Thank you. I'm currently quite happy , but not resting. Greetings from the Dark Side of the Moon. Syd's here with me, shining like the crazy diamond that he is.
When they opened with Echoes in Philly in 1987 I actually teared up. I had seen them in 1977 but all they played was all of Animals and all of Wish You Were Here with a Dark Side encore. Nothing older. This is my favorite concert film of all time too!
i was assuming youd make one on Live at Pompeii (i was also HOPING you would) because its such a legendary concert. I am very excited on what you think about Obscured by Clouds because I actually really like it!
@2v_5r I used to think that the the song was called Wots Uh the Devil. Everyone used to tell me Pink Floyd were Hardcore Satanists. I couldn't find many of their albums in record stores, I've only had heard the Wots song once, never seen the actual album at that point. This was before someone could research the complete archive of recorded music on the internet so I sometimes would have friends give me mixed tapes and just go by what they told me about the songs. Even now if you get 1 incorrect word when trying to search for a particular song the web is stupefied. It's much easier than it was trying to use the primitive record store computers though
Total Goldfish, possibly the greatest concert film ever Standout tracks: Echoes Part 1, Careful With That Axe, A Saucerful Of Secrets, One Of These Days, Set The Controls, Echoes Part 2
Man I'm starting to feel old, I've been watching this concerts since the 80's when I first had it on VHS. It's definitely one of my favorites too probably top three things Pink Floyd ever did
I’m so glad you covered this film in your series. I hadn’t listened to it for a long while but threw it on a month or so ago while…. Let’s just say I experienced it with a different mindset and was just blown away….I mean texting some of my musician friends and begging them to give it another listen…I even promised to provide some fun guys. I’ve heard so often from people that Floyd was a studio band and didn’t have the greatest live “chops”….needing to bring in other backup musicians to perform their music live….. I beg to differ…. I agree that these are the definitive versions of these pieces. One thing you got wrong though…there was an audience….a couple of teens snuck into the amphitheater and got to see some of this show…imagine having that experience. It is extremely difficult to find the music on streaming services and all I’ve found is Echoes on Apple Music…it needs to be put out in it’s entirety for nerds like myself. Ok. Now I’m going to watch the rest of your review. Mine is that this is a masterpiece of music and one of my favorite releases by the band. Cheers!!
I think this concert is what convinced me to finally give Pink Floyd a chance. It's definitely on the list of my favorite performances now. Also, another person pointed it out, but the reason they only have shots of Nick in some parts is because they lost the footage of the other guys.
So, here's where I have to pull back on this a bit - I don't think they actually had footage of the other guys - though I wasn't there so I can't be sure. To the best of my research, it's a four camera shoot and three cameras are on Nick, and there seems to be a forth one behind the console. So where would these other shots have come from unless they moved them around for different takes? There was some communication error and each cameraman focused on Nick thinking the others were getting the other band members - or they just thought this would be a far out way to film him.
@@JTCurtisMusic There was some lost film. I need to find the source for this, but there's a reason so many of us seem to know about it. Also, the Director's Cut fixes some of the problems with all that focusing on nick, nick, and nick (much as we love him), and also gets the pitch problems sorted out. Just search for the it on YT because someone always uploads it if the copyright people take it down. Gotta love the PF Army
Agreed. The original version is the best, not the "directors cut". One of my favourite versions of Echoes (including a late one from 1977 I think). And agreed to the way they shot OOtD. I even commented it on the live premiere on TH-cam of Nicks concert.
This movie was my 17th birthday's gift from my brother, still in VHS. That evening I had a small party at home and then, once all people left, I turned on the movie, all alone in a dark night. An experience I'll never forget in my whole life.
Thank you very much for making this video, the first thing I thought when I saw the reviews of the first albums was: is he going to make a video about Pompeii? I think this is Pink Floyd at their best and I never understood why this hasnt been released as an album.
I had 'Live At Pompeii' on VHS in the '80s. I lost it long ago and replaced it with the DVD. The original concert film is incredible, but the "reworking" by the director with all the CGI planets and space shit totally destroy the whole concept of filming in Pompeii in the first place!!!
Beastie boys paid homage to this in their vid for gratitude! Pompeii has been long one of my FAVE DVDs for ages... I think the sweet spot was the VHS edition - added 'Dark side' footage, but no CGI nonsense
I actually listened to this today. Utter brilliance, and agree all songs are better than their studio versions. They sounded like a band who had done these songs 1000s of times, and it was incredible how tight they were. These aren’t 3 chord pop songs, these are complex but absolutely nailed!
