NICK MASON OF PINK FLOYD ON THE MAKING OF 'WISH YOU WERE HERE'. 

well all these upper class twats are inbred aren't they?

there's a couple of shots where i think of richie benuald

Michael Caine?

He always played it cool, never took sides between Roger and Dave/Rick. He just wanted to keep his gig going on! He eventually sided with Dave to keep Pink Floyd as a band after Roger wanted to dissolve it, putting them out of their life’s work and careers!

Saw him here in Lisbon in the summer, Michael. Fabulous show!

@@Johnedgintononnicegrammmmm GO AWAY BOT

I have began making music videos for the album if anyone is interested in check t them out. Have the first 2 tracks uploaded ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qyD3w_AiWT4.html

@@Johnedgintononnicegrammmmm the effort you went though to write that Instead of being flagged for the phrase "you have been selected" it's "you are been selected" Nicegram That's not a social media site

I kind of hate have a cigar and welcome to the machine. I get they work on all kinds of levels and even have a kind of punk feel to them even before punk. Like Storm says though its a little bit galling to hear that AFTER becoming millionaires 'thanks to the machine'. Roger in particular has berated them for 'sissifying' his bluesy 'money', which likely would have gone nowhere on the charts, so it was very much other people who are in large part responsible for HIS success as a songwriter. Rogers stuff on his own is remarkably, and wonderfully, UN commercial. Another brick in the wall is pretty much a bob ezrin creation but that and comfortably numb, which he was MADE to write, and perhaps run like hell, which dave has songwriting credit on as well are all that to me make that album even listenable. THe story is that he wanted a one song ninety minutes long. So it seems very much that if he wanted to perform busking at the tube he was free to do so. So those songs are just like "oh, POOR you". Shine on and Wish You were hear though are so good they make the others tolerable, there must be more than four songs but I can't remember. Animals and Meddle are my favourite Floyd albums. There's some of that 'argumentative' for you:)

@@mikearchibald744 Interesting take. It is ironic indeed if what you say about those Roger songs is true. I like Welcome to the Machine and Have A Cigar; the riff on Cigar is very winding, beautiful and odd. I have begun to listen to the Syd Floyd more now. I dig Piper At The Gates of Dawn which shows just how boldly experimental they were at the beginning. Thanks for your take on them.

@@thenowchurch6419 No problem and I should add, both those tracks you mention are very much 'Syd' songs. Meaning, in other interviews they keep talking about Syd's 'stream of consciousness' writing. "this is how I'm feeling right now". And unlke the poetry of the other songs, those are Roger in the corporate environment saying "THIS is how I'm feeling, right now...about THIS". And welcome to the machine is very much a roger creation, so like I said, it works on lots of levels. Maybe my having NO money is what is galling about it:) I'll write to him and tell him if he gives me a million dollars then I can test that theory:)

@@mikearchibald744 I believe Roger once wrote, or was it Dave? Dave sang it " but if you ask for a rise its no surprise that their giving none away..." Be well my friend.

Skip the Wall. Replace with Animals

True. Very true.

I dunno if people have the attention span today as they did listening to those whole records that built that success.

My pleasure!

I didn't know he still played? I thought he was too busy racing his car collection.

That's original

I think by now it's obvious that Pink is a character made by 5 exceptional musician's souls.

Floyd is.

We all know Syd is Pink, come on.

Interesting crediting Sid with getting them to Darkside. Seems it took a few albums to shake Sid’s influence to get there. Strange stuff to consider

question: have you ever interview any Doors members? if yes, it would be really interesting to listen to those interviews as well! thanks

Hi Eugene. no Doors I'm sorry to say !

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES don't be sorry, thank you for your reply :)

These are outtakes.

Computer interviev.

If I remember correctly, I've read somewhere that he made some percussion beat with hitting objects like flower pots etc.

A band can't successfully carry dead weight...

@@sirandrelefaedelinoge that's pretty well understood and accepted. Doesn't make it any easier to accept though. The mind is a fragile thing, Syd could, and should have been so much more. But what he did give, will be remembered forever in my book.

if your guitar player is too high to play its called what nick said. friend or no friend. if my guitar player was not playing id fire him asap

@MrJocky82 I understand that

Fact > your opinion. FACT = US MEDIA SUX. you win! Floyd is a special band doubt they would cut it today in England or Europe. Sadly.

It can't be a fact AND your opinion. 🤔😂

@@M123OCT Why? sometimes opinions and facts come very close.

Fact and opinion are 2 different things... A self contradictory response

@@fibboobbif Only in your opinion lol

I'd say not lol

In the studio trying to get going on the album that was to become WYWH

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I knew about Wine Glasses, interesting they used the very same '71 system for the start of the record. I wouldn't be surprised if Mason got confused, it wouldn't be the first time: in another interview he stated that The Piper wasn't mixed in stereo, that stereo was only obtained electronically ...By the way, since I had the honor of having you answer me in person, well your interviews are the best ever. Your Gilmour's is the most beautiful, interesting and emotional of all those I have read or heard in many years of Floydian militancy. So many many heartfelt thanks!

@@gemini7073 wow! Thank you so much! That’s wonderful to know how much the Gilmour interview means to you!

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I stop so as not to sound too obsequious, but it rarely happens that the interviewer always asks the right question. Congratulations and thank you for posting all of these interviews!

