Wow! This is the best concert I've ever seen.Roger Waters vocals are amazing and the other singers like Cyndi Lauper and Brian Adams did a magnificent job.Rogers vocals really shined on this night. If you are a Roger fan or a Floyd fan this is a must have.The projections are great and the creativity of "The Wall" is unbelievable.Must have this great concert!!!!!!!!!! First time i watched this concert I was in shock.Even though Van Morrison was slurring his word Comforably Numb was still great.The Tide IS Turning live after aid was breathtaking.Would make a great gift.The Wall falling in such a place that it did fall was historic. Joni and Sinead did OK and Paul Carrack was great.Scorpians did a fantastic job.This is a must have. My vote is a perfect 10 of 10.

The Wall is, indeed, one of the most awe-inspiring feats from the 70's rock scene. It may not be Pink Floyd's best work, but on the form of ambition it could rightly rank with (or some would argue above) Dark Side of the Moon. It's engaging (if a little obvious) with its messages on education, sex, the drainage of rock and roll, psychology, and the breakdown of society through fascism. It's more of a sensory experience than something traditional, like with the Who's rock operas. So here, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters brought forth a worldwide broadcast of the wall, complete with a spectacle for millions to experience, and of course not alone. Here he is joined by such musicians as Bryan Adams, The Band (of Last Waltz 'Band' I mean), Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and the Scorpions among others. On top of this is the complete stage-show of the Wall that made waves when first done in 1980.It's the kind of live concert one wishes was experiences in person as opposed to on the screen; like with the live show in other venues with the complete Pink Floyd, something is lost when experienced at home (the film is another matter, which is for my money one of the top 5 "expensive student films" ever made). On top of this there is also the factor of the special guests, and even the whole spectacle itself, getting in the way of what Waters does best. In fact, while he is usually singing the songs (there's a great bit when he's in part of the Wall right before, or after, the hotel-room smashing), the other acts sometimes steal the show, for better or worse. Mitchell is good, the Band does a terrific job, and the Scorpions are hit or miss depending on how much of a fan you are.But that this is such an ambitious show, with such a huge, overpowering audience, is enough to suffice. The Gerald Scarfe production design/animations are a wonder to behold for the fans, and there are a few other surprises as well. There is also an interesting, if not perfect, rendition of 'the Trial sequence' featuring a funny, scathing Tim Curry and judge played by Albert Finney. So, like other Pink Floyd or Waters endeavors, it's stretching the boundaries of what can be done, and more often than not it succeeded, in the wake of a triumphant fall of the real wall in Berlin.

If one thing can be said for Roger Waters's solo career, it's that he needs Pink Floyd much more than they need him. Consider post-Waters Floyd's artistic and commercial success without their former front man and chief songwriter, then attempt to make it all the way through PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING, RADIO K.A.O.S. or AMUSED TO DEATH without being forced to turn them off halfway through. Without the creative counter-weight of David Gilmour and the musicianship of Richard Wright and Nick Mason, Waters's solo efforts have been little more than heavy-handed loads of pretension and self-indulgence, with rarely an interesting musical moment.His studio albums are bad, but the true low point of Waters's solo career is this lumbering, pointless waste of time talent and money. Instead of ceasing being a self-righteous jerk for one night, Waters chose to attempt performing Floyd's biggest piece of work on his own, without his former band-mates. Well, not really alone. He managed to get a dozen or so B and C list artists to help him out. The result is so awful, it's painful to watch.I love Cyndi Lauper, but her shrill, squeaky voice kills "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2". Van Morrisson, with his gruff, gravelly voice, is possibly the single most inappropriate choice to cover Gilmour's ethereal vocals on "Comfortably Numb." The Band and Sinead O'Connor stumble awkwardly through "Mother." Worst of all, though, is Waters himself. With his newfound vanity manifesting itself through his blow-dried hair and sunglasses, he seems more concerned with looking cool than doing a good job of performing. Seeing as though he considers THE WALL to be his magnum opus and one of his most personal projects, he lacks much enthusiasm for performing it. His renditions of most of the songs reek of a burnt out performer just going through the motions. Add to that Waters voice, which is more or less shot from years of screaming, and it ranks as one of the most embarrassing performances by one of rock's greatest artists.When Bryan Adams gives the evening's best performance, you know you're in trouble. Adams does a fair rendition of "Young Lust" and it is the highlight of the show. Pretty much all other guest performers either seem disinterested or disastrously out of place. And Waters's choice to feature so many guests came less than a year after he criticized The Who for doing the exact same thing on their TOMMY tour. Hypocrisy and integrity don't mix, and Waters proves it with this disaster.

Most enjoyable concert with loads of big name stars wearing funny get-ups and singing the utterly unique Roger Waters productions. I loved watching the Wall being built right there stone by stone and was captivated by the thing being dismantled rapidly in a falling thunder. Must have taken lots of time and energy to build this set, and even more to rehearse all the complicated numbers. Very expensive looking props were used which includes much more than the costumes: lots of trucks, flying machines, gun toting players running to and fro, and, of course, Cyndi's glorious wig. I gotta wonder at the mentality of someone who can come up with this much eccentricity in one program; is Waters a genius or just some p*ssed off 60's jamboy?