Roger Waters The Wall Concert Review



Hello everybody and Welcome to Best Shot Whisky Reviews where a shot of good old Classic Rock is always welcome as well. Today my dutch pall Terry Mace Hardyman gives us a short review of the Roger Water concert in Amsterdam last Sunday. Some pictures are included as well. Thanks a lot Terry, it's clear you had a great night despite some problems with the sound.
Cheers!
Jan

Roger Waters - The Wall - Amsterdam - September 8, 2013 

By special request a short review of Roger Waters performance of "The Wall" in the Amsterdam Arena, Sunday evening, 8th September 2013. The Amsterdam Arena can hold up to 45.000 spectators and was sold out to capacity. Although the Dutch press was very impressed by the performance, I myself was not too happy. The Amsterdam Arena has a bad reputation with regard to its acoustics. Apparently it depends where you are sitting. In my position the stage was to the right of me and from time to time, especially at maximum volume, the sound became "blurred" especially during "Comfortably Numb" during which number the solo guitar was completely drowned by the accompanying sound effects. 


Very impressive was the use of the so called "quadro" technique. For instance you experienced the sound of an aeroplane as if it were flying just above your head. As a visual experience "The Wall" was overpowering. The wall itself - consisting of white blocks - was built up from one end of the stage to the other and used as a huge projection screen on which all kinds of videos were projected including "live" close ups of the band. 


During the performance of the hit single "Another Brick in the Wall", Roger Waters was assisted by young children from a local Amsterdam school who performed magnificently. Roger thanked them for their cooperation in a "Pidgin Dutch" speech. All in all it has been an unforgettable evening. A pity that the sound (at least where I was sitting) was such a meddle (!). 

Driving home I played the CD in the car which sounded a lot better.

Terry Mace Hardyman                                            September 2013

The Writer (Left)

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