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| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 23:59 sici wrote:  Hear, hear! |
| sici (Madison, CT) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 16:01 Swissguy wrote: As much as I like this tune and the band, this version is waaaaayyyyyyy too long for me! Glad they managed to end it eventually... |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:39 sici wrote: Or Rick Astley, circa 1987. ;-) Oh man, I forgot about that baratone-voiced angel. |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:38 I absolutely love this song. But make no mistake, much of it (especially his live version) is a serious wank job. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:37 Makes me think of Sid. He would have liked this version. |
| Zapmedia (New York City and New Jersey) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:32 Wow! At first I thought it was an alternate take; its so close to the original. But then it was just when the original came out. Bill, where can we get this? |
| sici (Madison, CT) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:32 Sasha2001 wrote: Great, but not as great as Mr. Phil Collins, circa Tarzan soundtrack Or Rick Astley, circa 1987. ;-) |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:29 Great, but not as great as Mr. Phil Collins, circa Tarzan soundtrack |
| scrubbrush (All lost in the supermarket) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:27 kdogg73 wrote: Yep.  Maybe RP should allow each user a limited number of "11" ratings... we could each have 10 or so and once you've reached 10 you'd have to remove one to give an 11 to a different song.... |
| scrubbrush (All lost in the supermarket) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:24 Love the song. The original/abum version is always in my iPod. This is the first I've heard of this Version. the opening notes are too fast ... in fact, at a minute into it, it still sounds rushed. |
| buddy | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 15:18 Always a treat, Bill! |
| Swissguy (Switzerland) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:48 As much as I like this tune and the band, this version is waaaaayyyyyyy too long for me! Glad they managed to end it eventually... |
| DearDM (Boston) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:42 RP is on hold. |
| kdogg73 (Dayton, OH) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:37 Yep. |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:29 Wow. Freaking wow. Trippy stuff. God almighty...do you remember when a single FM radio would play this, Rolling Stones, Santana, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Bob Dylan, The Who, Gratefeul Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, Bruce Springsteen, etc. etc. etc. ....all in the same hour? |
| silby | Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 21:56 if this just the 4 of them playing live with no backing tracks or overdubs, thats rather impressive... and it probably is I would guess.... |
| srose96 (grandma's house) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:28 rockpommel16 wrote:  great idea! |
| bc (It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:24 Yes, it's long. So what? It's not in heavy rotation. I'm glad to hear raw Pink Floyd every once in a blue moon. My $0.02. |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:22 vicmicric wrote: I discover AGAIN ouchhhhhh !!!!! with "you know what" ...good idea....  .....it works......believe me....you´ll ending at a 10...;) |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (Canada) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:21 Way too long. |
| vicmicric (France (Midi Pyrénées)) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:15 I discover AGAIN ouchhhhhh !!!!! with "you know what" |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:13 Oh and I was at the concert................. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:12 It is hard to believe two guys can make music together like Waters and Gilmour on this tune and then eventually hate each other. Their playing seems to inspire the best in each other. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:11 fredriley wrote: I've been a Floyd fan for decades, really loved Shine on you Crazy Diamond, and consider Wish You Were Here to be Floyd's best album, but IMO this latest box release is de trop, as are the long tracks that have been played from it on RP. Even a Floyd fan can get a bit miffed after 20 minutes or more of iffy-quality live recording. Great nostalgia for those who were there, sure, but a turn-off for this listener. If 'you hadda be there' is the only way to enjoy a track, then it's playing to a tiny niche audience. More worryingly, massively long tracks like this may well hack off RP listeners who don't worship the ground that Floyd walked on. I never thought I'd rate anything Floyd did as Ho-Hum, but sadly this is a first. Although apparently (and I need to recheck this) this was the first time this song was played to an audience. Now, if that is the case then I'd say it is pretty significant and worthy of being played here occasionally in all its pompous glory. It looks like it is being played here once a month at the moment. For us regulars that means we might get to hear it a few times a year. . . probably too much. But for most, it will be the first time they have heard it. It is also one of those tracks where one can write and write a long comment. . . saying nothing really and going off at tangents, sometimes going back and revisiting other stuff. . . sometimes being InVeNTiVVVVVVVe. Sometinges being deliberatly worn. Jesus. . . its still going on. *heads out for a slash* Back! . . . still going. . . Hey Fred. I'm with you. I can't take any more. Please make it stop. It hasn't. Has anyone any idea how long this sucker is? OK. I'll order a curry and see if it arrives before the end. Splendid. Chicken Madras with plain rice and a plain Nan with some hot lime pickle. . . Ahhh, that was good. Time for a spliff. Anyone for a cup of tea? Fancy the pub? OK. *gone* |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:11 Pink Floyd should have their own rating scale and it starts at 10..................but I'm a fan so im biased.......some of the greatest live guitar playing!!! |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:05 ............ .......... |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 10:05  |
| jhorne00 | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 22:30 What a treat, thanks. |
