Pink Floyd - Pulse Reviews

• PINK FLOYD'S PULSE IS THE GREATEST GIG IN THE SKY!

  
  By A3SAU1A0IEYDNX on 2000-06-19
  First of all Pink Floyd is my all-time favorite band. David Gilmour is a genius, amazing artist, singer, and musician. "Pulse" is the culmination of ALL of what makes Pink Floyd so spectacular. Their music is awesome but their live show is SIMPLY THE BEST YOU WILL EVER SEE! It has the most impressive lighting (complete with lasers), and special effects of any concert I've been to! (I've seen at least 50 popular bands.) Hats off to Marc Brickman, the lighting designer as well as the director, David Mallet and everyone involved in this great video production! Also, the giant screen which plays video footage is definitely worth mentioning; however, I'll save all the other numerous surprises for you to enjoy as you watch this!

  What impresses me the most about Pink Floyd is they keep getting better! I saw this concert live and it's their tour for the awesome "Division Bell" CD; which is my favorite of all their work! That says alot looking at their enormous portfolio through the years!

  The approximate running time is 145 minutes; and you'll be on the edge of your seat the whole time! This video is a must own if you are a Pink Floyd fan and if you can only afford one--this is it! It has all their old great ones like "Money", "Breathe", "Us and Them", "Comfortably Numb" and "Wish You Were Here" plus their newer ones from "THE DIVISION BELL": the great "High Hopes", "Coming Back to Life", "Take it Back" and "Keep Talking."

  I hope they "keep talking" because I'll always be listening!
  
  

• David Gilmour Explains the Delay of Pulse on DVD

  
  By A3BKYDAAYH42W1 on 2006-03-30
  Why was the Pink Floyd Pulse DVD release delayed yet again? Hear the truth from David Gilmour himself.
  
  David Gilmour Speaks! from the May 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine (Vol. 27/No. 5), "Shine On" an interview by Alan Di Perna. The following is a full quote from the interview concerning the Pulse DVD release (pp.96-98):
  
  "GW: Speaking of live shows, why is the Pulse DVD coming out later this year, some 12 years after the Division Bell tour?
  
  GILMOUR: It was out on VHS long ago. We had a lot of technical problems converting it to DVD. It was shot on video rather than film, which I now think was a mistake: it doesn't look very good when you enlarge it on a big screen television, which everyone seems to have these days. We'd been investigating all sorts of ways to digitally enhance the footage.
  
  By the time we'd surmounted all the problems, it was way too late to make our November or December ['05] deadline. I didn't see any point in putting it out at the same time as my album (On An Island), so I asked that we put the release back until September".
  
  
  Nuff Said.
  
  

• It's finally here!

  
  By APQIAFMF34D86 on 2005-10-19
  This is it guys. The official DVD of Pulse is coming and it's got loads of bonus features:
  
  DISC 1
  
  Concert Part 1:
  Shine On
  Learning To Fly
  High Hopes
  Take It Back
  Coming Back To Life
  Sorrow
  Keep Talking
  Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)
  One of These Days
  
  Screen Films:
  Shine On
  High Hopes
  Learning to Fly
  
  Bootlegging the Bootleggers:
  What Do You Want From Me
  On The Turning Way
  Poles Apart
  Marooned
  
  Shorts:
  Time (Eames)
  Money (Alien)
  Speak To Me 1987
  Pulse TV Advert
  
  Videos:
  Learning To Fly
  Take It Back
  
  DISC 2
  
  Concert Part 2:
  Speak To Me
  Breathe
  On The Run
  Time
  The Great Gig In The Sky
  Money
  Us And Them
  Brain Damage
  Eclipse
  Wish You Were Here
  Comfortably Numb
  Run Like Hell
  
  Screen Films:
  Speak To Me (graphic)
  On The Run
  Time 1994
  The Great Gig in the Sky (wave)
  Money
  Us And Them 1987
  Brain Damage
  Eclipse
  
  Alternate Screen Films:
  The Great Gig In The Sky (animation)
  Us And Them 1994
  
  Behind the Scenes Footage:
  Goodbye to Life As We Know It
  
  Wish You Were Here:
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  
  Photo Gallery
  
  The DVD boasts a 5.1 audio soundtrack and rare video footages including the entire Dark Side Of The Moon backdrop films land the not very known Maney alien version. The DVD lasts well over 3 hours!
  
  

• REALLY TEN STARS BUT FIVE IS ALL THEY'D LET ME PICK!

