@TheyCallMeSquints Pink Floyd was pissed off that their concerts were just turning into parties; (they thought no one was actually paying attention to them) so they hired people to pretend to play their music and wear masks to show people that people didnt really care..
my guitar teacher told me this so I dont even know..
Right now I'm watching this thinking how long could i enjoy this before society is crushed by a fascist dictatorship as quoted by waters"every gun ,every missle,bomb,plane,and bullet represents a theft from those who are hungry and needs to be fed.."from Dwight Eisenhower.. cause memories a stranger and history's for fools.
@TheyCallMeSquints Yes and this isn't pink floyd roger waters said in an interview that they took a tribute band gave them mask and told them to play. the guy that stard talken in the beginng was telling the fans this but he got cut off
@1ZosoLZ During In the Flesh? and In the Flesh, Pink Floyd would have a tribute band come out and play and wear masks hence the lyrics "you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise" and "they sent us along as a surragate band"
@DyingPulseProduction Nope, it's Andy Bown (the second bassist who toured with them). Roger was singing from off-stage. Bown (and the other "surrogate band "members) wore PInk Floyd masks as a sort of vindication of Roger's statement that once a band gets as famous as Pink Floyd as an entity, it almost doesn't matter who's on the stage anymore, because people are there for the spectacle and the experience, rather than connecting with the artist personally through their music.
So wats the deal.I no about the surrogate band, but the guy singing with the mask on, was he singing to Rogers pre-recorded audio from the Wall album???
Why does the surrogates wear masks? I heard in interview Roger Waters said they were a faceless band and nobody cared if Pink Floyd or someone else played their songs on the stage, so why mask them?
The idea for the surrogate bandis the fact that Roger thought that you couldhave anybody up there playing the music and the audiance would not notice or care.
@LeeHOswald0112 thats because before anybody really went to see them in concert, nobody really knew what they looked like. All but one record cover had their faces and that was Piper at the Gates of Dawn and i don't think David Gilmour was even on that cover. Thats part of the mysticism of the band.
also part of the idea behind building the wall on the stage came after the famous spitting incident in montreal in 1977, they decided to build a wall between themselves and the fans and see if they could actually piss everyone off
for those debating what the surrogate band is about, the surrogate band are the session musicians that work with the band, likes of snowy white etc. the idea behind the surrogate band is that the band/roger had become dissillusioned that nobody really knew who they were and said that they could put anybody on a stage playing their music and nobody would know the difference, hence the surrogate band in masks
i remember reading something that the first song of the show was performed by some other band that was mocking pink floyd,wearing their masks and after them,the real pink floyd would come out
@k0stil uhh, you're joking right? technically you're right because its not PF but it is roger waters and his band. and its ONLY roger waters and his band. so no Gilmour, Mason, Wright, or Barrett, who was long gone and out of the band anyway, so he wouldn't be there
@tornadomad ey Dude, you're worng. This is the Surrogates band, which opened every The Wall shows. and it has nothing to do with a Roger Waters solist concert, as he never did such a thing until his In the flesh tour, two decades after
@Labaro63 the surrogate band isnt supposed to come along until the second In The Flesh. you know, the one where he says "and he sent us along as a surrogate band"
@tornadomad Excuse me, but you're wrong. The surrogates band was the one opening the shows, and it was always that way. I'm not sure if "In the flesh?" was played by the surrogates or the real ones, but "In the flesh" surely was.
@tornadomad Excuse me, but you're wrong. "In the flesh?" was always played by the surrogates. In fact, "In the flesh" (the second one) was played by real Pink Floyd, as Roger was already transformed into something else, and he was a kind of "surrogate" himself.
@TheOwlsOfGaHoole I think I was reading Rolling Stone magazine, and it said "While watching high definition footage of David Gilmour playing the solo to Comfortably Numb back in 1980, footage that will soon one day be availible to fans"....
I'm so jealous of my mom. She saw Pink Floyd in 1980 when they played in Los Angeles. I saw Roger Waters at the Staples Center this week. Probably the best show I've ever been to.
