Tenenbaum Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 so last night I checked out Roger @ London's Earl's Court (setlist below); show was top of the line and absolutely fantastic! Nick Mason made a special guest appearance for the second set + encore.Afterwards I hung backstage and chatted with Roger for a bit (i was with other company so I led the conversation with generic questions, ie, how's the tour going). At one point Roger was commenting how especially great the london audience was tonight, then I remark, "that's because Nick was on drums"; Roger shoots me THIS LOOK with calm questionable agreeance with a hint of confusion as if I was taking the piss out of him (was I, maybe?). Otherwise, the night was surreal, and Cat Stevens was hanging backstage too (I forgot his new name so I was shy to approach him but I was humming Moonshadow when we were getting drinks (beer for me, bottled water for him)!Set 1:In the Flesh prt2MotherShine OnSet the COntrols...Have A CigarWish YOu Were Heresolo tunenew tune Leaving BeirutFletcher MemorialSHEEP!Set 2:DSOTMEncore:Another Brick...Vera>Bring the Boys Back Home!!!Comfortably Numbp.s. in other news, last Thursday @ the Barbican theater was a Syd Barrett tribute concert with multiple artists and special guests; ROger came out during the first set and played some solo tune he wrote for Syd.Second set near the end the remaining Floyd members came out (minus Roger) and performed Astronomy DOmine. The encore was FLoyd plus others for Bike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 That's a wicked story. It's not everyday you get to hang with such rock royalty. Should it ever happen again, Cat Stevens is now known as Yusuf Islam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 wow Alan! that sounds awesome! any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deranger Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 wow Alan, I think it took balls to suggest to Waters that the audience was good because Mason was there. Especially since Roger attempted (and succeeded?) to have session drummers replace Mason on The Final Cut. If I were in your shoes, in all honestly, I would be too stunned and flabergasted to say anything to one of my musical heroes, and argueably a musical genius. I'd just stand there, agreeing with everything anyone said. Good on ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenenbaum Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 no pictures (we didn't have a camera), but he did personally sign my complimentary tour book (i was shocked touring performers still publish these).as for balls, I just thought, what the hell, gotta get the point across that one of the reason the audience was going ape shit had a lot to do with Nick on drums! I know I was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 That's a singularly cool story - thanks. Waters has always struck me as a man of a ponderous look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 awesome story... congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 awesome story... congrats!thanks for sharing, I love stories like this...plus I find it really interesting reading your posted location, and that you were all the way in london for waters etc. wish I could travel the world like this...its a dream im trying to work towards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Burlington - Ithaca isn't that far off, baj(great anecdote Ten) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 That's extremely well done Tenenbaum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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