Roger Waters The Wall Tour
First off Im WAY behind on blog post, I saw over 30 concerts and 114 shows this year but I couldnt wait to post about the AMAZING, PHENOMENAL, EXTRAORDINARY, etc Roger Waters - The Wall show\tour.
My tour started on 11/17 when I flew into Atlanta and met up with several of my great friends at the Euclid Ave Yacht Club in Little 5 Points in ATL. I had asked my friend in ATL if they were big Roger\Pink Floyd fans but none of them really were. Since Im not dating anyone, as I had hoped when I got the ticket the day they went on pre-pre-sale, I ended up selling my extra ticket on Stubhub (broken even on the $225 ticket). My seat at this show at Philip Arena was on the floor just to the right of the sound board, so the sound was GREAT. But it was hard to see the entire stage, mainly Roger & band (The Wall 30 high so I could see most of it). In addition people stood up the whole time, which I didnt mind, but many were constantly holding up cell phones which just take crappy pictures in the dark and just annoy people. But this first show of the tour, for me, was more than I expected and has to be the most elaborate concert production ever!
The show started with The Wall about 40% complete, with the center section not built up, and of the venue block off by The Wall. Like the original tour in 79/80 (which I was too young to see) The Wall was built up over the course of the show. The entire The Wall album was played, with some key changes to a couple of them. The political message and video footage was also changed up. A good portion of the original animation footage, in the movie, was used with computer rending of additional animation on The Wall. Roger had custom ultra-high definition projectors made for this tour since he couldnt find any that met his requirements off the shelf and they, a total of 15, were breathtaking on their quality and effects! As the blocks of The Wall were put in place they would light up as the worker (dressed in black behind the wall with scissor lifts and scaffolding visible just a bit here & there) set them in place, it was a very cool effect. Openings were left in The Wall so you could see the drummer (Graham Broad), guitar players (Snowy White, who has been with Roger\Floyd since 79 & Dave Kilminster) and Robbie Wyckoff doing vocals for David Gilmours parts during most of the show (see this clip near the end). The singers and guitar players also appeared on top of the Wall with Roger and backup singers in front of The Wall during a few songs. At the Denver show I was able to bring my camera in and recorded most of the show. The highlights, recording wise, being Mother part 1 & part 2, Goodbye Blue Skies, Empty Spaces w/ the sexualized flowers, Nobody Home (I was zoomed in on room that folded down from The Wall with Roger sitting in a chair, similar to the move), and finally Comfortable Numb which is a MUST SEE video and I have the entire song recorded. Once The Wall was fully built there was an intermission after Goodbye Cruel World. After the intermission the show continued with the climax being The Trial, during which The Wall was knocked down!
After the show in ATL on Thursday I flew to Houston, TX, where my brother lives. My brother, two of his friends, and myself went to the show there at the Toyota Center. We had tickets in section 114 (1st section off the floor) directly facing the stage. These tickets were much better, and only $120, since you could see the whole production. The show was also amazing in Houston. Saturday and Sunday during the day I had met up with some old friends and took my brothers 847HP 91 Toyota Supra out for high speed driving and drifting. Its hard to put into words the amount of power this car has. My brother, who is a master mechanic at Bentley, has been working on it over year. I think he said he has over $30K in this car, but he knows he will less than half that if he sells it. He built it just to do it; so he now has an 847HP (on Q16 fuel) over 180 mph (fast as hes been in it so far, but said it still had more) car. At 100 MPH the rear end on this car still breaks loose if you floor it all the way. This car is a pure adrenal rush!
