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Title: song intro's
Post by: kris9128 on 01 October 2008, 20:24:43
sat here watching roger waters in the flesh live. shine on you crazy diamond has an intro of just over 5 mins. cracking tune nearly 15 mins total time. dont make songs like they used to.
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: Richie London on 01 October 2008, 20:26:07
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sat here watching roger waters in the flesh live. shine on you crazy diamond has an intro of just over 5 mins. cracking tune nearly 15 mins total time. dont make songs like they used to.

one of my favs is baba o reilly by the who, what a mental intro that is :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: albitz on 01 October 2008, 20:27:00
Saw him at the o2 earlier in the year.25,000 people singing along to "shine on you crazy diamond" - goosebumps from head to toe,incredible. :y
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: kris9128 on 01 October 2008, 20:29:31
went see him about 5 years ago at m.e.n arena manchester. best gig i ever been to. truly amazing and i'm only 33 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Richie London on 01 October 2008, 20:34:19
id love to hvae seen pink floyd live, last big band i went to see was inxs at wembley, i was that hammered i slept all through the lot  :-[ :-[ ;D ;D
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Post by: waspy on 01 October 2008, 20:34:38
Anyone still or used to listen to Genesis? Their songs used to go on for what seemed hours. I still have a load of their LP's in the attic.
I don't have a record player & i'd love to hear them again  
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:35:37
Saw floyd in the docklands in the 80's ...... Brilliant ,im sure it was 80's christ it was so long ago me memory isnt what it used to be >god i hate getting old  :( :( :( no hair ,no teeth ,no memory ,no chance  :D :D
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Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:40:28
Genesis .... now were talking saw them at Wembly in 86 fantastic they were , think it was £25 or something like it, great light show and still got a video of it somewhere :y :y
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Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 October 2008, 20:43:43
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Genesis .... now were talking saw them at Wembly in 86 fantastic they were , think it was £25 or something like it, great light show and still got a video of it somewhere :y :y

I was there for that. 'Invisible Touch' tour wasn't it?

Can you remember who were the support acts?
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Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:45:14
yeah it was invisble touch tour and no i cant remember support acts  :( :(
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Post by: Tony H on 01 October 2008, 20:46:59
Saw Roger Waters at the Echo arena earlier this year, awsome! one visual effect was a large helium filled pink pig flying over the audience :D, and before you ask no I hadn't been drinking or smoking funny herbal cigarettes, saying that though there were plenty in the audience that were on the wacky
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:49:59
Went to see REM at Hyde Park a few years ago they were good , had tickets to see Foo Fighters the year after but couldnt go as i got stuck out in france with a breakdown and didnt get back till the night time ,was i peeved off ,to say was a understatement  >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:51:38
the original pig from the animals tour had to shot down as it broke from its mooring and was heading towards heathrow airport  :)
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: waspy on 01 October 2008, 20:54:58
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the original pig from the animals tour had to shot down as it broke from its mooring and was heading towards heathrow airport  :)

I can just see a squadron of the RAF getting the orders to shoot down a flying pig ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: LaserLance on 01 October 2008, 20:58:20
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the original pig from the animals tour had to shot down as it broke from its mooring and was heading towards heathrow airport  :)

I can just see a squadron of the RAF getting the orders to shoot down a flying pig ;D ;D ;D ;D
ithink someone shot it down with .22 rifle  :) well it was late 70's and the HSE gestapo were'nt running riot
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 October 2008, 21:02:26
Same thing happened at the Queen, Kind of Magic gig at Wembley if I remember correctly.  :)
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: albitz on 01 October 2008, 21:17:07
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Saw Roger Waters at the Echo arena earlier this year, awsome! one visual effect was a large helium filled pink pig flying over the audience :D, and before you ask no I hadn't been drinking or smoking funny herbal cigarettes, saying that though there were plenty in the audience that were on the wacky
plus the spaceman and the prism and.......Brilliant. :y
still think the best gigs I ever went to were when I used to see Rory Gallagher every January at the Ulster hall in Belfast in the 70,s
Those were the days. :'(
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: Pitchfork on 02 October 2008, 19:15:38
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sat here watching roger waters in the flesh live. shine on you crazy diamond has an intro of just over 5 mins. cracking tune nearly 15 mins total time. dont make songs like they used to.

one of my favs is baba o reilly by the who, what a mental intro that is :) :) :) :)
Agreed The finest thing they ever recorded (& I'm a Folk Musician!) :)
Title: Re: song intro's
Post by: mars on 02 October 2008, 19:54:15
Saw ZZ Top at Milton Keynes a few years back. Awesome!!
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