Pink Floyd - Echoes (Live at Pompeii) | GEN Z REACTS

[@adztaylor2277]

Two local kids stumbled on them setting this session up, and instead of telling them to go the band invited them inside and pulled up two chairs for them so they could watch and listen to the whole thing. How cool is that. Floyd did this session in the amphitheatre for the shear acoustics the place gave, as the place was built for public speeches back in roman times. Experimental sound production at its best.

[@MissMariQueen]

Amphitheatres were a place of entertainment and sometimes executions. It wasn't an area for public speeches. You see, I'm Italian and I know my hystory very well. 🎉

[@65alef]

@@MissMariQueen sti stranieri vorrebbero insegnare la storia italiana agli italiani...beh talvolta nemmeno i nostri connazionali la conoscono e non conoscono la differenza tra ANFITEATRO e TEATRO ROMANO !😁

[@samuraimaster6584]

How tf did I find another argyle fan on this channel

[@adztaylor2277]

@@samuraimaster6584🙂Green Army!

[@derekrempe2820]

I saw the title of this video and IMMEDIATELY clicked... Echoes is an absolute POWERHOUSE that showcases the amazing synergy that these 4 guys had when they all played together

[@ChristopherStendeck]

The Roman town of Pompeii was destroyed by a devastating eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 AD. Though Vesuvius is still active, it hasn't erupted for a while. Those streams of steam, and bubbling pools of water and mud are from the hot volcanic vents in the vicinity. There's no molten lava shown here. Just water and mud. It probably smells very eggy like sulphur. As for the aerial shots, Pink Floyd were on top of their technology, but I doubt even they had a drone in 1971. I expect it was shot from a cherry picker or something like that. Someone will know.

[@emilioricciardi5078]

I would add, in particular, that the area which presents emanations of steam and other volcanic gases is made up of a single (evidently) still active volcano, called the Solfatara (from sulphur, in Italian), and is part of the much larger volcanic area dei Campi Flegrei, located near Pozzuoli, a small town near Naples, about 40 km north of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solfatara_(volcano)

[@izzonj]

In filmmaking, it's called a crane shot. And when you see the overhead view you can see tracks laid down on the ground on which a camera on a dolly rolls by for the tracking shots. This was before steadycams were invented.

[@tkengathegrateful4844]

My father grew up in Southern Italy. Vesuvius erupted in March 1944 and his village got covered in about an inch or two of ash and some rocks fell from the sky. Fortunately, they were far enough away that was all that happened. What you are seeing is the groundwater coming to the surface boiling hot from the lava below the surface - Vesuvius is still an active volcano. Oh, and Pompeii isn't out in the middle of nowhere - it was a seaside resort not that far from Naples (which was a city founded by the Greeks about 300 years before the Romans showed up in Southern Italy - "Neopolis" = "New City").

[@stevesaturnation]

A very expensive camera with top tech zoom lens for the time

[@Ryan-ff2db]

Interesting fact. The last time Vesuvius erupted was March 17th 1944, soon after the allies invaded Italy. The ash caused havoc on war planes and other equipment. 26 people died from the eruption.

[@jjalanj7318]

So this was recorded in 1971. Watching you guys experience it for the first time took me back to when I first heard it in about 1975. It made a huge impact on me, and I'm amazed and grateful and hopeful that almost 50 years later it's effecting people the same way.

[@sleepyburr]

"Imagine if a native saw this." You mean... an Italian? 😂

[@lynnhoffmann247]

🤭👍🏼

[@kennethflegel5736]

😂😂 yeah I caught that too

[@chefren77]

Those native Latins, still rocking their togas like it's the year 79 :)

[@bigcorky4687]

These two are thick as pig shit😂

[@wolfeflambe]

They’d drop their basket of olives in amazement.

[@jonathanroberts8981]

Additional thanks for listening to the whole song - many just react to part one.

[@80sOGRE]

They are playing for the Echoes of a long gone people.

[@riczen6652]

Oh man, I'd never thought of it that way! Nicely put.

[@red-stapler574]

My son is 7 years old and autistic (non-verbal). I tried to see if he responds to different kinds of music. If he is too hyper, I play this song and he instantly calms down.

