Enjoy, North America?
How did yesterday’s North American premiere of ‘Remember That Night’ go? Do tell.
I’d love to know where you saw it and what you thought of it – and everything in between, of course.
I’d also be very interested to hear from the fans that were invited to the Ritzy. I hope you had a good time.
Again, please post lengthy comments in bite-size pieces. There is a character limit in place and I would hate for your messages to be missing a proper ending.
The ‘Remember That Night’ DVD will be in shops across Europe (except for Finland and Sweden) tomorrow.
Hi David,
Wrtting from Malaysia and I did catch a glimpse of your recording in AbbeyRoad yesterday on our local telly….great sounds man and when will you be coming to Malaysia ??? Do you know you have a great fan base here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ?
In the meantime….I think you da man !
Cheers !
Thank you, thank you and forever thank you for a day I will never forget. I lost all track of time and sense of self and the world around me, and was lost in pure emotion and joy in the music. It was beautiful. It was absolutely breathtaking.
The one and ONLY thing that was not perfect for me was the editing of David Mallet — I have seen his other work, and while he is an experienced music event tv director, I must say that the cutting was too fast and chaotic for the type of music this is. It lacked the feeling and fluidity of the music, and it was intrusive and jarring at times. Beautiful shots, cut together too quickly. I guess this is how all music is cut these days… MTV style. I am only saying this because I feel very strongly about it, even though the music more than made up for it for me.
Overall, thank you forever for all the music, and this latest bit of beauty.
Be well…
I watched yesterday’s performance in a theater in Birmingham, AL. It brought back great memories…
I was at the final North American show in Universal City, CA back in April of 2006.
The entire DVD is great, but the performance of “Shine on you crazy diamond” at the Royal Albert Hall was exceptional. I can’t wait for my disc to arrive this week.
Thanks again for all the great information you provide us.
As with everything else David lends his hand to, the end product is sheer excellence in every respect. The entire production was a marvel. I like the attitude of ‘we have the technology; how can we push the limit and knock peoples ears off?’. He’s built himself an incredible team to bring this off.
My wife Lynda and our friends Janis and Eric took in the show in Oshawa, ON, Can and thoroughly enjoyed it. As noted previously by others none of us had heard any media ads in regard to the showing. (Damn, I’m glad I checked the website – I’d have cried if I missed this.)
There was one small glitch at our show – the local power went out for a few seconds and the satellite feed took a few minutes to reboot. We lost a few minutes from the middle of ‘Echoes’.
The theatre is a brand new one with a great sound system (and very cushy seats!). We were all clapping and cheering at all we heard and saw. I might have been doing a little air guitar and drumming……
All in all, it brought back great memories of the Massey Hall show we saw in April 06. Lynda and I were talking a couple of weeks ago about all the bands we’ve seen – we agreed that was the best, the OAI show. Very much looking forward to buying and watching my copy of the DVD.
FEd, I’ve never posted a comment before but check in often. Just wanted to say thanks for all you do in keeping us all informed (and entertained). Good job!!!!!!!!
[Many thanks, Norm. It's wonderful to hear from new people and I'm so glad that you, your wife and friends enjoyed the event. - Features Editor]
Special thanks to David for sharing precious time with us, his fans.
It was an unforgettable experience personally to relive that special night of April 04, 06 in New York. In the Q&A session, David had mentioned that particular night to be one of his most memorable nights on his tour and I am so glad that I was there that night.
Thank you and God Bless you
Alpha Martha Arroyo
Las Vegas, NV USA
I saw the show in Woodridge, Il. The town is just outside of Chicago.
We got there at the last second b/c we got stuck in the middle of the mexican pride parade. (Hello Mexico, no offense, the parade was beautiful.) I thought of the race in Mexico that David and Nick took part in and I could have used their race car to get us there in plenty of time for the opening live # by David.
Well, again we made it anyways, but not with out fear and stress of missing how David would pull off the transition of live to ‘memorex.’
The transition was as smooth as David’s performance. Also, it was great to see Phil introduce David and ask questions later. He was funny and unpretensious.
Seeing the show in a cinema made it feel close to being at the actual show in Chicago. Echoes was outstanding and so was Richard’s performance on that song. He seemed to be into it more than anyone. His playing was like he was twenty something again in Pompei.
The Q & A was just what you thought it would be, like life itself: interesting, amusing, confusing, moving and weird. I give David a lot of credit for doing it in the first place. Who really wants to go through that? It really is brave and generous of him to do this.
He was as kind, humorus and as honest as he usually is. I have to say though, that Q & A does not work out so much with a guy like David. His kindness, honesty and reticence does not lend itself well to this format. Someone like Roger would ‘go’ for all the questioning.
While David was gracious, I could sense that he doesn’t ‘go’ for all questioning. It is no wonder we never saw him on the tv show, ‘Storytellers.’ The tv show would then be renamed, ‘softly spoken anecdotes of a charming guitar god.’ David is too wise and polite for this format to really come to fruition.
It was fun to hear him talk about his times with Syd. Maybe hearing about amusing moments from the pink floyd days to the present would make things more interesting. Too many questions just came off pretty lamely for this to be worthwhile. None the less, I like all things David Gilmour and I appreciated every second of the show. It was the highlight of my week and I would race across Mexico on a burrito with cross-cut jalepenos for wheels with my hair on fire to witness and remember that night with David Gilmour.
Thanks for all things David.
Fed,
Wireman is absolutely brilliant today!
Our theater could have used him, lol.
I want to say thank you everyone at team Gilmour for making this event happen. Fantastic job all.
(-:Tomi:-)
David, Polly and Phil M.
We had a wonderful evening at the Ritzy (and Odeon). Thank you all so much (and the rest of the band the previous week).
Thank you Fed for sorting it out for us and thank you felloow Bloggers for your company.
Now to enjoy the DVD and let David and all have a good well deserved rest.
Thank you so much again.
Cheers
Heather and Phil
In every persons life you dream of things, some come true some fade to mere pie in the sky hopes.
On Saturday something magical happened.
I arrived at the Ritzy at around 18:00 and made my way to the bar to meet all you lovely lovely people. I truly mean that folks, you should be proud of yourselves.
I then went out to collect my tickets only to be told by the nice gentlemen that I was the “Famous Geoff Duffy Dublin” how I laughed. This is the best bet … FRONT ROW SEATS … FRONT ROW SEATS … FRONT ROW SEATS …
Fed, all I can say is from the bottom of my heart thank you for fullfilling a young(ish) Irish man’s dreams. Apart from the birth of my son, easily the best night of my life. The relaxed atmosphere of the occasion was fantastic.
Once again Fed, if you have not already guessed, this Dubliner is one happy camper. Thank you again Sir or, as I was corrected over the weekend, thank you m’lady (I still have my doubts).
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
Dear FEd,
I really don’t know how to thank you enough for those Ritzy tickets. On Saturday I was still amazed I even had tickets, but when I saw what seats we had I just couldn’t believe it. It was an absolutely wonderful evening; I loved it and you have no idea how happy you made me.
