Set 1: 1. In The Flesh 2.
The Happiest Days Of Our
Lives 3. Another Brick In The Wall
(Part 2) 4. Mother 5. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert 6.
Southampton Dock 7. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) 8. Dogs 9.
Welcome To The Machine 10. Wish You Were Here 11. Shine On
You Crazy Diamond Set 2: 1. Set The Controls For The
Heart Of The Sun 2. Speak To Me 3. Breathe 4. Time (Breathe
Reprise) 5. Money 6. Every Stranger's Eyes 7. Perfect Sense
(Parts 1 & 2) 8. The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range 9.
It's A Miracle 10. Amused To Death 11. Brain Damage 12.
Eclipse 13. Comfortably Numb Encore: 14. Each Small Candle
Review Since there have been so many
reviews of Roger Waters concerts from both this summer and
last, I will simply present some highlights of the show.
Because this concert was outdoors,
the lighting and overall atmosphere wasn't as effective as
the indoor concert I witnessed last summer in Columbus.
However, the music was a little better this time around with
a few new additions to the lineup as well as some fine
tuning on a few of the songs. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
was revamped from the original album version. After the
lengthy guitar solo, the chorus came back in with the song
ending on it. Pretty catchy. One song from The Final Cut I never
would have dreamed Roger would have played was Get Your
Filthy Hands Off My Desert because it is really the only one
I don't care for on that album. It sounded pretty good
though! Roger sang the line, "Maggie, what have we done"
right before going to Southampton Dock. After the Final Cut
tunes, I was really yearning for more from that album, such
as The Gunner's Dream or the title track itself. No such
luck, though. Again, Welcome To The Machine was
one of the best songs played. The Q-Sound was especially
evident here, as you could hear the beginning keyboard
effects from behind you. The best addition to this song is
the incorporated drum track, giving the song newfound energy
and life. Wish You Were Here was good as
well. Similar to how Roger finished Another Brick In The
Wall (Part 2), he changed the end of this song in similar
fashion, bringing the chorus back in one last time.
Ironically enough, upon strumming the last chord, Roger
yearned "And how I wish they were here." Note the word
"they" and not "you" or "he". I took that as an
unexpected,but positive hint. Shine On You Crazy Diamond sounded
excellent. What was cool is how they mixed the many parts of
the song together. Parts I-IV went according to plan, then
they went into parts V-VII and finished a little differently
than on the album. Well done. The beginning of Time was one of
the highlights of the evening. During the beginning of the
song, drummer Graham Broad fired off a rapid percussion
chain that improved upon the original. He got a deserving
round of applause for his playing. During the middle of Money, Andy
Fairweather-Low, who had been in the background most of the
evening, suddenly thrust into the spotlight and aggressively
strummed some catchy chords without a guitar pick. It really
got the crowd going… Money also ended different
than on the album version - again catchy. Perhaps the most magical moment of
the night was during Perfect Sense. When Roger repeated the
phrase "It all makes perfect sense" for the 2nd time
through, the whole crowd was singing and gesturing along
with him while flooded in white light. One of those images
that sticks out in my mind. I was impressed with The Bravery Of
Being Out Of Range, which I had never heard previously, but
sounded pretty good. The recent speculation about the
lyrics from Amused To Death being in reference to the
current Floyd was (possibly) voided when the stage backdrop
presented several images of what appeared to be the Vietnam
War Memorial. At the end of the song, the backdrop showed a
headstone for William Hubbard, mentioning a London military
group at the bottom. After Eclipse, Roger thanked the
crowd for coming out and mentioned that he felt a special
connection with the audience. Then they proceeded to play
Comfortably Numb, which sounded great. The dual guitar solos
at the end were cool, but not quite as catchy as Gilmour's
original one. Upon the end of Comfortably Numb,
the performers gathered on stage and bowed a few times. They
left the stage, and then came back about five minutes later
for the encore of Each Small Candle. Having heard much about
this song but never actually hearing it, I imagined it being
pretty soft and slow. I must say it was harder-sounding than
I would have imagined, but a very catchy and a great song
with a great message. When I got home, I downloaded the
original version from the last 1999 concert, and concluded
that the current version has been revamped and sounds much
better. It was an excellent concert and I'm
grateful Roger stopped back in Ohio. Can't wait for the live
album.
Dogs
Set 2 opened up with Set The Controls For The Heart Of The
Sun, which I had never heard before, but was impressed. It
had a real Egyptian/Western sound to it, but was very cool,
and was a good opening song to open Set 2 with.
In The Flesh
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