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I can never not think of Eric Idle when I see Nick 😂

@axeman2638

Жыл бұрын

well all these upper class twats are inbred aren't they?

@mickregan8431

Жыл бұрын

there's a couple of shots where i think of richie benuald

@charlesdjones1

11 ай бұрын

Michael Caine?

Fabulous how that gentlemanly cool calm Pink Floyd vibe just oozes out of Nick. His unique drumming and personality played a huge part in the legendary sound of the band. Great clip, thanks!

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

He always played it cool, never took sides between Roger and Dave/Rick. He just wanted to keep his gig going on! He eventually sided with Dave to keep Pink Floyd as a band after Roger wanted to dissolve it, putting them out of their life’s work and careers!

Pink Floyd for life

He's my favorite guy in Pink Floyd to listen to.

Thanks, Nick, for a great concert in Boston last month. It was a bucket list check off from a 61 year old, and two 20 year olds. We appreciated every moment!!!

@markraishbrook

Жыл бұрын

Saw him here in Lisbon in the summer, Michael. Fabulous show!

Another gem saved from oblivion, thanks!

@notanemoprog

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnedgintononnicegrammmmm GO AWAY BOT

Wish you were here is my all-time favorite album. Glad it happened the way it did

@trippyvortex

Жыл бұрын

I have began making music videos for the album if anyone is interested in check t them out. Have the first 2 tracks uploaded kzread.info/dash/bejne/o614ldmYccy9hJc.html

@trippyvortex

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnedgintononnicegrammmmm the effort you went though to write that Instead of being flagged for the phrase "you have been selected" it's "you are been selected" Nicegram That's not a social media site

The comment sections on PF history videos are always fascinating and more than a little argumentative. Lots of fun.

Well I sure am glad you guys went right in to do wish you were here because I LOVE IT!!!

Wish you were here is still a fantastic album, and I do love it.

I am certainly glad they did WYWH when they did. It is my favorite Floyd album. Very bluesy, emotional and precise.

@mikearchibald744

Жыл бұрын

I kind of hate have a cigar and welcome to the machine. I get they work on all kinds of levels and even have a kind of punk feel to them even before punk. Like Storm says though its a little bit galling to hear that AFTER becoming millionaires 'thanks to the machine'. Roger in particular has berated them for 'sissifying' his bluesy 'money', which likely would have gone nowhere on the charts, so it was very much other people who are in large part responsible for HIS success as a songwriter. Rogers stuff on his own is remarkably, and wonderfully, UN commercial. Another brick in the wall is pretty much a bob ezrin creation but that and comfortably numb, which he was MADE to write, and perhaps run like hell, which dave has songwriting credit on as well are all that to me make that album even listenable. THe story is that he wanted a one song ninety minutes long. So it seems very much that if he wanted to perform busking at the tube he was free to do so. So those songs are just like "oh, POOR you". Shine on and Wish You were hear though are so good they make the others tolerable, there must be more than four songs but I can't remember. Animals and Meddle are my favourite Floyd albums. There's some of that 'argumentative' for you:)

@thenowchurch6419

Жыл бұрын

@@mikearchibald744 Interesting take. It is ironic indeed if what you say about those Roger songs is true. I like Welcome to the Machine and Have A Cigar; the riff on Cigar is very winding, beautiful and odd. I have begun to listen to the Syd Floyd more now. I dig Piper At The Gates of Dawn which shows just how boldly experimental they were at the beginning. Thanks for your take on them.

@mikearchibald744

Жыл бұрын

@@thenowchurch6419 No problem and I should add, both those tracks you mention are very much 'Syd' songs. Meaning, in other interviews they keep talking about Syd's 'stream of consciousness' writing. "this is how I'm feeling right now". And unlke the poetry of the other songs, those are Roger in the corporate environment saying "THIS is how I'm feeling, right now...about THIS". And welcome to the machine is very much a roger creation, so like I said, it works on lots of levels. Maybe my having NO money is what is galling about it:) I'll write to him and tell him if he gives me a million dollars then I can test that theory:)

@thenowchurch6419

Жыл бұрын

@@mikearchibald744 I believe Roger once wrote, or was it Dave? Dave sang it " but if you ask for a rise its no surprise that their giving none away..." Be well my friend.

