David Gilmour In Concert
As you may have noticed from our Latest News, the 2001 Meltdown show at London’s Royal Festival Hall – which became ‘David Gilmour In Concert’ upon its release on DVD in late 2002 – could well be appearing on a television near you.
If you live in Portugal, then RTP will broadcast it on Saturday 22 April on RTP1, with a repeat following in May.
Contrary to reports elsewhere, the UK’s Channel 4 will not be showing this concert on Saturday 15 April.
We’ll let you know the broadcast times, and which other countries are going to be airing the concert, when we have all the details.
We’ve got two full tracks and four clips from this concert on the Discography page, by the way.
Can we also put an end to the endless questions about a DVD of the ‘On An Island’ tour by saying that a DVD is being discussed and we’ll let you know when an official decision has been made.
There are no plans, however, for a live CD.
Phew! I can’t remember the first record I bought…maybe Acthung Baby (U2)
But I can say that the best records I bought in my life: Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Sigur Ròs. The best way to spend money: music…and travels! Of course!
And I can remember the first Pink Floyd record I listened: Animals. And I started loving Pink Floyd immediatly!
Have a great week end!
L!
Michèle
“Oh, I was very pleased and proud of you full answer in french ! thank you very much, a great attempt !”
Don’t be fooled! BabelFish on the Alta-Vista website works well…
Or
Michèle
“OH, j’étais très heureux et fier de vous pleine réponse en français ! merci beaucoup, une grande tentative!”
Ne soyez pas dupé ! BabelFish sur le site Web d’Alta-Vista fonctionne bien…
See…
(Sorry Fedmeister you know you’re me mucka really)
[Babelfish tells me I'm wrong all the time! It makes up more ridiculous words than I do! If I can beat the Oxford dictionary on the 'rooves' debate, then Babelfish has no chance, mate. - Features Editor]
First record bought: Elton John – Love Songs (how romantic…)
First record given: I can’t really remember…did I ever give any record…?
First PF record heard: Animals (since I was barely 11 I must have grown up kinda distorted…)
Hey FEd!
How can you know latin? Did you study at school…or did you look up in a e-dictionary?!
I thought only italians study latin at school! And, however, I couldn’t remember “esurire”! My latin’s teacher would be very proud of you!
You amaze me everyday!
L!
[God, no! I wouldn't dare to try. I looked it up. Possibly from the same place that Rudders gets all his big words. Click your name and you'll see. - Features Editor]
HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Shift is 1/3rd over, then its vacation until April 10th!!! Wooo hoooo! Grand Canyon here we come!
Now back to the business at hand… yes the sound clips are great (the one from 2 days ago… kinda blusey was REALLY great!). David is definitely a “tallented fella”. So, David if you ever felt the need to put that stuff out… we rabid fans would pick it up in a heartbeat.
Also, Mr Manzanaera was quoted in Mojo as saying that David has enough stuff that was workable for a triple album… could that mean David isn’t going to wait 12 years to put the next installment out??? I sure hope not!
Have a great weekend all!!!
Tim
First record bought=Jimmy Hendrix Smash Hits
First record given=Led Zeppelin II
First PF song heard=”Careful with that Axe Eugene”
Great page! I’m going to save it in my favourites url! Very funny! Thank you Fed!
bye bye
L!
If I had to choose between a CD and DVD for a live set of this tour, I’d choose DVD. Because if you have something that plays DVD audio, it’ll play the DVD. It’s not like you have to be watching the video on the telly to listen to it. And you can still skip over songs to get to the one you want to listen to.
Oh it might be easier to rip a CD for the old iPod, but I’m becoming quite adept at encoding video for my video iPod (sorry Claude, I do not fileshare). Actually DGiC is pretty cool on the iPod, and I can either look at the video or not look at the video, depending on what I’m doing or what I happen to fancy at the time. Live 8 is even cooler. And yes, I have really good eyesight.
Of course here I go assuming a CD or DVD will be released, when it hasn’t been decided one way or another that anything will be released. Well again, my HOPE is for a DVD, but I’d be happy with a CD. So David, do what you will with this vital information.
