Hands down theeee best live PF gig ever! (Opinionated of course)
Yes, the wild Pulse gig, lights, effects n all is\was [an] epitome of their glorious exuberance in their colourful profile. But the Pompeii gig is just on another planet !!
Literally! The red-auburn prevalence of the stadium stone composition throughout the event videography, with video short-shots flipping scenes really gets the brain going a bit.
You can feel their energies. (Seemingly) a show of 'prime of youth', these boys played hell-for-leather. This, considering the more flamboyant experimentation of the early days...
It makes for one seriously inexpressible and personal experience.
The (spoiler) most fantastic scene is one of a very youthful Nick Mason banging the goodness out of his skins, when from an awesomly placed video camera facing 90 degreesdown
from above his head, he losses a stick you can jussst see fly off. Mason without skipping a beat, plucks a new sick out of his 'quiver', and plays on like nothing happened.
Not uncommon nor unique in any band or show, but seeing it happen to Nick at this gig is a memory. Look fast, its quick!
Metaphorically, PF draw you into the experience. Indulge in your 'poison-of-choice' and just drift into it [man].
They play for themselves, like they owe nobody a pennyand they play with respect to the location and the ancients who built the stadium.
It is an very pleasantly and increadibly intense experience, especially not knowing what to expect. And from a show 'performance 'format' like this, they are unrestrained as ever and more.
Shirts off, English sweat flying under the Pompeii sun, it's almost each to his own, yet all fully compositional.
This DVD set is a jewel in the crown. I got my copy a few years at the local 'media' joint in the sales isle for onder 20 bucks.
If you don't have it, just go get it ok, there will be no dissappointment.
Con:
Only con, if any, is that when you pop the disk in, first go to setup options and select the cut without the lads yabbering on about stuff over a table full of chippy..
It's fantastic to still see this footage, but I suggest watching the full show without the (respected) verbacious intermissions that otherwise break the phenomenal
continuity experienced through the gig - front to end.