  
  By ARU1PP3RUT70A on 1999-12-07
  It's hard to find words for what I experience when viewing this video. My husband and I watched it for the first time together and afterwords we agreed we'd have to watch it again to be sure that what we saw was real. This may be a BIT exagerated - but not much! The visuals on this film are extaordinary! The light show is amazing and so well choreographed! The sound is SO good and the musical quality SO superb that I have actually begun to PREFER many of the cuts to the studio versions! I've fallen in love with David Gilmore whose smile makes him look little boyish and sweet. The newly added Floyd musicians look like they cannot BELIEVE who they are on stage with and are having the time of their lives. 145 minutes of SHEER bliss from the first note to the very last! THREE SONGS for an encore - you cannot believe it when it happens! You imagine what you would have thought being at this concert and even getting ONE encore song - when they come out with THREE you are blown away - and they are lavishly done! I don't understand some of the reviewers saying that Gilmore seemed bored and unhappy to be there - seems to me that he is either concentrating on the current guitar lick or smiling at one of the other band members -trust me - he smiles a LOT in this video. I could go on and on but I won't. Let me just say that having already purchased this video I will be one of the first to put out more money the DAY this one comes out on DVD - as soon as we heard that it was scheduled for release on DVD in early 2000 we went out and bought a DVD player - THAT'S how much we loved this concert! My ONLY regret is that I missed it live and it was only 2 hours away from where I live! SIGH... well THAT won't happen again. For someone who wasn't sure she would like the Floyd without Roger - I have become one of their biggest fans! It also renewed my interest in the Division Bell which I had previously not given much time to. Now I am a devotee of that CD as well. Ok - now buy it! OR wait for the DVD! Enjoy.
  
  

• Enough is Enough... Enjoy it or leave it!

  
  By ASYFVAREWV1MS on 2005-12-04
  This is a great DVD. Every time I have the chance to see Pink Floyd one more time, I take it and rejoice.
  
  Now, to some reviewers still believing that PF died with Syd then again with Roger, I say ENOUGH with the ranting. If you don't like Pink Floyd with David Gilmour then listen to something else. We know that the band started with Syd (actually Nick and Roger are the two first surviving members of the various pre-PF bands, which subsequently led to the formation of PF). We also know that Dave "replaced" Syd (actually he was added to the band as support in case Syd would default, and was not intended to replace Syd - it just turned out this way). Dave cared enormously for Syd as demonstrated by Dave's production efforts of Syd's later solo albums and other initiatives and tributes. We also know that Roger is talented and a brilliant lyricist, and the inspiration behind many PF landmarks. But Syd left on his own, and Roger left on his own. So be it. We can't change the past. To his credit, David Gilmour did what he had to do after Roger's departure because he loved Pink Floyd as a band, which at the time, was not what could be said about Roger. Roger would never have been musically as creative if it had not been for Rick, David and Nick. The impact of Rick and David in particular on the musical orchestration is immense (watch the making of Dark Side of the Moon and you will discover how Rick impacted the musical direction of many songs). The difference between a good and a great song often lies in subtle elements - like the famous guitar lines on Wish You Were Here or Shine on You Crazy Diamond. I love Gilmour. Bravo for Pulse. The more I see of Pink Floyd, in ANY version, the better. Like a real person PF has evolved and changed, they have LIVED a full and creative life. Pulse is about being ALIVE. If the remaining members had no talent, they would not be able to play such impeccable performance of the entire DARK SIDE live on stage 20 years after its original release. Because no matter your opinion, PF was still much better with Roger, than Roger is on his own, despite his undeniably impressive talent (and that of Jeff Beck) in "Amused to Death". I like what Roger is doing, but I am not criticizing his work because he left PF.
  
  Enjoy Pulse and the great memories that this DVD will surely bring back. We will have to wait a long time before another band of the greatness of Pink Floyd comes around, if that ever happens, so let's enjoy what we do have.
  
  
• This is a review of the real 2 DVD set: Please read!
  By A1EL0EIBXET0UO on 2006-07-05
  Alright my friends: Stop screaming reviews without viewing the actual 2 DVD Set to release next July 10. I already have it and I'm going to post a complete review for you:
  
  First of all, let me say ya the long awaited Pulse DVD is well worth the wait. When a DVD is good enough you feel the need for more and more, that's what happened to me with Pulse after first experienced complete, including extras.
  
  I don't think it's useful to write about the concert, isn't it?. Everybody knows it and all I have to say it's a stunning and landmark performance, better than Pulse CD. The band is inspired, the music sounds like heaven, and the marriage between stage-lights-screen and the band is beyond perfection.
  