@hair freak roger waters went to the one in vegas last friday it was fucking amazing...took some dose this kind gentle man gave me who was sitting in front of me and had a blast!
i really wanna get one of those masks XD my nose is big enough to fit into rogers and you can tell the guitarists not dave, cuz daves hair is short by now
@MoveOverCasanova No, it's just the audio from the video was so poor that he updated it with the audio from the live album. It's just really out of sync.
@hairfreak23 I saw the tour 3 times and twice i was on the floor. He went right by me each time but i didn't ask him what his real job was on the tour. He's simply part of the crew in some way...no big deal. It's funny to see the security people looking at him and scratching their heads, same goes for half the crowd.
@hairfreak23 He symbolizes the beginning of the concert and right as Waters comes on stage he throws the pink doll on stage to symbolize the beginning of the wall.
Anyway, The Wall 2010/2011 was the BEST CONCERT IN THE WORLD UNTIL NOW! no bias
Wanna know why? Go do what you people do best... watch youtube videos of the live shows, that'll give you the answer, I went there and it seemed that the clash of heaven and hell would be nothing but ants compared to this masterpiece
Snowy White doing leads on" In the Flesh"....like WTF ??? Page would never have anyone doing his leads live (mind you, maybe he should have in later zeppelin years lol)!! I like snowy white he was great in thin lizzy but still gilmour should have been doing all his own lead parts......this sort of stuff started on the "animals" tour prior....sort of a piss off. Aside from that the show is killer !!
Saw the original show live in 1980 in Los Angeles. Absolutely unreal experience. Was in High School at the time and had only been a fan since The Wall released. I've been to over 100 concerts and by far, this was the best. Imagine a kid, at one of his first concerts, sitting in an arena (Los Angeles Sports Arena) in quadraphonic sound, having only seen the likes of Kansas and Styx live, to see one of the best bands ever, live...playing their best concert ever...it was surreal!
I watched Roger Waters perform at coachella '08. I left san diego without tickets, half ounce of medicinal herbs, and a quad of gold caps. I got into the show...calling numbers on craigslist. It was the best show, best trip of my life. If i never went to another show, or tripped ever again, i would not feel like i will be missing anything.....everytime i listen to the floyd, i always remember that show. Such a powerful performance. I cant imagine how the Wall tour will be.
@TacomaPaul im seeing roger at the honda center, annaheim dec.13, its gonna rock!!! by the way out of this whole tour, david gilmour is gonna suprise everyone and show up at one of the shows!!! keep your fingers crossed. >:-D
@jumpy27 Yeah, that's pretty cool. But the "surrogate band" singer's voice must be Roger's real voice, right? It sounds too similar to be some other guy. At first I thought it was the real guys but with masks on (looking exactly like themselves, mind you) but since no one could have gotten any good voice through that mask (being Waters or any other guy), it must be surrogates with "lip"sync. Roger must be standing behind the stage singing.
Cool trick though, and helluva way to start the show!
@Henkibojj I'm not so sure. The singer sounds pretty close to Roger, but not quite. It could be Roger, but he mimes the "Lights!" Stuff, too, and that would be pointless when the audience can't see you close up. Don't know, though. Could be Rog.
@olias88 That would be amazing! This concert was absolutly Unvelievable. I went to the opening Show in Toronto on Wednesday and will never ever forget it.
They replaced themselves with other musicans in this song. They were sometimes called "The Faceless Band" because nobody ever knew what they looked like. So they wantes to test the crows to see if they actually knew it wasn't them playing. Genius.
Was that guy actually singing? He sounds identical to the album. Sadly, I don't know who sings the majority of songs on The Wall, so I wouldn't recognize the man. But anyway, if that's not him and they're not dubbing the voice over, that's a mind-boggling imitation of the voice.
Yeah, there's a line in In The Flesh about being sent along with a sarrogate band and we're going to find out where you fans really stand. This would be that sarrogate band he's speaking of. Yes as a joke to the audience they had the stand in band with masks of the four Floyd members on so noone would notice. Just a clever play on words.
