Pulse

Cd :Produceret af James Guthrie og David Gilmour
Udgivet 1995
Live optagelser fra England og Europa
Cover Design af Storm Thorgerson med Jon Crossland og Finlay Cowen
DVD : Film instrueret af David Mallet, produceret af Lana Topham. Musik produceret af James Guthrie og David Gilmour. DVD-producere James Guthrie og Storm Thorgerson
DVD udgivet 2005

Koncerterne var allerede i 1994 / 1995 -længe siden snart- og ikke så længe efter kom der så VHS-version af disse koncerter på markedet.
VHS'en fik vist ikke den store interesse. Så 2005 kom den så endelig på DVD, og det er vi mange der har ventet meget længe på.
Nu går diskussionen så på, om det var den lange ventetid værd.... Fik man alt det ekstramateriale, der skulle gøre det værd at vente på DVD udgaven? Døm selv. I hvert fald er billedkvaliteten helt OK og lyden også. Dét må siges at være det vigtigste.
Ekstramaterialet byder på mange mærklige ting. Blandt andet "Bootlegging the Bootleggers" som er de elendige optagelser folk finder på nettet og praler med at have. "Jeg har en optagelse, som ingen andre har"... nej hvorfor mon ? Både lyden og billedet på de fleste bootleg er elendig, og det er vel det de prøver at bevise her.

Der er lidt cover-art med som ekstra materiale. Altså noget af det grafik og nogle af de covers vi alle kender på de tidligere Floydudgivelser.
Nåja, og så en masse andet (Nogle af de musik-videoer der er lavet med Floyd de seneste år)

Optagelserne fra DVD'en stammer fra Earls Court i London 1994. CD'erne er optaget i Europa og England også i 1994. Altså er der ikke tale om de samme lyd-optagelser her.
Lidt ærgeligt, for et af de numre der mangler på DVD'en er nemlig Astronomy Domine, hvilket var et superstærkt nummer på denne turnee. Jeg husker stadig min glædelige overraskelse den aften inde i Parken da jeg hørte det gamle nummer tone ud over plænen.
Så er der tilgændgæld "One of these Days"..... Sammenlign selv forskellen på tracklisterne her:

Der er selvfølgelig ikke noget overraskende i at set-listen ikke er den samme. Faktisk ændrer Floyd rækken af numre de spiller ofte under en turnee Hvad angår DVD'en, så er den som sagt optaget på Earls Court.

Den første koncert dag dér var 12. oktober, som blev en mørk dag I Pink Floyds historie. En tribune med 1.200 fans styrtede sammen. Mange røg på hospitalet, enkelte blev indlagt natten over, men alle overlevede uden varige mén.
Resten af koncerterne (14 dage i alt) forløb heldigvis uden uheld af dén kaliber. Den 20. oktober blev sendt live på tv - Filmnet mener jeg det var....
25. august var de inde og spille i Parken i København

Selvom Floyd netop havde udgivet ét livealbum efter deres forrige plade, vælger de at udgive endnu et efter denne turnee også. Dét efter ikke at have udgivet liveplader siden Umma Gumma I 1969. Derfor minder Delicate Sound of Thunder og Pulse da også meget om hinnanden. For os ægte Floyd fans, er der dog ikke noget at gøre - vi må have begge udgivelser. Der er også nogle fede detaljer ved denne udgivelse man ikke finder på Delicate... Her kan nævnes Astronomi Domine, som er skrevet af Barrett, og så ikke mindst den forlængede udgave af Comfortably Numb !

Undrer du dig over hvorfor jeg har den dér åndsvage røde knap til at blinke her på siden ? Så kan jeg regne ud at du har fået en af de lidt senere udgaver af pladen eller bare har downloadet den. For i de første CD'er sad der sådan en blinkende rød lysdiode i ryggen af coveret!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Wright, Waters, Gilmour) [13:30]

Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught in the crossfire
of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon
Shine on you crazy diamond
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light
Shine on you crazy diamond
Well you wore out your welcome
with random percision,
Rode on the steel breeze
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there
Shine on you crazy diamond
Well we'll bask in the shadow
of yesterday's triumph,
sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

Astronomy Domine (Barrett) [5:25]

Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten

Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow
Stairway scare Dan dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surronds
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surronds
The icy waters underground.

