From Rolling Stone: By Andy Greene | November 10, 2014 Pink Floyds new album, The Endless River, is almost completely instrumental: Lyrics dont appear until the closing track Louder Than Words, a reflection on the groups 50-year saga written by David Gilmours wife Polly Sampson. Her words really spoke to something about the band, says Gilmour, certainly when it came to Rick [Wright] and myself. We speak better with our musical instruments. Director Po Powell shot much of the footage for the songs video near the remains of the Aral Sea on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. He got the idea when he saw an image of rusting ships lying in the sand where the river used to flow. A surreal image if ever I saw one, says Powell, and a shocking example of human mismanagement and one of the planets worst environmental disasters. . . The river has shrunk to 10 percent of its original size, destroying the fishing industry and whole townships. The remote location made for a very challenging shoot. Its a journey lasting some 18 hours, says Powell. The ships lie a further two hours drive over rough roads carved through the ancient sea bed. The weather was dismal – snowing for some of the time and then a chilly 10 degrees below freezing with 20 mph winds. Just what you dont need! However, the sun shone for a few hours each day, and we filmed as if our lives depended on it. Its extremely likely that Louder Than Words will be the final new Pink Floyd song ever released. I dont see how to could be otherwise, says Gilmour. Anything of value is on The Endless River. Trying to do it again would mean using second best stuff. Thats not good enough for me. Read more: rollingstone/music/premieres/pink-floyd-louder-than-words-video-20141110#ixzz3Ihc0lhrD Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook https://youtube/watch?v=Ezc4HdLGxg4
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:12:56 +0000
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