  So let's review about the DVD:
  
  It's presented on 4:3 aspect, remastered and re-edited. That's true, I can notice several differences with the VHS footage, and I think they were right. The remastering is quite amazing, colours are rich, strong and brilliant. Some cameras show a cleaner angles than other ones, and from the worst ones you can notice some pixelations and softness (I think impossible to remove given the nature of the filming tapes, for Video at that time). Hands down for the direction: AT LAST YOU WON'T FIND A MTV CLICHED DVD!!!!. When you want to see the band playing...you see the band playing without distracting artefacts as the stupid and annoying 100 camera changes per second. The filming is elegant, and it's according to the music played. Also the cameras allow you, unlike Pompeii, to have a wide vision of the band, instrument, stage, venue, etc. Simply fantastic work and a lesson for every music DVD director.
  
  The sound is the holy grail of the DVD. Outstanding, impressive, awesome. You actually feel like being there. It does sound live, and you can clearly notice the instruments, voices and sound effects!. Listen to that Gilmour solo on Comfortably Numb is the quintessential DVD experience. Loss for words, really the sound left me speechless.
  
  Now why Am I giving this 4 stars?. Because of the lack of interesting extras. First of all, the screenfilms looks amazing...but they were put into a circled format, I mean, you can watch them like if you were watching the real screen on stage. What a pity!, I wish I had a full screen format of every film, especially High Hopes, the best ever Pink Floyd video. The sound of the screenfilms are from the concert.
  
  The Say Goodbye... docummentary is quite short (15 minutes) and uninspired, boring. Nothing to take care about. I wish I watched revealing interviews, high quality footage (the footage used is rather poor), rearshals, etc.
  
  The Bootlegs section is the most dissapointing stuff from the set: low quality audience mix from 3-4 cameras each song. After watching and listening to the magnificence of the main concert, watching and listening to the bootlegs is pretty much like a suicide. They should have put high quality audio of those songs instead, I know they have them!. Also there's no Astronomy Domine, sorry friends.
  
  The Booklet is rather small, but nice.
  
  Overall, the main concert is the reason alone to buy this DVD. I strongly believe that the extras on Classic Albums: Dark Side Of The Moon were more instructive and useful than the extras presented here. Except for the studio videos, the rest is forgettable. Anyway, the presentation of the main concert and the watching and listening experience is uplifting.
  
  Unless we'll get the long awaited and asked Pink Floyd The Wall Live DVD (Roger still has the tapes hidden in his closet with dust!) this is the holy grail of Pink Floyd DVD's. High Hopes
  
  
• DVD release pushed back?
  By on 2000-11-02
  Just an update on the DVD release. It now looks like the DVD will be released on February 5. I hope that this is the final release date change and have my fingers crossed. I, like many of you who have already posted here, have been waiting for the DVD release of this concert and I plan on getting it the day it comes out.
  
  
• The Best Pink Floyd Video I Have Seen! If Only I Were There!
  By ASG1TD6FQ0OWZ on 2001-03-10
  The first time I saw this video was when my dad had bought it, and I watched it. I WAS AMAZED! The light and laser show was terrific, and of chorse...so was the music! They opened up the the powerful 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' which had an AWSOME opening to it! After that, they did the cool 'Learning To Fly', which had a VERY cool laser segment in the middle of it. Afterwards, they did a few cool songs from 'The Division Bell'. Then 'Sorrow', more 'Division Bell' stuff. They closed the first half with 'Another Brick In The Wall-Pt.2', then finished with the awsome instrumental 'One Of These Days'! First half of the show...COOL! Now, the second half....COOLER! The second half was a FULL live performance of 'Dark Side Of The Moon'!!! THE WHOLE THING! Floyd then finished the show with a powerful '3' encore finale! You heard right...'3' encores! The 3 finales were, 'Wish You Were Here'(performed outstandingly!),'Comfortably Numb'(the best version i have heard and seen...especaily David Gilmour's long guitar solo at the end!), and then finally 'Run Like Hell'(AWSOME!!!)! The show ended with a "Big Bang" (you'll see what I mean) Pink Floyd DEFINATELY blew the 'Delicate Sound Of Thunder' show OUT OF THE WATER! DSOT was still good, though. BUY THIS VIDEO IF YOU DO NOT OWN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I now have MY OWN copy of this video! IT'S WORTH IT!!!
  
  
• Pulse - Beats At The Speed Of LIFE
  By A1IK64MYKGZ8M on 2001-03-29
  Like most Floyd fans, I enjoyed Delicate Sound of Thunder as a satisfying live Floyd concert video...but then came "PULSE".... and made DSoT pale in comparison. From the opening "Shine On..." to the explosive closing of "Run Like Hell" your visual and auditory senses are assaulted with essentially the best of "Division Bell", a small taste of "The Wall" and "Wish You Were Here"..but the cream of the concert is the complete performance of "The Dark Side of the Moon"!!!

