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September 30th, 2006
Roger Waters: Darkside of the Moon Live
Ok, so I have been meaning to make this blog for over a week now, but now I have finally got around to it. So here is the story about the awesome experience that was the concert, so let us begin at the very start.
Last April I heard about the tour (on Hobowars, where else to I get breaking news) that Roger Waters was going on this summer and was immediately interested in going so I told Bruce on MSN that we should go to this concert. After relatively little effort I had him talked into going to the concert with me.
Zoom to about four months later, I still haven't bought the tickets! Tickets were almost 50 bucks after all the cost were added in and that’s just for the lawn seats. So of course everyone reading this knows how much of a tightwad I am with my cash and I began to have second thoughts *gasp* this is where Bruce's constant pestering me to buy the tickets helped talk me into finally shelling out the cash. Let’s just say that the pestering was probably needed, as 50 bucks is a big purchase for me (Yes I'm a loser who needs to learn how to spend money better.) Anyway a week later the tickets have been mailed to my house (this is about 2 weeks before the concert) so it is just a waiting game until the 30th arrives.
September 30th, Purdue game comes on at 2:30 where I watch till halftime before I head over to Bruce's place before we take off for the concert. I make sure I have my lighter, can't go to a concert without one you know, and drive over to his house. After talking to him for about 5 mins we board the car and begin the trip to Noblesville. This is where we should have said something epic like the line in "The Blues Brothers"
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago,
we've got a full tank of gas,
a half a pack of cigarettes,
it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
But, Alas we didn't utter any epic words at this point in time, so this is defiantly an area we can improve upon whenever we go on another trip. Part of the trip was spent listening to my Boilermakers play on the radio, sadly... they lost.
We arrived at Verizon at around 5:30, giving us two full hours before the concerts scheduled start. After making it through security we began the quest to find the ticket upgrade booth, Bruce was sure that we would be able to get pavilion seats for only $10 bucks more the day of the concert, but there was no upgrades available for the show. Bruce bought a T-shirt, I did not, the $35 dollar price tag was above my price point. (Yes I know I am cheap, but I'm working on it I tell you!) Anyway we then made out way to find some good lawn seats, and we were successful in that. We found a spot pretty much center row and only about 10 feet back in the lawn. The next two hours were pretty much uneventful but suspense building. The Speakers were playing music for us to listen to at this point in time, most notably Neil Young songs. I did buy an over priced Margarita at this point, but lets face it Margaritas are awesome.
Now I'm finally going to get to the part of the blog some people might be interested in, at about 7:30 the suspense was getting to the crowd who was ready for the show, the video screen on the background of the stage which showed a bottle of whiskey, an only record player/radio and a shot glass started to play, and the crowd all stood up and began to clap only to hear Chuck Berry's "Roll over Beethoven". Which started the trend for everyone to get a little excited whenever a song ended, in hopes that Roger would come on the stage, but this was just a mean trick being played on us, we would end up listening to 30 mins of songs while the screen showed the person listening to the radio, smoke a cigarette, drink 2 shots of whiskey and play with the radio. However when 8:00 hit the house lights went off and the place went crazy as Roger and his band took the stage.
Here is the Set List for the Show
Set One
1. In the Flesh
2. Mother
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V) (abridged)
5. Have a Cigar
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Southampton Dock
8. The Fletcher Memorial Home
9. Perfect Sense, Parts 1 and 2
10. Leaving Beirut
11. Sheep
Set Two (The Dark Side of the Moon)
1. Speak to Me/Breathe
2. On the Run
3. Time
4. The Great Gig in the Sky
5. Money
6. Us and Them
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage
9. Eclipse
Encore
1. Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
2. Bring the Boys Back Home
3. Comfortably Numb
First Set.. Started out great. It was a cold night and I was only wearing jeans and a T-shirt, but I didn't feel cold at all once they started playing. "In the Flesh" is really the best Pink Floyd song to start a concert to, and I was really impressed with the song "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" I hadn't really listened to it much before the concert but it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs now. The Video gave it a creepy feeling I guess with four guys wondering around in a field. I should mention that throughout the whole concert the backstage was a video screen that displayed an interesting backdrop for the entire show. I think this is about the time that the "Man in a red hat" showed up... he was basically an older man (in his 50's I'd guess) who was as tall as me or maybe a little taller... and throughout the whole first set he spent his time slowly moving to the left. He was in front of us and would become a slight annoyance for me around the song "Leaving Beirut" Also in front of him a group of pot smoking hippies were warming up with the crazy and dumb "interpretive dancing" I call it that because they failed there hands in the air a lot and wiggled their bodies in what reminded me of watching an interpretive dancer... Back to the music, the show was still going great. "When Wish You Were Here" I pulled out my lighter and raised it in the air with everyone else in the crowd, it was a cool experience. "Leaving Beirut" was a new Roger Waters song that I had never heard before, it was kind of interesting, and I was able to use my French skills to read what the video screen was saying when parts of it were in French.. So I guess taking French has now officially helped me out :| . The last song of the set was "Sheep" a song I was greatly looking forward to, because I wanted to get a picture of the giant inflatable pig. I wasn't disappointed at all when the pig came out was was excited to see it sail right over my head on its way to the back of the lawn where it was the released into the sky. It was a great ending to the first half of the concert.
