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Delicate Sound of Thunder is still the best ever
I have to agree with J Hunter that this is the best Floyd video ever. The beautifully crafted cinematography, effortlessly flowing from scene to scene... looks like Spielberg and Lucas with an unlimited budget. And the music? Time... Comfortably Numb... enough said. Pulse, on the other hand, looks like it was shot on a cheap camcorder, by someone who snuck into the concert. Don't get me wrong... the music is wonderful... High Hopes (from Pulse) is one of my top 5 all-time favorites. But the photography... the lighting is garish... reminds me of the earliest videos where they just strobed the bands with nightmarishly bright colors. And there was way too much time spent showing abstract footage on the big screen, (which to me, is just distracting) and not enought time on the band. Sombody criticized DSoT for spending too much time on Gilmour... and I would have liked a little more time on Mason and Wright... but after all, Gilmour's guitar is the heart and soul of Floyd, the musical "voice" of the band. And he is the lead singer. I got tired of waiting for the DVD to come out, so I made my own from the VHS tape. Its still an incredible visual feast.
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How about Nick Mason & Richard Wright?
Seems as if the * of the show is David Gilmour? How about a little more footage for the rest of the band instead of 90% Gilmour & the three girls? I thought Mason & Wright could rock-on a lot more than they did with this concert. Gilmore seemed pretty restrained too. Is it an age thing? Is Santana the only 60's rocker with any youthful energy left?
Also, guess I'm old school as the production is too MTV'ish for my tastes. Less fancy lighting with thoses aggravating 1 seconds clips and more/ longer shots of the musicians (besides Gilmour & the three girls, please)! Their performance seemed almost too polished without much movement for most of the concert. Maybe it will grow on me, but it's nothing like their early 70's "Live at Pompeii" tape. I rest my case.
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Pink Floyd's finest concert video
After watching this "Momentary Lapse of Reason" concert, I promptly bought the video when it became available. The same shivers ran down my spine as I watched it. Songs including "Learning to fly", "Run like Hell", "Sorrow", "Great Gig in the Sky" blow me away on this video. I have watched every Pink Floyd DVD available and am in disbelief at how none of them even compare to my VHS copy of "The Delicate Sound of Thunder". This is the Best Pink Floyd video... I'm not sure why it hasn't been released on DVD yet, but I hope and pray that it will be someday soon!
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Grammy winner.....
If memory serves (and I have a brain like a seive these days), this VHS video won a GRAMMY that year (1987?) for "Best Video--Long Version".
I own this VHS video and would someone please let me know when it comes out on DVD.
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Been there, done that... and CAN'T WAIT to see it on DVD!
I really, REALLY, hope this is true, that they're considering putting this out on NTSC DVD. If not, I'm going to have to hurt someone.
I saw PF in Raleigh, N.C. in 1988 at NCSU's Carter-Finley Stadium (Go Wolfpack!) with my best friend from high school. An amazing tour. Probably one of the best concerts I've ever been to. This was David Gilmour at the top of his game. It blows my mind that it was 18 years ago. I still remember the rain lifting about 30 minutes after the show started and being taken in by the swirling, engulfing surround sound they had set up (several speakers behind and around the audience) and seeing the lasers penetrate into the clouds and beyond. I thought THIS is what a rock concert is all about. DSoT on VHS does a pretty good job already of recapturing the mood and atmosphere, so DVD is bound to be impressive.
It's a travesty that it has not been released on DVD already. In this sad, sad, American Idol crazed world, our children are going to have a hard time appreciating real music without wonderful relics (no pun intended PF fans) like this to reflect on. Of course I have it on VHS, but stereo just can't do it justice like 5.1/6.1 surround. I'll probably go out and buy extra speakers/subwoofers to wake the dead WHEN they release it.
I'll take the counterpoint on what some others have said and say that the slo-mo and otherwise more thoughtful and dramatic cinematography in DSoT is actually what makes it superior to Pulse. PF is and always has been about the entire music experience, visually and aurally, and although Pulse's audio seems mixed tastefully, Pulse is unfortunately shot about as sterile as Dick Clark's Rock'n Eve, by comparison. They should have fired that director or cinematographer. But even on VHS, DSoT puts you IN the show and reminds you why progressive rock bands call them 'concept albums.'
So put your vote in people (see the upper right corner of the page... or start an online petition) and get this bad boy to press and out the door! Meanwhile, I'll be ticking away the moments ... ya know... Peace.
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