Music's Strangest Mystery - Publius Enigma || Chill Fuel

[@oilup1176]

Hello Chill Fuel, I just wanna stop by and say thank you for going extra mile to adding subtitles to your videos. I'm deaf, and oftentimes KZbin auto captions is not so very accurate so it is very rare to find a channel with high quality content like yours that has subtitles in their videos. Thank you and keep up the good work🙌🏻

[@nati032158]

I’m gonna subscribe just because of your comment.

[@angelseliteautodetailing]

Way to go 🎉

[@ChillFuel]

This makes me so happy to know :)

[@michaelzborowskyii4668]

Absolutely

[@nevadatan7323]

IMO I dunno why we're made to learn French in school instead of Sign Language

[@mdog86]

This is so crazy, I'm a massive pink floyd fan and have a passing interest in internet mysteries and arg's but I've literally never heard of this before. What the hell lol

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Only reason i even know about this is cause someone else covered it... mebbe Inside A Mind? Shouldn't be hard to find

[@PhilieBlunt666]

**Decoding the unknown, good ol fact boy!

[@frippster]

I saw this in a PF iceberg video

[@mooreanonumbers]

I think the reason is that the story is kind of embarrassing to both groups. It's an half-baked promotional stunt with no clear or satisfying ending, and it got debunked as such before the internet really took off.

[@corygrell6340]

Thank you! I had the same reaction. I own all of their albums on vinyl, I have DVDs of Pulse and Pompeii and watched them religiously and I have absolutely no idea of the existence of this entire thing. Just mind blowing.

[@theunbeliever603]

Been a Floyd fan for more than 40 years and this is new to me. It brought to mind the backwards message on the Wall album, something along the lines of: “Congratulations, you have found the secret message. Please send your answers to Old Pink, care of The Funny Farm.” It’s on the track “Empty Spaces “. I could have the wording wrong, but you get the idea.

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@Squavez.]

​@@stevencatoneTheir synapses can do their job without you having to be like this. Crazy you had the nerve to say "you're welcome" 😂

[@theunbeliever603]

@stevencatone Perhaps you should read your own twatish comment. You certainly didn’t read mine.

[@ethansloan]

As a Pink Floyd fan, I've been reading about this mystery for years and it's just so disappointing. It's basically an abandoned ARG that never even got to the first clue. Everyone generally agrees that some kind of constructed mystery did exist, and it did have a real solution, but beyond that every theory is just desperate grasping at straws. I don't really care about what the prize would have been, I want to know what the clues were and what they meant, how one was meant to lead to the next. No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@shemo_ghoul]

@@stevencatonefound the comment I was looking for. Thank you.

[@PhilieBlunt666]

The real kick in the pants seems to be that even if after all these years it is actually solved, i dont think there's anyone to popup and be like congratz! You finally did it! So i truly doubt we ever know for sure... a very melancholy feeling imo...

[@ChillFuel]

Completely agree, which makes it all even more difficult

[@oldboy2399]

Seems like a missed opportunity, should have buried something to find, or had a key to discover, and then like a buried box with a special version of the record or something, a gold record, anything tangible that involved communication or something....

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@stevencatone]

@@ChillFuel We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@peterflack9933]

I was commenting earlier, and I was thinking that this was Syd Barrett. But I was afraid to comment the wrong way. If it's not him, who wanted him back together with the 4 guys? A whole secret society obsessed with both? I'm a huge fan '73.

[@michaellisinski2822]

I think this is a great case study in how these things don't really work if there isn't true passion behind them. I think the reason this never really got off the ground is because it was essentially a corporate thing without a genuine purpose. The only person who seemed invested in promoting the mystery was the marketing guy behind it, who even then seemed mostly interested in creating the puzzles and had to sort of invent a purpose to them after the fact. Let's imagine that the band had been involved and were actively participating in the mystery. Maybe the prize could have led fans to a secret show somewhere, for example, which would've been hard to logistically coordinate but not impossible if everyone was on board. Maybe the band could've "accidentally" let more obvious clues leak as the date of the show got nearer; no one would care if the puzzles weren't actually solved Cicada 3301-style, because people would then get caught up in the excitement over the unexpected show in the remote field or small venue or whatever. Maybe the puzzles could've been oriented towards getting the puzzle solvers free tickets, with anyone else who found out about the show needing to buy them to get access. But that's the sort of thing that would really need to come from the band itself, or at least resonate with them enough that they'd put energy into it. It sounds like this was the idea of someone in the marketing department, and the band basically responded with, "Okay, sure, do your thing." The fact that it was still going in 1997, with the hope that leading some fans to meet up in the middle of a forest would still lead to a viral moment three years after the fact, paints a really sad picture for me.

