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Author:  good dolphin [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  The Wall at Wrigley

Anyone else going?

Author:  spanky [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:09 am ]
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Not for a million $

Author:  Phil McCracken [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:14 am ]
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I went to The Wall when it was at the UC....really good show I had a great time

Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:27 am ]
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The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.

Author:  good dolphin [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:44 am ]
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No, I meant cubs fans just going over to wrigley and staring at a wall with ivy on it...they will serve beer.

Author:  Phil McCracken [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:45 am ]
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good dolphin wrote:
No, I meant cubs fans just going over to wrigley and staring at a wall with ivy on it...they will serve beer.

:lol: Image

Author:  Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:07 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.


I dont know about blows. Way overplayed, yes.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:20 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
No, I meant cubs fans just going over to wrigley and staring at a wall with ivy on it...they will serve beer.

A one liner ill never forget from 1989

My aunt who had just moved to Wrigelyville: Yeah, we are right on the street. If you walk down our block you'd walk right into the left field wall.

My uncle: I think we'll stop before we walk into the wall


9 year old rpb: :lol: :lol:

Author:  Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:03 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
Anyone else going?
Yes. Hoping for good weather.

Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:13 pm ]
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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.


I dont know about blows. Way overplayed, yes.

I'd take Wish You Were Here, or Dark Side Of The Moon anyday. Dark Side Of The Moon is way more overplayed than The wall is also.

Author:  Phil McCracken [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:30 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.


I dont know about blows. Way overplayed, yes.

I'd take Wish You Were Here, or Dark Side Of The Moon anyday. Dark Side Of The Moon is way more overplayed than The wall is also.

Animals is better than any of those albums and it only has 3 proper songs on it. But still The Wall at the UC was a good show

Author:  spanky [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:52 pm ]
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Pink Floyd Sucks.

End of thread, you're welcome. Good day. I said GOOD DAY, sir!

Author:  shakes [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:02 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.



you're no Pink Floyd fan.

Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:03 pm ]
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shakes wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
The Wall blows.

And this opinion is coming from a Pink Floyd fan.



you're no Pink Floyd fan.

Thank goodness.

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:05 am ]
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Great show and a great time.

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:26 am ]
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Dynamite review of the show there, dolphin.

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:47 am ]
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these guys on a stage with a wall on it played guitars and sang while stagehands put bricks in place throughout the show to complete the wall

Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:48 am ]
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good dolphin wrote:
these guys on a stage with a wall on it played guitars and sang while stagehands put bricks in place throughout the show to complete the wall

What songs did they play? I hope nothing from The Wall.

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:49 am ]
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bitchy little songs from a guy blaming his dad, mother, teachers and wife for his own mental weakness

Author:  Rod [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:13 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
bitchy little songs from a guy blaming his dad, mother, teachers and wife for his own mental weakness



That little burrito, he's a millionaire.

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:35 pm ]
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Frank, as you would expect with Waters, the concert is as much theater as it is music. It's difficult to reduce the visual to words and the words that are used don't translate the experience very well to the reader.

They basically had a wall from foul line to foul line in the outfield. It was mamoth and used as the screen for projection. I had seats down the third base line a few rows up from the concourse that seperates the boxes from the reserved seating and the images were as clear as could be.

The lights went down and a cloud of pot smoke that existed for the next few hours engulfed the stadium. I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell. I had a few brews before and during so I was feeling it. It was a beautiful night, warm but not sweaty hot, really perfect.

Great opening with all kinds of pyrotechnics and an airplane running from the backstop and crashing into the wall.

The theme was really anti all establishment, not just facism or governments. They showed pictures of people, both soldiers and civilians of all nationalities who have been killed in recent wars. Air planes dropped bombs shaped like religious symbols, corporate symbols and national symbols....he looses me a little on the commercialization when I see the hordes standing around to buy t shirts and triple digit ticket prices

Had the Twins and got to watch Morneau triple in the 9th to tie up the game during intermission.

Came out of intermission with the full wall. They had a condo unit built into the wall that opened up while Waters sang...better than my house...had t shirts that said big brother is watching you with the br crossed out and replaced with an M. I wish mothers day was coming soon because that would have been a gift.

Author:  Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:47 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
Frank, as you would expect with Waters, the concert is as much theater as it is music. It's difficult to reduce the visual to words and the words that are used don't translate the experience very well to the reader.

They basically had a wall from foul line to foul line in the outfield. It was mamoth and used as the screen for projection. I had seats down the third base line a few rows up from the concourse that seperates the boxes from the reserved seating and the images were as clear as could be.

The lights went down and a cloud of pot smoke that existed for the next few hours engulfed the stadium. I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell. I had a few brews before and during so I was feeling it. It was a beautiful night, warm but not sweaty hot, really perfect.

Great opening with all kinds of pyrotechnics and an airplane running from the backstop and crashing into the wall.

