Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun Live in Montreux - Before The Fire

When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,
Summer evening birds are calling.
Summer's thunder time of year,
The sound of music in my ears.
Distant bells,
New mown grass smells so sweet.
By the river holding hands,
Roll me up and lay me down.
And if you sit,
Don't make a sound.
Pick your feet up off the ground.
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Sing to me, sing to me.
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,
Summer evening birds are calling.
Children's laughter in my ears,
The last sunlight disappears.
And if you sit,
Don't make a sound.
Pick your feet up off the ground.
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Sing to me, sing to me.
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,
Summer evening birds are calling.
Children's laughter in my ears,
The last sunlight disappears.

[@JohnnyFiveEagles]

Rick Wright on that old Hammond organ blasting through the Leslie. Yeah that is the sound of the Floyd that i fell in love with.

[@gipsy2376]

Love it

[@catherineprovenzano8250]

Rick Wright WAS the sound of Pink Floyd. Take away the keyboards and you lose so much.

[@haraldchristiansen6942]

@@catherineprovenzano8250 each individual contributed equally in my opinion. Creating the phenomena that is the floyd.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

​​@@catherineprovenzano8250Rick Wright was a great innovative avant-garde musician! He was the heart & soul of Floyd! He never got enough credit!

[@EdgarDuVois]

It wasn’t a Hammond 😉

[@sevkassabian]

The keyboards on this performance are out of this world. Especially 11:05 and beyond. So many different emotions, the range of sound is incredible.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Wright was soooo underrated! One of the great avant garde musicians of all time!

[@texasmarauder]

Fat Old Sun is one of Gilmour's best solo contributions to Pink Floyd's catalogue imo. Narrow Way Part 3 is another.

[@tiagostoner]

This is one of the reason for Pink Floyd to be so great...

[@davidds1001]

There is something about this song that I find magical. It transports me to a happy and contented place with both it's lyrics and music. Long live David Gilmour!

[@MrDocninja]

Well said, you’re speaking out of my soul✌️😎it helped a lot by saying goodbye to my ex-girlfriend: This Song works like Dopamine and Serotonin, I am no longer depressed, when I play this magical song , but the best version imho is 2016 in Pompeii✌️

[@philjones8693]

Rick Wright!! Holy crap.....He's done some beautiful work on the albums, but I'd never heard him unleashed before.

[@KingAceHernandez1291]

Same here to he really did unleashed on this song

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Rick wright was the most underrated prog rock musician ever in mi humble opinion!

[@DeniseSantosdOliveira]

My favorite song !!!.

[@HaroldFlood15]

Nice

[@HaroldFlood15]

Hi Denise, Fantastic page & vibes my friend

[@DeniseSantosdOliveira]

Hi Harold, I´m suspect to talk about Pink Floyd !Here in Brazil people say that everything in life has a good side and a bad side (with the exception of LPs of Pink Floyd, who had two good sides) !!!

[@eMaBr4life95Xlegendx]

Mine too

[@durvalhenri]

Denise Santos dOliveira You must have a sensitive soul...

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

My ears are rebelling in the richness of the keyboards 🎧 ❤

[@brunotorres4160]

This is even better than the studio version! amazing...

[@louise_rose]

As with many good live versions... :) I love this recording too.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Floyd was one of the great live bands!

[@thermionic1234567]

I love the natural echo and ambiance of this venue.

[@juanantoniohdezamaro7007]

Sir David Gilmour grande entre los grandes...... Cada uno de sus solos de guitarra son mágicos recrean atmósferas tan distintas en cada melodia de pink floyd... Y su voz te da esa sensación de tranquilidad y esa paz que se necesita para contemplar esa esencia floydiana

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Nobody does mellow & serene like the Floyd!

[@JohnnyFiveEagles]

I just read the most amazing and the most amazing statement about the Floyd I ever read. "sounds like they had fun!" ABSOLUTELY friggin true!

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Floyd was a fantastic live band & always had great sound systems!