  The light and laser show that accompany the songs, as well as the inclusion of filmed shorts make the whole experience mesmerising. There are so many great moments in the video, such as Gilmore's solo in "Comfortably Numb" blares on as the lights cascade off the separating glitter ball, the computer graphic short used in "Time", the opening of "The Wall-Part 2" as well as the best rendition of "Wish You Were Here" I've heard; which begins a 3 song encore. For VHS, the quality is outstanding for both the visual as with the sound presentation.

  Though I have owned the VHS taps since it was released; I will replace it with the DVD version when it eventually comes out. Highly recommended for all fans of Pink Floyd, as well as fans of great live concerts.
  
  

• Rate a non existant DVD
  By A3OWAZ08D2MR3B on 2006-01-29
  If a thousand fools rated a thousand movies that haven't yet been released on DVD, would a thousand silly consumers go in debt to buy the movies? Good question.
  This DVD, and so many others, especially in the concert video line, generate so many reviews. I'm constantly amazed at how many people can recommend a movie and foam at the mouth over the extras, when the darned thing hasn't even been put on the market.
  Yes, Pink Floyd is fantastic. Yes, this was a killer concert. Yes, I saw this and many other Pink Floyd tours since the mid 70s. No, I won't give it 5 stars until I actually see the DVD.
  I'm sending in one star just to give some balance to the other reviews.
  PS. I got it from a reliable source, who got it from David Gilmour's sister's boyfriend's garbage man's auto mechanic that this will be released on the sixth sunday in June when there's a full lunar eclipse at noon.
  Cheers, everybody! Until then, let's watch the other great Pink Floyd stuff...
  
  
• Where the hell is the dvd?
  By AJ7QHLQ61QFS9 on 2002-08-17
  Saw the Division Bell show in Minneapolis. I had seen Floyd before, also in the twin cities, in 1988 (it was my first big out of state concert). I didn't think that show could be topped, and boy, was I wrong. Everything about this show was superior--the musicianship, the quad sound system (much more powerful than its '88 cousin), the set list, and of course the stellar light show, which was not limited to the confines of the mammoth stage. The fact that David Gilmour has recently said that he would no longer tour with Pink Floyd (my nephew was crushed when he read this in Rolling Stone) makes this concert all the more neccessary for dvd. It has, in fact, been released as an import VCD, and like a fool, I bought it immediately for [dollar amount]. It reeks of a rush job--no menu, you can't access songs easily, and the picture and sound quality frankly [disappoints]. I've seen bootleg videotapes that look and sound better--I'm not exaggerating in the least. Collectors beware--"Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii" has also been released in this format. Avoid it like the plague. Now, as to why this video is not available in its proper format. I can only imagine that rights must be the issue--considering that the vast majority of reviews of "Pulse" on this site are screaming for its digital release, one would hope that someone close to the band would push for a Christmas date, preferably in DTS/5.1. Thank God I have the laserdisc (and a quality sound system--as well as the Pompeii film and "Delicate Sound of Thunder"-also on laser), but let's hurry it up, shall we? No question it would sell. Considering my enthusiasm for this video, one may question as to why I've given only four out of a possible five stars. Primarily because the "Dark Side" shows neglected some of the most powerful songs performed on most of the other dates, including the one I saw, like "Hey You", "What Do You Want From Me", "On the Turning Away", and especially "Astronomy Domine", which opened the show ("Shine On..." opened the second half). If and when a dvd is prepared for release, it would be nice if the powers that be at Sony try to include footage of these songs being performed, if only for its supplemental section.
  
  
• The Pink Floyd Experience
  By A38QOW3N09F0ET on 1999-12-17
  I was fortunate enough to have seen The Division Bell Concert in Philadelphia and was completely enthalled by the experience. Sitting some 100 yds away from the stage it's tough to completely appreciate the musicians on stage..and that's where PULSE come in.

  David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Rick Wright & Co. are in top form playing back home in London. The Pink Floyd concert experience is brilliantly captured here. The performers, the light show, video screen and especially the music all come through with excellent clarity.

  The complete version of Dark Side Of The Moon is re-created and still sounds wonderful. If you've got a great sound system even more so better....Pink Floyd is still very much alive.
  
  

• A Magical Night In London in March of 1994
  By A3KKM0T1KY42HA on 2006-07-16
  What a great DVD set. Especially considering that it was recorded in 1994 when the audio/visual technology was still far from the high def/digital audio available today. The picture quality is crystal clear, and the audio has been enhanced to provide you with two Dolby 5.1 choices (448kbps & 640kbps). The sound is incredible, especially with the 640 option. A stereo option is also available if you don't have a Surround system.
  