The band took a well deserved intermission here, and man in the red hat left. The video screen now showed a picture of the moon that continued to get closer as the intermission drew to a close.
2nd set, Bruce and I agreed we were happy to see that the man in the red had left, but right before the first song started we saw him coming back. However, we were able to squeeze forward forcing him to walk behind us for the rest of the concert. (of course he kept moving left and was standing on my left before to long) However, by moving forward, we put ourselves into the dancing hippie stoners, who continued to run into use with their dumb dancing the whole 2nd set.. but it was ok because the concert was still awesome. The songs kept coming one after another and were as great as you would imagine if you are a Pink Floyd fan. "Money" stands out for me because at the end of it one of the stoners turned to me and said in a tone of voice that someone would use when stating their final evidence to win a grand argument "Look at that Fucking Green Moon!" and well I couldn't argue with that logic... the backstage showed a green moon, and it was an awesome song... The 2nd set was the Darkside of the Moon album in its entirety so if you have heard that you know that the songs all flow together to make a great album, which held true when preformed live. "Brain Damage" is my favorite Pink Floyd song so it was awesome to hear it played. I think this was the time when the same stoner as earlier said his second best line of the night "That’s the best song I've ever seen".
The second set ended and everyone was cheering like crazy, so they came back out for their encore. Luckily for us at this time the hippies decided to dance in the aisle way so we didn't have to worry about their flying elbows :P The Encore featured the awesome "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" sadly they didn't add the "You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!" ending of the song which I always thought was awesome. One of Pink Floyd's most famous songs "Comfortably Numb" ended what was a great show. We then began the mass exodus out of the car, With Bruce's knowledge we were able to make it out of Verizon in less than an hour which I thought was great.
We stopped to eat at Taco Bell on the way home and were luckily to squeeze in before they closed, also we were listening to the radio station and every time we heard a great song Bruce said how can they top that... and they pretty much always did, which meant we ended up rocking out to "Come Sail Away" before we could eat taco bell... and well that’s about it... So hopefully I did a good job of telling the story of the concert.
Roger Waters: Darkside of the Moon Live
Ok, so I have been meaning to make this blog for over a week now, but now I have finally got around to it. So here is the story about the awesome experience that was the concert, so let us begin at the very start.
Last April I heard about the tour (on Hobowars, where else to I get breaking news) that Roger Waters was going on this summer and was immediately interested in going so I told Bruce on MSN that we should go to this concert. After relatively little effort I had him talked into going to the concert with me.
Zoom to about four months later, I still haven't bought the tickets! Tickets were almost 50 bucks after all the cost were added in and that’s just for the lawn seats. So of course everyone reading this knows how much of a tightwad I am with my cash and I began to have second thoughts *gasp* this is where Bruce's constant pestering me to buy the tickets helped talk me into finally shelling out the cash. Let’s just say that the pestering was probably needed, as 50 bucks is a big purchase for me (Yes I'm a loser who needs to learn how to spend money better.) Anyway a week later the tickets have been mailed to my house (this is about 2 weeks before the concert) so it is just a waiting game until the 30th arrives.
September 30th, Purdue game comes on at 2:30 where I watch till halftime before I head over to Bruce's place before we take off for the concert. I make sure I have my lighter, can't go to a concert without one you know, and drive over to his house. After talking to him for about 5 mins we board the car and begin the trip to Noblesville. This is where we should have said something epic like the line in "The Blues Brothers"
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago,
we've got a full tank of gas,
a half a pack of cigarettes,
it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
But, Alas we didn't utter any epic words at this point in time, so this is defiantly an area we can improve upon whenever we go on another trip. Part of the trip was spent listening to my Boilermakers play on the radio, sadly... they lost.
We arrived at Verizon at around 5:30, giving us two full hours before the concerts scheduled start. After making it through security we began the quest to find the ticket upgrade booth, Bruce was sure that we would be able to get pavilion seats for only $10 bucks more the day of the concert, but there was no upgrades available for the show. Bruce bought a T-shirt, I did not, the $35 dollar price tag was above my price point. (Yes I know I am cheap, but I'm working on it I tell you!) Anyway we then made out way to find some good lawn seats, and we were successful in that. We found a spot pretty much center row and only about 10 feet back in the lawn. The next two hours were pretty much uneventful but suspense building. The Speakers were playing music for us to listen to at this point in time, most notably Neil Young songs. I did buy an over priced Margarita at this point, but lets face it Margaritas are awesome.