[@tonycardone990]

I'm 47 and autistic and it works for me too.🤘🤘

[@jeshe1]

My two and a half non-verbal autistic granddaughter and I watched this for the first time together a couple of weeks ago. She was entranced and didn't move for the entire song.

[@BusWill2006]

My son is autistic and a drummer. I played this and he was completely engrossed in the Tv. He was totally silent.

[@Nutsferatu]

This makes me so glad. I'm undiagnosed autistic (I'm sure) you sound like such a great father 😊

[@boroblueyes]

Good for you ! I'm a high functioning Autistic. Pink Floyd always makes me feel better.

[@gryndyl]

The acoustics in those ancient stadium ruins are amazing.

[@gerryweed7697]

the ghost of Pompeii was probably happy to see 1st concert after 2000 years . 😎👍🎶 Pink Floyd is the 1st and only to make a concert to Pompeii after 2000 years 2 times . 1972 and 2016 .

[@65alef]

Nel 2016 dei Pink Floyd c'è stato solo DAVID GILMOUR da solista.

[@65alef]

Il Live at Pompeii fu realizzato agli inizi di ottobre del 1971 non 1972. E nel 2016 solo DAVID GILMOUR da solista si è esibito nell' antico Anfiteatro romano

[@McRick2000]

"How'd they get the lenses?" Yes, back in the olden times, in the long long ago, the lens mines were a treacherous place and to brave the journey there was momentous quest. Nowadays we make the lenses, a much safer process than in the times of danger and sadness that was the seventies.

[@stratguy1784]

The trippy part is all done on instruments: slide on bass with probably some delay (Binson echo), the seagull noises are done with a wah pedal with the ins and outs reversed into a guitar using the guitar's volume and tone knobs, and the rest is done on the organ the keyboardist is playing

[@777edmatt]

Guys if you want to see an absolutely amazing concert, watch the live Pink Floyd Pulse Concert from 1994! I'm 65 and I've been to many, many concerts in my life and this concert was the best concert I've ever seen in my life! Light show is spectacular and naturally the music is top notch excellent! You both will be blown away, garrenteed ! God bless you both!

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

I second that!

[@g0fvt]

I could repeat that nearly word for word, including the bit about being 65...

[@llanitedave]

By the time they did this film, their acid days were long over. They had seen what it did to Syd Barrett, and they wanted no part of that.

[@maryann7619]

Thanks for adding this note. Those guys writing and performing were NOT tripping on acid. They saw how it permanently damaged someone they loved. They weren't perfect, but who is?

[@hazmania]

That amphitheatre was built approx 2-2,500 years ago and the roads built by the Romans (ie the Italians), like the Appian Way, is still in use, still not destroyed by potholes, 2000+ years after its construction. They knew how to build stuff too last, their “concrete”/mortar is unsurpassed, it’s lasted above ground, underground and submerged in salt water. And we can’t reproduce anything as perfect today. Our modern concrete is short lived & rubbish by comparison to what they made 2000 years ago. Mainly, today, we’re rubbish at loads of stuff!

[@RingoStarrDJO]

Definitely going to need more Pink Floyd boys 🫡

[@keyrat1753]

3 of the 4 guys performing in Pompeii in 1971 also performed 23 years later at the Pulse Concert. All 4 of them reunited in 2005 at the Live 8 concert.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

It's a shame for all his anti tyrant political ramblings, Roger himself is a tyrant and destroyed a beautiful band. If any band should have shined through the 80s and 90s, it should have been Pink Floyd. Don't get me wrong, I love momentary lapse and division bell, but it's obvious what's missing. However, David's solo albums are better than Roger's.

[@dr_jacko]

@@punker-gamer-trucker-guy hard disagree on your last point, Amused To Death and Radio K.A.O.S. are sublime.

[@BanditHeelerOhBiscuits]

Now this is what we’re f’n talking about, Gentlemen!!! LFG!!! 🤜🏽🤛🏽

[@Macdaddy22713]

Love this reaction. This video hits home and love to see you guys react to it.

[@jackdowner7086]

please post more Pink Floyd you haven't even scratched the surface, animals and the wall are great!

