Will do! I understand from xirpha that he was just in Chicago? Sounds like the shows went well.
Am doubly pleased to have two tickets! The Kiddo and I may have a bit of a history with this. We end up getting concert tickets... then they add another show and we find we can get even better seats. End result: We see two shows!
Is a tradition dating back to at least 1997. Is okay, though. Not only does it double the enjoyment... but I really started my friendship with gyades when I offered him a spare ticket to a Feb 1998 Billy Joel concert! (One of the four in our original party was not inclined to go twice)
Oooh, I saw him about 8 years ago at Glastonbury. Was a bit disappointed, but then he wasn't performing the whole of The Wall - I bet that's going to be ace :-)
Good evening to you, Sweetie! *blows you a high-speed kiss*
I've seen Waters perform a number of times over the years and I think you're right about him being better when he is doing a full album. I've not seen him -- or anyone -- perform the whole of The Wall before, but I did see him do Dark Side of The Moon two years ago. I did like all the previous Waters concerts that I've been to -- in part because I'm also a fan of more obscure albums like Amused to Death and Radio K.A.O.S. -- but seeing the full Dark Side was in a class all its own. I am rather bouncy, expecting The Wall to be all that and more!
If you like, you can expect a full report in person when I return from the States, hon! (After all, I will take any excuse to see you that I can get! *wink*)
I believe I've said it before, but The Wall is the album I listen to when I want to feel depressed. The Wall is the movie I watch when I want to feel suicidally depressed. It's good music, and a good movie, but, boy is it a downer. I don't know where any of my copies are now.
While I haven't seen that many concerts of sporting-venue scale, the ones I have seen have me convinced that for a musical/theatrical performance, my money is much better spent at home, with headphones on, with my eyes closed. Much better than seeing the band ant-sized, through the smoke (ok, plus for concerts, free high), with lousy acoustics and a loud crowd who block my view.
I can understand where you're coming from about large scale concerts... but, for me, it ties into the way that I work with energy as an empath. Having thousands -- or, sometimes, tens of thousands -- or other people there gives me an enormous wave of euphoric energy that I can coast on! It isn't a coincidence that my two favourite concerts are also the two biggest that I have attended -- Billy Joel's millennium concert at MSG in 1999/2000 and BJ's Last Play At Shea concert in 2008. The crowds were enormous and I was as high as a kite on the energy they stirred up.
For similar reasons, I enjoy spending Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. With 20,000 - 36,000 people there, the energy is immense! No one else I have ever been there with has returned, whilst I have gone three times. Tis fantastic! Everyone else that I have gone with vastly prefers the Winter Solstice, which has 800 - 2000 people and is much quieter and more reverent. I love both... for very different reasons.
The squirrel icon is from a photo taken in Madison Square Park, around 5th Avenue and 23rd to 26th Street in Manhattan. It seemed the most appropriate icon for a post about a concert at the nearby Madison Square Garden... :-D
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Am doubly pleased to have two tickets! The Kiddo and I may have a bit of a history with this. We end up getting concert tickets... then they add another show and we find we can get even better seats. End result: We see two shows!
Is a tradition dating back to at least 1997. Is okay, though. Not only does it double the enjoyment... but I really started my friendship with
Huzzah!
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Have lots of fun!
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I've seen Waters perform a number of times over the years and I think you're right about him being better when he is doing a full album. I've not seen him -- or anyone -- perform the whole of The Wall before, but I did see him do Dark Side of The Moon two years ago. I did like all the previous Waters concerts that I've been to -- in part because I'm also a fan of more obscure albums like Amused to Death and Radio K.A.O.S. -- but seeing the full Dark Side was in a class all its own. I am rather bouncy, expecting The Wall to be all that and more!
If you like, you can expect a full report in person when I return from the States, hon! (After all, I will take any excuse to see you that I can get! *wink*)
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And, yes, I'm very much looking forward to a full report of all your travels when you're in Manchester. Will be so good to catch up with you!
*returns kiss, at even higher speed!*
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While I haven't seen that many concerts of sporting-venue scale, the ones I have seen have me convinced that for a musical/theatrical performance, my money is much better spent at home, with headphones on, with my eyes closed. Much better than seeing the band ant-sized, through the smoke (ok, plus for concerts, free high), with lousy acoustics and a loud crowd who block my view.
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For similar reasons, I enjoy spending Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. With 20,000 - 36,000 people there, the energy is immense! No one else I have ever been there with has returned, whilst I have gone three times. Tis fantastic! Everyone else that I have gone with vastly prefers the Winter Solstice, which has 800 - 2000 people and is much quieter and more reverent. I love both... for very different reasons.
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The squirrel icon is from a photo taken in Madison Square Park, around 5th Avenue and 23rd to 26th Street in Manhattan. It seemed the most appropriate icon for a post about a concert at the nearby Madison Square Garden... :-D