Pink Floyd Welcome to the machine Oakland 1977

[Ivanisasi]

They are on Weed xD

[KillBaddBugz]

Would you please let go of the big pink pig 

[G0UDMAN]

@seanwilson556 yes true.. But still don't change the fact that he's incredibly boring to watch in the later years.. Now the echoes video is another story. Classic,raw and a very motivated mason altogether.

[thesimguy1905]

Gilmour's Telecaster sounded amazing...

[Danielt104]

Intro of Welcome to the Machine = Birth of Dubstep

[AndrewMthrizzle]

@Danielt104 i said the same about On the run lol only took em 30 years

[PBUDAY88]

Still have the concert program for this..Priceless.

[seamus1967]

Rog hitting some pretty high notes on the harmony parts.

[dutchess1999]

Hey u can't forget Syd Barrett, or Brian soul,Brian was the lead guituarist b4 David came along.

Anyone that has not seen the documentory on PF should. it is very interesting.

[JoetheLawnmowerGuy]

These Videos Are Awesome!!! Except, These Oakland Performances Are From May 9th 1977 At Oakland Coliseum I Believe.

[tortoisesrcool286]

do the lyrics remind anyone else of the matrix?

[Wshuwrhr]

Don't get me wrong, I have loved Floyd since the early 70's. Growing up in NYC, the summer of 77 was huge for Madison Square Garden, YES, Zeppelin, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Floyd all played the Garden and I saw each act, sadly Floyd was the weakest show of the four.

I went onto see the Wall in 1980 at Nassau and all was forgiven. Since then I saw both reunion tours and every Waters tour and Waters is by far the better of the two.

[ColdSparrowProd]

i actually prefer the live version of this song to the studio version.

[Maravalmusic]

PF is a sort of a beast with 4 heads. Their music is above any other I know. I enjoy them since the early days of 1975, some 35 years ago, when I met Atom Herat Mother and Dark Side (Wish wasn't published yet...)...

[sixsixxsixxxx]

@Maravalmusic I am a huge PF fan but Atom Heart is terrible...the other songs are okay but the main piece bad, like a bad western parody...even Waters said toss it in the trash! 

[Jagethemage]

@sixsixxsixxxx atom heart mother was nessecary for floyd to fnd their cosmic groove.. and worked quit well as proved over the last half-century..

makes you kind of think that fate had something to do with the title of the concept album Atom Heart Mother :)

[blacksmith3560]

GOUDMAN my friend despite the fact how he plays(who i find him very good)mason was the one who said in the early 70's (or late 60's cant remember exactly) ''we are almost going to look and sound as a usual band'',,, floyd prob would never be the same without nick mason ..

from that comment they ve done ..''the dark side of the moon'' album. anyway i believe that they were both music giants.. :)

[RockCleric420]

Sweet!

[hemet92544]

I was 14 in 77 and living in LA, didn't even know about PF then, was listening to stupid KISS, duh

[unknownsilenceband]

@hemet92544 im 15 living in WA and all i listen to is PF, went to a waters concert on the 11th. best day of my life. $550 paid for itself.

[koushymama]

@hemet92544 KISS can kiss pf's ass all night, and bend over everyday.

[pacosako]

nul

[bleekblock]

this stinks

[djmattese]

@bleekblock than why are you here stink boy?

[TheEarnold]

my subwoofer just paid for itself (:

[peggybinky]

David Gilmour is the best guitarist ever! I hear his music and it makes me want to cry and make love all at the same time. Those hands and those fingers amaze me every night as I go to bed listening to him play. Simply amazing. Nice to look at as well. Those lips, those eyes, and yes, did I mention those lips?

[Cripptic6]

@peggybinky As a man, I totally agree with those first 2 sentences, and I've never been able to vocalize that exact feeling, but u nailed it, lol.

[1bbqboy]

it was tremendous, himike. :)

[SydPring]

@denman8496 I think the division bell and a momentary lapse of reason prove Roger Was hands down the hardest member to replace. I think Clapton and beck on two of roger's solo albums proved gilmour is replacable.... I'd take Beck's solo on what God Wants part 3 any day over the pathetic lyrics/concept of "one slip"

[irena7777777]

@SydPring Beck's style is so different to Gilmour's that u couldn't possibly compare them. But could Jeff Beck write songs such as 'High Hopes', 'Coming Back To Life', 'Marooned' or 'A Great Day for Freedom'? Clapton is a great guitarist but he lacks the flair of David Gilmour. And this is a Pink Floyd video clip, so if u prefer Beck/Clapton etc, you know where to go.

