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He played lots of Animals songs the last tours. And it wouldn't matter what Floyd album he toured. All the marquee would have to say is "from the former main songwriter of Pink Floyd". When people see that band name, they think "high quality live event", and will come in droves, as they are doing now. What a show!

You need a pretty high caliber of songs and the talent to pull it off. You need classic after classic album as well like a Zep or Floyd. I'm not sure there are any "modern" bands which can pull that off. The "zaniest" live act is the Lips, and they aren't close to pulling it off. U2 is the only band that can. They've got some incredible tunes and a fine sense of showmanship - but certianly ntohing on the level of the Wall live.

Holy freaking cow what a show. Night 2 at UC was insane. Perfect sound, performances, visuals, everything.

Greatest show ever.

Seeing anyone else this year is pointless. This is the greatest rock show I've ever seen. There is nothing that even begins to come close, and I mean *nothing*. Clearly, Waters is considered the greatest live rock mastermind of all time for a very good reason.

Amazing!

Abbey Road - The Beatles Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts - M83 Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt The Mollusk - Ween The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett I Feel Alright - Steve Earle Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin You Are There - Mono Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev Rumors - Fleetwood Mac Ys - Joanna Newsom American Beauty - The Grat

The new Olson album has leaked. It's really, really good.

He's better solo than with Louris doing acoustic IMHO. But an electronic Olson/Louris is the best(in that context). That new Olson song is fantastic.

That's insane.

Radiohead REM

I can't think of any album this year that has been a real "nine" or higher.

On what planet?

Mediocre piece of work. The lyrics seem especially lazy. Nice first half, than fades into nothingness and banality. I'm not saying the lyrics are incredibly important for this band. What I am saying is the lyrics come off like they didn't give a shit.

Vagabonds is really self indulgent. Gary is one of the most talented guys in music, but he seems to need a whip-cracker to properly edit his stuff. I agree he works best with others. If you took the best songs from all the post-Olson Jayhawks albums you'd have a really nice record. GAry has penned some really fine tunes since Olson left. However, those abums are really inconsistent. I think Mark's work post Jayhawks has been inconsistent as well(Political Manifest Mystic Theater), but he definitely seems more capable of crafting a more consistent record. Look at My Own Jo Ellen, Decembers Chil

Ticket prices for the tour ar $55, $75, $125 and $250. And for those prices you are getting a rock spectacle the likes you have never seen. A ton of things are going into this show including the construction of a 240 foot long Wall during the performance, the subsequent knocking down of tha Wall, the largest PA quad system(which Waters invented)ever taken on tour, lasers, projected 3D images(yes, you read that right), numerous inflatables and other surprises.

The difference between Waters and the Who, Stones, etc is he engineered Pink Floyd to age gracefully like bluesman, rather than old rock stars who can no longer prance on stage. Waters never defined "a face" of the band. It was always high-level album art, the music itself and tension-tweaking pioneering live spectacles. There was no Jagger or Townshend winging around on stage. This allows Waters to still perform the music at a very high level. He still has it in spades. Ask the Coachella people who saw the greatest performance in that festival's history a couple years back.

Ready for the Flood is problematic. I think it's under-produced and a bit too indulgent. The lack of energy hurts it. The Salvation Blues is a better album IMHO. Mark and Gary have always produced superior results under an organized task-master. For RFTF, they had their buddy Chris Robinson.

Geralde Scarfe is on board creating new projection content right now. Waters will be using a real wall, 240 feet wide and 35 feet high. The bricks will be assembled in the first half, then blown apart at the end. Rumor has it the projections will be in 3D. If you see any performance this year, this is the one. There is no question about that. Waters is the greatest live rock pioneer of all time, and he's going out with a bang. His last tour was incredible, and this one will top it. Hell yes. http://www.rogerwaters.com/

Because it's absolutely awesome and a huge, daring risk which they pull off very well. Also, the vitality on there for a band of their age is fantastic.

1. Embryonic - The Flaming Lips 2. Ready For the Flood - Olson/Louris 3. To Be Still - Alela Diane 4. Yonder Is the Clock - The Felice Brothers 5. Middle Cyclone - Neko Case 6. Merriwether Post Pavillion - Animal Collective 7. Listen to the Thunder - The Maldives 8. Hymn to the Immortal Wind - Mono 9. Yours Truly the Commuter - Jason Lytle 10. Bitte Orca - The Dirty Projectors

I'd say it's between Echoes and Dogs.

Yeah Gilmour pretty much has them locked down: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Money Comfortably Numb Time Pigs Dogs Wish You Were Here Another Brick in the Wall Part II Have a Cigar Echoes Fat Old Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxsB5oNiTw

The greatest solos of all time are by Jimi Hendrix and David Gilmour. Prince rox though, obviously.