The Pink Floyd Thread

[gazinwales]

Yeah reminds me of the PF Trances Mixes, I do like them once in a while.

[Zydar]

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pink_floyds_the_endless_river_will_feature_graham_nash_and_david_crosby.html

Graham Nash is providing new insights into Pink Floyd's forthcoming "The Endless River" project, confirming that he and long-time bandmate David Crosby added vocals to a David Gilmour-penned track dealing with loss.  "We went down to sing on this particular song that he wrote about friends that had died," Nash reveals, in a new talk with VH-1 Radio Network's Dave Basner (via Ultimate Classic Rock). "It's a beautiful song, too - beautiful."

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This is great news. I love their harmonies, and they also sang on Dave's "On An Island".

[Orbert]

That's kinda wacky, a bit outside of the "normal Pink Floyd" realm, but still could be very cool.  I liked Crosby and Nash's little guest appearance on Gilmour's concert vid.

[adace]

45 years ago today since the moon landing. Here's PF's track "Moonhead" they recorded for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2HHT7txFQ0

[Orbert]

That was interesting.  Typical ambient, spacy 60's Pink Floyd I guess.  Not something I'd seek out today, but maybe back in my hallucinogenic years.

[Zydar]

With the new Pink Floyd album looming over the horizon, an insider shared a few tidbits regarding the overall vibe, noting that the record won't be bringing any hit singles, and will also mark the end of the band. As reported, "The Endless River" is expected to drop later this year, featuring unreleased material from 1994's "The Division Bell" sessions. According to the Sun source, "It's not what fans will necessarily expect. The other songs, which David [Gilmour] has worked on with Nick Mason, are lengthy instrumentals rather than straight-up rock.

"It's beautiful but not exactly 'Another Brick in the Wall' or 'Wish You Were Here.' It's very spacey. It's got lots of keyboards from Rick [Wright] so you can see why the band are calling it his swansong. The track that Gilmour recorded vocals on will be the band's last-ever real song. It's a proper epic and a fitting farewell."

Seeing that the record was already described as predominantly ambient music, the new info should hardly strike you as surprising. However, the end-of-the-band claims do come as somewhat of a fresh info.

"It would probably be the highest-grossing tour in history if they reunited with Roger Waters. But Gilmour just won't have it. This album really is the end of Pink Floyd - for ever," the insider concluded (via Gigwise).

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/pink_floyd_album_update_its_not_what_fans_will_necessarily_expect.html

[Zantera]

I think it could be cool. I don't mind long instrumental pieces, since I listen to a lot of Post-Rock and Ambient stuff, so it could very well be great.

[ariich]

I think it could be cool. I don't mind long instrumental pieces, since I listen to a lot of Post-Rock and Ambient stuff, so it could very well be great.

And, particularly, considering Pink Floyd are known for lengthy instrumental passages and ambient sections.

[Orbert]

That's actually what sounds coolest of all to me, the instrumentals featuring Rick's keyboards.  I'm looking forward to this.

[Progmetty]

I can't figure out why every version of The Wall movie is so grainy and low res., even the DVD..

[Cool Chris]

I don't know much PF history, but I didn't think Rick had much left in the creative tank by this point.

And I don't generally like bands to release albums of rejects or cutting room floor stuff, but sounds like this material is getting proper attention from David and Nick. Mildly curious about this.

[Orbert]

I can't figure out why every version of The Wall movie is so grainy and low res., even the DVD..

It was likely shot on lower-quality film stock.  And then every transfer to digital has to start from there.  Nowadays, they remaster and sometimes apply noise reduction (video noise reduction that is) but there's only so much they can do when the original flim stock was crap, and unless it says it's a remaster, it's just a direct transfer.

[ReaperKK]

I can't remember if this has been posted in this thread or not but a while ago I found something pretty neat on youtube.

This is PULSE but it shows the PPV live broadcast along with the PPV live track so you can hear PULSE raw and unedited essentially, different camera shots as well.

Here is Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pat8A6TGBOc

You can find the second set on there too but it's split up into individual songs.