First record bought: BachmanTurnerOverdrive-Not Fragile
First record given: ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
First Pink Floyd record heard: Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
First Concert: Yes, 1978
Regarding collectibles:
I have a t-shirt signed by all of Fleetwood Mac, except Christine McVie, (I’m sorry, I have to go make a phone call.) The rest of them were gracious.
Ian Anderson also signed a copy of “Minstral in the Gallery” years ago.
I have a backstage pass signed by Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
I have a the CD “Deadwing” by Porcupine Tree signed by the whole band.
I think that’s about it! Of course, my ultimate goal at the moment is to get “On an Island” signed at the 4/9 Toronto show!
PLEASE DO ON THE TURNING AWAY IN LONDON, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First record Bought – ELO Out of the Blue
First Album Given – OMD Architecture and Morality
First Single – Moody Blues Nights in White Satin
First PF Album Bought – Dark Side of the Moon
First PF Album Heard – Animals – it was a Sunday and my mates and I were in the School Bookshop after closing, ordering up Sven Hassell books when one of the guys pulled the tape out of his bag and said listen to this. Been hooked ever since.
Shared drinks with Fish from marillion in Wolfies Bar on Oxford Street, Paul Weller and Style Council, motorhead, metallica and Oliver Reed all in the Intrepid Fox in Soho.
caption: David’s night time concert at Sturges motorcycle rally seemed to go down a Storm.
First record I bought was off the current egg and spoon champion of the time in my school.I asked him to take a dive and let me claim the title. Cost me a finger of fudge and a curly wurly bar.
Rgds Geoff
Hi Fe/Ed here’s an idea for those people who would prefer a CD instead of a DVD “TRY TURNING OFF THE TV” I bet you’ll never know the difference ;o)
It’s my birthday today and I’m 32!! that means I’ve been a fan of David’s for 22 years now! I don’t suppose that if I asked nicely David might send me a nice OAI picture signed To James does it? lol.
22 years is a long time The Wall was one of my first records I don’t think I have been a fan of anyone else’s music for so long.
So Thank you for all the FANTASTIC music you have made Mr Gilmour :O) I hope it won’t be too long a wait before your next album.
I only have one wish for the DVD and that is I hope it’s stuffed to the brim possibly a 2 disc set showing a version of every track you played on the tour that would be UNBELIEVABLE.
I hope a fantastic time is had by all in North America/Canada I can’t wait to see you 30th May at RAH.
P.S I keep having this nightmare there’s no Echoes played on the 30th I,ve wanted to hear it live practicaly forever pleeeeeease keep on playing it.
[Have a very happy birthday, James! - Features Editor]
I’m wounded…
“[God, no! I wouldn't dare to try. I looked it up. Possibly from the same place that Rudders gets all his big words. Click your name and you'll see. - Features Editor]”
Good website though…it appeals to my OCD… and while we’re on the subject of OCD could you do me a teeny weeny ‘ickle dickle favour?
Just change the 10 on the “Night 10 Rome” header to Ten…
Ain’t OCD brilliant!
[Rudders, are you going to tell me that I've got the rule wrong? Do you write “ten” as a real word, then resort to digits thereafter? I always thought you stopped using letters after "nine". Personally, being a tad obsessive-compulsive myself, I'd love all the numbers to be written as beautiful words, but when we get to "Night Seventeen: San Francisco" it just won't fit. "Night Twenty-One: Manchester" is a bit of a pain, too. - Features Editor]
Any news the moderators can give us about the reissue plans for David’s first two solo CDs??? We’re especially interested in possible BONUS TRACKS on the first (eponymous) record – always a great favorite.
Really hope there will be an update on this site concerning the reissues soon!!!
[I can tell you that there are no bonus tracks. Who told you that? - Features Editor]
I like greg’s the idea of selling soundboard audio’s, even for just a short time. The fact that monies raised can go to the good cause’s David backs is also an excellent idea.
Well,
my first record bought: Happy Days soundtrack (please, my wife is still laughing)
my first PF record : Animals
my first concert: Eric Clapton, 1985
Regarding a very welcome new dvd, I see that at moment nothing is sure, and at the end it will be David’s decision.
