The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show
- Much more than just another
covers band!
From the outset in 2002 it resembled a novelty or, more likely,
a musical disaster waiting to happen. Today, The Scandinavian
Pink Floyd Show is recognized as one of the best Danish bands
to witness in concert and one of the only serious bands to carry
on the Pink Floyd mantle. For the thousands of FloydFansTM,
who have already been there, there is little doubt: Only Pink
Floyd themselves come as close to the original sound as The
Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show.
For the 10 members The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show is about
much more than simply learning a set of songs off a bunch of old
records. It’s about studying, understanding and presenting an
emotional experience created by the members of the visionary
band that was Pink Floyd. Therefore The Scandinavian Pink Floyd
Show shuns the term “covers band”:
“We like to see ourselves as a concept band. We work hard on
getting every aspect of the presentation right: The depth of the
lyrics, the sound scapes, the epic musical constructions and –
when there’s room for it on stage – the visuals. Everything has
to be spot on and still remain faithful to what we feel is the
spirit of Pink Floyd,” the members say.
And it seems like The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show got it
right judging from the facial expressions and reactions of the
bands’ audience, that spans three generations.
Yet The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show refuses to trade in cosy
back-to-the-seventies sentimentality.
”We have no time for nostalgia. The songs are still relevant in
today’s world, and they resonate strongly with the younger parts
of the audiences. The young understand the music on their own
terms,” the band members say.
The audience recognizes that empathic attitude, and that’s
probably the main reason The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show is
able to walk the line between cult and popular entertainment.
And the statistics speak for themselves: No FloydFanTM
would come back for more, if the band didn’t give their
favourite tunes the right treatment.
Today, The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show has built up an
enormous repertoire with about six hours of vintage Floyd
material to choose from. Even when going to a three-hour show,
the audience will never quite know what to expect. And the band
really has all the bases covered: From the young Pink Floyd’s
innocently trippy debut ”The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” (1967)
through the masterful ”Dark Side Of The Moon” (1973), ”Wish You
Were Here” (1975) and ”The Wall” (1979) up to the Floyd’s Indian
summer-era albums ”A Momentary Lapse Of Reason” (1987) and ”The
Division Bell” (1994).
It sounds AND it feels like Pink Floyd.
The Scandinavian Pink Floyd Show -
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