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Titan

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 19:56

amazing, it would be good to do new album after many years

gdub411

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 19:57

AtomHeartMother wrote:

o ya, nick was good, and he never was jaw dropping but he is much better live, and they didnt exactly pick songs for him to go crazy on like he does with carefull with that axe or echoes.

but yes, he did do good, very mellow like the rest of the music

Hey AHM...you have the lyrics to Echoes on your signature. I am not sure but I always thought it was two seperate glances meet....

Miaugion

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:08

Yams wrote:

Miaugion wrote:

And Nicky Mason was crap as ever.

Nah, Nick was Nick. The Floyd's music isn't about crazy time signatures. Nick doesn't standout, but he's never been "crap".

stonebeard wrote:

Miaugion wrote:

...And Nicky Mason was crap as ever.

gdub411 wrote:

stonebeard wrote:

Miaugion wrote:

...And Nicky Mason was crap as ever.

I thought Nick played quite well actually.

Ahhhrrrrrrrrrrr ... cheer up, mates. Irony was involved. Floyd should NEVER play with a different drummer!

(Nicky's crap though.

)

(And I like him.

)

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ha ha, charade you are

Biggles

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:10

That was probably the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I was on the brink of tears, and let it be known that I have never cried for any song, ever. I am not ashamed to say that, had I been there, I would have been in a crumpled heap on the floor, paralyzed with emotion and with tears streaming down my cheeks.

Floyd were the best on the show. There is absolutely no question about that. The Who rocked, too. I think it was:

1. Floyd

2. The Who

3. Macca

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

King of Loss View Drop Down

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:12

Man Overboard wrote:

I hope someone recorded that... I didn't catch it.

I did, on my VHS

Tony R

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:15

King of Loss wrote:

Man Overboard wrote:

I hope someone recorded that... I didn't catch it.

I did, on my VHS

I did,on DVD !

Yams

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:18

Biggles

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:22

Did anyone see Roger's frantically trembling hands? He was nervous as hell. I bet he hasn't played to a crowd like that in 20 years.

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

Hangedman

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:27

Miaugion wrote:

(Nicky's crap though.

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(And I like him.

)

I like him too, but by prog standards hes not much to scream about

Biggles

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 20:30

Nick Mason fits in to make Floyd music what it is. Someone like Neil Peart would just completely ruin the essence of Floyd. Sometimes you have to have the one who fits best, and not the one who is best.

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:01

Why people always consider Mason as a crappy drummer, he is really really good, he is just simple, not bad at all!!!

well, i missed the show, and with all the possitive remarks on it, i think i missed something,

crap!.

Biggles

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:17

Yes, you DID miss something

That absolutely amazing. One of the greatest live performances I've ever seen.

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:31

Man Overboard wrote:

I hope someone recorded that... I didn't catch it.

I did

Arteum

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:33

Mr. Krinkle wrote:

Why people always consider Mason as a crappy drummer, he is really really good, he is just simple, not bad at all!!!

well, i missed the show, and with all the possitive remarks on it, i think i missed something,

crap!.

PINK FLOYD belong to eternity. You have missed their concert performance (just as I) but the most important thing remains intact -- their music is the property of the universe. I cannot state the same about any other musician (musical band). They did not 'invent' their music but 'discovered' it. PINK FLOYD music is just as Maxwell equations of electrodynamics. In the first case the discoverers are: Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason and in the second Maxwell. But the music and the equations live independently from their discoverers, although the discoverers will be remembered as long as manking lives.

All other music is just custom-made and is more the property of its discoverers than the property of the world.

PINK FLOYD is the life philosophy. When I see somebody knowingly wearing a prism on the T-shirt I know we are one person.

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:35

Tony R wrote:

King of Loss wrote:

Man Overboard wrote:

I hope someone recorded that... I didn't catch it.

I did, on my VHS

I did,on DVD !

Same here,and I'm soooo damn glad I did,have watched it repeatedly today.

Hangedman

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:38

Biggles wrote:

I agree, I dont think pink floyd would have worked with anyone other than nick!

VinchuK

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:46

Hello, I'm only eighteen and some may say I have no experience about "real" pink floyd times. Some of my friends say I live in a bubble, in the past, but when I saw Pink Floyd at Live8 I nearly broke down and cried, I was so glad, I could'n believ it. It was amazing... I have no words to say...

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 21:57

i followed the concert by the radio, cos i can't buy a passage to london

, and it was amazing, see (or hear) roger waters and david gilmour playing together again is an amazing sensation.

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 22:05

Well I TIVO'd both MTV and VH1, but Im sure there cut to hell, thats what I was seeing earlier in the day with other bands. How frustrating!! Didn't know BBC was broadcasting

OH...well, they did that just to screw up our recordings so we'd buy the DVD.

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 22:09

sideways wrote:

Well I TIVO'd both MTV and VH1, but Im sure there cut to hell, thats what I was seeing earlier in the day with other bands. How frustrating!! Didn't know BBC was broadcasting

OH...well, they did that just to screw up our recordings so we'd buy the DVD.

Yea I noticed that, but hey, still, you get the full 20-30 minute playing :)