SO MAGICAL!! First Time Reaction to David Gilmour - "Echoes" Gdańsk

[@richardbates895]

With Richard sadly passing, David has said, that he will never perform this song again. That is the bond they shared, and for such a classic piece of music art!

[@StaceyRPGReacts]

Gonna make me cry 😭 that shows how much respect David has for Richard

[@richardbates895]

@@StaceyRPGReacts Absolutely true!

[@joegillam1497]

David and Richard singing together is magical. It really touches my soul.

[@joegillam1497]

God bless you, Richard Wright. RIP. Always loved. Always missed.

[@louissamson4609]

This is actually the last time they played together ever. Richard was supposed to play with gilmour in 2008 with Gilmour at Jool's Holland but couldnt and ended up dying couple of days before the performance. Gilmour was supposed to play one of his song but instead played "Remember a Day" a song from 1968 that is one of the few that Wright wrote andthat has never been performed live. It's a incredible performance and you can see how the band is affected by Wright passing, especially Gilmour.

[@troycatkinson]

David was the only band member who knew Richard had cancer. They kept it a secret from the band until later. David and Richard both knew this was the last time they would play this song together. It makes it even more special.

[@carlow6721]

So sad

[@benbode906]

David and Richard having a conversation using their instruments always brings a tear to my eye because they knew the end was near. It’s just beautiful

[@PinkFloydBestBandEver]

David Gilmour and Richard Wright..2 men one soul... perfect harmony...2 LEGENDS..❤

[@joegillam1497]

@PinkFloydBestBandEver You hit the nail on the head. They were soul brothers, soul twins

[@PinkFloydBestBandEver]

@@joegillam1497 ❤️

[@MegaForrestgump]

The last time this was ever played. Rest well, Richard. Edit: I get chills every time Richard brings it back.

[@jarbeck1]

Last time it was played by Gilmour. Nick Mason’s Saucer Full of Secrets tour kills this song regularly.

[@eddybuck4707]

Richard will always remind me of earlier keyboard art that connects us to the past. What a sound.

[@MegaForrestgump]

@@jarbeck1 I am going to have to check out his performances. Thanks!!

[@eddybuck4707]

Guy Pratt (bass for Floyd and Gilmour) has been touring with Nick.

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

@@jarbeck1 Too right. The theme of the band is all the pre-Dark Side good stuff from Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett. So Echoes fits right in. I was lucky enough to have the front row in Sydney last year to see a couple of guys I'd last seen in 1988.

[@Cadinho93]

Almost note for note. You can almost hear David Gilmour and Richard Wright saying goodbye to each other in those last few moments. RIP genius. Also, David Gilmour should be everyone's favorite guitar player.

[@ChrisEchoes]

They didn't know it at the time it was the last time but what might have factored in that it was the very last show of the tour ... a show that was at very late notice added on. So yes, they are relishing in their interplay in the end section. Coincidentally the live-set was released exactly a week after Richard had passed away. The day the news or Wright's passing broke was a sad day but the fact we got this set a few days later was a way to remember him doing what he loved best. I think this whole show has some of Wright's best performances.

[@cheslerpark7223]

I think he's often non-guitar playing people's favorite guitar player. IDK why, maybe David not being as technical or groundbreaking or fast as other players. But to my ears (musician but not guitar), he does things that I've never heard anyone else do. He can rip emotions right out of you. He makes the guitar truly wail and sing, and has such an amazing technique with pitch bends. He plays the regular guitar like a lap steel guitar. He's the GOAT, and is responsible for at least 5 of the top 10 guitar solos I've ever heard. He's really what elevated Roger's amazing lyricism and meta-concepts into the stratosphere where they belong.

[@flubblert]

Hmmm, I see we have a little plagiarism going on here, eh Cad? That's okay, I guess I should be flattered. 🧐 Next time you lift somebody else's comments word for word from another reaction, at least have the decency to put it in quotes. smh

[@flubblert]

​​@@cheslerpark7223 Amen to that chesler, if only Roger could have recognized that.

[@Music.Movies.67]

Not as good as the Echoes Live in Pompei guitar playing was Awesome on Live in Pompei

[@steveboyes2090]

Absolutely the best performance ever, and the last live version of this. Perfection.

