You know how things like this start: some loopy ol' fella that hasn't been a part of your band for thirty-odd years goes and dies, and a dustcloud of rumours gets kicked up, causing everyone around to start coughing "reunion" into their money-grabbing hands...
OR, maybe the remaining members of Pink Floyd do want to perform together to mark the passing of former member Syd Barrett, without lucre even invading the smallest corner of their minds? Yeah, probably, although nothing concrete has actually been announced. Obviously. Pink Floyd don't work that way. Not until a rumour's grown to skyscraper proportions, anyway.
A friend of the band told the Daily Telegraph: "They didn't want to let Syd go without a huge send-off." Which, obviously, translates as "There will be a massive show somewhere like Hyde Park that'll cost a shitload of money to get into and Roger Waters will walk off after half-an-hour because David Gilmour will refuse to play 'When The Tigers Broke Free'".
Or. Something. Pink Floyd, as you're no doubt aware of, turned down a mega-bucks offer to tour in the States after their Live8 show in London last summer. Now, though, it would seem they're ready for a final (?) performance, despite drummer Nick Mason's claim before Barrett's death that David Gilmour "really has no interest in reviving the band".
DiScuss: Gonna happen? Not a chance? D'ya think they should? Did you see them at Live8? Isn't The Division Bell much better than you remember?
god i
hate gilmour
I'd pay more
to hear them not play When The Tigers Broke Free. Shudder.
I saw their Live8 performance on TV, and I was really impressed with it (I was quite drunk at the time though). I think a big Hyde Park show would be good.
*yawn*
pink floyd, the smiths, stone roses... none of them will ever reform.
can we move on now ?
did anyone see
gilmour on jools holland?
absolute torture
its
quite a good album, his new one. or maybe the production is just so beautiful that i looked past the fact that he's not done anything new for 10 years.
i
think they will headline next years glastonbury. :D
Glastonbury
Michael Eavis said on saturday at glastonbury he's getting a band that haven't played together for 35years and at that time they were the biggest band in the world.
But Pink Floyd played together last year
er
cream?
id rather it was pink floyd.
Cream
played last year at the Halls of Royal Albert.
Freddie and the dreamers?
Bastards
As long as its not Wings I'll be a happy happy man.
I fucking hate Wings.
They were the band
the Beatles COULD have been.
i
think at the time he said that neither cream or pink floyd had played yet.
no.
Freddie is dead.
Johnny
Hates Jazz would be a more welcome reformation
I wish they'd just fuck off...floyd without Syd was never that great anyway...
They seem like an eminently unlikable bunch, the floyd...
Surely
Pink Floyd should perform without Gilmour and just perform Barrett's songs
yeah...
cos that'd be, like, amazing.
(fuck, that ball of sarcasm just broke one of my bestest typing fingers).
re; other stuff...
yes, The Division Bell IS better than you remember.
and it'd be pretty awesome if they did play just the one last Hyde Park show (so i could go) AND played When The Tigers Broke Free (i love The Final Cut, me).
fuck it... when are Bogshed gonna reform?
i heard
the band who hadn't played for 35 years or whatever and playing glastonbury was Dire Straights.
although I have no idea if its true.
ooh
DIRE straits. It's all in the name isn't it...
Other bands that haven't played in 35 years (or slightly longer)
The Beatles (somewhat unlikely)
Buffalo Springfield
Jimi Hendrix Experience (now that would be impressive. maybe Mitch mitchell could do some corpse puppetry with the aid of some strings attached to his big toe. I'm sure he could play the drums at the same time)
The Hollies
13th Floor Elevators
(Roky Ericcson + musos)
The Seeds
(Sly Saxon + musos)
Love (Arthur Lee + a new set of musos)
The Byrds
(McGuinn, Hillman, Crosby + musos)
The Mama(s) and Papa(s)
(only one of each left).
Love
Bollocks. They've been touring for the past 5 years. I saw them in 2004 at the Liverpool Summer Pops supported by the Zutons. The Zutons were better than them.
I'd love to see the Floyd reform. I've been listening to Dark Side all this week and its immense. As is Live at Pompeii.
i too
was at that gig and thought the same thing
Let it go
Live 8 was the perfect event and the perfect way to close Pink Floyd's history. They dedicated Wish You Were Here to, and mentioned Syd Barrett warmly in front of the whole world that night. I love Pink Floyd, but it does seem excessive at this point to carry on. If a reunion is going to happen again it shouldn't be so soon. The reunion rumors get tedious.
I was with you all the way...
Until you said Live 8 was the perfect event. Couldn't quite concentrate after that.
maybe they'll
write some new music...
ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
etc.
i'm waiting for Cay to reform, gotta save my readies for that rather than this bunch of golden oldies...
Awesome band
I was at Live 8 and their performance was utterly captivating. For a band who hadn't played together in that long to be on that good form was astounding. 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Comfortably Numb' were absolutely amazing. Anyone should pay to hear the latter - I'm so glad I got to hear it live in my life time.
As for the Division Bell - I loves it - 'Take It Back' and 'Poles Apart' in particular sound amazing still.
Oh
what a load of shite.
Stop patronising them with all this "they haven't played for, like, sooo long man!... Now pass me the doobie... hehehehe... cool" nonsense.
It wasn't that long. Look it up. And it certainly wasn't that good.
Dino-fucking-saurs.