Great show last night. We were out in the pavilion, and at times it felt more like watching it on TV than "being there"; but as the show progressed, the crowd got more into it around us, and he played a lot of great classics. i think the entire show was about 3 hours, including encores.

i'd never seen him live, and for me it was a bucket list type of thing. nice night for a concert. paul's still got it...and the fireworks/flames for "live and let die" were pretty cool.

I saw him a couple times about 20 years ago and you are right it is great. I guess he still thinks it is fun to be able to do such a show at his age? Why else would one of the richest guys in the UK continue to bother?

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Elections have consequences.

$35 lawn seats for tonight on StubHub.

I would have liked to have seen this show. There were a lot of hall of fame types playing in Chicago this summer.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It was agreat show. His band fuckin rocks.

I got the same price on Gametime and am going tonight, had credit from Cubs tickets I had sold. Looking forward to the show.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

Roger Waters put on a great show the other night. He played virtually all of Dark Side of the Moon and two-thirds of Animals. The political stuff wasn't the most subtle thing going, but whatever.

I coulda done without hearing Eddie Vedder singing "Comfortably Numb," however.

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For as big a Floyd fan as I am this is why I did not or will not go. He has gone nuts really. It is beyond a little Bono or Springsteen preaching. He is out there too on a few of his stances with Israel being one of them. Moreover, I never really get the politicization of rock in the first place but having a UK citizen preach the whole concert and bombard with the AV stuff is too much for me. I would rather have a bong, some beer and a good pair of headphones for Floyd songs at this point.

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That's what artists do, mike. It really is what they should do.

When I go to a concert at Wrigley, I boo whenever the artist brings up something about the Cubs. You can do the same.

I went to The Wall with my wife and another couple. The guy is an arch conservative (he is also a custodial engineer who likes to refer to himself, unashamedly, as an engineer even though he knows my wife is an actual licensed engineer). At the end of the concert during drinks he spent the time bitching about the politics. I asked him if he had any previous familiarity with the work. Who knew The Wall would be anti war, anti facism and kind of pro anarchist?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I get it. I also know full well the underlying themes of The Wall. I guess I will just choose not to see it in this current incarnation. particularly from Roger the UK citizen.

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Elections have consequences.

pink floyd's heyday predates my time on this planet, but seeing waters perform dark side of the moon in tinley park about 7 or 8 years ago was perhaps the best concert i had been to in my lifetime. I was initially excited about him coming back on tour in chicago but never did buy tickets... then when I heard the show was going to be super crazy political and anti trump i for sure didnt bother trying to check scalper prices. i guess as mike mentioned there's always been strong political messages from waters in his music and shows, but seeing how we as a society have just been doused with political hate speech on TV and online on twitter.... from all sides for basically the last 2 years... it's just too much

Saw Paul about 20 years ago at County Stadium. Phenomenal show. "Lady Madonna" put the biggest smile on my face.

No desire to see him since.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

PittMike and Billy need safe spaces at concerts.

Poor snowflakes.

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it wasn't very artistically done....i want artists to have political ideas and push the boundaries, but do it with your art, not just by putting a picture of a small-penised Trump up there....I respect Waters as a lyricist. He could have done better.

I also felt that he tried to shoehorn his old material into commentary on Trump. Yeah, sticking it to the Man will always be relevant, but Trump comes from a world that did not exist in 1976 or 1979.

Great show, though. I forgot how much I connected to Floyd.

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I mean, he's hugely responsible for Floyd being Floyd, but Waters can't sing. I'd rather see Gilmour.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

The My Brave Face tour.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Setlist for the concert

1. Drive My Car
Written by Lennon - McCartney
2. Coming Up
Written by Paul McCartney
3. Looking For Changes
Written by Paul McCartney
4. Another Day
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5. All My Loving
Written by Lennon - McCartney
6. Let Me Roll It
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
7. Peace In The Neighbourhood
Written by Paul McCartney
8. Off The Ground
Written by Paul McCartney
9. Can't Buy Me Love
Written by Lennon - McCartney
10. Robbie's Bit
Written by Robbie McIntosh
11. Good Rockin' Tonight
Written by Roy Brown
12. We Can Work It Out
Written by Lennon - McCartney
13. And I Love Her
Written by Lennon - McCartney
14. Every Night
Written by Paul McCartney
15. Hope Of Deliverance
Written by Paul McCartney
16. Michelle
Written by Lennon - McCartney
17. Biker Like An Icon
Written by Paul McCartney
18. Here, There And Everywhere
Written by Lennon - McCartney
19. Yesterday
Written by Lennon - McCartney
20. My Love
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
21. Lady Madonna
Written by Lennon - McCartney
22. Live And Let Die
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
23. Let It Be
Written by Lennon - McCartney
24. Magical Mystery Tour
Written by Lennon - McCartney
25. C'mon People
Written by Paul McCartney
26. The Long And Winding Road
Written by Lennon - McCartney
27. Paperback Writer
Written by Lennon - McCartney
28. Fixing A Hole
Written by Lennon - McCartney
29. Penny Lane
Written by Lennon - McCartney
30. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Written by Lennon - McCartney
31. Band On The Run
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
32. I Saw Her Standing There
Written by Lennon - McCartney
33. Hey Jude
Written by Lennon - McCartney

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

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Kinda where I'm at too. I'll give a long rope in the name of great music but his antisemitism is too appalling to put up with.

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ditto

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When is this guys 15 minutes of fame up?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You just gave IMU a boner.

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Didn't go nearly far enough. Before the show they should have demanded that all of the idiot Trump voters raise their hands before systematically shooting each and every one in the head. Then the normal people could have danced on the rotting corpses during the show.

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

Is it antisemitism or just anti-Israeli? I'm seriously asking. I never understood his obsession with Israel/Palestine.

I think I remember him going after Jewish-Americans for interfering or lobbying, but I don't think that automatically makes him antisemitic.

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Anti-Zionism, i.e., the denial of Israel's right to exist, can fairly be called antisemitism. It says "I love Jews, Jews are great, I just don't think they should have a place to live as a bulwark against the hatred that has followed them for centuries."

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I can see what you are saying, though. Anti-Zionism is a different sort of antisemitism--or, in the US, since we're so close with Israel, anti-Zionism is not something that ever struck me as something with teeth. Maybe it's different in the UK, which is significantly less Jewish than the US. I just don't understand how Waters latched on to this.

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Oh, I wasn't attributing it to you. It was a royal you. Apologies.

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Ain't no thing.

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Okay, what do you say we edit/delete that whole exchange for clarity and posterity.

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