Anyway, for those who would prefer a CD, can I suggest (as someone alse has done), you can use a dvd ripper that extracts audio tracks from dvd to mp3 files. You can find it in internet and it’s not expensive. You lose the 5.1 sound quality, but it works very well, and once you have mp3, you can make a cd . Now I can listen to the Meltdown concert and Live 8 in my car.
Ciao
Roberto
Thank you for that Mr Fe/Ed I think I’ve may have had too much sherbert on my birthday.
I meant I’ve been a fan for 27 years now I don’t remember The wall coming out in 1984 hic oh no the room’s spinning again.
Cheers then I’m off for a lie down
The numbers one through ten should always be written in letters, any number after 11 (and including)can be written in numerics. Of course, I’m sure you gentlemen know the rule that you ALWAYS write the number in letters if it is the first word in a sentence!
Nope…no OCD going on here!
[In which case, I am delighted to try and stop the incessant itching that's going on around Rudders' brain - and has been terrorising mine this past half hour - by making a simple change to the offending blog entry. Do you see it, mate? We can both sleep easy now. My favourite rule is the one to explain when you put a full stop at the end of an abbreviation and when you don't. Basically, if the last letter of the abbreviation is the last letter of the full word, then you don't put a full stop. So if you write “Dr.” or “Mr.” or “St.” for “Doctor“, “Mister” or “Street“, then you're wrong. Why didn‘t my English teacher tell me that? I felt quite betrayed finding out all these years later. She taught me the correct plural of "roof", to be fair, but how many of us get that one wrong every single day? Oh dear, the itching is now worse than it was before... - Features Editor]
Fedmeister
You’ve added value to my day… “Rudders, are you going to tell me that I’ve got the rule wrong?”… I didn’t know that… :-)
[Angela set us straight, don't worry. - Features Editor]
First record bought: Pink Floyd DSOTM…I had to replace my Dad’s copy because I had worn it out and scratched it up so much. Ah, remember the days of trying to pick up the needle and placing it on the next playbable groove!
First record given: (Don’t laugh!) The Everly Brothers…I was 4 and my Dad had two copies so he gave me one to play on my little pink suitcase type record player. He and I would sing ,”Wake Up Little Shelley” instead of “Suzie.” (Awwww)
First PF record heard: Meddle…My Dad taught me well.
First Pink Floyd Concert: June 1 1988, RFK Stadium…Sadly, I was too “young” (according to the parents) to travel to NY for the Wall Tour…and I missed out on 87 tix at Cap Center…But June 1, 1988 is still one of the best days of my life!!!
[I'm sure it looks better than a sandwich board... and the cheap eBay fakes / and it's all completely official/approved by David. - Features Editor]
Excuse me for being curt, but I would rather wear a sandwich board than anything being offered in the merch section. The shirts are poorly designed, the tour shirt has one of the worst pictures of David on the front, and the long sleave has the most generic font possible. Dont even get me started on the beanie hat or the prices the management are charging for these dreadful, poorly planned out trinkets… It is a total shock to me that the simple yet classy baseball caps that were given away as prizes (which are now on ebay for insane prices) have yet to be released for sale, and the album cover never made it on a single piece of merch. Looks like I’ll be making my own tour shirt via my printer and some transfer paper, perhaps I should change the tour dates on the back to include Brazil.
Please dont take this the wrong way, the merch is the least important aspect of this musical venture. Im just disapointed is all, and I have seen others express their discontent about many things via this blog and wondered if I too could do the same without being censored for the sake of T-shirt sales. Heres for hoping they release other shirts at the venues, but no worries. I still will be purchasing the tour program booklet at the venue and if only they would set up a crisis donation booth I would certianly contribute. Sorry for the rant, it is soon to be followed by raves of the chicago shows as they will surely be my wildest dreams actualized.