I believe that the 3 best Pink Floyd albums that best defines their music (post Syd Barrett) would be 'Dark Side Of The Moon,' 'The Wall,' and 'Wish You Were Here.'

@GammaNu955

Ай бұрын

Skip the Wall. Replace with Animals

Seattle show on Halloween was incredible! Thanks, Nick and band, for one of my best birthday presents ever! My very first concert as a young teen was the Dark Side of the Moon tour at Roosevelt stadium in Jersey City. Felt like coming full circle. 💫

Nick's left eyebrow is learning to fly...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

great interview, thanks for sharing 🤍

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

The most sincere inerviev. Niks new band now is great.Awesome. Old song in new sox.

@charlesdjones1

11 ай бұрын

I didn't know he still played? I thought he was too busy racing his car collection.

Wish You Were Here is the greatest album ever made.

These days a band would spend (or could spend) almost 10 years touring off a success like Dark Side

@Neal_Schier

Жыл бұрын

True. Very true.

@DungeonMasterINC

Жыл бұрын

I dunno if people have the attention span today as they did listening to those whole records that built that success.

These are pure gold John, thank you so much for sharing.

Another great interview!

Thanks very much for this.

Cool stuff thank you!

@TrggrWarning

Жыл бұрын

Interesting crediting Sid with getting them to Darkside. Seems it took a few albums to shake Sid’s influence to get there. Strange stuff to consider

Thanks John ❤️

Great interview.

Wish you were here is my favourite Pink Floyd album. Regardless of what the musician themselves say about their creations, we the buying public have a completely different take on it. We’re oblivious to all the fights or issues that came along with it for the musicians.

The greatest musical tragedy was Roger leaving Pink Floyd, it was never the same for any of them again...

And I was hoping Nick would reveal, finally, which one's Pink.

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

Жыл бұрын

That's original

@gcallananpainting

Жыл бұрын

I think by now it's obvious that Pink is a character made by 5 exceptional musician's souls.

@scottbrower9052

Жыл бұрын

Floyd is.

@thenowchurch6419

Жыл бұрын

We all know Syd is Pink, come on.

I love you John! Thank you so much, take care

@eugenegd2112

Жыл бұрын

question: have you ever interview any Doors members? if yes, it would be really interesting to listen to those interviews as well! thanks

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

Hi Eugene. no Doors I'm sorry to say !

@eugenegd2112

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES don't be sorry, thank you for your reply :)

To be clear, there are some facts we have about Barrett's visit. There are two pictures of Syd in the studio, and they have different dates. There are also several people who remember him there at two different dates. Some say even more days. But we know that he at least visited twice.

so the interviewer is in the basement talking through 2 dixie cups connected with a piece of yarn.

@markraishbrook

Жыл бұрын

These are outtakes.

@iggy9955

Жыл бұрын

Computer interviev.

Ab fab.❤ thank you!

Nice but distant..that's Nick.

It's a question of managing the 'success'. Very very few have the chance to win that particular lottery ticket if you will.

Wonder if Nick contributed to the 'household items' collection Dave mentioned, from which the wine glasses were used in the opening of track one.

@abdurrahmanzulfikry9202

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, I've read somewhere that he made some percussion beat with hitting objects like flower pots etc.

We all know how Syd departed the band, but I still find it difficult to hear the likes of nick say that he became a hindrance. So sad. But at least he did admit, they did try and keep him around for as long as possible, because I believe they all appreciated how musically, and lyrically gifted he was. God I love this band.

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

Жыл бұрын

A band can't successfully carry dead weight...

