Echoes is Pink Floyd’s 23-minute-plus epic song originally released on the 1971 album Meddle. It is presented here in three video parts of a live performance filmed and recorded in Pompeii. This is Pink Floyd transitioning out of their psychedelic past and establishing their sound. It seems perfectly appropriate to kick off my blog with this.
Echoes, Part I (above) begins the film Live at Pompeii by Adrian Maben. Echoes, Part II (2 videos below) end the film. They played and acted through 6 to 9 other songs in between, depending on which version of the movie you see. In 1971, Pink Floyd were Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.
Wikipedia > Pink Floyd > Meddle | Live in Pompeii
Echoes Part II (A) for the die hard fans…
Echoes Part II (B) finishes it off…
Original Source of videos | Pink Floyd U.S. site | U.K. Site
on May 21st, 2008 at 6:29 am
great selection here… oddly enough I had not seen any of this film before! With any luck I will see Pompei with my own eyes later this year as well…
Have you seen the making of Dark Side of the Moon? Roger Waters has a lot of interesting philosophical things to say.
on May 21st, 2008 at 8:14 am
yeah, i know, that trip is coming up soon, yes…
nope, have not seen the making of Dark Side of the Moon. I will look around for it. Roger Waters is a bit of a philosopher, isn’t he?