Now I'm finally going to get to the part of the blog some people might be interested in, at about 7:30 the suspense was getting to the crowd who was ready for the show, the video screen on the background of the stage which showed a bottle of whiskey, an only record player/radio and a shot glass started to play, and the crowd all stood up and began to clap only to hear Chuck Berry's "Roll over Beethoven". Which started the trend for everyone to get a little excited whenever a song ended, in hopes that Roger would come on the stage, but this was just a mean trick being played on us, we would end up listening to 30 mins of songs while the screen showed the person listening to the radio, smoke a cigarette, drink 2 shots of whiskey and play with the radio. However when 8:00 hit the house lights went off and the place went crazy as Roger and his band took the stage.
Here is the Set List for the Show
Set One
1. In the Flesh
2. Mother
3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V) (abridged)
5. Have a Cigar
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Southampton Dock
8. The Fletcher Memorial Home
9. Perfect Sense, Parts 1 and 2
10. Leaving Beirut
11. Sheep
Set Two (The Dark Side of the Moon)
1. Speak to Me/Breathe
2. On the Run
3. Time
4. The Great Gig in the Sky
5. Money
6. Us and Them
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage
9. Eclipse
Encore
1. Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
2. Bring the Boys Back Home
3. Comfortably Numb
First Set.. Started out great. It was a cold night and I was only wearing jeans and a T-shirt, but I didn't feel cold at all once they started playing. "In the Flesh" is really the best Pink Floyd song to start a concert to, and I was really impressed with the song "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" I hadn't really listened to it much before the concert but it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs now. The Video gave it a creepy feeling I guess with four guys wondering around in a field. I should mention that throughout the whole concert the backstage was a video screen that displayed an interesting backdrop for the entire show. I think this is about the time that the "Man in a red hat" showed up... he was basically an older man (in his 50's I'd guess) who was as tall as me or maybe a little taller... and throughout the whole first set he spent his time slowly moving to the left. He was in front of us and would become a slight annoyance for me around the song "Leaving Beirut" Also in front of him a group of pot smoking hippies were warming up with the crazy and dumb "interpretive dancing" I call it that because they failed there hands in the air a lot and wiggled their bodies in what reminded me of watching an interpretive dancer... Back to the music, the show was still going great. "When Wish You Were Here" I pulled out my lighter and raised it in the air with everyone else in the crowd, it was a cool experience. "Leaving Beirut" was a new Roger Waters song that I had never heard before, it was kind of interesting, and I was able to use my French skills to read what the video screen was saying when parts of it were in French.. So I guess taking French has now officially helped me out :| . The last song of the set was "Sheep" a song I was greatly looking forward to, because I wanted to get a picture of the giant inflatable pig. I wasn't disappointed at all when the pig came out was was excited to see it sail right over my head on its way to the back of the lawn where it was the released into the sky. It was a great ending to the first half of the concert.
The band took a well deserved intermission here, and man in the red hat left. The video screen now showed a picture of the moon that continued to get closer as the intermission drew to a close.
2nd set, Bruce and I agreed we were happy to see that the man in the red had left, but right before the first song started we saw him coming back. However, we were able to squeeze forward forcing him to walk behind us for the rest of the concert. (of course he kept moving left and was standing on my left before to long) However, by moving forward, we put ourselves into the dancing hippie stoners, who continued to run into use with their dumb dancing the whole 2nd set.. but it was ok because the concert was still awesome. The songs kept coming one after another and were as great as you would imagine if you are a Pink Floyd fan. "Money" stands out for me because at the end of it one of the stoners turned to me and said in a tone of voice that someone would use when stating their final evidence to win a grand argument "Look at that Fucking Green Moon!" and well I couldn't argue with that logic... the backstage showed a green moon, and it was an awesome song... The 2nd set was the Darkside of the Moon album in its entirety so if you have heard that you know that the songs all flow together to make a great album, which held true when preformed live. "Brain Damage" is my favorite Pink Floyd song so it was awesome to hear it played. I think this was the time when the same stoner as earlier said his second best line of the night "That’s the best song I've ever seen".
The second set ended and everyone was cheering like crazy, so they came back out for their encore. Luckily for us at this time the hippies decided to dance in the aisle way so we didn't have to worry about their flying elbows :P The Encore featured the awesome "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" sadly they didn't add the "You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!" ending of the song which I always thought was awesome. One of Pink Floyd's most famous songs "Comfortably Numb" ended what was a great show. We then began the mass exodus out of the car, With Bruce's knowledge we were able to make it out of Verizon in less than an hour which I thought was great.
We stopped to eat at Taco Bell on the way home and were luckily to squeeze in before they closed, also we were listening to the radio station and every time we heard a great song Bruce said how can they top that... and they pretty much always did, which meant we ended up rocking out to "Come Sail Away" before we could eat taco bell... and well that’s about it... So hopefully I did a good job of telling the story of the concert.
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