The Pink Floyd Thread

[Kwyjibo]

Still not sure why Roger felt the need to re-record that record (and obviously this time as a solo effort) and who the target group for such a record is.

[Mladen]

I'd much prefer a new solo album, the last one was damn good.

[Cool Chris]

And also it is a way for me to honor a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave and I have every right to be very proud of.

He is honoring a recording he made with others, by recording an alternate version without them?

[ReaperKK]

What are everyone's thoughts about Nick Masons saucerful of secrets? I was listening to their album on the way to work and honestly its my favorite versions of those old songs. I'm sad I skipped on missing them when they came through, the show sounds like it has great live energy.

[Mladen]

I saw that band last year and immensely enjoyed the performance. It's nice to see a tribute to Pink Floyd that not only features a Pink Floyd member but also highlights an era that neither Waters nor Gilmour pay attention to in their concerts. I really have a fond memory of the concert, especially because it was the second show I saw after two years of covid.

[ytserush]

I'd much prefer a new solo album, the last one was damn good.

I'd love a new one too but he seems to have gone in rewrite mode which bothers me a little bit. He may be close to retirement.

[SoundscapeMN]

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

May 15th in the UK

https://www.sydbarrettfilm.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALajTTcXwZE

[ReaperKK]

Look interesting. I wonder if it'll have new interviews, I think from the trailer I was able to recognize some old stuff from other documentaries and interviews.

[Buddyhunter1]

Money from Roger Water's re-recording of DSOTM came out a few days ago.

I couldn't even sit through the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVmeYgo1Iw&t=0s

[Metro]

I made it to the first lyric.
Nope.
Absolutely not.

[jammindude]

You have no idea how badly I want to hate this. I’m sick of Roger, I’m sick of his ego, I’m sick of his crap, and I absolutely hate this entire idea with every fiber of my being.


…but I’ve been listening to a freaking crap ton of Tom Waits for the last couple of years, and I’ve gotten to the point of absolutely adoring everything that guy ever touches.   So when the first line kicked in, the thought struck me “this sounds like Tom Waits doing a cover of Money.”   And then…god help me…I started to like it.

[HOF]

This article is almost 7 years old now and I’m probably the last person here to learn this, but I never heard this until now that Jordan Rudess almost played on The Wall:

“Many years ago I had a friend by the slightly unusual name of Bleu Ocean,” recalls the Dream Theater keyboard maestro. “He was a very good drummer; I believe he had been one of the studio drummers for The Monkees, playing with them behind the scenes. Anyway, Bleu got the job of assembling a marching band that would appear on the song Bring The Boys Back Home.

“I was hanging out at Bleu’s home one day and he said, ‘Come on man, come to the studio and watch the recording of the track. You could even be a part of it’. Well, I wasn’t a drummer – by that point I’d have been around 18 years old and had long since decided that keyboards would be my life – but I’d played some very basic snare drum when I was in Third Grade.

“So I went with him to the session. I walked in, someone gave me a drum and some sticks. I’m playing along and having a really good time but as I’m doing so I become aware that Bob Ezrin [producer] is looking at me across the room, eyebrow slightly askew and finally he says: ‘I don’t think so’.

“After he’d picked me out I went and sat in the control room and long before anyone else we got to hear a playback of that track, though of course we had no idea of what it meant or where it would fit in the overall puzzle of Pink Floyd’s album.

“I was fine with Bob’s decision. I was a very poor drummer. But there’s a part of me that still wishes I’d been able to appear on The Wall. That would’ve been very cool indeed.”

https://www.loudersound.com/news/how-jordan-rudess-almost-played-on-the-wall

[faizoff]

That's very cool!

[hefdaddy42]

This article is almost 7 years old now and I’m probably the last person here to learn this, but I never heard this until now that Jordan Rudess almost played on The Wall:

“Many years ago I had a friend by the slightly unusual name of Bleu Ocean,” recalls the Dream Theater keyboard maestro. “He was a very good drummer; I believe he had been one of the studio drummers for The Monkees, playing with them behind the scenes. Anyway, Bleu got the job of assembling a marching band that would appear on the song Bring The Boys Back Home.

“I was hanging out at Bleu’s home one day and he said, ‘Come on man, come to the studio and watch the recording of the track. You could even be a part of it’. Well, I wasn’t a drummer – by that point I’d have been around 18 years old and had long since decided that keyboards would be my life – but I’d played some very basic snare drum when I was in Third Grade.

“So I went with him to the session. I walked in, someone gave me a drum and some sticks. I’m playing along and having a really good time but as I’m doing so I become aware that Bob Ezrin [producer] is looking at me across the room, eyebrow slightly askew and finally he says: ‘I don’t think so’.

“After he’d picked me out I went and sat in the control room and long before anyone else we got to hear a playback of that track, though of course we had no idea of what it meant or where it would fit in the overall puzzle of Pink Floyd’s album.

