‘The Blue’

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED (01/09/06)

The winner is Roberto from Genoa. Congratulations! Please let us know where we should send your prize.

Here’s a very blue Steve DiStanislao-eye view of the action during the emotional rendition of Syd Barrett’s ‘Dark Globe’ at Munich.

It’s been a while since our last one, so today I’ve got our usual competition for you.

As before, the rules are very simple, but I’ve made a slight change.

This time, we want just four words relevant to ‘The Blue’, presented exactly as follows:

Beautiful
Lazy
Unfeigned
Enveloping

It doesn’t matter if your four words seem silly or obvious. All that matters is that they are individual words (no sentences are allowed) and that you submit no more than four words in acrostic-style, as above.

As was the case last time, the prize will go to the one person whose name is selected at random from a list, raffle-style. So, if you guess any of my four words, you will be entered into the draw. If you guess all four of my words, then you will be entered four times and obviously have an increased chance of winning.

If you guess my ‘U’ word, then you must have the same dictionary as me.

Good luck to all.

149 comments

  2. Geoff Duffy

    BLUE:

    B ountyfull
    L avish
    U niversal
    E ternal greatness

    Fab song it is too.

    Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )

  5. BART89

    B arbecue (yeah yeah it makes me think of it:D)
    L ove
    U nintentionally
    E nthusiasm

  12. Julie Gunn Davies

    Good day to you FEd,

    Well, I was guessing that you were Andy Murray. It was something he said which made me think of something that you say sometimes. Oh well.

    Anyway my words are this:

    Ballade
    Lovely
    Unique
    Ethereal

    I am currently writing my recollections on the Abbey Road Sessions which I shall submit shortly. Do you have a word limit?

    Take care and kind regards.

    Julie

    [Hi Julie. What can I say? I'm probably more like Andy Murray the tennis player... Our word limit doesn't seem to be in place yet, so knock yourself out and write all you like while you still can. Angelo's actual review is about as long as we'd like it to be, because we know that some people skip through the longer posts because they appear too challenging. This is why we'd rather a large chunk of text be broken down into several shorter posts. As a general guide, the length of Lorraine's review is perfect (1,438 characters, if anyone's interested). When the limit is in place, it will allow no more than 2,000 characters, which should be more than enough. - Features Editor]

  13. Emiel Schuurman

    o.k. here are my 4 acrostics:

    B reeze
    L aid-back
    u nforgettable
    e cliptic

    Cheers, and welcome back F.ed!! Did you see Dirk Kuyt in action yet??

    [I did. I recorded Saturday's game and he was fantastic. He came on as a substitute and the only thing he didn't do was score. I'm very excited by what I've seen of him so far. - Features Editor]

  15. Rudders - Toronto

    Bottomless
    Low
    Unfathomable
    Entrenched

    [Are you cheating, Mr Rudders? - Features Editor]

  19. Rudders - Toronto

    Bacchanalian
    Lament
    Unfettered
    Evocative

    [Now, come on. You know the rules. You only get one bite of the cherry. I'm only considering your first four. - Features Editor]

  23. ChrisB

    Beatific
    Leviathan
    Ultramarine
    Essential

    Well that about sums up how I feel when I listen to it!

  26. Knut Arne Vedaa

    Beyond
    Life
    Unfolds
    Eternity

    [That's just too clever, Knut. - Features Editor]

  27. Ian

    Blue
    Lots of blue
    Ultra Violet
    Extra blue

    Did I win?

    [I'm afraid not. - Features Editor]

  32. Rudders - Toronto

    Apologies Fedmeister…

    I read “and that you submit no more than four in acrostic-style” as four seperate submissions…

    I’m doomed never to win… doomed I tell you… agghhhh… sob…sob… :-)

    [You might still win. - Features Editor]

  33. Martin D

    Fed…A DICTIONARY..Im taken aback…aghast even..!! that you hath been driven to do such a thing…Seriously I hope you have had a good time mate ..Where you at abbey road ??