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

Best performance ever, but not the last. I saw Guy Pratt and Nick Mason do a pretty good job of it last year in Sydney from the front row of the Enmore Theatre. Real life, even without Gilmour or Wright, it's still worth a listen.

[@Rickhorse1]

The last few minutes (for me) is the core of what made Gilmour & Wright so great together. Just the two of them quietly 'playing off each other' to create a beautiful ending. (Sadly, in this case it WAS literally the end of their performing it together.)

[@kimai1641]

Stacey, Richard was ill with lung cancer, David new, no one else in the band new. This was a performance between two friends saying goodbye. David has never played it live since and he is adamant that he won't. This was every bit a Richard Wright song as it was a Gilmour and Nick Mason (drums) track. This performance brings tears to my eyes every time. Especially this performance in Gdansk.

[@DJMaul1031]

OMG I've been waiting for someone to react to this version. This is, in my opinion, the best version of Echoes ever recorded. The interplay between David and Rick is brilliant

[@elausente21]

Most definitely 😢

[@TranceAddict1989]

Yes way better than Royal Albert Hall

[@Richie-boy292]

Two old masters at there peak 🎸 🎹

[@piyushpanchal7573]

Better than studio?

[@Richie-boy292]

@@piyushpanchal7573 seeing it live. 100% better than studio

[@elausente21]

I have listened to this so many times that I cannot count them, yet it never fails to bring tears to my eyes at the very end, when you come to understand why David cannot ever perform this live again. There will never be another pairing of two musicians musicians like Rick and David. And for me, this is the ultimate performance of this song.

[@g0fvt]

Sadly Richard passed away in 2008, it was always fascinating how he and David Gilmour seemed to communicate with just a glance.

[@profjohnfrinks]

I rarely listen to any other version. To hear David and Richard talk to eachother musically in the outro... a magical lullaby

[@tootsyroll7209]

The last 5 or so minutes is so beautiful to me Richard and David are magical when they play together like that

[@Mrbigp59]

Its the the early 70"s your with you favorite girl, smoking a little and your favorite wine lying back listening to this. Dont get any better ahhhh the 70s stacey will never be an time like that again.. No BS no internet, phones or crap

[@scozz6139]

This 2006 performance of "Echoes" parts 1 and 2, is likely the last time Dave and Rick performed this iconic song together, Richard Wright died two years later in 2008 from cancer. This song has always been a special one for Dave and Rick singing the dual harmony, as they were very good friends. After his passing Gilmour said he will never play the song again, and he hasn't. David Gilmour has a new album slated to be released next month, September, 78 years old and still going!

[@54fighting5]

RIP Riched Wright❤. A truly legendary part of musical history and a brilliant pioneer. His legacy will live for many generations.

[@Flatwoodsdad]

It's not a battle. It's a musical conversation my dear.

[@perennial72]

I could be wrong, Stacey, but I think this has been one of the last performances of the great Rick Wright before he passed away. David Gilmour said he'd nevermore play Echoes without his friend, too painful for him. I love your reactions. Thank you!

[@silgen]

Proof, if any were needed, that David gets better with age. My favourite from this concert is "A Great Day For Freedom" with David's emotional and articulate solo at the end, one of his best ever, IMO. You will believe a guitar can cry.

[@jimj9729]

Fat Old Sun is also a must from this concert!

[@bentindle9036]

I like the version of Fat Old Sun from remember that night better.

[@dboss7239]

This was essentially the last big concert Richard played at before his passing. Although Richard participated in David's "Barn Jams" in the January after this concert, and one of the songs that Richard "jammed" with then is now a focus of a song on David's new album releasing next week. You must also watch the performance of both "High Hopes" and "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" from this concert in Gdansk. David plays a truly heavenly guitar outro for High Hopes along with the string section of the Polish Orchestra. And Richard and David doing Shine On is fantastic - you get to see the glass harp at the beginning, which is 3 guys playing chords on wine glasses which is how the sound was created for the album. There's three of the songs from David's new album already released and any of them would be great to react to "The Piper's Call", "Between Two Points" and "Dark and Velvet Nights". And he is doing concerts in Europe and the US in October and November. Probably the last time we get to see him live (he's 78 years young). Here he is explaining the new album: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5TOeZyjjNVshKs ( David Gilmour - The Making of Luck and Strange) At the end he claims it's his best work since Dark Side of the Moon! And if you really want to get a sense of the main's genius watch this rendering of the making of the album this Gdansk Tour was all about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGfdiGl3rK-qja8 ( David Gilmour - The Making Of An Island (Behind The Scenes) )

