Pink Floyd only given 15 minutes to play

[Gawain of Orkeny]

So sorry guys...it's the first time I've ever seen you two guys agree about owt......just shows how close we all really are under the skin

You want to see how close we all are under the skin get a copy of Paul Mc Cartney Live in Red Square. Seeing him sing Back in the USSR there is unbeliveable as is seeing all those Ruskies singaing along and dancing to all his songs. Truly remarkable. MUsic is a great uniter .

Paul McCartney "Live in Red Square" DVD, new Paul McCartney DVD released on June 14, 2005 (on A&E Home Video).

The Beatles Anthology may be the motherlode for fans of the Fabs, but among other Beatle-related video offerings, only The Concert for George matches Paul McCartney - "Live in Red Square" DVD for sheer emotional and musical impact. It's no coincidence that the latter two chronicle not just concerts but significant events--a memorial for Harrison (he had died a year earlier), and Sir Paul McCartney's first visit to the former Soviet Union.

For the Russian audience, Paul McCartney's appearance in Moscow is little short of a miracle. The Beatles were banned for decades by the Soviet government, which regarded their music as the epitome of Western decadence and propaganda, and the fans' only access to the group was through the occasional photo or black market album. Their reaction to his 2003 visit is a mixture of frenzy and rapture; in interview after interview, what one fan calls the Beatles' "gentle intervention" is credited with helping to bring down the whole Soviet system, simply because they represented a creativity and freedom that had been almost totally silenced. And that's all before Paul McCartney plays "Back in the U.S.S.R.," which inspires a response that simply must be seen and heard to be believed.

Elsewhere, Macca and his superb band perform a variety of Beatles tunes, along with some highlights from his solo career and stint with Wings. Considering the dozens of classics in the John Lennon-Paul McCartney catalogue, the majority of them never performed live by the group, he could hardly go wrong.

Still, the choices are almost unerring; along with "Hey Jude," "Yesterday," and "Let it Be" are some unexpected treats (including "Getting Better" and "She's Leaving Home" from the Sgt. Pepper album, as well as "Fool on the Hill," "I've Just Seen a Face," and "Two of Us"). And that's not all: additional footage from a show in St. Petersburg features "Drive My Car," "Helter Skelter," and a powerful medley of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" and "The End."
The sound and visuals are good, and the extra features (including a brief parallel history of the Beatles and the U.S.S.R. in the '60s) are interesting. No, the Beatles will never reform. But Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square ain't a bad substitute.

This DVD is a feature-length world premiere special that tells the story of the ex-Beatle's historic visit to Russia on May 24, 2003. Marking the first time that McCartney had set foot on Russian soil, this concert and documentary also reveals the secret love affair that existed between the Russian people and McCartney during the Communist era.

Paul McCartney "Live in Red Square" new DVD: ORDER IT NOW.

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I got this as soon as it came out and its a real treat. It actually has 2 concerts and with different songs for the most part and the St Pete one maybe better than the Moscow one. If you like the Beatles this DVD is a must have.

[Steppe Merc]

Um, how does one see any of this stuff from Live 8? I know tonight they are having clips of the best from around the world on TV, and my favorite classic rock radio in New York (Q 104.3) is playing live stuff through out the day, though it might only be from London.
I hope to hear Neil Young, however, I wonder what I chooses to play. I hope for Rockin in the Free World.

[Orda Khan]

Well now I am feeling much MUCH BETTER having just listened to 'Won't Get Fooled Again'

GO DALTREY!!!!!!! YOU STILL GOT IT !!!!!!!!

Possibly my favourite song of all time!!!! I just love that line.......

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

All you new bands listen and learn

.......Orda

p.s ....Oh and that scream.......nobody will match that ......ever

[professorspatula]

I've never seen a less enthusiastic, less motionless crowd, ever. 200,000 people at Hyde park, and barely a head bob between them. The Who and Pink Floyd, ending a show mostly watched by youngsters. Forty minutes earlier, the entire place was going mental for Robbie Williams and his crowd pleasing antics, and now it's miserable. Paul McCartney has yet to return either. Sheesh. The Old boys network ending the show. They'll need to do some serious editing on the DVD to make it not look like the entire crowd was static for most of the show. Pink Floyd might be able to string together a fairly decent tune, but you want a real show stopper for the end acts, something that gets the entire crowd buzzing with endless enthusiasm. Pink Floyd certainly aren't that.

[Steppe Merc]

Frankly, you're nuts. The only real music are the old folks. Almost all new bands suck. And the crowd are the stupid ones, not the musicians. It's there fault for not liking good music, not the musicians.

[Ronin]

they could have finished with sting....at least the crowd was more reactive to him.......playing "driven to tears" was a nice touch

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

IMO the best today were Stereophonics( My fav song Local Boy in the Photograph was played which was great to see), Scissors sisiters and especially Velvet Revolver were great. U2 were ok. The Who were was also cool and although i hate coldplay with a passion them and old richie ashcroft did well with BitterSweet Symphony.


This is going to annoy the hell out of a few members( sorry BKS ) but i had to switch off Pink Floyd as i nearly slipped into a coma watching them

[Cygnus X-1]

Heh, i don't really care what the crowd were doing, to be honest. That was completely and utterly mindblowing. Man, i thought i'd never see this happen. If i'd been there, i'm sure i would've cried.*Prays for a tour*


And if i were there, i wouldn't be moving at all. Just like i was doing while watching on tv. I'd just be listening.

And BKB I can see why they call you the blind King as you must have been watching a differnt concert than I was. The solo on numb was the highlight of the whole thing and still the most stiring guitar solo of alltime. I cant believe they ruined it.

That's really awful, man. However, i'm confident this'll be on the internet in a few hours, so you'll get to enjoy it whenever you want.

[professorspatula]

Real music? Only the 'old folks' are real musicians? What kind of narrowminded nonsense is that? There's good music from all generations, depends if your ear is open to listening to it.

Anyway, I didn't see Beethoven and Mozart there, which is a shame, I'm sure they'd have gone down a storm.

Those modern acts like The Who and Pink Floyd are obviously RUBBISH in comparison to the old masters.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

WTF Im watching Floyd now and in the middle of comfortably numb they have some a holes talking about them thakfully they shiut up as the solo began but then went to commercial b4 thatwas even finished GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

And BKB I can see why they call you the blind King as you must have been watching a differnt concert than I was. The solo on numb was the highlight of the whole thing and still the most stiring guitar solo of alltime. I cant believe they ruined it.

[ichi]

they can play Money , then an abbreviated medley from The Wall , finish with Wish you were here longer

Well, I got 2 out of 3, and Comfortably Numb is from the The Wall

WTF Im watching Floyd now and in the middle of comfortably numb they have some a holes talking about them thakfully they shiut up as the solo began but then went to commercial b4 thatwas even finished GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

And BKB I can see why they call you the blind King as you must have been watching a differnt concert than I was. The solo on numb was the highlight of the whole thing and still the most stiring guitar solo of alltime. I cant believe they ruined it.

Absolutely right, cutting to two idiots wh were talking about how historic it is to see Floyd reunited IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GUITAR SOLO

now I'm angry

I frequently am gone for weeks at a time, when I work long hours and sleep on the ground. Each time when the fire is out and I come in my house I always think . .

home, home again, its good to be here when I can . . .

The Floyd set was fantastic (except for the stoopid people talking over it) . God how I wish they had toured and kept cutting albums.

ichi

[Orda Khan]

God how I wish they had toured and kept cutting albums.
ichi

Oh how easy it is to waste the years over silly things.

I agree with you Ichi, my first thought when they all linked arms after the set

....Orda