Concert Speak Floyd la Cetatea de Scaun din Suceava

"Zidurile Cetăţii de scaun a Sucevei vor tremura pe ritmuri de Pink Floyd. Speak Floyd este noul invitat surpriză la Bucovina Rock Castle.

Speak Floyd este singurul tribute-band Pink Floyd din România şi s-a înfiinţat în ianuarie 2010 la Cluj având în componenţă muzicieni cu experienţă şi cunoscuţi din alte proiecte:

- David Bryan (Hotel FM) - voce;
- Sandy Deac (Kappa, Desperado şi alţi artişti) - clape, voce, acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel guitar;
- Kovacs "Kovi" Laszlo (Kappa,Desperado şi alţi artişti) - electric & acoustic guitars;
- Razvan "Vava" Rotis (Razvan Krivach Band) – tobe şi percuţie;
- Kolumban Zoli (De La Funk,Yesterdays) - bas;
- Edi Raita (LeeQuid) - clape;
- Lazăr Rudy (Gaio Jazz Band) – saxofon.

Proiectul a pornit ca o expresie a pasiunii membrilor săi pentru muzica şi mesajul maeştrilor muzicii progresive, Pink Floyd. După o perioadă de circa 6 luni, timp în care au avut loc repetiţii zilnice şi o definire a repertoriului de interpretat, trupa Speak Floyd debutează la Motor Bike Party de la Bacău unde creeaza o mare surpriză. Toate concertele Speak Floyd care au urmat au trezit un amplu interes la public în special la cel tânăr (16-25 ani), lucru extrem de interesant şi de îmbucurător pentru o societate care părea a fi condamnată la autodistrugere prin perpetuarea non-valorilor. După 30-35 de ani, muzica celor de la Pink Floyd este în continuare savurată de un public numeros ceea ce a facut ca toate concertele tribute-bandului Speak Floyd să se desfăşoare până acum cu casa închisă. Speak Floyd a concertat la Bacău, Oradea, Cluj, Suceava, Baia Mare, Târgu Mureş, Alba Iulia, Sebeş, Bucureşti.

Fiind o trupă tribut, Speak Floyd nu îşi propune decât să diversifice spectacolul prin inserarea unor elemente vizuale deosebite iar pe viitor, show-urile vor fi structurate pe albume aparţinând diverselor perioade. Un spectacol al trupei Speak Floyd se desfăşoară pe parcursul a aproximativ 1 oră şi 45 minute şi cuprinde piese de pe albumele "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "The Wall", "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" şi "The Division Bell". În tot acest timp, are loc o proiecţie video sincronă, creată de artistul clujean Călin Chiorean care este responsabil şi de elaborarea ID-ului vizual Speak Floyd. Mai multe detalii pe www.bucovinarockcastle.ro."

Richard Wright - The great gig in the sky

Richard Wright a compus The great gig in the sky (Marele concert din cer), una dintre cele mai frumoase piese din istoria rockului. Numele său va fi întotdeauna legat de Pink Floyd. Nu ştiu dacă mai trebuie amintită importanţa grupului pentru istoria muzicii rock. Personal, sînt convins că ascultarea unor albume ca The Wall (albumul însoţit de film) sau The dark side of the mooneste o experienţă asemănătoare citirii unui lung poem în proză.
Unul dintre membrii fondatori ai formaţiei a fost Richard Wright. Contribuţia sa la proiectul Pink Floyd este esenţială pentru evoluţia creatoare a formaţiei. The dark side of the moon, al treilea album ca vînzări al tuturor timpurilor, reprezintă dovada faptului că succesul comercial poate fi obţinut fără concesii în procesul de compoziţie. Richard Wright este compozitorul a cinci piese de pe acest album, printre care se numără titluri ca Breathe, Time, The great Gig in the Sky, Us and them, Any Colour you like.

