…pink floyd reunited at live8.
as the who was playing, my eyes were glued to the telly. the pink floyd was next, with roger waters, after 21 long years. after a little chatter by jonathan woss, the unmistakeable heart beat prceding speak to me/breathe was audible from the stage.
david gilmour has aged since the last VHS i saw him in, which was the earls court gig following the release of the division bell. gilmour started off with the pedal steel intro whilst roger waters seemed back at home with his black precision bass. nick mason looked like he just came back from a PTA meeting at a boarding school in dorset whilst richard wright quietly plays on the kurzweil. i have to say, whoever the director of videography/photography/whatever is, rick wright is a member of the band. he is not a hired hand, so you should have had more shots of him! however, kudos for panning to battersea power station and the (?)london eye (which looked like the ubiquitous disc-shaped screen seen at their live shows).
as breathe got into way, gilmour picked up a black strat similar to the one he used in the days of the dark side of the moon. the next song was an apt choice for the event, with waters’ unmistakeable bassline intro to money accompanied by the ka-chings! gilmour’s bluesy solo was so out of this world. he used his hiwatts. obviously lah kan?
waters then proceeded to express his happiness for being back with these “three guys”, and dedicated the next tune to syd barrett – wish you were here. gilmour played a gibson acoustic whilst waters had a martin. tim renwick was on bass duty then. it was really great watching them back together. there was this poignant shot of gilmour smiling to mason whilst waters sang the second verse (gilmour sang the entire song on the album).
the last song was a tour de force with both waters and gilmour on vocals. they played comfortably numb, man. they playfully lifted their arms as they sang “my arms felt just like two balloons”. again, gilmour did his magic on the strat. i remembered my friend telling me how underrated gilmour is as a guitarist. the outro solo was just soulful, ending with a “thank you and goodnight” from gilmour. the four of them went up to the front of the stage and took a bow. no tearful hugs, though.
a potential proper reunion gig at earls court? just have to wait then, haven’t we?
PHAAAARRRKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!! You serious? I missed all that? Bloddy ‘ell!
“as breathe got into way, gilmour picked up a black strat similar to the one he used in the days of the dark side of the moon”
Or was it similar to my new guitar, dude? HohOHOhOHoHooHOHo!!!
don’t worry, just go here and watch the rebroadcast
http://music.aol.com/live_8_concert/live_now
damn, looks like they screwed up the london rebroadcast…all i get is static noise….
I’m proud to say I did not miss Pink Floyd…ooohhh…..kuuuul..
kuuuuul…
What about that Slash in V.Revolver? In his black ol’ hat…memrieees..Wish he wouldn’t still dress like that though…gives a girl the shivers juz looking at a middle aged man with an open vest of hair and belly…
dude u can ermm… “muat-bawah” Pink Floyd punya Live8 performance from.. ermm.. “wayar limau-nipis” hehe! BEST!!!
it’s muat turun, bro’. 😆
doing it already. dengar tu, lmsn dan the neon? gunalah limauwayar atau toron.
Sudah tengok re-run of the show. Aku speechless. Tengok diorang main Breathe and Comfortably Numb tu… waahhhh…. And guitar Gilmour scratchplate hitam… sigh… Aku punya putih…. Tapi takpe… Guitar aku lagi lawa… HOhOhOhOhoHOho… Tapi dia Gilmour lah, kan?
And masa diorang main WYWH, Waters nyanyi so… soulful. The voice of hundreds of years of pain, seh… Aaarrgghhhh…
… and then lepas diorang ada Motley Crue… fat men saying ‘C’mon sing along!’ to an audience who remembers Tommy Lee more for his sex tape with and beating of Pamela Anderson rather than their music.
Prior to that, we had Bon Jovi. *Groan*.
American bands should learn a thing or two from the Brits lah.
Hello.
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?
Come on, now.
I hear youÂ’re feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain,
Get you on your feet again.
Gosh! i just love comfortably numb. i wish for another brick in the wall song but beggars cant be chooser.
“American bands should learn a thing or two from the Brits lah”
I definitely agree with this….
iJun, my Wayar Limau Nipis has been extremely slow lately. Don’t know why, nak muat turun 3 mega byte pun kena tunggu tiga jam. jaringan takde le slow
….
the neon and lmsn: muat turun successful. bunyi dan wayang gambar. there was a problem with yousendit yesterday. you guys still want the bunyi? it’s quite god actually.
siti: ABITW is ok, i guess. but the 4 songs chosen were the best ones they could have picked!
Diorang patut main Echoes, man… and SHAAA-YNEEE OooON YOU CRAAYY-ZY DIAAAAMOooONNDDDD!!!
neon, u still ‘remember’ ECHOES? i bet u do!
… it’s just that u dont PLAY it anymore these days… 😉
BJ, your Wayar Limau Nipis tuh erm.. ikhtisas or non-ikhtisas version? the former seems faster when it comes to muat turun these things hehe! pi mintak kat Kudo!
lmsn: still remember echoes? dude, I will always remember basslines you nick to put into our (ex) own stuff…
sial la
SIAL LA
i was away offshore when Live8 was showned, and everyone else in the rec room was busy wathcing FUCKING AKADEMI FANTASIA,,,FUCK LA WEIH…
and by the time i got the tv to my own, which was around 12 qam, i managed to catch only greenday ( who was swearing on live tv..cheers man!) audioslave, keane , bryan adams & stereophonics. No U2, no coldplay & def NO PINK FLYOD because i had to be up at 5 and needed some sleep….
sorrylah kudo…i just had to rant…i missed Pink Floyd…*sobs*