[rockaires]

Best band of ALL time.

Peace.

[peggybinky]

@rockaires I agree any other music I hear almost makes me sick.

[peggybinky]

@rockaires I agree, although Jethro Tull comes in at a close second.

[rockaires]

@peggybinky Yeah, Jetthro Tull is superb.

[jonathanbarajas]

man does pink floyd have a song that isnt amazing?? Just about all of them are pure genius.

[DoctorPelan]

Quick comeback, only took you a month to come up with that one.

But what a comeback it was, pure genious. Bill Hicks himself couldn't have came up with that sort of brilliant work.

[comicreaper]

I think i prefer it live over the studio version just makes this song sound as raw as it is intended to be.

[rto254425]

according to the ECHOES book. this concert was may 9, 1977. they played may 10th as well but only played one encore.

[BullhornGuy]

What a stupid comment.

[cynthiapinkfloyd]

Yeahhhhh...

[cynthiapinkfloyd]

Pink, Pig & Sheep...

:-)

[lazy347]

+ dog

[DoctorPelan]

Yeah and Syd Barrett was the foot, and Bob Klose was the intestines and Steven O'Rourke was the liver.

hogwarts09, don't be so ridiculous.

[Creanboy]

Lol, Conor - Too right!. I didn't even notice that it was you saying this.

[hogwarts09]

Dont be so ridcolus ha i heard better insluts from my cat

[vinbasshred]

they needed each other to be the best this is proof

[rushfanfave13]

i thought david gilmour sang predominantly on this song on the record. I guess thats how roger can be sometimes.

[subwoofer1975]

jeje amazing song ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ great rick on keys

[unmensunshne]

gilmour

[haweab]

all 4 members had and equal contribution to making them the best ever band HANDS DOWN!!

[blacksmith3560]

it was the ''chemistry'' between the four members of the band and the common ideas they had about music in middle 60's and 70's that lead them to the top and made them the best band the world ever seen..

of course the main ''brain'' in lyrics was roger waters but i think we can say as well that gilmour and wright was the main music composers.nick mason was the man who kept them in the main line they followed all these years.. all 4 are legends to me.. pf is ''one body''

[TheAVillela]

@blacksmith3560 Absolutely agree!!!!

[G0UDMAN]

@blacksmith3560 nick mason was'nt that good.in fact they could have managed without him.

i actually find him boring to watch in the late part of floyds career.

[koushymama]

@G0UDMAN its not so much about how good he is.. ya he is nothing special in my opinion either technically.. but its being in the right place at the right time.. if it was another drummer, that had more influence on the music they produced, he coulda started shit of his own to add to the dramas back then,... nick mason was passive.. and sort of a peace keeper between the members, so his personality was a good match for the band. sometimes thats more important than your technical abilities

[G0UDMAN]

@koushymama yes your sort of right in everything you mentioned... but there's nothing to say that floyd could 'nt have been even greater if they had another drummer instead of nick mason,i found his style quite boring and very uninspiring..infact he offered very little to floyd in the later years. waters was'nt the best bassist in the world but he more than made up for it with his writing skills...

[sixsixxsixxxx]

@G0UDMAN one thing , though: Mason didn't get in the way of what was going on, which is what Floyd's atmosphere needed. In the rocking parts (end of "Animals", One of these Days") he did pick up quite a bit-especially live. If you want to hear Floyd/Mason ROCK, grab a copy of the "More" soundtrack. A forgettable movie from 1968 or so,the soundtrack, with the exception of a few tunes, is rocking and aggressive, with distorted guitars. You'll have Mason's chops on that one!

[seanwilson556]

@G0UDMAN .. They didn't use Mason's talent in the later albums which really annoyed me. He was just a drummer in the later albums (The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse Of Reason, Division Bell...). When they were a driving creative force in the 70's that''s where he showed his skills. But without Mason, Pink Floyd wouldn't be Pink Floyd.