There was some story on a documentary where the opening was performed by roadies wearing masks to trick the audience. I can't tell if that's what's going on here. I noticed Richard Wright rolled the Hammond organ toward him at the end. I wonder if it was a prop.
one of the best songs in the world.i love this.....sooooo simple the notes..there not even chords...and yetttt sooo fukin affective...i had an orgasm the first time i litened to this song......soooooo goooooddddddddddddd
It's no louder than the Verdi Requiem or Mahler 2, a couple of other great pieces of art that have some themes in common with The Wall. It's rock at its most grandiose -- if you don't like it, don't listen to it!
So your reasons weren't altogether committed. But I accept that you like it. What are you saying is that, if one gets immune to this kind of sound one may find it difficult to appreciate softer types of sound?
@therealCanablisS Yeah but It reminded me of one of the riffs in dazed and confused. But it gone a 100 years since last time I listened to it so I don't know. It did sound familar
0:35 is that snowy white
fl00dsm0k3 1 week ago
Holy shit! Those first two notes kick my ass!
mikeysclips 1 week ago
I'll never forget the day I found out this song was performed by a tribute band in Pink Floyd masks... heh
PinkFloydGirl9532 1 month ago
This is how you open up a show!
DanW900 2 months ago
@TheyCallMeSquints Pink Floyd was pissed off that their concerts were just turning into parties; (they thought no one was actually paying attention to them) so they hired people to pretend to play their music and wear masks to show people that people didnt really care..
my guitar teacher told me this so I dont even know..
TheMattyMich 2 months ago
bloody brilliant
SEVENFOLD1301 2 months ago
Right now I'm watching this thinking how long could i enjoy this before society is crushed by a fascist dictatorship as quoted by waters"every gun ,every missle,bomb,plane,and bullet represents a theft from those who are hungry and needs to be fed.."from Dwight Eisenhower.. cause memories a stranger and history's for fools.
khoham 3 months ago
@TheyCallMeSquints Yes and this isn't pink floyd roger waters said in an interview that they took a tribute band gave them mask and told them to play. the guy that stard talken in the beginng was telling the fans this but he got cut off
LDabc123 3 months ago
why am i clapping inside my room.....
rmansyur1 3 months ago
DAMN ROGER LOOKED WAY DIFFERENT IN 1980
1ZosoLZ 3 months ago
@1ZosoLZ thats not Roger
iamobeliskquake 2 weeks ago
@iamobeliskquake wtf yes it is
1ZosoLZ 2 weeks ago
@1ZosoLZ During In the Flesh? and In the Flesh, Pink Floyd would have a tribute band come out and play and wear masks hence the lyrics "you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise" and "they sent us along as a surragate band"
iamobeliskquake 2 weeks ago
so there's two In the flesh's?
NirvanaNerd364 4 months ago
@NirvanaNerd364 In the flesh? and in the flesh.
MrTrty5 4 weeks ago
@MrTrty5 thanks
NirvanaNerd364 4 weeks ago
I thought the surrogate band "fake-played" with the real band playing in the darkness
fajitaRBguy01111 4 months ago
is that really roger? =S
DyingPulseProduction 5 months ago
@DyingPulseProduction Nope, it's Andy Bown (the second bassist who toured with them). Roger was singing from off-stage. Bown (and the other "surrogate band "members) wore PInk Floyd masks as a sort of vindication of Roger's statement that once a band gets as famous as Pink Floyd as an entity, it almost doesn't matter who's on the stage anymore, because people are there for the spectacle and the experience, rather than connecting with the artist personally through their music.
jjobie 4 months ago in playlist Pink Floyd The Wall Live Concert 1980
@jjobie I learn something new every day :')
DyingPulseProduction 4 months ago
instant stimulation
quinnasty 5 months ago
Hahaha Pink Floyd is just like fuck off were playing! Awesome.
nugster1 5 months ago in playlist Pink Floyd The Wall Live Concert 1980
Dont worry Jimmy page. Your not the only onewho dresses as a nazi on stage. :P
igSgtPepper 6 months ago
Snowy White on the guitar?
nadibs 6 months ago
@nadibs Snowy White indeed. You should check out the performance of another brick in the wall part 2, his solo in that is ridiculous.
