[.ca] Roger Waters - The Wall: Live In Berlin 1990

From Amazon.com:
The Wall (Live in Berlin) seemed uninspired and gimmicky in 1990 but looks and sounds terrifically compelling on DVD, thanks to its vivid image quality and greatly improved audio mixes. The freshly mineswept Potsdamer platz--a once-thriving plaza destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943--proved the perfect place to mark the opening of the Berlin Wall with an all-star production of Pink Floyd's magnum opus: a Wall for a wall. An unlikely assemblage of musicians augments Roger Waters's impressive house band (led by guitarist Rick DiFonzo and organ wizard Nick Glennie-Smith), with everyone from the Scorpions to Joni Mitchell to the Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army getting in on the rock-opera action. Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, James Galway, Thomas Dolby, and Albert Finney all turn in tasty cameos, while Sinead O'Connor looks unaccountably aloof in "Mother." The documentary is thorough and juicy, and producer Tony Hollingsworth offers an above-par essay in the booklet. --Michael Mikesell

It's just not floyd...:
As a die-hard Pink Floyd fan, I wasn't very stunned by this DVD. It's a big spectacular show and it must have been fabulous to all of the people who were there, but I'm not really fond of all the 'stars' like Brian Adams or Cindy Lauper who just don't fit in. The Wall is a very good but also a very dark album, and it's not the right album to be played by a bunch of famous rockartists. Most of the time I skip to the parts that Waters sings, for me, these are the highlights. I really hope someday the original Wall-show (of '81) will be released on DVD of VHS.

Welcome E. Germany:
I checked out of the Pink Floyd fan club after they released Wish You Were Here, perhaps their most accomplished work. (YMMV). So I never paid much attention to The Wall when it was released, though it was hard to avoid entirely due to the massive airplay it got. In fact, watching this DVD was the first time I'd heard The Wall in its entirety (minus the Outside The Wall song, which was not performed at the show). As such, it's caused me to dig out the CD and listen to it closely, gaining new appreciation for the work. But think for a moment what this concert must have represented to the youth of E. Berlin when it was performed in 1990. Soon after the wall came down, some of the biggest names in music came to town and welcomed the former communists to western Europe. The parallels between the psychological prison of the CD and the real prison of the country must have brought much emotion to the surface. Too bad there wasn't much video coverage of the massive crowd of spectators. Having different artists each sing a song from the album was inspired, and the choices of their songs seemed appropriate to me (when I later heard the CD, I could easily visualise how they came to choose Bryan Adams to sing that one song. And for me the Van Morrison rendition of Comfortably Numb was a great cover. Sure, it wasn't the same as the Floyd would do it, but that's not the point - he was paying homage to the band and participating in their success. If you get a chance, block out some time and watch this DVD at one sitting on a surround-sound system. It's a great night out!

very late:
I placed this order 1/24/04 as of 2/08/04 I still have not recived my DVD

roger waters - The wall (live in berlin):
I was floored with this concert. I sat in awe as I watched and listened in surround sound. If you haven't seen it, you are missing one of the best concerts ever. It is an unbelieveably huge production. It was so good I bought the CD as well.

Roger Waters - The Wall (Live in Berlin):
Very well put together, Roger Water's inner child comes out again! Mind stimulating, With your'e eyes open or closed. Two thumbs-up