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Nick's Missing drum stick

"During this song's performance, Mason loses a drumstick and keeps playing with one hand whilst retrieving another, without missing a beat."

I don't really see the point of this sentence. All drummers lose sticks, that's why they always have a pot of them nearby. -- Unsigned statement made by 82.70.200.181, 17:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

> He does miss a beat too. About three of them. -- Unsigned statement made by Paradoxtwin, 00:41, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just fixing some layout things...--67.11.33.166 (talk) 23:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He didn't "retrieve another" ... he could only "retrieve" the one he lost. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.77.67 (talk) 06:23, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Of course he could retrieve another, you dont think he would have many spare sets of sticks right next to him? If you are comparing word usage of 'retrieve' versus 'pick up another', that is just a silly matter and not worth a debate.

Don't forget, the second half of Echoes. Nick actually breaks a stick and, really, without missing a beat, he tosses over his left shoulder, pulls another out and keeps going. Its near the end of the song, on the original content at least. The Director's cut with the fake wide screen cuts it out and uses parts from the first part of Echoes to fill it. But as the DVD has the original, it can be seen by all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.120.72.41 (talk) 21:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why "pretend"?

Quote: "... or pretended to record their album ..."

1. Pretend? This isn't verifiable, is it?

2. The film doesn't show the recording of the whole album, but the recording of some tracks only. So the above quote ("record their album") concludes from a wrong premise.

3. It's not unusual in the production process that tracks are being re-recorded during the works on the final mix-down. The fact that they were mixing at the time doesn't exclude that they were re-recording some guitar licks.

4. Gilmour is obviously nervous while he's recording that solo guitar bits. He's even wiping off the sweat from his hand on his trousers. He had to be a good actor in order to show this stressed feeling so authentically.

-- I'm new to Wikipedia, I don't want to edit right now, but I would replace those sentences by these ones:

"These sessions were filmed in January of 1973, the band had already started mixing the album at the time."

"A second version had additional footage of the band as they recorded some tracks for their album ..."

Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Suaheli (talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a fan's viewpoint...I wouldn't be totally surprised if these scenes were staged, however, I was always under the impression these were overdubs for the quadrophonic LP version of Dark Side, something bands like the Floyd and the Who used to put out in the '70s.

A good point. Gilmour has claimed that these parts were "pretend" while Waters has used the same footage to verify his involvement in the recording of "On The Run". I have both points of view in magazine articles.....somewhere! I agree about Gilmour's stress. It IS quite apparent. On the other hand, none of the parts which we see in these clips ended up on the record: ie Gilmour's guitar lines on "Brain Damage" or Roger's take of "On the Run" as we see it in the film. Even Wright's piano on "Us and Them" bears little resemblance to what ended up on Dark Side. I haven't been much help here have I?! NH89.243.232.96 (talk) 00:16, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, your comment is helpful, especially if you're saying there's a source re "pretend". Perhaps Gilmour was nervous just because of the film production, not because of the album production. I don't know. – As for the tracks in the film not being on the record album: When you work in the studio for weeks and months, with dozens of multitrack channels, it's quite common that not all of those 1001 versions and experiments with licks and sounds get on the final product. I would be surprised if the tracks in the film were exactly the ones on the album. Why? The best takes usually happen when the camera is off. Cheers --Suaheli (talk) 04:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's the way it's been on every single Pink Floyd album I've played on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.77.67 (talk) 06:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]