Thank you!
[You're all very welcome. Glad that you enjoyed. - Features Editor]
CAPTION:
“………………………………” (yep, still speechless)
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
[Geoff D, I saw you on the front row..you lucky so and so.]
Times in life when you are glad to be alive, Howard.
The camera adds ten pounds by the way, ha ha ha.
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
Hey,
I’ve been to the show on the 29th of may. I came all the way from Isra-hell :-)
I can’t wait to get my hands on the dvd, now that I bought a new LCD + DVD…
I don’t know when it will be realesed in Israel but I’ll hold my breath.
That was the best show I’ve seen. I saw live shows before (Clapton, few days before that night..) but this… emotionally special.
Great. Hope to hear a new release soon, but not too soon if you catch my drift…
Be well,
Asi (Israel)
[It's released in Israel today, Asi. - Features Editor]
Hi Fed
Just a quick note to thank you for arranging the tickets for the Ritzy event.
Couldn’t believe that my tickets were for the FRONT row. Thought the event itself was much better than Leicester Square, mainly as the sound was cranked to 11 with brilliant clarity. Obviously would have been nice if the whole band had come on stage at the end, but beggars can’t be choosers.
The documentary, Breaking Break, was a great look-back at the European leg of the tour.
All in all, a fantastic night, off to buy the DVD today…
Continued…
The DVD portion had parts that were sort of ‘grainy’ in appearance, compared to the “live” portion, of which we saw after the DVD. (Thank God! I was worried that it may not work again after the DVD portion finished). Also, during the DVD there were times of flashes of colored squares across the bottom of the screen. Like those screen-test things…
Sadly, many people left during the DVD credits; I don’t think they knew there was more to come. I didn’t stop them, as I didn’t know if that theatre was going to show anything more, either!
We waited a few minutes, and voila! There was “Live Satellite!” I believe there was more cheering from the audience at that point.
We truly enjoyed the Q & A (Thank you for answering my question, David! Joan Jett??? Didn’t see that one coming!)
Happy to say the rest of the show went off without a hitch, and we thoroughly enjoyed every
second of it. Of course, we feel terrible about missing the entire beginning of the “Live” portion. Oh! By the way; they did play the documentary at the end of the show, so we got to see that after all. It was very enjoyable!!
Can’t wait to see the entire DVD! Marc Brickman does such a fabulous job, doesn’t he??
We asked, and the theatre said they had sold about 106 tickets for the show. They said they never received any posters or programs.
Sad we didn’t get to see it all. Sorry for the long posting…. (don’t you hate these long ones?)
~Susan
[When I have to split them into separate posts, yes. - Features Editor]
Continued…
And On and On it went it was a visual rollercoaster seemingly filmed with 6-10 cameras 4 grainy 2 blurry and 2 pixilated and 2 super high quality (keep your noses clean) randomly switching between them the worst seemed to be the distant shots and cameras from the audience they would often graduate from grainy to blurry and rub salt in the wounds and then pixelate. All throughout the superb music and 5.1 sound continued which was the only blessing.
I know there was a warning about strobe lights at the beginning, it’s a shame there wasn’t one for ‘this may screw up your eyesight’. If this was High Definition you can keep it…. 50% of what I saw wasn’t even close to VHS quality!!!! The picture just wasn’t stable.
HD = Huge Disappointment
I think if I didn’t have to watch it and could have just listened instead would have been preferable.
The Q and A was brill – David and Phil make a good team we had lots of fun except the reappearance of scary song lyric guy (He was at Leicester SQ Wasn’t he?) I think David will avoid these Q and A’s for a while. No visual probs here.
The Jam and Documentary – well the Leicester SQ jam was ace (This band is far too good not to be playing live!!!) again visuals and sound and music excellent.
The concert footage HD mix whatever was awful. Was that a North American transmission problem (seems unlikely as the rest of the footage was superb even Rudders vid was better quality than 50% of the concert footage.)
I should have complained at the cinema but was so surprised and dumbstruck at the end we just left – anyways we had to leave pronto to catch my ferry home.
Did anyone else have a bad experience? I really can’t believe this footage was from the amazing High Definition masters mentioned. If Marc Brickman had seen it he would have been gutted.
So Fed, any ideas what happened?
[Without seeing it for myself, I really couldn't comment. Scant consolation, no doubt, but I am sorry to read this and will forward it to those responsible for organising the event. - Features Editor]
[Glad that you enjoyed it, though. Sorry to hear about the clowns in row D. What is it with these people, eh? It's a shame that we can't gag people on their way in. - Features Editor]
We too were afflicted by the two muppets sitting in D18 and D19. I don’t know about gagging, breathalising would have been more appropriate as the root of the problem was consuming more beer than their bladders and brains could cope with.
On a positive note the show was just fantastic and I thought having Phil Manzanera host the Q&A was a master stroke.
Thanks once again for the tickets.
i just wanted to thank everyone for their reviews. i’m so down about missing this.
a million thanks to david. you have been so good to us. thank you!!!
Good morning all.
I’m so glad the US premiere went so well. Nice to hear you all enjoyed it so much. I was doing my usual Monday morning catch up on the DG weekend blog when I was knocked slightly off kilter.
[Hmmmmm....part of me asks why anyone would really care??]
This was a response to my question regarding the different way in which David credited his songs on AMLOR. I was a bit disappointed to see such a response from Andrew? OBVIOUSLY I WAS INTERESTED AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE TOO, INCLUDING FED! I thought that this was the area where such ‘trivial’ questions may get answered. If the type of pickup or wammy bar David uses manages to get colume space, I don’t see why my question is any less relevant.
Anyway, I just didn’t want to let that one comment slip without notice.
Can’t wait for the posty today! Should have my DVD!!
I was one of the lucky few being invited to The Ritzy in London. It was actually quite emotional being in such a small venue / cinema, surrounded by David, Phil and some lovely bloggers!
Thank you so much for the invitation.
I hope you all had a good journey back home, specially Christine from California!
It was a lovely evening, I will remember this night!
Lots of love from the Netherlands,
Ernest
Hello!
I see you are all thanking David and Polly for the last night. I am happy you enjoyed! I was not there, and this is driving me crazy…but I have a good reason too, to tell David and Polly my personal thanks:
David and Polly, thank you for having made me meet the man I want close to me forever! Emilio, are you reading? This is the coming out! I love you, boy! Shine, Emi, shine. In the sky, with me! God bless you. God bless David and Polly. God bless you all!
Have a nice day and toast with rum! Navy rum, of course!
L!
P.S. David, Polly, be free for our wedding day, we would like to have you as best man and woman! Fed, do you agree to be the bridesmaid? ;-)
[No. I hate weddings. - Features Editor]
good to listen from all these nice people!