[@bookhouseboy280]

""Strangers passing in the street, by chance, two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me.” That was on ‘Meddle’ in 1970 and basically my message hasn’t changed." - Roger Waters

[@showmoke]

Those are some of the greatest and most poignant lyrics written by the Floyd, or perhaps ever written by anyone, poet or musician! Very profound. It’s a message that summarises the whole of Pink Floyd’s career where much of their work talks about empathy between fellow humans and also between nations.

[@JpegDog]

Those lyrics in mind while imagining what everyday life must’ve been like for those Romans…

[@carbon1479]

This was Meddle - Echoes came out on that in 1971, Live @ Pompeii was 1972, so 52 years back from 2024.

[@EmileJoulbert]

They were filmed in Pompeii for a few days in the first week of October 1971, about a month *before* Meddle's release. Then they were filmed in a Paris studio in December, doing the songs they didn't get to do in Italy: Careful with that Axe, Eugene; Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, and Mademoiselle Nobs[Seamus]. The first version of the film was released in September 1972. Shortly afterwards, the director films them at Abbey Road during the making of Dark Side of the Moon, releasing a second version in the end of 1973, subsequently getting an American release in 1974.

[@TonyRowe-g1f]

This is real music. No drones in 1971. One of Pink Floyd's greatest. It's not a song, but a journey.

[@flubblert]

Soo, back before drones (which was like, yesterday for folks my age lol), they used giant cranes to get those big long distance wide shots you see at the beginning and the end of this. And yes they had zoom lenses back then, so that wasn't an issue . Every Easter they show "The Ten Commandments" on Network television, which won like a zillion academy awards. There are spectacular wide angle long shots of the thousands of Jews marching out of Egypt after they were set free, that they wouldn't even attempt today without the use of computers and CGI. And that was 1956!! We won't even discuss the parting of the Red Sea scene which is as amazing a special effect as anything you'll see in movies today. In short, this generation didn't invent this stuff. They only found ways to use technology to shortcut and oft times cheapen the look and sound of what was done more authentically before it. Anyway, great reaction as always!! You guys have great taste. Try not to make us wait too long for that Animals reaction. 😉✌️👍

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Also could get long shots from the top of the amphitheatre opposite with a zoom lens. But yeah in the pre-digital, pre-tiny electronics for radio controlled aircraft (drones) days, we used high quality film and high quality lenses!

[@flubblert]

@MikePhillips-pl6ov yeah absolutely. They could very well have been up in the upper reaches of the coliseum on the other end. But the angle of the initial shot seems like it's higher than the coliseum itself. IDK. But the idea that it had to be a drone or something completely unfathomable was a little surprising. Also I should mention that crain shots isn't something relegated to the past. It's still the predominant way most long shots are done. (That was for the kids, not you).

[@goytabr]

@@flubblert, you mean the Pompeii *arena* or *amphitheater.* Colosseum or Coliseum is the specific name of the large and iconic amphitheater located in Rome, and it comes from the fact that it was once fronted by a giant statue (a "colossus") of emperor Nero, lost in some war or earthquake in the Middle Ages. It appears that the name Colosseum was never used by the ancient Romans themselves and only became commonplace in the early Middle Ages (before the statue was destroyed, of course). The ancient Romans likely called it simply "Amphitheatrum Caesareum" ("Caesar's amphitheater"), which was also used by similar structures in other cities of the empire, like the stunning Verona Arena in northern Italy, somewhat smaller and less famous, but much better preserved than the Colosseum (so much that it's STILL IN USE 2,000 years later for theater, opera, and other performances!).

[@HugoRolo]

They are playing for the ghosts of pompeii...those scorched by the volcano...think about it...the last time there was live music there...was just before the volcano erupted...2 thousand years ago...

[@vaffelproductions]

Exactly bro, it makes this performance so damn powerful. It honestly moves me to tears…

[@trespire]

Nick Mason is on drums, Roger Waters is on Base Guitar, Richard Write is on Keyboards & vocals, and David Gilmour, perhaps the best guitarist in recent times. This was filmed in 1971.

[@seandobson6221]

This is a thing of beauty. The song tells a major story and for it to be done on the grounds of the hallowed grounds of the horror. David Gilmour came back to Pompeii and did a concert in the coliseum with a full audience. Gilmour won’t do the song anymore at his shows since Richard Wright passed and he’s the one on the keyboards singing with David.