    BLUE : as in Dear Syd’s ‘Bob Dylan Blues ‘to cheer us all up after the ‘Wouldn’t You Miss Me’(Dark globe )photo :(

    Boundless
    Languid
    Uplifting….dictionary word…== ultramarine ;)
    Ebbing

    Martin :)

    [It suddenly hit me that I just don't know that many word beginning with 'U'. It was terrible. Abbey Road was great and Gdansk was something else. By the way, your prize is finally on its way to you. Hope you like it. - Features Editor]

  35. Matt in Maine

    Bountiful
    Luscious
    Ubiqidous
    Engrossing

    I miss the reports on the concerts and look forward to the DVD talks… Any word on the DVD Dearest FED???

    Matt in Maine

    [Now that the tour is over, many people are hard at work on it and I eagerly await some news along with the rest of you. - Features Editor]

  36. Emiel Schuurman

    [I did. I recorded Saturday's game and he was fantastic. He came on as a substitute and the only thing he didn't do was score. I'm very excited by what I've seen of him so far. - Features Editor]

    Well, dont worry, he played 33 games last season, in which he scored 22 times. He was voted player of the year last monday and recieved the golden award for it. However, i must sadly say…..his former club Feyenoord hasnt won since he left and is now ranked 16th…..what a loss for my fav club, ill become Liverpool fan now!!!

    [I hope he can do better than our strikers did last season. - Features Editor]

  37. felicien

    Dear Fed,….some news about DVD cover idea ?…is it to late to send you a (the) very good one… ;-)

    …listening David’s songs all day long …the idea came just now today… can we send you a picture ? (pdf file)…which presents our project ? if no…we have to improve our poor english to discribe it.

    Thanks by advance
    Félicien from Chantilly/France

    [I'll happily link to it if you get it online. - Features Editor]

  38. Matt Parish

    B eer
    L overs
    U rinate
    E verywhere

    *apologies to all, but all this talk of water…*

  39. Elisabetta Corsi-S.Giorgio di N. Italy

    Dear F.Ed.

    Summer is nearly down: would you really let the Blog be “obscured by clouds”? (I understand your position )

    This last period it might be used for other purposes, I mean: every hit to web-site can send i.e. 1 penny/1 cent to Emergency or Red Cross or other, or an advertising space should invite to call a green phone number to send it an SMS having a value( 1 GBP/1Euro)

    Kind regards and keep well
    Elisabetta

  41. Steel

    ‘The Blue’ — My favorite from the album.

    Brisk
    Lenient
    Undisturbed
    Effortless

  42. Rudders - Toronto

    Matt…

    Good one :-)

    How about…

    B ig
    L umpy
    U nderpant
    E ruption

    Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

  44. Martin D

    ‘Who’s Keeping Count’ ??? Hi Fed just for fun… in case you missed them.. here are SOME more of the other awards that David et al have been nominated for :)

    SO PLEASE VOTE EVERYONE..THIS IS VITAL!! …NOMINATIONS ARE…….

    1.Most orig.and friendly web site on the PLANET……..davidgilmour.com OR…. “Aunt Winnies Goldfish ‘bubbles’” at mysplat.com. * i think we should be quietly confident on this one ???

    2.Best SAX solo by a player in his Rookie year for ‘Red sky at night’ Mr D.Gilmour OR Alf the ‘Wheezer’ for his abridged version of ‘baker street’outside the ‘Legless Duck ‘pub Fulham most lunchtimes. * Im still pretty confident …

    3. Best live guitar solo 2006 ..nominations are

    On An Island by Mr Gilmour
    SOYCD by Mr Gilmour
    Comfortably Numb by David umm ????

    OR…….that bloke at the bus stop playing ‘Streets of London ‘ !!!!!

    Wow the pressures on AND that last section is TOUGH !!! SO PLEASE Fed encourage every1 to help DG get ‘The FULL SET ‘

    Back to the BLUE now… :) martin D

  46. Matt Parish

    [Matt...Good one :-)

    How about...

    B ig
    L umpy
    U nderpant
    E ruption

    Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!]

    One of our “rudders” is broke and

    B log
    L osing
    U unmistakable
    E loquence
    :)

  47. Gem

    Hello there. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to visit the site, and I see that I’ve missed some tasty competitions. Ah well…

    It’s about damn time the Comfortably Numb solo was recognised as the greatest ever played. I’m sick of seeing Stairway’s uninspired plank spankery take the honour.