  Enough of the technicalities...the performance was spectacular. David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright were all perfect. 8 others joined the band, including Guy Pratt who filled in the gaping duet hole for Roger Waters in Run Like Hell.
  
  Disk one, or should I say Pulse One, features Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Learning to Fly, High Hopes, Take It Back, Coming Back to Life, Sorrow, Keep Talking, Another Brick in the Wall (part 2), and One of These Days.
  
  Pulse Two is The Dark Side of the Moon disk. You get: Speak to Me, Breathe in the Air, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell.
  
  There are tons of bonuses that include screen films, Bootlegging the Bootleggers and other shorts...2 hours of bonus material in total.
  
  Everything is here that a Pink Floyd fan could want...except Roger Waters. What a shame that whole thing is. How I wish...how I wish you were here.
  
  But rest assured that this is an absolutely amazing and fulfilling show. No expense was spared on the theatrics either. Very cool lights, video and stage. And everything from the performance to the stage show is captured expertly...especially the performance. The video never jumps around before you have a chance to take the shot in; you feel like you're sitting in the front row...not watching a DVD.
  
  I'm not the biggest Pink Floyd fan out there. I don't have all their albums; I have the studio versions of the recordings that any rock fan has. But let me just say that I was blown away by this DVD release.
  
  It goes without saying that true Pink Floyd fans don't need to be told to add this upgrade to DVD from video to their collection. It might need to be said that if you've ever listened to Pink Floyd or enjoy their music at all that this DVD needs to be added to any rock fan's cart. It is superb, and a valuable addition to any music collection.
  
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• The ultimate Pink Floyd DVD...until they'll release The Wall Live
  By A37AGOPTQ8QPC3 on 2005-11-03
  It's clear from this that Pink Floyd was not at all a destroyed band, but one very much alive. The video allows for a close-up glimpse of the band in addition to the light display, that might be lost to the audience at the actual concert. For that it may even surpass the concertgoing experience for those who prefer a more intimate musical experience.
  
  At times it may seem that the younger touring musicians are more "into it" than the band, but then Pink Floyd has always been more reserved than some. The Floyd members show their passion in subtler ways. If anybody in the band has a tendency to be visibly animated, surprisingly enough (or is it?) it's the softspoken keyboardist Richard Wright, who reacts very clearly to the music.
  
  "But if I have the audio CD, should I buy this too?"
  
  Absolutely! Even though most of the tracks are similar in style, on some the combination of light and sound heightens the experience. Also, the video-only tracks are well worth hearing. But perhaps the most stunning difference is in "Sorrow". While the CD version takes a more mournful, softer approach, the video version is a hard-rocking tune that draws the most passionate playing out of all three members. If David Gilmour and Nick Mason are on fire, then Richard Wright is positively explosive on this song. Letting loose with a screaming, uncharacteristically aggressive Hammond assault, one almost wonders if the keys will survive such a performance (especially given the fire in his eyes!).
  
  The only thing at all lacking on the VHS was the picture quality, which although good, is not up to modern standards of clarity. The long awaited upcoming DVD will rectify this.
  
  Ps: Count me in too!, please release The Wall Live DVD in 2006. There's a petition which more than 5,200 fans have signed in!. We know there's a lot of footage both from Earls Court 1980,} and 1981, and Nassau Coliseum 1980. Also there's a documentary from behind the wall out there!. Even on the official site we can watch footage from The Wall Live concerts!. Please let it happen
  
  
• -------- Disappointing DVD News/Update -----------
  By A2VAXLKZHFTDUI on 2003-10-16
  PULSE DVD DELAY?: We understand that the long-awaited release of PULSE on DVD, scheduled for 4th November, has now been delayed until March 2004. This information comes from EMI in Italy, courtesy of our friend Nicola De Cal from the Hey You fanzine.
  -- Posted 9 October 2003 © Brain Damage --

  Hey, at least Pompeii is on schedule.
  
  

• Pink Floyd Pulse will BLOW YOUR MIND
  By A10MNT60GYWZKI on 2006-07-05
  First of all, I apologize in advance if I make tons of mistakes!! (I live in Argentina and speak spanish, so I'll do my best to write the review in english!)
  
  I've just received the DVD (I bought it in Argentina from an e-shop that got it from a pre-sale). As soon as I opened it I put the first disc on my dvd player, the root menu loaded and... WOW
  AMAZING MIND-BLOWING CONCERT!!!
  I couldn't believe the video quality (I'd seen the laserdisc and vhs versions before, and believe me, the video quality is WAY better), the 5.1 mix ROCKS, and the extra features are very good (specially bootlegging the bootleggers).
  
