No, it’s not quite a Pink Floyd reunion, but both Roger Waters and David Gilmour have – separately – taken to social media in the past week with new cover songs. Continue reading »
Apr 152020
May 302018
‘The Best Ever’ series counts down our favorite covers of great artists.
Coming in at 40 tracks, our third ‘Best Ever’ countdown is our longest yet. This feels appropriate; Pink Floyd’s songs tend to be a whole lot longer than Talking Heads’ or Fleetwood Mac’s. A band whose default length was set at “epic” deserves a list just as winding.
Luckily, the covers community has obliged, allowing us a list as discursive as Pink Floyd itself. A band that, for better or worse, can get pigeonholed into a specific sound and era, gets transformed into a whole host of other genres and moods. Psychedelic rock is represented here, of course, but so is bluegrass, soul, and disco. One cover even includes a “featuring Tupac Shakur” credit, which is probably not what Gilmour or Waters envisioned. Though the latter would certainly appreciate the walls being torn down.
Twenty-minute tracks that might seem intimidating to some don’t phase these artists. Some turn them into tight four-minute pop songs. Others, if you can believe it, extend the songs further. So strap in, and set the controls for the heart of the cover… Continue reading »
Sep 282011
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’s “Pink Floyd Week” kicked off Monday night with the Shins covering “Breathe.” Last night it continued, jumping from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall for “In the Flesh.” The Foo Fighters ran through the album favorite with a special guest: Roger Waters, rocking the song as he’s done the past year on his Wall tour. Continue reading »
Sep 172010
Full Albums features covers of every track off a classic album. Got an idea for a future pick? Leave a note in the comments!
On Wednesday we gave you disc one of The Wall. Today we present disc two aka. the disc with most of the famous songs on it. Download each MP3 individually below or all together at the bottom.
Incidentally, Roger Waters’ Wall tour opener Wednesday night earned rave reviews from SPIN, The Telegraph, Spinner, and the Toronto Sun. Continue reading »
Sep 152010
Full Albums features covers of every track off a classic album. Got an idea for a future pick? Leave a note in the comments!
When Roger Waters began touring his performance of Pink Floyd‘s Dark Side of the Moon, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard quipped that this was “like Ringo doing Sgt Pepper’s.” The point being that Dark Side was really David Gilmour’s baby. Well tonight Waters embarks upon a new tour staging The Wall in its entirety (complete with actual wall). That’s more like Paul McCartney and a resurrected John Lennon doing Sgt. Pepper’s. Waters built the wall once; let him build it again.
In honor of tonight’s tour opener in Toronto, we dedicate the latest Full Album set to Waters’ masterpiece The Wall. At 26 tracks, it’s a pretty massive undertaking, so we’re making it a two-parter. Disc 1 comes today, disc 2 comes tomorrow. Incidentally, this marks only the second time we’ve tackled a double album; the first was a run at the Clash’s London Calling (find it here). Continue reading »
Jun 172010
Musicians are none too pleased with Israel these days. Everyone from Elvis Costello to Pixies has canceled concerts and now Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters throws his support behind the Palestinian cause as well with a moving cover of “We Shall Overcome.” Stripped of its ties to the Civil Rights movement, the song sounds a universal cry on behalf of oppressed peoples everywhere.
When you listen, you know this wasn’t thrown together yesterday. In fact, the song debuted in January to support the Gaza Freedom March. Only this new video ties it to the current events. Building drums and a guitar solo from legendary axeman G.E. Smith support some of the best singing Waters has done in years.
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