[@alexanderduncan3347]

Hi Stacey. In 1975, at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire, England, I was present at the Pink Floyd concert. They started the gig by playing the album 'Wish You Were Here' in its entirety; they followed that by playing the album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' in its entirety; and finally played 'Echoes' in its entirety. Apart from their outstanding musical performance, the quality of their sound was high fidelity. The best concert that I have attended over a long career of concert going.

[@johnroberthines7811]

My first Floyd gig Knebworth 1975 and what an awesome experience i was 18yrs old now 67yrs old, where have the years gone. Yes we heard wish were here on that july day before the album came out in September 1975. Saw Floyd another six time's over the years including twice the wall earls court 80 and 81 and the last time 1994 Earl's court that they recorded and filmed for P. U. L. S. E.

[@silgen]

I was there too, Echoes was the 20+ minute encore, wasn't it? They started off with two unfamiliar songs, which I later heard were called "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Raving and Drooling". These turned out to be early versions of Dogs and Sheep. Sadly that was the only time I got to see Floyd live, in later years life always got in the way.

[@TheMule71]

@@silgen This is something younger people don't even know. PF studio albums often came after tours in which they played early versions of the songs. So even if technically they aren't live albums, the music was still kind of born off live performances. That's also why they sound so great live. Most music today is born, refined, frozed in studio with the studio perfomance in minds (effects, pitch correction, editing etc.). The following live performances are adapted and arranged for a live concert, and often sort of inferior. PF's music OTOH, is often born and refined as a live performance, with the studio version adding maybe some effects, definetely a "studio" sound but little more. The live version may end up being different but it's not a second class citizen at all. Eventually, it continues evolving on its own, often surpassing the studio version (see Comfortably Numb). Quite frankly the only song if find inferior live is Shine On. They perform a shortened rearranged version, with the sax solo in between the sung parts instead of at the end, and an entire section of the guitar intro is omitted.

[@shaynewest8757]

I saw them at the Rotterdam Arena in January 78 and they played the whole Animals album then the whole Wish You Were Here album and closed with Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. The giant pig got stuck halfway over the crowd. Saw PF live 7 times.

[@johnroberthines7811]

@@silgen even though you haven't managed to see them again mate you've got some great memories , that Knebworth gig was awesome i was there aswell and was 18yrs old this was my first Floyd experience and what a day that was awsome memories. I have been lucky and privileged to have seen them live many times Over the years with the last time being in 1994 Earl's court.

[@normmcinnis4102]

A million bright ambassadors of morning. What a beautiful lyric.

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

That crowd are the luckiest people alive witnessing the last live ever performance of Echoes

[@vicprovost2561]

Spot On, they could have floated home after that show!

[@marekgrzesiak9227]

Indeed, I was in that crowd in Gdańsk 😀

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

I don't think so. I saw Nick and Guy perform it live last year. And I was lucky to be in the front row of the theatre. Check out Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.

[@johnroberthines7811]

Hello Stacey you've now heard Echoes a couple of times now, why not make it a third time from the David Gilmour ROYAL ALBERT HALL 2006 REMEMBER THAT NIGHT DVD/BLURAY CONCERT in my opinion the best version of all. Have a listen to the rest of the concert aswell, you won't be disappointed i promise.

[@joeltopping2282]

So glad you experienced this version of Echoes.

[@purephine4391]

I hope you will react to "A Great Day For Freedom" LIVE in Gdansk, as well. Such a beautiful solo. Such a very underrated guitar solo, specifically the one from Gdansk.

[@cjesroulk2881]

Stacy, I saw them on this tour in Oakland, CA the same year. A very intimate setting, when I first had that 1st keyboard note, I was thrilled Gilmour and Wright brought this back. What a wonderful concert.