[@megasodipod]

I want to thank you, guys. For some reason i had a file with the cymbaline version in this record and i love it. So i search real hard on the internet (youtube included) to find the rest of the record just to hear it. When i listen to fat old sun (this version) i knew in some way that i will ever need it in an easy place to get it and listen it every time i want. Five years ago (i think almost 6) i wouldn't even think the power that youtube will have in the next years, but maybe i knew that pink floyd will ever be there for me and anybody that need them. I will try to upload the rest of the record and i want to make sure that nothing of this belong to me, except some photos in the 'video'. It's a pink floyd song, recorded by them. Thanks to dave, rick, nick and roger to give us their great music, and specially to syd, for make this magic thing happened. And thank you all again for your comments. When I uploaded it, i have an speciffic feeling inside of me, and i think we share it in a way, so i really hope you enjoy this song as much as i do. And I really hope you can see it live by the hand of mister David Gilmour, who were in Chile a few days ago. Saludos

[@insperationalgeniousourpin8381]

+megasodipod Thanks so much for sharing this! I just shared it to my Floyd group, seeing David Gilmour play this live was a beautiful thing! It brought tears to my eyes! Thanks!

[@charliecollins3826]

Whole album is on KZbin bro search “ pink Floyd live Montreux 1970” hope this helps u even more

[@FedericoMendozaCorreaa]

im so high right now

[@OllieLloydMusic]

story of my life bro

[@antoniovilarinho1031]

Why would you not be?

[@synthemesc1]

The fire refers to the blaze on December 4, 1971 when (according to Wikipedia) 'the Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa after a fan had set the venue on fire with a flare gun'. The Floyd's performance obviously dates from before then, but I'm not sure from what exact gig this version of 'Fat Old Sun' originates. The Casino fire was memorably described in Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water'.

[@danielnavarro4979]

beautiful.... Gilmore has a awesome voice

[@swinetrek]

GILMOUR! For fuck sake spell his name properly.

[@ltcurry]

Its funny when you have a lot of Gilmore, Waders, Right and Masin fans posting.

[@caveman3096]

Yus eet izzz

[@kenscapes]

a thousand thanks for posting this richly recorded Floyd masterpiece ! !

[@jennymahar1806]

never another band come close to Pink Floyd, melodic and shattering lyrics...put down the Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. They'll always be there when needed. Pink Floyd will knock your socks off with Meddle, in the Shadow of Vesuvius, Atom Heart Mother, and more. Not all their greatest worknis on KZbin....wish I'd kept those albums... :( you. yes, you Pick up their older stuff, take psychedelic (safely) and take the journey to the center of the universe within... you'll be forever glad you did.

[@1969ryson]

+Jennifer Mahar (INNU Salon) Yea Darkside is played incessantly, but it is still one of the(If not the) greatest rock album ever. I have to admit some of their older stuff is just a little to abstract and out there for me, I totally get why people love it, that's why Floyd is so great, they have something for everyone. I still absolutely love Darkside though and I always will. Take care and peace. By the way, I wish I knew where to get some good psychedelics nowadays. LOL :)

[@Skydog722]

Chris J Three words for ya, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast If you have any pot, you'll be reaching for it within 30 after that one starts...... or you might feel you did just listening to it.... ;)

[@imHippisummer]

Jennifer Mahar been there...enjoyed it many many times....i agree about the music also- listening to the music that came out pre-DSOTM is amazing....this version of Fat old sun is by far my favorite- Cymboline (in the church) is another..Fearless ...so damn many! I appreciate your comment. I am not alone!

[@nuriafuente1283]

Iam

[@Kettakelly]

Skydog722 I listened to atom heart mother off an eighth of shrooms once

[@BROKENTEETH-rc6bf]

PINK FLOYD...originally from our planet, great bunch of blokes.

[@andreasofaraway]

Se eu gostei???? Deus do céu, eu amei, obrigada por postar essa canção com imagens tão lindas? Beijos de São Paulo!

[@robertdemeter5793]

