Pink Floyd's my favorite band.Anyone going?
Quoted from floyd1977:Yes, in Chicago, July. I think it's my 5th time seeing him.
I don't think I need to ask how they were.
Quoted from jhanley:I don't think I need to ask how they were.
Amazing. The last two were on The Wall tour. The great thing about Roger is he starts on time (no opening act).
Would be great to see the WHOLE band. With out the Drama . Political or other... We have seen PF. without Roger back in the 90's in PHX> Great time.
Saw him a couple years ago....enjoyed it but much prefer Gilmore. If they ever actually do a mini tour together I'll fly wherever to see them.
Man to bad Richard Wright gone, always hoped they would put their differences aside like in 08 at live aid. Saw Waters never Gilmour but it was awesome!
Neither. They're both too old, and that pains me to say. I should have seen Gilmour a few years ago during his On An Island tour, but I missed it. Now I just watch his Gdansk concert whenever it's on TV...and it's always awesome. Waters is just okay now...but I don't want to hear him or anybody else sing Gilmour's part on Comfortably Numb.
Caught him on The Wall tour a few years ago and it was better than I expected. Looking forward to the show next month. I can barely remember seeing Gilmour back in '83 but that means I had a really good time.
Saw him in Detroit in...2009, I think, then at Wrigley in ~2010. Loved the Detroit (actually Auburn Hills) show, was surprised how little he actually sang by the time Wrigley came around. Mostly stood in front of The Wall raising his arms while another guy sang from the top of it...and the Wrigley show was almost a mortgage payment.
Quoted from Tribonian:Got tickets for June- cannot wait!
I'm seeing him in Sacramento also.I can't stand going to Vegas anymore.What section are you in?
Of course. Timeless music, it's always an amazing concept show, and he's got a great band. I'll catch a few shows in the NYC area.
If I don't get to see roger waters soon I know I will regret it.
But my health is a problem now. Hope I can see him soon.
Quoted from NicToria:Would be great to see the WHOLE band.
Be hard since the "whole band" is not alive!
Quoted from JDD:NO. because he forces his politics down your throat in a very non subtle fashion
He has always done this even back to the early Floyd stuff. The problem is now he's just more arrogant about it!
I have seen him since the Radio Waves concert and he always puts on a goo show! The Wall Tour was an excellent production! With that all said, the bad is that it appears he's using voice tracks throughout the concert! In short he appeaars to be lip syncing some of the songs! This has been speculated and reported in some media reports but I have yet to see that it has been confirmed!
Quoted from meSz:Be hard since the "whole band" is not alive!
He has always done this even back to the early Floyd stuff. The problem is now he's just more arrogant about it!
I have seen him since the Radio Waves concert and he always puts on a goo show! The Wall Tour was an excellent production! With that all said, the bad is that it appears he's using voice tracks throughout the concert! In short he appeaars to be lip syncing some of the songs! This has been speculated and reported in some media reports but I have yet to see that it has been confirmed!
Yeah, he's lip syncing a bit or at least using judicious vocal backing tracks on some songs. Seems strange from a dude who sued Pink Floyd on the grounds that it was inauthentic but doesn't really matter in the scheme of things, it's still a great show.
I've seen him, a good show.
Make sure you get your acid from college kids on campus. Test the acid the week before, NOT at the show.
You don't want a bad trip ruining your $300 concert.....
Quoted from vid1900:I've seen him, a good show.
Make sure you get your acid from college kids on campus. Test the acid the week before, NOT at the show.
You don't want a bad trip ruining your $300 concert.....
Do they even still make acid? I haven't seen any in almost 20 years.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Do they even still make acid? I haven't seen any in almost 20 years.
They sure do.
And the stuff is crazy good.
I'm not sure if the internets have provided better recipes, or if the college kids just learned to clean their glassware better, but holy smokes.....
Quoted from o-din:I had no idea he was still alive. Great way to finance a comfortable retirement for sure.
He's one of the richest musicians.Worth almost 300 million.
Here's a link to a new song named "Smell the Roses" from his upcoming album to be released on June 2...
Here is the song list from new album:
1. When We Were Young
2. Déjà Vu
3. The Last Refugee
4. Picture That
5. Broken Bones
6. Is This the Life We Really Want?
7. Bird In A Gale
8. The Most Beautiful Girl
9. Smell the Roses
10. Wait for Her
11. Oceans Apart
12. Part of Me Died
Quoted from ChadH:Here's a link to a new song named "Smell the Roses" from his upcoming album to be released on June 2...
http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-is-this-the-life-we-really-want-vinyl-cd-orders-new-music-rev.html
Here is the song list from new album:
1. When We Were Young
2. Déjà Vu
3. The Last Refugee
4. Picture That
5. Broken Bones
6. Is This the Life We Really Want?
7. Bird In A Gale
8. The Most Beautiful Girl
9. Smell the Roses
10. Wait for Her
11. Oceans Apart
12. Part of Me Died
I'll check it out but do not have high hopes. As the years go by Roger's stuff has become less and less musical. I remember the "new" song he was doing a couple tours ago was the simplest most rudimentary three bar 50s tune accompanied by lyrics about walking around the middle east when he was a teenager.
