(cheers and applause)
(music begins)
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast,
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought, I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladen, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
>> I first became aware of Pink Floyd in 1979, when Another Brick in the Wall
was an unlikely Christmas number one single in the UK.
>> My Uncle and Aunty were big Pink Floyd fans,
so I can remember them playing The Wall.
>> I said I wanted that album, mother said something about
not wanting any education was a bad thing...
So uh, took me a while to get that album.
(music)
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could
By pouring their derision
Upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
(laughter)
But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night,
their fat and Psychopathic wives
would thrash them Within inches of their lives
Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh
Ahhhh, Ahhhhhh,
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey teacher leave them kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
[Fourth Form Music Class Islington Green School, London]
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey teacher leave us kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
(cheers and applause) (music continues)
>> It's not just learning to play the songs, not just learning the notes.
It's also getting the sounds right as well
we use a lot of, sort of modern, up to date equipment
rather than using the vintage stuff that Pink Floyd used back in the day.
With the exception of a Fender Strat guitar.
We use things like a Fractal Audio Axe FX units
to get most of our sounds and I use some older Roland and Boss units
to get that vast pallet of David Gilmour guitar sounds.
(Music)
>> So achieving the sound... Obviously a lot of time spent
over the years just actually listening to the parts really carefully,
developing the exact parts, so it would come across the same every night.
But a lot of the credit as got to go to Gareth really,
who is our Front of House sound engineer.
He's helped me a lot with the sounds, he's the absolute expert.
I get Gareth's input a lot and then he works on sounds,
using either the Muze, which is kind of a computer we use for soft synths
and orchestral parts and lots of different stuff or the Nord Stage 2.
(music)
Welcome my son,
welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been.
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,
provided with toys and Scouting for Boys.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn't like school,
and you know you're nobody's fool,
So, welcome (welcome, welcome)
to the machine.
(vocalizing)
Welcome
to the machine.
>> There's such a wealth of good Pink Floyd music fortunately
that we get to bring new songs in still and keeps it fresh and exciting for us
and also for the people who come along to the concerts.
>> My favorite Floyd album? That'd have to be Animals.
I really like the visceral vocals and Roger's way of really attacking them.
(music)
Bleating and babbling we fell on ,,his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.
Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told
Get out of the road if you want to grow old
>> I use to work where anything can happen on stage...
And what I found different with Brit Floyd is the precision,
the professionality from the technical parts, video,
audio and lights to stage, to all the music parts.
Everything is very precise
and I am honored to sing with a band like this.
(music)
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter,
never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught
or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
(cheers and applause)
(Cheers and Applause)
(Music)
>> I sing a vocal with Ian on Shine On and I try to adapt my voice to suit his tone.
It's not always easy.
As time goes on, you get to know each other's voices.
I just kind of blend my voice to suit the part that I sing with him.
(music)
Remember when you were young,
you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught in the crossfire
of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target
for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend,
you martyr, and shine!
>> There's a lot of ground to cover between all the '60s to basically now.
You got Roger Waters in the early days and later on with Guy Pratt
playing some modern basses and modern techniques.
It's really all in the fingers or the pic, depending on the song.
Which pick-ups you use.
Just how you play the instrument and of-course how,, it's E.Q.'d,
which is really down to Gareth Darlington, our sound guy,
who has to match the sound to the venue and it's a team effort.
(music)
Her love rains down on me
as easy as the breeze
I listen to her breathing
it sounds like the waves on the sea
I was thinking all about her,
burning with rage and desire.
We were spinning into darkness
the earth was on fire.
She could take it back,
she might take it back some day.
So I spy on her, I lie to her,
I make promises I cannot keep.
Then I hear her laughter rising,
rising from the deep.
And I make her prove her love for me,
I take all that I can take.
And I push her to the limit
to see if she will break.
She might take it back, she could take it back some day.
>> When I'm singing the Gilmour,
I can sing in a proper traditional singing style.
It's very easy on my voice.
When I'm singing the Roger Water's stuff, I hav,,e to sing that more in character.
It's a lot of fun.
I feel like I'm in character when ,,I'm singing the Water's stuff
and like to stare down people in the audience a bit more and sneer a bit.
(Clapping) >> Enjoy Yourselves!
>> That's better!
(screeching scream) (clapping)
(music)
Run, run, run, run
You better make your face up in Your favourite disguise
With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes
With your empty smile And your hungry heart
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
With your nerves in tatters
As the cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter Down your door
You better run
>> Choreography, it's ideas that come from the song really.
I usually come up with a few moves that I think suits the song.
And then we girls get together.
Obviously, if they like it, we go with it. If not, we'll tweak it.
It is all down to the song.
>> Choreography is actually a big part and I love th,,at the three of us
are working together as one, becoming a unit.
>> Young Lust - that kind of track where we can have a little bit more fun,
get a chance to be a bit more raunchy and a bit more free with the routines.