For years I constantly listened to Floyd before Dark side of the moon, magical music. But let's face it, Pink Floyd was selling high volumes of albums without any media publicity, they have sold more albums than the Beatles and the Beatles got tons of media attention while Floyd had none back then, yet Floyd still outdid the Beatles selling more albums than the Beatles to this day.. And Nobody in 1970 would have guessed that just 3 years later in 1973 these guys would record the greatest album of all-time. And the 2nd best selling album of all-time (Dark side of the moon only 2nd to Thriller, with Michael Jackson getting a million times more media exposure with MTV playing it nonstop for years and various media outlets that Pink Floyd didn't receive, but Pink Floyd didn't need the media and didn't need to put their faces on album covers and didn't do many interviews). If you gave the minimal amount of media exposure to Michael Jackson that Pink Floyd received, Dark side of the Moon would totally crush Thriller. Heck, all through the Wall and mid to later 1980's I didn't even know how Pink Floyd looked like but listened to their music all the time and loved it. They were so ridiculously mysterious and beautiful. Because we didn't have internet of course, and their music videos didn't show their faces, and not on their records and tapes, and they didn't do interviews on TV. Pink Floyd felt like they were everything (overwhelmingly) , bigger than life, and at the same time they were nothing, and same with the music, their music is Everything and nothing at the same time, no in-between at all, and it was so indescribably beautiful. Being so young I couldn't afford much so could only buy those small single records that had one song and a B side song. And even then it didn't show their faces as it just came with a white paper sleeve to protect the record. In the early 1980's the Floyd single 'Hey You" was the very first single record I purchased when I was 10 years old one day after school, back in the days when we had record stores all over the place. And I was hooked !! Didn't hear anything like it and it was so magical to me. From that moment on I was all about Rock and roll. Just a week later I bought more rock single records. Queen's "another one bites the dust" , Floyd's " Time, and Breathe, and Another Brick in the Wall ..And that was the end.. or rather, just the beginning ;-) . Thank you for everything Pink Floyd. Infinite Endless Eternal Gratitude < 3

[@simone4517]

Assolutamente d'accordo!

[@thermionic1234567]

Robert Demeter Agreed. Brilliant!

[@senator558]

TL; DR

[@311tim311]

Wait!!! 121 million is more than 280 million? Check your math Bobby. Plus I have to add that PF stopped making music after WYWH.

[@BoingBB]

@@senator558 Shame. It must be awful to only have the attention span of a gnat.

[@jimmyjambhere]

amazing version

[@christopherhuot2826]

Greatness!!!

[@insperationalgeniousourpin8381]

This is Awesome! Seeing David Gilmour playing this live in Chicago April 8th 2016 was The best gift ever! Shine on!

[@viitoormb]

MY FAVORITE SONG OF PINK FLOYD

[@Ryan-rw8qi]

My favorite recording by my favorite band. Thanks!

[@ComradeCrusty]

Montreux has always been one of my very favorites as well, simply because of the sound quality back in the bootleg days before youtube. I read somewhere that was because CBS had set up professional equipment to record this and release it as a live album, but Dave's goofy laugh on this track around the two and half minute mark caused them to scrub it. Dave was known to burst out in laughter on many occasions during his vocal parts. I laugh too, sometimes, at how gloriously beautiful this is.

[@fdarras2678]

They had sound issues in other songs of this record. Cymbaline, for example.

[@fdarras2678]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6OTe51rdq6lhdU

[@giulienf]

Fat Old Sun è la terza traccia del Lato B dell'album Atom Heart Mother del gruppo inglese Pink Floyd. È stata scritta interamente da David Gilmour.

[@thermionic1234567]

Fucking Taco Bell commercial in the middle of the song!!!!!!!!

[@higorstanley4516]

Arrepia do início ao fim. Amo essa música

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Pink Floyd did not make music...They made Magic!

[@jeradnelson9643]

they both played guitar since they were kids! they didnt even know eachother too well until 1968 when gilmour left 'jokers wild' to be with 'pink floyd'

[@goldiecob]

rip Rick Wright as much apart of the sound as anyone. One of my favs

[@blkmanbat]

This is so Amazing!!!!

[@MrPatman66]

awesome stuff...thanks

[@ladylodger9962]

Loved it!!!!

[@haraldchristiansen6942]

Great version. I still think the live in gdansk version is the best. Wright's last live performance.

[@thermionic1234567]

Harald Christiansen RIP maestro.

[@Melanie_Martinez_12]

The Best version is in the BBC

[@drj602]

Nice! Thank you for posting this one.

[@zrod9511]

Hell yeah!!! thank you!!

[@wayneazzopardi371]

amazing

[@JohnGehrke]

absolutely awesome - what a treat to show what potential they would become

[@JohnGehrke]

Great video. What a career for these musicians - what band these days could create, sell and tour like them at their peaks?

[@midlifemikey2913]

At the beginning of the second verse....when David starts laughing.❤

[@blaksu]

Anyway back on topic I love how the guitar suddenly hits the stratosphere at 4:30

[@TRexMetal56]

Love this little song..........will be one of the tunes on my funeral mix....makes me feel all warm and tingly. :)

[@blaksu]

Well, actually, Syd was even with Gilmour a bit while the latter busked around France etc. And they'd had numerous LSD trips together and used pot a fair while before Gilmour joined Pink Floyd. So I'd say they knew each other quite well. They were old school friends.