What Do You Want from Me (Gilmour/Samson) [4:10]

As you look around this room tonight
Settle in your seat and dim the lights
Do you want my blood, do you want my tears
What do you want
What do you want from me
Should I sing until I can't sing any more
Play these strings til my fingers are raw
I'll do my best to please
What do you want from me

Do you think I know something you don't know
What do you want from me
If I don't promise you the answers would you go
What do you want from me
Should I stand out in the rain
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you
I'm not the one you need - no
What do you want from me

You can have anything you want
You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water
Anything you want

You can own everything you see
Sell your soul for complete control
Is that really what you need

You can lose yourself this night
See inside there is nothing to hide
Turn and face the light

What do you want from me

Learning to Fly (Gilmour,Moore,Ezrin,Carin) [5:06]

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Above the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
To dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit I

Keep Talking (Gilmour/Samson) [6:56]

There's a silence surrounding me
I can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
and no one will bother me
I think I should speak now ___________ Why won't you talk to me
but can't seem to speak now ___________ You never talk to me
My words won't come out right _______ What are you thinking
I feel like I'm drowning ______________ What are you feeling
I'm feeling weak now _______________ Why won't you talk to me
But I can't show my weakness ________ You never talk to me
I sometimes wonder _________________What are you thinking
Where do we go from here ___________What are you feeling

Why won't you talk to me _____________ I feel like I'm drowning
You never talk to me _________________ You know I can't breathe now
What are you thinking ________________ We're going nowhere
What are you feeling _________________ We're going nowhere

Why won't you talk to me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here

Coming Back to Life (Gilmour) [6:31]

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And I headed straight into the shining sun

Hey You (Waters) [4:50]

Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you, dont help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight.

Hey you, out there on your own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you, with you ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home.

But it was only a fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.

Hey you, outthere on the road
always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.

A Great Day for Freedom [4:20]

On the day the wall came down
They threw the locks onto the ground
And with glasses high we raised a cry
for freedom had arrived

On the day the wall cane down
The Ship of Fools had finally run aground
Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight

I dreamed you had left my side
No warmth, not even pride remained
And even though you needed me
It was clear that I couldn't do a thing for you

Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbours turn away
And there's a change that, even with regret, cannot be undone

Now frontiers shift like desert sands
While nations wash their bloodied hands
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of gray

I woke to the sound of drums
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
I turned and I looked at you
And all but the bitted residue slipped away...slipped away

Sorrow (Gilmour) [10:30]

The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers,
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking

He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise
He's chained forever to a world that's departed
It's not enough, it's not enough

His blood has frozen and curdled with fright
His knees have trembled and given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered

One world, one soul
Time pass, river rolls

And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be

There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And a silence that speaks so much louder that words,
of promises broken

High Hopes (Gilmour, Samson) [7:48]

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever

Another Brick in the Wall part 2 (Waters) [6:50]

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

Speak to Me (Mason) [2:28]

(Instrumental)

Breathe (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) [2:40]

Breathe, breathe in the air.
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me.
Look around choose your own ground

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be

Run, rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one

For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave

On The Run (Gilmour, Waters) [3:41]

(Instrumental)

Time (incl. Home reprise) (Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) [6:46]

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

Home
Home again
I like to be her when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
the tooling of the iron bell
calls the faithful to their knees
to hear the softly spoken magic spells

The Great Gig in the Sky (Wright) [5:52]

(Instrumental)

Money (Waters) [8:54]

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team

Money, get back.
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet.

Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

Us and Them (Waters, Wright) [6:57]

Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's noz what we would choose to do

Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side

Black and blue
and who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
But in the end it's only round and round

Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside

Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?

Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

Any Colour You Like (Gilmour, Mason, Wright) [3:21]

(Instrumental)

Brain Damage (Waters) [3:45]

The lunatic is on the grass.
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon


The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

Eclipse (Waters) [2:37]

All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All that you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All that you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon

Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour) [6:35]

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

Comfortably Numb (Waters, Gilmour) [9:29]

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone
And I have become comfortably numb

Run Like Hell (Gilmour, Waters) [8:36]

Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run
You better make your face up in
Your favorite disguise
With your button down lips and your
Roller blind eyes
With your empty smile
And your hungry heart.
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past.
With your nerves in tatters
When the conchshell shatters
And the hammers batter
Down the door.
You'd better run

Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run
You better sleep all day
And run all night
Keep your dirty feelings
Deep inside
And if you're taking your girlfriend
Out tonight
You'd better park the car
Well out of sight
Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks,
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
You better run

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