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@michaellisinski2822]

@@stevencatone I'm not really sure what part of my comment you're replying to. I'm not theorizing about the mystery at all (except imagining that the band didn't participate in it, which your comment confirms). I'm trying to explain why the stunt didn't work, and imagining a scenario where it could have worked. Not sure there was any reason for your comment to be so hostile. Edit after seeing this comment under other comments: Please rewatch the video. This video covers the fact that this stunt was created by the record company. Nobody in this comment section who's watched the video to the end thinks there is a real mystery to be solved anymore.

[@stevencatone]

@@michaellisinski2822 you need to re read the comments then because I see a plethora of people saying they are huge Floyd fans and are still thinking this is something that could ever have been figured out, which it wasn't. So apparently no one in the comments watched the video according to you... ?

[@michaellisinski2822]

​@@stevencatone Several of the people you've replied to didn't need to be told that this was a marketing gimmick. Obviously there was some idea at some point for what the first clue was supposed to be, given the initial "hints" and the fact that the initial poster didn't stop commenting until 1997. In the full interview the video cites about this case, Nick Mason acknowledged that there was some general idea for a "clearing in the trees" to be the main prize, and actually himself believed there was a solution to the puzzle, although he was only speculating because (as the video makes clear) there was little to no involvement from the band. He *then* clarified that it had been a long time since there was anyone at EMI who cared about the project, so it was useless to try to solve it. It's natural to speculate about exactly how far the initial puzzle-maker's vision went, even if EMI ended up abandoning the project. This is largely what people are discussing. But that's almost besides the point. There's no reason to come after people with such condescending language when you're clearly not fully reading what they're saying. I'm not going to argue anymore after this comment, so I'll lead you to believe what you like. Have a nice day.

[@stevencatone]

@@michaellisinski2822 not reading your paragraphs but I I hate disinformation and love pink Floyd so flooding this videos comment area with the truth was the only goal.

[@yeaggermiester]

Hey man! I love your videos. It seems your views have been down lately. I don't know why but none of your videos were getting recommended to me even though I'm subscribed. But now that I've rediscovered you, I'm going through all your videos of the last year. They're all just as good as before. Keep at it man! You'll make another banger that pleases the algorithm and people will go from that to all the quality content you've been making. Just like I'm doing today. So thanks for the awesome videos. I look forward to watching them for years to come!

[@ChillFuel]

I appreciate it man :)

[@stevencatone]

Cause he is just recycling other peoples videos into his own.

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@stevencatone]

​@@ChillFuelim subscribed but considering unsubbing when you make videos like this that have 10 other videos already existing explain this subject, honestly. You make it seem a mystery when its not. We know the story at this point, you just chose to leave out the ending and thats sad.

[@applehack97]

reminder that Dark Side Of The Moon lines up perfectly with... Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

[@scottplumer3668]

I was on the Echoes mailing list back at the time the Enigma was going on. There were a lot more theories posited, including that Publius was Nick Mason himself. The thing I don't get about it being someone from EMI and a promotional thing is that the people who would have taken interest were likely the ones who would have bought the record already, and most likely go to the shows. Preaching to the choir, as it were. My guess is that it was someone having everyone on, and Marc Brickman, PF's lighting director, heard about it and had a little fun with it.

[@albumorienteddungeons343]

I'd like to quote the band Kansas to summarize the flaw in this publicity stunt: "There is no answer / when there is no question" There hasn't been any resolution to this mystery because no real mystery, question, or puzzle has been provided. Some guy on the internet said "Hey if someone thinks really cool thoughts there will be a prize!" What's the goal? A crossword puzzle has explicit answers; a maze begs to be navigated; an image of a statue of the villain of a cartoon show for a single frame at the end of the final episode of the show begs to be found. All this superficially mysterious and esoteric talk is just hot air.

[@Wstarlights]

And never was there an answer, within an answer.. ~ No Way Out Of Here, D. Gilmour.

[@Teleausencia]

The answer is in the Pink Floyd biography by Mark Blake ("Pigs might Fly"). Marc Brickman, the lighning director, claimed he was told by the band manager, Steve O'Rourke, to arrange the lights in order to show the "Publius Enigma" phrase. And it was Nick Mason himself who explained the enigma in 2005. It was a puzzle fanatic employe at EMI who proposed the idea. So yep, the Publius Enigma is as shallow as the later Pink Floyd records (wich I love but they're still shallow anyway lol).