“I was fine with Bob’s decision. I was a very poor drummer. But there’s a part of me that still wishes I’d been able to appear on The Wall. That would’ve been very cool indeed.”

https://www.loudersound.com/news/how-jordan-rudess-almost-played-on-the-wall

Holy crap!  I never knew that!

[HOF]

Even just the fact that he was there while that was being recorded is pretty wild.

[Stadler]

What's cooler?  Playing a single drum on "The Wall" that no one is going to be able to hear, or being able to tell people you got called out by Bob Ezrin, asked to leave, then sat in the control room and listened to the playback?   Sorry I'll take the latter. 

[Samsara]

This article is almost 7 years old now and I’m probably the last person here to learn this, but I never heard this until now that Jordan Rudess almost played on The Wall:

“Many years ago I had a friend by the slightly unusual name of Bleu Ocean,” recalls the Dream Theater keyboard maestro. “He was a very good drummer; I believe he had been one of the studio drummers for The Monkees, playing with them behind the scenes. Anyway, Bleu got the job of assembling a marching band that would appear on the song Bring The Boys Back Home.

“I was hanging out at Bleu’s home one day and he said, ‘Come on man, come to the studio and watch the recording of the track. You could even be a part of it’. Well, I wasn’t a drummer – by that point I’d have been around 18 years old and had long since decided that keyboards would be my life – but I’d played some very basic snare drum when I was in Third Grade.

“So I went with him to the session. I walked in, someone gave me a drum and some sticks. I’m playing along and having a really good time but as I’m doing so I become aware that Bob Ezrin [producer] is looking at me across the room, eyebrow slightly askew and finally he says: ‘I don’t think so’.

“After he’d picked me out I went and sat in the control room and long before anyone else we got to hear a playback of that track, though of course we had no idea of what it meant or where it would fit in the overall puzzle of Pink Floyd’s album.

“I was fine with Bob’s decision. I was a very poor drummer. But there’s a part of me that still wishes I’d been able to appear on The Wall. That would’ve been very cool indeed.”

https://www.loudersound.com/news/how-jordan-rudess-almost-played-on-the-wall

Holy crap!  I never knew that!

I didn't either. In retrospect, how cool was it that Bob Ezrin did that. What a funny story.

[Orbert]

It's a tough call.  Definitely would've been cool to play on The Wall.  But being invited to play on it, then told by Bob Ezrin "I don't think so" is a better story.

[ReaperKK]

Has anyone here seen Brit Floyd? They are coming to town and I'm curious if they are worth going to. I never got to see Pink Floyd but I've heard some of the touring cover bands are pretty good.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Has anyone here seen Brit Floyd? They are coming to town and I'm curious if they are worth going to. I never got to Pink Floyd but I've heard some of the touring cover bands are pretty good.

i saw them at red rocks once. it's definitely a good show!

[ytserush]

Has anyone here seen Brit Floyd? They are coming to town and I'm curious if they are worth going to. I never got to Pink Floyd but I've heard some of the touring cover bands are pretty good.

Supposed to be decent and seem to tour a lot. Can't say though. Never saw a Floyd tribute before.

[Mladen]

Has anyone here seen Brit Floyd? They are coming to town and I'm curious if they are worth going to. I never got to Pink Floyd but I've heard some of the touring cover bands are pretty good.

I saw them three times and would see them again. Their performance is flawless and they pretty much cover all eras of the band. Go for it. 

[Lonk]

I just caught the "Dark Side of the Moon" planetarium experience, and that was epic. Highly recommend if anyone has a chance to catch it.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

those are always fun, always recommended to do it with party favors

[Kocak]

Don't know if this'd fit here but David Gilmour just announced a new album: Luck and Strange. Arriving on September 6th.

First single, "The Piper's Call" due tomorrow.

[Orbert]

"Luck and Strange" sounds like a trip out to the bar back in my 20's.

[hefdaddy42]

Don't know if this'd fit here but David Gilmour just announced a new album: Luck and Strange. Arriving on September 6th.

First single, "The Piper's Call" due tomorrow.

Oh, nice!

[Azyiu]

Don't know if this'd fit here but David Gilmour just announced a new album: Luck and Strange. Arriving on September 6th.

First single, "The Piper's Call" due tomorrow.

Great news, and I think this is completely irrelevant, lol 

https://shorturl.at/loGU9

My memory serves me right and the Great David Gilmour was once a resident in the nearby seaside town of Hove (an hour from me), and I even unknowingly had visited the Italian restaurant named Marrocco's just next door to his former home.

Long story short, he just moved to a farm even closer to me (30 mins) in Wisborough Green.

[Kocak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DesLs2dYys

New Gilmour track out, somehow, I'm getting early Floyd vibes.