Carnival + Pink Floyd: Great Gig In The Sea
December 18th, 2008 by Alex
Some of your potential fellow travelers?Hoping to sap as much money as possible by leveraging one of the most famous bands of modern time, Carnival has created a Pink Floyd themed cruise called the Great Gig in the Sea.
The cruise starts Friday, May 1st, 2009 through Monday, May 4th, 2009 and leaves from Miami to the Bahamas and back. Cover group ‘Think Floyd USA’ (terrible band name) will be providing music each night on the Carnival Imagination.
I’m kind of partial to Which One’s Pink? – the badass Pink Floyd cover band I’ve seen 3 times that; a) has an original name, and b) rocks the hell out of the stage.
If you decide to go, good luck with sneaking buds onto the cruise ship. Trust me, it’s harder than you’d think.
Check out a video of Think Floyd after the jump…
RIP: Richard Wright, Founding Member of Pink Floyd [1943-2008]
September 16th, 2008 by Alex
Today is a sad day indeed…
Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd (one of the best bands in the history of music), has died.
I’m a huge Pink Floyd fan, so this one really sucks.
My Dad first introduced me to their epic sounds and they’ve been at the top of my playlist ever since. I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd perform in Giant’s Stadium, New Jersey for their Division Bell tour. It was fucking amazing.
They had this massive stage, the trademark gigantic trampoline overhead with all types of imagery being displayed, and some of the craziest props and light work I’ve ever seen. During a song from Animals, a massive inflatable pig appeared out of the stage and into the crowd. When they were playing a track from The Wall, a life-sized plane came from above the stadium, guided by a steel wire and other safety gear, and shot through the air, exploding in the empty seats behind the semi-circular stage.
Then for the finale… man it was crazy… a gigantic disco ball appeared from the stadium floor, in the center of the crowd, and rose above everyone, then hundreds of lasers focused on it as the music pulsated, bathing the entire stadium in color. It was intense.
So, back to the point, this is a rough one to write. Pink Floyd are one of the most influential bands in the history of music, and this is just another reminder of the un-interrupting flow of time. We’ve lost a small chunk of music innovation forever.
Rest in peace Rick, I’m listening to Animals right now and hoping you enjoy the great gig in the sky.
