Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 12:37:47 -0500

Subject: WEED ANNOUNCEMENT - Roger Waters - Bristow 7/15/00 -LONG

To: echoes@fawnya.meddle.org

 

 Here it is folks! No clever production company names, no claims of

 painstakingly precise mastering and editing...Hell, there's no artwork!!!

 

 ROGER WATERS - BRISTOW 7/15/00

 

 That's the title. Plain and simple. Here's the setlist with my original

 review:

 

 IN THE FLESH/HDooL/ABITW pt2

 

 Now, I will just state here that this, like all other performances was a mix

 of "In the Flesh?"/"In the Flesh!" With the mix of lyrics from both. I took

 notes for each song, but I have none for ITF or the next three. The Wall

 material was covered as well as ever. I spent the time just sucking it all

 in, marveling over my seats and waiting for it to get louder. My biggest

 complaint about the last time that I saw Rog was that ITF started too

 quietly and I felt that this did as well. The mix improved as the song went

 on and was perfect towards the end of ABITW pt 2. I was in a "sweet spot"

 sound wise, so I got a brain-shattering onslaught of music from all sides.

 

 The feedback that plagued the 2nd set was definitely there, but I think that

 it gave the performance an "edge" that served to take the clinical polish

 off of things. My opinion. So, we all sang along with the Islington Green

 kids at Roger's prompt and a good time was had by all. The solo in "Mother"

 was very nice! Punched me right in the sternum. Right at the end of it,

 Doyle either broke a string or had some other difficulty, because the place

 filled with a great BuuuuuuuuzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!! At the end of the last

 phrase. Did Doyle panic? No, he barely moved, but he's never been accused of

 moving too quickly anyway. He just raised an eyebrow, squelched the volume

 and moved on....

 

 GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY DESERT/SOUTHAMPTON DOCK

 

 Feedback dominated the opening here, but hardly garnered any notice as Rog

 led the most beautiful rendition of these two songs I have ever heard. I

 wrote "stately...beautiful" in my notes. I need a recording of this show for

 this moment if nothing else. Wonderfully arranged, beautifully sung. I had a

 tear when the poppies filled the screen. Perfect.

 

 PIGS ON THE WING pt 1/DOGS

 

 The ladies sat on the couch and swayed as Rog kept the momentum going for

 PotW. Gorgeous Hammond-like fills from Andy Wallace punctuated this one and,

 once again.... Stately. "Dogs" was 17 minutes that could have been 2 hours.

 So much happened! Now, my notes are a blur at places, but I noted that even

 though Rog doesn't sing until later, he does mouth most of the lyrics along

 with John/Doyle. It made me realize, watching him sing along to "..all

 alone, and dying of cancerUHAAAAAHHHHH!!!" with the rest of us, that he's a

 fan, too! Rog was just one of us for a while, grooving along and enjoying

 this incredible epic that he knows had as much to do with the guitars as it

 did the lyrics. And guitars there were. Aside from Jon Carin's anchor (if

 you look at just Roger...imagine that it's Dave singing during their

 one-shot reunion....yeah, like you didn't try it!) there was Snowy ...and

 Doyle. During the first duet, I was writing how incredible it sounded when I

 noticed - the dancing! Rog had a little dance routine for the solos that

 Andy would join in with later. The two of them, two-stepping together

 upstage like Status Quo in the retirement home.... Very amusing! The third

 guitar break was brilliant! The quad was perfect...swirling around in a

 perfect circle while the card game commenced. Everyone had been sitting and

 jumped up to see the game. The ladies were served brown-ish drinks and it

 looks like Snowy won the game...well, someone stood up, but I know Rog just

 had this "oh, well.." expression on his face, so I know he didn't win. Andy

 dealt...he practically ran over to the table t oget the cards ready...

 Anyway, the whole song was incredible.... cannot say enough about it...on

 to....

 

 WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

 

 Does anyone think that the sphere at the beginning of the slides looks like

 the Geffen logo is taking over the world? This sounded brilliant...another

 one where I just focused on the slides and Rog and imagined I was back in

 1975....and, in the Rog/Andy dance section, they came together like robots

 at the end and nodded together for the final beat. Someone's played this

 song one too many times, methinks!

 

 WISH YOU WERE HERE

 

 Rog tuned up in back while Doyle took the intro on the electric...much like

 all other versions on this tour. The obligatory sing-along...Rog stressed

 the "have' in "what have we found?", which I like a lot. Doyle's solo was

 very Texas blues, very individual. Overall, I agree with those who have said

 that Snowy and Doyle have found their own voice on this tour...all of their

 stuff was tasteful, individual and not the Dave Gilmour cover crew...