[@michelhv]

This was everywhere on the Internet back in the days, I remember reading the FAQ with all the theories. I think Pink Floyd/EMI could have toyed with the idea of going viral, but this was so early in Internet history that they couldn’t drive it home to a satisfying conclusion. Remember the backwards message in The Wall?

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@CarazyDiamond]

I was a 20-year-old Pink Floyd die-hard fan, I remember those days of Division Bell & Pulse and the slowly but surely widespread beginning of the internet. I was in Karachi and had to visit the Internet Cafes. However, the internet in the Internet Cafe wasn't cheap and hence I could only afford 1 visit a week. Yet I tried for a few months to keep up with the Publius Enigma story but to no avail. Today, the moment I saw Publius Enigma, all the memories came along with it. The message to communicate was very much there in Keep Talking. Anyways Thank you @Chill Fuel

[@joechip1232]

I still think about this from time to time... I remember hearing about it as a teenager, then a friend got the Pulse DVD and we saw the text, which blew our minds. I had a pet theory that each song on the Division Bell has sound bites from other albums and that somehow those were the clues, but I could never put it together into something meaningful. I really wanted there to be some magic solution to it when I was a teenaged Pink Floyd fan, and the fact that I still think about it now as a PF fan in my 40's says... well, it says something 😂

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@patjames387]

Same here... We would talk about this for hours as a teen!

[@PitchSkullBlack]

Been a hardcore fan of Pink Floyd for about a decade and I've never heard of this before. Thank you.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Pink Floyd actually did release 1 more album after The Division Bell. The Endless River was released in 2015 to little fanfare and doesn't seem to have any clues tied to the Publius Enigma. It's most likely that EMI has just given up on people solving it.

[@barj]

Always a good day when chill fuel uploads

[@bobfenster3690]

"Far away, across the fields, The tolling of the iron bell, Calls the faithful to their knees, To hear the softly spoken magic spells" on the cover of The Division Bell, between the two heads, across the field, there is an old church. people who have visited it in real life claim it has an iron bell...

[@lucacecca5535]

every church has an iron bell

[@zubrhero5270]

So... Basically, what you're saying is... There's still a plot of land with a circle of trees out there for the winning?

[@prufrockrenegade]

It's free real estate

[@jessnomaybe]

It's fun finding out that Douglas Adams was close to Pink Floyd, one of my favourite authors and one of the most legendary bands

[@JaydenB_2k24]

Just waiting for the comment of someone who actually went to this concert

[@samuelluria4744]

I was there. Both shows at the now demolished Giants' Stadium. The second and third times they played Dark Side straight through. The first time had been a few days before, in Detroit (Pontiac), Michigan.

[@samuelluria4744]

@BocoCorwin - Haha, sorry.😏

[@click_beatty]

​@BocoCorwinthat was f ast

[@angelseliteautodetailing]

It's for a new album I was there in 95

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@infoscholar5221]

Saw them in Birmingham, AL, on that tour. Fourth. Row. Seats. Unforgettable.

[@freddysombreroentertainmen5643]

I remember going to see this tour when they came to Philadelphia while I was in the 6th grade. The word "Enigma" flashed on the stage there, also. I don't recall seeing "Publius," though.

[@BuddhaFpv]

I was in the newsgroup when this was all happening and i remember my mind being blown when publius actually posted proof with his name in the lights on the stage...this all went so deep and i really wish we could of figured it all out at the time but still amazing that I saw this all happen in real time

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I attended a lot of shows on The Division Bell Tour. The shows were awesome but I loved having this mystery to look into as the tour went on. It's a shame nothing really came out it but it was super interesting to me at the time.

[@RamonJuarez]

Finally a video on this subject!!! There's very little on YT and what's out there is poorly made. Thank you!!

[@TheTurkey79]

I think that the Pearl Jam album "No Code" & the Smashing Pumpkins album "Machina" also had abandoned ARG's B)

[@mindriot69]

Everything bout Pink Floyd silently screams that it’s about the journey along the way not the prize at the end. Remember they have a song called “The Gold’s In The Valley” where the lyrics are “Come on my friends, let’s make for the Hills. They say there’s gold but I’m looking for thrills. You can get your hands open whatever we find but I’m only coming along for the ride”. I think this Publius Enigma is similar. It’s not about solving the puzzle but what you learn along the way… the adventures you have… the people you meet. ✌🏽❤️🎸🍄🍃

[@Wstarlights]

The REAL mystery in all this is how we went from EVERY OBSCURE USER on chatnets, usenets, IRCs, and forums BEING LISTENED TO AND spoken with - to modern day 'glass house' marketing based 'social' media where 99% of people go un-noticed and un-discussed with until paying regular ad fees... !!??

