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Post by sayne on May 7, 2016 10:23:45 GMT -5
Anyone planning on attending the festival? I am, but here are my considerations:
1. Normally, I would try to go for all 3 days, but I don't think I can swing it - money and work wise. 2. I have seen the Stones every tour since I was 13. However, although seeing them with Dylan would be great, I'm seeing Dylan play at the Shrine Auditorium later this May. So, as much as I would like to see the Stones, I'll skip the Friday Coachella show. I saw them last year, so that will tide me over. 3. Sunday is hard because of Monday being a work day. Plus, I will be seeing The Who later in May, too, and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd doesn't excite me that much (I'd rather see David Gilmour. So, I will skip the Sunday Coachella show. 4. That leaves Saturday. Although, I also saw Paul last year, I will ALWAYS attempt to see him. Plus, Neil Young is cool and I'm sure they will play a song or so together. Saturday is also an easier day to attend.
So, taking all of the above, I'm going to try to get tickets for the Saturday McCartney/Young show.
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Post by John S. Damm on May 7, 2016 18:01:05 GMT -5
Cool sayne! I really, really would love to see all three concerts. These are complete sets by each artist, not some shortened festival setlist.
I love Dylan more than I love The Rolling Stones(but it is close) but I am afraid that Dylan is going to get swallowed up by the Stones. For decades Dylan and his band have been red hot but low key, great music but no frills Rock and Roll, even on anthems like "Like A Rolling Stone." The Stones are bombastic, use fireworks, other wild stage props and every song is a Rock classic whereas Dylan digs deep and not everything is a stadium fit.
This is not 1966 or even 1975 when Dylan was breaking barriers in live Rock and Roll. I hope I am wrong on Dylan being way over-shadowed by the Stones.
Paul and Neil Young on Saturday are a great fit, they respect each other and old Neil can obviously rock as hard as Paul or ballad just as soft as Macca. That will be a better fit, each artist performing a full set and they are bound to "come together."
I don't know what to make of Sunday's show. sayne, you are about the third person I know who says, "if it was David Gilmour I would be more excited." I thought Roger Waters was the main writer of the great Pink Floyd music so that just surprises me.
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Post by debjorgo on May 7, 2016 23:01:49 GMT -5
Gilmore always seemed like the steady factor. He co-wrote most of the songs. Roger always seemed like he really was damaged like the guy in his songs.
I love About Face. It's as good as any Floyd album. I liked the post Roger Waters Pink Floyd albums. Learning to fly was great.
I'd much rather see Gilmore than Waters.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 5:35:52 GMT -5
This link provides a breakdown of who wrote what in Pink Floyd. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Pink_FloydRoger Waters was clearly the dominant writer when Roger was part of the band. Gilmour's writing credits increased with the 3 Pink Floyd albums written, recorded and reteased after Waters left the band.
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Post by sayne on May 10, 2016 23:01:38 GMT -5
This link provides a breakdown of who wrote what in Pink Floyd. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Pink_FloydRoger Waters was clearly the dominant writer when Roger was part of the band. Gilmour's writing credits increased with the 3 Pink Floyd albums written, recorded and reteased after Waters left the band. There was a Dave Gilmore interview many years ago where he laughed when the subject of Roger Waters' instrumental contributions were mentioned. The implication was that David played most of the stringed instruments. I wasn't there, but that's his version. Also, I never liked Waters' snide comments about Paul. Almost belittling Paul's intelligence.
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Post by debjorgo on May 11, 2016 0:29:39 GMT -5
I think Gilmore even re-recorded some of the sax work on Dark Side of the Moon at one point. He is the one who insisted that the album should sound blue and not brown. I agree completely.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 5:28:28 GMT -5
I quite like this quote from Roger Waters form about 15 years ago..
I'm much more happy now, than at any time with Pink Floyd. David Gilmour always tried to knock me down, pretending I'm good in visual things, but a miserable musician. Until I finally believed it myself.
Gilmour was a great musician but not a great or prolific songwriter, i think Gilmour resented Waters being the dominant band member between Dark Side and The Final Cut, something Gilmour couldn't change due to his own weaknesses.
I believe Roger played most of the Bass lines on those albums. Gilmour played Bass on some songs on Animals,Roger played Acoustic Guitar. That doesn't mean much though. Depends how Roger wanted to contribute to "his" songs on that album.
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