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Irish Independent

July 1, 2006 Saturday

ACC-NO: A200607014F-1189E-GNW

LENGTH: 306 words

HEADLINE: FLOYD MAN IN TOP FORM AND MORE THAN JUST A BRICK IN WALL

BODY:
FEW would deny that Live at the Marquee has been a great addition to Cork's musical calendar. But until now, it   has been lacking in truly memorable nights. No disrespect to messrs Dylan, Garfunkel and Gray, but none grabbed their  audience by the short and curlies like Roger Waters. 
The Pink Floyd legend's performance will go down as one of this year's most memorable shows, and not just  for the sheer indulgence and grandeur of it all.
But all didn't go quite to plan. Amid a thrilling finish to 'It All Makes Perfect Sense', the sound  suddenly dropped out of the venue. A sound desk was to blame, and Waters was forced to take his 10-piece band offstage  for 20 minutes while the problem was fixed. Not that the 5,000-strong crowd minded one bit.
A party atmosphere took hold, for the first time during the Marquee series, and the difference between  'gig' and 'concert' was felt. This was as much down to Waters as it was the epic nature of the tunes  he churned out with aplomb.
Mastermind
Despite being considered the group's conceptual mastermind, he is often painted as the bad guy in the Floyd  break-up - the lawsuit he took against his bandmates can't have helped. But tonight he showed he's not a  depressing git after all, seeming at ease as he dominated the stage.
An eclectic sprinkling of Floyd hits adorned the first part of a two-hour marathon, but it was the second half  everyone was waiting for.
All nine songs from 'Dark Side of the Moon', the band's opus and every Floyd fan's fantasy, were   belted out with intensity, with original drummer Nick Mason joining in.
The singalong that accompanied 'Another Brick in the Wall Part Two' - the highlight of an encore that also   featured 'Comfortably Numb' - probably carried up the banks of the Lee and into town.
Kanye West has a hard act to follow.
ALAN GOOD