DVD : Roger Waters - The Wall (Live in Berlin)
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044003843899
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Live, NTSC
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 8137
Studio: Island / Mercury
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
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The Wall (Live in Berlin) seemed uninspired and gimmicky in 1990 but looks and sounds terrifically compelling on DVD, thanks to its vivid image quality and greatly improved audio mixes. The freshly mineswept Potsdamer platz--a once-thriving plaza destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943--proved the perfect place to mark the opening of the Berlin Wall with an all-star production of Pink Floyd's magnum opus: a Wall for a wall. An unlikely assemblage of musicians augments Roger Waters's impressive house band (led by guitarist Rick DiFonzo and organ wizard Nick Glennie-Smith), with everyone from the Scorpions to Joni Mitchell to the Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army getting in on the rock-opera action. Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, James Galway, Thomas Dolby, and Albert Finney all turn in tasty cameos, while Sinead O'Connor looks unaccountably aloof in "Mother." The documentary is thorough and juicy, and producer Tony Hollingsworth offers an above-par essay in the booklet. --Michael Mikesell
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Great DVD. It doesn't matter if you prefer the original line up of Pink Floyd when they originally recorded The Wall. This mega show, starred by Roger Waters, and a select list of guests like Scorpions, Cindy Lauper, Bryan Adams, Sinead O'Connor, will really take you to another dimension.
Waters had to gather a lot of excelent artists in order to suply the absense of Gilmour, Wright and Mason... and he did it right. I particularly love the instrumental and vocal performance of the Scorpions in songs like "In The Flesh", "Waiting For The Worms" and the final part of "The Trial". Cindy Lauper's excentricity adds a lot of color to "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" and her vocal performance fits into that song perfectly. A very original, different and great interpretation is "Mother" in the delicate (and sometimes angry) voice of Sinead O'Connor.
The quality of the video is great and you'll be able to see a very colorful, bright and elaborated stage where a spectacular parade of various characters takes place.
There's a song at the end of the show, right after "The Trial" ("The Tide Is Turning") that replaces "Outside The Wall" in the original studio version, where all the artists sing together, which is always something nice to see (you know, because of the sensation of unity it transmit to the audience) even if you don't like the song itself (which is my case).
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Roger Waters - The Wall (Live in Berlin)
This was incredible. I must admit that the one thing I truly regret in my life is the one thing I had no control over... I was born in 1987. I regret it because I missed some of the most incredible times in music history: The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Woodstock '69, Led Zeppelin, ELP, Pink Floyd, etc...
And, of course, this. I was 3 years old, here, and the only music I knew were the lullabies my Dad would sing to me before I went to sleep at night.
I wish I had seen this amazing show live, but I had to settle for the DVD.
Now, I have about five different video sources of Pink Floyd's The Wall Live, as well as tons of audio recordings (including the studio album and Is There Anybody Out There). With the exception of Van Morrison's performance on "Comfortably Numb," this is my favorite version of the show.
Now, something I'd like to address:
I noticed that, on here and on YouTube comments, a lot of people feel that this was "over-acted," "over-produced," etc. I think what you all don't get is that The Wall is NOT a concert. It is NOT something you simply perform with a band on stage. This is a spectacle, a story, a show... this is a performance. It is something that would work just as easily on a Broadway stage (and Roger Waters should consider that idea, IMO) as it did with Pink Floyd and as it does here.
You can't simply play The Wall live. ... Read More
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There will probably never be another production with this much magic involved. The time was the Berlin Wall coming down, the place was Berlin. The crowd numbered in the tens of thousands. Luck and God was on their side to pull this off in so little time. AMAZING!!! There could not have been a better celebration of such a historical event in time.
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I saw the original broadcast, and it was terrific. After watching this DVD, I was awed and amazed. There probably won't ever be another like it again. A must have, especially for Pink Floyd addicts.
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I heard about this from a German friend. I love Pink Floyd and was skeptical at first because of all the other performers covering their songs. I was pleasantly surprised! Roger Waters kept it real. It was very well done, true Pink Floyd fashion. The staging was spectacular! The concert is long, so the on-going changes to the stage and set keep you intrigued. Wish I could have been there!
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044003843899
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Live, NTSC
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 8137
Studio: Island / Mercury
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
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