It might happen again…
December 13, 2007
Yesterday night I watched “The Pink Floyd story”, a documentary on BBC 1. Now Pink Floyd hold a special place in my heart. Not only do I like their music very much, I also have very fond memories of my younger years related to their music.
“Dark Side of the Moon” was my very first rock album which I got as a present from my parents while on a holiday in England. I nagged for days and days so eventually my dad bought the cassette for me. Back home I played the little tape endlessly on a very primitive Phillips cassette deck. I must have driven my parents nuts….
The last live European performance of the “The Wall” was in Dortmund, Germany and me and some friends were determined to be there. We traveled to Dortmund and had to spend the night on the street, each of us in a sleeping bag, in front of the box office of the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund to get our tickets. No internet bookings then… just stamina and cheap Schnaps to keep you warm.
I was in Berlin with friends when Roger Waters did his live version of “The Wall”, shortly after the wall between East and West Berlin had collapsed. It was an incredible experience: more than 100.000 people from all over the world and we had an amazing journey through former Eastern Germany: a collection of ghost towns and bleak buildings, untarmacked bumpy roads and people with poverty written all over their faces.
I was there on the “Momentary Lapse of Reason” concert in the “Kuip” in Rotterdam, just after Roger Waters was kicked out of the band. A truly awesome multimedia spectacle, worthy of Pink Floyd.
Last nights documentary finished in a remarkable way. While it had always been pretty certain that their recent joint performance at Live 8 (2005) would be THE last Pink Floyd performance as a band, the old geezers were cautiously positive about a (last?) joined concert. So, it might happen again…
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Hoi Rogier,
Leuk om te lezen dat jij zo van Pink Floyd houdt, ik ben of eigenlijk was daar ook een grote fan van! Tegenwoordig draai of beter gezegd laser ik Pink Floyd nog maar zelden. Wel was ik ook met een stel vrienden bij het concert in de kuip zo’n 20 jaar geleden schat ik. Een van de mooiste live concerten die ik ooit heb gezien met de grote kristallen bol die openging, het opblaasvarken wat via een kabel over het publiek raasde en de B52 bommenwerper die over kwam vliegen, geweldig, vooral na de pauze toen ze de meer oudere nummers speelden!
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