BobMillahhh 6 months ago
@TheyCallMeSquints yea they are life masks of the band put on other people. and PF is playin somewhere else.
theamazingbeatboxer 7 months ago
So wats the deal.I no about the surrogate band, but the guy singing with the mask on, was he singing to Rogers pre-recorded audio from the Wall album???
DARRINCONNOR1 7 months ago
WHAT HE SAYS BEFORE START THE SONG?
SaMuSeruGiran 7 months ago
@SaMuSeruGiran "I would like to point out that at the end of the show, there will be"-cut off by in the flesh.
wassupuidiotsalt 6 months ago
@TheyCallMeSquints i know roger is he looks more like barbra streisand than himself
cheezycha 7 months ago
como es posible que sean dobles con mascaras??
pepebnk98 8 months ago
I asked one of the crew at the Las Vegas show and he told me that the homeless guy was one of their truck drivers.
moecritter 8 months ago
This song is so badass. This is how you kick off a rock show.
shack8110 8 months ago 20
4 people are idiot to dislike this!
jcesarpaiva 8 months ago
@jcesarpaiva those four people are up against the wall.
Lech942 8 months ago
Why does the surrogates wear masks? I heard in interview Roger Waters said they were a faceless band and nobody cared if Pink Floyd or someone else played their songs on the stage, so why mask them?
Lawen78 9 months ago
1980 something that I love
marcoyjessica 9 months ago
@TheyCallMeSquints Yes.
ziggykelly 9 months ago
The idea for the surrogate bandis the fact that Roger thought that you couldhave anybody up there playing the music and the audiance would not notice or care.
LeeHOswald0112 9 months ago
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Abonanno24601 9 months ago
@LeeHOswald0112 thats because before anybody really went to see them in concert, nobody really knew what they looked like. All but one record cover had their faces and that was Piper at the Gates of Dawn and i don't think David Gilmour was even on that cover. Thats part of the mysticism of the band.
Abonanno24601 9 months ago
also part of the idea behind building the wall on the stage came after the famous spitting incident in montreal in 1977, they decided to build a wall between themselves and the fans and see if they could actually piss everyone off
timshill 9 months ago
for those debating what the surrogate band is about, the surrogate band are the session musicians that work with the band, likes of snowy white etc. the idea behind the surrogate band is that the band/roger had become dissillusioned that nobody really knew who they were and said that they could put anybody on a stage playing their music and nobody would know the difference, hence the surrogate band in masks
timshill 9 months ago
airplane and explosion... in the flesh...
has123456 10 months ago
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has123456 10 months ago
4 people didn't want to find out what was behind these cold eyes.
RockRollBand1 10 months ago 8
4 people are trapped behind a wall
brumbiesfan97 10 months ago 4
the people in the video are not Pink Floyd , actors with life masks
brokenimages 11 months ago
@brokenimages I know, its so cool that they put together a various of musicians, made them put on Pink Floyd life masks and perform the first song :D
MrScorpions4ever 9 months ago
@ElFrankus have you seen the movie?
MauerEllsbury 11 months ago
Who is this "surrogate band"? anyone knows?
ElFrankus 11 months ago
is roger actually singing and the surrogat is lipsyncing????
TheVlajko 1 year ago
who is singing?
TheVlajko 1 year ago
I love how they cut off the MC haha
SchizophobicBand 1 year ago
I love how they cut off the MC haha
SchizophobicBand 1 year ago
lol i love stuff like this... gets me a little turned on tbh...