[@rsuandrade]

AMAZING song, not a vid

[@gilmourfan8396]

Sehr sehr schön gemacht !!! aber auch in Gedanken an Rick . . .

[@manuelag.h.7471]

GILMOUR CHITARRISTA KILLER spirito PINK FLOYD Legend

[@K6III450MHZ]

The best recording of this particular song.

[@theMstanglover]

That's how he got in the band. He was close with Syd, so they requested him to play when Syd was getting less capable of playing guitar.

[@user-gx9cv1xq3p]

5:10 - the last sunlight disappears...

[@adrianpemberton2312]

MAGIC,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*****************

[@larissamunaretto9836]

dahora

[@blaksu]

He did. Syd taught him how to play in the beginning :)

[@MarkTWalsh14]

Best live recordings of this song was on the 1971 US tour, Santa Monica, Cleveland, and San Diego were superior.

[@paganaslaf]

i want to be a Pink Floyd :)

[@thermionic1234567]

paganaslaf You can be a Pink or a Floyd; but you can’t be both!

[@riffpick7832]

@@thermionic1234567 lolololol

[@Eprocadation]

8:57 is the liberation

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

is this from Altes Casino - Montreux, Switzerland - 11/21/1970

[@buddy39914]

It's good that he did not (if it's true) because then I'm sure he would've played in a very different style.

[@jjacer1]

Summer Sunday and a year.....

[@paulsto6516]

A direct connection between Pink Floyd and The Doors! ... I guess I like it fine, so far.

[@markbeckingham6009]

WTF David Gilmour have guitar lessons??? he's amazing legendary singer/guitarist you haven't got a clue.

[@gliddofglood]

What album is this version from? I mean this specific recording.

[@meurer13daniel]

gliddofglood Atom Heart Mother

[@meurer13daniel]

I mean, the original music is from here. I don't think there is a live version

[@gliddofglood]

This is not the studio version and the clip is entitled Live in Montreux. Maybe some sort of bootleg.

[@fdarras2678]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6OTe51rdq6lhdU

[@CSCRECORDSBC]

It’s a bootleg indeed.

[@TopVersnelling]

In the title is says "Before the fire". Before what fire, if I may ask?

[@acerimmer515dwarfer4]

The fire deep purple started and burnt it to the ground listen to smoke on the water lyrics

[@senator558]

acerimmer515 Dwarfer The fire Deep Purple started? So you think one of the band members was the “stupid with a flare gun?” LMAO!

[@swinetrek]

The Montreaux Casino burnt down and it wasn't Deep Purple's fault.

[@JensFastrup]

Is that Paul McCartney at 8:45???

[@cqlr]

Yes, Dave and Paul at a Led Zeppelin concert

[@asterixthekerryman]

Looks like Paul + Linda

[@rhjenkins]

asterixthekerryman You're both right! It's Paul, Linda, AND Dave! Isn't the internet smart?

[@Skydog722]

rhjenkins no surprise given Paul and John were fans of Pink Floyd pretty much from the word go.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Çağlar Polat I wish it were so, but according to my sources it's actually a Rolling Stones concert.

[@rodsagredo]

why is the video called "(...) before the fire"?

[@rodsagredo]

Thanks!

[@fdarras2678]

@@rodsagredo kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6OTe51rdq6lhdU

[@darrend1094]

mmmm.. fat ol' sun live....

[@ricardobarriosponce6490]

Lamejor musicas

[@blaksu]

Ah I don't know about that. I think they may have taught it each other actually, just playing together etc

[@qte5530]

any way

[@thbandashow]

oh my god so sick

[@GIj349]

I’m not gonna buy any product advertised until you interrup this kind of tract.

[@robertwooley9625]

It's great but NONE of the live match the studio version of the solo at the end

[@fdarras2678]

Gilmour like to improvise, thats the reason.

[@MrGeorgemartin525]

if only dave had got guitar lessons !!

[@jeradnelson9643]

you are wrong as well

[@georgedonnellan36]

The people allowed all this BS to happen....

[@raulmerengues2137]

LOL, wtF?

[@jeradnelson9643]

seriosuly? cause youre very wrong.

[@RosieES7]

what year was this performance from?

[@charliecollins3826]

Rosie Solomon 1970