Cea mai importantă contribuţie a lui Richard Wright o reprezintă însă compunerea pieselor de pe albumul The dark side of the moon. Lăsînd la o parte incredibilul succes comercial al albumului, care a consacrat pentru totdeauna formaţia, trebuie spus că apariţia sa este considerată unul dintre cele mai semnificative momente ale muzicii rock. Nu cred că am exagera dacă am spune că apariţia acestui album este pentru istoria rockului la fel de importantă ca apariţia volumului Florile răului pentru istoria poeziei.
Albumul este bazat pe sesiunile experimentale din spectacolele şi înregistrările precedente ale formaţiei. Este de la sine înţeles că Richard Wright a avut o contribuţie esenţială la realizarea acestui album, semnînd (singur sau împreună cu ceilalţi membri ai formaţiei) mai mult de jumătate din piesele de pe The dark side of the moon. Dacă Roger Waters, noul lider al formaţiei după retragerea lui Syd Barret, era responsabil pentru compunerea versurilor de pe album, o mare parte a concepţiei muzicale este datorată lui Richard Wright. Albumul a deschis drumul pentru ceea ce, în zilele noastre, este numit concept album (album-concept). Pe lîngă faptul că toate piesele de pe acest album sînt grupate în jurul cîtorva teme unificatoare, aceste compoziţii reprezintă şi rezultatul unui experimentalism muzical bine controlat, ceea ce face dinThe dark side of the moon o noutate a genului, fiind primul album de acest tip care a avut succes comercial.

Tema mare a albumul este "explorarea experienţei umane". Breathe ilustrează experienţele noi şi copilăria. Time este o meditaţie asupra îmbătrînirii şi a trecerii timpului. Us and themabordează tema conflictului, Money satirizează consumismul şi lăcomia, în timp ce The great Gig in the Sky (epitaful lui Wright) explorează spiritualitatea şi moartea.

Unul dintre aspectele esenţiale ale albumului este abilitatea lui Richard Wright şi a lui David Gilmour de a cînta într-o armonie perfectă în piese ca Us and them sau Time, atît la nivel vocal, cît şi la nivel instrumental.
Wright a lucrat şi a compus o parte din piesele de pe următoarele albume ale formaţiei. După contribuţia la realizarea albumelor Wish You Were Here şi Animals, relaţia cu Roger Waters s-adeteriorat din ce în ce mai mult, culminînd cu plecarea lui Wright din formaţie în timpul sesiunilor la albumul monumental The Wall. Artistul a debutat în cariera solo cu albumul Wet dream(1978). Lăsînd la o parte vechile neînţelegeri cu Roger Waters, a participat şi la concertul de reuniune de la Live 8 (2005).

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Roger Waters Live - O2 Arena, London, UK

De pe un blog gasit intamplator pe net, un articol care mi-a placut, pe care il postez si eu aici, cu citarea sursei si cu multumiri pentru autorul articolului

Il mai vazusem pe roger waters in concert, in 2007, la budapesta, insa am fost usor dezamagit: trupa cu care canta reproducea aproape nota cu nota solo-urile din celebrele piese pink floyd. fara geniul lui gilmour, wright si mason, desigur. concertul de la londra din acest an a fost special. waters a recreat “the wall“. fara maretia inegalabila a concertului de la berlin din 21 iulie 1990, insa cu logistica si efectele video ale secolului XXI. cele trei concerte de pe O2 arena (suplimentate cu inca doua, datorita cererii imense de bilete) au fost inregistrate si filmate pentru viitorul DVD al turneului.
O2 arena din Londra este coplesitoare. cat un stadion (23.000 de locuri), cu o instalatie de lumini formidabila si cu un sound system impecabil, locul ideal pentru “the wall“. accesul se face civilizat, fara imbulzeala, poti cumpara mancare sau bautura la tot pasul, doar ca – la fel ca in toata anglia – nu se fumeaza nicaieri. am intalnit fani pink floyd veniti din toata europa si – din imensitatea aia de sala – exact in spatele meu s-au nimerit patru romani care n-aveau habar de avertismentul organizatorilor de a nu folosi blitz-urile aparatelor foto in timpul concertului. n-am reusit sa inteleg la ce le-a folosit ca, oricum, pana la scena erau vreo 80 de metri. noroc ca nu i-au observat oamenii de ordine, care i-ar fi scos din sala.

inca de la primele note, pe scena a fost ridicat celebrul zid, pe care se proiectau apoi animatiile binecunoscute. doar de cateva ori au aparut imensele papusi cu aer cald (mama, profesorul, femeia), iar la “run like hell“, un porc imens a plutit deasupra spectatorilor.

toata sala astepta cu sufletul la gura “comfortably numb“. cu trei zile in urma, norocosii fani de la concertul de pe O2 arena au fost zdrobiti: alaturi de roger waters, la tobe a aparut nick mason, iar la chitara insusi david gilmour ! cu totii speram ca minunea sa se repete, dar – vorba lui mason – “enough is enough. we’re english, after all. we don’t do that hugging thing a lot.”

chiar si fara cei doi, show-ul “the wall” construit de roger waters merita toti banii (85 de lire sterline, un bilet intr-o zona decenta). pentru cei ca mine, care au crescut cu pink floyd si au trait cu imensul regret ca formatia s-a destramat inainte ca zidul care ne despartea de lumea civilizata sa cada, ca sa poata ajunge la un concert, este ultima ocazie de a-si implini un vis. chiar daca stim pe de rost fiecare acord din muzica formatiei, nimic nu se compara cu un concert adevarat.

organizarea concertului a fost impecabila pana la capat. intr-un sfert de ora, 23.000 de oameni au iesit din O2 arena si au plecat spre casa cu automobilele sau cu metroul, fara sa se calce in picioare, relaxati si fericiti.

