Pink Floyd randomly re-united for Roger Water's The Wall
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s6P2pkXpG0 - Comfortably Numb with Gilmour. What a solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPzwmfRJ ... re=related - Full Band
PRO SHOT ON ROGER'S, DAVID'S OR PINK FLOYD WALL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPzwmfRJ ... re=related - Full Band
PRO SHOT ON ROGER'S, DAVID'S OR PINK FLOYD WALL!
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Wasn't that random. There was some charity event last year and they raised a certain amount or somebody donated a huge wad of cash to get Gilmour into it.
Dunno if you guys can see this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13389333
But it was totally unplanned, no one really knew, was also only the 2nd show out of 6.. The reporter was just told to go down as something big was gonna happen. Nick Mason was dragged up on stage too as he was there during comfortably numb but obviously he wanted to bring him up.
Just rechecked.....here's how it happened.
The gig with David
Today at 4:57pm
So here's what happened. Last year, 'The Hoping Foundation' a charity that supports Palestinian refugee kids, (http://www.hopingfoundation.org) put on a fund raiser at Ronnie Scott's Club in London, the idea of which was to raise money by auctioning karaoke performances by various celebrities. David was there as a supporter and was moved to perform an impromptu rendition of George Gershwin's 'Summertime?' which he performed aided and abetted by supermodel Kate Moss.
In the wake of that evening, someone, I think it was David himself, came up with this 'Wouldn't it be funny', idea. What if he (David that is) were to sing the old Teddy Bears song 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' with me (Roger that is), what with us having been so famously at each other's throats for years and years. Get it!!!! Anyway he E-mailed me with this suggestion and I loved it, so then it was just a question of juggling dates and deciding to do 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Comfortably Numb' to round out our little set. Or so I thought, until he sent me a number of very musical and eloquent demos of how we could do the song in two-part harmony. I listened with a sinking heart, knowing that David, with his superior vocal skills, could sing either part standing on his head, whilst I would have to search for a different key and then struggle through hours and hours of routining a performance that lay way outside my vocal comfort zone. To my eternal shame I bottled out and told Dave I would happily do 'Wish You Were Here' and 'C. Numb', but that 'To Know him is to Love him' was beyond me.
Some weeks passed with David cajoling me from time to time, telling me how easy it would be, but I clung resolutely to my fear of failure until one day he made one final entreaty. I quote "If you do 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' for The Hoping Foundation Gig, I'll come and do 'C. Numb' on one of your Wall shows". Well! You could have knocked me down with a feather. How fucking cool! I was blown away. How could I refuse such an offer. I couldn't, there was no way. Generosity trumped fear. And so explaining that I would probably be shite, but if he didn't mind I didn't, I agreed and the rest is history. We did it, and it was frogging great. End of story. Or possibly beginning.
Roger
PS. Just heard from David, he will decide in due course which gig he wants to do, it will be a surprise!
Used to follow the Floyd avidly when I first got into them around 1987 time - when things were still soooo frosty - I used to read all the Fanzines, and the amount of bitterness was incredible. So I think it's great that they are back at this stage. I too would do everything I possibly could to get to a proper reunion show.
Might yet happen - the amount of money they could make from a reunion tour doesn't even bear thinking about. If they gave half to charity they could do some serious stuff with that.
Here's hoping!
Send my credentials to the house of detention
Agreed! I saw them in 1980 and watching these clips 31 years later brought a tear to my eye. Roger was truly choked up....Please please please a farewell tour. Dedicate it to Richard and donate some of the money to a charity in his name....
Jim
Roberto Clemente.
Same here. Some of my favorite concerts have been either David or Roger solo, getting to see Pink Floyd together would just be the most incredible experience of a lifetime! Rick's shoes will be very large ones to fill, though...RIP.