 

 SHINE ON....

 

 As my neighbor always says to me: "Now * that's * what I'm talkin' about!"

 Just incredible...beautiful quad, excellent work from Jon the one-man band.

 My only note (because I was too transfixed on the slide show ....Thor!....to

 look away) was: "Snowy - beautiful, long sustain" The man has just relaxed

 and breathed into these things! And you know, when he has his head down and

 you use your imagination, he looks a bit like a young Gilmour with short

 hair. Useful for those moments of imagination.....It closed in the usual way

 with the giant hubcap making an appearance..doh1 I saw the wires! Illusion

 blown...actually, as cheesy as the ball is, I still found it rather cool....

 

 INTERMISSION

 

 This was when I wandered over at met Echoes' own (and Leno's playtoy), Dai

 Willey. I said my name, and he reaches in his pocket and pulls something out

- - it's a picture of me from the Echoes gallery! I said, "nice to meet you"

 and backed away slowly to find a security guard....no, actually it was nice

 to meet Dai and I was really just in a rush to snoop around the sound board

 and see what I could see before they all came back.....always good to meet

 the Echoes folks , albeit briefly.....

 

 SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN

 

 Even better than it was when I heard it in '84....unless that's just because

 I haven't heard it since '84. The slide show was almost heartbreaking. The

 sax player (was that a tenor sax?) was really very good, but at times, the

 solo ventured into Kenny G territory...disturbing, but it's good to fee la

 little off-kilter during this piece. Rog turned around and played to the

 back wall at one point and I got visions of him circa 1969. Spooky!! Graham

 just pounded away on the drums, although I wish they were a little louder.

 Overall, though, this was a major highlight. I was thinking, "this whole

 evening has been absolutely perfect...nobody's even in my way...the four

 seats in front of me are empty...." Then....a little black rain cloud on my

 sunshine...Frat Boy!

 

 BREATHE/TIME/BREATHE(reprise)

 

 Frat Boy appeared right during the heartbeat tape and drunkenly marveled at

 the four empty seats in 18th row center. I did the obligatory, time-honored

 concert tradition of catching him before he could pitch over into my row and

 let him bob and weave in front of me. He stood there, not screaming, but

 conducting the band and generally being in the way of about 500 people at

 once. It was almost funny and I don't know if this section seemed ordinary

 because of him or because of the band.... it's a toss-up. Carin played slide

 and did the first vocal while Doyle handled the second vocal for "Breathe"

 Nice. "Time"? Nice as well. Nothing spectacular...just nice.

 

 MONEY

 

 This got Frat Boy moving as people had returned to their seats. Giles was

 back with some food and Frat Boy was being squeezed down in between a young

 couple who did not have the courage to confront him. Anyway, this one was a

 little more spirited. I never noticed before how the record in the slide

 starts off playing the right track for "Money" ...or it could just be that

 this is the first song of side two, so the odds were pretty good. (that's an

 album reference for the kids there...) Andy's solo was as upstaging as

 everyone said. Not technically amazing, but showy and fun. Whoever called it

 a parody was right on the...well, you know what I mean. The sax player

 returned on top of the wall...oddly enough....and did very well although he

 looked scared beyond belief. When he finished, he looked amazingly relieved,

 sort of tiptoed off and looked at Andy and Jon as he left as if to say, "I

 did it! Oh, boy...give me a drink..."

 

 5:06 AM (EVERY STRANGER'S EYES)

 

 Andy FL fatfingered the first chord on this one. He was playing a vintage

 model guitar, the name of which escapes me. Sort of Les Paul-shaped in body,

 but I know it's not that. Rog has monitor problems as he fiddles with his

 receiver pack. Either that or he hurt his hip falling in the tub Saturday

 morning. Anyway, this song had everyone settling down and Frat Boy finds

 himself still standing...alone.... hundreds of people sitting around him and

 he's still sort of trying to groove, but he's losing momentum. Now this

 restores my faith in Roger's audiences - no one shouts, no one yells at him.

 We all just watch as he slowly realizes he's an asshole, hangs his head and

 slinks away. Brilliant!

 

 Now, the song continues and here comes the notorious lip-synch moment. It

 happens, the girls are singing, Rog is crooning...and then, ..."myself, in

 every stranger's eyes..." comes out of just the front PA, not the sides. Now

 all of the vocals had been coming out of the sides as well before this

 point, so this was obviously low and the sound booth fixed this on the next

 line, "it's oh, so easy now..." So, I wonder if, in addition to the ladies

 voices and a tape boost, Roger is still singing along with limited

 reinforcement. If he were to croak on "From where I stand.." or

 "recogniiiiiiiize", then it would be noticeable if his vocals were kept up

 front. But, with a judicious blend, it all sounds pure. So, my feeling is

 that he's not lip-synching as much as he's 'singing along'....just like the

 rest of us....