[Hi Jesse. That's fair enough, mate. I will say that there's much more available at the shows than what you see on the site, so you might see something that you like in Chicago. As is the case with the CD, neither David nor his management set the prices. It's good quality stuff and is all environmentally and ecologically sound - which doesn't come cheaply. The tour programme is really nice, though. I'm sure you'll like that. - Features Editor]
Rud….NP I understand how the liver needs to recover once in awhile..I will pick up the slack for ya…
Cheers, Howard
First record (notice I said record lol) given:
Hard Day’s Night The Beatles 45 on Parlophone
First record bought: Hard Days’s Night LP on United Artists label..I was 8..My Aunt bought it for me with very hard earned money
First PF album heard and bought: Obscured by clouds
First concert: Uriah Heep (ouch)
I’d just like to add – for the benefit of anyone following the unconfirmed report that Channel 4 will be showing this concert in the UK – that this is incorrect. Channel 4 will not be showing an hour, or any, of the Meltdown concert on Saturday 15 April at 1:30am. We will let you know when further details are confirmed. The only official news is that Portugal’s RTP1 will broadcast it on 22 April, with a repeat following in May. Thank you.
First Record Bought: Beatles Abbey Road
First Pink Floyd Record: Dark Side of the Moon
First Concert ever: Pink Floyd Animals Tour July 2nd, 1977 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Silly me, I thought all concerts were going to be this good.
pity about channel 4 not showing it, ed. doesn’t bother me, as i’ve got the dvd, but it would be nice to tell all the people who i wouldn’t want borrowing my dvd that it’s on one night. channel 4 would have only gone and ruined it with their erratic adverts anyway.
[....I'm sure you'll like that. - Features Editor]
You certianly have a way about you that seems to defuse negativity, and whats more you have shared information with me that has once more raised my hopes. Thank you brother, you are an invaluable part of this site and the tour its self. Best wishes to you and yours~!
[No problem, my pleasure and the same to you! I haven't seen the T-shirts to be able to comment further on their quality, so I can't lie to you, but I do know that the fakes for sale on eBay are truly awful. I guess you get what you pay for. The tour programme really is a nice item. I believe everyone will want one of those. They will be available on the site soon, along with a few other things. - Features Editor]
Firsts?
First record bought…. can’t remember… maybe Boston “Don’t Look Back” as I was a huge Boston fan (still quite fond of em).
First record given… My brother bought me the debut album by Boston for Christmas, was it in 1976? I think. Started me down this path of being completely hooked on records and now CD’s.
First concert… the Who on their first Farewell Tour in ’82.
First Floyd album… bought DSotM at the swapmeet for $.50. Of course I had to buy it again as that one was trashed… besides, buying it new meant I got the cool stickers and poster that came with it!
First time seeing Floyd… ok, I only saw them once, at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium for the DB tour in ’94. Best concert I ever went to!
Tim
Rudders,
The only memorabilia I have is Coco Montoya’s pick, which he threw at me at the end of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers gig a few years ago
I’ve still got my PF ticket from 1994, and I think I have 86 somewhere, plus I’ve kept all my other show tickets/stubs just for fun – but that’s a nickster musical history, rather than anything unique…
I’ve got a 1981 Ibanez Artist which weighs a ton, has the widest fretboard known to man and looks like it has been used as excalibur…but it’s mine
N
Good afternoon, F.Ed. (writing from a different place today, home w/a sick kid)
First album bought- Garth Brooks, don’t remember which one
First PF album- Delicate Sound of Thunder
PF antic dote- When I was going into 4th grade in…80…6? yeah ’86, Brick 2 was being played on the radio alot. My 4th grade teacher was going to be my first male teacher, and I was terrified almost to the point of not going my first day because I thought he would be some old man shouting at me to eat my meat or I wouldn’t have any pudding. Fortunately, he turned out to be one of the best teachers I ever had. I still like to think about that story and laugh at myself, though.
Anyways, all, have a good afternoon
Mike
[The same to you. I hope your little one gets well soon, Mike. - Features Editor]
Well, at last count I think there must be at least 14 of us “Fan Fare” bloggers meeting under the telestrater on April 4th and/or 5th. This has been really fun for me because 1) I owe this blog for getting NYC tickets through it, and 2) I know it’ll heighten our fun and excitement those days.
Stephen, those pictures would be great!!! At least one on the Fan Fare would be cool..if the almighty Fed believes it is right to do so *nudge nudge wink wink*….I’ll have a link up as soon as I get them up for ya’ll.
