Happy 70th Birthday, David Gilmour
Roger Waters collaborating on opera based on “The Wall”
Posted March 6, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Opéra de Montréal will premiere an opera based on Pink Floyd‘s “The Wall” next year. The album’s auteur and Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is collaborating on the project.
Baritone Étienne Dupuis will star as Pink. Music for the production was written by Julien Bilodeau, and Waters is handling the libretto. Alain Trudel will conduct the Orchestre Métropolitain.
Waters initially declined to participate, but changed his mind after hearing the score. “I sat there not expecting to be moved, and I was moved,” he says. “Very moved. So I approach this project with great enthusiasm.”
Waters is no stranger to opera. He spent a great deal of the 1990s writing “Ça Ira” with Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gil.
The opera’s premiering in Montreal is apropos: Waters got the idea for “The Wall” after growing frustrated with a rowdy audience and spitting on a fan during a Floyd show at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium in 1977.
“Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera” will open March 11, 2017.
The company has already released its version of “Another Brick in the Wall Part II”:
“Floydian Slip” preview #1038
Posted March 1, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1038. It’ll be a special program focused on David Gilmour, who turns 70 on March 6.
We’ll hear David from:
- Rattle That Lock (2015) and About Face (1984)
- On an Island (2006) and his ’78 solo album
- Live from Remember That Night (2007) and a ’04 superstar concert
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the nearly 70 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1037
Posted February 29, 2016 by Floydian Slip
- Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air/On the Run
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert/The Fletcher Memorial Home
The Final Cut (1983) - There’s No Way Out of Here
David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978) - Run Like Hell
Knebworth: The Album (1990) - Dramatic Theme
More (Film soundtrack) (1969) - Guide Me, Orion (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Ark 2 (Flaming Youth) (1969) - Lost Boys Calling
The Legend of 1900 (Film soundtrack) (Roger Waters f/Eddie Van Halen) (1999) - The Dogs of War
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
“Floydian Slip” preview #1037
Posted February 23, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1037:
- Floyd from The Final Cut (1983) and the More film soundtrack (1969)
- Live material from Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
- David Gilmour solo from 1978
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the nearly 70 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1036
Posted February 22, 2016 by Floydian Slip
- Remember a Day
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) - Dominoes
Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970) - One of These Days
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) - Yet Another Movie/Round and Around
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) - Welcome to the Machine
In the Flesh (Roger Waters) (2000) - Paint Box
The Early Singles (1992) - World of You (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Resurrection (The Aerovons) (2003) - High Hopes
The Division Bell (1994)
Amused to Death wins Grammy award
Posted February 16, 2016 by Floydian Slip
The 2015 remix of Roger Waters’ “Amused to Death” won “Best Surround Sound Album” at last night’s Grammy Awards.
James Guthrie and Joel Plante took the honor for their work remixing the ’92 album.
Waters’ feature length movie of “Roger Waters The Wall” was nominated for “Best Music Film,” but lost to “Amy,” a film by Asif Kapadia about Amy Winehouse.
“Floydian Slip” preview #1036
Posted February 16, 2016 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1036:
- Floyd from A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)
- An early track from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) that holds a special distinction
- Roger Waters with a classic Floyd track performed live
- And much more
“Floydian Slip” is heard across the nearly 70 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1035
Posted February 15, 2016 by Floydian Slip
- Us and Them/Any Colour You Like/Brain Damage/Eclipse
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - Sonnet 18
David Gilmour in Concert (DVD) (David Gilmour) (2002) - Cirrus Minor
More (Film soundtrack) (1969) - What Do You Want from Me
Pulse (1995) - Fearless
Meddle (1971) - Big Barn Bed (*Floydian Slip Up*)
Red Rose Speedway (Wings) (1973) - Not Now John
The Final Cut (1983)
“Floydian Slip” coming to WRCD 101.5 FM (Massena, NY)
Posted February 9, 2016 by Floydian Slip
“Floydian Slip” will begin airing on WRCD 101.5 FM in Massena, N.Y., starting Feb. 20. The station will carry the show twice a week: Saturdays and Sundays at 5 a.m. ET.
“The Fox” is a 50,000-watt classic rock station serving the Massena-Potsdam area.
Nearly 70 affiliate stations have joined the show’s Random Precision Radio Network, created in Summer 2009 when we began syndicating our show from our Vermont studio.
Shine on, Massena!
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