The Wall - a must-see concert.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Jafo | Discussion: Everything Else
Melbourne, Tuesday night....Rod Laver Arena.....
Whole bunch of 50-somethings in the audience....packed house..... Roger Waters at his brilliant best.
The 'light show' alone was worth it.
Stick it on your 'bucket list'....
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Reply #5 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:16 AM
My dad (who is in his 50's) and I saw him in concert a few years ago as well. Love Pink Floyd. The Wall was my nursery rhyme.
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 12:31 PM
You jammy sod, Jafo! I look like a freakin She-Hulk I'm so green with envy, lol. I'd love to have seen this. 
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 12:48 PM
Been there done that got the tee shirt and a back stage pass! 
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:43 PM
I side with Starcandy ..... closest I got was the original on VHS. 
Reply #10 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:49 PM
I have a chance to see it come May. Maybe I should take the shot.
Reply #12 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 3:00 PM
Have my tickets (for May) already. My vanity plate for many years was 'CNUMB'. Two Floyd notches in my concert belt so far, 2 solo Waters.
Reply #13 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 4:08 PM
Never seen Waters on his own but 3 Floyd concerts. 1 when they were all together and 2 without waters. All were the best concerts eva.
Reply #15 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7:21 PM
myfist0 ...yes, I've seen 'them' every time they've been to Australia, singly or together....except the very first time in the 70's [I think it was.....didn't have the money].
2 Tickets to the Wall cost me $458.20 AUD ....that'll be about 480-90 USD these days..... but worth every penny.
As for 'every time'....even saw Nick Mason in Adelaide one year....at the Grand Prix....he's a 'petrol head'.....[almost as much as Jay Leno]...
Reply #16 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7:24 PM
What really 'bugged me' was the last time the toured 'together' they turned up 'out of the blue' in a pub in Carlton [Melbourne] and played to about 200 STUNNED people.
Reply #17 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7:37 PM
Haha. The Stones did that in a small blues bar in Toronto.
I think it was their 45th reunion tour 
aww, not enough money to see them play money 
"Get a good job with more pay
and you're OK"
Reply #18 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 9:46 PM
Little River Band did the same thing in Scottsdale one year - small place with room for about 150. Blew us away. Saw them again a few years later at a small theater when they'd gone all Vegas lounge act - really weird.
Reply #19 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:25 AM
I was on this concert last April in Prague. It was very nice experience indeed. Although shortly after that, i was not very pleased, i thought the sound was bit shit, it was inside the hockey arena. But now, with a bit of retrospect, i have only good memories on it, it was truly a once-in a lifetime experience.
This summer i am going to Brucie Springsteen, to Prague again. I suppose the PinkFloyd music is more my cup of a tea, but i am sure, i am going to like this as well. Especially, if he is going to sing this:
Reply #20 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:39 AM
Quoting myfist0, reply 13Never seen Waters on his own but 3 Floyd concerts. 1 when they were all together and 2 without waters. All were the best concerts eva.
myfist0 ...yes, I've seen 'them' every time they've been to Australia, singly or together....except the very first time in the 70's [I think it was.....didn't have the money].
2 Tickets to the Wall cost me $458.20 AUD ....that'll be about 480-90 USD these days..... but worth every penny.
As for 'every time'....even saw Nick Mason in Adelaide one year....at the Grand Prix....he's a 'petrol head'.....[almost as much as Jay Leno]...
Wut? I paid 70 EUROs i think, for one "standing" ticket down on the floor (not sitting in the stands). It was that concert, where the german plane hits the wall in the beginning and then they rebuild it slowly. projecting various things on the wall, like faces of the people, who died in Iraq?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:41 AM
Can't believe it was 5 years ago I saw him last....
This makes the 3rd tour [solo] I got to after Floyd all those years ago [at that one I was about 4 rows back...with Gilmour right there in front of me.
This time it was just behind and to the left of the 'Mixer'.....you NEEDED to be back far enough just to see it all....