I am glad that Live at Pompeii is among the Album reviews. you can't review Pink Floyd without looking at this one. I love it when in Saucerful Dave starts his vocals at the end. It gives so much intensity to the song. The choir in the studio version was much too tame for my taste.
For those who want this on CD, The Early Years 1972 Obfuscation has both the live concert on BD/DVD and a CD of the music. They are remixes, but very well done with a lot of dynamic range.
@@biancachristie not the DVD version, which is what I have. My daughter noticed on the first note. I didn’t believe her, so I verified it. I think the CD is correct on the box set, but haven’t checked in a while.
I think the ideal version of the film is the original cut, but without "Mademoiselle Nobs". To me, that captures a vibe that the added videos, from the CGI to the Dark Side footage, detract from. I don't mind the dated effects and the band performing in front of rear-projection. They feel honest. However, I do like the Dark Side footage, and I edited it together (along with "Mademoiselle Nobs") to be its own thing.
Great Reaction Champ. Saucerful my favourite from this one. And definitely the definitive version. I don't actually mind the directors cut. Yeap CGI is dated. But there is some great footage of let's say modern day volcanic catastrophes that come across really well and add visual emotion to the music. I like the intro and outros which were meant to represent aliens coming to earth after hearing this music to find out what was going on then leaving once the show was done. Well that's what I heard anyway. 🙃 Yes kind of corny but is that a bad thing. Now time for that little hidden gem called Obscured by Clouds. Only overlooked by many because it is a Soundtrack. What a shame.
Glad you did this cos it did get released as an album of sorts. I actually went to Pompeii with my parents in my early teens and up Vesuvius for a day trip back in 1980 but back then all I knew of Floyd was the hit single 'Another Brick in the Wall'. I was a punk and a Sex Pistols and PiL fan but to this day I'm convinced but unsure I saw a plaque somewhere that said Pink Floyd played here in 1972? And it named the band members which meant nothing to me. Then around 1982-83 as everyone around me started smoking pot Pink Floyd was the band that everyone listened to. All my mates watched The Wall movie & DSOTM etc. Then one day a gang of us went to a mates house and he was watching 'Live in Pompeii' on his own. I remember one guy asking him what's it like? And he replied it's crap. While everyone was talking I couldn't take my eyes off it and the music clicked with me instantly. Out of every guy in that room I was the only one who thought it was brilliant. Experimental. Since then I've got an original old VHS and the dvd with added features. I agree Echoes works better on Pompeii ( my mate hates what he calls the jazzy lead guitar section. jazz??) That's the highlight of the song. Careful with that axe is amazing. It's all great . My favourite live gig. I see fans of later Pink Floyd music as closet Dire Straits fans. I much prefer the Early Years box set from 67- 72.
Your next 'detour' is of - at times - my favourite Floyd album, so looking forward to hearing what you think of it. But yes Pompeii is bonkers how good it is and whatever happened that caused the One of These Days to just be Nick is for me a happy accident. Seeing him belt the whole thing out as the focus is just a *classic* moment of Floyd.
Great concert movie. The re-release with the newer director's cut has digital video effects, but, in my opinion, it pales in comparison to the original release. There were on-location difficulties, but the end result was a groundbreaking movie. I love it!
I would be hard pressed to choose between this version of Echoes and the final live performance that David & Rick did in 2006 before Rick passed away. Pompeii was amazing, but there is something so beautiful & bittersweet in the 2006 performance--especially at the end, as the two musicians seem to carry on an intimate conversation, between two old friends, spoken only by the notes of the instruments played. It's hard not to tear up.
Love this film. My fave version is the one I had on VHS way back when. No CGI or black and white interview segments. It was the Pompeii footage and Dark Side sessions only. The flow of that cut was pitch perfect and it was actually a little jarring watching the Director's Cut for the first time. I enjoy the Pompeii performance-only version such as it is, but still feel like I'm missing that little extra magic from the Dark Side footage. It's a shame that particular version isn't included on the disc. I'd have liked a bump up to 5.1, as well, but the 2 channel stereo track still packs a wallop.
I must watch the whole concert at some point - I’ve only watched segments. What I’ve seen of it, it is pure PF - majestic, monumental, audacious, and artistically perfect.
In the late 70s we’d see midnight movies. On a Friday or Saturday twice a month they would play PF, Jimi, Zep, Woodstock, etc. It’s how I learned to play guitar.