[@richardbeaton7324]

The performance was a film they made with footage of them performing songs at Pompeii and footage of them recording Darkside of the moon. It's a great movie to watch.

[@altaclipper]

Live at Pompeii was a whole concert film. I watched it in a theater when it was new. I suspect that a lot of people recommending it have never seen any part but this one. They performed all their best pre-Dark Side of the Moon material.

[@garygreen1782]

Yeah I saw it too. Fuckin' awesome 😎

[@leonardoglesby1730]

From a 1966 high school graduate and a Floyd fan from as far back as I can remember, my advice to you guys, is just soak up all the Pink Floyd you can.

[@llanitedave]

The boiling liquid is mostly hot wet clay. The lava and ash in that area has been exposed to boiling hot acidic ground water for centuries, and the minerals have broken down into clay. The general name for those bubbling mini-geysers is "mud pots."

[@szczypiorstormchaser8802]

this song live is really great. The emotions, music, editing on this recording is unreal! Personaly If I were you I would get super high and listen to the studio version. The quality there... its truly one of the greatest song OAT

[@riphopfer5816]

Nick Mason, the drummer, is the unsung hero of this whole film (Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii, 1973).

[@stevematthews641]

Nick tours with his band and plays pre dark side of the moon material

[@robertwood574]

One of the nicest and unassuming people I have ever met - not just because of his passion for Ferraris.

[@AlwaysWorking2008]

Now go watch their performance of "One Of These Days" from this film. If you pay attention, you'll see Nick Mason lose a stick during the fiercest part of the jam and grab a new one without missing a beat. One of the sickest things I have ever seen a drummer do! :)

[@MQuinn-eb3zz]

The ancients understood what we have forgotten, that's why this piece was played there - acoustics.

[@davidbaltazar8859]

Awesome reaction 💪 whats up with the one headphone listening guy,😬 he's only experiencing half greatness 💯 Glad you guys enjoy PINK FLOYD. STAY AWESOME

[@Frank-pe9pk]

Been a fan since 1969. My daughter is also a huge fan of Pink Floyd. You can’t just pick A song but need to listen albums from the beginning to end….and not talk.

[@lee32476]

The full length movie details the recording of Dark Side of the Moon. They were firing on all cylinders by this point as a jam band, and the movie is a culmination of that. The album version has some really fantastic moments, but seeing a live version is amazing, especially in this setting. This is the genesis of modern Pink Floyd. Rest of the album is pretty great, but not what you’d expect.

[@caroleann_2142]

MEDDLE IS FABULOUS ❤❤❤

[@epoh8698]

Guys that was really a great reaction. From a Pink Floyd fan for over 40 years , Man its good too see & please try to listen to all there stuff over the years if you can . Enjoy

[@CTPepenelli]

The location was chosen for the acoustics. Some of the film went missing, so not all angles could be edited in. This was 1971, so not filmed on digital equipment. Still, it gives me so much joy. 😊🎸🥁

[@papalolobueno6125]

Live in gdansk...the last time they played this before one of them passed...just a few years back...they knew it was the last time, so touching

[@harrishabib3795]

My favourite version of this song, so moving

[@jaysoto1182]

I died laughing at "Native tribes hearing this" Pompei is in Italy homie.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

This is a portion of a full documentary, that shows them making the music in studio and clips of interviews, you can find the whole thing on youtube.

[@klausheckendorf649]

The "lava-scene" is from the Phlegraean Fields just northwest of Napoli, not south like Vesuv and Pompeji and probably way more dangerous. It´s not a mountain, but part of a leftover of an ancient super-volcano which became increasingly active again in the last years - similar to Yellowstone.

[@theboos657]

The live at Pompeii was probably one of the biggest achievements in the cultural word of music. But Pink Floyd wasnt the only ones who performed a show with the same concept of an historic location for humanity. The other example of this is Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Pichu, where they performed a live session at the heights of the Andes Mountains in the ruins of Machu Pichu. I highly suggest to check them out! There is a lot of crazy music out there!