I’ll see my dvd this night,thanks a lot for the unique opportunity at the ritzy…hope we can see some day!
love
emi
Fed et al…
Howard and gang have said it all… an absolutely fantastic show! I found the documentary enthralling, the concert footage just makes waiting for tomorrow so much harder…
As Howard said earlier the Q&A was so much more relaxed. Notwithstanding the buzz I got seeing my question up there I was disappointed that I didn’t get a straight answer to my question but that only goes to show DG didn’t see the questions in advance which is a good thing I think…
Overall it gets an A++ and roll on tomorrow when I can get my stickies on the DVD itself… :-)
Samantha and I had a wonderful time at The Ritzy. It was great fun meeting up with everyone again and meeting some new (symetrical) faces too.
Phil doing the Q&A with David worked really well – a great double act with or without guitars.
We went to the Newmarket Ontario (Canada) performance on Saturday.
Apart from two dipsticks right behind us who talked through the entire magnificent broadcast I thought it was brilliant.
Our theatre was poorly attended. As many other posters noted, it was very poorly publicised. And that’s sad because I don’t think it gets any better than this.
With respect to the DVD, I’d very much like to have seen some of the concerts in the other locations as well (greedy I guess). Perhaps Venice, Gdansk?
All in all, we agreed this was a wonderful event and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Financial News:
In the last week, PG Tips posted impressive (if inexplicable) gains in sales, Marmite slightly less.
More later,
Becky
Dear All
Wasn’t the Ritzy great? Wasn’t David fantastic? And it was so awesome seeing the OBJ (Odeon Blues Jam), as when it happened “live”, I was so awestruck and in an unbelieveable haze, that I just couldn’t absorb it all in and now realise that the jam was based on SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND (at least I think it was), and truly, truly brilliant.
Phil did a marvellous job of MC-ing the event. Didn’t he sound “posh” though. Did he put on his telephone voice that night? LOL!
The Q&A saw the reappearance of scary song lyric bloke. What a twit (putting it mildly). There’s Polly and David doing all these wonderful lyrics of a lifetime, then we have this goon who thinks he can do better. Do me a favour mate, don’t bother!
I loved the question about Pete Townshend’s bits. That was hilarious. David said he had been to Pete’s house to look through his big box of guitar bits, and I can just imagaine David rummaging through this big box, more than likely a skip, chucking Pete’s bits out left, right and centre, and then falling in head first with his feet in the air, cos the bit he wants is right at the bottom, LOL!
I also liked David’s answer to the question about Led Zep, when someone asked him if he was going to join the queue for tickets and David said he would find another way!
Do you remember, one of the bloggers said that he saw Robert Plant at the Odeon. Do you think Robert sneaked in without paying! Perhaps he said to David. “Hey man, we’re reforming. Are you?”. You see Mr Plant couldn’t blog the question as he was probably scared that Fed would scream at him for asking if Pink Floyd were going to get back together. LOL!
To be continued…
Hello MR. Gilmour!!! It’s an honour to write You this message!!! I’m writing You from Lithuania (VILNIUS). I am a huge fan of PINK FLOYD and Your music makes my life fullfilled!!!
I am a proffesional jazz and rock piano player. I am 22.
I want to say that I was really waiting for Your DVD ”REMEMBER THAT NIGHT” actually. I have never been in Your concerts, but I still have a hope that once You and Your amazing crew will come to Lithuania!!! It would be amazing. People have never seen such gigs as Yours!
I have one big dream- to meet You and play some PINK FLOYD masterpieces!
Yours Sincerely
Tadas Mekionis
Thanks Fed.
We really enjoyed the Ritzy, the show was Great and front row seats too!!! I was a bit too shy to go up to folk in the bar and ask ‘are you a blogger?’ but we did meet some nice people there.
I had a dream that I got to ask DG a question, my wife insists it wasn’t a dream……..
Thank you all once again.
Regards,
Tom B
Awesome, Brilliant….
I was at the Ritzy in Brixton and it was fantastic.
David’s opener was fabulous and to see him so close up…wow.
The Q & A session was really good, interesting and funny. The Island Jam video from the Leicester Square premier was fabulous as well.
I won my tickets through Planet Rock and didn’t know till 10.15 Friday night I had won! Thank you Planet Rock for drawing out my name.
DVD is absolutely awesome and have bought my copy today.
Dear Fed,
It was a fantastic evening at the Ritzy and really a welcome break for me!
Too bad I didn’t see you there! I really would have liked to thank you for this great night and the opportunity to see David once again.
One thing that amazed me when Polly and David arrived is that they just stepped out of the car and came in. Nobody even noticed them!
Thank you again for this incredible experience in such a beautiful and intimate theatre.
Karim
We watched in Norfolk, VA in the USA. The crowd was small but enthusiastic.
I really enjoyed the video as well as the behind-the-scenes feature run before and after. Everyone in the tour gang seemed really enthusiastic.
Audio and video quality at our location were good. I really enjoyed the more “intimate” feel of the DVD mix, including the closer, warmer “view” of David’s guitar sounds. Can’t wait to see the DVD.
It was especially fun to watch David squirm during the Q&A! A little humanizing is fun, no?
Bob
Ritzy event:
It was quite different from Odeon, as the venue was more intimate (more fitting to the On An Island Tour), there were no celebrities, no official afterparty, and no full band live performance.
But still I was happy to be there.
I already in Poland decided to avoid the tube, and as I used to live in Brixton for a week back in 1995 I remembered that there were some good bus services from the downtown, and it was easy for me to get there.
I met several Bloggers at the bar, but most of them I already met in the Imperial, so the difference was US Gilmourettes contingent with my dear friend Melissa (met her more than year ago in Gdansk), as well Becky, Tracy and Christine. It was nice to meet you Ladies.
The show started with the first part of the tour documentary, which I liked a lot, particularly David meeting with Roger at Bray Studios. Nick was also captured, I don’t know if it was from Bray or Albert Hall, so all Pink Floyd members are included on the DVD.
Then Phil Manzanera greeted everyone at Ritzy and all across the pond in USA and Canada and introduced David to start the show.
Castellorizon live was great and after that the show started. Echoes was the best again, even without additional smoke and lights treatment, and this time I would like to add Arnold Layne. I can completely agree with Rick, who said in documentary that David Bowie created his own new version of that one. (Btw Rick’s version from the 30th of May was also great, as far as I remember)
tbc
Q&A were very interesting again, (David: “I will pull my strings to get a ticket for Led Zeppelin gig”). This section was ended when tour manager appeared and cut his throat as probably satellite time expired.
As a bonus was Island Jam performance from Odeon and I had possibility to relive this show, and it confirmed that band is still in top form.
The evening ended with the second part of the Breaking Bread,… documentary, and it was great to see Gdansk footage again.
I would like to thank David’s Management for the invitation, I had a great seat (row B) 3 yards from David chair on Q&A section, and really enjoyed the event.
Afterparty, courtesy of Geoff, was also fine, I had a great time, and I would like to say thank you to all who were there,
Tomasz
The live broadcast of “Castellorizon” gave me chills. The excellent directing really gave you a sense of being there at the Ritzy.