I should watch Pompeii sometime when give the chance. So I see someone else besides Mr. Mason who's anti-crust. I have heard most of the soundtrack. Looking forward to Obscured By Clouds, the last of a string of albums that "don't count."
I totally agree about the definitive versions of some of their songs. I watched this first then went and sought out the studio versions of "Saucerful of Secrets" and "Set the Controls" and was extremely disappointed! "Echoes" is also far superior than the Meddle version, particularly the guitar solo which just rocks.
I first saw Pompei in the theatre. It was a gas and all in attendance were plenty gassed. I had the vhs later. Then I bought the dvd and found that the main version was a "director's cut" that had way less footage of Roger. Luckily, the original cut is buried on there and that is what I choose to watch. This, along with the BBC sessions, are my favorite Pink Floyd, even better than the studio recordings and much more psychedelic.
Love your review with all the history and stuff, and I can't disagree with anything you said. It is for me probably the best audio/visual thing ever. That's what Pink Floyd do!
What if all of that extra, (presumably a few extra hours worth) of film from them recording Darkside of the moon has also been sitting stored away in some kind of vault or closet all these years and will also eventually be restored and released in a "beatles get back" style documentary?? That would be a DREAM COME TRUE FOR US FLOYD FANS. THERE HAS TO BE MORE FOOTAGE OF THE MAKING OF DSOTM!!!
By far my favorite 'documented history' of Pink Floyd, before the egos and bitterness destroyed the band (by two of the members). They all look like they get along, famously, and it warms my heart, knowing they were once that way - a cohesive unit. That is when their music was best - where they each played their respective parts which, alone are craftsmanship that is something to behold, but together? Pure magic! Careful With That Axe, Eugene is my favorite piece, showing the band as in-sync as ever, especially Roger on the bass (indeed, throughout each piece), particularly where we have reports that Dave played bass on many later tracks because they were too hard for Roger to play (?????). This shows that Roger is a master of the bass, as are all four masters of their own instruments. A great, great band, that, much like Vesuvius erupted, made their mark on the entire world, and left behind a wake of music that covers us all, still; but ended, all too soon. Could you imagine what they all could have accomplished had the rest of the band not allowed Roger's ego to run over them? Still my favorite band of all time... I am enjoying all your videos, keep up the great work!
Thus Concert Film is legendary. Wish to get it on DVD along side Pulse.
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Pink Floyd is a condition! Much more than music! A sublime original and magic constellation of the four elements earth - vind - water and fire: Waters - Mason - Gilmour and Wright! Music of the gods that heels, while you listen to it! Pompei was one of their early residens!
If not for "Echoes," this live concert for no one might have been a career disaster. Not that the other performances weren't good, it's just that Adrian Maben's vision is fulfilled with that song performed before an audience of ghosts. It's almost as if Floyd is reaching back in time and ancient Pompeii is reaching forward.
Puzzling as to why there isn’t more professional live footage from 1972 to The Wall (and The Wall concert footage isn’t great-no Richard Wright and the band is falling apart) Good early live performances on the 1970 San Fran KQED and the French church performance of Cymbeline is fantastic.
Haven't read all of the comments but they weren't actually in the studio making DSOTM. It was already finished and the director just encouraged them to act as they they were still working on it. Quite the let-down after all these years.
I'm not entirely sure that's true. I think certainly a good chunk of the album was done, but they might have still been putting the finishing touches on a few tracks, like Dave's guitar on Brain Damage. I haven't gotten complete confirmation about this yet though. If you have a source, do share.
I have the songs in 5.1 from the early years, but hope someday that they released the movie on Blu-ray or 4K with the original Quadraphonic soundtrack. It’s one of my favorite concert movies also..
RW has maybe the most blood curdling scream in humanity, Echoes is maybe now of the greatest songs ever written. I've been watching this since 1985 when our local movie rental shop had it on VHS.
there is a very interesting interpretation of ECHOES, performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela : superb acoustic guitar performance ! and have a look to their video HANUMAN ....... , the location is quite interesting........ ;-)
I really think that those who discovered Pink Floyd from Animals or later and rubbish their earlier work, really need to sit down and watch Live at Pompeii while checking out what else was out there in 1971 and 1972. At their very peak they were well ahead from the rest, and you realise that they didn’t just ride the wave of the hi fi revolution back then, they made the waves! I would also would hope this film would show them that Pink Floyd are a lot more than just Roger Waters.