Sursa: http://www.sorinbogdan.ro/2011/05/roger-waters-live-o2-arena-london-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-44101

Roger Waters opens "The Wall Live" at New York Madison Square Garden - In the Flesh

Roger Waters – "We Shall Overcome"

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has made available a new recording of the protest song “We Shall Overcome.” Posted June 3 to YouTube, the video is a call for the end of the blockade of Gaza. Waters is seen in the video singing and playing acoustic guitar. Lead guitar is played by G.E. Smith, with drums by Thor Jonsson, neither of whom are seen in the video.

Waters explains his motivation by referencing the freedom march to Gaza this winter. “The would be Freedom Marchers wanted to peacefully draw attention to the predicament of the Palestinian population of Gaza. The Egyptian government, (funded to the tune of $2.1 billion a year, by us, the U.S. tax payers), would not allow the marchers to approach Gaza,” he writes. “I was moved, in the circumstances, to record a new version of ‘We Shall Overcome.’ It seems appropriate.”

Roger Waters releases “We Shall Overcome” video

Roger Waters Lays First Brick of 'The Wall Live' Tour in Toronto

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It's unlikely that any rock 'n' roll roadie works as hard as Roger Waters' roadies. Last night in Toronto -- on the first of three dates kicking off the former Pink Floyd singer's globe-spanning, 30th anniversary 'The Wall Live' tour -- they slowly and steadily constructed a massive, non-metaphorical wall across the Air Canada Centre stadium stage until, by intermission, the band was now completely hidden behind it. And after repleting up the rafters with crashing fighter planes, flying pigs and grotesque three-story tall animatronic puppets, they eventually send that wall a-tumblin' down at the climax of Waters' triumphant return performance.

Several generations have now grown up with Pink Floyd's 1979 magnum opus, chanting that they don't need no education, attending laser light shows, crowding Midnight Madness screenings of the Alan Parker film and listening to the prog-rock double-album epic in their bedrooms with the lights off. Needless to say, for all the many acts who have taken to playing full album concerts in recent years, few have boasted full albums quite as impactful as 'The Wall.' Waters may not be Pink Floyd, but given the '70s legends ongoing irreconcilable differences, there's somewhat more enjoyment in watching a black hoodie-clad Waters front an anonymous Floyd cover band than, say, seeing David Gilmour play Pink Floyd karaoke. Though to be fair, it did take a full four players to replace Gilmour's contributions onstage, including uneven vocalist Robbie Wyckoff who often faltered on Gilmour's lines, though the crowd often helpfully out-sang him.

What made Waters' state-of-the-art 'The Wall Live' resurrection work so well was that it was ultimately about the album, not the man who wrote it or the men who performed it. But the big question that surrounded the tour lead-up was, Does 'The Wall' still matter? Its core story of youthful alienation -- sparked by the band's dissociation from its fanbase once it reached stadium-size -- certainly continues to reach out to new and old listeners alike. As for the album's additional themes of nationalism, fascism, corporatism and war, they may not ring quite as powerfully as when Waters last performed it on the collapsed husk of the Berlin Wall itself. But the new images from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and other global hotspots that Waters added to the familiar ones from the album art and cult film make clear that wars certainly haven't stopped being fought, revolutions haven't stopped being quashed and soldiers and civilians haven't stopped dying. This was emphasized by the crowd's roar of support that accompanied the slogan "Bring the Boys Back Home" during 'Vera.'

Waters also made sure to mix old-school sloganeering (Big Brother is Watching You) with new ones (iProfit) and the animated planes dropped bombs made up of Shell Gas and Mercedes-Benz logos alongside the old communist, capitalist and Christian and Jewish symbols. The other question was, How well does Waters hold up? Almost creepily well, actually. At 67, his vocals are shockingly similar to those on the album as they mourn and marvel at the mysteries and inequities of life. 'The Wall' is really purpose-built for this kind of performance -- the double-album is perfect concert length and the songs are confident enough to take their time to set scenes and establish moods as with more traditional theatrical productions.