    Don’t have any more competitions without me, got it?

    Blue
    Languid
    Universal
    Easy

    ["Uninspired plank spankery" is just... beautiful. - Features Editor]

  48. Martin D

    Fed…I implore ye to let Rudders have a prize b4 the caffeine wears off !!!

    Thanks for the info though, Really appreciated….

    but if i allow you 2 mention Liverpool and Stevie Gerrard…could u supply some feelings ref Gdansk ???

    Bye
    Leaving
    Ultimately ;)
    Eeeh.. that young gilmour can play a mean guitar

    Martin D

    [I don't know what's left to say about Gdansk. It was very special. If I think of something, I'll add it to the suitable blog entry. - Features Editor]

  49. Michèle

    Brillant
    Lavish
    Unique
    Emotional

    Too hard ! don’t want to win of course, just want to play, if ever I won, could you give the old stapler to Lucia ?

    Michèle

    [Only Sellotape will do for our dear Lucia... - Features Editor]

  51. Ripper

    B eautiful
    L anguid
    U ntroubled
    E verlasting

    had to do this in a hurry so these are off the top of my head.

    Cheers
    Ripper

  52. ash

    Boundless
    Liberation
    Uranoscopus
    Eternal

    Dear FEd,

    I confess to backing down from challenges in the main, but the dictionary one got me, then I found this U and knew I had to send this.

    ash X

    [Wow. Imagine playing Scrabble and putting that down. - Features Editor]

  57. Ralph

    Hint to our dearest FEd : My stapler just broke ;-)

    [They just don't make them like they used to, do they? - Features Editor]

  60. Michèle

    Sorry, I don’t understand “Sellotape” for Lucia…

    Michèle

    [Sorry, it's sticky tape. - Features Editor]

  61. Matt Parish

    B log
    L oves
    U nique
    E ditor

    [Flattery will get you everywhere, Matt. - Features Editor]

  62. Rudders - Toronto

    “Sorry, it’s sticky tape. – Features Editor”

    Thank god we’re not getting into the Australian version of sticky tape called Durex… phew!

  63. ash

    Dear FEd,

    Sorry for posting this to the BLUE topic

    Did anyone else see a programme called Real Story on BBC 1 on Tuesday? I won’t go into what it was about but I noticed this haunting saxophone on the background music then realised it was our own David Gilmour playing Red Sky at Night.

    It seems like On An Island is still a very young album for programme makers to be lifting bits. They obviously have very good taste.

    (apologies to bloggers that don’t get British TV)

    ash X

  64. Renee B.

    Ok here I go better late than not

    B aseball
    L oopy
    U nrequited ( did I spell that right?)
    E poxy

    Laterz
    Renee B.
    Fontana, Ca usa

  66. Michael A. Adashefski

    Am I BLUE Today? Why yes:

    Beautifully
    Unconscious
    Listless
    Entity

    And a Happy end of August–beginning of September to everyone!!

    Michael in Tennessee

  68. Lucia

    Michèle, you are an angel! FEd, you are bad!

    After all, sellotape is always useful, so…I accept! Thanks Michèle! And so…I’ll play and if I win you’ll send the prize to Michéle! It’s a nice deal!

    Let me think:

    Barn (!!!)
    Love
    Uncountable
    Elephants

    HAVE I WIN?????????

    See you!

    L!

    [As Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase: "It's good, but it's not right". - Features Editor]

  69. Piergiorgio

    Matt parish, you made me laugh out loud.

    that’s hard time for me, competition time…So, since I don’t think i’ll ever win..

    Be
    Love
    Universal
    Enchanter

    Peace and Love (what an hippy freak am I!?!?!)

    Ciao.

  74. Graham Knight

    FED IF IM NOT TOO LATE..

    ECHOES BEING PLAYED ON PLANET ROCK 5P.M. TODAY

    SORRY FOR CAPS

    GRAHAM

  75. Erin

    Bewitched
    Lazy
    Unhurried
    Ease

    ~Erin

    Hey Fed,

    Don’t forget we still have to dedicate a day to Polly. She has done much for us to be thankful for.

