The Wall Manchester
| Data: 16 September 2013 Miejsce: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England |
CD 1 1. Pre-show Spartacus! 2. In The Flesh? 3. The Thin Ice 4. Another Brick In The Wall Part 1 5. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 6. Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 7. The Ballad Of Jean Charles de Menezes 8. Roger Speaks 9. Mother 10. Goodbye Blue Sky 11. Empty Spaces 12. What Shall We Do Now? 13. Young Lust 14. One Of My Turns 15. Don't Leave Me Now 16. Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 17. The Last Few Bricks 18. Goodbye Cruel World CD 2 1. Hey You 2. Is There Anybody Out There? 3. Nobody Home 4. Vera 5. Bring The Boys Back Home 6. Comfortably Numb 7. The Show Must Go On 8. In The Flesh 9. Run Like Hell 10. Waiting For The Worms 11. Stop 12. The Trial 13. Outside The Wall 14. Band Intros And Outro |
When "Pink Floyd" released The Wall (34 years ago...?!!)
I wasn't much more than a boy. Whilst Floyd weren't renowned for churning out happy-go-lucky pop songs, this album felt especially
dark and cynical, an extention of Roger's then-disturbed ego. For me, it also
spelled
(with due respect to Syd-era fans) the end of the "classic"
line-up.
I skipped a couple of school exams to catch the show at Earls Court. Whilst
mightily impressive, seeing the show didn't totally eliminate the darkness I'd always associated with the work.
Success over time is often largely down to how well
(or otherwise) something adapts over the interim period. A year or so ago I got
the chance
to revisit the show when Roger last brought it to Manchester. Wow. An utterly
amazing excitement of the senses. Roger's modern day adaptation made what I'd seen all those years ago look like the
set from a 70's episode of BBC's Dr Who. Whilst none of the "personal to Roger"
side of things had been lost, it had been adapted in such a
way that it was so much more relevant to the issues today's world than was ever
the case at inception. It was both thought provoking and mind
blowing, underpinned by a fabulous sound track.
Seeing Roger's modern-day rework the second time
around was no less awe inspiring. Although I knew exactly what to expect, I
still left the
arena totally blown away. Everything about this production is World Class, the
sound, the lights, the props, the special effects, and not least the presentation and musicianship. It's huge. It's
awesome. There's nothing like it.
This time I sat out the interval and took in the
array of interesting (and largely) World music that was the sound track to the
varied stories
of those lost as a consequence of war. Brief biographies (with photo) were
projected onto the now completed Wall throughout the set-break. Really quite moving, and whilst their "fallings" were very
varied (in terms of time and circumstance) I concluded that there was a common
denominator running throughout of "wrong".
Manchester Arena's a "typical" large, multi-purpose arena.
Ordinarily, with an end stage the seated capacity is
between 13,500 and 15,800.
Given all the seating space required to house the
equipment and "NASA-level" sound and lighting technology I'd be surprised if
more than 12,000 could have been squeezed in. In any event, it appeared full.
Recorded By Lesterferget
13 rows back, just left of centre on the floor.
A Rockin’ Regimental Recording
Do what you will with it - except sell it: You got it for nowt, you give it for nowt
Whether or not Roger takes this show out on the road
again remains to be seen. If he does, I and countless others will be there.
Should that happen,
and if you haven't yet experienced it, be sure not to pass up on the opportunity
to experience this marvelous spectacle.
Dodano: 5.10.2017