[@EmileJoulbert]

In case you didn't know, when they stand closer to each other towards the end, with themselves projected on a screen behind them, not only are they not really playing, but they're also in a completely different location: a Paris studio. A couple of months later. The absence of Rick Wright's beard clearly tells us we're not in Pompeii anymore. He might have shaved it off in Pompeii, but surely not mid-song.

[@lavonbowling5580]

You guys are the next best thing to Bevis and Butthead doing reactions!!! Love the full album reactions. You definitely started with the varsity by going to Pink Floyd at the start but glad you did.

[@jonhenke1504]

Adrian Maben who was the director of this whole live at Pompeii movie which has way more songs than just Echoes was visiting Pompeii as a vacationer and he accidentally left his passport in the Pompeii arena. So he went back and found it and was sitting down and got the idea of doing a concert in front of no one as the antithesis of giant concerts like Woodstock!! He was talking to the Pink Floyd guys to do a a music movie anyway and they were hemming and hawing and when he came up with the idea and pitched it to the Pink Floyd guys who jumped at it and here we have them live at Pompeii!

[@alfsalte9493]

It's not a Colosseum guys, it's an amphi theatre, they played plays on it and had other performances. True, some places they also used Colosseums for that but where they had a theatre, they normally used that for those things and left the fighting for colosseums. In Rome, they also used the Colosseum for plays simply because the theatre wasn't large enough to house all the people who came to see it. Theatres were typically smaller than colosseums.

[@rondavidson8673]

You guys want to watch one of these days from the same concert, the drumming in that is insane, you'll love it

[@friggenjoe4092]

Hi, guitar nerd here, so that banshee scream in the middle of the song 16:26 is an effect made from the guitar. What you do is you plug in a wah wah pedal backwards, then use it with a guitar with single coil pick ups (fender Stratocaster in this song) and what happens when you mess with the volume knobs with that pedal on, it makes that scream effect, slap an echo on it, and you get some trippy spacial effects :)

[@Angela-sq1jz]

When I listen to Pink Floyd, it amazes me. Like how amazing that these men found each other. This band is unbelievable and some higher power brought them together. Absolute beauty. Perfection. David Gilmour is a god, 100%.

[@barbarjinx3802]

If you guys go to Yellowstone National Park you can see similar volcanic activity. The park sits inside a gigantic volcano so there are not just geysers but also bubbling pools of mud and boiling water. It’s insane. People fall in and dissolve.

[@tammyphxaz]

the band was there, the film crew was there and 2 unknown stray kids had wondered in and were allowed to stay, imagine being one of those 2 kids, the film maker had returned years later working on stuff for the directors cut, and was approached by one of those kids, who asked him, you remember those 2 kids? well i was one of them, he was grown by then.

[@KeithMurrells]

The whole set is next level.. Love this set...

[@reggawardle4874]

Rolled and ready..

[@BanditHeelerOhBiscuits]

🫡👊🏽💨

[@CoolCoyote]

rogers bass in this is great also hes going up and down , up and down

[@NubNublet]

Really awesome! If you're done with Pink Floyd for now, you should totally do _In the Court of the Crimson King_ by King Crimson!

[@bookhouseboy280]

Absolutely. The rustic chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun...

[@Arcadia61]

I was younger than you when I was listening to all this, together with my brothers. We got our parents to enjoy their music too. So nostalgic!

[@Rigbysalad]

The reason why the did it there is because of the natural reverb the amphitheater provided. They didn’t have to add any post production because it was so good there. Not to mention it’s an eerie and straight up badass place to play.

[@Mrharryprosser]

Also in the Pompeii Staduim. ONE OF THESE DAYS IM GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES. The drummer just rocks it, in a major beat change, loses/breaks a drum stick, quickly gabs a spare without missing a single beat. Just mesmerising.

[@simply_psi]

Love the reaction and I can forgive your lack of knowledge, like drones or Native Tribes (not many of either those in Italy in 1971 guys). But you do appreciate the incredible music these 4 geniuses produced. Fun fact it is David Gilmour and Richard Wright on vocals and their harmonies were so important to the song that after Richard Wright died, David Gilmour never performed the song again.

[@flubblert]

I understood them to be referring to some ancient tribes reaction had they been exposed to this music back then. Not 1971. Could be wrong.