Thanks, David, for the GREAT music. Keep it coming!
The concert film performance was just as good as I remembered it at Radio City.
And Phil is a great host – he should get his own show.
Continued…
I felt like shouting “mine”, when a question was put to David about what CD he had in his car stereo right now. “I wish!” LOL!
To all these people above who are moaning that the film was grainy etc. I loved all that cos it made it seem real. The coloured dottiness on some of the footage is definitely an Arnold Layne experience. Love it! Love it! LOVE IT!
Sad to leave London to go back to Nottingham but had a nice surprise when I got home for there on the mat as I opened my front door at 3.45 in the morning, was my Remember that Night DVD from Amazon. So I set up my 5.1 surround system and played it on my 50″ screen way up loud and that was well yum! I just wanna cuddle David Crosby as he is so cute! Comfortably Numb made me cry.
I have understanding neighbours!
I think David Bowie should release Arnold Layne as a single. It’s one of the best covers of any PF or DG song. I’m sure it would be an absolute massive hit. Mr Bowie take note!
It sounds so “now”, doesn’t need any sort of remix of arrangement, and I don’t even mind singing back-up! Again, “I Wish!”. LOL!
Now, when we will see you again, David. After see you “live” two weeks running, I’ve got used to seeing you, so don’t leave it too long before you get back on stage again.
Love you forever.
CORI BURNS XXXXXX
['Arnold Layne' was released as a single. As well as David Bowie's lead vocal, Richard Wright's was included, plus a live version of 'Dark Globe'. - Features Editor]
Wow.Wow.Wow.
I was at the showing in Branford CT on Saturday, and have been DYING to get to this computer today to tell about it.
First let me say that I have fallen in love with David Gilmour and his guitar playing, all over again. He has been my guitar idol since I was 12 years old, and with all the fuss and conflicts regarding Pink Floyd, and feeling like a child of divorced parents, loving Roger, Loving David, seeing Floyd, seeing Roger…I had become…well..comfortably numb, I guess you could say.
This DVD has captured the unbelievable Genius of David Gilmour on guitar. His new songs from OAI are pure, they soar, they provoke a powerful emotional response, and David has never sounder better, I think. His voice is as good as it’s ever been.
David Crosby and Graham Nash are the perfect pair, the addition of their voices to the beautiful music that night, was magic!!! The look in Crosby’s eye said it all. Literally brought tears to my eyes.
And Bowie doing Arnold Layne?!?!?!? Somebody pinch me!!! Did I just see that?!?!?!? Wow.Wow.Wow.
Thanks David. Thanks F’Ed for having this forum for us, which by the way, was the only way of knowing about this screening, it seems. I expected a much better turn out, but was happy to be one of the lucky ones to be there.
T.Willie
My experience started with a beautiful afternoon in New York City! Not a bad way to start.
My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Angelo and his wife for a pint before and after the show. Another positive blogger rendezvous for the record! Angelo, mi casa su casa! We’ll get together in the future I’m sure!
The show was great! The DVD performances were fabulous (I can agree with some lousy video others have mentioned, my guess is the satellite feed was lacking).
The Q&A was a lot of fun (perhaps more exciting than needed at times ;>)). My favorite answer was Davids recollection of Syd (way to go Melissa on that one!!). David and Phil seemed to have fun on this Q&A session.
Someone tell the Spaniard that Gipe rhymes with pipe! (Sorry George, your pronunciation of Castellorizon was flawless!)
FEd, any chance we’ll see the video for this Q&A??
JMike
[I hope so. We're expecting something from the event late tomorrow, I believe. - Features Editor]
[....unfortunately, those two middle-agers behind us were not part of that prematurely-exiting crowd. And the one clown made quite sure of that by loudly announcing his presence to everyone at the very end with a shout-out invitation --he was serious-- to come party and "get wild" at his house. "Pass." - LG]
Ha! Are you sure you weren’t tempted, LG? BTW, just how do you define middle age? ;>)
I had to sit next to a guy who was intent on proving he knew all the words to every song
Like David said, covers are fun to do, but often painful for those listening! Ugh….
Mike
PS: Welcome back LG! We missed you.
Mr Gilmour & co. that was magic.
Thanks for the invites FEd!
Can’t believe how lucky I’ve been to see both shows in London recently. It was a privilege to see him play in such a small and intimate venue. We could see him sucking his cheeks in while playing from Row F easily.
My 7 year old son, Alex Jnr, made the pilgrimage to Brixton with me for this one. He really enjoyed it but wants to send in his own blog later.
The only thing that spoiled it was the plonker the row in front of me …. ( grrrr…… not going to say it, but we all know who he was! )
Anyhoo, it was a good night with good cheer and good beer (apparently) I stayed off the bevvy, as I was on my best behaviour trying to be all big and clever.
Met some good people, including Geoff and Tash from Dublin. Sorry, anyone else I forgot.
I didn’t hang around long enough to get a picture of David at the end of the night but would like to thank Guy for the picture he allowed me to take of him and my son. Haste ye back to the Edinburgh Festival next year, my friend.
Hope everyone made it home OK.
I have to say that I am just so completely thrilled that my question was included in the Q & A.
Thank you so much to FEd and management for coming up with yet another brilliant way to bridge the gap between artist and fan.
Sorry you all had to see my big head on the big screen, but it had to be done
Thanks again!
Still too wiped out and muddled to post much but I’m loving reading everyone’s comments!
Love from Atlanta,
Becky
My wife and I attended the showing in Charlotte, North Carolina.
As a long-time Floyd and Dave fan, I was totally blown away by “Echoes.” Rick and Dave played like it was 35 years ago. I also loved the opening to “Shine On,” sad and mournful, all the more striking now that Syd is gone.
All the songs were great, and Bowie was awesome.
I definitely plan to buy the DVD this week (can’t wait to hear “Fat Old Sun” and “Wot’s uh the Deal”).
Rock on!
I saw the presentation at the Regal Perimeter Point theater in Atlanta, GA.
Besides the fact that I couldn’t get the projectionist to adjust the picture for severe keystoning it was a marvelous show. Although I was expecting HD, the image was good and the sound amazing.
The highlight for me was Echoes.
I can’t wait to head to the DVD store tomorrow to pick mine up and watch it on my home theater.
Wish I could have been in Brixton.
Well I am glad to see nothing changes with the pronunciation of my last name…
How could something spelled so simply cause problems with interviewers and tele-marketers across the globe?
My response to the people who say “Gripe” (where they get the “r” is anyone’s guess), “Gippee”, “Geeppay” and so forth is…Spell “pipe”, now spell “ripe”, now how is my name spelled…
No big deal, though, I am happy I had the opportunity!
David, thank you so much for your music, your inspiration. You’re the best one.
Thank you for Echoes, wow, that was so great!
I saw you Saturday in Canada, and I can’t believe how you’re talented…
Enjoy? Did we ever!