SexyChck7821 1 year ago
so is this rogers singing???
or roger is singing behind the stage
k0stil 1 year ago
this is not the floyd right?
i remember reading something that the first song of the show was performed by some other band that was mocking pink floyd,wearing their masks and after them,the real pink floyd would come out
k0stil 1 year ago
@k0stil uhh, you're joking right? technically you're right because its not PF but it is roger waters and his band. and its ONLY roger waters and his band. so no Gilmour, Mason, Wright, or Barrett, who was long gone and out of the band anyway, so he wouldn't be there
tornadomad 1 year ago
@tornadomad ey Dude, you're worng. This is the Surrogates band, which opened every The Wall shows. and it has nothing to do with a Roger Waters solist concert, as he never did such a thing until his In the flesh tour, two decades after
Labaro63 1 year ago 2
@Labaro63 the surrogate band isnt supposed to come along until the second In The Flesh. you know, the one where he says "and he sent us along as a surrogate band"
tornadomad 11 months ago
@tornadomad Excuse me, but you're wrong. The surrogates band was the one opening the shows, and it was always that way. I'm not sure if "In the flesh?" was played by the surrogates or the real ones, but "In the flesh" surely was.
Labaro63 11 months ago
@tornadomad Excuse me, but you're wrong. "In the flesh?" was always played by the surrogates. In fact, "In the flesh" (the second one) was played by real Pink Floyd, as Roger was already transformed into something else, and he was a kind of "surrogate" himself.
Regards
Labaro63 11 months ago
Roger said a while back he discovered a lot of footage from these concerts and that he'd been busy editing it
fingers crossed for a future DVD/Blu Ray release then
but knowing how long it takes for new Floyd related stuff to come out we'll probably be waiting about 10 years for that
TheOwlsOfGaHoole 1 year ago
@TheOwlsOfGaHoole I think I was reading Rolling Stone magazine, and it said "While watching high definition footage of David Gilmour playing the solo to Comfortably Numb back in 1980, footage that will soon one day be availible to fans"....
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
how can i get this concert on dvd? its just imposible
ThePaketinez 1 year ago
@ThePaketinez not on dvd :(
EVHfan5001 1 year ago
@ThePaketinez better to wait for the Roger Waters tour dvd... for our times is awesome!!!...
travsam 1 year ago
@ThePaketinez i have it.
FloydfanMega 1 year ago
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ThePaketinez 1 year ago
@FloydfanMega REALLY??? how did u get it? how can i get it????
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is that the surrogate band? 1:44 looks nothing like roger
JGordo6 1 year ago
is that the surrogate band? 1:44 looks nothing like roger
JGordo6 1 year ago
@JGordo6 yip
iamcraiger 1 year ago
Best intro ever!
Nevendk 1 year ago
i going roger waters live !!! in mexicooo!!!
rockeroalfredo 1 year ago
wow. epic.
Runningjoels 1 year ago
omg i love this song :D
wingdar100 1 year ago
I'm so jealous of my mom. She saw Pink Floyd in 1980 when they played in Los Angeles. I saw Roger Waters at the Staples Center this week. Probably the best show I've ever been to.
jamesz5000 1 year ago 2
@hair freak roger waters went to the one in vegas last friday it was fucking amazing...took some dose this kind gentle man gave me who was sitting in front of me and had a blast!
gratefuldead1968 1 year ago
I love how he is mid conversation and catches audience by surprise. So fucking epic
damosanchex 1 year ago
that really does sound like Waters singing...it's not him?
tarantinosnumber1fan 1 year ago
@tarantinosnumber1fan Its the surrogate band member on bass, but Roger is just out of view singing.
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
Last tour for the classical PF lineup, this one. Hard to believe.
chapaev36 1 year ago
Pink floyd for ever
hamsteradorable 1 year ago
@hamsteradorable :D and ever
MizaMizaChan 1 year ago
è inutile che Roger ci provi secondo me tutto ciò resterà incomparabile!
GRRRSilvia 1 year ago
if the show is yours...then yes, i would like to go to the show
blinkme478 1 year ago
What are the masks made of? I need one...
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
i really wanna get one of those masks XD my nose is big enough to fit into rogers and you can tell the guitarists not dave, cuz daves hair is short by now
Rokky616 1 year ago
i really wanna get one of those masks XD my nose is big enough to fit into rogers
Rokky616 1 year ago
it is roger singing and the guy with the mask is miming
MoveOverCasanova 1 year ago
@MoveOverCasanova No, it's just the audio from the video was so poor that he updated it with the audio from the live album. It's just really out of sync.
