Roger Waters - The Wall
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Russ35 said:
Now to get back to trying to work out what I need to buy from the upcoming Pink Floyd re-issues to get all the rare un-released audio and video material.
Argh, don't say that! What new material is there? I already have DSotM in three different versions. And thats just cd!61GT said:
Went to see Roger Waters at the NIA in Birmingham last night with my eldest (17 year old) son.
As a huge fan of Pink Floyd fan over the last 30+ years (albeit The Wall is not my favourite PF album by any means) I belatedly decided to go along and see what is probably the last great PF-related concert involving any of the original band members.
So glad I did!
Whilst there will inevitably (and quite rightly) be great new bands coming along in the future few will be able to match the originality, inventiveness and sheer spectacle of Pink Floyd at their very best.
I was there too with my father, absolutely amazing concert!As a huge fan of Pink Floyd fan over the last 30+ years (albeit The Wall is not my favourite PF album by any means) I belatedly decided to go along and see what is probably the last great PF-related concert involving any of the original band members.
So glad I did!
Whilst there will inevitably (and quite rightly) be great new bands coming along in the future few will be able to match the originality, inventiveness and sheer spectacle of Pink Floyd at their very best.
(Also, we didn't park in Brindleyplace at least judging by the queue, we had access to an office car park about half a mile away!)
I know it's only Gilmour and Wright, but this is 22mins of bliss http://www.youtube.com/user/GilmourTrueHD#p/u/10/T...
JBL930 said:
I know it's only Gilmour and Wright, but this is 22mins of bliss http://www.youtube.com/user/GilmourTrueHD#p/u/10/T...
Awesome.I had my mp3 player on random play when the FLAC of this came on. I just had to stop - utterly mesmerising.
andyroo said:
Argh, don't say that! What new material is there? I already have DSotM in three different versions. And thats just cd!
Try to work it out from this! Details or hereThe one thing I can see is the BBC recording of the 1974 Wembley concert of TDSOTM
Edited by Russ35 on Wednesday 29th June 12:16
andyroo said:
Russ35 said:
Now to get back to trying to work out what I need to buy from the upcoming Pink Floyd re-issues to get all the rare un-released audio and video material.
Argh, don't say that! What new material is there? I already have DSotM in three different versions. And thats just cd!JBL930 said:
I know it's only Gilmour and Wright, but this is 22mins of bliss http://www.youtube.com/user/GilmourTrueHD#p/u/10/T...
+1I was lucky enough to go to one of David Gilmour's concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in 2006.
Looking back, whilst Gilmour and Waters were quite brilliant in their own right, you can't help feeling that Pink Floyd as a whole were much greater than the sum of their individual parts.
AndrewW-G said:
£75 + booking fee
And worth every penny/Aussie cent. The show really does put you through the emotional mill. The aforementioned clips of the soldier/child reunions are incredibly powerful. But the canny thing Roger has done is to keep the narrative of the album up to date. For instance the use of nanny state/cctv imagery on Mother was very clever, on Goodbye Blue Sky, replacing the Nazi bombers with B-52s dropping corporate logos etc. I was very impressed that the emphasis of the show was anti-war, anti-conflict, anti-state control rather than the failure of personal relationships with his mother and wife/s that built 'The Wall' - which even at the time of writing were pretty misogynistic. Those bits of the show were probably the weakest and have dated (Young Lust etc) - but that's not to do it down at all as the show is awesome - to use the word in its true sense.
His Desert Island Discs interview goes into more detail about it and is a really interesting listen for anyone who has seen the show or has got tickets.
2volvos said:
And worth every penny/Aussie cent.
one of the few events that I've enjoyed every second, having done Zeppelin, Cream, The Whom, Rolling Stones, Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction etc, have to say that Tuesday night was one of the best I've seen and not as is often the case, a pension earning trip, as the last couple of Clapton tours seem to have become.61GT said:
JBL930 said:
I know it's only Gilmour and Wright, but this is 22mins of bliss http://www.youtube.com/user/GilmourTrueHD#p/u/10/T...
+1I was lucky enough to go to one of David Gilmour's concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in 2006.
Looking back, whilst Gilmour and Waters were quite brilliant in their own right, you can't help feeling that Pink Floyd as a whole were much greater than the sum of their individual parts.
I have just had to walk out of the middle of the concert here in Paris due to me being needed somewhere.
Duty calls and all that but I'm really gutted
Funny thing was I had to leave just after those immortal words "goodbye" just before the interval. Bloody brilliant show, looking forward to getting the DVD.
Duty calls and all that but I'm really gutted
Funny thing was I had to leave just after those immortal words "goodbye" just before the interval. Bloody brilliant show, looking forward to getting the DVD.
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