We were let in at about 20 minutes to the hour as there was still a movie playing in the room. It was largish room for a multiplex and it looked like it was less than half full by 3PM. We connected by about 2:45.
There were only a few satellite glitches which lasted for a few seconds each (you know, video stops, audio continues). I dunno, I thought the sound and visuals were great.
When I read about the event in Europe, I hoped that David would do Castellorizon, because then people would see the concert start the way it started in Toronto, which was fab. I understand why David moved Breathe/Time/Breathe forward in the later concerts, but those audiences missed the perfect start to a concert.
Anyhow, the footage looked great and I loved the documentary stuff, quite humourous at times.
Everyone in the theatre seemed to be a happy camper, especially when we received the coupons at the end.
Looking forward to Tuesday.
[Ha! Are you sure you weren't tempted, LG? - Jerzy Mike]
Sure…. tempted to arrive on site with gifts in hand: a pocketful of stones to chuck through his windows, for starters. (To roughly quote you, “HIS casa NOT mi casa”.)
[BTW, just how do you define middle age?]
Well, those two mentally dwarfed individuals certainly placed a new spin on the term, “middle-age crisis”. By the way, they looked older than you, o baby bro…..AND me! {wink}
[I had to sit next to a guy who was intent on proving he knew all the words to every song
Like David said, covers are fun to do, but often painful for those listening! Ugh....]
Glory! Yes, thank you….I forgot to mention that I was unwittingly in for yet another added cinematic surprise bonus performance during this one-off 5.1 sound-around gala event by “The Doped-up Dueling Dwarves’ Serenade of ‘Shine On/Wish You Were Here’ Medley”. So, yes, I feel for you — immensely.
[PS: Welcome back LG! We missed you.]
Very kind. (Speaking of temptations, you’re not tempting back into the Blog Addiction Ring, are you?) ;^>
Cheers,
LG
xo
Forgot to mention the socks!
I heard more than a few females commenting on David’s socks, including my wife. I finally said, “Look, I didn’t dress him”. Personally, I thought it was a bold choice, and who cares, anyway?
David, watch out or you’ll end up on “What not to wear”. Of course, it would be funny to see them open your closet and see two dozen black t-shirts hanging there. ;-)
I also didn’t mention that there was a collective groan through the audience a couple of times during the Q&A.
I thought that this wouldn’t happen this time because it was invitation only.
Fed – you ban people from the chatroom, can people be banned from live events?
[Yes. - Features Editor]
absolutely fantastic!!
thanks for the extra-special showing. it sounds great and looks great.
counting down the hours till it’s here. i’ll get it at midnite tonite.
cheers.
What a TREMENDOUS event. I brought my 8 year old son, who’s listened to countless Floyd tunes on the radio and watched the Live 8 set with me last year.
It was a fabulous experience to share such incredible musicianship and guitar virtuosity with my son who will soon be wanting his own guitar to play around with.
I can’t wait for the DVD. REALLY enjoyed the Q&A and it was SUCH a treat for me to get to see my hero play LIVE. David is truly the most gifted guitarist on the globe.
And leave it to David to orchestrate the world’s first intercontinental cinema event. He and his many bandmates through the years have a long history of pioneering and innovation and this event is further testimony to his genius as a musician and showman.
Well done–all.
I need to start my story on Friday night, when I was watching the HD version of Live at Abbey Road in anticipation of Saturday’s event. My twelve year old son John walked in at the beginning of On An Island and sat down much to my surprise. At the end of the song he turns to me and says “Dad, that’s the best music I’ve ever heard.” I planned to go to the theatre alone, now I had a companion for the day.
We met up with Marcus Buick and Erin at the theatre in Emeryville California but missed most of the preview documentary due to technical issues at the theatre.
Overall the theatre’s handling of the event was substandard, but the sound quality was exceptional.
We all sat in rapture during the DVD preview. I loved the shots of David and Rick singing Echoes together and was particularly impressed with Rick and David’s exchanges during the “Funky Jam.”
It was fantastic seeing all the Blog Irregulars during the Q&A, especially our pal George Gee-eye-pay. I think Mel asked the best question of the night and really got a great answer from David. Many thanks to Phil for putting David in a relaxed mood. Island Jam was great and I really enjoyed seeing Jon Carin standing up and playing rhythm guitar.
My son really enjoyed the entire show. He sings in a high caliber boy’s chorus and was very impressed by the quality of the vocals and harmony. He also loved all the shots of the Gilmour boys wizzing around the various tour venues on their wheelie skates.
Afterwards we had lunch and reminisced with Marcus and Erin.
Thanks to all who worked so hard to put this together.
Well, another week, another David Gilmour premiere !
This time I had the honour of escorting Melissa, Becky, Tracy and Christine, the lovely Gilmourettes. A great pleasure in itself !
The cinema was excellent, nice comfy seats too, with lots of legroom. I swapped my front row seat with Tracy, in case there was any extra lighting again, much to her elation ! (Sorry Becky!)
Another excellent Castellorizon. Superb.
The Blue, Shine On, Echoes were the highlights, although I had to tell the guy in front of me to shut up during Echoes.
I too thought the Q&A was more relaxed, more jovial and informal. Perhaps Phil can take Parkinson’s job when he leaves….
Excellent to see everyone. Especially the ever growing Midlands contingent !
Thanks to all involved.
What are we doing next week ??
Martin.
I saw the show in Philadelphia. As several others had noted I was a bit disappointed that the theater was only about 3/4 full.
At first I felt kinda wierd clapping and cheering for a movie but once I saw everyone else was doing it I was OK. My wife thought I was strange.
I saw the live show at Radio City so I had a good idea of what to expect but the film met and exceeded my expectations. I almost felt like I was really there. The Q&A with Wireman, David’s candid response to the taped and live questions, the clips from the various tour venues, were all exceptional bonuses to the actual DVD/Concert.
It would be hard to say which songs I liked most but On An Island (especially the brutally crisp guitar ending) and The Blue (once again, especially the screaming guitar ending) had to be highlights of both the Radio City show when I saw it live as well as Saturday in the theater. As others had also mentioned I had tears in my eyes for both of them songs.
I was wearing my light blue David Gilmour OAI t-shirt that I got in NYC and when the show was over, I was standing in the lobby I saw 2 other guys that had the same shirt as mine so were chatting about the show and agreed that it was absolutely excellent!!
My birthday is Wednesday so I’m hoping that my wife got the hint how perfect a gift the DVD would be!
[A hearty "Happy Birthday!" for Wednesday, Mike. Have a good one. - Features Editor]
i loved saturday 9/15 at burbank california. it was pure joy. didn’t see anywhere to ask a question, though.
i want to get a copy of the documentary that was shown before and after the royal albert performance. the one that showed them touring all over europe and etc. is it for sale, or does it come with the new dvd? where can i get the documentary to buy?
[On the DVD: 'Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine'. Questions were submitted here. - Features Editor]
Coupons? Didn’t happen at my theater! What were they for?