The director's cut is dreadful. As soon as I saw those CGI effects of Pompeii being buried under the lava I thought, directors should be forbidden to tinker with a film. I bought the Obfuscation box set with the misunderstanding that the concert film would be included on the blu-ray disc. It turned out that it was only the musical performances. I had sold my DVD copy many years prior and was hoping to own the film again. At least it had the soundtrack, which sounds amazing. The studio footage, regardless of its historical importance as a document to the recording of Dark Side of the Moon, it ruins the overall dreamlike quality. Thankfully I burned a copy of the VHS I owned onto DVD. Not the best quality but it lacks the unnecessary footage.
@@JTCurtisMusic So old and it still works turntables are the best,and I have a question I have a turntable without counterweight and it matters a lot if you have it? I have heard it will scratch the record and does not sound as good as the counterweight.I listen to the live at the roundhouse album from Nick Mason saucerful of secrets and sounds very good with some little buzzing but not annoying.
Se sabe que P.U.L.S.E y Delicate Sound of Thunder son los mejores recitales de Floyd, por su sonido y en especial por la belleza de la cinematografia, excelentes tomas, calidad de imagen y post produccion.. pero jamas dejare de decir que Live at Pompeii (en mi opinion) es el mejor registro en vivo de una banda de rock en toda la historia.. es una maravilla de la naturaleza.. el sonido, la imagen, la filmacion, ese anfiteatro vacio y lleno de misticismo, ademas las versiones de las canciones superaron por millas a las versiones originales. suena tan especial este concierto que admirar la belleza del sonido analogico/cuadrofonico y la realizacion de las secuencias en los videos lo hacen un documento historico para todas las generaciones posteriores.. LIVE AT POMPEII ES UN REGALO CELESTIAL...
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Ugh, the shot of Roger hitting the gong is so badass
My favorite shot of the whole film. The man looks like a straight God during that part, with the sunset in the background.
I love this performance, especially Echoes! Yes, and Rick was a genius; R.I.P.
Thank you. I'm currently quite happy , but not resting. Greetings from the Dark Side of the Moon. Syd's here with me, shining like the crazy diamond that he is.
When they opened with Echoes in Philly in 1987 I actually teared up. I had seen them in 1977 but all they played was all of Animals and all of Wish You Were Here with a Dark Side encore. Nothing older. This is my favorite concert film of all time too!
As I read somewhere, the reason why only Nick Mason is shown on One of these Days is because the other recording tapes were lost.
I hated that! Thanks for the info.
Nick Mason absolutely KILLED IT in this concert!
Everything i’ve been thinking of this last week is how badass he looked on those drums 🥁🔥
Mason is the protagonist of Live at Pompeii and has the best spoken dialogue (parodied in This is Spinal Tap).
i was assuming youd make one on Live at Pompeii (i was also HOPING you would) because its such a legendary concert. I am very excited on what you think about Obscured by Clouds because I actually really like it!
@2v_5r I used to think that the the song was called Wots Uh the Devil. Everyone used to tell me Pink Floyd were Hardcore Satanists. I couldn't find many of their albums in record stores, I've only had heard the Wots song once, never seen the actual album at that point. This was before someone could research the complete archive of recorded music on the internet so I sometimes would have friends give me mixed tapes and just go by what they told me about the songs. Even now if you get 1 incorrect word when trying to search for a particular song the web is stupefied. It's much easier than it was trying to use the primitive record store computers though
The film La Vallee` itself is dated woeful hippie shite. The soundtrack record is very good.
Total Goldfish, possibly the greatest concert film ever
Standout tracks: Echoes Part 1, Careful With That Axe, A Saucerful Of Secrets, One Of These Days, Set The Controls, Echoes Part 2
Isn't that the whole album?
@@typicalfurry2747 yes,
yes it is
I’ve seen this film at least 100 times, and your analysis is spot on. Well done man! A brilliant concert indeed.
Man I'm starting to feel old, I've been watching this concerts since the 80's when I first had it on VHS. It's definitely one of my favorites too probably top three things Pink Floyd ever did
I’m so glad you covered this film in your series. I hadn’t listened to it for a long while but threw it on a month or so ago while…. Let’s just say I experienced it with a different mindset and was just blown away….I mean texting some of my musician friends and begging them to give it another listen…I even promised to provide some fun guys. I’ve heard so often from people that Floyd was a studio band and didn’t have the greatest live “chops”….needing to bring in other backup musicians to perform their music live….. I beg to differ…. I agree that these are the definitive versions of these pieces. One thing you got wrong though…there was an audience….a couple of teens snuck into the amphitheater and got to see some of this show…imagine having that experience. It is extremely difficult to find the music on streaming services and all I’ve found is Echoes on Apple Music…it needs to be put out in it’s entirety for nerds like myself. Ok. Now I’m going to watch the rest of your review. Mine is that this is a masterpiece of music and one of my favorite releases by the band. Cheers!!