TomAwesomeYay 1 year ago
@TomAwesomeYay at 1:41 you can see he wears a "roger waters mask"! gilmour also told it in an interview
MoveOverCasanova 1 year ago
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Mrjoeypunkrock 1 year ago
So to anyone who has gone to one of the 2010 shows, who do you think the homeless guy was?
hairfreak23 1 year ago 51
@hairfreak23
I wish I was on the floor to meet him!!!!!!
DanW900 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 there was a homeless guy at yours too?
wrestler6271995 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 i have no idea but what did his sign say?
DL345 1 year ago
@DL345 it said "Homeless, need money for booze and hookers."
aDDiZZle99 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 I think he was one of the background singers. If I remember right, his sign said something like "Homeless: Need Money For Booze"
StevieKeys 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 yeah i saw that 2. he was walking around in the audience!
AfternoonProductions 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 i think his sign said "no thought control". but idk who he was, maybe one of pink's fans
Bearbonshnok94 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 I saw the tour 3 times and twice i was on the floor. He went right by me each time but i didn't ask him what his real job was on the tour. He's simply part of the crew in some way...no big deal. It's funny to see the security people looking at him and scratching their heads, same goes for half the crowd.
deadhead957 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 He symbolizes the beginning of the concert and right as Waters comes on stage he throws the pink doll on stage to symbolize the beginning of the wall.
drugsarebadmmmmkay 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 Oh he was part of the show?? It was raining so I thought the venue was just nice letting an old hobo hang out with his cart...
Beans000and000Rice 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 it was roger
aDDiZZle99 1 year ago
@hairfreak23 Us.
ElFrankus 11 months ago
@hairfreak23 i think some victim of the dictature
MrJointa 9 months ago
@hairfreak23
what homeless guy?
Anyway, The Wall 2010/2011 was the BEST CONCERT IN THE WORLD UNTIL NOW! no bias
Wanna know why? Go do what you people do best... watch youtube videos of the live shows, that'll give you the answer, I went there and it seemed that the clash of heaven and hell would be nothing but ants compared to this masterpiece
BinaryDood 7 months ago
@hairfreak23 then he threw pink on the stage that was awesome nice comment
BeatlesFloydnDeadFan 5 months ago in playlist Pink Floyd in the flesh
two weeks to go...
steviep53 1 year ago
is something alluding you? is this not what you expected to see?
stormthorgerson 1 year ago
Gonna see him in DC!!
GivepeaceachanceJL 1 year ago 2
Snowy White doing leads on" In the Flesh"....like WTF ??? Page would never have anyone doing his leads live (mind you, maybe he should have in later zeppelin years lol)!! I like snowy white he was great in thin lizzy but still gilmour should have been doing all his own lead parts......this sort of stuff started on the "animals" tour prior....sort of a piss off. Aside from that the show is killer !!
outonthetiles 1 year ago
Saw the original show live in 1980 in Los Angeles. Absolutely unreal experience. Was in High School at the time and had only been a fan since The Wall released. I've been to over 100 concerts and by far, this was the best. Imagine a kid, at one of his first concerts, sitting in an arena (Los Angeles Sports Arena) in quadraphonic sound, having only seen the likes of Kansas and Styx live, to see one of the best bands ever, live...playing their best concert ever...it was surreal!
kknbck 1 year ago
Respect their Authoritah!
WormYourHonor64 1 year ago
Fuckin class
MrGeorge138 1 year ago
I watched Roger Waters perform at coachella '08. I left san diego without tickets, half ounce of medicinal herbs, and a quad of gold caps. I got into the show...calling numbers on craigslist. It was the best show, best trip of my life. If i never went to another show, or tripped ever again, i would not feel like i will be missing anything.....everytime i listen to the floyd, i always remember that show. Such a powerful performance. I cant imagine how the Wall tour will be.
