That's fine.. Floyd is done... we've got all sorts of new music to swoon over.

Oh.. Crap.

Damnit I don't care if you've already done it. Do it again!

That's no excuse, you're all still alive and able, DO IT!

I better not see him back out with his version of Pink Floyd!

Um. Playing Dark Side of the Moon on one tour without Roger Waters isn't exactly being there or doing that.

The world demands Pink Floyd reunite and perform The Wall. And by The World, I mean me. And by me, I mean, by the way, which one's Pink?

wil: And by The World, I mean me.

And me. And my mate over there.

FFS, stop being so goddamn precious Dave/Rog/whoever and entertain people.

wil: Um. Playing Dark Side of the Moon on one tour without Roger Waters isn't exactly being there or doing that.

The world demands Pink Floyd reunite and perform The Wall. And by The World, I mean me. And by me, I mean, by the way, which one's Pink?

I'd rather they redo the Live at Pompeii concert.

Pink Floyd needs to die forever.

Syd's dead, Roger's out, Gilmour's out...it's over....it's been over for a long, long time.

The "Australian Pink Floyd" special on PBS had no soul.

OK Dave. So give Roger and Nick the rights back and they can go out as a duo. To make it more proper, invite Rick along as a trio.
Or have we already seen this formula before?


/Roger has been doing a lot of writing the last few years, he says.

I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass. In summary, David Gilmour sucks.

The reunions seem to ruin whatever magic the groups left the stage with all those years ago.

It's like going to a viewing of the body before a funeral. What a crappy last memory to have of a once vibrant living human being.

Gaboo [TotalFark] Quote 2008-09-09 08:42:14 PM
I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass.

I'll agree with everything except the Gilmour sucks sentence. I had the exact same experience after seeing Waters in 2000 or so.

He didn't need the light show.

The Gilmour-Floyd did.

/still loves Gilmour though.

Gaboo: I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass. In summary, David Gilmour sucks.

As a lifetime Pink Floyd fan, solo Roger Waters shows are much, much closer to real Pink Floyd than those embarrassing laser light shows Gilmour puts on with the name. You don't even need a band for Gilmour's shows, just put on a tape. There's no effort put forth, no creativity, nothing. It looks nice and the old songs sound good, but there's nothing there to electrify you.

Watching Waters play "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (something Gilmour would never play anyway) is the exact opposite.

Gilmour's "Pink Floyd" is just a lousy tribute band.

who cares?
they sucked after Animals anyway.


puh leeeze

Tr0mBoNe: wil: Um. Playing Dark Side of the Moon on one tour without Roger Waters isn't exactly being there or doing that.

The world demands Pink Floyd reunite and perform The Wall. And by The World, I mean me. And by me, I mean, by the way, which one's Pink?

I'd rather they redo the Live at Pompeii concert.

that would be sick...esp echoes

oh and as much as i love pandora...


uh..what?

He should do a country album with Jimmy Page. Jimmy Page loves country.

rotsky: The "AustralianAustrian Pink Floyd" special on PBS had no soul.

FTFY.

/Pet peeve.

He changes his mind from "no" to "maybe" every month.

Gavino: rotsky: The "AustralianAustrian Pink Floyd" special on PBS had no soul.

FTFY.

/Pet peeve.

no, FTFY.

Either you were making a really lame joke about APF/Andre Reiu being shown together on PBS....or you're mistaken.

And don't knock APF! Having seen them live, I can say they are awesome. Definetely worth checking out this fall on their US/Canada tour if you haven't seen them.

Confabulat: Watching Waters play "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (something Gilmour would never play anyway) is the exact opposite.

Oh, really? The next time Waters digs out "Arnold Layne", "Echoes", or "Astronomy Domine", you let me know.

davynelson: who cares?
they sucked after Animals anyway.


puh leeeze

+1 nice, quick, to the point.

Ever since the reunion it's been back and fourth with Dave.

He has said 'no way', 'for a good cause', 'who knows what might happen', 'i'm not looking to go back to the past'

I would still be suprised, but he's never really had his mind made up. The others however have talked a little about it and usually have said it would be fun, why not do it.

I think Dave doesnt want the pressure behind it. If he were to decide without people asking all the time then it could maybe happen.

