The biggest moment in rock history imo

[Compaq]

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omg, this is as epic as it goes. I'm not sure I can imagine the feeling of being there. But, God, I wish I were there (no pun intended)!

[raisindot]

Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.

[Compaq]

Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.

You can't take away what makes this live performance epic! The light show, the mood, the people, the stage set, the music, the five minute guitar solo. I claim this concert to be one of the biggest concerts in rock history.

You can't take away anything from this clip, everything brings their own to the song. And this live version is 1000x better than the studio version, imo!

[Troggie]

Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.

Don't forget Frank Zappa on that mix as well. I can see this being a big technology moment but not really the biggest moment in Rock as it is more a light show than a truly defining moment that shook the rock world.

[Compaq]

Let me add "The Last Waltz", The Band's last concert. That's epic as well. But I rank that Floyd concert above most others. And, yes, the concert as a whole, lightings and everything included. And "Comfortably Numb" is the crown of the jewel, imho.

[nEver-Ready]

This kind of bloated, corporate stadium rock reminds me of why I was such a punk fan in the late 70's and early 80's. Since those days, I have come to appreciate and enjoy the writing skill and musicianship of bands like Pink Floyd, but these bloated, self-aggrandizing concert spectacles still strike me as being the antithesis of what rock and roll was created for. As with everything YMMV.

[Mazeman]

Monterrey '67 because of its breadth of cutting edge music, followed closely by The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, ringing in the dawn of a new world.

[raisindot]

You can't take away what makes this live performance epic! The light show, the mood, the people, the stage set, the music, the five minute guitar solo. I claim this concert to be one of the biggest concerts in rock history.

You can't take away anything from this clip, everything brings their own to the song. And this live version is 1000x better than the studio version, imo!

It's perfectly fine for you to make such a claim and have such an opinion. But it's just as fine for those of us who feel that there are many more important moments in rock history or who don't have quite the same reverence for this particular performance as you do to disagree. It'd be a pretty dull world if everyone felt the same way about everything, least of all something as debate-inducing as rock music.

[ouch]

omg, this is as epic as it goes. I'm not sure I can imagine the feeling of being there. But, God, I wish I were there (no pun intended)!

It's a very good, polished, large scale production of the song, but I have personally seen at least ten better versions of it live. For those who consider PF to be the apotheosis of the bloated, corporate, fat cat rock image, you're right. But don't forget how great they were when they were young guns full of piss and vinegar.

On March 6, David Gilmour will officially become the world's most awesome senior citizen.







My standing offer of $100 to anyone who produces a picture of Roger Waters wearing my shirt on stage at MSG on July 3, 1977 has yielded nothing over three decades, so I may have to up the ante considerably.

[The Nid Hog]

Rock is a big tent, and I have some love in my heart for Pink Floyd. Whenever I see the cover of Dark Side of the Moon, I remember how Floyd stickers were mandatory on the windows of all the stoner crash pads where I used to deliver newspapers when I was a kid (always paid on time and gave me great tips). I didn't care much for them at the time, but now I think that most of their stuff up to and including Wish You Were Here is listenable. I'll occasionally throw on DSotM or WYWH as background music when I'm working.

However, I absolutely despise The Wall and everything associated with it. Criminally overplayed at the time and a sign of everything that was bloated and horrible about arena rock. And the movie? Bob Geldof??? Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.

[Obsessed]

Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.

As an aside, I used to like some ELP songs when I was younger, but now I think their music is a bunch of pretentious pseudo-intellectual crap. I can't even tolerate it on the radio. (Their Christmas song may be the worst. There’s no Santa Claus? Really?)

[DaveAri]

The Beatles at Shea Stadium was also a big deal. I rank it just under Elvis and The Beatles on Sullivan. My reason is simple it was not my generation (missed the Beatles by just a few years) but still know these events vividly.

[The Nid Hog]

As an aside, I used to like some ELP songs when I was younger, but now I think their music is a bunch of pretentious pseudo-intellectual crap. I can't even tolerate it on the radio. (Their Christmas song may be the worst. There’s no Santa Claus? Really?)

I saw them on their Works tour. It was really quite terrible. I met a guy at a party a while ago who is writing a book about prog rock. You might call him a...Lucky Man!

[bythbook]

...Whenever I see the cover of Dark Side of the Moon, I remember how Floyd stickers were mandatory on the windows of all the stoner crash pads where I used to deliver newspapers when I was a kid (always paid on time and gave me great tips). ...

NID!!!! That was YOU??????



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[Greyfox]

The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

[The Nid Hog]

NID!!!! That was YOU??????

Probably not--I think most of those guys are still there!

[Obsessed]

Probably not--I think most of those guys are still there!

Did they tip you in Fritos?

[jazzman]

However, I absolutely despise The Wall and everything associated with it. Criminally overplayed at the time and a sign of everything that was bloated and horrible about arena rock. And the movie? Bob Geldof??? Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.

I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion, and musical tastes are just that--tastes. But in this case, you are 100% correct.

[rockviper]

I was expecting Lady Gaga's Egg

[Compaq]

Of course we'll disagree That's fun part, innit?