TheGoliathsound 1 year ago
Ive seen the show in Dortmund and later in Earls court, best thing that ever happen to me ( PF wise that is)
And yes im old ;)
smaug3232 1 year ago
Greatness
DXB2B 1 year ago
Roger here at Tacoma Dome... Dec.11th !!! 2nd to last show of tour !!! Gonna be awesome !
TacomaPaul 1 year ago
@TacomaPaul im seeing roger at the honda center, annaheim dec.13, its gonna rock!!! by the way out of this whole tour, david gilmour is gonna suprise everyone and show up at one of the shows!!! keep your fingers crossed. >:-D
pffan1000 1 year ago
Roger Waters - In the Flash 1999, August 11th. Anybody was there except for me?
Best show ever.
ragazza777able 1 year ago
Pink Floyd's genius... having 4 other musicians opening the show, pretending to be the orginal ones!
jumpy27 1 year ago
@jumpy27 Yeah, that's pretty cool. But the "surrogate band" singer's voice must be Roger's real voice, right? It sounds too similar to be some other guy. At first I thought it was the real guys but with masks on (looking exactly like themselves, mind you) but since no one could have gotten any good voice through that mask (being Waters or any other guy), it must be surrogates with "lip"sync. Roger must be standing behind the stage singing.
Cool trick though, and helluva way to start the show!
Henkibojj 1 year ago
@Henkibojj
sure, it's Waters singing from behind the stage, and bassist Andy Bown is lip-synching...
jumpy27 1 year ago
@Henkibojj I'm not so sure. The singer sounds pretty close to Roger, but not quite. It could be Roger, but he mimes the "Lights!" Stuff, too, and that would be pointless when the audience can't see you close up. Don't know, though. Could be Rog.
WormYourHonor64 1 year ago
@WormYourHonor64 It's Roger. The "surrogate" musician is miming.
JobberBud 1 year ago
@JobberBud K, thanks
WormYourHonor64 1 year ago
if only i had been born earlier and not during their DB tour of 94 i dont think no band since PF have put on a better rock concert
ThePinkfloyd1969 1 year ago
awesome Band and fantastic fucking drumming!
kneedragger81 1 year ago
The greatest song unsong.
smilingpug 1 year ago
Thumbs up if your going to "The Wall" Roger Waters Concert!!!!
MissLauraDevine 1 year ago 249
@MissLauraDevine
I wish I was, but the tickets are too god damn expensive.
Hovercat34 1 year ago
@MissLauraDevine Live in Vancouver! Went to the Dark Side of the Moon show and it was a mind-blowing experience
olias88 1 year ago
@olias88 That would be amazing! This concert was absolutly Unvelievable. I went to the opening Show in Toronto on Wednesday and will never ever forget it.
MissLauraDevine 1 year ago
@MissLauraDevine Saw him in Pittsburgh. It was absolutely spectacular.
Poiuyt111 1 year ago
@MissLauraDevine hell yeah
Colin2k41 1 year ago
@MissLauraDevine I wish
GuitarzMyThing 1 year ago
I love that they wore the masks when they did introduction. God I wish I was 50 years old lol so I would have had a chance to see them.
coopertrace 1 year ago
What a fucking awesome intro to the show.
Hisseefits 1 year ago
this is the famous surrogate band
thedeadliest 1 year ago 2
@thedeadliest They're gonna find out where those fans really stand!
ziggykelly 1 year ago
now thats a good way to open a rock show. thats just awesome
weirdmanmovies182 1 year ago
They replaced themselves with other musicans in this song. They were sometimes called "The Faceless Band" because nobody ever knew what they looked like. So they wantes to test the crows to see if they actually knew it wasn't them playing. Genius.
Mikeyski4 1 year ago
Gonna see the show next year, can't fcking wait!!
TomPerez1 1 year ago
Yeah. Roger always begins with in flesh,
Eins, zwei, drei and boom!!! Love it.
And the plain will be back with the new tour. Yeah!!
yahe1981 1 year ago
That one in the spotlight he don't look right to me. Get em up against the wall.
