October 14, 20223 yr 29 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: Do you have to program the lights or do they react to the sound? They are synced to his Lovesense.
October 14, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Buzzrock said: Do you have to program the lights or do they react to the sound? They are programmable, but I just hit the sound reactive mode. I’m lazy.
October 14, 20223 yr Author I'm headed to Austin in the morning to see the show Tuesday. Thanks for posting that @Cajun
October 15, 20223 yr https://deadline.com/2022/10/have-you-got-it-yet-the-story-of-syd-barrett-and-pink-floyd-mercury-studios-documentary-directors-roddy-bogawa-storm-thorgerson-news-1235144854/
October 15, 20223 yr This looks pretty cool as well.. "Just given an airing at the Rodeo Screening Room in Los Angeles, California, on August 24th as part of the Telluride Film Festival, is a new documentary from celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn. Squaring The Circle: The Story Of Hipgnosis, which is 101 minutes long, tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey 'Po' Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognisable album covers of all time. They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularised music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot centre of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music. During this period, record companies didn’t dictate to acts like Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney what their LP covers should look like - Storm and Po did. They made money; they lost money. They did great things; they did silly things. They fell out bitterly; they made up. They never played a note, but they changed music. The film features brand new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more. As yet we don't have details of any upcoming screenings, or streaming possibilities, although we suspect such information will be available soon. In the meantime, here's a quick look at part of the documentary, with Storm, Po, David, Roger and Nick all talking about the cover to Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother:"
October 18, 20223 yr Holy shit, what a show last night. THAT was how it's done. Well done Sir Mason, well done. If you're anywhere within range I highly recommend going. Wow.
October 18, 20223 yr My cousin, who may have had some very special "salad" ingredients about 45 minutes before showtime...
October 18, 20223 yr On 10/14/2022 at 8:39 AM, Shoxthemonkey said: I'm headed to Austin in the morning to see the show Tuesday. Thanks for posting that @Cajun YOU, my friend, are in for a great night. I'm seriously considering throwing down whatever cash it takes to make this show. It was that good.
October 19, 20223 yr Author They just did “Set The Controls” and knocked it out of the park. This is so fucking good.
October 19, 20223 yr it was good and they all seemed to be having a lot of fun playing those songs. nick even got a few barbs in on roger, "there will be no more political talk so no need for anyone to go to the bar" ha. he seemed genuinely happy that there is an audience for the early pf music. i will say, compared to seeing waters or gilmour this felt more like seeing a pink floyd cover band. thought the band was at their best when playing the longer instrumental songs...set the controls, saucerful of secrets, atom heart mother, echoes. i love childhood's end and fearless but i felt like those songs just didn't have the same punch as the pf versions...but i did love that they played so much from obscured by clouds. the vocals, imo, left a lot to be desired...i just didn't really care for either of the guys who were singing. felt like the crowd would have had more energy in a different venue...i despise seeing rock concerts at bass. glad i went and it was enjoyable as a one off, but not sure i would go again unless tickets were a lot cheaper.
October 19, 20223 yr I thought the vocals at this show I saw in Grand Prairie blew away anything from the Waters’ effort, but that was a really nice venue. To each his own. And, yeah, the dig at Mr. Politico was very well done.
October 19, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, Shoxthemonkey said: They just did “Set The Controls” and knocked it out of the park. This is so fucking good. I knew you’d dig it the most.
October 19, 20223 yr 16 minutes ago, Cajun said: I thought the vocals at this show I saw in Grand Prairie blew away anything from the Waters’ effort, but that was a really nice venue. To each his own. And, yeah, the dig at Mr. Politico was very well done. the changes to the phrasing of the lyrics killed me. that thing he did in fearless...you say the hill's too steep to cli-eee-imb. you say you'd like to se me try-eee-i. not into it.
October 20, 20223 yr Author It wasn’t as polished as a Gilmour show and the soundboard could have been better but I enjoyed the hell out of it. Getting to hear the older stuff with even a hint of authentic PF involved is good enough for me.
October 20, 20223 yr Nothing is as polished as a Gilmour show. Nothing I've seen at least. Edited October 20, 20223 yr by Cajun Ok, I'll throw Waters in there too.
October 22, 20223 yr Anyway, that remaster of Animals is excellent. That record has some absolute jams on it. The 2018 Remix LP is fantastic (Animals has never sounded better imo) but the 5.1 SACD is my new reference disc (Pink Floyd seem like a band that would have gotten into 5.1 from the get-go, are you kidding me?) 5.1 is Animals realized. And ditto on the Dogs talk - that dude is a jam of jams.Sent from my SM-X900 using Tapatalk
November 19, 20223 yr Roger just dropped his new stripped-down version of Comfortably Numb. Personally I like it, I thought it worked great as a show opener. It's a curiosity more than anything, but a good re-imagining I think. Before lockdown I had been working on a demo of a new version of ‘Comfortably Numb’ as an opener to our new show "This Is Not A Drill”. I pitched it a whole step down, in A Minor, to make it darker and arranged it with no solos, except over the outro, where there is a heartrendingly beautiful vocal solo from one of our new sisters Shanay Johnson. It’s intended as a wakeup call, and a bridge towards a kinder future with more talking to strangers, either in "The Bar” or just “Passing in the Street" and less slaughter “In Some Foreign Field.” Here it is. Love R. The video is by Sean Evans. The mix is by Gus Seyffert. Credits: Produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert Roger Waters – Vocals Gus Seyffert – Bass, Synth, Percussion, Vocals Joey Waronker – Drums Dave Kilminster – Vocals Jonathan Wilson – Harmonium, Synth, Guitar and Vocals Jon Carin – Synth, Vocals Shanay Johnson – Vocals Amanda Belair – Vocals Robert Walter – Organ/Piano Nigel Godrich – Strings, amp and backing vocals from Roger Waters ‘The Wall’ Sessions.
