 'Learning to Fly' |
 'Dogs of War' |
 'One of These Days' |
 'Welcome to the Machine' |
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| Tracks | Shine On
You Crazy Diamond Signs Of Life Learning To Fly Yet Another Movie Round And Around Sorrow Dogs Of War On the Turning Away One Of These Days Time On The Run The Great Gig In The Sky Wish You Were Here Welcome To The Machine Us and Them Money Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Comfortably Numb One Slip Run Like Hell |
| Cheese Factor | 4 |
| Squirm Factor | 7 |
| The Peak | "On The Run," "Welcome to the Machine" |
| The Abyss | The Entire Daylight Portion |
| Fashion Crimes | Scott Page tossing his pretty hair, Dave's white shirt |
| Overall Picture / Sound Quality | B- / C- |
Even though this is shot from close in, the first set is ruined by shaky camerawork and the fact that it is performed entirely in daylight ... no lighting effects, no Mr. Screen (well, faint Mr. Screen during "Dogs of War"), just Dave in his white shirt (the gravy stains rendered invisible by the video quality, I presume), Scott Page, and the rest of the Floyd standing around and going through standard renditions of the 87-89 first set (minus "A New Machine (Part 1)" / "Terminal Frost" / "A New Machine (Part 2)"). Nothing terribly special here, and really rather boring.
The second set and encore are a bit easier to stomach, though ... the bizarre laser/mirror/Mr. Screen effect during "One of These Days" shows up nicely, as does the pig hovering mere feet over the cameraman's head. The damned epilepsy-cam starts again near the end of this song, but stabilizes for "Time." "On the Run" and "Welcome To The Machine," which are beautifully filmed and pretty much flicker-free in the film department. Be warned -- the "exploding bed" effect at the end of "On The Run" is negated some by the fact that you see the bed sail harmlessly past the flame pot, while "The Great Gig in the Sky"'s rarely seen film footage appears interspersed with the woo-woos -- their shrieking made even more shrill and atonal by the terrible audio compression. All things considered, while portions of this video are nice enough (namely Mr. Screen, the Mirror Ball, the bed, the pig, other lighting effects, etc), a good chunk of it is unbearable due to bad camerawork, daylight, and a very compressed, loud sound mix. However, if you've always wanted to see Scott Page majestically toss his hair, knock yourself out.