Roger Waters Touring the Wall Full Production

[Tim in Chapel Hill]

So, rumor has it (comming from reports from agent), is that Roger Waters will be doing a full live production of The Wall live (ala the short lived Wall tour with the wall constructed during the show and the inflatad school teacher, etc).  Wondering what everyone thought?  I said to myself, after the 06 Live Aid reunion of the band, that if Floyd ever did a full reunion tour that I would camp out like a Phish hippie for two weeks if necessary to get tickets to that show.  Well, Im a little wiser now realizing that hell will never freeze over and Floyd will never tour again (not including the fact that Richard Wright is dead).  But, I think this show would be the closest thing that I could realistically hope for.  Im excited.

[Absinthe]

If they don't get David Gilmour involved, it isn't TRULY The Wall.

[Joe in EastVan]

I'll go see Floyd when pigs fly.

[Mike in Crakron]

I'll go see Floyd when pigs fly.

 

[eric in houston]

im too young to have seen pink floyd when they were together  . would rather see gilmour but he hardly tours, ill take what i can get.

[Learjet89]

If they don't get David Gilmour involved, it isn't TRULY The Wall.

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[Joe in EastVan]

I've seen Roger Waters on the Amused to Death Tour (Which actually happened about 10 yrs after the album was released. Go figure). It was f*cking AWESOME! However, this is 30 yrs after The Wall. That album doesn't hold up as well as Wish You Were Here, Dark Side, Meddle, or even Animals. Even Gilmour said in a VH1 Legends broadcast "It's got no soul". I agree, this is a bullshit self indulgence. I would pay 2010 concert ticket prices to see a Waters show. I'm not as enthusiastic about seeing this bloated production that'll include a handful of great songs and a lot of shitty ones.

Animals was the first Floyd album I bought. Very weird album. I played it to death back when but havent listened to it for years until recently. Sheep was always my favorite off that album and it still sounds awesome today. But I'm not sure if the album as a whole is aging very well.

[Jeremy in Richmond]

I've seen Roger Waters on the Amused to Death Tour (Which actually happened about 10 yrs after the album was released. Go figure). It was f*cking AWESOME! However, this is 30 yrs after The Wall. That album doesn't hold up as well as Wish You Were Here, Dark Side, Meddle, or even Animals. Even Gilmour said in a VH1 Legends broadcast "It's got no soul". I agree, this is a bullshit self indulgence. I would pay 2010 concert ticket prices to see a Waters show. I'm not as enthusiastic about seeing this bloated production that'll include a handful of great songs and a lot of shitty ones.

I never knew he toured to support that album.

[Cotto]

There is a DVD of that In The Flesh tour. It's not bad and of course a DVD isn't quite the experience of actually being there. I just cringe every time I watch that hack attempting Gilmour's stuff. I guess I'm just biased.

I agree with KN ob Meddle - The Wall because they were a band, not puppets. The biggest crime of self indulgence is The Final Cut. I am of the opinion that Waters wanted to make another bloated ego double album seeing as Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking followed and that album has the same feel as Final Cut.

[Tim in Chapel Hill]

I am in no way considering this as good as a full Floyd reunion nor am I under the delusion that this isnt something other than Roger Waters stroking his own ego.  I know that the first person who would congratulate Roger Waters for his accomplishments would be Roger Waters.  The Final Cut was a Roger Waters solo album performed by Pink Floyd (which is in fact included in the Liner Notes of the album itself).  I have always held lyrics in a slightly higher regard than the music itself (Hell, I love Bob Dylan and I never played an instrument in my entire life) so I take the Wall as a great accomplishment of a concept album.  I also know it is entirely self indulgent of Roger Waters bitching about his father dying and that it basically was the mark in which Waters broke himself away from the band.  But I know that Floyd will never come together (Waters/Gimour hate each and oh, yea, Richard Wright is dead) so I think this is the closest I could come to the experience of a Floyd show of the late 70s.  There is a lot of hate for Waters in this thread, which is definately warrented, but I have less hatred and am looking forward to the possbility of seeing The Wall performed in its entirety by the man who pretty much wrote it. 

[Learjet89]

Here's my question: is this going to be a logistical (and financial) nightmare like the original Wall tour was?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Tour

[Tim in Chapel Hill]

There was a short interview with Waters in Rolling Stone, which is where I learned of it, and basically said that the cost structure for this is significantly less than it was back in 1980. 

[Jeff in the Desert]

And the main reason that they will never get together is because the rest of the band can't stand Waters.

However since the Wall was his album that he made on his own, he will play it into the ground.

[Cotto]

It was actually quite funny when they all reunited for that Live8 or whatever the hell it was. Waters going to the mic saying how great it was to be on stage with these guys again. Didn't hear that from Gilmour or Mason. He needs them way more than they need him and Waters will die a bitter man for all of the bridges he's burned.

[Cotto]

I meant bitter in the sense that they will never reunite and I have a feeling that Waters of all would actually embrace the idea. I know he will die with the most cash. But point taken KN.