[I went to see the show at Silvercity in Brampton, Ontario and sure enough THEIR satellitte system dies and we didn't even get to see one lousy minute of the broadcast.]
Sorry to hear about that Joe. I don’t know all the details, but I think that there were a couple of cinemas within a half hour’s drive of Brampton. I know it would be a bummer to miss the first half hour or so, but it was worth seeing, regardless. I probably would have driven to Mississauga to see it. It was so poorly promoted in the Greater Toronto Area that I doubt that any of them were anywhere near full.
Again, sorry to hear about it. I guess that there are bound to be glitches in this kind of thing.
Can anyone tell me what stores will have the DVD in Stock? I would really like to go stand in line for it!
[Please click your name below and see the bottom of the 'DG on BBC and ITV' entry (17 September). You might wish to get your copy from Best Buy or Borders, due to the free CD or poster. - Features Editor]
I just wanted to say “Thank You” for giving us the wonderful gift that was Saturday…My dream is to see David perform live, but if this is as close as I’ll ever get, then I will still be grateful.
I saw the show in Fort Worth, TX…small turnout (very poorly promoted) but it was wonderful to be in a theatre with other super-fans!
The DVD is perfect and ECHOES blew me away. How lucky for the ones who actually were there that night!
The most memorable part for me was the footage from Gdansk. I think I felt the entire emotional experience during that piece, especially at the end watching all the concert goers feeling David’s solo in “Comfortably Numb”. It was just beautiful.
Again, Thank You so much!
The Lightbearer
Saturday’s show was absolutely fantastic. My girlfriend and I caught this wonderful three hour event at a Theater here in the Buffalo area (and what perfect weather we had for it! Buffalo was dark and heavily overcast with a chilly air). We arrived about an hour early and managed to select two perfect seats halfway up and dead center.
I thought it was done perfectly. We were let in at 2:30 and within perhaps 60 seconds, the documentary “Breaking Bread” started up. What a pleasure that was. Sort of a touring scrapbook with a lot of odd funny bits. By the way, it was nice to see that brief clip with David and Roger. VERY nice actually.
At 3:00 the documentary faded off (somewhere in the middle) and the live broadcast from Brixton kicked in. Phil Manzanera as host? Brilliant choice. The more I see/hear from him the more I love that guy. He seems to be such a genuinely nice person.
Phil then introduced David who took the stage with his black Strat and peeled off a spine tingling rendition of “Castellorizon”. His playing gave me goosebumps! Amazing. By the way, great job segueing the live cut into the DVD version of “On An Island”.
To be continued…
Review from Sudbury, Ontario Canada:
Thank goodness I frequent this site a lot because Saturdays showing at the Silver City Cinema was unmissable. I was at Massey Hall in Toronto and now had the amazing opportunity to share some of that experience with my mother and 4 friends.
When my friends question my obsession with all things Floydian, I say experience it and then come back to me. Well, I now have 5 others who finally “get it”. In fact one of them was still soaking it in the next day.
A sold out show up here. The video quality for us was amazing. We must of had a big fan controlling the sound system, because beginning the second half when the oldies came on, they simply cranked it! So much so that the Cinema Screen looked like it might fall off during “Time”, but not so loud that any distortion was created in the audio. That in itself added an extra dimension to the day, rumbling seats definitely brought me back to seeing this live.
My personal favorites where “The Blue” and “Echoes” and “Arnold Layne”. Surprising to me, my mother and her best friend, both in their late 60′s chose Echoes as their favorite.
Many thanks to all who were involved in making this happen. Now I wait for my DVD to arrive on Friday.
There was mention by Phil that this was the first time an event like this was transmitted from the U.K. to North America, is this indeed fact FEd?
Thanks so much!
Daniel
[I'd have to check that one. - Features Editor]
Hello All!
We attended the David Gilmour Live at the Cinemark Tinseltown Plano, (outside Dallas, Texas).
We had a great time, as did others around us. There was a great turnout – almost every seat was filled. We only wish the theater had turned the volume up so it felt more like a concert. =)
I thought the Brixton Ritzy was excellent. I thought you were going to play island jam real again on your guitar.
I got my photo done with Guy Pratt.
My dad showed me where you played in Leicester Square Odeon and I saw the balcony you stood on.
My favourite song was The Blue.
I didn’t get to ask my question. It was going to be if I could get my photo taken with you but I wasn’t brave enough.
Great to hear another concert from you soon.
From Alex, age 7
Well, well, where do I start? How amazing was this last weekend?
It happened to be my first gig in retrospect, so I didn’t know what to expect. I was very nervous on Friday night. Couldn’t sleep, but it was expected I suppose.
I left my hotel about half 1ish on Saturday, in hope to see the Wales V Australia game. Pity though, I travelled around Brixton for a while, the game wasn’t on anywhere. But, maybe that was a blessing in disguise, as we got hammered anyway.
I ended up going to the pub opposite the Ritzy. It was called ‘The Prince of Wales’, so I had a nice welcome once all the barmen knew I was welsh. Fair play to them. And £3 a pint wasn’t bad.
I had about 8 or 9 pints and then travelled into the Ritzy to begin my expedition of meeting the ‘Bloggers’……
(To Be Continued)
[Hammered, Simon? Come on, that's a bit harsh. It was a decent comeback against one of the best teams in the world. And 32-20 is better than 36-0... - Features Editor]
So I entered, and went straight to the bar. Got myself a nice Magners with Blackcurrant! Overheard a few Bloggers mention their names to themselves;
“Hi I’m Lorraine” “And I’m Nick” Etc. Couldn’t bring myself to introduce myself. I’m a moron like that.
Melanie soon got there, and we both decided to introduce ourselves to the gang which was quite big now. Met a lot of people and for the rest of the night I had a nice smile on my face.
It was nice to meet everyone here on the blog that went. It was truly…..Happy Days!
I then met up with Geoff and his entourage! And subsequently met Melissa and Tracy, who we both shared a laugh about a tape! And I met countless others, they all greeted me very charmingly (is that a word!).
I grabbed my two pints of Magners and headed on into the theatre.
(To Be Continued)
To my absolute amazement, I had myself a front row centre seat, which I have to thank Fed and One Fifteen for that. I literally sat on the edge of my seat throughout. I noticed it a few times and sat back, but found myself in front of the chair again, playing drums with my hands or something. (To the woman sitting next to me, very sorry. I looked over at Lorraine once and she was chuckling!)
I must admit that when David played, I had a tear in my eye. I’ve never heard anyone play something so moving and I was personally touched. I was about 5 feet away from David and he was quite simply, breathtaking. Thank you so much David.
The DVD performance was great; I couldn’t care less about the graphics. I had had about 15 pints by then so I thought it was me!
I’ll be honest; I really wanted to see Comfortably Numb. But I’ve seen it now about 20 times. (By the way, I’ll do a review of the DVD once everyone has seen it first).
