I love the audience in this. not to enthusiastic. it reminds me of the artsie crowds pink Floyd attracted before dark side of the moon. they Listen. they sit in there seats and respectfully be quiet. and then when the song is over they give this Long Outstanding sound. Incredible
If you had been in the roundhouse 50 years ago and someone said to you in half a century time you will pay me £200 to watch 4 people pretend to be Pink Floyd and sing these songs you would have asked who sold you the acid because it must be strong. Time travel. Mega inflation. Cloned people. WOW sounds like your trapped in a Floyd album mate. Well that's how it all panned out mainly because pop music only lasted 35 years. It's been rehashed. Copied. plagiarised. Edited. Dubbed. Extended and shortened but nothing new has happened since punk rock really. It's a dead fish now. It's run it's course. We are listening to albums we bought 50 years back when we were teenagers. We didn't listen to albums 10 years old back then they would have been Perry Como. Frank Sinatra. Dean Martin and Co. We now consider a new album to be a collection of songs wrote in the 1960s remixed and digitised. nothing new is happening and never will again. If you were 15 in 1975 you grew up with the best new music right through your life from the beatles in 1964 to the who in 1970. Roxy music. Bowie and Bolan. Reggae. 2Tone. Punk. New Wave. Rave. Trance and Dance. You were the right age at the right time. Lucky buggers. Look at today's kids and their music. Sam Smith and the likes. No one will be listening to them in 10 years time never mind half a century. I had been waiting for the next bi genre or trend but it can't happen we have had them all. Maybe play everything backwards and half speed. 😂 Forget it I've tried it. Trust me don't bother it's awful. Sounds like Ozzy Osbourne...
@sicks6six - I saw your interesting post as I was meandering through YT just to see what was posted up as film of this act's music. A few of us saw Think Floyd in Cromer on Sat night. Was a great gig and great music, good show, very accurate and professional. Celebrating 50yrs of DSOTM as well!! I am with you, but only to a degree. My music interest of current tracks and then following what was new, I guess, left me around yr 2000. I liked the Rock n Roll era of the late 1950s and through the early 60s to early Beatles, when they started having the hits. But is was from 1965 that the music became really interesting for me and I guess that you speak of 35yrs. That's my 35yrs - 1965 - 2000. Where we differ in our view - what has happened since ? What has happened when raw music stopped and regurgitated music is just the norm ? We were talking about this on Sat night after this Think Floyd gig we saw. I am always cognisant that the music doesn't stop. There are excellent new artists out there that are writing great stuff, original stuff as well. What has happened is that we all have got old. We don't hunt for the music like in the past. The new record isn't one we buy in the shops when it is released on the 1st day. The music is there - good music - but it needs to be found and sifted out. Some of it has gone underground. Some of it isn't as prevalent as before - but that is our perception. Also, music perhaps is not quite as important to the youngsters today as it was 30/40 years ago. There are more things to do to fill the time up. But that doesn't mean the modern stuff is all rubbish. If you sat through the charts on any week in 1970 or 1973, unfortunately, what we see in 2023 is that past music through rose tinted specs. The music, bar some of the bands you mentioned and others that were very good as well, in the main, it was quite dire. Amongst that Glam Rock genre, you had other wannabe's that really were struggling. When punk really kicked off in 1976, it was not wall to wall punk music in 1977. It mingled in with music that was very questionable. We have that ability to syphon out the bad noise of the past thinking that all of the music in the 1970/80s was unbelievably good and yet, actually, it wasn't. I think I have got old. Not that the music is in any way worse today. Coldplay are still one of the biggest bands on the block. You may not like their sound but they sell in vast quantities to a lot of the people. Will their music be around in 2055 ? Probably. There are lot of these types of bands around - to lesser success levels and may not be remembered for as long - but they still make great stuff. It's just we aren't looking for it. My days are done of finding new music to the same level as when I was 16 because there is so much history I like and the contemporary stuff just doesn't stick with me. It has lower importance to me. But that is different to new music being bad. That is my take.
