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Rodrigo y Gabriela Share 20-Minute Live Rendition of Pink Floyd’s ‘Echoes’
If you’ve been missing live shows and need an ambitious 20-minute roller-coaster of a cover to ease your spirits, Rodrigo y Gabriela got you covered. On Monday, the pair announced their latest live record, Mettavolution Live, including their latest Flamenco-inspired rendition of Pink Floyd’s 1971 “Echoes.” The cut shows the skillful duo going back-and-forth in front of a live audience that follows along with every move. Through some wild plucking and impressive use of timing, the dueling guitarists bring everything to the stage in the 2019 recording. “We are big Pink Floyd fans,” the duo says. “That track, especially the live in Pompeii version means a lot to us. Besides that, the lyrics are even more relevant now than they were 45 years ago: the search for knowledge about ourselves, ...
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Releases First Solo Song in Five Years
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is back with his first new song in five years. The song, “Yes, I Have Ghosts,” was released in conjunction with his wife’s (Holly Samson) audiobook for her recently released novel. The song wasn’t available on its own until today. The song features Gilmour’s daughter Romany. “Polly’s vivid and poetic writing, coupled with her very natural narration voice, made joining forces to produce the audio version of A Theatre for Dreamers a fantastic and fulfilling experience,” Gilmour said in a statement. “The audiobook format has so much untapped potential, and I am surprised more musicians have not creatively collaborated with authors, narrators and audiobook producers in this way before. The two worlds seem to seamlessly link, and music can reall...
Watch Roger Waters Play New Version of Pink Floyd’s ‘Two Suns in the Sunset’
Roger Waters reminded us all of our possible collective demise while debuting his new studio version of Pink Floyd ballad “Two Suns in the Sunset,” the closing song from the band’s 1983 LP, The Final Cut. The songwriter tracked the tune with his touring band in a socially distanced format, each member contributing their parts remotely. The group — which would have accompanied Waters on his postponed This Is Not a Drill jaunt — features My Morning Jacket’s Bo Koster on Hammond organ, Lucius vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, drummer Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Ultraísta), guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster, keyboardist Jon Carin and saxophonist Ian Ritchie. The clip opens with a bleak text, reminding fans, “We’re at one hundred seconds to midnight on the doomsday c...
Pink Floyd Share Deep Cuts and Alternate Versions in New Playlist
If you ever needed any more playlists for listening in lockdown, Pink Floyd has launched “Syd, Roger, Richard, Nick and David – An Evolving Pink Floyd Playlist” today (May 22). Kicking off with “Us & Them (Live at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London 1974)” from their 2011 Immersion box set of The Dark Side of The Moon, the band plans to add a new track every day. And they run the gamut from different versions of well-known songs to deep cuts from Pink Floyd’s catalog. “Beginning today Syd, Roger, Richard, Nick and David is a new & evolving playlist from Pink Floyd. During this uncertain period, make time each day to immerse yourself in music; each day we will add a new track into the playlist,” the band tweeted. They also added, “We hope you enjoy reconnecting with these tracks over t...
Roger Waters Rips David Gilmour Over Pink Floyd Website Access: ‘David Thinks He Owns It’
If you thought that time would soften the forever-going feud between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, think again! In a video posted on Tuesday, Waters ripped his ex-Pink Floyd bandmate, saying that Gilmour has cut off his access to the Pink Floyd website and that Gilmour thinks he owns it. “Nothing from me is on the website — I am banned by David Gilmour from the website,” Waters said, clearly irked. “I think he thinks because I left the band in 1985 that he owns Pink Floyd, that he is Pink Floyd and that I’m irrelevant that I should keep my mouth shut. We’re all welcome to our opinions,” he said later on. Things have been on-and-off since 1985, when Waters left the band and wanted to take hold of the Pink Floyd name. He sued his former bandmates over the name and they ...
Roger Waters Plays Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’ In Quarantine
On Sunday, Roger Waters shared a new quarantine performance, this time opting for a Pink Floyd classic. The bassist played The Wall’s “Mother” from his studio and was joined by his touring band via video. “Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world,” he captioned the clip on Twitter. “Watching ‘Mother’ reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band is.” Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world. Watching “Mother” reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band is. pic.twitter.com/F4fxQCfbd6 — Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) May 17, 2020 This isn’t the first song Waters has shared since the world went on lockdown. Last month, he shared a rendition of Victor Jara’s protest anthem “The Right to Live in Peace.” He also covered John P...
David Gilmour Covers a Pair of Syd Barrett Solo Songs
Previously in his ongoing Von Trapped livestreams that he records with his family while in quarantine, David Gilmour has covered Leonard Cohen while helping his wife, Polly Samson’s new book Theater for Dreamers. Now, he’s certainly taken things up a notch. In the latest one, Gilmour covered late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, performing “Octopus” and “Dominoes” from a pair of albums from 1970 — The Madcap Laughs and Barrett respectively. In addition to performing the songs, Gilmour shared some stories from his time being in a band with Barrett. The genesis of these stories came from Gilmour’s proofreading a forthcoming book of Barrett’s lyrics. “Octopus” starts at 17:35 and “Dominoes” starts at 32:50 of the broadcast. Samson’s Theater for Dreamers was supposed t...
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