The Beastie boys did a cool homage to Pink Floyd in pompeii 👍🏻💯 I love Pink Floyd, my second all time favourite band. Absolutely brilliant band.
I think this concert is what convinced me to finally give Pink Floyd a chance. It's definitely on the list of my favorite performances now. Also, another person pointed it out, but the reason they only have shots of Nick in some parts is because they lost the footage of the other guys.
So, here's where I have to pull back on this a bit - I don't think they actually had footage of the other guys - though I wasn't there so I can't be sure. To the best of my research, it's a four camera shoot and three cameras are on Nick, and there seems to be a forth one behind the console. So where would these other shots have come from unless they moved them around for different takes? There was some communication error and each cameraman focused on Nick thinking the others were getting the other band members - or they just thought this would be a far out way to film him.
@@JTCurtisMusic There was some lost film. I need to find the source for this, but there's a reason so many of us seem to know about it. Also, the Director's Cut fixes some of the problems with all that focusing on nick, nick, and nick (much as we love him), and also gets the pitch problems sorted out. Just search for the it on YT because someone always uploads it if the copyright people take it down. Gotta love the PF Army
It is my favorite live concert of all time. Awesome
Agreed. The original version is the best, not the "directors cut". One of my favourite versions of Echoes (including a late one from 1977 I think). And agreed to the way they shot OOtD. I even commented it on the live premiere on TH-cam of Nicks concert.
David's experimental guitar playing
Rick's beautiful melodies
Nick's booming drum playing
and Roger's bass and poetry
"If you don't eat yer crust, you can't have any pie! How can you have any pie if you don't eat yer crust?!!"
This movie was my 17th birthday's gift from my brother, still in VHS. That evening I had a small party at home and then, once all people left, I turned on the movie, all alone in a dark night. An experience I'll never forget in my whole life.
If I counted this concert as an album, this would be my all time favourite.
Thank you very much for making this video, the first thing I thought when I saw the reviews of the first albums was: is he going to make a video about Pompeii? I think this is Pink Floyd at their best and I never understood why this hasnt been released as an album.
I had 'Live At Pompeii' on VHS in the '80s.
I lost it long ago and replaced it with the DVD.
The original concert film is incredible, but the "reworking" by the director with all the CGI planets and space shit totally destroy the whole concept of filming in Pompeii in the first place!!!
Beastie boys paid homage to this in their vid for gratitude!
Pompeii has been long one of my FAVE DVDs for ages...
I think the sweet spot was the VHS edition
- added 'Dark side' footage, but no CGI nonsense
The VHS version had the concert and studio footage together, which was the 2nd version of the film.
First time I saw this on VHS in 82 it just blew me away ❤. Masterpiece 😊
I actually listened to this today. Utter brilliance, and agree all songs are better than their studio versions. They sounded like a band who had done these songs 1000s of times, and it was incredible how tight they were. These aren’t 3 chord pop songs, these are complex but absolutely nailed!
I love this series! The reviews are quite accurate and objective, while the jokes are very funny as well. Keep it going!
I am glad that Live at Pompeii is among the Album reviews. you can't review Pink Floyd without looking at this one.
I love it when in Saucerful Dave starts his vocals at the end. It gives so much intensity to the song. The choir in the studio version was much too tame for my taste.
I love Live at Pompeii! This is very unique indeed especially with no audience.
Great video man, love the humor and so many thoughtful insights! Well done
Oh. And I listened to Floyd while walking through Pompeii when I visited
went to see this at the pictures when it came out..stunning..
For those who want this on CD,
The Early Years 1972 Obfuscation has both the live concert on BD/DVD and a CD of the music.
They are remixes, but very well done with a lot of dynamic range.
I believe they are also the correct speed, while the DVD is about 1/2-step sharp.
@@NewBritainStation I believe everything is fixed on the Director's Cut . . ..
@@biancachristie not the DVD version, which is what I have. My daughter noticed on the first note. I didn’t believe her, so I verified it.
I think the CD is correct on the box set, but haven’t checked in a while.
I've always loved Nick's butterfly shirt during "One Of These Days"
I think the ideal version of the film is the original cut, but without "Mademoiselle Nobs". To me, that captures a vibe that the added videos, from the CGI to the Dark Side footage, detract from. I don't mind the dated effects and the band performing in front of rear-projection. They feel honest.