(To Be Continued)
The Q and A session was great. One particular moment was when I was looking at Mr. Gilmour and he was looking at my two pints in front of me and he chuckled. I was so in awe of everything I forgot about my pints!
Everything was great. I went for a wazz during Arnold Layne and Guy was in the room between the lobby and the theatre. I shook his hand and he didn’t have a clue who I was! I walked past him and said “Well, Guy mon! Shumai! (Welsh for hello)!!!! He looked confused!!
To sum up, thank you thank you and thank you again. Everyone. The Bloggers, the management, Fed, The Band, Phil for presenting, Guy for being confused, and most of all to David, for making an impact on my life that two years ago I thought could never happen.
Two words to finish…… Happy Days!!!!!
A Utah perspective:
Having been to the Odeon in London for the premiere, it was great to get a chance to feel the full effect of the broadcast from a movie theater – this is not to say that it’s better to see David Gilmour live via satellite than it is in person… what we mean to say is that it was great, in the absence of that option, to see the desired result.
The broadcast was near perfect. The intended result was delivered on our end here in Utah, with everything transitioning smoothly.
The only two things that were a bit off were that the volume was initially too low and evidently turned up after the first couple of tracks. Also, the lights in the cinema could have been turned off during Phil Manzanera’s introduction. The dimming of lights between David Gilmour’s live performance and the beginning of the DVD footage had a certain momentum to it but not something that would have been sacrificed by dimming the lights during the introduction before the video footage began – it was hard to see Phil Manzanera’s introduction and David Gilmour’s live performance with lights reflected on the screen.
Other than that, it would be great if David Gilmour could include Utah and a number of smaller cities on a future tour. The cinema was packed – impressive for an event that lacked a certain advertising punch.
Also, having been at the Odeon in London, I have to say that it would be great if David Gilmour (and Rick Wright) would stop and chat with fans for a bit. We realize there are some who want autographs in order to sell them on eBay, however some of us (as well as our parents before us) have grown up listening to David Gilmour and Pink Floyd. We know David Gilmour appreciates his fans as much as we appreciate him and it would be great to nurture the strength of the effect and influence he has been for many by allowing himself to chat a bit more with us during events like these.
Ed & Marie
My wife and I watched the premiere in Tampa Florida and I must say that there was quite a crowd.
Highlights were of course the live bits that Dave and the band played and the Documentary and DVD were absolutely stunning. The satellite signal seemed to have been lost a few times, the most notable was right before the solo in Time but I can certainly forgive that for the feast to the eyes and ears that this concert video was. I’ll be first in line for the DVD in my city to be sure.
Also, the Q&A session was brilliant and gave a small insight as to who the person is behing the name.
Thanks for the opportunity to view this and I hope that there may be future events from Dave. God Bless.
James & Amanda in Tampa
Fed – I should have mentioned the Cineplex I went to was the Galaxy Nanaimo BC, Canada.
Anyways seems most people had a great experience which is good especially all you lucky sods in London at Brixton.
Then later I heard Everton got beaten 1:0 by Man.U after playing well – Now that’s really taking the mick. (I won’t get any sympathy from you about that will I Fed
now that I have revealed i’m a secret Toffee fan!!!! )
I’m just glad it’s Monday.
[To my great shame, I become a bit of a closet Blue Nose when it's Everton-Manchester United. Thankfully, it only lasts 90 minutes or so (unless United are at home, of course, in which case, it could be as long as 97 minutes). Your cinema comments have been passed on. - Features Editor]
[I was a bit disappointed to see such a response from Andrew? - Posted by: Brian_Kildare]
Ahhhhh…..touche.
Brian good point. We certainly do debate some trivial items on this site and my comment was not made to offend anyone. It just seemed soooo trivial that I couldn’t understand why anyone would really wonder about that. But then my mind is polluted with so much music trivial information that I’m sure I make some people scratch their heads as well and ask….”How does he know this stuff?? And why does he know this stuff??” So your point is well taken.
I’m certainly not going to stand in your way for a search in your answer to the question. If it completes your musical sphere of knowledge, then more power to you.
Truce.
Thanks.
Andrew
My husband and I watched ‘Remember That Night’ Sat. in Minneapolis, Mn. Like others, I was so surprised it wasn’t sold out.
I think it is the best dvd going. It was wonderful to see it on the big screen. The sound was fantastic and I can’t think of a thing they could have done differently to improve it.
It has everything you could ask for. Close ups of David’s hands as he played guitar. All that wonderful music. I loved the easy and wonderful way the band gets along with each other.
Great to see some bits with Polly and the other families. Also, fun to see the other venues.
Just a wonderful dvd. As I said, you can’t ask for more. It’s perfect. Can’t wait to get my copy tomorrow. Just WOW!!
Thank you so very much,
jan
Thank you Fed for the Brixton tickets, my dad Gordon, Steve and myself had a fantastic night!
The Ritzy was a great intimate venue, and was a great opportunity to meet fellow `irregulars`.
I was amazed by those who had travelled so far, such as, Tracy, Melissa and Becky, a pleasure to meet you! And always a pleasure to see Martin, Nickster, Nate, Ash and Neil!
David was on top form, as was Phil, and the Brixton one!
A GREAT evening, thank you all.
Adrian.
I’ve never written a comment here before. This is my first time comment. Because I wanted to say thank you very much for such a wonderful film concert. What a magical world moment!!
I’ve never attended your live concert before. But next time I will be there. So please come back to NYC.
Sorry, my English is really bad. I am Japanese. I want to write more long sentences.
Thank you very much again!!
My wife and I attended the show at Branford Cinemas in Connecticut. I was the same theater that I saw the Mermaid Theater show in when that was out.
The sound in the theater was fantastic! The DVD looks great. I really like the way they focus on David’s guitar playing.
It was also a thrill to have my question read by Phil and addressed to David. And it seemed like a question he enjoyed answering. I noticed he dodged a few of the others.
I was happy getting my name and question broadcast all over North America for my 15 seconds of fame. And the fact that it occured at a David Gilmour event just makes it the best!
Thanks for putting my question through F*ed. I’ll be picking up my DVD tomorrow.
Cheers!
I was present at the Regal Cinema in Swansea, Massachusetts along with my cousin for the simulcast.
I’ve been looking forward to this since I bought the tickets over a month ago and I was certainly not disappointed. There were about 20-25 people in the theater. No advertising in the lobby whatsoever, but I’m not sure whose responsibility that would have been.
The performances were outstanding, even if the picture quality rivaled internet video at times – especially during the laserlight show numbers.
Whatever was missing in picture was made up for in sound, however. The 5.1 mix was spot on and thrilling – very close to being there, I must say.
Highlights for us included Echoes and Arnold Layne, for sure. We’ll both be picking up our DVDs tomorrow.
Thanks to David and all who made this event possible. It was truly memorable and something I’ll think of each time I view it. Now come around to Boston so we can see you in person! I promise not to ask uncomfortable questions, recite poetry or give you presents!
Best, Jason
So many great descriptions of everyone’s feelings on the live venue.
