'The Thin Ice'
'Dogs'
'Dogs'
'Welcome to the Machine'
| Tracks | The Thin
Ice Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) The Happiest Days Of Our Lives Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Mother Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert Southampton Dock Pigs on the Wing (Part 1) Dogs Welcome To The Machine Wish You Were Here Shine On You Crazy Diamond Speak To Me Breathe Time (Breathe Reprise) The Great Gig In The Sky (Teaser) Money 5:06am(Every Stranger's Eyes) The Powers That Be What God Wants (Part 1) Perfect Sense (Part 1) Perfect Sense (Part 2) It's A Miracle Amused To Death Brain Damage Eclipse Comfortably Numb |
| Cheese Factor | 5 |
| Squirm Factor | Nil |
| The Peak | Jon "The Human Beat Box" Carin, "Dogs," "The Powers That Be," "Perfect Sense, Parts 1 and 2," "Amused to Death." |
| The Abyss | 5 minutes of head and shoulder footage, "Wish You Were Here," the vocal histrionics at the end of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." |
| Fashion Crimes | The tie-dyed dude in front of camera one. Ugh. |
| Overall Picture / Sound Quality | B / B |
You just arrive home with your shiny new VHS copy of Waters' 1999 show in Toronto, fresh from E-Bay or your favorite record store ... excitedly pop it in ... and thrill to some TRS-80 generated lettering and 5 minutes of some dude's back and another guy's head.
No worries … that clears up after a little while, tho' the first quarter of this tape suffers some from being shot in daylight, when the lights and Mr. Sheet weren't showing up so well. This is a nice partial 2-camera recording ... one camera generally stuck to decent close-ups of the band (sticking to the left side of the stage) and the other tended to have excellent wide shots of Mr. Sheet. The first camera occasionally has head obstructions, and the second seems to have been placed either on the floor or in someone's lap for the most part, so there are occasionally people walking across the field of view. Thankfully, obstructions are few and far between. One camera will occasionally focus on the standard-issue large amphitheater screens, which don't show up terribly well. There are some nice effects for an illegitimate tape (for example, the oil slide superimposed over the band during "Shine On"), and even a helpful man with a French accent announcing the date and venue during intermission. Standard-issue '99 performance, with a sort-of-funny moment during "Perfect Sense" when the sound dies completely, leaving Rog miming. You also get the standard amount of goofy/cheesy posing from Roger.
Overall, a decent quality video that would make a good souvenir for anyone who was there, despite "In the Flesh" being missing. I didn't have the time or inclination to do this for any other videos, but here's a nice blow-by-blow :
| 0:21:15 | "SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET CAAAAAAAROLIIIINE !" |
| 0:22:00 | What did he say about 'All Quiet on the Western Front' ?? |
| 0:30:36 | Quit hitting the damn 'Status' button, dude. |
| 0:34:32 | 'Card Sharks', Mondays at 3 |
| 0:41:22 | Siddown before the big scary metal thing eats you, hippie. |
| 0:44:00 | LOOK OUT ANDY, A BIG SCARY BEAR !!! Oh wait, that's just Roger. Dancing the night away. I'm scared. |
| 0:54:12 | "ZERE VILL BE NO LASER POINTERS IN ZE HALL" |
| 1:06:45 | 'You guys like it ? I made it in shop class' |
| 1:09:01 | "I FFFFAHT IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION !!!" |
| 1:24:04 | YOU GO ANDY, WOOOO!!!! |
| 1:28:52 | Lip-Synch Time !!!! |
| 1:50:08 | Taking up Mime, Roger ? |
| 2:16:49 | Just so you remember what country we parked in |
| 2:26:24 | 'FOUR MORE YEARS !! FOUR MORE YEARS !!' |
| 2:27:26 | Toronto Vice, coming this fall to UPN |
| 2:28:16 | *fade out heartbeat* |
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