DoctorFloyd wrote:I didn't like Dave Kiliminsters playing. I don't like the sound a telecaster makes instead of the tone of the strat I am used to, and while it was good guitar playing, I found myself wishing it sounded more like Dave, or even was Dave. Gilmour just makes every note sound like it is coming from the heart, whereas Kiliminster just didn't really. Snowy white was pretty good though, but again, I found myself wishing for the sound of a strat rather than a Les paul.
I have to say, I still enjoyed Gilmour's concert more, because it was more of Floyd there, and I much prefer Gilmours guitar to anyone else playing those songs - plus I like Division Bell songs, and it was more intimate, but they were completely different style of shows, Davids more about simply the music and having a good time, Rogers about that too, but more political and making a statement. Therein lies the difference between the two I think.
Roger was outstanding, I mean, he was fucking awesome! I had expected him to leave a lot of the bass playing and vocal duties to the band, but he didn't. He sounded fantastic and was so charismatic on stage. He appeared to be enjoying himself as much as the crowd were. I really, really enjoyed the show.
I agree with DoctorFloyd about the guitars though. For me, the guitar parts are the single most vital musical aspect of the songs which need to sound authentic, and they didn't. I too found myself aching to hear them played with the feel and timing that David Gilmour so effortlessly manages, particularly Time and Comfortably Numb, which in my opinion were the two worst-played guitar parts of the show. To explain, imagine David Gilmour, or anyone in fact, performing Pink Floyd songs but frequently changing the lyrics to ones that say the same sort of thing, but without the eloquence of Roger's phrasing. It really does affect the songs. But of course I didn't expect the guitarists to replicate the inimitable David Gilmour sound.
It was a very different style of concert from that which David Gilmour is currently touring. Musically, David and his band had Roger and his band licked. But that was to be expected. I felt more involved in Roger's show. I sang and danced the whole way through (except during Vera), where as I watched and listened to David's show in hushed reverence, as did the rest of his audience. Like DoctorFloyd, the show that meant most to me was David's. I was absolutely in awe watching and listening to him. The music was just astonishing, Echoes in particular. But that's not to take away from Roger's show at all; the fantastic atmosphere and good, loud renditions of the songs with Roger giving it his all made it one hell of a show. Me and my ma watched from the front row. It was quite something to be so close to Roger doing his thing. My ma blew him a kiss, which was received with a wry smile. She hasn't come back down to earth yet.
I hope they keep touring for a few more years. They've ruined live music for me,
having set an unreachable benchmark. Everything else seems so pedestrian in comparison. Before I first saw Pink Floyd, live gigs gave me such a buzz. Since, every other gig I go to feels a bit flat (Gilmour and Waters shows aside of course). I saw The Eagles last week. I'm not much of a fan but I fancied seeing them. They were superb, not a single instrumental or vocal note missed, yet I just found the show... nice.
So he had me fooled....the way he dressed ! 