| plaid (Tech nexxus o' my house) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 12:31 I've typically been regarded as a raving Pink Floyd fan, and even I'd have to say that that version wasn't great, and dragged on too long. Maybe if I was as high as they were, I'd have enjoyed it more. |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 12:31 Good Lord that was painfully ponderous. Geeze... (and I'm a loooooong-time Floyd lover) |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 12:29 Magnificent! |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 12:15 endweder man ist Pinkfloyd Fan oder man ist keiner. ich bin`s good floyd |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 12:12 Perfection.... |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 01:44 The argument below seems to ignore those that love this even in this lengthy version in a wish I was there kind of way. It is most definitely not only for those that were there. I was only born in 1974 and I'm pretty thankful for the chance to hear it. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:14 fredriley wrote: I've been a Floyd fan for decades, really loved Shine on you Crazy Diamond, and consider Wish You Were Here to be Floyd's best album, but IMO this latest box release is de trop, as are the long tracks that have been played from it on RP. Even a Floyd fan can get a bit miffed after 20 minutes or more of iffy-quality live recording. Great nostalgia for those who were there, sure, but a turn-off for this listener. If 'you hadda be there' is the only way to enjoy a track, then it's playing to a tiny niche audience. More worryingly, massively long tracks like this may well hack off RP listeners who don't worship the ground that Floyd walked on. I never thought I'd rate anything Floyd did as Ho-Hum, but sadly this is a first. I know what you mean, Fred. You'd better be careful indulging in such heretical musings, though; Floyd fans don't seem to take any sort of questioning of their gods very well. |
| Bozo (Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:13 Take a look at the charts on pop radio or album rock radio in the 70's, then take a look at what's playing on commercial radio today: is there any argument why these "dinosaur" bands still make a killing when they go out? The music was better, period. Toke wrote: Yes exactly h8rhater the 70's music had a beginning a middle and an end.. sadly lacking in todays popular music. PS just notice the vote scale 9.1 not bad for a 1974 recording. And as per another comment this is drawing in new fans from present generation who were not around like us in that era. |
| pdm (Toronto) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:10 ofanansky wrote: damn I love working from home. Able to enjoy this properly ditto...except for the fail-to-launch's telling me to turn it down |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:08 Said this elsewhere, but it strikes me every time. PF are great musicians and write inventive songs, but all in the service of grey, grim, plodding, turgid, depressing dirges. Every one of their pieces has the same slow tempo and the same kill-me-now affect. I grew up with these guys, and it was "Enough already" when they were fresh. A 4-PSD opportunity. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:04 Hey, Wish You Were Here wasn't released until 1975, this was recorded in 1974. This was recorded before some of the album was even written! Cool!. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:04 I've been a Floyd fan for decades, really loved Shine on you Crazy Diamond, and consider Wish You Were Here to be Floyd's best album, but IMO this latest box release is de trop, as are the long tracks that have been played from it on RP. Even a Floyd fan can get a bit miffed after 20 minutes or more of iffy-quality live recording. Great nostalgia for those who were there, sure, but a turn-off for this listener. If 'you hadda be there' is the only way to enjoy a track, then it's playing to a tiny niche audience. More worryingly, massively long tracks like this may well hack off RP listeners who don't worship the ground that Floyd walked on. I never thought I'd rate anything Floyd did as Ho-Hum, but sadly this is a first. |
| Merritt (Tennessee) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:03 Sorry, not a fan of this super long song. |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 06:02 Pink Floyd endless solos? aw ratz, it ended. Go on Bill, put it on again. anyone who thinks this is boring wants different things from their music than me. |
| ofanansky | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 05:58 damn I love working from home. Able to enjoy this properly |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 05:52 Nice way to kick in my morning! |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 14:43 all these comments.... The seventies, the most musically dense and exciting decade. Either you were there, and get it, or weren't there, and get it, or not. Thank god I was and do. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 14:31 While I do tasks, good to listen to PF. Then, while I listen to PF, the tasks get done. Pleasant Saturday afternoon! |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 04:29 glowworm wrote: Oh I do hate PF, thank heavens punk came along or we'd be on 3 hour keyboard solos by now. Will switch radio stations for half an hour and tune back in just as this track is finishing... I can accept that musical taste is a subjective thing. Unless you don't have any. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 12:50 For those of you whining that the track was too long, It's a LIVE track, from a CONCEPT album on which the esthetic of lyrics AND music together told a mesmerizing story (whether on record or in concert), for which PF and very few other bands of their time were justly famous. So sorry it doesn't fit your predefined box of how long a track has a right to be. This one is about Syd Barrett, a dead, founding member of PF that Gilmour, for all his centrality to the band, was not. How long should a biographical piece of music be, anyway? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 12:37 Axelito wrote: Come on.. every good things have to end sometimes.... Seems like it's not appliable to the pink floyds.....endless... boring.... :/ Good thing it's spring - it's so stuffy in here I need to open a window. Enough already. |
| 25demayo (dreaming of an asado) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 12:34 Go back to listening to Mireille Mathieu Axelito wrote: Come on.. every good things have to end sometimes.... Seems like it's not appliable to the pink floyds.....endless... boring.... :/ |