Saturday

Video #5: Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

David Gilmour is one of my all-time favorite guitar players, right up there with Alex Lifeson. For some reason, I’ve never gotten around to watching this video until now.

Overall, this DVD was a little too artsy for me, but it had good moments. It was made in the early 70’s, before they wrote a lot of my favorite songs. However, the DVD did have some added studio footage from the making of Dark Side of the Moon, which was great.

It was strange to see them playing live to nobody in the middle of the outdoor arena. Typically, a band would feed on the audience’s energy to elevate their performance. I don’t know what Nick Mason was feeding on, but I was the most impressed with him. He was rockin'. And because there was no audience to consider when they were filming, they were able to get great camera shots of Nick. Check it out One of These Days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvAwBDbuIo

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