Customer Reviews

Inside Pink Floyd 1967-1974

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

The only value of this video is as an object lesson in how to legally scam the public into buying crap and how to legally rip off the works done by a band.

The "critics" in this video are a bunch of unknown people who pontificate about this or that. They obviously haven't listened to the music in years as they continually mess up details. For example, one of these idiots talks about how Grantchester Meadows starts with Roger Waters swatting a fly. Obviously, anyone that has listened to the song knows that the fly swatting incident comes at the end of the tune and serves as an ironic counter to the song's crooning for nature to come into the city. Yes, it is a minor detail, but if someone is supposed to be an "expert" they should know the details that a true fan would know.

The rest of the commentary in this set is provided by two members of a Floyd rip-off band called "Forever Autumn" or something like that. The guitar guy shows how ineptly he copies Gilmour's playing and the singer girl is -- well, she's at least pleasant looking.

The commentary is accompanied by video and audio that they obviously obtained for free or for a very low cost. All video clips of the Floyd are overlayed with big lettering indicating that it belongs to this or that promotional video released by Columbia. The music is either short clips of the live versions of some songs or cheap symphonic or bad rock instrumental versions done by unknown bands who should remain unknown.

If the price for this disc were $10 it would be too much to pay for such crap. If it were $5 you'd feel bad about buying it, but would not feel a total sucker. Only if the price were $1 each would the discs be worth it because it is worth $1 to protect your table's fine wood from sweating glasses, bottles or cans.

It would also be useful as a disc to scratch up to test how much damage can be done to a disc before it becomes unreadable. It would also be a good disc to stick in a microwave to see what happens. Other than that, I cannot think of any reason anyone would want to own this trash.

Even though I received this DVD for free I still consider it too expensive because the people responsible for this "Mostly Autumn" promo (sorry I mean "critical review of Pink Floyd") have stolen 90 minutes of my time that I will never get back. The appalling pub act, Mostly Autumn, are apparently "the new Pink Floyd" but as the longest bit of concert footage is actually of them murdering Comfortably Numb I can only assume this quote was made by a deaf, blind man.

This is an unauthorised, cheaply made, rip off designed to make a quick buck using the name of a great band.

This plays like an infomercial. The production value is nil. As in the first volume, the interviews are conducted with people nobody's ever heard of (the band "Mostly Autumn" and their producers). Unbelievable that it could even get distributed.

A bought this awhile ago,read the other reviews for
a description of this rip-off.

Some unknown Aussie producer telling us that Syd Barrett(or more correctly,the first Floyd album)
had very little to offer in terms of production originality
and songwriting compared to later Floyd Stuff.

A promo DVD for Mostly Autumn riding off Floyd.

Steer Clear

I purchased this DVD with the hope of getting some in-depth, up close and personal concert footage and inside info on this great band. Was I disappointed! It is mostly unknown music 'critics' riding the Floyd's coattails and providing absolutely no insights whatsoever.
Don't waste your money!

I have rarely seen and heard such drivel as these two Pink Floyd DVDs, 1967-1974 and 1975 to 1989. My expectations for this material was to have new insights and understanding into the creativity of Pink Floyd. Instead, I was treated to meaningless interviews by nobodies and Pink Floyd wannabees with much of the soundtrack performed by a symphonic orchestra. Terribly disappointing!

Take the money you would spend on this piece of garbage and buy beer or give it to a panhandler, at least somebody will get some use out of your money. The people who made this DVD are con men.

Really...all thats been said here is right, this is the absolute worst crap dressed as a "critical review" of floyds music. If there was a single positive I could give on this scam I would...but theres really nothing to say.
If you would like to see a bunch of nobodys talk about something they know very little about, this is for you. I swear, if I ever meet anyone involved in the making of this scam I will take the money I wasted on this con out of their smug little faces.
I am actually amazed a site of amazons reputation would carry a total con like this.
I hope these sheisters die of avian flu.

Please people, do not waste your time with this. Save your money and buy their albums, I would rather listen to Roger Waters toot Pigs On The Wing,in fact I would rather listen to a horse take a leak on the productions heads because they should have had the mentality to let Pink Floyd tell the story, and no one else. I mean, MAN, how bad does it have to get to sell your souls to the devils to produce such crap. ( I mean literally, CRAP!!!!) Such rubbish, and I have both sets too. WHOOPS! Seriously save your bread.

Really bad... If one can gather some fans and film their chats with some PF music in the background we could definetly do better than this...
It really S...ks!