By now, every fart, burp, wrong note, wrong key that Pink Floyd has ever brought to the stage has been bootlegged. For whatever reason, that I don't understand fans have gotta have it. While I'm at it, don't you think that it would be nice if every once and a while a band would deviate from their same old tired, played out set? Hell I'm pretty sure Nick Mason has asked himself, once or twice "Oh great, it's Roger's time to sing Money" "I hope he doesn't go off on a tanget and complain about the shitty room service last night, before I count it down" Imagne if you will..Pink Floyd getting up on stage and playing a set of Mott The Hoople covers. Or David Bowie and band breaking into a version of "Flirting With Disaster" Think about the chaos it would cause if the Sex Pistols started doing "Ruby,Don't Take Your Love To Town" And with that I give you this.See scans
Thanks Jobe. Always enjoy more early Floyd and this is of especial interest not least as the cover shows the Wembley pre-Arena ticket price of £4.25 in the Grand Tier! Awesome! Thanks again my friend
ReplyDeleteYeah, I hear you about deviating from their routine setlist, we can only imagine!
ReplyDeleteAh, that's exactly one of the reasons why I liked Tom Petty...there was usually something in the set that was an interesting cover... last time I saw him it was "Steppin' Stone" (while it's better known by the Monkees, Petty was doing it a month after Paul Revere died...and Revere recorded it before the Monkees.
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ReplyDeleteMuch as I like the idea at first glance, I'd probably be annoyed as heck if I went to a Pink Floyd show and they performed Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger album and nothing but. Thanks for the share!
ReplyDeleteActually I can explain this. Fact is, few Floyd soundboard boots exist despite nearly every show from the Roger Waters era getting taped. Moreover, the Syd Barrett era is such a mysterious period that everyone wants a piece of it. Floyd's music was accurately described as cocktail jazz turned all the way up; it was certainly not complex in terms of musicianship or time signatures the way Yes and Kansas's progressive rock were. It was much more soundscape than melody, but the band could write a single when they needed one.
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