Review: Roger Waters: The Wall @ Melbourne, Australia
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| Photo by Ros O'Gorman |
What we have here is one of the greatest and biggest selling albums of all time performed with the latest technology. When Pink Floyd first performed The Wall in 1980 they used three projectors. Today, Waters has a 230 foot long Wall, 35 feet high and computer generated images that take up the entire surface.
During the first part of the show, the wall is gradually built up in front of the band until they are completely obscured.
When they return for part 2, the band performs Hey You completely out of view from behind the wall, cutting off the audience and creating the sense of separation that was the basis for the story on the album.
Last night’s show was exactly 32 years to the day since Pink Floyd performed The Wall for the very first time. Then, they did four shows. Waters performed his 125th The Wall show on this current tour last night.
The Wall becomes the greatest show on earth right from song one, In The Flesh complete with Waters’ Neo-Nazi band and singers, a fireworks war and a plane that flies from one end of the arena to the other and knocks down parts of the wall all happens in the first 10 minutes of the show.
After that you can look forward to the flying pig, a staple of Floyd and Waters shows and 30 foot characters like the teacher, the mother and the girlfriend overwhelm the visual of this show.
The songs you know. It is the album from start to finish and only the album. There is no “Pink Floyd greatest hits” encore, nor is it needed.
8 comments:
I went to The Wall at Rod Laver and was totally blown away. Anyone who is a Floyd fan must see this, it is the concert to end all concerts.
Even if you don't know who Pink FLoyd is this will still leave you spell bound. Anywhere in the stadium will be good. Surround sound and massive projections etcetera. Just do it!
GO and see it!
I had been waiting for this show forever, brilliant seats.
Unfortunately I left devastated, and thought it was nothing but Politcal activism, this goes against what the intent of the original album was about. If I wanted preaching I would have went to a U2 concert.
Theatrics were brilliant but even then the sound was only average and lacked so much emotion and oomph. I know Roger is 68 but frankly he looked arthritic on stage and seemed emotionally disconnected.
Take away the light show and this show would have been completly anaemic.
Perhaps its my fault, they say never meet your hero but I think other long term Floyd fans may feel the same or maybe not.
Most amazing experience. This is not an average format concert and the sound, visuals, story telling and emotional connection with the audience was just incredible. This is not Pink Floyd in concert it is Roger Waters The Wall and you will only be disappointed if you miss the show.
I saw their 3rd show in Melbourne and was massively impressed. The spectacular and theatrical images and music combined to create a spellbinding show, filled with meaning and emotion. I felt that Roger's ideas had matured from his original grief over the loss of his own father into a deeper grief at the loss of so many in all arenas of war across the ages. Roger at 68 embraced his audience with enthusiasm. The Wall is after all, his baby and he loved that we loved it too. The best show I've ever been to...I hadn't listened to The Wall in its entirety for a few years, and my emotions bubbled up in unexpected places thanks to the evocative images the show brought to mind. Roger's aim is to move us, and he certainly accomplishes that. A+++++
Great stage show, but sounded average
Not sure what the expectation of great sound is for other reviewers but the show I experienced was excellent with sound coming from all parts of the stage and the arena. The video was flawless and just so impressive in both scale and creativity. The whole thing was so emotive. So happy to have witnessed a rock legend's best work.
Definetly seen better shows, the stage was fantastic no doubt and the sound was good but his voice was terrible, Im positive a lot of it was lip sync also. It was just so contrived and what is it with the political crap. All seemed a bit Holywood
I think you are confusing loudness with quality, it wasn't overly ear drum busting loud, it was at a very good volume, all frequencies came out through nice, clean with a lot of body, from the orquestral sounds to the band, it was a great sound, no phase issues, not one feedback issue, not to mention the multichannel effects with the rear LCR clusters,;I assume you know absolutely nothing of sound.
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