Sat, 22 March 2008
Show #107 Release
date: 21. March, 2008 This podcast features the interests and work of Nick Mason. Most
people wouldn’t know it but Nick Mason contributed more than just his
drumming. He’s done some of Floyd’s stage
design and graphics. He’s even done some
vocals on occasion. As for his
interests, Nick is a pilot instructor and race car driver. His love for cars even allowed him the chance
to design VW’s limited edition Pink Floyd cars in 1994. Rev up those engines… finally, its Nick’s
turn. Dedicated to my Godfather and racing pioneer, Ralph Moody Jr. Comments[40]
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- Good old Nick gets his day!! I have to agree about his playing on One of hese days. His drumming doesnt miss a beat when the stick goes flying. There were a couple of rumours about the recording of that track as I recall. They revolve around the fact that most of the track only shows Nick. One was that the rest of the film recording were either lost or stolen, or bizzarly some one in the production team had a strong liking for Nick. Hmm.
I know you like suggestions, so how aboput a 'Dark Side through the ages', starting off with the earliest known recording of Speak To Me, and ending with the most recent one of Eclipse? The recordings could be by Pink Floyd or solo versions. Are you up for the challenge Doc?? You know you can do it!! - Thanks for the podcasts Doc. I'm new to these but i've been going through previos shows and i never realised how good some of the bootlegs etc could be.
I was just wondering if you had a demo of learning to fly at all? I heard one that was just over a minute long and was basically the keyboard and frums from the final version but slowed down a lot. Has it already been played on one of your shows? I tried to search for it but the list of shows didnt change at all.
Cheers
- Thank you Doc for that podcast. Some pieces are maybe not listener-friendly, but it was a shame not to know them. For the old stuff: "Nick's Boogie": is superb with Syd's guitar. "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" means a lot to me. Ummagumma was the first Pink Floyd disk I bought and "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" seemed to me specially intriguing. I knew other records from the cassettes, but I've chosen Ummagumma. This was already 1977, I believe, and then "Animals" were released. Some were saying that Pink Floyd was over and it had turned to Punk Floyd (we did not know exactly what Punk was, but we did not like it). As you probably know the Pink Floyd story was/is much longer.
One think I'd add to the podcast. I've heard a Nick's interview and he said that "Set the Controls" is his favorite composition. Indeed the percussion there is unusual.
I like the idea of 6th Floyd. Wyatt was not the one, but he appears from time to time. Maybe something more about him? - Thanks, Doc - great job with limited material. I thought I was listening to the Top Gun soundtrack during the 2nd Mason & Fenn track!
Have you heard the c.1986 recordings with Mantler in Germany? I had a SBD on tape ages ago, several avant-gardy tunes with lyrics taken from Edward Gorey poems. And Nick on drums, I believe...
I just heard (and thoroughly enjoyed) "I Don't Like Mondays" on the radio the other day. I nominate Bob Geldof for a Floydian Heroes podcast. Even though he never technically played with them, I think he qualifies because:
1. He made pigs fly in 2005
2. He is arguably the best answer to the question, "Which One's Pink?"
Later... - Ive been thinking for a while now that Floyds unsung heros could have there own Podcast.Theres quite a few of them,especially in the Gilmour era.Jon Carin deserves quite a mention i think,the guys been part of the Floyd story & sound since 85.The only person to play every show on Gilmour and Waters recent tours,virtually at the same time!...Great Podcast as always,Big Theme is very cool..
- Excellent observation, Doc - the Pink Floyd experience was more than just music. But Keith's idea has merit - anybody who has heard the 8-track link between the end & the start of Animals will be aware of the superb guitar work of Snowy White who stepped in when Dave didn't want to do it.
- Actually, an 'Official Covers' podcast is appealing - those musicians who have played with Pink Floyd and who have stood in for various members, especially in the post-Waters incarnations. Snowy White, Andy Fairweather Low, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin, to mention a few more.
- another possible theme that hasn't been covered yet as I reckon is collaborations with various other arists, the many tracks that david gilmour has contributed to in the last 2 1/2 decades only come to mind, and I suppose there's tons of other material...
excellent work doc btw. the flow of this one is quite unconventional and yet very familiar. I enjoy the feeling of letting myself fall into a guided compilation such as this. especially dig the michael mantler material, it certainly brings out the class of the elderly mister mason. you can here the confidence in his drumming, which is a nice and satisfying thing.
regards, b. - Maff: although Doc likely won't be able to stretch Bob Klose into a full podcast, he could certainly do an outside contributor or "who's the sixth floyd" theme, devoting a track or two each to Ron Geesin, Snowy White, Bob Ezrin, and everyone else that's had a chance to partake in the Floyd glory.
- Drummers have always been the lynchpin of a band - they set the beat and tempo. Barring a few exceptions, they tend to be the forgotten members of a rock band. With Pink Floyd I perceived the band's importance as Dave, Roger, Rick then Nick. In my mind, Rick was the unsung hero - how much of Floyd's lilting harmonics and soaring chords are directly attributable to his keyboards? But Nick was always there - the only original member throughout Floyd's various incarnations.
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