The Greatest Show On Earth?
Roger Waters, one of the most brilliant artists of our lifetime, just performed three shows in Chicago on his “Us + Them” tour to much acclaim. Here is a partial re-creation using this setlist as a guide, drawn from the video available on YouTube from those shows.
Breathe.
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Time.
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The Great Gig in the Sky.
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Welcome to the Machine.
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Deja Vu.
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Wish You Were Here.
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Another Brick in the Wall, Parts 2 and 3.
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Dogs.
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Pigs (Three Different Ones).
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Money, Us and Them.
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Brain Damage, Eclipse.
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Vera.
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Comfortably Numb.
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Plus:
Roger waters Chicago pic.twitter.com/BXtmqMVrY0
— John Cusack (@johncusack) July 23, 2017
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Roger Waters – Us and Them Tour – Chicago pic.twitter.com/YLRpnr4d15
— C.C (@cutlip98) July 23, 2017
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The great pyramid of Chicago. @rogerwaters @pinkfloyd @Just_pinkfloyd @_DavidGilmour pic.twitter.com/6uu6fX7dio
— . (@thatweather) July 24, 2017
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Comments welcome.
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1. From Steve Rhodes:
Mainstream media still writing concert reviews without embedding videos from said concerts. Why? The sage writing advice of “show, don’t tell” should now be “show, and then tell,” meaning you can now go further than trying to “dance about architecture” and actually help describe and inform what we’re actually seeing for ourselves.
Ditto for record reviews – embed the audio! And for sports stories – show us the highlights!
As for politics, well, the Daily Show showed us all how powerful it can be to simply put politicians’ own words side-by-side . . . this is the true pivot-to-video!
2. From Jim Kopeny, Chicagoist Senior Editor, Arts & Entertainment:
We reviewed the show too . . . and we do include embeds of media when appropriate. 😁
Posted on July 26, 2017