PINK FLOYD

Concertgebouw '69 is amazing.

technically floyd did embryo for a bbc session in '68, but that was the "works" version... croydon was its revival as part of the regular set for the next two years (and you can tell it's the first time because they hadn't really worked out a standard structure for it yet- the opening riff shows up somewhere in the middle- which they had by feb 11).

those who are into strange versions of "the embryo", incidentally, should check out the bizarre ernst-merck halle 1970 version with the lengthy "corrosion"/pict rant intro, as well as some of the last versions- the final recorded performance from nov 20 1971 reaches up to a good half hour, but i prefer the hunter college take from earlier in the month, which touches on some of the same themes but is slightly less padded (only 20 mins).

Concertgebouw '69 is amazing.

So great! My first PF boot too, the version of Biding My Time is hilarious, for the last two years I've been trying to persuade EMI/Warner to put it on the fabled Early Years Box Set

What's the Early Years box set?!

fabled.

It is fabled because it's been talked about since before EMI got fucked. I know somebody who is part of the team, but I can't say much unfortunately :(

I've concluded it doesn't matter much if it ever comes out or not. The Immersion Editions that did show up pretty conclusively show that they don't really have crap sitting around in their archives that you can't hear in pristine quality on bootleg.

If there is such stuff lying around I would buy it on an official release but not a bootleg, so it does matter if it comes out.

We need a official Pink Floyd Bootleg Series of Ruling more than any more Immersion sets. Probably make more money too.

Immersion set of just like Relics with three cds of singles live cuts alt version would rule so hard

expanded deluxe Relics is a great idea

YES
also YES to a bootleg series.
#pinkfloydrules

Staying up late downloading PINK FLOYD bootlegs. Unbelievably I don't have a copy of that Town Hall gig.

Staying up late downloading PINK FLOYD bootlegs RULES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT8xvqtRYUs

That's quite interesting.

listening to this song from some band i've never heard of, but it kinda rules ... https://soundcloud.com/batheticrecords/nest-egg-set-the-gps-to-the-heart-of-the-sun

Ripping off Pink Floyd is harder then you think..

https://soundcloud.com/alanmaguire/riping-off

*sigh* so it's 1986 again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=16&v=eHP7l0EaouM

Absolutely dire. Sounds like an outtake from About Face.

There's also a "making of" featurette going around in which Gilmour says the main riff was inspired by a jingle he heard at a French railway station. Maybe keep that to yourself, eh David?

I think all the old guys from prog bands (or even people like brian wilson) need one young, advant garde, funky/grungy rocker to turn an old, sterile sound into something with teeth.

I expected worse from a new solo Gilmour song. The keyboard theme makes a nice groove. It just isn't enough to bring this song out of retirement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaA_-53H1LI
The problem here is that this merely features Brian and the indie band sounds millenial as opposed to 60's, 70's or 90's

I can't expect to find any good, young, artsy, funky/grungy skronkers these days

Any frenchman will recognise the riff as the national railways jingle (SNCF):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMT7JImkHc

looool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLnVcWg3nw
For comparison of what modern day Genesis solo guitarist sounds like next to modern day Gilmour music

baaderonixx, that's dead on to the part I like in Rattle That Lock. lol

I didn't mind a lot of 'On An Island', there was a charm about that kinda somnambulant, hushed dadrock. But this new thing is all pastel colours, suit jackets with shoulder pads and bassists with colourful ethnic waistcoats, hope the rest of the record isn't a hopeless pile of junk.

I'd be really happy if he took more notes from Manzanera and went all early 80s Roxy Music.

that'd be good.
feel like gilmour is the kind of guy who should just be locked in a studio for a day w/ his guitars/amps -- what he'd come up with that way would probably be better than this blando stuff.

I think all the old guys from prog bands (or even people like brian wilson) need one young, advant garde, funky/grungy rocker to turn an old, sterile sound into something with teeth.

A remixer du jour might be more beneficial in this case. Hey, quite a few Balearic heads loved The Endless River.

what was the consensus on Metallic Spheres?

Not sure but this article mentions a full recitation of Metallic Spheres at Cafe Mambo (at sunset but sans Gilmour, sadly) and further explores the Floyd/Balearic link.

what did the folks that post on this thread think of it? I gave it a couple of listens and it didn't register. My wife (a floyd fan) asked why I was listening to Joe Satriani.

I thought it sounded better on paper.

The Orb and David Gilmour -- Metallic Spheres

Critical reading: http://www.markprindle.com/gilmour.htm#metallic

That Prindle review rules.

I miss Prindle, actually. His reviews weren't for everyone, but I always found 'em entertaining.

Oh my God I have just spent a good 15 minutes laughing uncontrollably. That review is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever read. Thanks for making my day.

That was definitely good to read again
I listened to Metallic Spheres the other night. It's just as unmemorable as anything DG has produced in years. On An Island is still about as good as solo Dave gets, I think.

Heya, I need some help from the hivemind identifying a ROIO, I seem to have mislaid it and am a little sketchy on the specifics.

It's from London and I'm quite certain it is one of the Empire Pool dates from '74, what would make it easier to identify however is the taper can be heard for quite a while at the start, he's being quizzed about his gear and, iirc, has a cheerful northern accent. Can anybody help?

This is from an interview with David Gilmour in latest Mojo. File under: people who seem to have figured out how to live

"Inside the cosy, busy and slightly messy kitchen, his son Joe lolls in a corner chair, playing dextrous arpeggios on an acoustic guitar as Gilmour's author and lyricist wife Polly Samson appears through an adjoining door, smiling and puffing on a roll-up. The couple have lived here for 21 years and together they seem to have settled into an arrangement that benefits both their creative and family lives. "Polly and I sort of have different priority working times," Gilmour says. "She sometimes is writing a book, and I sort of take a back seat. When the kids are at school, I can go in the studio and work. But I've got to be done and wrap up whatever I'm doing so I can make them supper."

listening to The Wall for the first time in years

Roger Waters kinda had a lot of 'issues'

not the best thread to admit it, but i probably haven't listened to all four sides of the wall in ... 16 years?

that doesn't rule man

actually until now me either

it's really

long

just listening to Animals too which is way way better for this type of Floyd

I listened to The Wall when the remasters came out. Sounded good but still pretty fucking tedious.

yeah i have listened to animals fairly regularly over the years... the wall just seems comical to me at this point.

The wall's too long but there's so much cool stuff. Cool sounds. Lots of it scared me as a kid, the menacing Palm muting and heavy snares. "Run like hell" is the best.