November 20, 20223 yr Author 23 hours ago, UTCzech III said: Roger just dropped his new stripped-down version of Comfortably Numb. Personally I like it, I thought it worked great as a show opener. It's a curiosity more than anything, but a good re-imagining I think. Before lockdown I had been working on a demo of a new version of ‘Comfortably Numb’ as an opener to our new show "This Is Not A Drill”. I pitched it a whole step down, in A Minor, to make it darker and arranged it with no solos, except over the outro, where there is a heartrendingly beautiful vocal solo from one of our new sisters Shanay Johnson. It’s intended as a wakeup call, and a bridge towards a kinder future with more talking to strangers, either in "The Bar” or just “Passing in the Street" and less slaughter “In Some Foreign Field.” Here it is. Love R. The video is by Sean Evans. The mix is by Gus Seyffert. Credits: Produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert Roger Waters – Vocals Gus Seyffert – Bass, Synth, Percussion, Vocals Joey Waronker – Drums Dave Kilminster – Vocals Jonathan Wilson – Harmonium, Synth, Guitar and Vocals Jon Carin – Synth, Vocals Shanay Johnson – Vocals Amanda Belair – Vocals Robert Walter – Organ/Piano Nigel Godrich – Strings, amp and backing vocals from Roger Waters ‘The Wall’ Sessions. I like it. Didn't think I would.
November 24, 20223 yr I just realized how much Where the Streets Have No Name lifted from Run Like Hell.
January 19, 20232 yr Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary just announced. James Guthrie remastered. Would like to check out the Atmos mix. No band works so well with surround mixes as Pink Floyd. https://www.amazon.com/DP/B0BS1VVXT1?tag=linkfiregen&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&ascsubtag=abafe1946138a9dbd5993acbf220a281&ref=dmm_acq_soc_us_u_lfire_lp_x_abafe1946138a9dbd5993acbf220a281&fbclid=IwAR25Cua9g2sPEUV_uvvRBZjCGS2rl0wdZA04sns17J9YMu5GIDUcnH69ELg
January 19, 20232 yr wembley live 1974 is being released separately, i imagine the other LP will be eventually.
January 26, 20232 yr going to the pf lazer show tonight for the first time since high school. hopefully improvements have been made since then.
January 27, 20232 yr surprisingly the paramout was completely sold out, and the show was exactly the same as it was the last time i went in 1998. fun crowd though.
February 9, 20232 yr read last night that waters has completely re-recorded dark side of the moon. changed up the arrangements and put spoken word bullshit over all the instrumental parts.
February 9, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, stc said: read last night that waters has completely re-recorded dark side of the moon. changed up the arrangements and put spoken word bullshit over all the instrumental parts. That's like smearing shit all over the Mona Lisa.
February 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Buzzrock said: So, no reunion? Now, if someone with better graphic skills than myself could superpose the prismatic rainbow spectrum on this, it would be perfect:
February 12, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Now, if someone with better graphic skills than myself could superpose the prismatic rainbow spectrum on this, it would be perfect: Funny idea. And I was bored enough...
February 12, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said: Funny idea. And I was bored enough... Nice job!
February 12, 20232 yr Looking at the laundry list of grievances… lip syncing? Has that really been a ctiticism?
February 12, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Buzzrock said: Looking at the laundry list of grievances… lip syncing? Has that really been a ctiticism? Of Waters you mean? He has lip synced for decades
February 12, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: Huh. Last time I saw him was ten years ago on the Wall tour. Didn’t notice. Sounds like he was doing a good job! His voice has been shot for ages. If you listen to the Live 8 reunion you can hear it, and that's been 15 years ago now?
February 12, 20232 yr Compare 2:17, from 1984, studio recording: to 2:32, from 2000 (there's a reason they use a far-away crowd shot...) Hell, he was doing it during the 1984-5 Pros and Cons tour, need to go back to my bootlegs and listen again but there are probably parts of the original 79-80 Wall shows that were synched.
February 12, 20232 yr Yeah, without getting into the substance of his opinions (which might take us to the Cloak Room), it was kind of shocking to me in some interviews over the past few years -- seeing how ridiculously overconfident in himself Waters is, and how quickly condescending he was to the interviewers. Just profoundly unlikeable. Probably the most generous (to him) conclusion I could guess at is that he's always been loudly anti-authoritarian - and in 50 years of being a rock star, being anti-authoritarian doesn't really alienate anyone. Until now, when he just has a very unique impression of which actors in the modern world are authoritarian. Again, I'm trying to come up with a (generous) assessment of Waters other than the one in the Gilmour tweet above.
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