  I RECOMMEND this DVD to all music fans. You won't be disappointed at all. This show is, by far, the best rock concert I've ever seen.
  
  
  
  
• Classical Music for the Year 3000
  By AGIRPW4M80NHN on 2006-08-06
  (this review and others may be found at my blog, [dailyrevolution.net])
  
  Last Friday, I stopped by J&R here in NYC to pick up a copy of Pulse, the latest dvd from Pink Floyd. I couldn't find it in the Floyd section of the music bin, so I asked for help. The salesman looked, shook his head in disbelief, and walked away muttering, "Third time this week." He called out to someone, announcing that they were out of stock again on Pink Floyd Pulse. Then he turned back to me, saying, "I just don't understand it...this is the third order we've gone through this week--check back on Wednesday and we'll have more."
  
  Well, having finally gotten Pulse and watched it once, I can't say I share that salesman's astonishment. This is a dvd that deserves to jump off shelves. If you are or ever have been a lover of Pink Floyd's transformative art; if you have ever admired the visuo-sonic splendor of this British band that changed everything in modern music; then you'll most likely want to have this set in your library.
  
  The package (I paid $[...] at J&R) contains two dvds and about four hours of content. The featured show is a 1994 concert from Earls Court, London, that has appeared before in VHS and is here remastered, given some additional content, and geeked-out to maximize the Floyd experience.
  
  The concert opens with the band's classic overture piece, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, which was originally written as a kind of an appeal, a call back to sanity toward their founder, Syd Barrett, who died last month. For my money, whether you're an auto mechanic, a computer programmer, a painter, writer, or poet--if you have any creative spark within you (and we all by Nature do), this song can be your inspiration.
  
  Much of the concert material comes from the band's two albums that are most likely to outlast them by a long stretch: Wish You Were Here and the epoch-making Dark Side of the Moon. DSOM is in fact played in its entirety during the second half of the concert. The extraordinary artist Storm Thorgerson, who created all of the band's album art, contributes video and animation, in collaboration with the Floyd's producer and light man, Marc Brickman. The film is shown on the "pupil" of the eye-shaped stage, on a circular drop screen bordered, as is the proscenium, by strobes, lasers, and box spots. If, like me, you've had the misfortune of never seeing a Floyd concert in person, then this is likely to be your closest experience of their often breathtaking symphony of music, poetry, film, and light.
  
  What's missing on this disk is Roger Waters. If you can't have Pink Floyd without Waters, then perhaps you'll want to pass on this one. But after a few minutes of...you know...wishing he was there; it is very easy to settle into the experience of "dry Floyd" (without Waters). Gilmour provides inspired performances and solos throughout, and Richard Wright's keyboard work is, under any circumstances, soaringly moving and imaginative.
  
  The performances of the material from DSOM alone are worth the price of this dvd. Although the lack of Waters' steely edge is noticeable here and there, it's a very satisfying performance overall, even in Great Gig in the Sky (though it must be added, there will never, ever be another Clare Torry). When they came to the end of Eclipse, I stood up and applauded loudly in my living room--with no one to hear it except my befuddled cat. It is an irresistible impulse: after all, this band received a gift, a visitation such as is rarely encountered, in art or anywhere else, for that matter. Some 40 years after they formed this band and began the process of transforming modern music, watching them perform still stirs the soul. If you listen to Time, Great Gig in the Sky, or Shine On, and aren't moved to the core of your being, then maybe it's time to check your "Pulse."
  
  
• Easily the most incredible rock concert ever put on film.
  By A2X29KOJNM84JC on 2001-11-10
  Absolutely stunning, literally mind-boggling visuals. The cameras swoop around and yet always seem to be pointing at the right member of the band (or the backup singers) at the right time.. David Gilmour's guitar playing.. well what can you say? He can make those strings sing, soar, weep, moan, and ring like no one since Jimi.. and he does it with such a totally effortless look on his face.. there are few guitar players on this planet who can equal him..

  For a bit of fun - compare how Floyd looks today with how they looked in their 20s on the Pompeii Video.. these are guys in their fifties who are obviously having so much damn fun doing what they do, and they do it so well, like they can read each other with a simple glance across the stage.. Richard Wright and Nick Mason, while overshadowed by Gilmour's up front stage center star presence, are equally masters of their instruments..

  There's not a missed note or a flub in two hours of video as they run the gamut through their long repetoire of spacy, searing, haunting songs..