Sunday I flew back to Denver for the show on Tuesday night at Pepsi Center. I also had four tickets to this show, also 1st level up off the floor but 1st ROW center so these were the BEST seats in the house!!! Again I couldnt find any avid Roger\Floyd fans that could justify the price ($120) but was able to find two Facebook friends, and new in person friends now, who wanted them. I gave the final ticket to my best friend Matt, who is also a major Floyd fan but broke. We met at my house about 6PM and I made up a strong batch of shroom tea for the three of his, Matt was our DD. We got in the car about 6:15 and started drinking the tea. The drive to the show was about 45mins and after about 20 or so the shrooms started kicking in. I drank more than everyone else and also did the last swig from the thermos, which had some small bits in it, so I was really out there. This was the strongest trip Ive ever had, sound and lights were separating into their different elements or from the source (lights were trailing behind vehicles by several feet and individual sounds from music were lingering). I was in the front seat of the car and ended up pulling my hoody down since it was just too much of a sensory overload; the tractor trailers on the highway were the worse. In addition, when I spoke or moved I didnt hear\feel me doing it until several seconds later. So this physical effect was freaking me out a bit, but my friend confirmed that I was talking and moving mostly normal and all was good. The walk into the venue was even more interesting and I was WAY ready to get out of the car by then! Walking in, which was very weird since my feeling of walking was way out of sync from my actually actions, was even more difficult since I keep losing my friends. They would just disappear and I would just see floating heads all around me of strangers, dont recall anything past the shoulders just head floating in black space mostly. I finally had to hold on to Matts jacket but then I wouldnt recognize him at times and would let go and lose my friends again. Of course my friends, or at least Matt, were keeping a close eye on me so I was always safe. We went directly to our seats, those of us who were tripping had to.
Then the show started. I had planned ahead by seeing the show two other times and knew I was going to do shrooms in Denver, so Im not sure how much of the show I remember from Denver verse other nights, but it was amazing. Every time I looked around people just had this amazed stare on their face and mouths open in awe. Since I was able to bring my camera in I got a lot of great footage. Our seats were amazing since we were on the front row center, just off the left of the sound board below us, with only a railing to hold on it. That railing got a lot of use, I remember at time feeling like a blast of air and fire hitting me and holding on while leaning way back. This show will NEVER be topped and if you have a chance to see Roger on this tour YOU MUST GO!!! The Wall will NEVER be done again and Roger has said this will probably be his last full tour.
See the entire show from my camera here
See these pages for two reviews from the Denver show and about the tour and more info:
http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/11/24/live-review-roger-waters-the-pepsi-center/
http://denver.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/pink-floyds-roger-waters/2325916/content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Live_(2010%E2%80%932011_tour)
http://www.outsidethewall.net/rogerwaters2006.html
http://rogerwaters.com
First off Im WAY behind on blog post, I saw over 30 concerts and 114 shows this year but I couldnt wait to post about the AMAZING, PHENOMENAL, EXTRAORDINARY, etc Roger Waters - The Wall show\tour.
My tour started on 11/17 when I flew into Atlanta and met up with several of my great friends at the Euclid Ave Yacht Club in Little 5 Points in ATL. I had asked my friend in ATL if they were big Roger\Pink Floyd fans but none of them really were. Since Im not dating anyone, as I had hoped when I got the ticket the day they went on pre-pre-sale, I ended up selling my extra ticket on Stubhub (broken even on the $225 ticket). My seat at this show at Philip Arena was on the floor just to the right of the sound board, so the sound was GREAT. But it was hard to see the entire stage, mainly Roger & band (The Wall 30 high so I could see most of it). In addition people stood up the whole time, which I didnt mind, but many were constantly holding up cell phones which just take crappy pictures in the dark and just annoy people. But this first show of the tour, for me, was more than I expected and has to be the most elaborate concert production ever!
The show started with The Wall about 40% complete, with the center section not built up, and of the venue block off by The Wall. Like the original tour in 79/80 (which I was too young to see) The Wall was built up over the course of the show. The entire The Wall album was played, with some key changes to a couple of them. The political message and video footage was also changed up. A good portion of the original animation footage, in the movie, was used with computer rending of additional animation on The Wall. Roger had custom ultra-high definition projectors made for this tour since he couldnt find any that met his requirements off the shelf and they, a total of 15, were breathtaking on their quality and effects! As the blocks of The Wall were put in place they would light up as the worker (dressed in black behind the wall with scissor lifts and scaffolding visible just a bit here & there) set them in place, it was a very cool effect. Openings were left in The Wall so you could see the drummer (Graham Broad), guitar players (Snowy White, who has been with Roger\Floyd since 79 & Dave Kilminster) and Robbie Wyckoff doing vocals for David Gilmours parts during most of the show (see this clip near the end). The singers and guitar players also appeared on top of the Wall with Roger and backup singers in front of The Wall during a few songs. At the Denver show I was able to bring my camera in and recorded most of the show. The highlights, recording wise, being Mother part 1 & part 2, Goodbye Blue Skies, Empty Spaces w/ the sexualized flowers, Nobody Home (I was zoomed in on room that folded down from The Wall with Roger sitting in a chair, similar to the move), and finally Comfortable Numb which is a MUST SEE video and I have the entire song recorded. Once The Wall was fully built there was an intermission after Goodbye Cruel World. After the intermission the show continued with the climax being The Trial, during which The Wall was knocked down!
