{"id":2443191,"date":"2019-04-19T08:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=824633"},"modified":"2019-04-19T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:12:31","slug":"see-roger-waters-nick-mason-reunite-to-play-set-the-controls-for-the-heart-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/see-roger-waters-nick-mason-reunite-to-play-set-the-controls-for-the-heart-of-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"See Roger Waters, Nick Mason Reunite to Play \u2018Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two of the surviving members of Pink Floyd<\/a>\u2019s founding lineup reunited in New York City Thursday night when vocalist-bassist Roger Waters<\/a> made a surprise appearance during drummer Nick Mason<\/a>\u2019s Saucerful of Secrets gig at the Beacon Theater. Waters joined the band, which plays pre-Dark Side of the Moon <\/em>Pink Floyd music, for a rendition of \u201cSet the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,\u201d an ominous Waters-penned cut from the band\u2019s 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The performance marked the first time the two musicians of played together<\/a> onstage since 2011, when Mason and the group\u2019s singer-guitarist, David Gilmour, joined Waters at a performance of the band\u2019s The Wall <\/em>album for select songs. Waters and Mason also worked together in promoting Waters\u2019 concert film The Wall <\/em>in 2014 but did not perform.<\/p>\n

As the Saucerful band played the hypnotic intro music to \u201cSet the Controls,\u201d Waters took to the mic to reflect on the first New York City show recalls playing with Pink Floyd. \u201cIt was called the Scene Club and its owner was Steve Paul, and it was 1969,\u201d he told the crowd, though records suggest it was 1968. \u201cI remember it well. We had a gong in those days. As I remember, as I used to, in the middle of the show, hurl a necked whiskey glass at it \u2013 and the glass was empty because I\u2019d drunk the whiskey, as we did back in the old days \u2013 anyway, I\u2019m so happy to be here playing with Nick.\u201d The crowd cheered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very, very close and old friends,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd when I was doing The Wall<\/em> he came and sang \u2018Outside the Wall\u2019 a couple of times, so here we are.\u201d He turned his head around to the drummer. \u201cLoving the show, by the way, Nick. My considered opinion is that you sounded a lot better than we did back in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that, he let the bass and keyboards take over until he sang the opening lyrics, \u201cLittle by little, the night turns around \u2026 \u201d As psychedelic clouds of orange were projected onto the band, he seemed to get lost in the song, which they stretched to about nine minutes long. Midway through, Waters climbed on the drum riser and banged Mason\u2019s gong and walked around patting the band members on the back. When the song was done he waved and walked offstage. Mason attempted to get him to come back and take a bow, but to little avail, and the group carried on with its set list playing the Syd Barrett-era classic \u201cSee Emily Play.\u201d At the end of the night, during the final encore, Waters came back out and took a bow with the band, hugging Mason.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>, Mason said it\u2019s unlikely the three surviving members of Pink Floyd\u2019s classic lineup (Waters, Gilmour and himself) would play together again because Waters and Gilmour cannot get along. Despite this, Pink Floyd are still cultivating its catalog releases. Earlier this month, the band reissued a mono-only LP of A Saucerful of Secrets<\/a><\/em> for Record Store Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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