  If you're a fan of Pink Floyd, and you have a VHS HiFi deck hooked up to a good stereo, this is a tape you simply must buy and you will show off your system to your friends with it over and over again. When I watch it, I simply can't help smiling..
  
  

• DVD release?
  By A323F0ULIBKMYK on 2004-10-01
  From http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/
  
  "We spoke with Pink Floyd's management today to get an update on the long-anticipated release on DVD of the live concert video, PULSE. Whilst it now seems to be developing into a bit of a long-running saga, getting it released on DVD, they are now hoping for a 1st December release worldwide, with the exception of the US, where the aim is for Thanksgiving - 25th November. This is by no means confirmed though - but just what the band and management are currently aiming at.
  
  One of the reasons for the delay, is to make some technical adjustments and improvements. This particular DVD has a lot of complex features, and some adjustments to things like the menus has had to be done. The band want to make sure that this release represents the pinnacle of live concert DVDs, and so are happy to delay it if it means that the quality is just right."
  
  
  
  
• A must have for every Pink Floyd fan new or old
  By A1ODDAS25DUPU4 on 2006-03-07
  I went to this show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena back in '94 and it was the most memorable show ever. I remember it was mixed in surround sound, and when the helicopters came overhead from behind in the segue before Another Brick in the Wall part 2, I felt the need to duck while the choppers went by (no I wasn't stoned). I've seen this on laserdisc and VHS over the years but this DVD finally does both video and audio justice. I wondered how the show was going to be without Waters but Guy Pratt fills his shoes as well as anyone could expect.
  
  
• Any TRUE PF fan knows.....
  By A216IMBCR0SQHD on 2005-12-01
  If you two (below) knew anything about Pink Floyd, you'd know that it has to do with legal issues. IF YOU WATCHED the concerts closely before, and noticed that there have been these issues all along. Have you ever noticed that when someone sings Roger's parts of Comfortably Numb, it is always done in a different way (except when Roger does it in concert), and ever notice that Dave NEVER plays Dirty Woman in concert when he sings most of the vocals in the studio? He never sings Have a Cigar, etc. Every little step Floyd takes is slowed down because of whiney Waters can't get over it. Have you noticed that alot of newly released Floyd footage is limited to Roger and, for crissakes, Sid Berret? Calm down a little bit. This ain't no damn Green Day or top 40 crap!
  
  
• YOU'VE BEEN MISINFORMED!!
  By A10M3RHZYRYC3X on 2006-04-29
  It has been confirmed by PINK FLOYD MANAGEMENT that this DVD will not be released until Sept 16, not June. Maybe Amazon is just trying to build their pipeline.....dunno.
  
  
• I like Delicate Sound of Thunder better
  By A1P8IT0URBLB26 on 2006-07-16
  Good concert, but for those who own Delicate Sound of Thunder on video(unfortunately only on VHS at the moment), you might tend to think that something is missing in Pulse. It's very subtle, but this DVD isn't as "cool" as Delicate Sound. This one dives right into the music and gives a good "technical" presentation, while Delicate Sound offered more of a mysterious air to the video -- I remember that roadie lighting up a smoke on one of the lasers, the concert reflecting off his sunglasses, while Shine On was playing--very cool shots like that to open up the concert. The backup girls were dressed in classy black (in Pulse they are dressed in white), which again offered something more mysterious. And, finally, the crowd in Pulse just doesn't seem to get into it. In Delicate Sound they really pull you into the concert -- especially when the pig gets into the air during One of These Days and the camera focuses on one fan screaming (you can tell from his lips, but can't actually hear him): "Oh my God look at that f*cking pig!" Kinda sums up the rush that I felt when I saw this concert, and then the VHS tape.
  
  So technically Pulse is a very good DVD. For those that don't own Delicate Sound, you'll definitely enjoy it. But for those that have Delicate Sound, and that may have seen the concert back in the late 80's, you might find that some of the magic is gone. I wish Delicate Sound would come out on DVD, so that others might appreciate what the heck I'm trying to say here!
  
  
• DVD?
  By on 2002-12-11
  This is from the digital bits site:
  "We've got some GOOD news for you Pink Floyd fans. Roger Waters' manager, Mark Fenwick, had confirmed that Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - The Director's Cut is being prepped for DVD release in March 2003. Not only that, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is going to be released on DVD-Audio on 3/3/03 in honor of its 30th anniversary! We're still waiting for an update on Pulse, so we'll let you know if we hear anything."
  It is not too bad, but I was hoping for some update on the Pulse DVD.
  
