezrin and Carin. This article says it's written mostly by Gilmour. What's the truth? 74.77.208.52 17:48, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We'll probably never know.  Everyone involved with AMLoR swears up and down that Gilmour did most of the writing (usually, in the same breath, stating that he's also the nicest guy in the world).  But the main chord progression, Jon Carin does take credit for.  --63.25.224.152 (talk) 01:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Who wrote it?

message: The article states the video was filmed in Banff National Park but this is simply not true. Mountain scenes are in the Canmore/Exshaw area of the Bow Valley. In particular some of the recognizable peaks in the background are The Three Sisters and Pigeon Mountain. 68.145.77.233 (talk) 04:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video 

message: Can anyone hear the similarities between this song and the Lion King song "Circle of Life"??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209.233.63 (talk) 00:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circle of Life 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:An Earthbound Misfit I.jpg

message: The section titled "Musical composition" had nothing to do with the music or how the song came to be written.  Since there's nothing particularly interesting about the music (sure, it's a groovy song, but nothing special musically), I figured it would be easier to re-title the section than re-write it.  So I just changed it to "Background".  Boooring, I know . . . Sorry.  --63.25.224.152 (talk) 01:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Musical Composition" 

message: David Gilmour, already an accomplished pilot, learned to fly a sailplane.  Shortly after one of his first solo flights he ignored a critical lesson and consequently experienced wing icing and nearly crashed as a result:  sailplanes cannot tolerate additional weight and most have no means to melt the ice while in flight.  Reference to "the circling sky", "suspended animation" and "state of bliss" are all real feelings one feels while flying a sailplane.  He described the feeling as extremely humbling and very fortunate the flight did not end in disaster.  Other current events in his and the groups life paralleled the experience and hence numerous metaphors from a real life experience.  This information is recalled from a publicized interview of Gilmour many years ago. Rasalas49 (talk) 16:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins of the song meaning 

message: In the post-Waters era with the release of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "The Division Bell", I noticed that Pink Floyd explored a slightly more soft rock approach in this song, similar to what Genesis were doing at the time on albums such as "We Can't Dance". Do you think "Learning to Fly" qualifies as soft rock?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.219.160.114 (talk) 03:20, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soft rock? 

message: "The red/orange airplane is a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing."
What kind of nonsense is this? Staggerwing is a biplane while the aircraft from the video is clearly a monoplane, and it looks very much alike Piper Cub or one of its derivatives.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.178.141.151 (talk) 20:34, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aircraft