Posts by Kenneth Clark7

So, what exactly are you asking when you wonder what happened to Syd?

I haven't actually sat down to watch Election yet, so you're probably right on that one... I really ought to track it down and give it a look sometime soon. As for Joaquin Phoenix, I've always had a pretty decent opinion of him anyway...👍

He even played alongside Eric Clapton and Waters 😉
Pink Floyd The Wall. That’s what always caught my eye about it...

I’m guessing he’s talking about the actors, given where Reese has been appearing lately 🙂
It’s funny, I didn't even hear much about her until I sat down to watch Walk the Line. I was actually a little let down when I realized she was a Harvard blonde, but then again... 😁

I’m totally on the same page as Zachary Bishop82. I mean, what even counts as "selling out"? Once a band jumps from playing tiny clubs to selling out stadiums, they've basically crossed that line already. The masses buy the record they recorded in some sweaty garage, that demand pushes them onto the big stages—because hey, you gotta make money while the iron is hot—and eventually, it becomes physically impossible for them to ever play a small club again. Personally, I think catching a tribute band like "Eclipse" at a local dive bar is wonderful enough, though honestly, having Pink Floyd play a venue like that would probably trigger a riot among the fans...
Even the guys in Pink Floyd themselves have admitted more than once how pointless it feels to play stuff from before Meddle, and there are certain albums where they just can't wrap their heads around why they even bothered recording such nonsense in the first place.
If you ask me, there wasn't much of a leap between the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" tour and the "Pulse" tour. They were essentially playing the exact same set. For someone like me, who hasn't been lucky enough to catch them live since back in '94, it would be absolutely legendary if they just did one massive farewell tour. But I get it... they don't have anything fresh to bring to the table, nothing new to show us, and they either can't recycle the old hits or maybe they just don't feel like playing them anymore...
And making some kind of radical, experimental pivot just to alienate the fanbase? No, that’s just not how this well-oiled machine operates...

There are those rare moments when Bob Dylan isn't just playing a role or feeding the crowd some carefully curated illusion of being "one of them"... take that night back in '99 when he played about 15 or 16 songs before heading out to Vienna. The crowd there—especially the die-hards who had been following him tour after tour—was absolutely floored by how much energy he was throwing at them, how connected he felt to the room... he even went out of his way to shake hands with a few folks right in the front row. It felt real, you know? And then, after a quick little huddle with the band where they seemed to be asking, "Hey, you guys up for one more?" he actually stepped back up and delivered a 17th song...

It feels a little bit lazy, doesn't it... just tossing Cream in parentheses right next to Eric Clapton like that... I mean, has anyone actually sat down and listened to Derek & The Dominos or Blind Faith lately?

I honestly think an encore is mostly just a way for the performers to catch their breath, you know? It gives them that moment to regroup and find that extra bit of energy needed to bring the whole show home with a bang... though I suppose whether they stick to the usual "greatest hits" routine or decide to throw in a curveball because the crowd is feeling particularly electric—maybe extending the night or adding a deep cut—really just comes down to the vibe of the room at that specific moment.
Some bands have these incredibly rigid, cookie-cutter setlists where there’s zero room for spontaneity, which feels a bit pointless to me if you ask me... whereas other acts have such unpredictable sets that people are willing to fly halfway across Europe just to catch them live.
The one thing that stays true regardless of the band, though, is that nobody is going to surprise you by playing some obscure new track during the encore; it’s almost always the heavy hitters the crowd is waiting for, those classic anthems everyone knows by heart...

Honestly, whenever I hear someone claiming that Pink Floyd just isn't worth listening to without Syd, it sounds like total nonsense to me... like they're just being stubborn for the sake of it. To my ears, the "Echoes" album and that "Live AT Pompei" documentary are easily some of the most incredible things I've ever heard from Pink Floyd, and honestly, a huge part of that magic comes down to those beautiful Gilmour guitar parts.

Honestly, you’d need some serious patience to sit through that whole thing, but in the end, it just kind of fell flat 🙂

Man, I said I wrote about the "Echoes" album, but what I actually meant was "Meddle"... my brain just slipped on "Echoes" because that Gilmour guitar work in that track is absolutely insane... just unreal...

There’s a show happening tomorrow night in New York City, and honestly, I didn't even realize the tour was happening until it was already completely sold out 🙂

It is an interesting bit of news, though... Wright is playing with him. It feels a little strange that Mason wasn't invited, especially since I know he's actually the one who wants to play with them more than anything else... I suppose Gilmour probably just didn't want to deal with any extra drama or complications.

Man, seriously, where on earth did you manage to squeeze Clapton into this mess?
I guess I just realized while reading this that we really ought to specify what kind of setlists we actually want from these so-called "supergroups"... personally, I’d love nothing more than to hear a version of "Layton" performed by a band led by someone like Slash, assuming they aren't all too wasted to even find their instruments on stage 😬

wiredlynx3 said:The greatest band out there has been around for ages, and they go by the name The E Street Band.

Look, they might be the best, but let's be real here... they aren't the best band in existence, just the best Springsteen band, if that's even what we're talking about...😛>

I’ve been hearing a whole lot of noise lately about how Joaquin Phoenix is "overacting"... and honestly, I think that’s just what people say when they haven't actually sat down and watched the raw, unfiltered energy of a true Johnny-esque performance before. It’s easy to criticize if you don't get it, but I find myself nodding along with Kyle Green3 on this one—he absolutely nailed the imitation, from those specific little gestures down to the way he handles the guitar...
As for Reese... 😍

I guess a lot of how people view music just comes down to what clicks with them personally... I see everyone throwing album titles around and all that, which is fine, and look, I’ll be the first to admit that the Grateful Dead didn't exactly drop a mountain of studio masterpieces, so I get why some folks aren't feeling them. But my whole approach to music is more about that bootleg energy, you know? I’ve always been obsessed with artists who constantly reinvent their own sound, like Bob Dylan, or those jam bands that just live for the moment, and generally anything that feels raw, unpolished, and improvised 🙂

At the end of the day, I respect whatever anyone else is into.
Deep down, though, I'm still a total hippie 😉

Peace

🙂

I’ve always had a soft spot for those hippie types... there's just something about that whole vibe that I can't help but love😬

Adam Moore said:I don't know, it just gives me those Traveling Wilburys vibes... whatever.

What exactly about this reminds you of them, though? I'm actually curious to hear your take on that...

Anyway, what's everyone's problem with Jerry anyway?

Adam Moore said:honestly, any group that brings Jerry Garcia along deserves a slow, agonizing end... those "supergroups" are usually total garbage because the second you get a handful of massive egos in one room, everything just falls apart.

In the lineup I put together, Lesh and Garcia actually come from the same outfit. And look, Dylan isn't an "ego" in that way you might be thinking about when you look at dynamics like Paul / John or Mick / Keith... he's just different.
Do you even know who Levon Helm is? Probably the most humble, genuinely talented musician out there. Maybe David Gilmour doesn't quite fit the vibe, if we're being real... but this isn't some manufactured, overhyped supergroup anyway.

swiftcyclist12 said:like the Real Madrid

Noah.
The truth is, Bob Dylan has actually played with everyone except David Gilmour at this point...
It would be more like FC Barcelona...