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jazmaan
Fifth Love
USA
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 Posted - 16/06/2005 : 03:44:50
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I guess hell must be freezing over on July 2, 2005 cause that's the day that Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason are appearing together on stage in London as PINK FLOYD again!
Anybody here going?
This has been a great year for reunions! First Cream, now Pink Floyd, who's next? |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
668 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2005 : 20:59:45
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| They are only playing four songs apparently! |
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Lizzyb
Fifth Love
United Kingdom
470 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2005 : 22:01:50
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so which 4 would you choose?
radio 4 played arnold layne yesterday, but i don't know that i'd choose that.
really don't know, there have been so many
Keep on shining |
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2005 : 22:28:42
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| Careful with that Axe, Eugene. That shrill scream still sends shivers down my spine... |
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MikeP
Fifth Love
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Posted - 17/06/2005 : 00:38:54
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| Saw an interview with Nick Mason in which he said he wanted them to stick to the slow stuff as he didn't feel up to the faster songs anymore. In view of who this gig is supposed to be directed at - though I doubt they'll be watching - I'd like to see them do 'Have A Cigar', 'Comfortably Numb', 'Money' and 'Us And Them'. As for personal preferences, I'd just love to see them do 'One Of These Days' and 'Echoes' one more time...I remember Knebworth... |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
668 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2005 : 01:54:00
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| I remember Knebworth too! They are bound to do Money, Us and Them as well I reckon, possibly Dark Side..... and Shine on....... |
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MikeP
Fifth Love
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Posted - 18/06/2005 : 02:28:16
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| Knebworth was, er, good, wasn't it? Harper, Beefheart, Steve Miller, Creedence .. the Spitfire.. remembered through an amiably intoxicated haze. You have to go to the likes of the ATP festival to get such 'left field' lineups these days. Somehow, apart from Floyd, I can't sum up comparable enthusiasm for the rest of the Live8 bill. Maybe middle age, I guess. Excuse me whiole I go all misty- eyed... I reckon that The Floyd could well turn out to be the stars of the show, and that this leads on to other things. Of the other acts, I'm most looking forward to REM. Saw them two nights ago - a truly superb gig, even though I'm not their No.1 fan. One of those bands whose live renditions of songs improve on studio versions. |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
668 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2005 : 13:35:15
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| Creedence?, the Spitfire?........no, that haze must have been thick! You were right with the others, but you missed out Linda Lewis. I was there the previous year too,1975, the very first Knebworth festival. The line up then was, The Allman Brothers band, the Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, The Mahavishnu Orchestra(John Maclaughlan), Alex Harvey Band. and Tim Buckley. Now that was some line up! |
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stefaan
Second Love
Belgium
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
668 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2005 : 20:03:53
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| Slip of the finger old boy! Or I must have been thinking the year of the Floyd. Or maybe I'm living up to my name!! |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/06/2005 : 14:55:53
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I was only 13 in 1975 so, sadly, didn't make that gig!
However, I was a little surprised to read the Tim Buckley thing...still perhaps he was there in spirit? |
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MikeP
Fifth Love
406 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2005 : 03:10:36
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Thanks for the Knebworth 75 web link Stefaan, a really excellent site that brought it all back. The thirtieth anniversary is three days after Live8. I'm sitting here thinking " where did that go?" Hi Old Man, nice to know that there's another survivor of that day on the messageboard. I guess time plays tricks. Yup, no Creedence, just their very hirsute drummer Doug Clifford sitting in with Steve Miller. I was right about the Spitfire flypast though, it seems. Perhaps I was flat on my back looking skywards having consumed too much muesli or something. I found another website on Google, under the heading ' 1975 Knebworth Festival' which has a link to a site run by the daughter of the promoter, who is selling a complete pack of memorabilia- posters. photo album,etc , and also a 'free gift' of a 2CD set of the complete Floyd performance, inc. Water's last performance of Echoes. If only I had £75 spare!
A great day, and the highlight of my teenage festival-going, apart from perhaps Blackbushe. Right now the only thing that I can remember about Dylan's set is an impassioned, solo Masters of War - an unfortunately timeless song. If he turns up to the Philadelphia Live8 I wish he'd play that above anything else.
Festival and gig-going in the '70's was an adventure, almost a triumph against adversity. I wish that I felt the same way about it now. Back then it wasn't so corporate etc, It was FUN.
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LarryNYC
Fifth Love
USA
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Posted - 20/06/2005 : 03:30:10
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I share your sentiments completely there Mike.I dont think its really down to us getting longer in the tooth either, though some of us fought long and hard but the all invasive $$(as in money) is at the top of the tree again. I guess its hard to feel ethically compromised over something you love. but thats what the coporate buggers are up to.
Of course the real adversity has always been the machine. |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/06/2005 : 07:26:15
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| Oh right, the spifires! LOL I thought they were a band!! One i'd never heard of. The way you listed it, I thought you were saying "they" were on the bill. I'd forgotten all about the flyover. |
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stefaan
Second Love
Belgium
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Posted - 20/06/2005 : 08:49:14
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Ineed, going to a festival in the 70s was a real experience, something to live up to. Here in Belgium, in those days, there was only one (1,indeed ) "big" festival: Jazz Bilzen.Anyway it started in the 60s as a jazz fest, but later became a rock festival. Nowdays almost every city, town or village has it's own Summer festival. The biggest, and best known ( it was chosen as the worlds best organised by musicians of all kind ) was, and still is Rock Werchter.( http://www.rockwerchter.be/rw2005/site_nl.htm) "Best Festival In The World, Let's Make It Ours" they must have tought at Clearchannel. So what was feared by a lot of people became reality: they bought the festival for big bucks. One positive note: the organiser (who is now in fact a Clearchannel employee) demanded to have his say regarding the program.
But it's sad, really sad to see how thing has changed for the worse since the 60s and 70s. Gone "the feeling" of those days, money took over  |
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trevor
First Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/06/2005 : 22:58:08
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Wow, isn't the Internet great! Having been at the first two Knebworths it was wonderful to find these links and relive those halycon days. Travelling to some godforsaken place called Stevenage, traipsing to Knebworth, abandoning our hired coach on the road (a motorway apparently :-)) and trusting we'd find it afterwards. Ah, the freedom of youth! Completely forgot I'd ever seen Tim Buckley, booging to the Allman Bros (forever and ever and ever) as the bonfires and woodsmoke turned the arena into some sort of bombsite, and inching forward at the behest of Peely. It all comes flooding back. I also seem to remember the first UK Frisbee Championships from the stage at some point. Anyone remember that?
So, the question is, were any of you at Weeley Festival as well - even found that on the internet. The first 24 hour festival, organised by Clacton Round Table. Hard to believe it ever happened. |
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Pink Floyd Reunion
