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(More customer reviews)Only serious floyd collectors should buy this, otherwise buy the full concert version.
The video is heavily edited to remove any talking done during a rehearsal, so you only get partial songs. They must have stopped during parts of the songs make changes, suggestions and to tweak things. It might have been more interesting to see and hear a little of that, Instead you get video of the full band playing partial songs.
The setlist and times are as follows: Echoes 11:49, learning to fly 4:30, terminal frost 2:54, sorrow 3:42, the dogs of war 5:50, on the turning away 1:21, one of these days 0:57, time 1:49, wish you were here 3:21, welcome to the machine 1:25, us and them 2:30, money 2:25, another brick in the wall (part2) 1:48, comfortably numb 2:50, one slip 1:15, run like hell 1:17
The show starts with a good rendition of echoes (one of my favorite floyd songs) minus the part where he makes screaming and screeching noises with the guitar. It is, in my opinion, one of 2 highlights in the video. the first 5 or 6 songs are shot from 1 camera, about 150-200 feet from stage and zooms in on the guys occasionally (mainly the drummer) the circular light backdrop is there but not doing much and only a snippet of video is shown on it. Meanwhile the overzealous smoke machine operator is trying to obscure the whole band and see how much they can take breathing while trying to play and sing. The lighting is dim and video is not better than b quality (what you got with the camcorders of the day) after that the video person goes down to the stage and gets some decent close ups of the guys (fun to see them looking young in that 1987 way) spotlights occasionally give decent lighting and the backdrop does a few of its computerized movements.
Then comes the only other highlight, a real nice first part of wish you were here, its a shame they didnt do the complete song, but what they did capture brought back fond memories from that tour. The rest of the songs the video person moves to the right of the stage and gets a few shots of Richard Wright (R.I.P.) and then back to the original position. They only play snippets of the final songs but you can see a dozen or so people sitting on the floor out in front of the stage obviously enjoying the taste of the tour to come. Overall the sound was pretty good, although David Gilmour did not put his whole heart into it, as it was just a rehearsal. The video is B quality bootleg that would only be appreciated by collectors.
I saw this tour and was thrilled that Pink Floyd was not dead without Rodger Waters. I was impressed with the neon glowing drumsticks during Time, the giant unfolding mirrored ball, and the incredible computer controlled backdrop, laser banks and swiveling light clusters that were advertised to have shone a light on every seat in the arena at at least one point in the show. What I didnt like was they had to stay tight to play with the effects and only had a couple of moments to improvise, which in atlanta were totally wasted, no guitar solos, no spontinaity, they relied too much on the machines they brought to provide the wow factor in the show, and probably played the songs the same way in every city. I will have to go back and watch the video of the full show "momentary lapse of reason" and savor it once again.
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David Gilmour (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), Nick Mason (drums, vocals), Tim Renwick (guitars, vocals), Gary Wallis (percussion), Jon Carin (keyboards, vocals), Guy Pratt (bass, vocals), Scott Page (saxophones, guitar), Rachel Fury (backing vocals), Margaret Taylor (backing vocals). Songs included: Echoes ,Learning To Fly , Terminal Frost ,Sorrow, The Dogs Of War, On The Turning Away,One Of These Days ,Time ,Wish You Were Here , Welcome To The Machine , Us And Them ,Money, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) ,Comfortably Numb ,One Slip,Run Like Hell. Recorded August 7, 1987 at Toronto Pearson Airport (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Rehearsal) A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Floyd album after Roger Water left the band in 1985. Due to his retirement the critique expected to have lost the impulsive creative power of Pink Floyd. But David Gilmour determined to present another floydian album and didn t dread due to the continuing judicial debates with Waters. He put together the funding and also worked with diverse co-songwriters and guest musicians to succeed in his plan. The album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason not only looked like a Floyd-album but also sounded like the classic Pink Floyd such as Wish You Were Here . It was to describe it with the words of sound critic Hugh Fielder a comeback over the wall in the country where diamonds are crazy, moons have dark sides and mothers have atom hearts. Already one month before the release of the album the musicians met in Toronto to rehearse for the world tour which started parallel to the release of the album.
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