  
• A benchmark in live recordings finally on DVD
  By A1Y87JYRUKWXNZ on 2005-11-03
  Whether youre a Pink Floyd fan or not(and I really wasnt until now), this video presentation of the legendary rock group is an absolute must see.
  
  I have been to many a great rock concert in my time, but never have I seen or heard such a finley tuned musical mix of radically honest social commentary and extraordinary visual entertainment.
  
  Its amazing how the members of Pink Floyd and their producers/directors etc., successfully blends sad historical social realisms with a prophetic insight of what could become of this world we live in; yet it is entertining to the extreme. When you see this video, youll realize that its like a plasma charged documentary about the injustices of past and recent govenments, the highs and lows of the drug culture, stark opinions about high society and deep insights to the basic truths of the human condition all wrapped in to a techno-luminary visual and sound extravaganza. Thankfully, Pink Floyd doesnt shove this in your face, rather,there is a nice steady pulse when there should be, and pounding ones when appropriate. Many of the visuals are presented with keen likenesses to Pink Floyds brilliantly developed lyrical metaphors that actually make you laugh at times and really think at others...(see the segment Dark Side of the Moon.)
  
  Its all beautifully mixed and bundled together with Gilmore and Cos famous musical scores, deeply profound psychological lyrics and emotionally charged psychodelic visual story telling. The awesome stage videos(presented inside of a gigantic revolving hoop)lighting and laser effects galore and superb sound mixing propel this concert event into a class all its own.
  
  Pink Floyd Pulse is an eye and mind blowing theatrical experience that will take you through time, space and history in one of the most unique and brilliant ways ever produced in a concert setting. So pop in the video, turn out the lights, turn up the sound and dont take your pulse while watching this. David Gilmour is at his absolute best along with the Floyd gang and the light show is unbeatable.
  
  5+ Stars.
  
  NOW PLEASE RELEASE PINK FLOYD THE WALL LIVE DVD IN 2006!!!!!
  
  
• Best show I've ever seen
  By A30BCRSABL9AYI on 2005-12-31
  Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to see Pink Floyd live. I bought "Delicate Sounds of Thunder" on cd and later VHS and thought it was a decent show. About that same time I started to get into Pink Floyd and grew to have a huge appreciate for their music. When Pulse came out on cd I knew I had to pick up the live VHS and I wasn't disappointed. The show is unbelievable with a great songs selection including the entire "Dark Side of the Moon" album. Hopefully this will come out on DVD soon (it keeps getting pushed back) as my VHS copy is getting old and fuzzy from use. If you like Pink Floyd even a little I guarantee you'll love watching this concert. Pink Floyd sets the bar for light shows!
  
  
• Did you ever feel you were being played with?
  By A35L2S3FOJ50RJ on 2006-02-09
  What a great show in 1994!
  I can hardly wait for the DVD to come out 12 years after the show. Maybe that will be 14 years after...or later than that.
  
  Pulse (Doctor...there's no pulse!) is just so disappointing by its absence. Amazon, EMI, Pink (gray) Floyd just aren't satisfying the fans. We are being played with.
  
  All in all its just so disappointing.
  
  
  
• From the horse's mouth.
  By A39CLUEZN0XIPY on 2006-03-15
  I, too, was pretty p'd over the constant delays of this DVD, once again trotting out my fuzzy VHS tape to hold me over just a few weeks ago. Then I got my new copy of Guitar World magazine in the mail with David Gilmour on the cover. In the interview, he states that the delay initially had to do with the amount of time it was taking to make a high-quality DVD out of an old video tape recording. When the delay began pushing the release into early '06, it was Dave himself who decided to push it up to September so as to stay out of the way of his new solo album and tour. So.....as much as we all wanted to blame (and get mad at) everybody from PF management to EMI records, it was the Chief himself who put this one on hold for awhile longer. Still, an awesome show, and well worth waiting for. Again.
  
  
• Good lord, people, it was shot in FULLSCREEN so it's the correct way to show it!
  By A18FIOWY2YVSAU on 2006-07-12
  So many of these reviewers are complaining that it's not in WS. It wasn't shot that way, virtually NO concerts were back then if they were shot on Video. Get over it! To make it WS they would have to chop the top and bottom off of the the original image!
  
  sheesh
  
  
• BEYOND EXTRAORDINARY
  By A36T6FKVDCORCB on 2006-07-16
  Grew up on Floyd and saw a few shows. This concert DVD sets the platinum standard for classic rock. Words cannot describe so just get it.
  
  

• Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii (Director's Cut)
• David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall
• Pink Floyd - The Wall 25th Anniversary (Deluxe Edition)
• Classic Albums: The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
• Pulse