Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour - Page 5

rocket1312 · 05-12-10, 02:47 PM

If I'm not mistaken, there was talk of a dvd for his Dark Side tour. In fact I think a couple of the shows were professionally recorded. I'm pretty suprised there wasn't a release considering how hot everything Pink Floyd was post Live8. I can't help but wonder if maybe it has to do with what we were discussing a few posts up.

tofferman · 05-16-10, 10:40 PM

I just found about about his tour a few days ago and would love to see him perform in Vancouver B.C., but it's a nearly 9 hour drive from here in Oregon. That turns it into more than simply a drive.

I may have to be content with having seen him perform The Wall in Berlin (Pottsdammer Platz) back in 1990. That may be tough to top anyways as far as I'm concerned.

alanstar@erols.com · 08-08-10, 09:18 PM

I was going to skip this tour because of the high ticket prices. But I was just able to buy good Loge seats for the Boston show for $75 through Ticketmaster! Might be some sort of computer glitch, or an unheard-of price drop of some sort, I have no idea. But I'm happy!

ViewAskewbian · 09-19-10, 08:05 AM

Tour kicked off in Toronto last night and is getting favorable reviews. Note, though, at this first show there were no encores. Just The Wall was performed.

cungar · 09-19-10, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ViewAskewbian

Tour kicked off in Toronto last night and is getting favorable reviews. Note, though, at this first show there were no encores. Just The Wall was performed.

Yes well that was how the how was advertised. People who predicted an encore didn't see the 1980 shows and what the stage was like after the Wall collapsed.

bearkiss · 09-19-10, 01:03 PM

I have front row of the club section for the show in columbus ohio in about a month and I'm very excited! even more after having read multiple good reviews & seen some of the pictures on line of the shows that happened this week...

my question is - if he's only playing the wall, how does an 80 minute album become a 2 hour & 40 minute show?

cungar · 09-19-10, 01:58 PM

reubs82 · 09-23-10, 10:58 PM

My brothers got me tickets to the show in ATL, and while I'm a Pink Floyd fan of sorts, I don't even have a copy of The Wall. This show, though, will be my impetus to pick up a copy. I want to be familiar with it before seeing it!

gmanca · 09-23-10, 11:59 PM

I was interested in going but if Waters is using that backing band for the entire tour, no way are the high-prices worth it. Run Like Hell sounded like crap, complete crap.

KnightLerxst · 09-24-10, 07:46 AM

It sounds like they tuned down those songs a half step...something was not right with Run Like Hell that is for sure.

alanstar@erols.com · 09-28-10, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by KnightLerxst

It sounds like they tuned down those songs a half step...something was not right with Run Like Hell that is for sure.

It's actually a full step. I'm pretty sure the album is in 'D', and this version seems to be in 'C'. Yuck.

kd5 · 09-28-10, 03:42 PM

Went to the 'Wish You Were Here' concert in Pittsburgh in '75 and the 'Animals' concert in Cleveland in '77, but missed going to see 'The Wall' in '79...

I've always wished Roger Waters would iron out his differences with Gilmour, Wright, & Mason, get back together as Pink Floyd but I guess that's never going to happen. At any rate, ticket prices are much too rich for my blood. I'll content myself with my Pink Floyd albums and my memories of the concerts I attended. -kd5-

KnightLerxst · 09-28-10, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by alanstar@erols.com

It's actually a full step. I'm pretty sure the album is in 'D', and this version seems to be in 'C'. Yuck.

No wonder it sounds so goddamn off. Run Like Hell just sounds horrible.

cungar · 09-28-10, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanca

I was interested in going but if Waters is using that backing band for the entire tour, no way are the high-prices worth it. Run Like Hell sounded like crap, complete crap.

Yeah well when Waters said he could do the Wall with just about anybody, that Pink Floyd weren't necessary to do it well, you know where his head is at.

lopper · 09-28-10, 04:32 PM

I've got tickets to the Phx show the weekend after Thanksgiving, but it turns out that we had some last minute out-of-town plans come up and aren't going to be able to use them.

I'd like to say that I'm disappointed that I'll be missing the show, but I'm really not. I'd still love to see Waters live sometime, maybe doing his solo stuff with some Floyd peppered in, and so far The Wall 2010 isn't looking or sounding all that great.

cungar · 09-28-10, 05:19 PM

Not sure if I want to go to a concert where Waters' political dogma is shoved down my throat for a good part of the evening.

