Roger Waters walked out under the biggest, brightest screen
I've seen at a show. This screen was one
of many reasons he was successful.
Unlike Explosions In The Sky, his epic mood tracks kept your attention.
--- Thank God for CS's welcoming, knowledgeable dad. Verizon Center cold shoulder...meet...WARMTH.
:)
--- Awww at CS’s happiness when “Breathe” arrives. More jubilant recognition: “It's Time; it's
Time; it's Time.” Overlaying a visual of
live drumming with twisting clocks is so cool!!
--- “30,000 like minded people” have power.
--- Stunning “Great Gig in the Sky” vocal -- I had no clue
it was two women!!
--- “Welcome to the Machine” off Wish You Were Here. Hahahaha
at the cultists -- flashbacks to Trailer Satan...
--- CS’s dad asks if Hark is coming. “Time to go get a drink. You want anything?” Awwwww.
Politely declined, but he's the best.
--- “Picture That”: a short, subtle instrumental with no
political message...
--- “Wish You Were Here” includes the second best visual of
the night: two hands getting closer and closer before deteriorating.
--- CS wooo’s again with “Another Brick in the Wall.” CS’s dad: “They look awfully happy for
Guantanamo prisoners.” Love the use of
kid volunteers and opening their jumpsuits to reveal Resist shirts!!
--- Awesome, memory-sustaining intermission: REDEMPTION
INTERMISSION!!! Got to speak to AR's mom
for the first time ever! We agreed that it was good that he finally got a Rock-related
shirt. AR listened intently to my album
report and jumped in to point out that “Apples and Oranges” is a Pink Floyd
song. He also taught me something I'd
somehow never known: Setlist.Fm updates setlists during shows!! JS!!!
He answered my questions with genuine animation, saying he really wanted
to hear “Dogs” and “Pigs.” We both wanted to hear “Brain Damage” and “The
Trial”!
--- Ginormous building with smokestacks rises through the
center of the Verizon Center.
--- Killer smoky guitar solo during “Dogs.” CS's dad was
spot-on in telling me to wait for it.
Love his mid-song analysis: who does that?! :)
Omg, at the Testicular Trump pics?! The irony of the presentation is the crass,
one-note approach feels like something the subject of the song would do. “Money” continues the onslaught.
--- Nice sax solo sneaks in during “Us And Them.”
--- Lesson I wish Waters learned: The best way to deal with
a boor is to rise above him, not become him.
--- “Brain Damage”/“Eclipse”!!!! Such a satisfying change in
tone. JS got his song. Love the slow, circular crawl of the moon and
the steady rise of each band in the psychedelic pyramid. Best visual I've seen at a concert.
--- “So this is what it's like to be in Washington DC.” HA. JS
gets up. Heh, CS does the Resist arm
cross.
--- Um, the lead guitarist looks like Constantine Maroulis.
--- Another welcome change of pace after the political
onslaught: the light, lilting "Vera."
Whoa at the high note the woman hits at the end.
--- Hahahah at CS's dad: “Just wait. The next one is where everyone's gonna lose
it.” It's ironic given the next song’s
title and vibe: “Comfortably Numb.” Cool
callback to the deteriorating hands of “Wish You Were Here.” The hands gradually reanimate and clasp
together!!! Perfect ending.
Grade: A-
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