Sorry you can't. I'm not quite sure why as they're quite audible to me.. Have you tried the closed captions to read my questions /Press CC..

Fascinating info. Thanks so much !

Good question! No one has yet come forward and said they encouraged Syd to go to Abbey Rd during those sessions. The most likely explanation is that he heard about it from his music publishers who paid him in cash and who he often visited. Rob Chapman's book "An Irregular Head" is worth reading on this. There's a bunch of comments and my responses in the comments below.. 10 days ago or so. Take a look.

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES Ah ok, thank you. Some info there I wasn't aware of.

Why would someone have to "inform him"? The universe works in mysterious ways. You never had any miraculous/coincidental experiences occur to you? I was 2000 miles away from home, and in the 4th grade, and ran into one of my 3rd grade teachers. It happened again about 5 years ago with my High school English teacher on the opposite end of the country. At a casino actually!!

@@trippyvortex There's quite a difference between random holiday meetings and Syd's decision to visit that exact control room, at that exact point in time (a bit too precise to be a random event). Actually, another threat suggested it may have been people at the record label, who he had been in contact with. That sounds quite plausible. But, you're welcome to believe in magical forces, if that floats your boat. 🙂

@@bertjilk3456 What are the differences in your mind? As far as probability goes, I'd say my experience is no less improbable than Syd to show up at the studio. Whether it happened like they said it did or didn't. What would the difference make? Yeah we all want the truth, but unless there's evidence against it, what benefit does being a skeptic offer? I could list another ten examples of miracles that I've personally witnessed / experienced but judging by your reply I assume you would shrug at them since they didn't happen to you.

The later albums were total Roger’s projects, and there was no room for the others to create! Roger complained that the rest of the band didn’t contribute, but I don’t see him accepting anyone else’s work as fitting into his very personal narrative!! It was a no win situation for the rest of the band!

Geezer 1962 - Great observation about Echoes and WYWH being created from nothing. Interesting to speculate on how being faced with a 'blank sheet' contributed to the creative process. Incidentally, in John's interview with David, David says the four famous notes in Shine On 'came out of nowhere'.

@@eriamjr Why Dark Side was the best album. Not created from nothing. Roger did have the lyrics and concept figured out, but the whole band worked together as a team to create all the music! It was Floyd’s shining moment as a team band effort!!

@@Geezer-yf8hv Roger wrote the majority of the songs for both Dark Side and WYWH. Yes the others contributed parts, but those 2 albums are still dominated by Waters. He was always the chief songwriter and the only one in the band that could consistently write hit songs.

Fun things too

The early music of PF was actually very good. If you look at the harmonics, time signatures and lyrics, it was really very out at the front. Much thanks to Syd, but also the rest of the band. Different? Yes! Most definitely. Anything like “music” of today? No! But in that time in space (Pre DSOTM) they really made history. And continued to do so after DSOTM.

You are mostly right mix...Syd very talented.Gilmore did add quite a lot.

​@@fredfloyd34 awful songs? like what song??

this comment section is so bad lol

Started with Echoes that's when they tweaked

Syd had actually been in abbey rd trying to record a few months before this so it never seemed that unlikely to me

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I don't doubt that happened. I doubt it was random. It was carefully arranged by somebody (with that mentioned marketing purpose on their mind). Granted, it appears that Syd had been staying in London at the time doing who knows what. So it wasn't all that difficult to arrange. According to various sources Syd has not recorded anything since summer 1974 at the studio, but might have been visiting to collect royalty checks. Somebody set him up to check out the session.

Hi Vic. Lots of alternative routes for why Syd turned up at AR that day. There may not be a mysterious invite as he was v familiar with the studio and the staff. He also shared many friends with DGilmour going back to their childhood days… inc Storm Thorgerson amongst others. Storm in his interview tells of his presence at AR too that day. You could be right about a definite plan to steer Syd there but there’s no hard evidence of that really.

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES I think Syd came to Abbey Road through Peter Jenner, the first manager of Pink Floyd and who also took care of Syd's career a couple of years later.

What you say brings a large whiff of overthink. And it's not such a low probability as to be even considered a coincidence. The band would work on a track for multiple days. Laying down rhythm tracks, lead, vocals, then plus mixdown.

I disagree. He’s saying getting into the studio without a clear plan & being burned out by Dark Side meant the new record took a long time to take shape. Of course what eventually emerged was great. He’s talking about the slow progress with unlimited studio time when nothing much emerged prior to the breakthrough ideas.

And his ego gets bigger and bigger.......Created some of the most miserable albums and then left.

@@gregdales4701 meaning Roger presumably ?

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES that’s my point: the slow progress created a masterpiece..Nick saying they should have done this and they should have done that is baseless as the truth is in the pudding.

@@rupowell2821 i get your point. If they had delayed getting into the studio and had a breather, would the subsequent album have emerged as a masterpiece ? We will never know.

"reflection now is useless" 🙅

Are you serious. You really saying that Nick Mason did drug so he can't remember. Then are you a big fool.

@@trippyvortex ??

@@AnjektusStudio right!? One of the most obvious "Tell me you haven't tried drugs without telling me you haven't tried drugs" moments.

@@M1FFY So are you saying the have been trying drugs whit your comment. Then say it instead for going in circle.