[@simply_psi]

@flubblert to be fair I think both the drone and tribe comments from the guys were intended to be a bit tongue in cheek and not meant seriously, which is why I made the flippant comment, but even back in Pompii's prime there were no Tribes in Italy or drones lol.

[@flubblert]

@@simply_psi no I suspect there wasn't. 😏 I'm not even sure how they were using the word tribes, but it makes more sense for them to be confused about 79 AD in that respect than it would 1971. Just trying to help the boys out a little. Didn't realize you were being flippant. 😉

[@catherinefitzgerald7291]

We loved our music back in the day, it made us feel, it made us think and question. It was art. It was about expression not money. It had soul.

[@Rodri_CMLXX]

No wayyyyyy!!! David absolutely shreds on this one , Can’t wait 🤘

[@PhilBrandes]

Thats no shredding, thats tasty choice of notes and sounds, amazing feel

[@Rodri_CMLXX]

⁠@@PhilBrandesyeah that’s true I 100% agree with you, truly a mistake on my part 😅😂

[@justinsanchez9333]

I got this movie from a store called Slackers back when i was like 9 or 10. I watched it late at night and it forever changed me

[@tammyphxaz]

1971 i was 10, and dark side was about to come out, i have had the privilege of growing up on the floyd, and they never get old, well the guys did but the music did not

[@joannefrancia5940]

Side notes: When David Gilmour was asked if he’d ever perform “Echoes” again, his reply was “Not without Rick”. Sadly, organist Richard Wright passed away in 2008 after suffering from cancer. An interesting video from this same time is Pink Floyd “Chit Chat With Oysters” at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZTak6uMfs2hZ6ssi=qm5QpCnQvWDZ2JX2 It’s interesting to see the guys taking a break from their work on this “Live at Pompeii” video and just having a meal and joking around together. Also of note: David Gilmour returned to perform again at this same arena at Pompeii in 2006. In addition to the concert footage, there’s video of him, his wife Polly and some of his kids visiting the surrounding area plus some pre-show behind the scenes footage. And they invited some very cool guests to perform during various parts of the show: David Crosby and Graham Nash from Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Bowie, and Richard Wyatt are the ones I recall. Some behind the scenes video with these guys is included as well. I just got the DVD of this concert, but haven’t had a chance to watch all of it yet. I’m hoping there’s more behind the scenes footage.

[@tylerwfy6]

One really cool thing about this movie is that you could go see it in theaters in 1974 and it also included studio footage of the making of Dark Side of the Moon. Imagine seeing it on the big screen

[@diverdown631]

The pyroclastic flow from the volcano traveling over 100 mph and around 1,000 degrees killed 1,150 and incased them in hot ash.

[@66.6FMRadio]

Also, I have always loved how Nicks drumming is always just a split second behind the beat. Never seen anyone else play like that.

[@tonygriffin_]

The only recording machine they had with them was limited to 8 tracks. Howard Marks famously (infamously?) claimed he'd used their amps to smuggle a load of cannabis into the UK upon their return from this recording. Rock 'n' Roll legends and stories! An immaculate performance, anyway, that's a fact for sure!

[@edpowers443]

The Amphitheater was built over 2000 years ago, before electricity. No amps were needed.

[@vicprovost2561]

Thanks for your Pink Floyd journey, they are indeed history at this point but the best of human history and of mankind's endeavors in the arts. Brilliant music that judging by your reactions, will always be listened to. Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

[@gilfinzi922]

im so glad that i was a teenager in the 70s , pure talent not like the crap they produce today.

[@swfcocs1]

Native tribes? It's Italy mate😅😅

[@TheMule71]

Yeah... and while there weren't rock concerts, 2000 y ago we build those arenas and thousands of people attended performances of plays there. It wasn't only gladiators. Another fact. 2016 Pink Floyd performance was the first live event there with an actual crowd, after 2000 years.

[@65alef]

@@TheMule71 nel 2016 non si sono esibiti i Pink Floyd nell'antico anfiteatro romano di Pompei ma DAVID GILMOUR da solista con la sua band di supporto.

[@neurodiversityininsurance]

Etruscans actually in this case

[@Teek4Tat]

It was a movie made about Pink Floyd , director thought it would be amazing to shoot in the ancient amphitheater playing for the lost souls of the volcano

[@PinedaM]

There will never be a guitarist like David Gilmour ever again. An absolute magician with 6-strings...