I’m looking forward to seeing you guys there! Anyone else interested in joining us can click my name for more info…
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Hysteron,
Dude man, you took that post even deeper than the first! Now that you have thoroughly disconnected us from the Matrix, let me just make a couple of points…
First, I’m no fan of institutionalized religion either. I don’t trust it nor how it’s been shaped and fastened through history.
Two, have you entertained the notion that, as a fallible sentient being, your own concepts might be delusions as well? Our propensity for destruction is in our nature as much as our propensity for creation. If we were still apes, I’m sure we would be much more in balance with nature and the universe (whatever the governing laws maybe) than as egoistic sentients.
I feel no defensiveness. Just reflection and observation from my humbly limited knowledge and experience which I’m sure you would agree is just as flawed as you’re own.
As for this madcap, I’ll keep laughing in my delusions because these constructs have worked for me thus far. If the ruling class has got me under their thumb, well I’ll fight back as probably most of us would irrespective of how we perceive the world around us. The strategies to resist the ruling class, if we so chose to implement them, would be no different that if we realised we are just chemical reactions or not me thinks….
I’ll just be sending stones skimming and flying, circles spinning out my time. Though the Earth is dying and I’m programmed with rhetoric to support and add false structure to the ruling class control system, my head is in the stars. Chances are this spark’s a lifetime…..
Rivers run dry as the ruling elite plunder our planet and oppress the lower classes, but there’s no line on my brow. I don’t care who’s saved from this mass delusion. It’s just the dice you roll, the here and now, and I’m not guilty or afraid….
:-)
how good does ‘money’ sound on the radio? did this really get a lot of us airplay, ed? i can’t imagine it.
[I believe so. - Features Editor]
First record bought – not really sure (that was a long time ago!); probably Meet the Beatles
First record given – my grandparents gave me records from day one so I’m not sure. I remember listening to “All I Want for Xmas is My Two Front Teeth” a lot and Sousa marches (J.P. Sousa is da man). First rock record given was Introducing the Beatles
First Pink Floyd record heard – Ummagumma at a friend’s house. Though “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” was memorable, I was more interested in the cover photo at the time; thought it was brilliant. I never got it out of my mind. Still love it. Thanks, Storm.
First Pink Floyd record bought – DSotM (I still have my original vinyl from 1973 and I still listen to it). It has followed me every move I’ve made, from town to town.
First concert attended – Chet Atkins, Floyd Kramer and Boots Randolph. It was awesome; I was 8. First rock concert attended – the crystal ball is hazy, but maybe Leon Russell.
xo
Deborah
Hi, dear Fed, and all,
It’s 2:30 in the night, and I just come home from my work… ouf… and the first thing I do is to read you. C’est bon pour le moral.
To answer to Peter:
my first record bought: Ummagumma (si si, that’s true!)
my first show: PF (in fact, it was the Ballets de Roland Petit who were dancing on some tracks of PF ( there was Maïa Plissetskaïa…), and, fortunately ( mais pas par hasard!), I saw the only set où PF était “en chair et en os” (sinon, c’était une bande son (Horreur!)
Well, dear Fed, and all, have a good night and a sweet week-end (plaignez-moi, je travaille ce week-end!)
Ikkar, with love.
PS. please, dear Fed, tell me if you have seen my drawings… (la technique internet m’épuise!). Peut-être me direz-vous si vous les aimez…
[Une nouvelle page! Oui, je vois et j'aime beaucoup! Merci beaucoup. Vous avez un grand talent, Ikkar. C'est David dans le vent de Pompeii, non? Avec les cheveux dans son visage, pendant 'Echoes’. Ou Christ, peut-être? (Ha!) Et Syd, le Diamant beau. Les yeux de Syd sont... étonnants. Ils sont profonds et tragiques comme l'océan. Enfin, Mick Hucknall de Simply Red. On peut recognise il immédiatement. Tous sont merveilleux. Je suis désolé que je n'ai pas beaucoup des mots français pour vous. Fantastique, beau, intelligent, trés puissant... (Est-ce que c'est le bon mot? Je voudrais dire: beaucoup d'émotion et avec l'esprit.) Je souhaite que je pourrais dessiner. Je n'ai aucun talent avec un crayon! C'est une grand talent à voir la beauté dans quelque chose et faire l'art. Comme faire la musique, peut-être? Merci beaucoup pour la page, mon ami intelligent. Je suis très impressionné avec vous et je pense que beaucoup de gens ici sont d'accord avec moi. Je suis sûr. Merci encore. - Features Editor]
First concert: 1960 or 61: The Platters
First Album: Possibly Roy Orbison, Elvis ot The Clancy Brothers…. Too long ago to be accurate.
