Orpheum Theatre Sioux City @
- Sioux City @
, IA @
- Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @
Favorite moment: The light show was well done and had flair, The advent of the "floating pig" was for me a nice treat. @
Setlist: Run Like Hell, Young Lust, Another Brick in The Wall Pt. 2, In The Flesh, Time. Money, Brain Damage. Eclipse. Obscured By Clouds,Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Pigs On The Wing, Dogs, Pigs ( Three Different Ones), Far Far Away, On The Turning Away, One Of These Days, Echoes, Atom Heart mother, Astronomy Domine, @
Opening act(s): None... @
Having been to every tour of a Pink Floyd Concerts starting in the early 70s and continued through "Pulse". As well as having the entire collection of there music as well as entire individual collection of each members solo albums/cds I came to this event with much reservation.
My expectation of the concert would be a " hearing yet another rehash of Money, Time, Wish you were here, and The Wall cuts.
I was pleased when the tribute band played cuts from The Piper At The gates Of Dawn, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, A Saucerful of Secrets, Animals. And Obscured By Clouds. This music range had the cuts that Syd Barret performed to what was the current band after Roger Waters left and Richard Waters died.
The Tribute band was well balanced and played well.
The rational for only four stars was based on several issues. The first half of the set was met by a tepid audience perhaps the Thursday play date had something to do with that. However as in all live performances the band feeds off this energy. Thus I think they were just going though the "motions". Another set back was the cut Echoes, The Echoes cut is rather long and has several changes in beat as well as rhythems . Echoes ( for me anyway) is a flowing rhythmic as well as dynamic cut, The music has the flow of what Pink Floyd did on "Dark Side of the Moon, and the bass pattern and drums was sensitive to what I would like to think of Native American Native tribal beat. So I was disappointed when the PFX band cut the song in half as well as having difficulty with the rhythem/beat changes
Pink Floyd's Music is popular in part due the harmony and seamless movement from song to song. Each instrument provides an overall layer to that cut. Each note whither it from a drum beat or organ beat has meaning. This is what separates Pink Floyd from other groups. FTX on the first set had issues with all this, FTX rather then "flow" from cut to cut broke the flow by allowing "dead air" until the band started up again, and at times overlapped each other as if they were in a hurry to finish the set.
The second half of the concert was better received, The audience was more "in to it" and ( I feel) energized the band. The cuts the band performed were well played and had heart.
Over all I feel That if your a fan of "Pink Floyd", and enjoy there music I would come to this concert. If you want to hear a full range of there music this would be a concert to see. For the most part I felt entertained, and that the cost of a ticket was well spent.
Orpheum Theatre Sioux City @
- Sioux City @
, IA @
- Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @
Favorite moment: The light show was well done and had flair, The advent of the "floating pig" was for me a nice treat. @
Setlist: Run Like Hell, Young Lust, Another Brick in The Wall Pt. 2, In The Flesh, Time. Money, Brain Damage. Eclipse. Obscured By Clouds,Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Pigs On The Wing, Dogs, Pigs ( Three Different Ones), Far Far Away, On The Turning Away, One Of These Days, Echoes, Atom Heart mother, Astronomy Domine, @
Opening act(s): None... @
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