The Wall: Live in Berlin

Roger Waters

Overview

"This large musical project features Pink Floyd, along with a cast of hundreds in the performance of The Wall. Includes a look at the historic Berlin Wall collapse and features interviews and some behind the scene views. The animations projected onto the wall during the show are presented without audio in order to study them more closely."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2003
UPC:	0044003843899
Original Release:	2006
Source:	MERCURY
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	4,632

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roger Waters	Primary Artist
Roger Waters	Performer
Bryan Adams	Performer
Stan Farber	Primary Artist
Paul Carrack	Performer
Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army	Primary Artist
Albert Finney	Primary Artist
Rick Danko	Performer
Thomas Dolby	Headmaster
John Joyce	Primary Artist
James Galway	Performer
Thomas Dolby	Primary Artist
Levon Helm	Performer
Sinead O'Connor	Primary Artist
Garth Hudson	Performer
Paul Carrack	Primary Artist
Cyndi Lauper	Teacher
Marianne Faithfull	Primary Artist
Jim Haas	Primary Artist
Joni Mitchell	Performer
Sinead O'Connor	Mother
Tim Curry	Primary Artist
Jerry Hall	Primary Artist
Paddy Moloney	Performer
Van Morrison	Performer
Van Morrison	Primary Artist
Tim Curry	The Prosecutor
Scorpions	Primary Artist,Performer
Marianne Faithfull	Performer
Joni Mitchell	Primary Artist
Albert Finney	Performer
Ute Lemper	Primary Artist
Bleeding Heart Band	Primary Artist
The Band	Performer
Cyndi Lauper	Primary Artist
Joe Chemay	Primary Artist
Dave Kilminster	Performer
Snowy White	Performer

Technical Credits

Roger Waters

Roger Waters	Composer
David Gilmour	Composer
Peter & the Test Tube Babies	Composer
Roger Waters	Director,Screenwriter
Rudolf Schenker	Composer
Bob Ezrin	Composer

Editorial Reviews

Former Pink Floyd vocalist/bass guitarist Roger Waters leads an all-star lineup of musicians and actors performing The Wall in its entirety at Germany's Potsdamer Platz on July 21, 1990. This mind-boggling logistical and technical undertaking to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief occurred at the Berlin Wall site just eight months after its collapse. Pink Floyd's original full-production 1980-81 "tour" for The Wall only included a few dozen shows in the United States and Europe, and this performance recreates it. Waters obviously serves as the concert's focus, and gives a solid vocal and theatrical performance. His Bleeding Heart Band anchors the music, and guitarists Rick DiFonzo, Andy Fairweather-Low, and Thin Lizzy veteran Snowy White handle David Gilmour's work admirably. Special guests include Bryan Adams, the Band, Paul Carrack, Thomas Dolby, James Galway, Jerry Hall, the Hooters, Cyndi Lauper, Ute Lemper, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Scorpions, East Berlin Radio Orchestra, East Berlin Radio Choir, and the Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, along with conductor Michael Kamen who also worked on the original album. "The Trial" sequence features Marianne Faithfull, Tim Curry, and Albert Finney. Musical highlights include O'Connor and the Band on "Mother," Mitchell on "Goodbye Blue Sky," and, in particular, Morrison on "Comfortably Numb." All the main performers gather on-stage for the finale, "The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)," which appears on Waters' 1987 album Radio K.A.O.S. ("Outside the Wall" -- the actual end of The Wall -- plays over the closing credits.) The Wall -- Live in Berlin is an overwhelming yet entertaining spectacle that serves to remind of both the healing and the uniting powers of music. ~ Bret Adams