Greatest Groups:The Pink Floyd by far – I also love: The Buffalo Springfield, The Eagles, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and the Beatles.
Favorite song: Wish you were Here
4 more days ’til bliss….
Nance
Hi Y’all,
Dang Hysteron. If you hadn’t mentioned me, I wouldn’t have felt obligated to reply. I thought I had even agreed with some of what you said. Whatever.
I like reading your stuff. That last one was a beautiful sockdologer of vituperation. I especially like the parts that show how you’ve got some sort of clarity of thought that the rest of us bottom-feeders could only dream of. You’re a hoot.
Whatever you do, keep writing. And let me add a little fuel to your fire and help you prove your point. I worked in a bank before I served in the army for a few years. Then I went back to school and got a science degree from one of those large, corrupted by industry, land-grant universities that don’t teach anything useful. So I could start working for the big evil multinational science company. If only I went to church regularly, I’d be a perfect poster child for your theory of everything…
Yet somehow I’ve spent a lot of time and money enjoying Pink Floyd, David, Rog, and the Grateful Dead for the last 25 years or so. Lots of records and quite a few concerts. Ironic isn’t it? Or are they just more of that system that I can’t figure out I’m part of?
Welcome to the Machine,
TC
PS Counting the days til Massey Hall. Hope to see some fellow blog pillocks up there before the shows. FEd, please don’t send the Angry Mob after me for also liking the Dead. I can’t help it.
[To Clemens: You noticed that the wars of religion were always started by religions monotheists. The polytheists were satisfied to absorb the gods of the countries conquered for economic or hegemonic reasons...]
Well, not when there was no monotheism. ‘Monotheistic’ wars where on a much grander scale and all across the globe. But polytheists are not exempt from religieus war.
Well Histeron proteron,
good post. I find myself agreeing with many of your views. Just not the way you personally interpret them.
Like other have said, you practise in what we in holland call a circle argument. You say you see a kind of ultimate truth or reality and that our views are ‘flawed’ because we are ‘manipulated’ or ‘influenced’ by the ‘system’ (not a nice way to judge anothers knowledge and experience by the way). All your knowledge is based on your human experience and progress made by science. Just like all the rest of us, you are biased simply because you are just another (thinking) observer. Your knowledge is based on the current scientific achievements (at least for a part). But you deny that and say you have found your own truth, while you formed your opinion being influenced by science and culture. That is flawed reasoning.
You explain to me how you could possible escape that situation. I would like you to show me, the square (somebody used abbott, I liked that
, what the third dimension looks like…
[Science serves the purpose of enabling the use of the earths resources for the economic growth of the ruling class - merely another level of control for the ruling class/system]
This may be true, but its not the whole story. I think you may have misunderstood the nature of science.
You only talk of its apparent misuse, but that is not the core.
Anyway, thanks for the interesting discussion mate. Im glad you have found your peace in this world.
Best to all,
Clemens
Nice news clip…intersting date btw
Great idea from Coventry Pete (btw pal, has ‘the Blue’ been aired at the Ricoh [Wright] Arena yet?)
First single bought: either Lindisfarne’s ‘Meet me on the Corner’ or Don McClean’s ‘American Pie’
First album bought: ELP ‘Brain Salad Surgery’, as a 13 year old at the height of Punk
First Floyd album bought: Dark Side, a couple of weeks after the ELP
First gig: Rush at Stafford Bingley Hall, Sept ’79 (when they played 2 ‘works in progress’: Spirit of Radio and Freewill
)
First record bought: True Blue by Madonna (I know, I know…I won’t live that down)
First Single: “Dream On” by Aerosmith
First Pink Floyd Record Heard: “Final Cut” believe it or not, and I was hooked ever since…? I wonder what David would think about that?
