Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd Guitar Solo (cover)

"Any Colour You Like" is the eighth track from Pink Floyd&1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. It is an instrumental written by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, making it one of three tracks on the album that Roger Waters did not receive writing credit for, the last Pink Floyd track that Waters had no part in writing while he was still a member, and the last Pink Floyd studio track credited to Mason. The piece itself features no lyrics, and consists of a synthesised tune which segues into a guitar solo (some scat vocals (Gilmour) are added later on, these were more prominent in live versions but are still audible in the studio cut). The song used advanced effects for the time both in the keyboard and the guitar. David Gilmour used two guitars with the Uni-Vibe guitar effect to create the harmonizing guitar solo for the rest of the song. While the song is instrumental, it has been speculated that the song ties to The Dark Side of the Moon concept by considering the lack of choice one has in human society, while being deluded into thinking one does. It is also speculated that the song is about the fear of making choices. The origin of the title is unclear. One possible origin of the title comes from an answer frequently given by a studio technician to questions put to him: "You can have it any colour you like", which was a reference to Henry Ford&apocryphal description of the Model T. This is my cover version, with a little improvisation at the end, played with...