What I didn’t like was Great Gig in the Sky. I guess you can always argue whether the actual playing was as good as Pulse or other classic version, but the tone is… I mean, come on! I love that he used it for the verse sections, you can hear that lovely swirl under the vocals, and the solos sounded out of this world. Still, you can’t beat this end of a show and I still can’t believe that David brought back the old Electric Mistress for this tour. I must admit that Comfortably Numb is one of those Floyd songs I always skip these days. A small detail was Chester Kamen’s dotted eight arpeggios throughout the song. The intro is deadly as hell and the band sounded amazing during the solo, which David nailed to the point with what sounded like a Big Muff. Sorrow was probably the high point for me, as it was in 2015. Pratt sounded awesome although I wish he would drop the slapping and use a pick. One of These Days was phenomenal and I love how they used the old samples and even added the piano throughout the song as heard on the album version.
Anyway, amazing solo (sounded like a Big Muff with a hint of delay) and it’s great to both hear and see how the band is creating a powerful backing for Gilmour. Not sure I like the chorus part, with the backup singers taking the lead, although I can understand that it’s out of David’s range at this point. In Any Tongue really blew me away when I saw them live in 2015 and this version is equally powerful. A beautiful version, with stellar lap steel and vocal performances.
This was presented by David as a tribute to Rick and in the documentary he also talks about how much he misses him and that playing in Pompeii brought back all the memories.
David nailed all the little fills and licks, with what sounded like a Tube Driver set for high gain and mostly the neck pickup. Awesome version and very close to the one on Pulse. The first being What Do You Want From Me. I won’t go into detail on all the songs but there was a number of highlights. You get a real sense of being there, of course the big cinema screen helps, and the beauty of the amphitheatre and its surroundings. They’ve done an amazing job capturing the atmosphere of the place and the performance. This is something else and I can only begin to imagine what it must have been like to experience this. You can’t really beat the setting and venue. Nice presentation of the band members as well. There were no surprises but it’s always great to watch closeups of his guitars, amps and pedals. It puts you in the right mood and it’s always nice to hear David talk, rather enthusiastically, about the album and the tour. The short documentary was nice but I hope it will be longer on the DVD/Blue Ray. The projecting and sound system is top of the line and did great justice to the film and performance. I went with a friend at probably the best cinema in Norway. It needs to be big and bold, with bombs, lasers and beautiful lighting. You’re taken back to those classic performances and you get a strong feeling of this is where David belong. It is no doubt that with this tour, David is now embracing his Pink Floyd legacy to the fullest. Although I really didn’t care much for the Rattle That Lock album, see my review here, I was in awe over the shows. I was very fortunate to see David perform three nights in London’s Royal Albert Hall in September 2015. Here’s my review of the screening of David Gilmour Live at Pompeii. Almost to the day 45 years after Pink Floyd filmed their legendary performance. The show was filmed in the Roman amphitheatre last July.
Pink Floyd recently launched the four-part weekly concert series with a stream of a 1994 London show from the band’s Division Bell tour, as seen on the home release, “Pulse.This week David Gilmour premiered his new spectacular concert film at over 2500 cinemas across the globe. Guitarist David Gilmour returned to Italy to perform at the legendary location in 2016, as captured on his own “Live At Pompeii” release. “Live At Pompeii” will appear online as part of the month-long YouTube Film Festival for a period of 24 hours only. The 2016 re-edited version of the concert – as featured in “The Early Years 1965-1972” box set – presents the complete performance of the group’s 1971 epic, “Echoes”, in one clip, while it was previously cut into two segments for the original film version. Pink Floyd continue their new weekly series of concert videos with a stream of their 1972 film, “Live At Pompeii.”ĭirected by Adrian Maben, the project captures the band performing without an audience in the historic Roman amphitheatre of Pompeii over four days in the fall of 1971.