@MrJocky82

Жыл бұрын

@@sirandrelefaedelinoge that's pretty well understood and accepted. Doesn't make it any easier to accept though. The mind is a fragile thing, Syd could, and should have been so much more. But what he did give, will be remembered forever in my book.

@bobjove6511

Жыл бұрын

if your guitar player is too high to play its called what nick said. friend or no friend. if my guitar player was not playing id fire him asap

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

Жыл бұрын

@MrJocky82 I understand that

The greatest capper to the shine on sessions would be to find a producer or somebody who worked there and says "what do you mean....Sid never showed up here, the guys were really acting strange that day though". And Sids family stating "no, he was with us all those days". Spooky. But I've said it before, EMI was certainly the wrong label for Floyd, if only for Rogers well being. They should have been with Chrystalis, for the only reason being who would not want to see a football match between Pink floyd and Monty Python. Apparantly Monty Python had one against Genesis and womped them.

Fact is, in my opinion, that Floyd would never have got on the top with american managers or record companies... In this time, music producers in europe were often former musicians, and US producers were already just business people.

@TrggrWarning

Жыл бұрын

Fact > your opinion. FACT = US MEDIA SUX. you win! Floyd is a special band doubt they would cut it today in England or Europe. Sadly.

@M123OCT

Жыл бұрын

It can't be a fact AND your opinion. 🤔😂

@fibboobbif

Жыл бұрын

@@M123OCT Why? sometimes opinions and facts come very close.

@trebsscan9644

Жыл бұрын

Fact and opinion are 2 different things... A self contradictory response

@stefanlivesey8068

Жыл бұрын

@@fibboobbif Only in your opinion lol

Very little said on the making of this album

Wow. This is the first time I've heard that Wish you were here was a bit of an amalgam and not the great piece that it is.

What's wrong with WYWH, Nick?

He's talking about WYWH or Meddle/Nothing sessions???🤔

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

In the studio trying to get going on the album that was to become WYWH

@gemini7073

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I knew about Wine Glasses, interesting they used the very same '71 system for the start of the record. I wouldn't be surprised if Mason got confused, it wouldn't be the first time: in another interview he stated that The Piper wasn't mixed in stereo, that stereo was only obtained electronically ...By the way, since I had the honor of having you answer me in person, well your interviews are the best ever. Your Gilmour's is the most beautiful, interesting and emotional of all those I have read or heard in many years of Floydian militancy. So many many heartfelt thanks!

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

@@gemini7073 wow! Thank you so much! That’s wonderful to know how much the Gilmour interview means to you!

@gemini7073

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I stop so as not to sound too obsequious, but it rarely happens that the interviewer always asks the right question. Congratulations and thank you for posting all of these interviews!

Shame you can't hear the questions!!

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

Sorry you can't. I'm not quite sure why as they're quite audible to me.. Have you tried the closed captions to read my questions /Press CC..

Still...not a bad effort.

@kevinworley7096

11 ай бұрын

I'd say not lol

The question I've never heard asked (or answered) is why Syd showed up at those sessions. In particular, when they were doing the final mix of Shine On. There's always a suggestion that he 'just appeared', like he had some telepathic knowledge they were in the studio, and recording a song about him. I find that idea more than a little far fetched. Interviews are always vague (this one no exception), but someone connected to the band must have informed Syd, or even invited him to the studio. Either as a joke, or in the hope that he would contribute something. Considering they were almost done with recording/mixing, it seems more likely it was the first option. If so, it was rather distasteful.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

Good question! No one has yet come forward and said they encouraged Syd to go to Abbey Rd during those sessions. The most likely explanation is that he heard about it from his music publishers who paid him in cash and who he often visited. Rob Chapman's book "An Irregular Head" is worth reading on this. There's a bunch of comments and my responses in the comments below.. 10 days ago or so. Take a look.

@bertjilk3456

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES Ah ok, thank you. Some info there I wasn't aware of.