HMMM,How can I say this: We older hippys have seen this many times over!! Janis,leaving Big Brother,Joe,leaving the James Gang! Steve Stills,on his own! Roger Waters leaving PinkFloyd Something always seems missing!! You wouldn't even know their names if you were;nt in for the original!Those of us who listened to "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn"thru "Umaguma " know to -Watch out for that ax.Eugene! R.W.by himself?? a imitation-
The wall is perhaps my favorite album. I hope to see him, to close that loop.
The fact that the wall ended up being my favorite album is interesting. To me. I've heard so many. A beautiful album.
seen roger 3 times in the last 10 years
Once for the darkside of the moon tour
and the Wall twice.
Great shows
I got tickets to the Columbus show cause I didn't think he was coming to Cleveland. but now I might have to go to both.
Cleveland was the only city that The Wall Tour didn't sell out
Quoted from robertmee:Saw him a couple years ago....enjoyed it but much prefer Gilmore. If they ever actually do a mini tour together I'll fly wherever to see them.
I prefer gilmore a lot more than waters as well. I'd pay the money for Gilmore but not for waters.
Quoted from jhanley:I don't think I need to ask how they were.
Waters lip synchs for most (all?) of the songs. Think of it as seeing a pretty good stage production with a good cover band. I enjoy the shows well enough (saw him perform The Wall 4 times, saw the Dark Side of the Moon performance once) but I really can't justify seeing any more of his shows.
I caught Gilmour last year, I disliked like 50% of his set, but his performance was awesome.
Quoted from roffels:Waters lip synchs for most (all?) of the songs. Think of it as seeing a pretty good stage production with a good cover band. I enjoy the shows well enough (saw him perform The Wall 4 times, saw the Dark Side of the Moon performance once) but I really can't justify seeing any more of his shows.
I caught Gilmour last year, I disliked like 50% of his set, but his performance was awesome.
why did you dislike most of his set?
for me, Division Bell and Momentary Laps of Reason, are the greatest albums ever made.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:why did you dislike most of his set?
for me, Division Bell and Momentary Laps of Reason, are the greatest albums ever made.
I don't like the Division Bell or The Momentary Lapse of Reason. Or Gilmour's solo material. We like different stuff!
Quoted from roffels:I don't like the Division Bell or The Momentary Lapse of Reason. Or Gilmour's solo material. We like different stuff!
fair enough. Seems people are on one side or the other. actually 3 sides. Either you like the very early stuff. Or the Wall/DSOTM part, or the last stuff. Everyone has a favorite era it seems (of those that like pink floyd.)
Don't get me wrong,I like it all. But DB and MLOR I think are musical masterpieces rivaled by no one.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:fair enough. Seems people are on one side or the other. actually 3 sides. Either you like the very early stuff. Or the Wall/DSOTM part, or the last stuff. Everyone has a favorite era it seems (of those that like pink floyd.)
Yeah. I enjoy Syd Barrett's Floyd, his solo stuff, and Meddle through The Final Cut. I'll throw Waters' Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking on every few years as well, it's a nice compliment to The Wall. Gilmour and Wright are/were amazing musicians, but I'm not too into the bulk of their songwriting.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:why did you dislike most of his set?
for me, Division Bell and Momentary Laps of Reason, are the greatest albums ever made.
We'd get along well....I started out being a Wall/Wish You were Here/Dark Side fanatic, but over the years I have much more appreciation for Division Bell and MLoR...Learning to Fly is one of my favorite Floyd songs now. And Gilmore's On an Island I thought was excellent.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:why did you dislike most of his set?
for me, Division Bell and Momentary Laps of Reason, are the greatest albums ever made.
Great albums (and Division Bell is one of their best songs ever). But I'm one of the few that thought The Final Cut was incredible.
Going May 26 in KC. Really looking forward to it.
Saw the Wall tour several years back when they came through KC and rank it the best concert I've ever been to in 40 years. Great music, great orchestration.
Saw David Gilmour last year in Chicago. That was a bucket list show for me.
Roger Waters' In The Flesh Live album is where I really learned to appreciate him. Granted, he imposes his politics, but the music and presentation are quite satisfying. I can ignore the politics side of it. Plugged this into the CD changer in the car and let it run on for a few weeks and really grew on me.
I will agree about the politics.
Who wants to hear a British guy tell me about American policies with a head full of acid
I saw Pink Floyd play...I think it was right after Waters left, maybe. All I remember is a lot of their props failed to work properly. Like a lot of groups*, they were far better together than on their own. But as solo acts, Gilmour has done much better.
The sole exception to this. of course, is the Beatles. I can't believe how much better Lennon and McCartney's music became after they went out on their own. LOL.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:why did you dislike most of his set?
for me, Division Bell and Momentary Laps of Reason, are the greatest albums ever made.
Jesus dude. Those albums are awful, save for a moment or two. And Glimour (you really don't know how to spell his name?!) also played about 6 songs from his equally atrocious new album. But hey we all wanted to hear 10 kickass Floyd songs so we'd put up with it, and he knew that! It was a great show for the most part.
Neo has been trolling me for 15 years!
I love the Barrett Floyd stuff, only a few snippets here and there of the late 60s stuff, and of course worship and adore almost everything from Meddle through the Wall. That's more than enough to cement their legacy as one of the best 3 or 4 groups of all time as far as I'm concerned and the fact that Final Cut and the Glimour Floyd albums pretty much suck doesn't really matter.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:And Glimour (you really don't know how to spell his name?!)
Who is "Glimour?"
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