[@billthepainter5106]

“You have discovered the secret message, send your answer to old Pink care of the funny farm, Chalfont…”

[@luisrocha26]

The easiest way of making a riddle look extremely hard and mysterious is to simply have no answer at all, and leave random clues only to keep the think alive. I mean anyone who has taken a look on famous puzzles has came across this "the prize is the collaboration between passionated people". I would say this was silly but effective marketing strategy that predicted what many producers would be doing in the 2020s

[@ThunderChunky101]

Internet in 1994? Barely. DVD in 1995?! No...

[@ThunderChunky101]

Minidisc?!

[@timothymcnutt85]

I was looking for a good video on this YESTERDAY and couldn’t find one, haha. Well played, man.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Publius Enigma really is the Polybius of the Pink Floyd lore

[@dsotgabriel_]

I believe Pink Floyd to be one of the most enigmatic bands ever. The coincidences with movies surrounding their music is always something else, as seen with the "connections" between DSOTM and Wizard of Oz, The Wall and WALL-E, and, interestingly, Echoes sync at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I said interesting because Stanley Kubrick wanted Atom Heart Mother on A clockwork orange, but the band denied and then, 2001's final part syncs with Echoes. There's also Syd Barrett's sudden and mysterious appearence at the recording sessions of SOYCD, a song about him. Also worth mentioning the large amount of songs that were never released or incluced on any compilation or anything. Pink Floyd has some interestingly lost medias that I never saw anybody talk about.

[@NolanEgbert]

My parents were actually at this concert but were certainly not sober enough to remember the publius message

[@joeshabado1431]

If it turns out to be an obscure Batman Forever tie in I'm gonna be pissed

[@You_Do_Have_The_Power_33]

“Sthee Ya Soon!” Dude, you really brought a smile to my face with that. Love it!

[@INDUSTRIAL_WOLF]

I was at the "Enigma Publius" concert. I used to read the message boards, so I immediately started cheering and yelling when the lights turned on!

[@peterflack9933]

Is there any possible theory that this could be Syd Barrett? He did pass away in '04 my condolences. He may have had something to do with it. Whoes Pink Floyd's greatest fan? Remember the song ""Gravy Train". The question in the lyrics go to four guys, except Syd. "By the way, which one is Pink?".

[@joegage1498]

I'm no code breaker but the names of the tracks sound like dates throughout American history e.g the division bell, the liberty bell July-8- 1776. Wearing the inside out meaning the birth or death of Edward Gein. Coming back to life meaning experiments in the revival of organisms, all dates in time. Possibly completely different dates and times but that's the idea. Maybe those numbers refer to letters in the alphabet or on a keyboard. The album cover picture of the heads talking to each other look like they are in the shape of a heart.

[@samadhoosen6014]

This is really well made. Thank you for the time you spent making it.

[@ridleyroid9060]

This just made me listen to the Division Bell again, keep talking always brings me to tears.

[@Sevenigma777]

I think about this all the time. My screen name in the past has often been a combo of Publius Enigma in some way. Its actually where I learned the word Enigma. Nowadays my sn is Sevenigma all stemming from this event.

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.

[@CozyJoney]

seems like someone of the SFX crew knew what was gonna go up and baited the internet

[@johnaustin6067]

Don't Panic! The indigo stripe disapeared from The Dark Side Of The Moon Album cover leaving 6 colors and most science books too Mandella Efect. A friend of mine was painting with Detroit blue today. Detroit blue is indigo. A.I. heard our conversation and put this in my que. It didn't hear me think that if I won 1.58 billion dollars I'd build a huge airship to rescue the victims of the elite.❤

[@Komikino]

If this was done today with the vastness of the current Internet, this probably would be solved in a matter of days. How many people were in that user group back in '94?

[@ceejay960]

I remember the Pink Floyd fanzine Brain Damage doing some articles on this, but eventually the mystery, along with the fanzine, just fizzled out.

[@rogerramjet6429]

There is a version of the wizard of Oz on KZbin that has pink Floyd overlayed on it. I thought it was weird because I didn't realise the connection.

