Review of Roger Waters & "The Wall" in Chicago

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It is a nice review ... I do think that it tends to make too much of the size thing to try and intimidate the audience as much as any other event can ... or as loud, for that matter, as some rock bands are!

In essence this is the "rock opera" ... and the one thing that the Metropolitan is not courageous enough to do ... Tommy can be done also ... and achieve similar results, the problem being that it is too expensive to do it right ... and many of these are still stuck on theater, and not using film enough ... although the theatrical event itself is often more influential and important than the event itself.

I'm glad to see it being responded to so well ... and hopefully it will bring others to the mix and allow others to stage something nice ... the main problem being, that like so many in this board, that in general they are afraid of long cuts and have a tendency to call it "filler" or just a "jam" to fill in the dead space ... and one rarely says that about a Mozart composition, or Beethoven or Mozart ... which also have "fillers" ... and one has not even mentioned the closest thing to these ... real opera, which is full of "filler" for transitions, and the best ones that are known is because these transitions are so smooth that you rarely think of anything else but the story continuing and advancing.

I saw the original show in LA and also the original premiere of the movie in SF in Quadraphonic sound and more ... I'm not sure I feel the need to see this again, as I am sure that it will show up on DVD after all the shows. But it is one of those things that you don't have a chance to see in your life ... and when it comes around, you have to take a shot at it. And the music business does not have too many of those around ... many pretenders, most of which have no depth whatsoever ... and you already know that YES is not going to do Topographic Oceans ever again because too many fans want the singles, not the pieces that made them so special!

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moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 17531	Posted: September 21 2010 at 15:09
	Hi, It is a nice review ... I do think that it tends to make too much of the size thing to try and intimidate the audience as much as any other event can ... or as loud, for that matter, as some rock bands are! In essence this is the "rock opera" ... and the one thing that the Metropolitan is not courageous enough to do ... Tommy can be done also ... and achieve similar results, the problem being that it is too expensive to do it right ... and many of these are still stuck on theater, and not using film enough ... although the theatrical event itself is often more influential and important than the event itself. I'm glad to see it being responded to so well ... and hopefully it will bring others to the mix and allow others to stage something nice ... the main problem being, that like so many in this board, that in general they are afraid of long cuts and have a tendency to call it "filler" or just a "jam" to fill in the dead space ... and one rarely says that about a Mozart composition, or Beethoven or Mozart ... which also have "fillers" ... and one has not even mentioned the closest thing to these ... real opera, which is full of "filler" for transitions, and the best ones that are known is because these transitions are so smooth that you rarely think of anything else but the story continuing and advancing. I saw the original show in LA and also the original premiere of the movie in SF in Quadraphonic sound and more ... I'm not sure I feel the need to see this again, as I am sure that it will show up on DVD after all the shows. But it is one of those things that you don't have a chance to see in your life ... and when it comes around, you have to take a shot at it. And the music business does not have too many of those around ... many pretenders, most of which have no depth whatsoever ... and you already know that YES is not going to do Topographic Oceans ever again because too many fans want the singles, not the pieces that made them so special!
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cstack3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7275	Posted: September 21 2010 at 11:43
	Damn, here's the link!! http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/09/concert-review-roger-waters-performs-the-wall-at-united-center.html

cstack3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7275	Posted: September 21 2010 at 11:43
	http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/09/concert-review-roger-waters-performs-the-wall-at-united-center.html Sorry I missed it, but I was in Shanghai and Hong Kong! Waters is one of the most intense rockers to ever hit the stage, glad he still carries the flame.