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Edited May 12, 2011, 21:11
Re: Get hairy at Pompeii
May 12, 2011, 21:07
Dog 3000 wrote:
As zphage also said, Floyd did get "hairy" jams going in their pre-concept album days (at least through Meddle/Live at Pompeii.)

The "midtempo/rhythmically intert" thing is a bit unfair -- I think one of their greatest strengths was RESTRAINT. I used to think Mason was a crap drummer -- surely no Bonham or Moon (and don't call me SHirley!) -- but now dig that he is really more of a krautrocker than a "british classic rock" drummer. Immaculate tasteful timekeeping.

When Floyd does "rock out" it's all the more dramatic for the epic build that precedes it.

ANIMALS maaaan . . . . and check out the Pompeii movie if you've never seen it! It's no masterpiece, but the best sequences are as iconic and amazing as any "rock film" I've ever seen.

My favorite bit starts 6:25 into this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=646KtkEcPm8


All totally true. Restraint is an under valued trait. The version of Echoes in the Pompeii movie is probably my all time favourite rock-on-film performance. Mason is the best Pink Floyd type drummer like Ringo is the best Beatles type drummer. Utterly inimitable. And it is not like Rog was much of a bass player either in terms of flash. Rick Wright is also wondefully under stated and Gilmour is a bit of a two-trick merchant but when it is all combined it is magic. Leagues ahead of the lets-all-go-mental-with-the-oil-wheel stuff.

As for Animals. Possibly their best record. Their last record of real relevance to their English origins. After that it all goes very mid Atlantic. Just a shame that Waters couldn't find that kind of edge and sheer musical mean spiritedness when making Amused To Death. All bile and no grace unfortunately as the first ten minutes of ATD promises something in that class.
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