It was great to read both of your comments. Here is my take, and what music I like etc. I was born in 1963, so was too young to appreciate 60's music at the time, but love much of it now. If I had been born 10 years earlier, I think I would have been a big Rolling Stones fan in the 60's. I first took a real interest in music in about 1973, and The Sweet became my favourite group, and now 50 years later, I'm still a fan, and next month I am going to see the current line up in concert (Sadly 3 of the 4 original members have now pasted away). I think many people look back and think of the best 10 years of music was when they were between the ages of 10 and 20, so for me I think of the years 1973 to 1983 to be the best. I liked glam rock, then started liking punk rock in 1978, the same year I became a Rolling Stones fan, when I bought their single 'Miss You'. As far as Pink Floyd go, my older siblings had copies of 'Dark Side Of The Moon', 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Animals' which I liked, and I bought a copy of 'The Wall' when it was released in 1979. At this time I became a big fan of heavier rock, and bought the back catalogue of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple etc, and new albums from Rainbow and Whitesnake etc. The first proper concert I went to was Thin Lizzy in 1983, and over the past 40 years, I have been to many, and a variety, of concerts, including Pink Floyd 4 times, and this year, just 4 days before seeing Think Floyd (when I recorded this video), I went to see Roger Waters. It was only last week that I saw Level 42 in concert, and next week I'm going to see the 'newer' rock band Greta Van Fleet. Over the years I have always took an interest in new music... but less so since about about 2006, and it's just dawned me that partly the reason why, could be that this was the year that Top Of The Pops stopped??? lol
Some great feedback there @shelveyrock375. Wow!! You also have a great taste in music. Yes, some friends went to see Level 42 in the last week or 2 - so they must be doing some tour that I was not aware of. I saw that band in 1986. Seems like eternity since I last saw them nearly 40yrs ago. 🙂 I liken music we are into and the age - I liken this is to an address of where we live. It works for a time. But then you move out of that flat / apartment / small house into something else and there is work to do. Suddenly the parties stop and the real work needs to be done. That was then, this is now. I was born 6yrs after you and I wish, in music terms only, I was 10/15yrs older because I may have witnessed the transition of the 1960s where you could say some of the biggest bands in that period really changed the way music was delivered & recorded. It was probably the biggest shifting decade in terms of style. Yes, the 1970s had colour as well. How do you compare Yes to the Clash, for example ? But the music was a bit dire in the early 1960s with Perry Como and these Jazz and Easy Listening bands, where Rock n Roll had already been done. Then the Beatles shook it up. But the Beatles weren't the only band. I still feel Cream and Hendrix had a big influence on the music scene just as much as the Beatles. It was just that the Beatles were a real household name through their success. Even these boys, Pink Floyd, had a major influence. Small Faces, Kinks, Stones, Beach Boys - the list is endless. They all shaped the music for the future. I believe we live in a bubble. If you ever read any of the comments below any of these recordings we all make and load up on YT, there is always one or more people stating this music is brilliant. Well, if it wasn't brilliant, i would be concerned as to why are you watching something you don't like. 🙂 But then there is the comment that follows - 1985-1990 - best period of music or whatever. That is where I struggle. 85-90 might be good for you, but wasn't for me. 70-75 was for me, so that's the best. Then someone comes in - no way - 65-70 is the best. They can't all be the best. Hence the bubble. Hence the time it means something to you or to me - but they will be different. We here are probably over 45yrs old that have watched your video above of this Tribute act with keen interest. Naturally, for most of us, this century's music and the music certainly today would sound rubbish. But who to ? People over the age of 50 ? Does that mean today's teenagers are listening to rubbish ? We might think so - but I hear chinks every so often from Radio 2 - sometimes Jo Wylie throws out and I think - Nope, I don't think so - the great music is still there - we've got old and frankly our time with looking for fresh acts is done. But that's just my opinion.
A good reply from you@@RSKDaz. It's interesting that you saw Level 42 back in 1986, as it was the first time I saw them when I saw them last week. During the 80's I was going to see more heavier rock bands, the likes of Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Black Sabbath etc, and not so heavy acts like Pink Floyd, Queen, U2, ZZ Top, Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen etc. It's only in past ten years that I've gone to see the likes of Level 48, Duran Duran, OMD and Human League etc... and next year I'm going to see Depeche Mode for the first time. I often see bands long after their heyday, I didn't see The Sex Pistols until their 1996 reunion concert. You're right you can't compare Yes to the Clash, but I like both, and have both in my CD collection. You're right about this century's music not all being rubbish. Just because music isn't to ones own taste, it doesn't mean it's rubbish, for example I don't like Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift, but they both write their own songs, and I can appreciate they are both talented, it's just that their music isn't to my personal taste.
I love the audience in this. not to enthusiastic. it reminds me of the artsie crowds pink Floyd attracted before dark side of the moon. they Listen. they sit in there seats and respectfully be quiet. and then when the song is over they give this Long Outstanding sound. Incredible
Great Band, spot on..Love it...seen Floyd twice, Hamilton 1975 and Toronto 1994...
