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The amphitheatre at Pompeii where most of the footage was filmed. Film-maker Adrian Maben, interested in combining art with Pink Floyd's music, [4] contacted David Gilmour and the band's manager, Steve O'Rourke, in 1971 to discuss the possibilities of making a film in which the band's music was played over images of paintings by René Magritte, Jean Tinguely, Giorgio de Chirico and others.
Live at Pompeii is a live album and film by David Gilmour, the guitarist of Pink Floyd. It was recorded at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii . It documents his 2015–16 world tour to promote his album, Rattle That Lock (2015).
"Seamus" is the fifth song on Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle. The group performs it in the style of country blues , with vocals, an acoustic slide guitar in an open D tuning , and piano. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song is named after the Border Collie [ 3 ] (belonging to Humble Pie leader Steve Marriott ) who howls throughout the 2:15 piece. [ 4 ]
This performance was released as part of his Live at Pompeii live album and was chosen to be the second single to promote the release. These concerts made "One of These Days" the only song played at Pink Floyd's 1971 performance and Gilmour's 2016 performance. Roger Waters played the piece in the first set of songs on his 2017 Us + Them Tour.
Pink Floyd performed the song from 1967 to 1973. A performance on 9 September 1967 featured Barrett and Waters switching guitars. [ 17 ] The group's performance of the song on 27 April 1969 at Mother's , Birmingham and on 2 May 1969 at the Manchester College of Commerce was used for the live half of the double album Ummagumma . [ 18 ]
In 2008, Uncut magazine ranked "Echoes" number 30 in a list of Pink Floyd's 30 best songs, [48] while in 2011, readers of Rolling Stone named it as the fifth-best song by Pink Floyd. [49] The members of Pink Floyd have mixed views on the track. Wright said that the piece was "a highlight" and "one of the finest tracks the Floyd have ever done".
Volume 4 – 1970: Devi/ation, An Hour with Pink Floyd: KQED and Pop Deux Festival de St. Tropez; Volume 5 – 1971: Reverber/ation, GTK Randwick Race Course; Volume 6 – 1972: Obfusc/ation, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii and Live at Brighton Dome; Volume 7 – 1967–1972: Continu/ation, The Amsterdam Rock Circus
The music video to this song is a homage to the 1972 concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii [4] and was recorded in Rotorua, New Zealand. [5] The video was featured on Beavis and Butthead, who gave the song a positive review. [6]