Much to my (and most of the crowds) delight, Waters and his 10 piece band played almost all Floyd stuff from almost all eras (skipping the Syd era). The audience (ranging from leather clad urban early 20's "Wall" freaks to middle aged ex stoner suburbanites to hippy dead heads) went nuts for the older tracks. "Dogs", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and a 30 minute medley of the "Wish You Were Here" album stood out in particular. Much better and more punchy that the original versions. There is something about a stadium full of people singing every word to every song that makes me smile. Personally, I was reminded how much influence the early 70's Floyd music had on my own make up and much of this music was oddly moving and powerful for me. Much more that the recent "other Floyd" tours I've seen. Waters loves this music and presents it with a great deal of sincerity.

The only solo stuff he played was the closing sections of "Amused to Death" and he closed the show with one new moving antiwar song which the audience was very "polite" towards. Bizarre to me that Waters would tour without an album to promote, his last being released in 92 (?). Maybe he's riding the coat-tails of the Live Wall release . . .

In some ways this was like the anti-Pink Floyd tour playing all Floyd songs. A big stage but a very simple show with almost no effects and gimicks. A nice break from the circus that the "other Floyd" has become. Waters has the guts to let the songs stand on their own merits and not hide them behind a Vegas style show.

This Waters band required 4 (!) different guitarist to replace Dave Gilmour including Andy Fairweather-Low and "Snowy" White (who used to tour with them in the 70s') and some Neil Diamond looking guy that was pretty good. The Keyboard player did the slide work. White did the best Gilmour impression. The guitar leads were pretty good, overall (especially the dueling guitars on "Comfortably Numb", you have to wonder if Gilmour would've ever been willing to do that) but DG was definitely missing.

The Pink Floyd split is a musical tragedy. This Pink Floyd cover band (Waters's) has the heart and soul of the original band and I'd take that over the lasers and flying pigs, but ultimate soullessness of the other Pink Floyd cover band.

Too bad they still both feel like cover bands. I wish they would all just grow up and deal with it.

 Ironic - Joe II-K 19:42:44 06/27/00 (4)
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 Ironic - Joe II-K 19:42:44 06/27/00 (4)
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 Re: Ironic - Joe II-K 12:32:51 06/28/00 (2)
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 How many Who reunions is that now? - Joe II-K 22:41:08 06/28/00 (0)
 Who is Roder Waters? - Dave G. 11:27:19 06/26/00 (1)
 Man, what a hangover . . . n/t - Troy 15:42:56 06/26/00 (0)

Did he play tamborine?

Great review and post there TP!

Dave

-Joe.

In his benefit, Waters is no fool. He knows that this was his best work and is what the people want to hear. His show seemed more earnest than Gilmours did. Yes, he's cashing in, but it seems like he's playing this old PF stuff on his own terms.

It just didn't come across like a giant money making machine the way so many big tours do nowadays.

-Joe.

The real question is: do any of these guys have anything new to say? There isn't much to show from any of them in the last 20 years, ya know? Gilmour's 2 solo albums are pretty good (but that was a looooong time ago) and Momentary Lapse had it's moments (Learning to Fly) and RW's solo stuff never interested me.

A guess a Floyd show like the greatest hits tour ala this summers Who extravaganza would be fun to see. Those Who tix are 88 smackers BTW, far too rich for my blood.

"Hope I die before I get old", too late Roger 'ol man :-).

-Joe.