Saturday, May 13, 2006

Can He Do It?

Well yesterday I purchased tickets to see Roger Waters at the PNC Bank Arts Center in September. I'm not a huge Waters fan but he is playing "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety and I just can't pass that up. Today I was listening to my bootleg of the Gilmour show I saw and was thinking that Roger Waters will never be able to live up to that show. What could be even worse is the question of "How can Roger Waters really replay "Dark Side of the Moon"?" Nearly the whole album is Gilmour on vocals and also some Wright who will not be present with Waters but was with Gilmour on tour, I'm not quite sure if anybody can re-create the incredible guitar work of Gilmour due to the fact that his solos are unique and I've never heard anybody sound quite like him. The only two songs on "Dark Side of the Moon" where Waters is actually on vocals is "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" and even though he is on vocals he is sharing the vocals with Gilmour, they are both doing the harmonies. I will never take away the artistic and creative talent of Roger Waters because he is the man that creates this incredible music, but I do not think that he himself can re-create it without David Gilmour. Of course I hope that it sounds great but I'm finding it hard to believe that it will sound anything like the actual recording. All I can hope is that this show will be great and one that it will live up to the Gilmour show.

3 Comments:

Blogger Bar Bar A said...

I like your hopefull attitude, but you are probably right about your assumptions on Dark Side of the Moon.

It makes me feel sad for some reason. I don't know why. I hope the best for this concert too... I'll be waiting for the review in Sept.

4:41 PM  
Blogger Perplexio said...

There's a really cool track Roger did with Eddie Van Halen on The Legend of 1900 soundtrack called Lost Boys Calling which is worth checking out. It's rather Floyd-esque.

2:52 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

No reason to feel sad, I'm sure it will be a great show.

And Iperplexio I'll definitely check out that song, thanks for the tip.

12:32 AM  

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