@trippyvortex

Жыл бұрын

Why would someone have to "inform him"? The universe works in mysterious ways. You never had any miraculous/coincidental experiences occur to you? I was 2000 miles away from home, and in the 4th grade, and ran into one of my 3rd grade teachers. It happened again about 5 years ago with my High school English teacher on the opposite end of the country. At a casino actually!!

@bertjilk3456

Жыл бұрын

@@trippyvortex There's quite a difference between random holiday meetings and Syd's decision to visit that exact control room, at that exact point in time (a bit too precise to be a random event). Actually, another threat suggested it may have been people at the record label, who he had been in contact with. That sounds quite plausible. But, you're welcome to believe in magical forces, if that floats your boat. 🙂

@trippyvortex

Жыл бұрын

@@bertjilk3456 What are the differences in your mind? As far as probability goes, I'd say my experience is no less improbable than Syd to show up at the studio. Whether it happened like they said it did or didn't. What would the difference make? Yeah we all want the truth, but unless there's evidence against it, what benefit does being a skeptic offer? I could list another ten examples of miracles that I've personally witnessed / experienced but judging by your reply I assume you would shrug at them since they didn't happen to you.

US-centric cultural comments on a topic far beyond their capacity to comprehend. Unrelentingly amusing. Would it interest Americans to understand that 'Blues' was a slave take on English, Scottish and Irish country music? Not only isolated to the New World. Have a look at 'Black Betty' for an apposite reference, among many others. In S.E.A, to this day, people play interpretations of English country music, and it's the mainstay of financial reward to the musicians. Not an abstract historical curiosity. Robert Plant once did an interview with an ignorant US radio hack. Robert explained his fascination with Appalachian country music which had its roots in Black Country music, where he is from. The American just couldn't process this information and insisted 'Blues' was American. Bob just bit his lip. Priceless.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

11 ай бұрын

Fascinating info. Thanks so much !

Truth is, the greatest Floyd albums were created from NOTHING! Echoes was created from nothing, even related in early titles from the early cuts! Nothing pt 1, nothing pt 2, etc…. Wish youWere here was pretty much nothings to begin with, but they pulled out an album with that!!

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

The later albums were total Roger’s projects, and there was no room for the others to create! Roger complained that the rest of the band didn’t contribute, but I don’t see him accepting anyone else’s work as fitting into his very personal narrative!! It was a no win situation for the rest of the band!

@eriamjr

Жыл бұрын

Geezer 1962 - Great observation about Echoes and WYWH being created from nothing. Interesting to speculate on how being faced with a 'blank sheet' contributed to the creative process. Incidentally, in John's interview with David, David says the four famous notes in Shine On 'came out of nowhere'.

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

@@eriamjr Why Dark Side was the best album. Not created from nothing. Roger did have the lyrics and concept figured out, but the whole band worked together as a team to create all the music! It was Floyd’s shining moment as a team band effort!!

@stickman1742

Жыл бұрын

@@Geezer-yf8hv Roger wrote the majority of the songs for both Dark Side and WYWH. Yes the others contributed parts, but those 2 albums are still dominated by Waters. He was always the chief songwriter and the only one in the band that could consistently write hit songs.

Fame makes you do dumb things.

@TrggrWarning

Жыл бұрын

Fun things too

At first Floyd were just so hard to listen to.Awful songs. Well they finally tweaked their songs to supergreat.Must of been very taxing for such a good drummer to play those depressive songs.Nick a real showman....

@mixmashandtinker3266

Жыл бұрын

The early music of PF was actually very good. If you look at the harmonics, time signatures and lyrics, it was really very out at the front. Much thanks to Syd, but also the rest of the band. Different? Yes! Most definitely. Anything like “music” of today? No! But in that time in space (Pre DSOTM) they really made history. And continued to do so after DSOTM.