However, I do like the Dark Side footage, and I edited it together (along with "Mademoiselle Nobs") to be its own thing.
Great Reaction Champ. Saucerful my favourite from this one. And definitely the definitive version. I don't actually mind the directors cut. Yeap CGI is dated. But there is some great footage of let's say modern day volcanic catastrophes that come across really well and add visual emotion to the music. I like the intro and outros which were meant to represent aliens coming to earth after hearing this music to find out what was going on then leaving once the show was done. Well that's what I heard anyway. 🙃 Yes kind of corny but is that a bad thing.
Now time for that little hidden gem called Obscured by Clouds. Only overlooked by many because it is a Soundtrack. What a shame.
Glad you did this cos it did get released as an album of sorts.
I actually went to Pompeii with my parents in my early teens and up Vesuvius for a day trip back in 1980 but back then all I knew of Floyd was the hit single 'Another Brick in the Wall'. I was a punk and a Sex Pistols and PiL fan but to this day I'm convinced but unsure I saw a plaque somewhere that said Pink Floyd played here in 1972? And it named the band members which meant nothing to me. Then around 1982-83 as everyone around me started smoking pot Pink Floyd was the band that everyone listened to. All my mates watched The Wall movie & DSOTM etc.
Then one day a gang of us went to a mates house and he was watching 'Live in Pompeii' on his own.
I remember one guy asking him what's it like? And he replied it's crap.
While everyone was talking I couldn't take my eyes off it and the music clicked with me instantly.
Out of every guy in that room I was the only one who thought it was brilliant. Experimental.
Since then I've got an original old VHS and the dvd with added features.
I agree Echoes works better on Pompeii ( my mate hates what he calls the jazzy lead guitar section. jazz??) That's the highlight of the song.
Careful with that axe is amazing.
It's all great .
My favourite live gig.
I see fans of later Pink Floyd music as closet Dire Straits fans.
I much prefer the Early Years box set from 67- 72.
You should totally make a video about your other favorite concert films!
The remixed Pompeii has Echoes unedited and Saucerful in its full 13 minute glory
The live version of Echoes is muuuuch better than the studio version, in my opinion
AMEN TO THAT. Great review, definitive versions of these songs IMO
Easily one of the best concert films, and easily the best version of Saucerful.
This performance of Echoes will be eternal, what future generations study and consider alongside Mozart and Bach.
Don’t forget Nick’s stick flip during Echoes
The Echoes guitar solo from this film is a ball tearing mind blower. That tone and feel and those big overbends. Whoah!
Your next 'detour' is of - at times - my favourite Floyd album, so looking forward to hearing what you think of it.
But yes Pompeii is bonkers how good it is and whatever happened that caused the One of These Days to just be Nick is for me a happy accident. Seeing him belt the whole thing out as the focus is just a *classic* moment of Floyd.
Agreed. Obscured by Clouds is a gem
I could feel the presence of lost souls in the amphitheater. Eerie😳
Great concert movie. The re-release with the newer director's cut has digital video effects, but, in my opinion, it pales in comparison to the original release. There were on-location difficulties, but the end result was a groundbreaking movie. I love it!
I would be hard pressed to choose between this version of Echoes and the final live performance that David & Rick did in 2006 before Rick passed away. Pompeii was amazing, but there is something so beautiful & bittersweet in the 2006 performance--especially at the end, as the two musicians seem to carry on an intimate conversation, between two old friends, spoken only by the notes of the instruments played. It's hard not to tear up.
It is an amazing performance for sure. I talked about it in my Live 8 video (also covering the 2006 tour).
Dave with his top off and wind blowing his hair 😲
Best version of Echoes.
An amazing film. The versions they perform are even better than the originals.
Love this film. My fave version is the one I had on VHS way back when. No CGI or black and white interview segments. It was the Pompeii footage and Dark Side sessions only. The flow of that cut was pitch perfect and it was actually a little jarring watching the Director's Cut for the first time. I enjoy the Pompeii performance-only version such as it is, but still feel like I'm missing that little extra magic from the Dark Side footage. It's a shame that particular version isn't included on the disc. I'd have liked a bump up to 5.1, as well, but the 2 channel stereo track still packs a wallop.
I don’t know if Echoes on here is better or worse than the studio version. All the non Meddle tracks are definitely better than the studio versions.
I must watch the whole concert at some point - I’ve only watched segments. What I’ve seen of it, it is pure PF - majestic, monumental, audacious, and artistically perfect.
