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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
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 Posted - 10/10/2006 : 5:12:58 PM
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| Well, in about one hour I'm leaving with my best friend Josh and we're road tripping to San Francisco to see Roger Waters perform the Dark Side of the Moon. As this is the closest we'll ever be to a real Pink Floyd concert, we are absolutely thrilled! Be prepared for comments and a review tomorrow! |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
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Posted - 10/10/2006 : 7:38:38 PM
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| awesome dude let us know! |
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Robin
Yak Addict
USA
598 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2006 : 9:20:10 PM
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| Totally! Have a blast Arthen, can't wait to hear your review. Peace, Robin |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
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Posted - 10/10/2006 : 9:30:19 PM
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| i heard once you start going there, it dominates your destiny forever. |
death to false metal. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2006 : 3:21:43 PM
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Well, the concert was more than I could've hoped for as I didn't think Roger Waters could sing as well as he did.
Here's close to the setlist as I remember:
Set one:
In the Flesh
Mother
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Perfect Sense (all of it)
Shine On...(pts 1-5)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Leaving Beirut (a new song, not very good in my opinion)
Pigs
Set Two:
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Encore:
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortable Numb
There may have been a song or two from the first set that I've forgotten, but that's pretty close to the order and the songs. The concert was bad ass. Two lead guitarists, one keyboardist, one drummer, one keyboardist/lap steel/acoustic guitarist, one other keyboardists/guitarist, three back up singers, a bassist, and Roger himself. They recreated the Pink Floyd sound really well and Roger Waters did a great job singing the songs he sang.
Highlights:
Heart of the Sun was absolutely amazing,
Pigs had a huge inflatable pig flying over the audience with Impeach Bush written on it,
Lots of pyrotechnics and cool light show
Perfect Sense was really interesting
The whole show was amazing, Vera and Bring the Boys was completely unexpected but welcomed. Show ran about 2.5 hours with a 15min set break. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
cbenc41@hotmail.com |
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SurferX
Chatterbox
USA
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Posted - 10/11/2006 : 6:50:26 PM
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| Leaving Beirut is a new song...Roger put out an album with like 3 songs on it, and that was the 1st track...Agreed that it's not some of his best work... |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2006 : 9:21:21 PM
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| Yeah the song was way too long, and it had this real drone keyboard on it, that just played three notes over the verses. Blech. Plus he uses the word "Dudes" in it. Come on! Say Blokes at least, your English man! |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 10/11/2006 : 10:02:40 PM
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Leaving Beirut is an anti bush political song. The lyrics are great, but I always felt a lack of musical quality and style without Gilmour or Syd with him, imo.
(the rest again, is imo)
I have the In the Flesh dvd, and most of it is good (in the flesh, Dogs, Mother, Set the Controls, Shine On, Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert). What wasn't good was Breathe without Gilmour, and Time. Perfect Sense is good at most points, but at a few points it lost it's charm, but it would come back.
But the one thing that Roger should never do is play Comfortable Numb without Gilmour. It just leaves me with nothing, empty. I mean, it is Gilmour's own tune, and his pride and joy. It's like hearing Paul Simon doing Bridge Over Troubled Waters. I mean I love Paul's solo stuff, but the magic of that song is really Art's vocals.
I do like a good amount of Roger Solo, but some stuff he can't do great without Gilmour or Syd. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
2579 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2006 : 5:37:35 PM
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| I thought The Machine did a good job recreating the Pink Floyd sound, but then I've never actually seen Pink Floyd live. So probably not a useful opinion. |
teri 
Twittering about the DC adventure since Dec '09...
(Micro)Blog * Photo Album
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 10/15/2006 : 01:35:20 AM
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Originally posted by tericee
I thought The Machine did a good job recreating the Pink Floyd sound . . .
um . . . er . . . what?  |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2006 : 3:18:27 PM
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Originally posted by Ranting Thespian
quote:
Originally posted by tericee
I thought The Machine did a good job recreating the Pink Floyd sound . . .
um . . . er . . . what?
The Machine is a Pink Floyd tribute band. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 10/15/2006 : 5:53:10 PM
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| Wow, sounds like you had an awesome time "bloke"! I have conceret envy. |
god
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 10/15/2006 : 10:30:33 PM
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| Oh, tribute, oh ok. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
-the Ranting Thespian |
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
2579 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2006 : 3:50:28 PM
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| Thanks for explaining that Ben. I should have come back sooner so RT wouldn't have been so confused. |
teri
Twittering about the DC adventure since Dec '09...
(Micro)Blog * Photo Album
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2006 : 4:47:19 PM
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Originally posted by tericee
Thanks for explaining that Kevin. I should have come back sooner so RT wouldn't have been so confused.
Ben, not Kevin! C'mon, ha ha ha.
Now we're all confused. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2006 : 9:38:02 PM
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Originally posted by tericee
Thanks for explaining that Kevin. I should have come back sooner so RT wouldn't have been so confused.
wait wait, what are you saying? Thanks for? um, what? sooner?
<=== very confused now
Me head cheese ate last friday on channel sofa is. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
2579 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2006 : 08:32:51 AM
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Sorry, I saw Ben's words next to Kevin Lesko's post and screwed up. It's all fixed now.  |
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