[eLdiAbLoCo]

@blacksmith3560 one body one soul baby! greatest band of all times

[Fatcatnevercameback]

@blacksmith3560 - Actually, I think Waters was the main music composer as well (in collaboration with Gilmour and Wright).

[MitjaShi]

@blacksmith3560 although that kinda failed after Animals...

[blacksmith3560]

@MitjaShi absolutely agree mate..

[pingui0987]

@blacksmith3560 dude the sound richard wright imncorpore to pink floyd are UNIQUE pink floyd wouldnt been pink floyd without him long live richard wright

[HCVS13]

I don't like to say that any member of Pink Floyd is any better than another, to me, each man contributed equally to form the greatest band the world had ever seen.

[himike25]

i would give anything to see pink floyd live back in the 70'z.

[unknownsilenceband]

@himike25 i saw waters do the wall live at the tacoma dome on dec 11...best day of my life. my bday was on the 13th i was turning 15 and my dad is in to pf too so we went and it was just...breathtakingly beautiful. just beautiful.

[MrZeMusik]

@himike25 me too.

[TheWoodstockWarrior]

@himike25 I saw them four times in the 70's. Twice in "73", then again in "75" and in "77".

[stewerts400000000000]

@himike25 "I would give anything to see pink floyd live back in the 70'z"

What Floyd fan would not give anything to see them ; )

[MyJd1977]

@stewerts400000000000

I absolutly agree!

[laudypapa1]

I would love to see a show like this...where they play a whole album

[fig8slomo]

don't think I can complain about Rogers opinion of the keyboards during this period.

[angie4josh]

what was his opinion?

[youraisemyrent]

yeah, with his tin ear and all. let's just jam as man political lyrics as possible instead!

[SydPring]

Wow... this is an amazing version...... So angry sounding!!!!! I love all era's of PF (that waters was in) but the heavier era of animals and the wall is definately my favorite!!!!.. And it's awsome to hear this song get the heavy treatment.

[kip967]

Listen to the Money version! :O

[diazpepe]

black strat+ univibe?

[HeliGirl]

Wow! , they sure sure knew how to make a sound didn't they.

Thanks for sharing this . . .

~~

Luna

[kip967]

"Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream..!"

[justythrasher]

look up "zeitgeist" kip, sounds like you may be a bit of a truthist :) This is the machine we live in.

[anonimoitaliano]

bad version.

live pulse >>>>>>>> all

[SnrFloyd]

"Pink Floyd" > Post-Waters

[DonConstantinos]

hard to reach the high notes :P

[JHerdman1]

i think that although water & gilmours are bothh gr8 musicians, the real clever brains behind PF was wright. Listen to many of his synth parts etc, they're awsome! And no im not a synth player - im a guitarist. RIP rick wright

[aripahs]

i agree with you however ive always said, waters was the brain, wright was the body, in pink floyd. in terms of playing, rick would be the hardest to replace and replicate,(not writing of course that would be waters.)

[JHerdman1]

yeah maybe - tho waters was ONLY good at writing - u only have to look at his latest tour videos on utube and see that half the time he isnt even playing! even on some of his major songs! i think that yes pf wouldnt be without him, but really only coz he defined what they were for nearly 30 years

[flydfan]

Gilmour > Waters.

[DonConstantinos]

that's a stupid compare ya know...

[usshfuhds]

Well done for spotting the similarities between Waters and Gilmour. The riffs, lyrics, bars etc, but kets not get carried away with who is the better... they are both good, given the sound that PF make.

And lets be honest here, if Waters was/is the real brain behind the band why is it that Gilmour turned it into the PF sound and made all the money ?... now thats brains !

[unmensunshne]

Good comment.I adore Gilmour as much as Floyd and rate his solo stuff (1978 & about face)as highly.I wonder if they would have been as sucsessful if Gilmour didnt join them in 1968.Thats why they remained superstars after Waters left.Anyway us fans were the winners cause we got 17years of Waters & Gilmour & 40years of Pink Floyd which finished with Ricks passing.

[SnrFloyd]

Gilmour wasn't the one that turned it into the PF sound. Infact he wasn't even in the band when it started. Syd Barret joined and renamed the band "The Pink Floyd Sound". Hmm.