Set the Controls - we're just a little bit more mystical,
you know, a bit more flowing and stuff.
It really works with the tracks.
(Music)
>> I discovered Pink Floyd when I was very young.
I found a music cassette of PULSE, which really changed my life.
Because I really was in love with that music
and I started to listen to it everyday and it was a kind of obsession,
but a very good one.
>> I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em ,,a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it?
I mean he get off lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing -
I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion,,, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"
(music)
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice.
The old man died.
>> One of the best venues I've ever seen and I've played at,
amongst venues I've never even played at - Red Rocks is just amazing.
The natural setting. The energy of the audience.
When you're there it's a wall of 10,000 people going straight up.
It's something to behold.
>> So many great artists have played there over the years.
It's literally soaked into the rocks, the artists that have played there.
So it's always exciting to get to step out there, on that stage.
>> Red Rocks is brilliant, it's my favorite place to play.
>> Oh definitely Red Rocks. >> Definitely Red Rocks, it's the best.
(loses, shouts in Italian)
>> Red Rocks, it's amazing.
I think every time we do it It get's better and better.
(music)
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
(crowd cheers)
(cheers and applause)
>> A lot of the tunes are fun to play,
cause there's lots of variety, lots of different styles, eras.
But in terms of piano and just as a whole piece of work it's got to be Echoes.
(Music)
>> My favorite Pink Floyd tracks to perform.
I really enjoy playing Echoes, cause there's a lot of freedom in it.
I also enjoy Time. I discovered Pink Floyd in my teens.
Driving around in a friends car, listening to Dark Side of the Moon.
>> Dark Side of the Moon is just one of those albums.
I mean it may sound clich, but put headphones on,
turn the lights off and give it a listen.
It's just a masterpiece from start to finish.
(music)
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy
beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
everyone you meet
All that you slight
everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
>> At school I can remember a kid called me into his dormitory
and he was like, you got to listen to this piece of music
and played Great Gig in the Sky,
but I had no idea what it was and he didn't tell me the name.
He just said, listen to this woman,
she's singing and screaming and it's brilliant.
(Music)
(spoken) I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind.
Why should I be frightened of dying?
I see no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime.
(music and vocalization)
>> We girls, have our parts that we sing.
>> When you put together your voices, you become like an instrument, like a path.
And I think that the beautiful thing is to be connected, to listen, to enjoy,
to get together the tune, the vibrations, the emotions, right?
>> Singing with three backup singers that are so powerful. It's an experience!
>> Singing with other two singers, blending is important.
Listening is equally important.
So that we come together as one tone or one chord.
(music)
Why won't you talk to me
I feel like I'm drowning
You never talk to me
You know I can't breathe now
What are you thinking
We're going nowhere
What are you feeling
We're going nowhere
Why won't you talk to me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here
(spoken) It doesn't have to be like this.
(spoken) All we need to do is make sure we eat our cake
>> Yes, also I get to do a solo on Mother.
It can be quite emotional singing that song.
Such a big vocal to do for me.
It's a great song and you must, must tell them that we need to do ,,# it more!
(music)
ooh, babe,
ooh, oooh
Mother, do you think she's good enough?
(For me?)
Mother, do you think she's dangerous?
(Tell me?)
Mother, will she tear your little boy apart?
Ooh, aah,
mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through
Mama's gonna wait up till you get in
Mama will always find out where you've been
Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
ooh, babe,
ooh, babe You'll always be a baby to me
>> One of my roles as Musical Director is to decide
what versions Pink Floyd songs we choose to do.
Whether it be a studio version or a live version.
Something more like Pink Floyd played live on the Pulse album,
The middle extended jam section which we've introduced
into the way we perform Money in the last couple years.
(Music)
(vocalizing)
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise
that they're giving none away
away, away, away, away, away
"HuHuh! I was in the right!" "Yes, absolutely in the right!"
"I certainly was in the right!" "You was definitely in the right.
That geezer was cruising for a bruising!" "Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do anything?" "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2.
He was asking why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling
and screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
>> I think the message Pink Floyd has in their lyrics, with their emotions,
with their harmonies, with their solos,
landscapes that they create are just amazing
and it's a real honor to share this amazing music
with so many audiences all around the world.
(music)
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be No more turning away?
>> When it comes to Pink Floyd, David Gilmour's vocals,
his guitar playing, Roger Waters' lyrics.
For me, It doesn't get any better than Comfortably Numb.
(music)
I have become comfortably numb
O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb.
>> The band at the moment
is performing somewhere in the region of 140-150 shows a year.
I've been performing Pink Floyd music for 24 years.
At a rough guestimate over that period of time,
I'm well into playing 2,000 shows and we get to visit some amazing places.
We get to play in so many countries around Europe
and North and South America.
It's been an amazing opportunity to get to see all these places in t,,he world,
whilst playing such great music.
(Music)
(cheers and applause)
Thank you very much!
(cheers and applause continue)
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