I don't know if this factor has been considered yet. Elaborate light shows are programmed for the artist to be in one spot on the stage. Not as if he would run around like a fool anyway, but in order for the production to do it's job he cannot. Just sayin'.
Unless he'd have a programmed routine of when he walks where. But that'd be ridiculous. :P
ya thats probably it. I bet at one point though there would have been people manning the spot lights and then they would be able to run around all they want. Pink Floyd really had huge light shows and was known for it.
Interestingly enough, there's a documentary on YouTube shot during The Division Bell tour, where Nick talks about how Marc Brickman (who's done their lighting for years) could change up the lighting scheme and re-program them while the show was going on, in the event that they played longer, shorter, switched up the order of songs, etc,. He said that while the basic lighting scheme was programmed, a lot of it could be fiddled with live.
So in theory, David could have pulled a Bruce Springsteen and jumped off an amp case or speaker stack and slid across the floor on his knees, and still been covered by half a dozen different spot lights.
(02-15-2011 05:35 PM)Lady Floydian Wrote: [ -> ]Interestingly enough, there's a documentary on YouTube shot during The Division Bell tour, where Nick talks about how Marc Brickman (who's done their lighting for years) could change up the lighting scheme and re-program them while the show was going on, in the event that they played longer, shorter, switched up the order of songs, etc,. He said that while the basic lighting scheme was programmed, a lot of it could be fiddled with live.
So in theory, David could have pulled a Bruce Springsteen and jumped off an amp case or speaker stack and slid across the floor on his knees, and still been covered by half a dozen different spot lights.
Haha, I'd love to see David do that. I think the entire audience would have a heart attack on the spot.
(02-16-2011 02:16 PM)Androkles Wrote: [ -> ]But still, this is what we get... : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YawZAdtj02k
On fire, man...
That video is legendary. :P
I love Nick's movements in it too, though. There's something joyful and extremely amusing about the way he played the drums back then.
The comments below the video are what's legendary. The sarcasm on display was hilarious.
Excellent signature move for Fillmore.