[unmensunshne]

you mean syd formed the band and changed it from the 'sigma 6' to 'abdads' 'screaming abdads' to 'pink floyd'

[SnrFloyd]

"The Pink Floyd Sound"; later shortened to "The Pink Floyd".

[unmensunshne]

correct..but syd formed not joined them-i thought..and i forgot the 'arcitectural abdads' ha ha.cheers

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Nice setlist

[feverspell]

Is it just me or does that small section from 2:55 to 3:02 sound similar to a chord sequence in High Hopes?

I hope I'm not hearing things. LOL

[fishin25530]

wow yeah it does

[gkopit]

actually is the same chord progression but in another key

[Pulsar89]

Well spotted, other people have thought that too.

High Hopes is full of references to other songs: the birds refer to Grantchester Meadows, the bells to Fat Old Sun, the last lyrics to See Emily Play. And yes, that chord progression may refer to Welcome to the Machine. The same chord progression also has marching drums, which some link to Bring the Boys Back Home. Fun, isn't it?

[zebediah94]

gilmour didnt write high hopes lyrics moore did

[Pulsar89]

No, it's written by Gilmour, with his wife Polly Samson.

[rockaires]

That means Gilmour copied the ideas of Waters, the real mind behind almost all PF concepts.

[imdesigner]

Didn't they play the same setlist this entire tour?

[J0nnan]

I love this version :D Never enjoyed this song more then the first time I heard this version to be honest <3 Bravo!

[GLeopard420]

Everybody needs to shut the fuck up about which versoins the best this is the greatest rock and roll band there ever was

[coopa97434]

versions matter

[dekestrom]

Glimore is great but as a whole there the best..

[pinkpigsheep1977]

It's my opinion- MLOR tour was horrible, IN THE FLESH 1977 was the best

[aripahs]

yea i feel the same way. and altho its cliche, i loved the wall tour 1980-1981, even tho in a sense, it lacked the musical epicness of the previous tours.

[marcin0099]

@pinkpigsheep1977

I think, that MLOR was genious.

All of Floyd's concert is genious!

[70ORANGE]

pink floyd wrote "money" lol

[BrokenChair88]

Pink Floyd wrote "Dogs".

[rockaires]

And they wrote Sheep and Pigs. And Time also.

[BrokenChair88]

And "Dogs".

[flydfan]

BrokenChair88 wrote "And ""Dogs.""

[bleekblock]

Christ< In am glad Gilmour got it together in 87 on MLOR becuase thhis version stinks.

[aripahs]

this version kicks 1987's ass. the floyd died when waters left, and MLOR is a horrible album!

[cerati96]

I guess you're one of those narrow-minded guys that think Waters era was the only one worth to listen to

[aripahs]

um no, the syd era was great too. the gilmour era sucked! division bell was alright i guess. but gilmour was not put on this earth to write lyrics! im sorry i love the man, but its true.

[coopa97434]

check out the madison square garden concert in 87! its the best! The sound is not terribly good on this oakland 77 bootleg.

[rockaires]

Right, aripahs. Waters was the mastermind of Floyd.

[InfidelAntichristian]

You didn't like school and you know your nobodies fool.

so welcome to the machine.

[brundlefly2084]

Gilmour has lead vocals on the album and the 77 tour with Waters backing vocals on the song but of course when Waters went solo he had lead vocals of the song on his solo tours.

[Morettoto]

In WYWH there's no Waters voice.

It doesnt sounds natural like this

In this case Gilmour's voice is better.

Even Waters voice its a awesome performance.

[Chr1551]

it's waters and gilmour on the album

[diegoss]

roger sang shine on WYWH

[bmet47]

"Pink Floyd Plays the Animals" The Last Performance of Careful with that Axe Eugene by the band.

[tensago]

i think i have the same bootlegg cd as you. lots of individual picture on the cover including an oriental looking girl with tongue towards a cigar???

[shoebert357]

i like this version

[intheflesh1977]

This concert was recorded from the soundboard but still found the sound shit despite another songs from this very gig sounds just great. Look at Pigs 3 Different Ones from this one. Incredible power with sensual anger. Lets call it like that;)