[@johnroberthines7811]

Stacey out of the six times I've been privileged to see Floyd live, the only time they played Echoes was the first time i saw them live at Knebworth in1975 and it was awesome. If you can imagine a warm July summers evening sitting on the ground in amongst many thousands of Floyd fans on a huge field in the grounds of Knebworth house just chilling out listening to the awsome sounds of in my opinion the greatest rock band ever, and I've never ever forgotten that first live floyd experience as an 18yr old I'm now 67yrs old and still listening to Floyd and always will...... Your pronunciation of Gdansk is correct Stacey

[@Llanchlo]

5th July - 50 years ago next year. Dick Parry played Sax on Echoes at Knebworth!

[@charleswagner2984]

You guys that have seen PF several times are so lucky. I've seen them once, the first concert without Roger. They started the tour in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia opening with Echos. The 100,000 + crowd goes nuts. They haven't played Echos since 1975, and we get it as the first song of the 1987 tour WOW! After over 100 minutes of great Floyd, we got Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb in two encores. It starts to rain, and they come out for an unprecedented third encore. The only song they didn't play from the new album was One Slip, the radio hit at the time. And instead of playing that short song, they ended that show with Shine On You Crazy Diamond during a light rain. Nobody left. That was a miracle that they didn't play One Slip.

[@johnroberthines7811]

@@Llanchlo that was my first Pink Floyd experience live at Knebworth 1975 when I was 18yrs old I'm so lucky.

[@kentnottingham9635]

Their voices blend so well, it’s hard to pick who’s high and who’s low! Always loved their harmonies when they sing together

[@Richie-boy292]

This is simply the best. Seen this tour live in Glasgow 2006. Still gives me goosebumps every time I hear this. RIP Rick you were the backbone of Floyd.

[@keyrat1753]

Great reaction! Echoes is a true musical journey. So nice to see Richard, David, Guy Pratt and the other band members together on this beautiful stage.

[@grahamhowarth9764]

if asked which do I prefer Pompeii or Gdansk my answer would be YES!!

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

At last you've discovered David Gilmour solo! Next up try his 2016 Pompeii show, particularly "In Any Tongue".

[@SpaceOdditiesLive]

"In Any Tongue" at Pompeii is an absolutely breathtaking performance. I think Gilmour's solo rivals "Comfortably Numb" at Pulse. If the first note of it doesn't cut your soul in half I don't know what will.

[@jimj9729]

One of the most emotional songs I've ever heard.

[@jim1125-cv6yg]

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[@uwmxer]

⁠In Any Tongue will blow you away!

[@user-audioTec76]

In Any Tongue - Live in Pompeii Davids guitar’s wails in agony. Such a great, emotional solo.

[@normmcinnis4102]

Yep. That's the iconic David stance when he pulls up his shoulders with the facial expression. Love it. You know he is right into it then.

[@KopCole]

I do a lot of work for high profile musicians and bands moving their instruments from their homes, studios, rehearsals, venues and festivals and the past few weeks I’ve been at David’s home setting up equipment in his barn for rehearsals for the upcoming Royal Albert Hall shows and I listening to him play freely on his guitar with no audience has been truly the highlight of my career. Speaking to him has been so surreal as I’ve been a massive Floyd fan since I was 11. This vid is very emotive as it was the last time Rick & David played together before his heartbreaking passing. RIP RW

[@adh5463]

What a cool point of view you speak from as someone who has interacted with David. This comment should be pinned.

[@PhilBrandes]

I'll go with Echoes Pompeii, its still the peak of psychedelic healing trip, the best Floyd has ever done, but this hard rock disco light version has its great moments like the solo after the first verses and the emotional duett ending knowing thats their last performance. Ty 4 the relatable journey reaction❤

[@colint587]

Stacey that was a great review..you are right the song is a drug and is beautiful, which you can easily lose yourself in as it progresses.

[@bcathard]

You need to check out this whole concert! Especially this version of Comfortably Numb, High Hopes and A Great Day For Freedom.

[@christopherbiggers7811]

Thank you. Listening to Floyd with you lifted my morning

[@IrwinRodrigueztrinidad]

Amazing concert held at the gdansk shipyard, in front of 50 thousand people and with the symphony orchestra of the polish baltic philharmonyc… Echoes; High Hopes (best version); On An Island….. ufffffff 👌🏻👌🏻

[@user-kn5vp2qq6d]

Their musical conversation of echoes of thoughts and friendship in greeting farewell is written in history. Unrepeatable. I hope you will put in reactions theirs Welcome To The Machine sometime soon.