I wanted to publicly thank you, FEd, for putting aside a ticket for me at the Ritzy. I got my travel arranged and put in for my passport only to be told 3 days before departure that there was misplaced information and that my passport would not be arriving in time. I hope you received my e-mail on forfeiting my seat in time to brighten another bloggers day. I am truly blue about missing this golden moment.
I did get to see the concert at the local cinema with an almost packed house. The emotions of these great songs swept over me and I couldn’t help wishing I had more friends around to share it with. I especially liked the documentary footage after the DVD. We really get a good look inside the lives of these musicians and the magnitude of the tour.
Thank you again, FEd for thinking of us bloggers and giving us all the rare opportunities to be a part of David’s world.
I can’t wait for tomorrow to buy the DVD.
[Sorry that you couldn't make it to The Ritzy, Slater, but glad to hear that you enjoyed the event. Enjoy the DVD. - Features Editor]
Remember That Night– I’m trying to forget, don’t remind me…?
First, there were technical difficulties from the start!!! There were no programs offered on entry, no big deal…but then the show began without audio and about 15 minutes later the sound finally came on with some audio blips from a horror movie before we heard any music. The audience seemed irritated and offended by the whole situation, as was I.
Once the sound came on, the music was awesome as usual…Dick Parry’s solo was incredible and Rick Wright “WOW” on Echoes, amazing to watch him tearing across his piano keys like that… David Gilmour’s acoustic sets were fantastic!! The lighting and camera work was excellent!!!
There was low attendance and the show did not seem to move along well. The documentary could have been first, to introduce the crew before the performance, then the DVD footage and then the Q&A in the end. Some audience members left after the DVD credits began to roll, not knowing there was much more to come.
Storm’s visuals were terribly missed during the music. If you don’t play an instrument and you’re viewing a concert film showing only musicians ripping on their instruments things can become dull after awhile.
Then everyone received complimentary movie passes while exiting the theatre…and I’m looking forward to a pleasant and private DVD experience…
8^)
Continued…
The DVD itself…judging by what was shown…is going to be absolutely spectacular. There were so many highlights it’s hard to pick one. If I tried, I would end up mentioning every single song! I will say this though, David’s solo in the middle of Echoes (just prior to the funky guitar/keyboard solo exchanges) just scorched the hide off my face (lovely visual there). Unreal.
The question and answer period that followed the DVD was a pure joy. There were a few great questions, but one woman in the audience had a great one regarding David’s favorite memory of Syd. This elicited a lovely little story and you could see the genuine affection there. Very heart warming.
Finally the jam from the previous week’s event was fantastic. I loved the way David just kicked things off, casually playing his Goldtop while the crew set up the drums etc around him…the rest of the band joining in one by one. Great playing by all. As you can imagine, this little musical surprise was VERY well received by the audience (by the way, one touching moment I loved: when the guys were taking their bows, Richard gave David a huge bear hug). What a great way to wrap the proceedings up.
Sadly we had to leave during the remainder of the documentary as we were running late for a birthday dinner for my mother. Don’t worry….mom understood. This IS David after all!
Thank you to everyone for AGAIN putting forth such a grand effort. No fans are treated better.
Where do I start?
I had a great time in London! Becky and Tracy were wonderful travel partners and every moment I spent with them was a pleasure.
Our first day in London, we met Martin S. He is such a gentleman. I can’t tell you how funny and sweet he is. He stayed right by our side the entire time. He helped us get around town so that we could see as much as possible in a short amount of time.
I hope he enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed his. I’m pretty confident that he did because we had him laughing so hard he was snorting. (Sorry Martin, the secret is out)
Saturday morning we met Christine, from California. She was a fine compliment to our group and she really added to the enjoyment of the day. We spent the day zooming around London on the tubes, which was great. I really like London, and I think I would loose a lot of weight if I lived there, as I only ate two meals the entire time. The prices are outrageous and I was too excited to notice any hunger pains, so it was not a big issue.
When we arrived at the Ritzy and saw all of our irregular friends, I was like a puppy that couldn’t stop wagging its tail. I was so happy to finally meet everyone face to face. Everyone I met was very friendly, just as I had imagined. I will always remember the feeling I had during that brief time. I’m pretty sure that I hugged everybody that I met, and I would like to apologize for that in case I offended anyone. The thought never crossed my mind that some people aren’t the hugging type. I guess it’s a good thing that I didn’t get to meet David or I may have gotten myself escorted out like the street bum that kept coming in.
To be continued…
Continued…
I have to say that I was disappointed that the irregulars didn’t have a better/safer location to have our gathering. Everyone was too afraid to hang around in Brixton and there was also an issue with transportation. I had hoped we would have been able to visit for a greater length of time, in a more intimate setting. A few of us did find a place to hang out for a while back in London.
As for the premiere itself, I was lucky enough to sit in the second row. David’s live performance was simply beautiful. The DVD was fabulous as well. It’s evident how much work went into mastering it.
I thought the Q&A was much better than the last one. Not because I didn’t like the questions that were asked, but I thought that David seemed much more comfortable and open. Up until that point I was unable to think of a proper question to ask because I was afraid I would ask something that was too personal.
But when he sang those few words from ‘Dark Globe’, I became very emotional I wanted to hear more about his feelings about Syd.
I wanted to cry as I listened to David’s precious memories of the time he spent with his dear friend. It was especially moving for me, that he gave such a heartfelt answer to a question that came from my heart. Thank you for that, David, it meant a great deal to me. I will admit that I was very sad that I didn’t get to meet you, but this moment was better than a quick hello and a handshake.
I really hope this is not the end. Like all great moments, they come and go like a thief in the night.
I will keep ‘High Hopes’ that David will continue to make music and share it with us, if it makes him happy.
Melissa(*_*)
I have been at the Ritzy last saturday, and we enjoyed very much. I went there with my lovely wife and daughter. The organisation of the event was perfect.
At 6.30 PM we could collect our tickets. Our seats were on the third row, facing the screen, the first 3 seats on the right. During the event mister Gilmour walked 6 times by our seats. To see him that close was incredible.
Like I wrote before the organisation was perfect. They knew that I would be there with my daughter, so for my daughter was there an extra cushion so that she could sit a bit higher to see everything better. She was very excited to see David Gilmour in person (I was too …).
But I have one point of criticism.
How many people were there at the Ritzy? 200? I think that there were less. I have spoken to people from Holland, Belgium, and I have heard that there were also people from Germany. Was it not possible for David to take some time to talk and meet the his fans? And I am not referring to the fans outside of England; I am refering to all the fans who were at the Ritzy.
For me an autograph of David in the tourbook (I specially brought it to Ritzy) and a picture would make it complete. It is a pity.
We really had a wonderful evening. And after that we talked much about it.
FEd, thank you for the possibility; we had a lovely weekend in London. The weather was ok. Regardless my point of criticism we had an unforgettable weekend.
Thank you, and thank to everyone who made this possible.
Carlos