David Gilmour in Concert explained

David Gilmour in Concert
Type:video
Artist:David Gilmour
Cover:Gilmour_concert.jpg
Released:October 2002 (UK)
November 2002 (US)
Recorded:London, England, 22 June 2001
and January 2002
Genre:Acoustic soft rock, folk rock, progressive rock
Length:92 min. (concert footage),
2 hours (concert plus extras)
Label:EMI (UK)
Capitol Records (US)
Director:David Mallet
Producer:David Gilmour

David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert that took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival.[1] [2] [3] [4] It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.[2] [5] The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.[3] [4] Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof.[1] [3] It includes the first performance of "Smile",[2] [4] a track that would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island. Gilmour also plays two Syd Barrett songs.[2] [3] [4]

Also included is "French: Je crois entendre encore" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera French: [[Les pêcheurs de perles]] (The Pearl Fishers)[6] – with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife Polly's face going red when I tried singing it," he recalled, "and my face literally going into a cold sweat – 'Do I dare try this?' But once the choir came up here [Gilmour's studio] and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."[7]

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–II, IV–V)" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)
  2. "Terrapin" (Syd Barrett)
  3. "Fat Old Sun" (Gilmour)
  4. "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour)
  5. "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Polly Samson)
  6. "French: [[Les pêcheurs de perles|Je crois entendre encore]]" (Georges Bizet)
  7. "Smile" (Gilmour, Samson)
  8. "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour, Waters)
  9. "Comfortably Numb" (with Robert Wyatt) (Gilmour, Waters)
  10. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson)
  11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–VII, ending from Part V)" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
  12. "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson)
  13. "Hushabye Mountain" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman)

Royal Festival Hall Concert 2002

  2. "Dominoes" (Barrett)
  3. "Breakthrough" (with Richard Wright) (Wright, Anthony Moore)
  4. "Comfortably Numb" (with Bob Geldof) (Gilmour, Waters)

Personnel

with

Special features

The 30 minutes of special features on the DVD include the tracks "I Put a Spell on You" (from Later with Jools Holland from June 1992), "Don't" (from a Leiber-Stoller Tribute concert from June 2001), and a performance of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (recorded on Gilmour's houseboat The Astoria).[8] [9] Additionally, there is a version of "High Hopes" performed by Gilmour's backing vocalists. Finally, there are lyrics, a home movie of the band and choir rehearsing at home, and a 'Spare Digits' feature - a camera on Gilmour's fretboards during six guitar solos.[9] [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for David Gilmour in Concert
Chart (2002–09)Peak
position
Argentine Music DVD (CAPIF)[10] 20
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)[11] 10
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ)[12] 2
Portuguese Music DVD (AFP)[13] 14
US Music Videos (Billboard)[14] 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Gilmour "In Concert" . Utopia.knoware.nl . 9 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112165815/http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/news/david_dvd.html . 12 November 2011 .
  2. Book: Manning, Toby. The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd. 2006. Rough Guides. London. 1-84353-575-0. 146. 1st. Which One's Pink?.
  3. Book: Manning, Toby. The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd. 2006. Rough Guides. London. 1-84353-575-0. 268. 1st. Floyd on Film.
  4. Book: Schaffner, Nicholas. Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. 2005. Helter Skelter. London. 1-905139-09-8. 326. New. Afterword – High Hopes.
  5. Book: Schaffner, Nicholas. Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. 2005. Helter Skelter. London. 1-905139-09-8. 327. New. Afterword – High Hopes.
  6. Book: Mabbett, Andy . . 9781849383707 . Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery . London . 2010 .
  7. Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p58
  8. Web site: Music | In Concert | Official Website . David Gilmour . 9 September 2012.
  9. Web site: Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - David Gilmour - In Concert . Brain Damage . 21 July 2012 . 9 September 2012.
  10. Web site: Estadísticas – Ranking Venta Mayorista de DVDs. https://web.archive.org/web/20080716112243/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESCV&CO=6. 16 July 2008. dead. Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. es. 28 July 2021.
  11. Web site: Dutch DVD Music Top 30 – 16/11/2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20161017023258/https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2002&date=20021116. 17 October 2016. dead. MegaCharts. nl. 28 July 2021.
  12. Book: Scapolo, Dean. The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. 2007. 978-1-877443-00-8.
  13. Web site: Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 39 de 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101120004850/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200739.htm. 20 November 2010. dead. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. pt. 28 July 2021.
  14. Web site: Chart History – David Gilmour. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727121001/https://www.billboard.com/music/david-gilmour/chart-history/VDM/song/538967. 27 July 2021. dead. Billboard. 28 July 2021.

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