It was also conceived as a complete piece, so while the Toronto crowds certainly sang along loudest to the album's breakout hits -- 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part II),' which included a chorus of lip-syncing schoolchildren and giant professor puppet; 'Mother,' featuring a sky-high maternal puppet glowering down as Waters sang the acoustic number (marred by an early microphone flub); and 'Comfortably Numb,' performed high atop the now-constructed wall -- there was no feeling of impatience through the lower-key songs. That was equally due, of course, to the unceasing spectacle of the concert, which also involved mind-blowing digital animation projected upon the wall itself, beloved scenes from the movie (marching hammers, anal judge, fornicating flowers) and astounding use of surround sound.

By the end, the crowd, ecstatic that the performance had actually met their sky-high expectations, began chanting "Tear down the wall," until the wall did collapse upon the stage as if it, and the album itself, were alongside Waters taking their own well-deserved bows. http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/16/rogers-waters-the-wall-live-tour-toront/

The Wall in Toronto

This would be considered a “SPOILER” if you plan on seeing the presentation of THE WALL featuring Roger Waters. This Tour will be remembered for sure. The few photos and videos I took from the 2nd row and what I am about to summarize will for sure remove the surprise element from the experience for anyone who hasn’t see Pink Floyd or any of previous Roger Waters’ Tours.

……I saw the Radio Kaos Tour when Roger Waters stopped into Hamilton, Ontario around 1987 and both Pink Floyd tours after around the same time Delicate Sound, Momentary Lapse, Division Bell era. Music aside the creativity that went into those tours set a new bar for me as a teenager early in my concert career. Now almost 23 years later the anticipation of seeing THE WALL in it’s original format was building by the minute.

When we first walked onto the floor and saw the Wall going up each side of the hockey rink the size of this show started to sink in…. heck if I hadn’t seen KISSjust 6 nights ago it might have seemed even Bigger!.. But this still had a stadium feel at first glance.

“In The Flesh” -- This was probably one of the best opening songs I have seen at a live concert. It was full steam ahead from the men on the bridge with flags, the fireworks, seeing Roger in his hoodie, lights swirling and that buzz under the hood of we’re seeing THE WALL !!!

… and of course the famous… “so ya thought ya might like to so to the show…” was truly electric and almost overwhelming. The lighting stretched back to the far end of the arena with additional speaker arrangements…above, not sure if it was quadraphonic or just for effects… as we were too close to the stage to hear….but as the helicopter sound kicked in this lighting unit above the main stage appeared to have a small speaker stack on it as well and it moved forward with the spot light shooting into the crowd as if to be the light on the front of the helicopter, the sound moved with it…really wicked…

Some 25 lucky kids from The Regent Park School of Music ended up on stage to help sing over the track for Another Brick plus got to point at thefloating 40 foot teacher. The overall sound was really good for a 1st show and most of the other musicians including Roger’s son on Keyboards were hard to see or get into with this large production unfolding…. except a little at the end of Run Like Hell as the band were in front of the wall closer to us.

I actually heard “Mother”start with Roger on acoustic and have the video it but I will spare you listening to the faint 1st verse that seemed to fall down with technical difficulties… the song never really got back on track for me. The Wall of course was being built brick by brick as Side 1 Played out and the barrier starts to fill in… to the point yes where you could barely see the band.

After the intermission HEY YOU starts and the entire song almost is play behind the Wall…it’s cool and as the light shines thru the cracks and you hear the band playing it really shows what Roger was thinking about years ago of feeling that distance from some of the audience…those who were not engaged with him as he performed . Speaking of di-engaged…The guy beside me after introducing himself 4 times and asking about doing ACID kept praying for David Gilmour to walk out and join in. I didn’t feel that was going to happen. I didn’t feel it needed too….The Gilmour stand in did fine at most points and this was not Pink Floyd we were seeing… it is and was billed as “The Wall Live…featuring Roger Waters”

The imagery on the circle screen in the back dipped into parts from the Wall movie and the overall scenes on the 200+ foot WALL itself were quite thought provoking weaving in some of todays political issues and visuals from past Tours I had scene…all very cool to watch in a synchronized kinda way

“One Of My Turns” turned out beautiful as you can see below in the video and “Run Like Hell” with the flying pig got the crowd up, dancing and celebrating it seemed… ..as security told the front row to move back… and we all started to chant along with “THE TRIAL”... “bring down the wall, bring down the wall..” the WALL did come down..crashing faux bricks.

No encore, just The Wall and alot of entertainment to go along with an amazing album… I will leave the comments open here for others who visit the shows as the tour unfolds. (Sursa)