[@mCblue79]

Latin for "The Enchanted Pubes" apparently.

[@BudokanPuroresu]

Enigma is Greek and it means; To speak in riddles. Publius is a term created by Alexander Hamilton for "The People"

[@AprilJ71]

Back when Geocities was a thing, I used it to billed a Pink Floyd fan page and I had a whole section on this.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

That ARG Pink Floyd did was nuts!

[@samuelluria4744]

Publius is the invisible third face, staring straight at us, from between the the other two opposing faces...there, I pushed you along...

[@allenhuffman]

I remember following this on Usenet groups when it was going on. Wild to see the topic is not forgotten.

[@DrPumpkinz]

Was all the artwork for A Momentary Lapse of Reason references to Catcher in the Rye, or was it only the two with the hidden words?

[@PeachysMom]

Usenet groups were the shit. The culture, the flame wars… it was so much fun

[@RowdySDC]

My man trying to disect Pink Floyd . Roger waters and david gilmour cant even exphain pink floyd

[@orourkeda]

In the words of scroobius pip "Thou shall not make some noise for Detroit"

[@peterflack9933]

What if it's an elaborate scheme to get Syd Barrett into the theory, but he resisted and did his own thing. Well he did make his own music once.* What happens if so many people obsessed over both? Well. I think Roger Waters can solve this problem. He knows enough about Syd that he wouldn't do this. Right?

[@john-evanbear8783]

I have to correct you on the DVD censorship of Pulse. On the DVD itself the Enigma writing was replaced with E=MC2. The Blu-ray and DVD rerelease of 2019 was almost entirely cut out because it is a different cut of the concert film with different angles.

[@wasteyelo1]

Meaningful content starts at 1:15

[@MrMrMcguinness]

Belle Isle is in the middle of Detroit River. It’s literally the Division Belle.

[@Jinxanator66]

Maybe the person who started the mystery died and never wrote down the answer?

[@xeokym223]

I WAS there!

[@guulkrul]

Holy shit man, I'm so jealous man, must've been an amazing experience!!

[@50PullUps]

The Division Bell is a decent album. Worth a listen.

[@keon8625]

Calling it "decent" is an understatement.

[@ladyreverie7027]

Agreed, it's my second favourite PF album after Wish You Were Here.

[@genuinsanity]

Cool I ...remember this....sometimes wonder what became of this...

[@morelenmir]

'Have a cigar' said it all.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

"The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think! Oh by the way, which one's Pink?" -- Average record label executive showing how far from the pulse of the community their finger actually is.

[@morelenmir]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio I think you could argue this entire proto-ARG was a rather ham-fisted attempt by EMI to ride that very same gravy train!

[@tbitv2035]

Maybe it was David Lynch? He hates closure!

[@rocketsummer]

prog bands really take everything to the next level ⭐️ love pink floyd always

[@IndustrialSociety1995]

Notifications squad rolling in 😎

[@spindle.r0]

I have been rolled

[@seanwelch71]

Most of us were not using chat boards in 1994. This sounds like an online record promotion.

[@anarcho-communist11]

I hope that' not it

[@seanwelch71]

@@anarcho-communist11 I had a lot of friends in record stores. There have been as many cool promotions as there are bands. The Tubes produced a small number of promotional cardboard wall lamps, in a 3D rendering of the Remote Control album! They are so rare many collectors think it wasn't made! I understand why this one seems bigger, but I think the clues were presented to a very small number of message board users, who were not savvy to the mysterious user. The word lights on stage are a giveaway because those things are huge and we're installed by local crews under guidance of roadies, so not secret or a surprise.

[@Tattootin]

Publius- public,I,us. Enigma. People are a mystery. So listen and and learn. There was an owl in the blimp. Wisdom, Pink Floyd brings people together. There is one thing that can’t be solved. The power of humans together, and by ourselves.

[@MrJonathan464]

So close to solving this. Just need to figure out where in Detroit. You are very close ..

[@emo_penguin420]

Why do the Publius posts sound IDENTICAL to the way QAnon posts look, lol? Perhaps ol' Ron Watkins is a Floyd fan?

[@anthonyexplains]

Hey this is some amazing content man, I’ll see you when your on top!

[@f5203]

Another great video. Thank you for this. Noticed a couple of times you used the wrong word and got me kinda confused. But luckily the video and editing got you covered. Although I strongly think your theory could be true, I still find it strange there's no actual answer. Can't we just find the guy who ever made the album art? Hiding the word "enigma" in album covers. Make him tell us why/what/how.