Great Gig in the sky solo...INCREDIBLE!!
was lucky enough see rehearsals of this show :) Just my friend and them in big concert venue WILL NEVER FORGET IT :)
Who ever that is singing The Great Gig in the Sky nailed it
Her name is Lucy Potterton ❤
She’s good I’ve heard that song by a ton of different bands and it’s like you can actually feel it when she sings it ❤❤
@@davidrojas2491 she's one of the UKs top session singers. She was in a vocal group called The Swingles and she sings a lot for Abbey road
@@rebeccafjamiesonI hate to say this but she's better than the original imo
Just burnt, my toast lost in listening to this 😢
I guess your toast was on the ‘dark side’ 🤣🤣
If you had been in the roundhouse 50 years ago and someone said to you in half a century time you will pay me £200 to watch 4 people pretend to be Pink Floyd and sing these songs you would have asked who sold you the acid because it must be strong. Time travel. Mega inflation. Cloned people. WOW sounds like your trapped in a Floyd album mate. Well that's how it all panned out mainly because pop music only lasted 35 years. It's been rehashed. Copied.
plagiarised. Edited. Dubbed. Extended and shortened but nothing new has happened since punk rock really. It's a dead fish now. It's run it's course. We are listening to albums we bought 50 years back when we were teenagers.
We didn't listen to albums 10 years old back then they would have been Perry Como. Frank Sinatra. Dean Martin and Co. We now consider a new album to be a collection of songs wrote in the 1960s remixed and digitised. nothing new is happening and never will again. If you were 15 in 1975 you grew up with the best new music right through your life from the beatles in 1964 to the who in 1970. Roxy music. Bowie and Bolan. Reggae. 2Tone. Punk. New Wave. Rave. Trance and Dance. You were the right age at the right time. Lucky buggers. Look at today's kids and their music. Sam Smith and the likes. No one will be listening to them in 10 years time never mind half a century. I had been waiting for the next bi genre or trend but it can't happen we have had them all. Maybe play everything backwards and half speed. 😂 Forget it I've tried it. Trust me don't bother it's awful. Sounds like Ozzy Osbourne...
@sicks6six - I saw your interesting post as I was meandering through YT just to see what was posted up as film of this act's music. A few of us saw Think Floyd in Cromer on Sat night. Was a great gig and great music, good show, very accurate and professional. Celebrating 50yrs of DSOTM as well!!
I am with you, but only to a degree.
My music interest of current tracks and then following what was new, I guess, left me around yr 2000. I liked the Rock n Roll era of the late 1950s and through the early 60s to early Beatles, when they started having the hits. But is was from 1965 that the music became really interesting for me and I guess that you speak of 35yrs. That's my 35yrs - 1965 - 2000.
Where we differ in our view - what has happened since ? What has happened when raw music stopped and regurgitated music is just the norm ? We were talking about this on Sat night after this Think Floyd gig we saw.
I am always cognisant that the music doesn't stop. There are excellent new artists out there that are writing great stuff, original stuff as well. What has happened is that we all have got old. We don't hunt for the music like in the past. The new record isn't one we buy in the shops when it is released on the 1st day. The music is there - good music - but it needs to be found and sifted out. Some of it has gone underground. Some of it isn't as prevalent as before - but that is our perception.
Also, music perhaps is not quite as important to the youngsters today as it was 30/40 years ago. There are more things to do to fill the time up. But that doesn't mean the modern stuff is all rubbish.
If you sat through the charts on any week in 1970 or 1973, unfortunately, what we see in 2023 is that past music through rose tinted specs. The music, bar some of the bands you mentioned and others that were very good as well, in the main, it was quite dire. Amongst that Glam Rock genre, you had other wannabe's that really were struggling. When punk really kicked off in 1976, it was not wall to wall punk music in 1977. It mingled in with music that was very questionable. We have that ability to syphon out the bad noise of the past thinking that all of the music in the 1970/80s was unbelievably good and yet, actually, it wasn't.
I think I have got old. Not that the music is in any way worse today. Coldplay are still one of the biggest bands on the block. You may not like their sound but they sell in vast quantities to a lot of the people. Will their music be around in 2055 ? Probably.
There are lot of these types of bands around - to lesser success levels and may not be remembered for as long - but they still make great stuff. It's just we aren't looking for it. My days are done of finding new music to the same level as when I was 16 because there is so much history I like and the contemporary stuff just doesn't stick with me. It has lower importance to me. But that is different to new music being bad.
That is my take.