[KevShmev]

I still have the original show of it on VHS buried somewhere, as it was shown live on PPV.  I remember when the video came out, some of the camera angles and whatnot were different. 

As awesome as Pulse is, it still aggravates me that Astronomy Domine was chucked as the live opener.  It was an awesome opener and the video screen stuff for it was totally bad ass.

[JayOctavarium]

Holy shit


at 1:00:33

DAT ENIGMA!


https://youtu.be/Pat8A6TGBOc?t=1h33s

[GentlemanofDread]

Oh Yeah, the Enigma campaign! I love that, though I'd like an answer now about it.

[JayOctavarium]

When I was in high school, I read about the campaign. I thought it was awesome. Then I got PULSE. I was looking forward to seeing that one shot with ENIGMA.

AND IT WASN'T THERE.

I was so disappoint.

[ReaperKK]

Holy shit


at 1:00:33

DAT ENIGMA!


https://youtu.be/Pat8A6TGBOc?t=1h33s

Wow I'm completely missed it the first go around.

I have to say it again Tim Renwick has some pretty awesome solos on PULSE.

[GentlemanofDread]

"Pink Floyd today unveiled the artwork for upcoming album The Endless River by displaying in 10 cities around the world, including an eight-metre installation on London’s South Bank.

David Gilmour and Nick mason have also revealed that the title – a tribute to late keyboardist Rick Wright – will be released on November 10 as an 18-track, four-sided double-album, with the intent of promoting the classic format.

Gilmour has confirmed Floyd’s first record in 21 years has its roots in sessions for 1993 release The Division Bell. He says: “We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together. Over the last year we've added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. "

https://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-09-22/pink-floyd-endless-river-artwork-tracklist

[Zydar]

I like the cover, very Floydish

Also: 18 tracks double album!

[wasteland]

The snippet

[Evermind]

It shows one CD-disc on the standard edition pic though. Anyway, I'm getting CD+DVD edition with the hardcover booklet, I guess.

[The Curious Orange]

I can't figure out why every version of The Wall movie is so grainy and low res., even the DVD..

It was shot on 80mm film, that's why. It looks great on a cinema screen, not so good on a tv screen.

[Onno]

The snippet

What snippet?

[RoeDent]

It's just dawned on me that the guy who designed the cover for The Endless River wasn't even born when Pink Floyd's last album came out. Let that sink in for a moment.

Very nice artwork. I must admit I'm not that eager to get it immediately upon release, but I may wind up buying it in the future. Of course, that may change when a track is released and we can actually hear the music.

Another side point re. the article from Graham Nash mentioned here in July. He revealed that he was working with Gilmour on a song "about friends that had died". Now, I'm pretty sure that On An Island is about that. I believe Gilmour said that (or something along those lines) after performing it on the Remember That Night DVD.

[wasteland]

The snippet

What snippet?

There is an audio snippet in the Listen section. It seems that all kind of good things come under the label "Listen" these days 

[Onno]

The snippet

What snippet?

There is an audio snippet in the Listen section. It seems that all kind of good things come under the label "Listen" these days 

Got it!

[Progmetty]

I didn't like the cover that much, looks like something Dream Theater would use, maybe cause it reminds me of the Dramatic Turn of Events cover.

[Zydar]

What if they hade the unicycling clown in the boat?

[Progmetty]

Now you're on to something! hehe
The guy in the boat is probably the unicyclist finding new ways to cross bridges in the sky.

[Mladen]

[The Letter M]

The cover reminds me more of Spock's Beard's last album, Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep.

- Marc.

[Zantera]

Don't care much for the cover. It looks a lot like We're Here Because We're Here meets A Dramatic Turn of Events. With that said, I'm still curious about this album. I don't have any expectations, but hopefully at least a few songs stand out.

[Cool Chris]

I still can't find the audio snippit, but I did notice who 'slammed' the new album. 

Only mildly curious about this. Interest went down reading it is primarily instrumental.

[GentlemanofDread]

https://www.pinkfloyd.com/theendlessriver/listen