I finally got around to watching the Pink Floyd doc that was on BBC One last week. I have to say it was really enjoyable. Featured plenty of footage I've never seen before and points of view from the band that I've up until then not heard.
Most suprisingly of all was the change in Roger Waters. The 20 minute set they did for Live 8 really seems to have changed his outlook. Up until then, the interviews I've heard and read has him sticking to his guns with regards to his views on why the band split up and the fact he was right. Yet in the documentary on more than one occasion he admitted being wrong. Very surprisingy but fair play to him.
Another thing I've noticed is that despite all their differences, they all have the same regrets with regards to Syd Barrett. They all regret burying their heads in the sand and not helping him.. being in a state of denial.
The guilt and love they have for Barrett (famously) comes through in their music, most of all in Shine On. Its those honest lryics and the music that goes with it that makes it one of the two 5 out of 5 star tunes on my iPod. Pink Floyd's Great Gig in the Sky being the other.
Finally, it still shocks me how every time I see that Live 8 performance (which granted, isn't often), I love it. There is something about seeing that that puts my hairs up on end. They showed a clip from it of them finishing off Comfortably Numb (that track would be another 5 out of 5 song if it wasn't for the parts of the song that isn't a solo). I've never seen them play with so much passion.
One last thing. I've got Piper at the Gates playing whilst I write this. Superb album, buy it if you don't already own it!
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