There are a lot of Pink Floyd cover bands from all around the world, a lot of them fairly good and some of them truly excellent. But you, like me, probably wouldn’t expect to find a really good cover act that came from Mongolia would you?
When Covid-19 started to get rampant in the UK earlier this year, I ended up working from home instead of in the office, which has worked out really well as we have good internet speed, I have a good computer setup etc and it’s made working almost as easy as being in the office.
One big difference is however that being on my own instead of in a shared office space, I am able to play music while I work, which when the mood takes me, really helps me to focus and to concentrate on what I am doing.
But what to listen to? Sometimes I just want to listen to my favourite bands/artists and their albums or concerts, but at other times I want something new to listen to.
This has often had me browsing around YouTube, which is sometimes very good at popping up videos for artists and even genres that I wouldn’t have necessarily have chosen myself.
So, this morning, up pops a concert from Shar Airag, a cover band from Mongolia (apparently they cover more than just Pink Floyd). Within a few minutes of the concert I was hooked, they are excellent in their cover of the best classic Pink Floyd tracks.
Their concert even replicates some of the Pink Floyd special effects and lighting from their 80’s tours, even down to the 3 female vocalists in black evening dresses!
I hope you enjoy this concert, please leave a comment if you do, and Debbie and I are always pleased to find something new to listen to, so feel free to suggest something to us.
If oyu wuld like to learn more about Shar Airag, here are some links:
5 thoughts on “Pink Floyd Cover: Shar Airag”
I agree with you Tony. I stumbled upon them by accident several months ago and I think I like them almost as well as Pink Floyd. Their BeeGees cover is also very good. I think if they were from some other more developed country we would have heard of them long ago. Maybe someday we will find ourselves in Mongolia and can see them in person. I like Brit Floyd better but seeing where they come from I think they are exceptional. Cheers from Chicago,USA
Hi Dick.
This year with working from home since March I have discovered a few new bands, I love to listen to and watch YouTube while I am working.
There are some amazing bands out there, especially in little known places (to us).
I used to know Chicago quite well, lived in South Bend for 12 years. Is Dick’s Last Resort still going? It was somewhere towards Navy Pier if I recall.
Tony
Hey Tony. Had a great pleasure in my life to see Pink Floyd, Brit Floyd and Australian Pink Floyd and this Mongolian is fantastic as well.
Thanks for the visit Remi. I saw Pink Floyd back in 1988 in New Zealand. Great concert, except for it being in an outdoor stadium that was too small, so lots of people had to find a “perch” up on the tree covered slopes around the arena. The only place I could find was not exactly comfortable, I could only see half the stage and my wife (not a Pink FLoyd fan) complained all the way through. It did put a damper on the concert but didn’t totally ruin it.
Hello Tony, Pink floyd is one of the most important events in my life for me, I was 11 years old when I first heard about them (1980) my life was spent being a fan of pink floyd, I chose this name as my nickname because of love, I discovered this band about 3 years ago (2020) from the moment I heard it Something happened to me, the style of the guys, their dignified and confident stance, their unique stage dominance fascinated me, I am still researching and trying to gather information about them, but there is no very satisfactory news source, it seems like there is no concert other than this and a few concerts of the band, for example this they didn’t give the concert anywhere else, my favorite artist guitarist Munk Orgil in this group (shar airag), I’m a fan of the 43:28 minute solo in this concert, maybe I shouldn’t be exaggerating, I’ve listened to these minutes thousands of times 🙂
Maybe one day shar airag will break up again and they will cover this concert for us again, the performance of the drummer can never be ignored, he is amazing too.. I also congratulate the other soloists and guitarists, the one with the white jacket has a charming tone, the one with the black jacket is very successful, the one with the black jacket the other one is very cheerful and energetic, the other two guitarists are great, the green shirts and hats are very cool, the three ladies have an extraordinary and fascinating rhythm and dance with their dances, thank you very much.
They are very, very good with the summary. I hope that what I wrote will reach them one day, we will be very happy.
Greetings to everyone from Türkiye, from Mersin to the Mediterranean 🙂