  76. Gabrielle Childers

    B enevolent
    L uminous
    U topia
    E ternal

    Peace!
    Gabrielle
    Washington State

  78. nickster

    Beautiful
    Lyrics
    Underpin
    Emotion

    It just came to me when I was reading the others….have already entered one, so this just for fun :)

    N

  79. Andrew

    I like this competition. Just think if you used the same concept with a song like Castellorizon. You’d have to think up 13 words and you may have to go back to that dictionary for that ‘Z’ word. What do you think??

    In any case, here are my four:

    Beautiful
    Luscious
    Ubiquitous
    Enveloping

    Thanks.

    Andrew

  80. Jorge Rivera

    Beautiful
    Loose
    Unused
    Environmental

    Nice talking to you again my dear Fed.

    Shine on!

    [The same to you, Jorge. - Features Editor]

  81. Andrea

    Beautiful
    Lovely
    Universal
    Eloquent

    Next you do one of these, I’ll have to try and be as witty as everyone else. However, I just haven’t been awake that long yet =)

  82. Ralf Erdhuetter

    B inaural
    L ucid
    U biquitous
    E rratic

    Wish me luck :-)

    BTW: What is the prize? Did I miss something ? :-)

    Cheers,
    Ralf

    [We haven't decided yet. Probably a T-shirt. Nothing too exciting, sorry. - Features Editor]

  84. EchoesBob

    Breathtaking
    Lagoon
    Undulates,
    Ebbs

    Do we get extra credit for poetry?

    MattP deserves a prize for sheer genius. I was admonished by the conductor for laughing out loud on the train.

  86. felicien

    many thank’s ! simple & good idea you have!

    just time to do it and put on line. we’ll give you the link.

    see you soon
    Félicien & Bruno

  88. chantelle

    Shame I didn’t meet you at Abbey road fed, it would have been nice. We could have exchanged pleasentries and other forms of embarrassing small talk, no seriously it would have been nice to meet you – I’m sure.

    I was reading through the comments about David’s last take of smile and I’m sure they were tired but I think it also had something to do with david hitting his guitar in a certain way with his pick, I think he kept hitting the pick up and couldn’t strum in a different way or something.

    That’s how I understood it but you know I could well have been wrong, it has been known.

    [I missed that bit. - Features Editor]

  91. chantelle

    Oh yes forgot to ask, when will the pictures from Abbey Road be up?

    Soon hopefully, mine were rather pathetic except for the one with David and I which was perfect, naturally.

    Do you or anyone have any idea what the taking pictures of the shoes was about?

    I’m very confused.

    [I've no idea, sorry. - Features Editor]

  92. Arber

    Betrayal
    Light
    Used
    Effervescent

    Dunno if I really got the game, anyway, these are mine

    Cheers!

  96. Philippe et Sylvie

    Bonjour

    il y a un mois, nous étions mon épouse et moi à Vienne pour ce fabuleux concert. Juste un petit mot pour dire que l’on n’est pas prêt d’oublier.

    Encore BRAVO et MERCI !

    Philippe et Sylvie, Haute Savoie.

  97. Rudders - Toronto

    Soap Box Issue!

    On the Canadian satellite TV system I was pleased to see “Pink Floyd In Concert” listed on the channel menu…

    The kids were sent off to bed in a timely manner and various refreshments prepared…and guess what happened next… a bunch of antipodean wannabees appear on stage!

    The TV was switched off and an Email was quickly despatched to the satellite TV company!

  98. Nicola De Bello

    Binary
    Logic
    Uniqueness
    Ephemerides

    Just thought that some mathematical terms were needed… :-)

    Nicola

  99. Nicola De Bello

    By the way, nowhere in your orginal post, dear Fed, it’s stated that it MUST be in English…

    I was tempted by Latin.

    Nicola

    [If you don't want to be entered into our lottery, please feel free to write in Latin. That would be far too clever for me. - Features Editor]

  100. Rob P from CT

    Hi F’ed!

    Blinding
    Legendary
    Ubiquitous
    Efflorescent

    That’s my best guess…now to get ready to watch Andre tonight :-)

    PS: I’m using a different computer then from home – I hope I am coming through as the same Rob P from CT …