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Summary: Good, but no replacement of the originals.
Review: I would rate this with 3 stars were it not for the performance's length and the light show. Overall, the video is an improvement over Delicate Sound of Thunder and the orignal albums, but at quite a few expenses. First, there's the obvious fact that the driving force behind Floyd in the 70's, Roger Waters, is gone, and that fact is reflected in the mediocre tunes from "Division Bell," Floyd's latest album created without his inspiration. In addition, Richard Wright drastically underperforms on Pulse, who not once gives a taste of his signature sound of the Rhodes through a wah pedal, misses several cues for some of his famous Hammond licks, surrenders his famous synth on "Learning to Fly" to guitar, doesn't sing very well on "Time" and actually seems to forget how to play the intro to his own "Great Gig in the Sky." Now, having said that, the video's merits. The Pulse video (and album) is much less "poppish" sounding than Delicate Sound of Thunder, a welcome relief to all the fans who thought Pink Floyd had sold out in the 1980s, although a few remnants of the pop sound remain, such as the background vocals on "Money" and "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II." In addition, the sound of the band overall is great -- it's mixed well and EQ'd well, another welcome fact for musicians used to tweaking their equalizer everytime they wanted to listen to "Dark Side of the Moon." Nick Mason on drums does an excellent job, and the new bass player, Guy Pratt, does some interesting stuff that Waters wouldn't have done, but manages to pull it off nonetheless, especially on "Any Colour You Like." And of course, Gilmour is as good as ever. The gist is this: If Pink Floyd would have played the the songs like the originals, the video Pulse would in fact be better than the orignal albums due to the better instrumentation and mixing. A shining example of this is "Wish You Were Here." But because they tried to experiment -- without Waters to guide them along -- their new arrangements fail to have that Pink Floyd allure. It's a great video, and a good album to compliment the originals, but definitely no replacement.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Video
Review: 145 minutes of Pink Floyd is more than I hoped for. It includes popular songs from "Wish You Were Here", "The Wall" a great version of "One of These Days", the whole "Dark Side of the Moon" albulm and more which I wasn't familiar with. My only complaints are I wasn't too happy with the way they performed "Time" (one of my faveorate songs) and the videos at the beggining. But anyway, it's really good, there's cool laser effects and over 2 hours of great music. Rent it if you're not sure, it should be available at blockbuster.
Rating:
Summary: fantastic
Review: theres not much to say except that the concert is excellent, it's length is incredible, the laser effects were cool, the music sounded great. the whole concert kicked ass!!!
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Summary: Disappointed, but still enjoyable.
Review: I'm sorry, but I guess my expectations were too high. After having seen D.S.O.T. dozens of times, I was hoping this would top it, but sorry to say, it didn't come close. The video (vs. film) format and camera work lacked the edgy, dark feel of Delicate. The focus on stage-projected video distracted from the performance, which seemed to lack passion. Maybe the band grew tired of performing this set between 1989 and 1995. The background singers weren't as powerful. The sax player seemed to be reading sheet music, no soul at all. And where were the crowd shots? - no ecstatic, mind-blown reactions to the show? Was this supposed to be a concert experience or a documentary? On the other hand, if you like a mega-budget light show with a decent sound track, you could do worse (I'd like to have the money they spent on electricity alone). I appreciate the extra concert length, and the fact that all of Dark Side of the Moon is there helps. But if you're looking for that truly awsome, gut-wrenching, lunatic-is-in-your-head experience, get Delicate Sound of Thunder.
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Summary: THIS CONCERT IS PRICELESS
Review: When I first got into Pink Floyd all I had ever listened to was the wall, this concert made me see other great works of this legendary band. Pink floyd is in fact one of the best bands of all time, this video proves it. I would do anything to see the pulse concert after watching this video, too bad the tour is over.
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Summary: A mind blowing experience
Review: PULSE is the best rock video I have ever seen. I am a 52 year old professional classical musician, but have been an admirer of Pink Floyd since 1973 when I bought DSOTM. The advent of CD's and videotape has enabled me to re-discover this great band. This video is not to be missed. It MUST come out in DVD.
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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST SHOW IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC !
Review: When I first saw this concert, I wasn't yet a Pink Floyd fan. When I realized this was a great group I started buying stuff and studying it periodically since I saw this concert. Now I have a considerably amount of Cd's and videos of the greatest music group ever, The Giant Pink Floyd. I recommend this concert for anyone who appreciates music in its high expression. I know everyone's gonna like it whether they don't like this kind of music nor music at all. Ever since I started listening PInk Floyd, I've loved it more in an increasing way. I have also appreciate more the great country of England. I LOVE PINK FLOYD FOR EVER!
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Summary: Is an excellent video of Floyd!!!
Review: Este es el mejor video de Pink Floyd, lejos... la parte de The Dark Side Of The Moon es estupenda, la tocan mejor que en el disco de estudio de 1973. Todos aquellos que hallan escuchado Pulse en CD, no les puede faltar este video en su videoteca; y aquellos que no escucharon Pulse en CD, le recomiendo que se compren este video de inmediato. Es verdad que no esta Waters, pero que siguen siendo buenos, lo son.
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Summary: Floyd Fan from Philly
Review: PULSE is an excellent video. I am 22 years old and just got into Floyd about 6 months (and 8 albums) ago. My roomate showed me PULSE and I was hooked. It is an amazing light show with the music sounding precise and excellent. I have to disagree with the person who liked Scott Pages sax playing (Delicate Sound of Thunder) better than Dick Parry. Dick is the man who recorded with Pink Floyd on Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here and I think his playing sounds more like the Floyd I am used to. But to each his/her own.
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Summary: Better than seeing the concert in person?
Review: Well, yes, if you had my $65 seats (or was it $75?). Watching a concert in the Rose Bowl doesn't make for the best audio ambience in the world (and I suspect that those dots moving around on the stage were the band), but the light show was impressive. Luckily, I have the VHS and can see what I missed. So, for a Pink Floyd fan, this is a must purchase (obviously, we're all fans or we wouldn't be here--I doubt Aunt Edna is cruising this section). What makes "Pulse" remarkable is the selection and order of the songs played, and all done very musically and with precision. Gilmour's guitar work here is second to none. This video is far superior to "Delicate Sounds of Thunder" (which I also liked), in that the camera work is seamless and stays focused on the members of the band. If I find any fault at all with this concert, it was in the saxophone player. While he played it straight, there wasn't much life breathed into it. See Scott Page's renditions in "Delicate Sounds of Thunder" to see what I mean. Between 1 and 10, "Pulse" gets an enthusiastic 9.
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