ROGER WATERS DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TOUR

SATURDAY, MARCH 24th, 2007 – São Paulo, Morumbi Stadium. 45.000 fans were present at the venue to watch Pink Floyd´s former lyricist and bass player perform his second show of the “Dark Side Of The Moon” 2007 Tour in Brazil. By: Fernando de Mello Pimentel.

An apprehensive crowd of Pink Floyd fans gathered in São Paulo to watch Roger Waters´ second show in brazilian soil. Groups of fans could be spotted around the premises of Morumbi Stadium as early as 6 pm that night, for a concert which was scheduled to start at 9 pm. An interesting stage was set, depicting an old vintage radio set, a bottle of scotch and a pack of cigarettes. Minutes before the concert started, a film was projected on a wide screen which was set on the back part of the stage where a big hand – supposedly Waters´- started switching the radio´s tuner searching for different music stations. The hand also interacted with the bottle of whiskey and the cigarettes. The crowd responded quite enthusiastically to such gimmick.
In respect to his own british punctuality, Waters started sharply at 9 pm with the disturbing “In The Flesh?” which was soon followed by “Mother” , both of which are highly regarded tracks from Pink Floyd´s 1979 “THE WALL”. The first set of the night´s concert was an assorted collection of songs ranging from different periods of the artist´s career with Pink Floyd and solo. One of the many high points of the show took place during the song “Sheep” - the only song from the album “ANIMALS” to be presented that night – when the iconic giant inflatable Pig surprised all of the present fans with a lap around the stadium. Prostest phrases and anti-imperialistic slogans covered the porcine-shaped balloon. At the end of the lap, the Pig was released from its cable as thousands of delirious fans applauded and shouted in sign of approval.
Roger Waters concluded the first set-list by inviting the audience for a 15 minute break prior to the execution of the complete “DARK SIDE OF THE MOON”.
The second part of the show commenced with an energetic performance of the anthologic “Dark Side Of The Moon”. State-of-the-art renderings of all of the classic tracks were delivered in high cristaline sound, and were sung along by fanatic hordes deployed through-out the stadium. Nearly 34 years after its ground breaking release in the early 70´s, the classic rock album still resonates relevance not only among its long-time die-hard base of followers, but it is also highly appealing to an entire new legion of fans from descending generations. With a remarkable exploitation of universal themes such as “Time”, “Money” “Clash of the classes” and “Insanity”, the record withstood the test of time to become a milestone in music history. Its powerful concept underlies the most essencial elements of common modern human life. “Dark Side Of The Moon” is also very rich because it expresses these concerns with no pretentious approach. It is a masterpiece designed to offer its listeners an intense musical experience open for subjective interpretation.
After the completion of the “DSTM” set, the band left the stage only to return after the boisterous crowd cried out for more songs. The band then returned on stage to deliver blistering performances of the anthemic “Another Brick In The Wall – Part II”, which had the participation of members from the “Projeto Guri” choir – a non governmental organization devoted for cultural development, and “Comfortably Numb”. Both songs were sung with cathartic intensity as the concert came to a conclusion.