[@moonwind6303]

It honors David so much that he tried to play the guitar parts like he did way back then. That's actually not easy to pull off and very brave too. He has of course evolved so much through the years, so to "go back" to the musical thinking you had 50+ years ago is a really cool thing to do. To listen to that as a guitarist myself is so cool and impressive! 💙 Thanks for the reaction! ❤

[@geronim0189]

Hey Stacey ❤ !!! you know how much I like PinkFloyd live or in the studio , David Gilmour my hero ,I love this performance ,David's work on the guitar parts is great , Richard Wright Magnificent !!!! Super video as always my Stacey ❤❤❤thank you for everything !!!😍

[@PaulNoble-jb2gq]

Stacey, of course they played it live all the time in 70-71-72.🎉😅❤

[@andyh3142]

Listening to David’s new album lovely to hear Richard make a couple of appearances on tracks from old sessions from around this time . Scattered brilliant track one for your tears folder with David’s guitar solo

[@eddiecriglington400]

Echoes was my introduction to Pink Floyd, in 1971, I was 15. I still listen to it regularly. As has been said, this was the last time David and Richard played it live together. As has also been mentioned, I’ve always felt it too. You can feel them speaking to each other, so beautifully with their instruments. A absolutely stunning performance. Magical. Hope you’ve listened to the original Studio Album recording, on ‘Meddle’. You should see David Gilmour’s stunning Show on his return to Pompeii, 2016. There’s no ‘Echoes’, but the whole Show is superb. This time to an audience. ‘Comfortably Numb’ is sensational and what a light Show. I can’t wait to see David Gilmour and his Band this coming October, 2024, at the Royal Albert Hall’. 🎶❤️🎶

[@duncanny5848]

Awesome, magnificent, amazing. Never seen or heard this performance before. Truly, here it was truly the best.

[@KenBlair-jp5nz]

The song is from the Meddle album released in 1971 .I bought it when it was released

[@vicprovost2561]

I saw it live in the old Boston Garden, they played it as part of their set list from 1971 to 1975. One of the best songs live I ever saw, every version of this on You Tube is worth pursuing, they were such a special band.

[@jodoggie2]

You mentioned the song "transported you" as I think the song was intended to do by creating an alien abduction of David. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this. The eerie sound, midway into the song, with the band completely still on stage like they are frozen. Then the sound of what could be probing lights focuses on the stage looking for David. Then all the colored lights land on him and they become unfrozen and just start jamming as if David was abducted and inside the ship. The music becomes extra fast like they are ripping through space, letting David see the beautiful universe. The beautiful part two reminds me of how one would feel after such a trip. Finally, they returns David to his home safe and the brilliant blue lights are the craft's turbos blasting blue light out of the rear engines as it leaves earth and gives David a wink as their new friend. Pink Floyd has always been about new age spacey music. As reported by Open Culture (August, 2012), "Many people don't know that Pink Floyd actually laid down “Moonhead” at a BBC TV studio during the descent of Apollo 11, the mission on which Armstrong would take that one giant leap for mankind. The band’s improvisation made it to the ears of England’s moon-landing viewers..." This song to me represents exactly what an alien would do by finding that guy who makes this crazy beautiful music and lets give him a special trip to show our appreciation. Ya never know; it may have really happened...

[@tgchism]

I had the pleasure to see this song live with David and Richard in Oakland CA during the U.S. leg of the 2006 tour! It was amazing seeing them live and yes the light show on stage was unreal. This is as close as I ever got to a Pink Floyd concert! I think this performance is the best ever for this song. The last few minutes with the back and forth between David and Richard always gets me!

[@uwetessenow985]

Thank you Stacey for your reaction I am speechless I love Pink Floyd and this song and this performance is out of this world

[@MrFabian1030]

Thank you for reacting to this! Please do Shine On You Crazy Diamond 6-9 next 🙏🏻

[@philseager8469]

You should watch "a great day for freedom " from this concert, another amazing performance of a amazing song

[@Llanchlo]

It was a staple of PF concerts from 1971 to 1975 - in later times as an encore - then again for some shows on their 1987 tour. They were never afraid of the length of thir works! They were also not afraid to vary it - there are some cool versions which have Dick Parry taking a lead part on the Saxophone!