Jason · 09-28-10, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cungar

Not sure if I want to go to a concert where Waters' political dogma is shoved down my throat for a good part of the evening.

Sorry, but Ted Nugent is done touring for the year.

cungar · 09-28-10, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

Sorry, but Ted Nugent is done touring for the year.

FYI I'm a liberal but I don't go to rock concerts to be lectured to.

hasslein · 09-29-10, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kd5

I've always wished Roger Waters would iron out his differences with Gilmour, Wright, & Mason, get back together as Pink Floyd but I guess that's never going to happen. -kd5-

Well, at least not with Wright....

boc4ever · 09-29-10, 12:14 PM

I think people are being a bit overly critical at this point. If you bought your ticket because you wanted to see Roger Waters performing the Wall, then you should know what to expect. Gilmour and Mason are out and Wright isn't going to be participating in any group anytime soon. Waters is touring with session musicians, pretty good ones at that, and it is what it is. This isn't 1980, 1990 or even 2000. It is 2010. I am not sure what people are expecting, but Roger Waters isn't a spring chicken anymore. I am going to go into it appreciating that I get to see the Wall live, in its entirety with the person who created it.

statcat · 09-29-10, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by boc4ever

I think people are being a bit overly critical at this point. If you bought your ticket because you wanted to see Roger Waters performing the Wall, then you should know what to expect. Gilmour and Mason are out and Wright isn't going to be participating in any group anytime soon. Waters is touring with session musicians, pretty good ones at that, and it is what it is. This isn't 1980, 1990 or even 2000. It is 2010. I am not sure what people are expecting, but Roger Waters isn't a spring chicken anymore. I am going to go into it appreciating that I get to see the Wall live, in its entirety with the person who created it.

why are you guys talking like Rick Wright is still alive unless you're joking sarcastically or something? Him and Syd Barrett were probably my two favorite members of the group and they're both gone.

Nesbit · 09-29-10, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cungar

Not sure if I want to go to a concert where Waters' political dogma is shoved down my throat for a good part of the evening.

I don't know how you could be suprised by political dogma in a performance of The Wall. A large portion of the story deals with the loss of war and it's affect on the home front.

pinata242 · 09-29-10, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by statcat

why are you guys talking like Rick Wright is still alive unless you're joking sarcastically or something? Him and Syd Barrett were probably my two favorite members of the group and they're both gone.

Was that not clear how he separated Wright from Gilmour/Mason?

statcat · 09-29-10, 12:30 PM

well it was mentioned in a post before that too- Originally Posted by kd5 View Post
I've always wished Roger Waters would iron out his differences with Gilmour, Wright, & Mason, get back together as Pink Floyd but I guess that's never going to happen. -kd5-

just found it weird

pinata242 · 09-29-10, 12:43 PM

Well, that guy may be out of the loop. Maybe you should have quoted him instead

05-12-10, 02:47 PM	#101
rocket1312 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 837	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour If I'm not mistaken, there was talk of a dvd for his Dark Side tour. In fact I think a couple of the shows were professionally recorded. I'm pretty suprised there wasn't a release considering how hot everything Pink Floyd was post Live8. I can't help but wonder if maybe it has to do with what we were discussing a few posts up. __________________ My DVDs

05-16-10, 10:40 PM	#102
tofferman DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bend, Oregon Posts: 1,812	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I just found about about his tour a few days ago and would love to see him perform in Vancouver B.C., but it's a nearly 9 hour drive from here in Oregon. That turns it into more than simply a drive. I may have to be content with having seen him perform The Wall in Berlin (Pottsdammer Platz) back in 1990. That may be tough to top anyways as far as I'm concerned.

08-08-10, 09:18 PM	#103
alanstar@erols.com Senior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Lawrence, MA Posts: 855	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I was going to skip this tour because of the high ticket prices. But I was just able to buy good Loge seats for the Boston show for $75 through Ticketmaster! Might be some sort of computer glitch, or an unheard-of price drop of some sort, I have no idea. But I'm happy! __________________ My Movie Reviews: www.alanstarr.com/movies.htm - last updated on 2/21/11

09-19-10, 08:05 AM	#104
ViewAskewbian DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Just around the corner to the light of day. Posts: 11,726	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour Tour kicked off in Toronto last night and is getting favorable reviews. Note, though, at this first show there were no encores. Just The Wall was performed.