Do it now. Get the Blu-ray for the best sound.
In the late 70s we’d see midnight movies. On a Friday or Saturday twice a month they would play PF, Jimi, Zep, Woodstock, etc. It’s how I learned to play guitar.
My favorite live concert ever. No questions about it ❤
I should watch Pompeii sometime when give the chance. So I see someone else besides Mr. Mason who's anti-crust.
I have heard most of the soundtrack.
Looking forward to Obscured By Clouds, the last of a string of albums that "don't count."
Ha. I was hoping the waitress would throw a bunch of crust at Nick and storm out.
@@kevhead1525 , LOL😂
Obscured is such a great album. Right up there with Meddle and More for me.
Seems Rodger was enjoying his hash an Marlboro cigarette 🚬 to fit the narrative 😉!!!!!
I totally agree about the definitive versions of some of their songs. I watched this first then went and sought out the studio versions of "Saucerful of Secrets" and "Set the Controls" and was extremely disappointed! "Echoes" is also far superior than the Meddle version, particularly the guitar solo which just rocks.
The intro is an early take of 'Speak To Me', if I recall correctly
When I first started playing drums, I studied Nick Mason like crazy! So it’s easy to see why I absolutely loved Live at Pompeii
Echoes is epic. Great series with the Floyd. This year a lot of people are talking about floyd. Prophetic of things to come?
Great review of greatest concert ever! Any chance we can get the chords of that incredible breakdown section of Set the Controls?
Just pause the video at that moment, write them down, and you got them!
@@JTCurtisMusic Yes, I got it. I thought it would not be complete, but it is.
My old band was in the studio the first night before we started recording. We all did acid and watched Live at Pompei.
I first saw Pompei in the theatre. It was a gas and all in attendance were plenty gassed. I had the vhs later. Then I bought the dvd and found that the main version was a "director's cut" that had way less footage of Roger. Luckily, the original cut is buried on there and that is what I choose to watch. This, along with the BBC sessions, are my favorite Pink Floyd, even better than the studio recordings and much more psychedelic.
although Ummagumma's live disc is quite good, Live at Pompeii is so damn awesome!
Love your review with all the history and stuff, and I can't disagree with anything you said. It is for me probably the best audio/visual thing ever. That's what Pink Floyd do!
What if all of that extra, (presumably a few extra hours worth) of film from them recording Darkside of the moon has also been sitting stored away in some kind of vault or closet all these years and will also eventually be restored and released in a "beatles get back" style documentary?? That would be a DREAM COME TRUE FOR US FLOYD FANS.
THERE HAS TO BE MORE FOOTAGE OF THE MAKING OF DSOTM!!!
Yes yes yes. This is an amazing film.
By far my favorite 'documented history' of Pink Floyd, before the egos and bitterness destroyed the band (by two of the members). They all look like they get along, famously, and it warms my heart, knowing they were once that way - a cohesive unit. That is when their music was best - where they each played their respective parts which, alone are craftsmanship that is something to behold, but together? Pure magic!
Careful With That Axe, Eugene is my favorite piece, showing the band as in-sync as ever, especially Roger on the bass (indeed, throughout each piece), particularly where we have reports that Dave played bass on many later tracks because they were too hard for Roger to play (?????). This shows that Roger is a master of the bass, as are all four masters of their own instruments.
A great, great band, that, much like Vesuvius erupted, made their mark on the entire world, and left behind a wake of music that covers us all, still; but ended, all too soon. Could you imagine what they all could have accomplished had the rest of the band not allowed Roger's ego to run over them?
Still my favorite band of all time...
I am enjoying all your videos, keep up the great work!
Where did you found the chrods of "Set the controls for the earth of the sun" ???
Dino Covelli, our keyboard player, transcribed them himself.
There was indeed a live vinyl album released of this “documentary”. An OST album on the Varese Saraband label. It’s a great listen.
Thus Concert Film is legendary. Wish to get it on DVD along side Pulse.
Pink Floyd is a condition! Much more than music! A sublime original and magic constellation of the four elements earth - vind - water and fire: Waters - Mason - Gilmour and Wright! Music of the gods that heels, while you listen to it! Pompei was one of their early residens!
Akchully, the locals (not all)watched the performance
a few kids snuck in and they let them watch
Echoes Part 1 is amazing.
If not for "Echoes," this live concert for no one might have been a career disaster. Not that the other performances weren't good, it's just that Adrian Maben's vision is fulfilled with that song performed before an audience of ghosts. It's almost as if Floyd is reaching back in time and ancient Pompeii is reaching forward.
