The cheap visuals and the sole focus on Trump kind of lessen it for me, but the emotion in his voice can’t be matched. Well written as usual, George. Now time to re-listen to Animals since you’ve reminded me of its greatness.
Surely a minority view, here, but honestly George, I don't see what the fuss is all about. Grandiose production values, perfect setting etc., but I don't find the music provided up to scratch. And by a long stretch! It's endlessly repetitive and offers no real transcendant musical moments to lift it out of its somewhat ponderous rut, the lead guitar far too polite in its portrayal of the pig in question. And the focus exclusively on the one & only cretin Donald is excessively facile, and ends up overstaying its welcome (not helped by the views of the usual moronic fans holding their smarphones aloft in the by-now mechanistic, dystopian gesture of digital enslavement or whatever. In this vein, surely someone like Neil Young did it better on songs like Southern Man & Alabama, no?
Why minority? It's perfectly OK to disagree. But your comment makes me suspect that you're not a big fan of the original song in the first place, because I don't see how this particular performance is more endlessly repetitive and "ponderously rutty" than the studio recording. (In fact, it's more concise than Floyd's own live versions in 1977, which used to be extended by some REALLY ponderous keyboard solos and stuff).
Nothing against Neil Young with Southern Man either, but that's a different vibe, I think. I've always felt more pity and misery in Southern Man than pure accusatory hatred. Which is, of course, a far more noble and humble vibe, but there's a time and a place for both.
That's very possible, haven't heard the original album version in yonks. A long-time fan of Pink Floyd, especially in their early days, but later found their sound a tad too flat and consensual, if that's the right expression. Gilmore is a wonderfully fluid lead guitar, of course (and an admirable human being, as you point out), but if you're going to take on the pigs of the world and now you're adding the archetypal Dumpy Trumpy, it seems you have to up the ante a bit more!
The cheap visuals and the sole focus on Trump kind of lessen it for me, but the emotion in his voice can’t be matched. Well written as usual, George. Now time to re-listen to Animals since you’ve reminded me of its greatness.
Nice review as always, George! The only thing I disagree about is your putting 'really' in italics.
Blame it on the pig. I got distracted by the pig.
Surely a minority view, here, but honestly George, I don't see what the fuss is all about. Grandiose production values, perfect setting etc., but I don't find the music provided up to scratch. And by a long stretch! It's endlessly repetitive and offers no real transcendant musical moments to lift it out of its somewhat ponderous rut, the lead guitar far too polite in its portrayal of the pig in question. And the focus exclusively on the one & only cretin Donald is excessively facile, and ends up overstaying its welcome (not helped by the views of the usual moronic fans holding their smarphones aloft in the by-now mechanistic, dystopian gesture of digital enslavement or whatever. In this vein, surely someone like Neil Young did it better on songs like Southern Man & Alabama, no?
Why minority? It's perfectly OK to disagree. But your comment makes me suspect that you're not a big fan of the original song in the first place, because I don't see how this particular performance is more endlessly repetitive and "ponderously rutty" than the studio recording. (In fact, it's more concise than Floyd's own live versions in 1977, which used to be extended by some REALLY ponderous keyboard solos and stuff).
Nothing against Neil Young with Southern Man either, but that's a different vibe, I think. I've always felt more pity and misery in Southern Man than pure accusatory hatred. Which is, of course, a far more noble and humble vibe, but there's a time and a place for both.
That's very possible, haven't heard the original album version in yonks. A long-time fan of Pink Floyd, especially in their early days, but later found their sound a tad too flat and consensual, if that's the right expression. Gilmore is a wonderfully fluid lead guitar, of course (and an admirable human being, as you point out), but if you're going to take on the pigs of the world and now you're adding the archetypal Dumpy Trumpy, it seems you have to up the ante a bit more!