@fredfloyd34

Жыл бұрын

You are mostly right mix...Syd very talented.Gilmore did add quite a lot.

@johnvalencia9927

Жыл бұрын

​@@fredfloyd34 awful songs? like what song??

@lucasocanto58

Жыл бұрын

this comment section is so bad lol

@yappy-daze9

Жыл бұрын

Started with Echoes that's when they tweaked

That story of Syd randomly walking in on them putting together a record called "Wish you were here" after exiling to Cambridge for years. This stinks to high heaven as a deliberate marketing ploy. There is absolutely no way it was random. A bloke looking nothing like Syd walks into Abbey road and says to reception that he just wants to hang out with Pink Floyd. Out of the blue. And on the day they were there and recording wish you were here. Yeah right. Gimme a break.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

Syd had actually been in abbey rd trying to record a few months before this so it never seemed that unlikely to me

@vicinvesta8349

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I don't doubt that happened. I doubt it was random. It was carefully arranged by somebody (with that mentioned marketing purpose on their mind). Granted, it appears that Syd had been staying in London at the time doing who knows what. So it wasn't all that difficult to arrange. According to various sources Syd has not recorded anything since summer 1974 at the studio, but might have been visiting to collect royalty checks. Somebody set him up to check out the session.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

Hi Vic. Lots of alternative routes for why Syd turned up at AR that day. There may not be a mysterious invite as he was v familiar with the studio and the staff. He also shared many friends with DGilmour going back to their childhood days… inc Storm Thorgerson amongst others. Storm in his interview tells of his presence at AR too that day. You could be right about a definite plan to steer Syd there but there’s no hard evidence of that really.

@silentgnome

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I think Syd came to Abbey Road through Peter Jenner, the first manager of Pink Floyd and who also took care of Syd's career a couple of years later.

@davefink2326

Жыл бұрын

What you say brings a large whiff of overthink. And it's not such a low probability as to be even considered a coincidence. The band would work on a track for multiple days. Laying down rhythm tracks, lead, vocals, then plus mixdown.

Nicks synopsis is rubbish because if they did what he suggested they should have done then the genius and beauty of wish you were here would never have been..so what the hell is he talking about..no wonder Roger Waters had such a hard time with the rest of the band

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. He’s saying getting into the studio without a clear plan & being burned out by Dark Side meant the new record took a long time to take shape. Of course what eventually emerged was great. He’s talking about the slow progress with unlimited studio time when nothing much emerged prior to the breakthrough ideas.

@gregdales4701

Жыл бұрын

And his ego gets bigger and bigger.......Created some of the most miserable albums and then left.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

@@gregdales4701 meaning Roger presumably ?

@rupowell2821

Жыл бұрын

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES that’s my point: the slow progress created a masterpiece..Nick saying they should have done this and they should have done that is baseless as the truth is in the pudding.

@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES

Жыл бұрын

@@rupowell2821 i get your point. If they had delayed getting into the studio and had a breather, would the subsequent album have emerged as a masterpiece ? We will never know.

At this point in his life, I don't really think he cares all that much about the making of any album. These interviews are more of a courtesy thing then actual enthusiastic reflection. Their drug infused experiences, whether in studio, on tour, or on personal time would make the memories of anything from the past, foggy at the very least. They're all insanely wealthy with different interests now. Reflection now is useless..

@trippyvortex

Жыл бұрын

"reflection now is useless" 🙅

@AnjektusStudio

Жыл бұрын

Are you serious. You really saying that Nick Mason did drug so he can't remember. Then are you a big fool.

@rhythmista7707

Жыл бұрын

@@trippyvortex ??

@M1FFY

Жыл бұрын

@@AnjektusStudio right!? One of the most obvious "Tell me you haven't tried drugs without telling me you haven't tried drugs" moments.

@AnjektusStudio

Жыл бұрын

@@M1FFY So are you saying the have been trying drugs whit your comment. Then say it instead for going in circle.