Puzzling as to why there isn’t more professional live footage from 1972 to The Wall (and The Wall concert footage isn’t great-no Richard Wright and the band is falling apart)
Good early live performances on the 1970 San Fran KQED and the French church performance of Cymbeline is fantastic.
Haven't read all of the comments but they weren't actually in the studio making DSOTM. It was already finished and the director just encouraged them to act as they they were still working on it. Quite the let-down after all these years.
I'm not entirely sure that's true. I think certainly a good chunk of the album was done, but they might have still been putting the finishing touches on a few tracks, like Dave's guitar on Brain Damage. I haven't gotten complete confirmation about this yet though. If you have a source, do share.
Brilliant. Thank you.
Also, today is the 50th anniversary of Obscured by Clouds
There is an even better live version of Set The Controls than from Live At Pompeii
Audio visual masterpiece
I have the songs in 5.1 from the early years, but hope someday that they released the movie on Blu-ray or 4K with the original Quadraphonic soundtrack. It’s one of my favorite concert movies also..
I saw this at a Midnight Movie. As echos kicked into gear, the projectionist creeped up the volume to ear shattering. 👂
RW has maybe the most blood curdling scream in humanity, Echoes is maybe now of the greatest songs ever written. I've been watching this since 1985 when our local movie rental shop had it on VHS.
there is a very interesting interpretation of ECHOES, performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela : superb acoustic guitar performance ! and have a look to their video HANUMAN ....... , the location is quite interesting........ ;-)
I really think that those who discovered Pink Floyd from Animals or later and rubbish their earlier work, really need to sit down and watch Live at Pompeii while checking out what else was out there in 1971 and 1972.
At their very peak they were well ahead from the rest, and you realise that they didn’t just ride the wave of the hi fi revolution back then, they made the waves! I would also would hope this film would show them that Pink Floyd are a lot more than just Roger Waters.
The director's cut is dreadful. As soon as I saw those CGI effects of Pompeii being buried under the lava I thought, directors should be forbidden to tinker with a film. I bought the Obfuscation box set with the misunderstanding that the concert film would be included on the blu-ray disc. It turned out that it was only the musical performances. I had sold my DVD copy many years prior and was hoping to own the film again. At least it had the soundtrack, which sounds amazing. The studio footage, regardless of its historical importance as a document to the recording of Dark Side of the Moon, it ruins the overall dreamlike quality. Thankfully I burned a copy of the VHS I owned onto DVD. Not the best quality but it lacks the unnecessary footage.
what turntable do you have I bought a turntable and I want to compare them (I have a lenco ls-300wd) I don t know if its good or no for a beginner ?
It was actually a turntable my mother bought in the 70s, a Pioneer Automatic Return.
@@JTCurtisMusic So old and it still works turntables are the best,and I have a question I have a turntable without counterweight and it matters a lot if you have it? I have heard it will scratch the record and does not sound as good as the counterweight.I listen to the live at the roundhouse album from Nick Mason saucerful of secrets and sounds very good with some little buzzing but not annoying.
My favorite all time concert
The Brighton Dome version of Careful With That Axe from 1972 is possibly the best.
I just wish the original version was more widely available I’ve only ever found the directors cut with shitty cgi. Still a great film
My favorite from Pink Floyd! ❤
First thing iI bought on VHS after getting a video player.
I wonder if that other guy from the history of rock series will come up on one of these reviews
Stay tuned…
Se sabe que P.U.L.S.E y Delicate Sound of Thunder son los mejores recitales de Floyd, por su sonido y en especial por la belleza de la cinematografia, excelentes tomas, calidad de imagen y post produccion.. pero jamas dejare de decir que Live at Pompeii (en mi opinion) es el mejor registro en vivo de una banda de rock en toda la historia.. es una maravilla de la naturaleza.. el sonido, la imagen, la filmacion, ese anfiteatro vacio y lleno de misticismo, ademas las versiones de las canciones superaron por millas a las versiones originales. suena tan especial este concierto que admirar la belleza del sonido analogico/cuadrofonico y la realizacion de las secuencias en los videos lo hacen un documento historico para todas las generaciones posteriores.. LIVE AT POMPEII ES UN REGALO CELESTIAL...
If you're gonna cover this, would love to you see you talk about pulse
The Directors cut is God awful, the original theater release is the best. Love your reviews BTW. Now its available in 4k
NIck said a dark side show was filmed but the sound track is missing