Anyone going to see Roger Waters tonight at the Hollywood bowl?

[craigster59]

The Wife and I will be there, section U1. Just look for the smoke cloud that smells like burning rope (j/k). We were going to pick up some wine and food and eat in the parking lot. Hope to see you there.

[ErVikingo]

Get ready for an awesome show. I saw it in West Palm Beach on May 19th. Great show, politically charged as expected though.....

[BeyGon]

We are going to see that show at Verison in Irvine Friday night. Tell us how great it was tomorrow.

[legion]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
I think that Gilmour is a much better overall musician. He *really* carried that show back then - it was amazing! Roger Waters was good, but it's more like he's the creative genius behind the songs - not necessarily the best performer.

That's always been my thought. If you listen to Gilmour speak, he sounds like he's 16. His voice hasn't aged as much as he has.

Don't ever bother with a Rick Wright concert...

[craigster59]

Great "performance" concert, a lot of visual stimulation. Really good musicians, the guy with the Tele that plays Gilmour's parts is note for note. Being up in the "nosebleed' section, it was funny to look down on all the cell phone screens taking pics/video. Todays version of the lighters I guess.

I haven't smelled that much weed at a concert in a long time.

[craigster59]

Couple of shots of the "Hog"

[the]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Good concert, although I did see David Gilmour around 1995 or so, and I think that Gilmour is a much better overall musician. He *really* carried that show back then - it was amazing! Roger Waters was good, but it's more like he's the creative genius behind the songs - not necessarily the best performer.

+1.

I've seen Gilmour/"Pink Floyd" and Waters separately (never got to see the full Floyd perform, that would have been awesome), and I agree.

Gilmour was great, a better musician and better vocals. It was a a great show. Waters' show - ehh, was ok.

I'm not sure why PF broke up, but I assume it was for the standard "creative differences," which in this case, would be hilarious, since all Gilmour and Waters do now is basically play the same old (but great) PF songs, and put on basically the same show in every aspect.

[daepp]

Waters became too political somewhere along the way - at least for me. Loved all their albums, but the political stuff - eh.

I have always wanted to ask RW a question: Did he really blame the "Crown" or the government for the loss of his father in WWII? Was this a reaction he had as a child, or one he shared into adulthood? And I wonder what the senior Mr. Waters would think of his son blaming the Empire when he went off to defend England during what many consider to be their finest hour.

IMHO of course. Just give me some Gilmour solos and I''ll be happy.

[daepp]

On another note, if you're a car guy and if you've never seen Gilmour's documentary of the modern La Carrera Panamericana, you are really missing out. Gilmour instrumentals over both modern and period film of the great race.

[legion]

Originally posted by daepp
Waters became too political somewhere along the way - at least for me. Loved all their albums, but the political stuff - eh.

+1

Funny thing is I have an interview on CD from them in the late 1960s (shortly after the departure of Syd Barrett). The interviewer asks them what they think of the Vietnam War. Waters jumps all over the interviewer. He basically calls him an idiot for asking the question and goes on to state that the opinions of rock musicians shouldn't really matter. I guess he changed his mind at some point.

[typ550]

Originally posted by daepp
On another note, if you're a car guy and if you've never seen Gilmour's documentary of the modern La Carrera Panamericana, you are really missing out. Gilmour instrumentals over both modern and period film of the great race.

Hey, I know that documentary (and one of the cars)

[daepp]

Ok - I know I'm showing my ignorance here, but what car is that? Did it run in one of the Carreras?

[Superman]

Waters can't carry Gilmour's sandals. I like them both very much, but Gilmour can't be copied or imitated. He's one of those guitar players whose phrasing is so unique that, without looking, you'd know who it is after just a few notes.

[Scott R]

Have seen now:

Learning to fly tour
Division Bell
Pulse
Roger Waters
Gilmour On an Island

Gilmour doing Comfortably Numb on the Pulse tour was a defining moment in my life. At that very point in time I realized who the better musician was between Waters and Gilmour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeiz5wENoio

[legion]

Originally posted by Superman
Waters can't carry Gilmour's sandals. I like them both very much, but Gilmour can't be copied or imitated. He's one of those guitar players whose phrasing is so unique that, without looking, you'd know who it is after just a few notes.

Supe, I will ask you to refrain from posting things that I might be inclined to agree with in the future.

[nostatic]

Originally posted by Scott R


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeiz5wENoio

Another "gut" guitar player who I still think is totally underrated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5a26Qy31A

[911teo]

Pink Floyd split after "The final cut". As said above DG was not happy with the political focus of the album that exacerbated the concepts touched in "The Wall".

I used to love RW but his first solo album (I think it was "Radio Waves" ) was such a disappointment that I never listened to him again.

Pink Floyd kept on going and even though I like the acoustic effect in their songs I believe they lost their "anger" with the depart of RW.

I went to see them twice when in Italy (Milan and Venice) and although the show was spectacular I could not accept the fact that they were all middle aged men with a beer belly that could be my fathers...

So I know listen to Ummagumma, The piper at the gates of dawn, A saucerful fo secrets, Meddle and Atom Heart Mother...

[typ550]

Originally posted by daepp
Ok - I know I'm showing my ignorance here, but what car is that? Did it run in one of the Carreras?

It's one of the two Jags that PF ran in the '91 Carrera and was in the documentary you were talking about. Gilmour/O'Rourke crashed their car and the Nick Mason car survived.

[daepp]

I just can't see the Jag in that car. Just my own ignorance.

[typ550]

Originally posted by daepp
I just can't see the Jag in that car. Just my own ignorance.

C-type, 1951