Confabulat: Gaboo: I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass. In summary, David Gilmour sucks.

As a lifetime Pink Floyd fan, solo Roger Waters shows are much, much closer to real Pink Floyd than those embarrassing laser light shows Gilmour puts on with the name. You don't even need a band for Gilmour's shows, just put on a tape. There's no effort put forth, no creativity, nothing. It looks nice and the old songs sound good, but there's nothing there to electrify you.

Watching Waters play "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (something Gilmour would never play anyway) is the exact opposite.

Gilmour's "Pink Floyd" is just a lousy tribute band.

I don't 100% disagree with this, but I just want to point out that I find it interesting that you refer to the Dave-Floyd shows in the present tense, when the last time those tours happened was almost a decade and a half ago.

Confabulat: Gaboo: I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass. In summary, David Gilmour sucks.

As a lifetime Pink Floyd fan, solo Roger Waters shows are much, much closer to real Pink Floyd than those embarrassing laser light shows Gilmour puts on with the name. You don't even need a band for Gilmour's shows, just put on a tape. There's no effort put forth, no creativity, nothing. It looks nice and the old songs sound good, but there's nothing there to electrify you.

Watching Waters play "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (something Gilmour would never play anyway) is the exact opposite.

Gilmour's "Pink Floyd" is just a lousy tribute band.

You DO realize that Waters' last tour, despite a whole lot of musicians onstage, was heavily tape-augmented, right?

There's a line-feed boot of one of his shows floating around, complete with click-track and tape-roll cues to be heard.

"just put on a tape" indeed.

I wanna seee his groovy boat.

I saw Dave a couple years ago in Oakland for the "On an Island" tour. He had Wright with him, so I guess you could say it was a 1/2 Floyd show. Yes he had the lasers, but the music was fantastic. They played "Arnold Layne" for the first time in like 40 years, so that was pretty cool. I love both Waters and Gilmour. Waters is (in my mind) the finest lyricist in rock history and Gilmour is a musical genius and guitar viruoso. Together or apart they have more talent in their pinkies than any current band I can think of.

Confabulat: Gaboo: I saw the Waters-less Pink Floyd spectacle in '94 and thought it couldn't be topped. Then last year, I saw Roger Waters' solo tour where although he did DSOTM in its entirety, he wasn't pretending to be Pink Floyd. While it had its share of cool lighting/video effects, I realized about the second song in that the actual music really sucked in '94 and they needed all the lasers and crap to wow everybody. Roger kept the spectacle to a minimum and just musically kicked ass. In summary, David Gilmour sucks.

As a lifetime Pink Floyd fan, solo Roger Waters shows are much, much closer to real Pink Floyd than those embarrassing laser light shows Gilmour puts on with the name. You don't even need a band for Gilmour's shows, just put on a tape. There's no effort put forth, no creativity, nothing. It looks nice and the old songs sound good, but there's nothing there to electrify you.

Watching Waters play "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (something Gilmour would never play anyway) is the exact opposite.

Gilmour's "Pink Floyd" is just a lousy tribute band.

I'd have to agree (99%) with the first two paragraphs.
and slightly disagree with the last setence.

btw, would people REALLY want a re-creation of the Pompeii concert by the modern day pink floyd? you'd wanna see modern-day Gilmour without a shirt on? really??

/ just kidding...
musically it would be freakin cool.

// did you know that they put out the live record of "ummagumma" so they could 'retire' those four songs ["astronomy", "careful", "set the controls", and "saucerful"] from their set?
low and behold, it became their most popular, biggest selling album yet (at the time in 1969) [perhaps partially due to the cheap price - for a 2x vinyl - it was going for at the time]
so they ended up continuing to play those songs for a little longer:
"Astromomy Domine"... i think they retired it in late 1969 or 1970 or so, but they played it again in 1994.
"careful" ... the last time the played that was on the Animals Tour.
"set the controls" ... they played that until at least 1973 or so, i believe... and Roger revived it for his solo tours in the 80's/90's/00's.
"saucerful"... i think they played that until probably 1972 or so...

FiendishFellow05: Either you were making a really lame joke about APF/Andre Reiu being shown together on PBS....or you're mistaken.

Are those my options?