09-19-10, 01:03 PM	#106
bearkiss Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tennessee (but don't hold that against me) Posts: 498	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I have front row of the club section for the show in columbus ohio in about a month and I'm very excited! even more after having read multiple good reviews & seen some of the pictures on line of the shows that happened this week... my question is - if he's only playing the wall, how does an 80 minute album become a 2 hour & 40 minute show?

09-19-10, 01:58 PM	#107
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09-23-10, 10:58 PM	#108
reubs82 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,135	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour My brothers got me tickets to the show in ATL, and while I'm a Pink Floyd fan of sorts, I don't even have a copy of The Wall. This show, though, will be my impetus to pick up a copy. I want to be familiar with it before seeing it!

09-23-10, 11:59 PM	#109
gmanca DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,504	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I was interested in going but if Waters is using that backing band for the entire tour, no way are the high-prices worth it. Run Like Hell sounded like crap, complete crap.

09-24-10, 07:46 AM	#110
KnightLerxst DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: studio c Posts: 11,855	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour It sounds like they tuned down those songs a half step...something was not right with Run Like Hell that is for sure. __________________ "You know I used to think, 'Life is great, but people suck,' but now I've had to learn the opposite, 'Life sucks but people are great" - Neil Peart "Ghost Rider"

09-28-10, 03:42 PM	#112
kd5 DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 3,810	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour Went to the 'Wish You Were Here' concert in Pittsburgh in '75 and the 'Animals' concert in Cleveland in '77, but missed going to see 'The Wall' in '79... I've always wished Roger Waters would iron out his differences with Gilmour, Wright, & Mason, get back together as Pink Floyd but I guess that's never going to happen. At any rate, ticket prices are much too rich for my blood. I'll content myself with my Pink Floyd albums and my memories of the concerts I attended. -kd5- __________________ Time is the fire in which we burn. (Soran) My DVD Collection

09-28-10, 04:32 PM	#115
lopper Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 940	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I've got tickets to the Phx show the weekend after Thanksgiving, but it turns out that we had some last minute out-of-town plans come up and aren't going to be able to use them. I'd like to say that I'm disappointed that I'll be missing the show, but I'm really not. I'd still love to see Waters live sometime, maybe doing his solo stuff with some Floyd peppered in, and so far The Wall 2010 isn't looking or sounding all that great. __________________ It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. -- John Stuart Mill

09-28-10, 05:19 PM	#116
cungar DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 9,220	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour Not sure if I want to go to a concert where Waters' political dogma is shoved down my throat for a good part of the evening.

09-29-10, 12:14 PM	#120
boc4ever DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: One horse town Posts: 2,690	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour I think people are being a bit overly critical at this point. If you bought your ticket because you wanted to see Roger Waters performing the Wall, then you should know what to expect. Gilmour and Mason are out and Wright isn't going to be participating in any group anytime soon. Waters is touring with session musicians, pretty good ones at that, and it is what it is. This isn't 1980, 1990 or even 2000. It is 2010. I am not sure what people are expecting, but Roger Waters isn't a spring chicken anymore. I am going to go into it appreciating that I get to see the Wall live, in its entirety with the person who created it. __________________ Leslie: The only thing I will be waving is your decapitated head on a stick in front of your weeping mother! Stewie: Wow, nothing says success like free on a Tuesday at 3 PM ... I'll get there http://boc4ever.dvdaf.com/owned

09-29-10, 12:30 PM	#124
statcat DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 1,741	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour well it was mentioned in a post before that too- Originally Posted by kd5 View Post I've always wished Roger Waters would iron out his differences with Gilmour, Wright, & Mason, get back together as Pink Floyd but I guess that's never going to happen. -kd5- just found it weird

09-29-10, 12:43 PM	#125
pinata242 DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Owasso, OK Posts: 27,562	Re: Roger Waters to perform The Wall on tour Well, that guy may be out of the loop. Maybe you should have quoted him instead __________________ XBL: pinata242 \| PSN: pinata242 \| Steam: pinata242