David Gilmour has reflected on the possibility that Pink Floyd's 1970 song 'Fat Old Sun' may have been influenced by The Kinks during its creation, revealing a connection between his admiration for the band and his own songwriting. Throughout his career, Gilmour has repeatedly praised The Kinks as a major artistic influence, describing their composition 'Waterloo Sunset' as an ideal example of pop songwriting.

In discussing the song's composition years later, Gilmour expressed uncertainty about whether he had drawn from The Kinks' style, though the decades that followed produced no public claims of musical similarity from critics or the band themselves. This ambiguity reflects how musicians often absorb the aesthetics of artists they admire into their creative process before developing their own recognisable voice, a pattern Gilmour has acknowledged throughout his career.