I recommend trying to find '72 Hollywood, '72 Boblingen or '72 Zurich as some of the best pre release dsotm shows. Hollywood being exceptionally great quality. If you have Dropbox, I can send you a couple shows.
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Pink Floyd Pulse was released 30 years ago today!
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Sounds amazing and I believe it, even though I wasn't there for Pulse I've always felt the same way you do in that regard.
I got to see DG on his solo tour around 2007 at the Gibson Amphitheater and it was 3/4 members, great show but no where near the level of Pulse! One of the things I remember about this show was a trashed dude sitting ahead of us who was occasionally yelling out "Roger" like he was searching for a missing person, it was weird and people were telling him to shut up but everyone was pretty chill about it overall. Guess he wanted cool points for knowing that Roger was a core member or something? People are strange
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Rad, thanks so much! I do have a free plan on Dropbox, not sure if that will work? Otherwise I have paid Google Drive, will DM you for details
Mine kept flashing for a few years, amazing.
In addition to the CD, I have it on DVD in 5.1 surround. Just watched it the other day. Glorious.
I need to dig my copy out of storage, on the CD version I remember staring at those photos in the liner notes as a teen, amazing packaging
I DJ vinyl these days and it's nice to have that tactile feel and big beautiful artwork, really makes ya realize some of the big shortcomings of streaming, such as not owning your music or even being able to purchase it depending on licensing etc.
Looking at the poster in my college days was an eye opening experience. It took some extracurricular chemically induced inspiration to achieve the full effect.
Be sure to check this live Pink Floyd album out, it was recorded from the EU leg of the Division Bell tour in '94 and the whole band is in peak form. Highlights for me are the opener of SOYCD and they play all of Dark Side of the Moon for the second half, and of course the live version of Comfortably Numb is as epic as it gets. Bass and guitars sounding phenomenal, Guy Pratt and DG clearly having a good time throughout. I listened to this concert so many times as a teenager (and still do). Watch the video for best effect, what a magical ride!
I have Pulse on CD and DVD. Killer show. While it may not have the original lineup with Roger Waters, Guy Pratt does a killer job on bass as does David Gilmour (who I think is very underrated as a guitar player).
I remember... I bought the CD set for my high school girlfriend.... definitely got laid that night.
... good investment
... good investment
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I saw the Pulse tour in Europe. They were good, but to be honest, it wasn't really "my" Pink Floyd. I mean, Guy Pratt is a fantastic bass player, but slap bass in Pink Floyd...? Definitely not my cup of tea. They changed into a completely different band after Roger Waters left and started sounding more like a vessel for Gilmour's solos, which can be beautiful in small doses, but gets old very fast (IMO).
I actually enjoyed Roger Water's recent tours far more, and thought he (and his band) approached the classic Pink Floyd songs in a way that made them sound much closer to classic Pink Floyd than post-Waters Pink Floyd ever did.
I actually enjoyed Roger Water's recent tours far more, and thought he (and his band) approached the classic Pink Floyd songs in a way that made them sound much closer to classic Pink Floyd than post-Waters Pink Floyd ever did.
In recent years Waters sticks closer to the original recorded PF records in concert, but back in 1987 on the KAOS tour, he made a point of doing the opposite, leaning heavily on backup singers and generally not trying to sound exactly like the album, for the most part. It was his reaction to Gilmour & co playing everything practically note-for-note and "sleepwalking through the tour", as Waters put it. He was kind of saying 'these are my songs, I can do what I want with them'.
He also moved around on stage a lot and made contact with the audience, in contrast to Gilmour, who stood stock still, probably afraid he'd get hit by a laser.
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I saw them on that tour at the old Yankee stadium. Still one of the best shows I've ever been to.
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