4ulefties 1 year ago
@EKmauger No Problem, just get your facts straight before exploding at someone.
rushrulez1 1 year ago
@EKmauger For this Song they used a Surrogate Band wearing masks, I knew the other songs were actually floyd, "u dumbass"
rushrulez1 1 year ago
is it roger waters or pink floyd? i don't recognize the others
benemles 1 year ago
wot is this not the real pink floyd???
meakins8 1 year ago
Was that guy actually singing? He sounds identical to the album. Sadly, I don't know who sings the majority of songs on The Wall, so I wouldn't recognize the man. But anyway, if that's not him and they're not dubbing the voice over, that's a mind-boggling imitation of the voice.
etg2010 1 year ago
ESE INTRO ES de la ptm
THEW4LL 1 year ago
brilliant song by a brilliant band done brilliantly
PWNDURASS12 1 year ago
What a bad impression of Rick Wright at about 2:22. Richard would never move like that behind the keyboards. lol
codenameevan 1 year ago
If they wanted them to believe it was the real floyd, the guitarist should have played a strat, not a les paul
rushrulez1 1 year ago
Would give my left nut JUST to be part of the surrogate band.
TheDiseasedOne 1 year ago
The greatest opening to a concert. Long Live Pink Floyd!!!
meakins8 1 year ago 2
The surrogate band freaks the shit outta me....
Jimmy011111 1 year ago 2
best rendition of any song.. EVER
josseph85 1 year ago
I hope Waters also tour Europe with the Wall next year!
chrisbb33 1 year ago
Yeah, there's a line in In The Flesh about being sent along with a sarrogate band and we're going to find out where you fans really stand. This would be that sarrogate band he's speaking of. Yes as a joke to the audience they had the stand in band with masks of the four Floyd members on so noone would notice. Just a clever play on words.
flcn92 1 year ago
There was some story on a documentary where the opening was performed by roadies wearing masks to trick the audience. I can't tell if that's what's going on here. I noticed Richard Wright rolled the Hammond organ toward him at the end. I wonder if it was a prop.
richardburchett 1 year ago
What's wrong with Roger's face at 1:47 it looks like a mask almost freaky!!!!!!!!
Niamhdm7871 1 year ago
@Niamhdm7871
that's because he isn't roger, he is an actor with a mask...
in that concert they don't appear untill thin ice, it was a joke to the crowd...
sorry for my bad english
stark108 1 year ago
one of the best songs in the world.i love this.....sooooo simple the notes..there not even chords...and yetttt sooo fukin affective...i had an orgasm the first time i litened to this song......soooooo goooooddddddddddddd
trecoolmania 1 year ago
two words:
E P I C
josseph85 1 year ago
I can't wait to see this remade. Finally. I just wish Mason and Gilmour would join Waters on stage.
jbelcher74 1 year ago
lloll is this the one where all the guys went up with PF masks on and pretended to be them? And then the real Floyd came out after xD
MalachiBordman 1 year ago
It's no louder than the Verdi Requiem or Mahler 2, a couple of other great pieces of art that have some themes in common with The Wall. It's rock at its most grandiose -- if you don't like it, don't listen to it!
TarisioConductor 1 year ago
wow this is amazing,
and all the people saying its too loud are a bunch of little girls
the best way to listen to floyd is with the volume all the way up and with a joint in your hand
googleyou003 1 year ago 2
So your reasons weren't altogether committed. But I accept that you like it. What are you saying is that, if one gets immune to this kind of sound one may find it difficult to appreciate softer types of sound?
Gold753 1 year ago
ugh i hate this new layout
therealCanablisS 1 year ago
ugh i hate this new layout
therealCanablisS 1 year ago
ugh i hate this new layout
therealCanablisS 1 year ago
When I listened to the album i thought the riff at 1 minute sounded like some zeppelin shit. Dazed and confused i think
krollaostmedburger 1 year ago
@krollaostmedburger not at all imo
therealCanablisS 1 year ago
@therealCanablisS Yeah but It reminded me of one of the riffs in dazed and confused. But it gone a 100 years since last time I listened to it so I don't know. It did sound familar
krollaostmedburger 1 year ago