MTV Rockumentary (1994)
Originally Aired in July 1994


Reviewed by ash`

Tracks Keep Talking (Live)
High Hopes
Cheese Factor Nil
Squirm Factor Nil
The Peak "Keep Talking"
The Abyss The fact that this program is all of sixteen minutes long after commercials are edited out, and about fourteen of those sixteen minutes are taken up by the two videos listed above.
Fashion Crimes I'm your host, John Sencio.
Overall Picture / Sound Quality A- / A-


Perhaps it was a reflection of the decreasing interest Pink Floyd and MTV had in each other by the middle of 1994 that the band's second appearance on the channel's Rockumentary series is so bare-bones on anything besides live footage clips and two full videos, that it's almost a sham to call it a "Rockumentary."

Since the running time of this program minus commercials is so infinitesimally short, there really isn't a whole lot to be said here, but at least I can list what you can expect to see ...

* We are shown the only pro-shot footage of "Astronomy Domine" that I have ever seen, which is certainly nice to look at for all thirty seconds we see of it.

* Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason very briefly discuss the creation of the stage set and their thoughts behind the tour (mostly offscreen while other live clips from "Learning To Fly" and "Run Like Hell" are shown).

* A wet and frigid-looking performance of "Keep Talking" (filmed in Boston and reviewed in the 'Video Anthology 2' post) that is certainly watchable, though suffers a bit from an indistinct sound mix.

* Some full-screen excerpts of the "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" film (accompanied by Nick Mason basically saying that the images the band uses may or may not mean anything, but they're nice to look at, eh?).

* The "world premiere" of the "High Hopes" video, which is nice only if you've never seen the thing before.

And there's your lot. Seriously. You've missed not *one* detail by reading this review (unless you consider a few moments of MTV's utterly personality-free John Sencio trying to convey just how deep and cool Pink Floyd shows can be worth reporting on).

Barely worth a second glance (much less the effort to watch it once).


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