The theme was really anti all establishment, not just facism or governments. They showed pictures of people, both soldiers and civilians of all nationalities who have been killed in recent wars. Air planes dropped bombs shaped like religious symbols, corporate symbols and national symbols....he looses me a little on the commercialization when I see the hordes standing around to buy t shirts and triple digit ticket prices

Had the Twins and got to watch Morneau triple in the 9th to tie up the game during intermission.

Came out of intermission with the full wall. They had a condo unit built into the wall that opened up while Waters sang...better than my house...had t shirts that said big brother is watching you with the br crossed out and replaced with an M. I wish mothers day was coming soon because that would have been a gift.

I heard the whole thing sucked. All the special effects were bullshit and splashing the Star of David all over a pig was enough to send one of my friends to the exits...and she has a damned thick skin.

Author:  A7X [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:02 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell


That's what I used to say about cocaine.

Author:  SomeGuy [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:03 pm ]
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A7X wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell


That's what I used to say about cocaine.


My guy!

Author:  SomeGuy [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:04 pm ]
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A7X wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell


That's what I used to say about cocaine.


My guy!

Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:00 pm ]
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Aggravated Sox Fan Bob wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
Frank, as you would expect with Waters, the concert is as much theater as it is music. It's difficult to reduce the visual to words and the words that are used don't translate the experience very well to the reader.

They basically had a wall from foul line to foul line in the outfield. It was mamoth and used as the screen for projection. I had seats down the third base line a few rows up from the concourse that seperates the boxes from the reserved seating and the images were as clear as could be.

The lights went down and a cloud of pot smoke that existed for the next few hours engulfed the stadium. I'm not a smoker but I kind of like the smell. I had a few brews before and during so I was feeling it. It was a beautiful night, warm but not sweaty hot, really perfect.

Great opening with all kinds of pyrotechnics and an airplane running from the backstop and crashing into the wall.

The theme was really anti all establishment, not just facism or governments. They showed pictures of people, both soldiers and civilians of all nationalities who have been killed in recent wars. Air planes dropped bombs shaped like religious symbols, corporate symbols and national symbols....he looses me a little on the commercialization when I see the hordes standing around to buy t shirts and triple digit ticket prices

Had the Twins and got to watch Morneau triple in the 9th to tie up the game during intermission.

Came out of intermission with the full wall. They had a condo unit built into the wall that opened up while Waters sang...better than my house...had t shirts that said big brother is watching you with the br crossed out and replaced with an M. I wish mothers day was coming soon because that would have been a gift.

I heard the whole thing sucked. All the special effects were bullshit and splashing the Star of David all over a pig was enough to send one of my friends to the exits...and she has a damned thick skin.


I am not the most sophisticated consumer of live music but I think I'd be able to tell if it sucked and it did not.

I didn't really notice of the star of david on a pig (it was actually a wild boar) as it was full of graffitied images and didn't really stick out. I could see why it would offend. I would probably equate it with the offense I would take to balck jesus coming down off of the cross to nail madonna, a cross being posed in a jar of urine or a person ripping the picture of the pope, which is to say, I don't think I'd be highly offended.

This was not some gratuitous use of the image as both the cross and crescent were used in a similar manner. I was not even mildly offended by the use of the cross as I recognized that he was making a statement about the causes of war, one of which has been religion and specifically christianity (on a superficial level). The Wall is also a warning about heirarchical social systems that demand conformity through the use of rigid rules. Major organized religions are among these systems.

Contextually in the show, Waters transforms from the performer of earlier in the show into the fascist leader. He clearly sings the performer is back at the hotel and asks the tells the crowd this is not what was expected to be seen. He orders gays, jews, coons, spotted people, etc. to get up against the wall and recommends they be shot. All this occurs while the pig is floating around. It is appropriate for this character to be blasphemous at this part of the story but that does not make the story blasphemous (although it ultimately probably is). This isn't like a Springsteen concert where Springsteen is out there only as Springsteen. This is theater where Waters is out there in character and spoken/sung words may not be the ones he holds.

Also, the blow up pig floating around the stadium is a Pink Floyd staple. It didn't seem like he was trying to make a particular offense to judaism witth the pig but in retospect it is probably more ignorance. If he was choosing to really shock the world he would have put islamic symbols on the pig as their grouping would be even more offensive.

It's an interesting take that I had not considered.

Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:06 pm ]
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Hippie.

Author:  Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:13 pm ]
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Give me a rock and roll show with no fancy stage or special effects.....
Period.
What about the damned music?

Author:  Spaulding [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:15 pm ]
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good dolphin wrote:
had t shirts that said big brother is watching you with the br crossed out and replaced with an M. I wish mothers day was coming soon because that would have been a gift.


For who?

Author:  SomeGuy [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:16 pm ]
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Aggravated Sox Fan Bob wrote:
Give me a rock and roll show with no fancy stage or special effects.....
Period.
What about the damned music?


It's totally possible to have both.

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