[@dalekofdoom]

It's a little weird to me that a lot of it is mostly stuff from momentary laps of reason, I honestly think a lot of the stuff was edited in way later so tracking down whoever edited them might be way more hard

[@sourgreendolly7685]

To create an enigma of course lolol

[@ScamwatchDallin]

If you want a band that does stuff like this on purpose and actually follows through, give STARSET a try. Not really the style of Pink Floyd, but STARSET hits a lot of these things really well.

[@ooliiviiaa]

absolutely amazing creator. i love your videos and the quality

[@frazerlongley9247]

Oreyt lads. Good video this.

[@Matt.Willoughby]

My guess is the album was manafactured in smal batches with slight variatons and they make a message when combined?

[@keon8625]

That was a great watch!

[@DarthCheese]

Imagine if the whole Publius thing was done by Roger Waters to mess with the band because he was still salty about them continuing to make music after he left.

[@DarkSnP]

I absolutely loved going through this almost ARG for years it could have been extremely epic to have a full complete puzzle

[@stevencatone]

We know for sure. This was a marketing gimic that failed and so never went beyond what we know. There is no more to figure out. There is no answer. The record label never got that far into it before giving up. The band had nothing to do with it and didn't even know it was a thing til long after the fact. Gilmour is on tape in an interview saying just that, he had no idea it was even a thing let alone the answer. Do a little better research. There are even other youtube videos already debunking this and explaining in detail what I just summarized for you. You're welcome.😂😂😂😂😂 you're a liar cause there wasn't 5 years of anything to go through lol

[@stevencatone]

I hate liars.

[@DarkSnP]

@@stevencatone weird zoomers like you are annoying

[@DarkSnP]

@@stevencatone and you obviously don't know your shit, was mentioned in a publishing from 1992 but you iPad kids have 0 clue what books are. So 92 -2023 is not years?

[@MrJonathan464]

Do you have an email or any way I can reach out to you? Have some important information that will expand on your theory !

[@butter_fm]

I might have solved this enigma, although I will only say so much. If your response to that is that I don't have the answers so be it, there are the "answers" for those who care not to see or listen, and then there's the answers based in truth and history. The whole concept seems to be bringing opposites together via a "higher understanding" of the world and history, which includes the future. There's two types of people in this modern world; us and them, and to bring an end to all divisions a great harvest of crops if you will shall take place leaving only a world of "higher understanding". I've seen enough, great video btw.

[@imode489]

Хотелось бы узнать больше

[@butter_fm]

​@@imode489As the greatest man ever to walk the earth once said, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear."

[@skuzzbunny]

someone on the video crew was on a fanboard.....???o

[@BMoney8600]

I love videos about mysteries involving anything with music!

[@misseselise3864]

same!

[@greyofpta5305]

How many areas with trees are there in Detroit where this stunt could be puled off? Also, Detroit?? Could they have picked a more dangerous location to do this?

[@CoolGuyStuff]

Man I miss the cf mystery videos. 😢

[@patjames387]

This mystery captured my imagination back in the early 2000s.

[@nuntiusvi183]

It’s a good fucking day now!!!

[@PoolPartyToaster]

Dvds didn't come out for 2 years after pulse was released

[@lionofnaples]

Why did you include Roger Waters in the video thumbnail? He already long left the band when this publius thing started (and I doubt he would’ve agreed to the whole thing).

[@LeoLynch-yg7vo]

Could be that it was designed just to drive engagement at the time and there never was an actual answer or a prize. People got invloved in the mystery so it achieved it's purpose.

[@BrianBarrettWilson]

Love you Syd ❤

[@jayst]

i remember Thinking how sTrange iT is To Tease people at nighT and reveal Things during The day. iT is normally The opposiTe. i wish i could say more buT i know liTTle. good video Though. pink floyd was noT really involved. iT was more abouT ThaT show on ThaT nighT.

[@LRsaturnine]

very disappointed you mentioned the wizard of oz thing but not the infinitely more significant Echoes/2001: sync

[@leonardogsperin]

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine

[@leonardogsperin]

This publius dude need to know nevermore

[@paulcarney7495]

Very good video! But, the subject matter was, "Meh." I'd never heard of this until today. That's 19 minutes and 48 seconds of my life squandered.

[@sgntbilco]

Yes, but what's the frequency, Kenneth? 🤔.

[@peterhimin8051]

Awesome