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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Greatest Live Performances ever!!, October 9, 1998
This review is from: Wall: Live in Berlin 1990 (Audio CD)
Undoubtedly this by far one of the biggest live musical extravaganzas of all time. Waters and his band truly explode every single musical derivation and extension of every song in the album to the extreme. Bryan Adams delivers as well as Van Morrison in "Comfortably Numb." Michael Kamen arrangements and choral and orchestra conducting is more than superb. Perhaps, for me the greatest asset of this album is that it proves by far the artistical magic of the Wall and gives us at the end, instead of a sad conclusion, a hope-charged and powerful message in Roger Water's "The Tide is Turning." Surely, that song after hearing the whole CD will give you the extra-satisfaction you need to be happy to add this disc to your collection. Please WATCH THE VIDEO of the concert. If you watch the actual concert on video you will definetely want to feel like one of the hundreds of thousands Berliners who witnessed the concert, and the joy of hearing the album's will exponentially grow in you.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An INCREDIBLE album, February 17, 1999
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This review is from: Wall: Live in Berlin 1990 (Audio CD)
I don't know how anyone can possibly not like this album. Perhaps the only reason i can see is the fact that they are to rapped up in their picture perfect versions of the wall by the original Pink Floyd Wall. A live performance such as this is not about playing that ablum exactly as it appeared on Record, it is about re-exploring it, bringing it to new levels. Sometimes these changes are for the best, and sometimes they are for the worst. In this case, they were definitely for the best. This is an album that gets better after every song, and is even more incredible when viewed on video. Some of the great aspects of it are the orchestral masterpiece heard at the end of Aother Brick in the Wall II, the INCREDIBLE display of a band that played for Vera Lynn and Bring The Boys Back Home. That (the "Bleeding Heart Band") was made up of the combined forces of the Rudfunk Orchestra and the Combined Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, and most of all THE TIDE IS TURNING. This song was a complete masterpiece, perhaps not in its original form, but in this form it is ellevated to new heights of power. A truly amazing album, and although a good time is not guaranteed for all (as some people feel that it has to be exactly as it appeared on the record) , this is an incredible album, an incredible experience.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sure It's Dated But It's Also Timeless, September 5, 2007
This review is from: Wall: Live in Berlin 1990 (Audio CD)
I agree with those who find some of the guest stars to be a bit dated (Bryan Adams, The Hooters) but can you argue with their performances?
To me, not having heard some of these songs since the heady days of high school, this is a revelation. Kudos especially to Garth Hudson, of The Band, who delivers a great sax and accordian solo. Joni sounds amazing, Van The Man rocks it, and while I can do without Jerry Hall, in context it really doesn't sound too bad.
But the songwriting, and arrangements, sound as great as ever.
If you like the original, you really should pick this up for a second look at these timeless classics.
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