It was great to read both of your comments. Here is my take, and what music I like etc. I was born in 1963, so was too young to appreciate 60's music at the time, but love much of it now. If I had been born 10 years earlier, I think I would have been a big Rolling Stones fan in the 60's. I first took a real interest in music in about 1973, and The Sweet became my favourite group, and now 50 years later, I'm still a fan, and next month I am going to see the current line up in concert (Sadly 3 of the 4 original members have now pasted away).
I think many people look back and think of the best 10 years of music was when they were between the ages of 10 and 20, so for me I think of the years 1973 to 1983 to be the best. I liked glam rock, then started liking punk rock in 1978, the same year I became a Rolling Stones fan, when I bought their single 'Miss You'. As far as Pink Floyd go, my older siblings had copies of 'Dark Side Of The Moon', 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Animals' which I liked, and I bought a copy of 'The Wall' when it was released in 1979. At this time I became a big fan of heavier rock, and bought the back catalogue of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple etc, and new albums from Rainbow and Whitesnake etc.
The first proper concert I went to was Thin Lizzy in 1983, and over the past 40 years, I have been to many, and a variety, of concerts, including Pink Floyd 4 times, and this year, just 4 days before seeing Think Floyd (when I recorded this video), I went to see Roger Waters. It was only last week that I saw Level 42 in concert, and next week I'm going to see the 'newer' rock band Greta Van Fleet.
Over the years I have always took an interest in new music... but less so since about about 2006, and it's just dawned me that partly the reason why, could be that this was the year that Top Of The Pops stopped??? lol
Some great feedback there @shelveyrock375. Wow!! You also have a great taste in music. Yes, some friends went to see Level 42 in the last week or 2 - so they must be doing some tour that I was not aware of. I saw that band in 1986. Seems like eternity since I last saw them nearly 40yrs ago. 🙂
I liken music we are into and the age - I liken this is to an address of where we live. It works for a time. But then you move out of that flat / apartment / small house into something else and there is work to do. Suddenly the parties stop and the real work needs to be done. That was then, this is now.
I was born 6yrs after you and I wish, in music terms only, I was 10/15yrs older because I may have witnessed the transition of the 1960s where you could say some of the biggest bands in that period really changed the way music was delivered & recorded. It was probably the biggest shifting decade in terms of style. Yes, the 1970s had colour as well. How do you compare Yes to the Clash, for example ?
But the music was a bit dire in the early 1960s with Perry Como and these Jazz and Easy Listening bands, where Rock n Roll had already been done. Then the Beatles shook it up. But the Beatles weren't the only band. I still feel Cream and Hendrix had a big influence on the music scene just as much as the Beatles. It was just that the Beatles were a real household name through their success. Even these boys, Pink Floyd, had a major influence. Small Faces, Kinks, Stones, Beach Boys - the list is endless. They all shaped the music for the future.
I believe we live in a bubble. If you ever read any of the comments below any of these recordings we all make and load up on YT, there is always one or more people stating this music is brilliant. Well, if it wasn't brilliant, i would be concerned as to why are you watching something you don't like. 🙂 But then there is the comment that follows - 1985-1990 - best period of music or whatever. That is where I struggle. 85-90 might be good for you, but wasn't for me. 70-75 was for me, so that's the best. Then someone comes in - no way - 65-70 is the best.
They can't all be the best. Hence the bubble. Hence the time it means something to you or to me - but they will be different.
We here are probably over 45yrs old that have watched your video above of this Tribute act with keen interest. Naturally, for most of us, this century's music and the music certainly today would sound rubbish. But who to ? People over the age of 50 ? Does that mean today's teenagers are listening to rubbish ? We might think so - but I hear chinks every so often from Radio 2 - sometimes Jo Wylie throws out and I think - Nope, I don't think so - the great music is still there - we've got old and frankly our time with looking for fresh acts is done.
But that's just my opinion.
A good reply from you@@RSKDaz. It's interesting that you saw Level 42 back in 1986, as it was the first time I saw them when I saw them last week. During the 80's I was going to see more heavier rock bands, the likes of Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Black Sabbath etc, and not so heavy acts like Pink Floyd, Queen, U2, ZZ Top, Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen etc. It's only in past ten years that I've gone to see the likes of Level 48, Duran Duran, OMD and Human League etc... and next year I'm going to see Depeche Mode for the first time. I often see bands long after their heyday, I didn't see The Sex Pistols until their 1996 reunion concert.
You're right you can't compare Yes to the Clash, but I like both, and have both in my CD collection.
You're right about this century's music not all being rubbish. Just because music isn't to ones own taste, it doesn't mean it's rubbish, for example I don't like Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift, but they both write their own songs, and I can appreciate they are both talented, it's just that their music isn't to my personal taste.