First Pink Floyd record given: Dark Side of the Moon
First Pink Floyd Record Bought: Meddle
First Concert Attended: U2, 1987 in Stamford, Connecticut I think
First Pink Floyd Concert: 1988 in Madison Square Garden (then twice on the Division Bell Tour at Yankee and Giant Stadiums)
OK! Enough sulking around. This ought to get everyones attention! FED… ask DG if he can do a fund raiser for the people affected by the massive earthquake that hit Pakistan late last year. If there is anything that we can do from our side, please let us know. It would be something collosal and i know DG is a very kind man. Great interview on GW. Great Sax effort on Red Sky. Sadly, the copy of the cd i got skipped all the way through all the tracks. Sadly, there is still no original version available here in Karachi.
Cheers
I just got home from the David Gilmore concert at Radio City Music Hall is NYC! The experience was so profound I still haven’t quite prcessed it yet. I have loved everything Pink Floyd since I could appreciate music. I am a sculptor and Pink Floyd’s music, most specifically David Gilmore’s guitar sound and voice, have inspired at least 5 pieces directly and many more indirectly (many pieces have screaming or weeping guitars). After tonight I am thinking of doing a highly detailed “tribute” sculpture. I wonder if there’s a way for me to at least send a picture of it to David? Tonight’s show was not only inspiring to art, but to life itself! All of the noise of the world fades away, and one can just reflect on the moments of beauty and unity through his music. The events of the day were filled with serendipity as well! I bought his new CD yesterday, listened to it about a dozen times or more, went on the website today, 3 hours before the show(that was well over sold out, with only tickets costing over $1000 remaining), but I was determined and a mere hour and a half before the show, I made it to Radio City and had a ticket within 4 minutes but an inexplainable fluke! And what an experience! If anyone is questioning going, go by all means! It is truly a prolific and life-altering experience!
I have been looking for footage of live concert by Pink Floyd in which they play “WELCOME TO THE MACHINE” but cannot find any
Does anyone know know of a concert were a live version exists, and why does David Gilmour not play this track in concerts?
My comments to the “still looking and sounding good”, Mr. David Gilmour:
“Wish You Were Here!” in Shreveport, La.
Stop Press!
Belated Caption: In a recent spot-the-ball competition, someone had a hunch about David’s guitar strap!
Nothing like a bit of footie nostalgia, eh FEd? Jumpers for goalposts etc
To Tony the bluenose, looks like your boys mightn’t get in the Intertoto after all (cue uncontrollable weeping from that luvvie Kenwright). Fear not, it’s not a real trophy, yer know
Any plans of comming closer to Romania, Mr. Gilmour? A lot of fans are waiting
Is a DVD of David Gilmour In Concert circa 1984 going to be available?. Pink Floyd in Concert(Delicate Sound of Thunder) DVD ? Pulse DVD? Need more Floyd/Gilmour on DVD.
[A defiant "No!" to the David Gilmour question and a rather tired "You'll have to ask Pink Floyd's management!" in response to the other two, Gary. Pink Floyd matters have nothing to do with us, sorry. - Features Editor]
Why do you have this forum if you’re telling fans to stop asking questions about a DVD release of the On an Island tour, especially at a time when such information is so sketchy? THAT is the time that the questions are GOING to be asked! If you don’t want people asking questions, DON’T offer a forum!!
[We don't offer a forum. We merely offer fans the chance to pass comment on our daily news item. - Features Editor]
Have just recieved my tickets to see the great man himself in Manchester, dont care that they are restricted viewing! I did not believe I would ever see him perform again, taking his age into account and the fact that PF will not tour again. Having first seen PF at the age of 14 on the Animals tour and seen them on every English tour since, I feel this is going to be Davids swansong when it comes to live performances.Thank you David, you have played a huge part in my life.I know there will be tears of joy and sadness when I see (thats if my seats permit!!) you in manchester.SHINE ON.