After the show in ATL on Thursday I flew to Houston, TX, where my brother lives. My brother, two of his friends, and myself went to the show there at the Toyota Center. We had tickets in section 114 (1st section off the floor) directly facing the stage. These tickets were much better, and only $120, since you could see the whole production. The show was also amazing in Houston. Saturday and Sunday during the day I had met up with some old friends and took my brothers 847HP 91 Toyota Supra out for high speed driving and drifting. Its hard to put into words the amount of power this car has. My brother, who is a master mechanic at Bentley, has been working on it over year. I think he said he has over $30K in this car, but he knows he will less than half that if he sells it. He built it just to do it; so he now has an 847HP (on Q16 fuel) over 180 mph (fast as hes been in it so far, but said it still had more) car. At 100 MPH the rear end on this car still breaks loose if you floor it all the way. This car is a pure adrenal rush!
Sunday I flew back to Denver for the show on Tuesday night at Pepsi Center. I also had four tickets to this show, also 1st level up off the floor but 1st ROW center so these were the BEST seats in the house!!! Again I couldnt find any avid Roger\Floyd fans that could justify the price ($120) but was able to find two Facebook friends, and new in person friends now, who wanted them. I gave the final ticket to my best friend Matt, who is also a major Floyd fan but broke. We met at my house about 6PM and I made up a strong batch of shroom tea for the three of his, Matt was our DD. We got in the car about 6:15 and started drinking the tea. The drive to the show was about 45mins and after about 20 or so the shrooms started kicking in. I drank more than everyone else and also did the last swig from the thermos, which had some small bits in it, so I was really out there. This was the strongest trip Ive ever had, sound and lights were separating into their different elements or from the source (lights were trailing behind vehicles by several feet and individual sounds from music were lingering). I was in the front seat of the car and ended up pulling my hoody down since it was just too much of a sensory overload; the tractor trailers on the highway were the worse. In addition, when I spoke or moved I didnt hear\feel me doing it until several seconds later. So this physical effect was freaking me out a bit, but my friend confirmed that I was talking and moving mostly normal and all was good. The walk into the venue was even more interesting and I was WAY ready to get out of the car by then! Walking in, which was very weird since my feeling of walking was way out of sync from my actually actions, was even more difficult since I keep losing my friends. They would just disappear and I would just see floating heads all around me of strangers, dont recall anything past the shoulders just head floating in black space mostly. I finally had to hold on to Matts jacket but then I wouldnt recognize him at times and would let go and lose my friends again. Of course my friends, or at least Matt, were keeping a close eye on me so I was always safe. We went directly to our seats, those of us who were tripping had to.
Then the show started. I had planned ahead by seeing the show two other times and knew I was going to do shrooms in Denver, so Im not sure how much of the show I remember from Denver verse other nights, but it was amazing. Every time I looked around people just had this amazed stare on their face and mouths open in awe. Since I was able to bring my camera in I got a lot of great footage. Our seats were amazing since we were on the front row center, just off the left of the sound board below us, with only a railing to hold on it. That railing got a lot of use, I remember at time feeling like a blast of air and fire hitting me and holding on while leaning way back. This show will NEVER be topped and if you have a chance to see Roger on this tour YOU MUST GO!!! The Wall will NEVER be done again and Roger has said this will probably be his last full tour.
See the entire show from my camera here
See these pages for two reviews from the Denver show and about the tour and more info:
http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/11/24/live-review-roger-waters-the-pepsi-center/
http://denver.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/pink-floyds-roger-waters/2325916/content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Live_(2010%E2%80%932011_tour)
http://www.outsidethewall.net/rogerwaters2006.html
http://rogerwaters.com
luana:
oh man! my friend went to that show and said it was great! glad you go to go!