[@rossharper-ds4dn]

Rule number one while listening to Pink Floyd, do not for any reason talk during a David Gilmour guitar solo.

[@praneshbalasubramaniam8749]

This was my exact reaction when I heard this song: How is this even possible

[@catherinefitzgerald7291]

It wasn't that they had a lifetime of experience to play so well, they were young. But they were poets and artists and musicians just breaking the rules.

[@PhilBrandes]

This synchronicity ❤

[@deanmccartney5021]

I saw this at a drive in movie as mignight showing when it first came out in 1974

[@stephenbarlow2493]

The overhead shot, was probably with a crane, which was what was used back then for overheads, as drones were a long way in the future. You have to appreciate how legendary, and almost mythical this performance was at the time, because the only time you would see it, was if it was on TV (very rare) or at a cinema, because computers and KZbin were a long time in the future, and even VCRs weren't widely owned. So back then, Floyd fans would talk about where they saw it, and most had never seen it and couldn't watch it, even if they wanted to.

[@RoadDoug]

Shot from a crane with different lenses. I believe the song is about evolution. The screeching noises have always reminded me of seagulls and of course the Albatross. And 50 years later, every one still digs yet another timeless masterpiece. And no! They weren’t on acid. They had lost their key band member to psychedelics.

[@Jim_in_TN]

If you watch the film Live at Pompeii You'll see it's kind of a combination concert film and documentary. There are some interesting in studio clips of them laying down tracks for the next album, which was to become The Dark Side Of The Moon.

[@mikejacobson14]

You can't find this kind of perfection in today's music, by anyone.

[@Broad_bay_j]

“Riding the Gravy train” - you might want to check out Have a Cigar if you’re getting into the Floyd. In fact, the whole album “Wish you were here” bangs

[@Ocxlus]

Getting a shoutout will never get old

[@gfakruddinahmad8316]

That's guitar sound is mimicking the cry of Albatross and Seagull. Sheer talent they were that time!

[@gbsailing9436]

"How did they have the lenses and shit?" Mate use your brain...It was a colosseum - great fucking walls around the whole arena. Did you NOT see them in the background? So you set up a scaffolding platform on the top of the walls right at the back. Then you use the professional camera systems that shot ALL the movies back in the day from the 50's through the 70's. They knew how to make lenses back in those days. Except in those days the glass was hand ground to get the best optical quality. Now go and listen to it ALL again in the audio format. Have a few beers or dubes first if you must. then put this record on. Don't have a record player...? GET one! they are pretty cheap.

[@flubblert]

👍😁

[@davidpeters44]

It was 1972 and the ghosts of Pompeii had free admission.

[@TDKOUTDOORS]

No way! They had lenses in the 70's? Woah!!

[@tammyphxaz]

filming with a crane boom, there was no drones in 1971, no autotune, no drum machines, no computer help whatsoever, back then it was all done by musicians who could write/play and sing no help needed, opening and closing shot was shot with a stationary cam on top way back, top of the last row, nosebleed seats, using zoom, they did have zoom back then

[@robertpreviti6525]

If you don't know why they played in Pompeii, this is the real reason. The band was personally insulted by NOT being invited to play at WOODSTOCK!! So they packed up their small van with all equipment, traveled down to take a ferry to get to France, drove to Pompeii to play to an empty arena

[@robt7199]

Back in high school - late 70s - they would show the Live at Pompeii at midnight showings at the show on Fridays.... Not sure how many of us who were there remember being there.

[@JohnMiller-oz7gv]

I love this record.

[@PaulSchuster-yj4zb]

Acoustics is why they chose this place.Look at the speaker set up. Floyd was always experimenting with creative technology usage.

[@freeheeler00]

A moment so iconic The Beastie Boys did a Tribute for it in their "Gratitude" video.

[@carbon1479]

If you want to hear really wild and psychedelic Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets from 1968.

[@judithrochon7837]

I'm a 68 yr old grandmother who has seen Pink Floyd 6 times. I saw Rodger Waters in Rio in 2001. Maybe you will look at old people differently now. Lol