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From: Lippard@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (James J. Lippard)
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Subject: Roger Waters concert
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Date: Sun, 7-Apr-85 01:50:14 EST
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I saw Roger Waters in concert tonight at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum
in Phoenix.  He played two sets:  first "some old Pink Floyd stuff",
then "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" in its entirety.  There were
some sound problems (loud feedback over the PA a couple of times), and
the quadraphonic sound wasn't used to its fullest.  The P&C set was
really good, but the Pink Floyd stuff could have used David Gilmour.
Waters can't sing as well as Gilmour, and the guitarists weren't as
good.  Waters' rendition of "Money" used quadraphonic effects well
(Gilmour's money sounds weren't as impressive, but his guitar playing
and singing were superior).  Here's the complete list of Pink Floyd
songs played:

 Welcome to the Machine
 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
 Money
 If
 Wish You Were Here
 The Gunner's Dream (really a medley of most of "The Final Cut")
 Have a Cigar
 Pigs on the Wing
 In the Flesh?
 Nobody Home
 Another Brick in the Wall (parts I and II, plus "The Happiest
    Days of Our Lives")

The encore was "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse".

The lights, film clips, and pyrotechnics were really good (although the
alignment of the projectors on the three screens kept having to be
adjusted).

The tour hits San Francisco, LA, Phoenix, Houston, Cleveland, Detroit,
Buffalo, Toronto, Atlanta, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, and
Miami (but I don't know when, the tour booklet doesn't say).