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 (!).
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)