 

 PERFECT SENSE Pt ½

 

 Resounding, fantastic. Not as many people singing as you would think,

 though....

 

 THE BRAVERY OF BEING OUT OF RANGE

 

 Nice to hear this one! Roger doing a little Strat work. The slides were

 great. I liked Reagan on the TV. Snowy's solo!!!! Holy mother of God!! This

 was out of nowhere and sounded eerily Gilmour-esque a la "Run Like Hell" or

 "Sheep"

 

 IT'S A MIRACLE

 

 A nice bit of vaudeville by Rog, well sung and played. I wrote something

 about "adds", but I don't remember now. I think there were some fills that

 fleshed out the tune. This was also another time that the quad worked so

 well, that I actually thought the voices were people next to me chattering

 away. I kept turning to quit them when I realized it was on tape. Far out,

 man.........Snowy's ending solo gave new meaning to the word sustain..."You

 could go out and get a bite to eat and when you come back it's still be like

 'ahhhhhhhhhhhh'")

 

 AMUSED TO DEATH

 

 Katie Kissoon did a beautiful job adding vocals on this stunning

 performance. Andy pulled out another vintage guitar and gave his best

 performance of the night. The feedback was all around as everyone fiddled

 with their monitor levels and just knocked the place over! I love this

 song....

 

 BRAIN DAMAGE/ECLIPSE

 

 Andy was brilliant again! Feedback! Everyone sang along and Rog laughed

 knowingly on "and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes.."

 

 COMFORTABLY NUMB

 

 Rog gave the usual speech "Thanks for coming. Thanks for listening to all of

 the stuff we've done....Let's party." Really. He said that. I'm not making

 this up. Dai? Giles?

 

 The duet was just awe-inspiring. Enough said. Reason number 117 to have a

 tape of this show....

 

 EACH SMALL CANDLE

 

 The audience knew this was coming. The lighters were out in force. Most in

 front of me left and my view was 100% unobscured. I think this sounds like a

 Steely Dan song now! It's like Steely Dan meets "Shine on You crazy Diamond"

 Bizarre. I liked it a lot, but I couldn't help thinking that , "well,

 they'll do more work on it...." Still, it wasa powerful way to end the

 show...very "Biko"

 

 ==========

 

 This brings us up to Disc 3...following ESC, you will find two relatively

 rare Roger interviews: one from the KAOS Rehearslas video and one from the

 WGW promo video w/ Jim Ladd

 

 Disc 4 is a bonus. This is a data disc of MP3 files sourced from cassette of

 the Jim Ladd Innerview. I could have spent some time re-ripping to WAV from

 the cassette and making these SHN, but I already had these and wnated to

 include them. It's fantastic to hear Rog talk about TFC and all things Floyd

 "No, I see no reason for us to break up.." and to hear his son Harry, who

 will be playing on this new leg as a little boy, walking in on the

 interview...

 

 All good stuff...look for the FTP details appearing soon...thaks to The

 Bronx Bomber, DR, Scott D and all those who worked on this along the way....

 

 Enjoy!!!!

 

 Terry

 

IN THE FLESH

2000

 

SET 1

IN THE FLESH

HAPPIEST DAYS OF

ANOTHER BRICK PT 2

MOTHER

GET YOUR FILTHY

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK

PIGS ON THE WING PT 1

DOGS

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

WISH YOU WERE HERE

SHINE ON I ~ V

SHINE ON VI ~ VII

SET 2

SET THE CONTROLS

BREATHE

TIME

BREATHE REPRISE

MONEY

5:06 AM

WHAT GOD WANTS PT 1*

PERFECT SENSE PT 1

PERFECT SENSE PT 2

THE BRAVERY OF BEING

IT'S A MIRACLE

AMUSED TO DEATH

BRAIN DAMAGE

ECLIPSE

ENCORE

COMFORTABLY NUMB

EACH SMALL CANDLE

 

* What God Wants pt.1 was dropped after first concert in Tampa, Florida.

THE BAND

 

Roger Waters guitar, bass guitar, vocals

Andy Fairweather-Low guitar, bassguitar, vocals

Snowy White guitar, vocals

Doyle Bramhall II vocals, guitar

Graham Broad drums

Jon Carin keyboards, vocals, guitar

Andy Wallace keyboards

PPArnold backing vocals

Katie Kissoon backing vocals

Susannah Melvoin backing vocals

Mel Collins saxophone last 6 dates*