Rock and Roll History

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Pink Floyd

If you have access to DirecTV this month, they are airing a FREE pay-for-view. Roger Water's "The Wall" concert from Berlin in 1990. It was performed in a no-man's-land area of the city where there was a wall in the east, one on the west, and a large area between the walls. Once they had admitted the 250,000 ticketed attendees, they tore down the fences and made it a free concert (worrying about people getting crushed against the fences ... shades of Woodstock!) They're not sure, but there were at least 350,000 people there. Cyndi Lauper, Thomas Dolby, Van Morrison. The staging and theatrics are absolutely breathtaking. "The Wall" was clearly intended to be performed live as a "rock-opera". Just awesome!