It’s reminiscent of tracks on the Meddle album. Before long that quasi-trance, dissociative effect of Gilmour’s guitar playing sets in. The song references his mother in a hazy dream of a melody. It is haunting and beautiful in all perfection. The more emotional tune, “Faces of Stone,” rings next. There are snakes, dark universes, chains, and then suddenly red phoenix birds fly out from the center point, completely covering the bowl in every direction. There is a story being illustrated in the air. This set up offers a dramatic backdrop for the visual art displays.
The large archways of the stage layer into each other like a white rainbow staircase. Next is the title track of the tour, “Rattle that Lock.” Epic imagery of grey angels falling through the sky projects over the bowl. The notes are paired with a guitar tone which glimmer like tender cuts from the frets. “5 A.M.” is deeply ominous and classical. The three spotlights meet at one central point directly above the Bowl as if to signal a cosmic meeting about to begin it’s a union of strings.Ī tune from Gilmour’s latest record opens up the night. Their guitarist, David Gilmour, is about to take the stage in the present moment. Still tonight, a palpable sensation is present. Melodic dream vibrations of times past fill the air. There’s a forecast for a Great Gig in the Sky.Īll around the people climbed the hill in their own way, trickling into the venue as souls swimming in a Hollywood Bowl. Hiking up the hill to experience an evening of David Gilmour under a guise of pink clouds feels strangely appropriate.
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