[@ricardodylan3106]

Pink Floyd and David Gilmour solo, the only ones to perform concerts in Pompeii

[@pierreboulet1853]

How absolutely beautiful. Everything is said about the genius of David and Rick together so ill point 2 different things : A big salute to a masterful playing by Guy Pratt. The bass is absolutely perfect. Guy still plays this song regularly with Nick Mason. My second point is about drumming. That guy is a very talented drummer but I miss Nick on this song. Nick has a very special touch on this song better appreciated on the live at Pompei version. Thank you Stacey again.

[@rickashworth7304]

Glad you saw this remarkable performance Stacey! The first time I saw Pink Floyd was in June 1975 in Montreal... which was an outside football stadium. They opened with early versions of Sheep and Dogs, because the Animals album wasn't out yet, then they did a few from Wish You Were Here followed by the whole Dark Side Of The Moon tracks... to then close the show with an encore of Echoes! We were pretty high by then and as teenagers, I certainly understood their music only later in life! The show was amazing though... Their musical style will be missed...

[@Mister_Samsonite]

They also did a really moving performance of "Wot's... Uh the Deal" during this time period. One of my favorite PF songs, and it could have been a hit with a different title. Written and recorded while in their early 20's, it contains so much life wisdom that hits you harder when you're old (like many of their songs).

[@seandobson6221]

After this concert David said he’d never do it again because Richard Wright passed away and he’s the other voice of the song. You seriously need to do other songs from this performance. Gilmour is a guitar god!

[@toms2494]

This concert was performed in the ship yard were Poland started their independence from the USSR.

[@haroldjacobs1490]

Thank you for doing this reaction... Was going to say that this was the last one but you know that. It was good you listened to this one after you had heard the song before... I'm only six minutes into it, this will be fun.

[@leonardoalmiron2175]

i think of all the bands you've listened to and reacted to... pink floyd is definitely your favorite. it shows on your face when you hear the first notes of any song. And I'm glad for that!

[@mgriffis38]

So happy you got to this. It is truly an epic performance. The best and last.

[@Tom76]

I was there in 2006... my first David Gilmour concert. Where to start? I'm a big Pink Floyd fan. I flew from Chile (my homeland) to Europe for first time in 2006 and I went to Gdansk only to enjoy my first (of 5) David Gilmour concert. My dream came true there in Poland. I arrived in Gdansk the night before of the concert and I stayed in a big hostel there... the next morning I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was that it was raining like the sky was falling apart and I was afraid that my dream was in danger. I got up and the whole hostel was full of people with Pink Floyd T-Shirts, I went out to find where to buy tickets and again the whole city was full of Pink Floyd fans everywhere. It was so cool. The rain ended at noon. I had no ticket, but the same day of the concert there were official spost selling tickets everywhere in the city... the ticket cost me just USD 26 in the section between the technical board and the stage. I was alone but the crowd was around 100.000 people and everybody were amazingly friendly so I didn't feel alone at all. I cried while I enjoyed Echoes. I felt and I still feel so lucky for this experience. This was the last concert of Rick Wright and Echoes never was played again by David Gilmour (theres was one more performance at Abby Road Studios but not crowd and Echoes was played partially). At the end of that tour David Gilmour asked Phil Manzanera (the second guitar player of this tour) to select the best song of the tour to work in a live album. After Phil listened all songs of every concerts he concluded that all songs of that concert in Gdansk were the best of the tour and that's why they produced this whole concert at the Astoria Studio and then released the "David Gilmour Live in Gdansk" album.

[@brentmatheson1947]

Bought Meddle to listen to One of These Days and ended up loving this tune more. Many thanks for sharing it, what a masterpiece!!!!!

[@grahamhowes6904]

Glad you did this! For me the best version and I introduced Pink Floyd onstage at possibly the first ever performance so this last performance by David and Rick is special and deeply moving with the resonance of friendship and shared artistry. As you also have Guy Pratt the bassist who took over from Waters around Pulse you have 3/4 of Pink Floyd so for me this was the last Pink FLOYD gig. The whole of this concert revisits so much of their past catalogue and many of those are the best versions IMHO. The crowd was vast and also an orchestra. David and Rick were the heart and soul and Rick was the bedrock of the band upon which the rest flowed. And this band is all top drawer especially Phil Manzanera on second lead - ex lead guitarist with Roxy Music. To me it’s odd how few FLOYD fans know this concert.

