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A
warm calm night with a mysterious air, it could not
have been better background to receive the almost
mythical Roger Waters, who stood with his black
bass, like a arquetipycal image for the times past.
And it turned out to be almost paradoxical the
English musician's performance, because in spite of
being considered a pessimistic and even
existentialist, their show overflowed with magic,
happiness that overwhelmed the senses. We are not
able to more than to say that it was an
overwhelming, blinding concert, with a perfect
quadraphonic sound, a band that demonstrated it
belongs on the first level and it continued, full
with emotion, the three hours that the concert
lasted.
At about 8.05pm the lights of Estadio Nacional
went out and Waters appeared immediately on a kind
of platform, amid an ovation of the crowd, and
after an explosion, he open the show with the track
from the album The Wall", ' In The Flesh? '.
Behind, on an immense screen, the audience was able
to watch the animations of classic imagery of the
movie like the march of the hammers, the diverse
characters and to Waters, followed by the whole
crowd, making the typical sign with the crossed
arms. What a beginning! Without losing one second,
the bassist along with his band , continued with
The happiest Days Of Our Lives/Another Brick In The
Wall Part 2", without a doubt one of the well known
songs of the whole career of Pink Floyd where the
audience became a choir of 65 thousand voices
singing: "We don't need no education, we don't need
no thought control". Afetr thunderous applause,
Waters took his acoustic guitar and it began with
the riff of the unforgettable topic off The Wall",
' Mother'. On the screen behind there appeared the
image that represents its mother in the movie,
giving a total coherence among the visual elements
and the music that he/she was interpreting.
The following set was for the brilliant and sad
songs from the album Final The Cut",'get your
filthy hans off my desert' and ' Southampton Dock',
to then open the way to something that until a
while ago would have been unexpected for the
fanatics. Waters took his guitar and began with the
track that opens the album " Animals ", ' Pigs On
The Wings, Part 1 ' and later, the same as the
original disk, it continued with the extensive song
of more than 15 minutes of musical delight, ' Dogs'
where the typical recordings of the factory and the
pig could be appreciated flying in the air on the
screen . Already in this part of the show, the band
composed by the guitarists Snowy White, Andy
Fairweather low and Chester Kamen, the keyboardist
Harry Waters (the master's son) and Andrew Wallace,
the singer soloist Kathleen Kisson and the
choristers Patricia Arnold Morris and Linda
Fredericks and the drummer Graham Broad, showed off
of its quality in the extensive instrumental parts
of this composition.
The last songs played before the intermission
were dedicated entirely to the memory of the
primary genius of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, through
four songs of the album of 1975, Wish You Were
Here". it was then when the keyboard began with the
atmosphere of Shine On Your Crazy Diamond pts 1-5
and a picture of Barrett that little by little was
coming closer, until becoming a formless mass, on
the screen of the bottom. Without a doubt this song
marked one of the highest points in the show, when
rapt people sang along the chorus with to Waters
and his band. A spotless interpretation, with a
clear and sure sound and where the saxophonist
Norbert Stachel appeared for the first time, who
was the one in charge of closing the extensive
song. Then, came one of the great songs of Pink
Floyd, ' Welcome To The Machine', the one that
produced a total enjoyment for the assisting
fanatics that for the first time -and maybe the
last one -, they could see and to listen to this
beloved classic of the career of Pink Floyd. The
set continued with the popular Wish You Were Here"
that the public sang together with Waters, to
conclude this first part of the show, with the
impressive surprise that was to listen ' Shine On
Your Crazy Diamond pts 6-9 '. suddenly, as a gift
from the sky, a fleeting star crossed for the whole
stadium. The spirit of Barrett showed through the
nature, while its picture went going away and
enlarging more and more in the screen of the
bottom. With a thank you, thank you", Waters
explained that they would take 20 minutes of rest
to continue with the second part of the enormous
concert. 
At about 10.40pm the band appeared again on
stage to begin with the rejuvenated version from
the classic " A Saucerful Of Secrets" (1968), ' Set
The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun', the one
that without a doubt was a luxury for the most
educated fanatics in the trajectory of the band.
The recital continued with one set of several songs
from the album of 1973, The Dark Side Of The Moon",
starting with the beautiful ' Breathe', continuing
with the powerfull ' Time/Breathe Reprise', to
finish with the excellent version of ' Money'. All
these songs were received with an enthusiasm
without limits by the audience that sangat the top
of their lungs the songs mentioned previously.
Full of emotion, Waters began with 5:06 A.M
followed by an extracted repertoire of his
excellent album of 1992, Amused To Death" where he
played not so well known compositions for the
public in general, such as ' Perfect Sense', ' It's
a Miracle' and ' Amused To Death', among others. In
this part, the giant screen of the bottom showed to
the monkey that this seeing confused television and
that he/she cannot understand the man and what
happens him, this way creating the perfect
combination among music, image and the concept that
he wants to deliver.
It is also worth mentioning that during the
whole show were used sounds, voices and musical
parts recorded to create the total atmosphere that
each song required.
After this part that audience listened with
respect and interest, Waters surprised with the
interpretation of two of the most paradigmatics
song in the history of Pink Floyd. ' Brain Damage'
and ' Eclipse' were really an unpayable gift for
all the people that had the luck to be in this
concert. This way, Waters said goodbye making a
reference next to its musicians. Then after some
minutes wait and incessant din on the part of the
fans that wanted more, to return to the stage to
play ' Comfortably Numb', without a doubt a
crowning glory and another of the unmissable songs
that was expected with longings to listen. To
conclude, Waters interpreted the song ' Each Small
Candle' where was projected the beautiful lyrics in
immense letters on the screen so that the whole
audience could read them. That was the end of a
really impressive show and an opportunity that we
will never have more it almost for sure.
Written by Hector Aravena
and translated by Gonzalez. The original review (In
Spanish) with addition pics can be seen
HERE
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