jack flash
3:17 Sun May 27
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Any Old Iron 2:14~
Sorry mate but you're talking total bollocks
I was there at the first ever free concert in Hyde Park in 1968, you clearly weren't
The event was not publicised beforehand & most people assumed it wasn't going to happen
200 people could even be an exaggeration as there were probably less. Anyone could have walked forward & touched the stage throughout the concert. It finished earlier than expected as the authorities decided to cut the power
Perhaps you're thinking of their second free concert at Hyde Park with Daddy Long Legs & Sam Apple Pie, which I also went to
I left early as it was absolutely packed & the acoustics were hopeless
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Any Old Iron
2:14 Sun May 27
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jack flash 12:22 Sun May 27
I think you must be getting confused in your dotage. The Hyde Park free concert of '68 had thousands there, not a couple of hundred.
By the way, when people on here start slagging off the Beatles (Jack Flash) accusing them of churning out nauseating love songs (99.9% of songrwriters would give their right arm to churn out such dross) then they simply mark themselves as ignorant cunts who think they have some kind of superior musical taste, when in fact it's quite the reverse.
You're probably the sort of herbert that likes Bjork.
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zebthecat
1:01 Sun May 27
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jack flash 12:22 Sun May 27
I would have loved to have been old enough to see the Space Ritual tour.
The best live album bar none
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jack flash
12:29 Sun May 27
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Bungo! ~ Apologies this tablet's predictive text is a real pain
(Also people listening to the naff mainstream chart music of the day led by the Beatles were generally referred to as 'turds' as opposed to 'hip'!)
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jack flash
12:22 Sun May 27
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Bingo 10:45~
I do see your point regarding people who were too young or unlucky enough to miss out on the real thing at the time & it is indeed the mark of a great band that tribute bands form to try to revive the memories of that long lost era
However, for me it's a bit like recreating the highlights of a great football match only using different players & knowing the final score & all the major incidents in the game!
I can remember going to the first free concert in Hyde Park circa 1968 to see Pink Floyd, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Jethro Full , DJ John Peel. I would guess there were only about 200 people there!
I think the showing was so low because a lot of their fans thought that they wouldn't show up (A few weeks earlier they failed to turn up at Newport Jazz Festival & an angry mob burnt all the deckchairs) Fortunately, I missed that one!
I even saw Pink Floyd play at The Fishmongers Arms (Wood Green)!
I saw them at various venues on their UK tour (circa 1968/69) starting at the Festival Hall & ending at the Albert Hall
I have to admit I miss a lot of the great progressive groups of that era like The Nice, Hawkwind etc
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The Stoat
11:41 Sat May 26
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4ever-blowin-bubbles 11:28 Sat May 26
I worked on that show
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4ever-blowin-bubbles
11:28 Sat May 26
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saw pink floyd live at earls court many years ago when they did : the wall:
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munkyfunk
4:40 Sat May 26
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Interstellar overdrive. Good track for testing your speakers for stereo sound.
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Bungo
10:45 Sat May 26
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jack flash 11:56 Fri May 25
I suppose a major draw for tribute bands or bands of this vintage only featuring one 'original' member, is that a lot of people were too young to see the originals amd this is the closest they'll get.
I often think this is the mark of a great band/great music when there is an ongoing demand even after the original people have stopped playing.
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sanfrancis-co-uk
5:34 Sat May 26
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Thanks Alan,Psychedelic breakfast thread.
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zebthecat
12:06 Sat May 26
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The first two and Meddle are my faves.
Echoes is a work of genius
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jack flash
11:56 Fri May 25
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Leonard Hatred ~
Back in the day when underground music was taking off (later to become progressive music) the people who liked it were called hip
People that liked most of the mainstream music & were unable to see beyond the nauseating love songs churned out by the likes of the Beatles etc were known as there
Everyone to their own but you'd have to be pretty simple to class the iconic sounds of 'Arnold Layne' & 'See Emily Play's as 'arse gravy' never mind 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'
I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd live hundreds of times before & after She Barratt & it was always a great experience but it's all in the long distant past now. I see little point in tribute bands & the like going over the same old ground
The whole point of progressive music was exploring new stuff
Pink Floyd ended after 'The Wall' as far as I'm concerned
There's been precious little innovative music over the last 30 years
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mattyolmes
11:36 Fri May 25
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*dsotm
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mattyolmes
11:35 Fri May 25
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Love most of Floyd up to the wall. Never rated their later stuff as much.
Great tracks in particula4 enjoy fearless. Bike. One of these days.
Best albums dsod. Wish you were here and meddle
imho
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dm
5:52 Fri May 25
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Let There Be More Light is an excellent track. I remember years ago seeing Think Floyd perform it.
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gph
5:23 Fri May 25
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I've got a cloak
It's a bit of a joke
A bit like the track... definitely in the "so bad it's good" category.
Unlike most of the rest of Floyd's stuff, which is good in a more straightforward way.
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The Stoat
5:09 Fri May 25
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Pretty good set list as it happens
1. “Interstellar Overdrive”
2. “Astronomy Domine”
3. “Lucifer Sam”
4. “Fearless”
5. “Obscured by Clouds”
6. “When You're In”
7. “Arnold Layne”
8. “The Nile Song”
9. “Green Is the Colour”
10. “Let There Be More Light”
11. “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”
12. “See Emily Play”
13. “Bike”
14. “One of These Days”
15. “A Saucerful of Secrets”
16. “Point Me at the Sky”
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Far Cough
4:26 Fri May 25
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Early Pink Floyd stuff is absolute arse gravy.
I don't think so, Astronomy Domine, Pow R Toc H and Interstellar Overdrive are great tracks, I even like Syd's Bike
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Far Cough
4:24 Fri May 25
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If Pratt and Mason are involved, is it really a tribute band?
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chajonbubble
1:50 Fri May 25
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I'm all over this. The era of floyd that got me into them (I wasnt born until the 70s mind) and still my favourite period.
Seen clips of Gary Kemp in the band this week, he looks the business, much to my shock,
roundhouse and maybe a little trip over the channel for another date
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Takashi Miike
12:53 Fri May 25
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Brit Floyd do the older songs a lot better, i do like Guy Pratt though
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