[@kellydelay18]

Finally someone to react to this amazing performance🕶️

[@Distant394]

I luv virtually every tune Floyd have done but that last 3 minutes has to be the most emotionally charged piece , the love , and the chemistry that David and Richard had together gets me every time , well done Alan for picking an epic piece

[@russellfolk9846]

Another fabulous classic performance, so touching. I recommend you follow this up the "A Pocket Full of Stones" from the same Gdansk concert. Brilliant, you'll love it.

[@csphoenix9]

David and Richard were meant to play together, sadly Rick passed away and David will not perform the song without Rick

[@showmoke]

The lyrics to this epic piece of music never fail to move me emotionally every time I hear them. Some of the greatest lyrics written of any song EVER!

[@thomascurran5134]

The Black Strat (albeit with many alterations) from Pompeii to Gdansk, making magic in the hands of the Greatest Guitar Player of All Time! David and Richard playing it together for the last time, Richard is sorely missed. So glad you love Floyd Stacey!!

[@douglasjohnson4805]

I saw David Perform this in Chicago at the Rosemont Theater April 13 2006 during his On an Island Tour.

[@th.a]

The concert took place at the shipyard in Gdańsk (until end of World WarII a German town named Danzig, now Polish) where the downfall of the Warsaw Pact started. The strike at the shipyard in 1980 in combination with a then Polish pope and the Russian president Michail Gorbachev was lead to the fate of the Soviet Union and their empire.

[@marekgrzesiak9227]

Wiki : It also served as Poland's principal seaport, and was the largest city of Poland in the 15th-17th centuries. In 1793, within the Partitions of Poland, the city became part of Prussia, and thus a part of the German Empire from 1871 after the unification of Germany. Following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, it was a Free City under the protection of the League of Nations from 1920 to 1939. On 1 September 1939 it was the scene of the first clash of World War II at Westerplatte.

[@swojaczek]

It sounds like you claim that Gdańsk was always German and only for the last few decades became Polish, which is far from truth, or even just opposite. The town is of Slavic origins, well over a thousand years old now, always multicultural regardnig its location, and for the vast majority of history was Polish.

[@th.a]

It was not meant as political or territorial statement. And it would have been a misleading one too, considering the diverse and unstable European history where the nation, country, kingdom, principality etc. a territories belonged to might have changed frequently over time. Furthermore Germany as one nation was only founded in 1871 by Bismarck. Before that time the territory of todays Germany was split into a myriad of independent kingdoms and principalities. My hint just emphasised that Gdańsk/Danzig was for more or less 150 years first Prussian, the dominating power of the later German Empire. Later on, after the foundation of the German Empire, it became German. Before this time it was part of the Kingdom of Poland. And if you go further back in time it was ruled by the German Order and before that it belonged to the then Kingdom of Poland. Furthermore Gdańsk/Danzig was most likely founded by Wikings, respectively Danes or Swedes. And in-between it was part of the empire of the Germanic tribe of the Goths. And during all these times Danzig was quite often a free an independent city and also a member of the Hanseatic league.

[@danielkrberg7551]

Thnx!!..Stacey for this reaction!!!...I miss Richard...good bless!! ..

[@roberttoews2775]

Also from this same concert is Fat Old Sun. This awesome song sports David on the acoustic guitar followed by one hell of an electric guitar solo! A must review. I think you'll love it.

[@ExclusivelyReclusive1]

Yes! finally someone who react to the best version! This guitar intro with keys and the ending is fucking magical.

[@martchristy9981]

My favourite version was on 'Meddle'. It was one song that really made me think seriously about music. Now, it just gives the old chills back again. Sweet! Lovely reaction Stacey! Be well.

[@Llanchlo]

"That first note" is the notification tone on my phone. Turns quite a few heads when it goes off in a public space.

[@jeffreywolff329]

RIP Richard last time David will play this song a special song between close friends. Richard sang this with throat cancer he did a great job of hiding his medical condition. At the end could feel David saying goodbye to Richard. have to hear all the Gdansk

[@berndwolfram451]

The end is mindblowing .....and now high hopes from the same concert...the end is incredible

[@IndyYakr]

Great job! Been waiting for more Gilmour. You would do well to explore more from this concert as well as David's trip back to Pompeii in 2016.

[@riphopfer5816]

This is definitely an incredibly emotional performance. The end movement literally sounded like David and Richard saying goodbye to each other, knowing Richard wasn’t well, and they’d never play this together again. Moreover those last two repeated piano notes that faded out at the end as the ‘space noises’ swelled to overtake them, now sound to me like Rick saying ‘Goodbye’ from the other side. I hadn’t listened to this version of this song in a few years, I’m embarrassed to say, and that impression was incredibly strong-brought tears to my eyes.

[@anthonyrausch2323]

This song takes me back to a period when pterodactyls ruled the skies over the vast and unhospitable oceans filled with fierce prehistoric sharks and gigantic fish with grey and stormy skies overhead. That's how I felt 50 years ago when I first heard it on my Meddle album. And no I wasn't stoned just in awe of PF!

[@Neil_BT]

Oh my gosh, been waiting for this one. Absolutely magnificent performance, the solo is awesome and then the finish with the interplay between David and Richard. Plus the last verse lyrics wise is awesome, love the thought of a million bright ambassadors of morning streaming in on sunlight wings when you open the curtains.

[@kentnottingham9635]

Wow, heard this 100 times and seeing Rick play this, THIS TIME, brought a lump in my throat!

[@jonhenke1504]

I've always taken the end of this song as David and Richard saying I'll see you later but this version was literally saying GOODBYE!! I had been looking for a certain sound when I was young and one night somebody put on echoes in 1972 before Dark Side of the Moon and when I heard it that was the end of it, I HAD FOUND THAT SOUND I'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR!! Then a Pink Floyd fan ever since and when it comes to live shows no one else compares!!! Seen them live four times in three different decades and I've seen about 100 concerts in my life from ACDC to led Zeppelin and everyone in between alphabetically and never seen a better performance than Floyd!!!!!

[@sebastianocangini3834]

Nel 2006 li ho visti assieme al teatro Arcimboldi di Milano....ho versato lacrime di passione per questi 2 fuoriclasse assoluti ed ogni volta che guardo questo video ritorno a quella serata MAGICA . DAVID GILMOUR FOREVER ❤❤❤❤❤ RICHARD WRIGHT I LOVE YOU❤❤❤❤❤

Such enormous talent never get tired of hearing them ❤

[@jackwinemiller8358]

this is at the gdansk Poland shipyard where several shipyard workers were shot by police during a demonstration in support of "solidarity" among striking workers

[@thembones1895]

They played echoes live during the 1975 tour when they were touring Wish You were here. That's the only tour/year I can quickly think of.

[@robertforman3494]

Yes. It was the encore. Started out with three new songs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, You’ve Got To Be Crazy (later released as Dogs on the animals album) and Raving and Drooling (originally a song about a vampire, later with new lyrics titled Sheep also on Animals). After a break they played DSOTM in its entirety, the Echoes. An amazing show. I saw it twice at the LA Sports Arena. A huge police presence there because the Los Angeles Chief Of Police thought they were a drug band. There were cops everywhere. A guy sitting next to me lit up a joint and was immediately arrested.

[@dannymulder1319]

That interaction between Richard and David👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼💚💚💚 So beautiful and also so emotional😢

[@chriswerner5169]

All I felt and thought after I saw this concert is said below already. As an obituary to that feel, a cheer and thank you too Rick, I recommend to hear the album Endless River.

[@fredericknalaremah939]

I watched them perform live in 1969 and was awestruck then. Watching this performance, words are not sufficient, maybe a soundtrack to life at its musical best?

[@domj27]

This is a masterpiece and my favourite Pink Floyd song. Absolutely love this performance, truly a beautiful and emotional one as it was the last time this epic song was played live between David and Rick

[@marcosodin464]

Epic performance live...ECHOES LIVE IN ROYAL ALBERT HALL.Very good too👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@martinb3619]

Nothing short of 21st century classical orchestral music that is of unmatched quality and artistry in the modern era. Like all classics, this music is timeless, in a genre all of its own and will be played and enjoyed for all time. We will not see their like again I think.