Your Ideal Roger Tour

[Tenniru]

Everyone here with a complaint about Rog's current backup band or performance style has spoken out about them. Now, let's try something productive; what would your ideal Roger solo tour look like? Include any non-Floyd musicians who are likely to join his crew. Also, whatever setlist you want (this'll be the last time I'll copy/paste this thing, I promise) and however you want the stage set up.



Bass/Vocals: Roger. You can sing and play bass at the same time.

Keyboards: John Carin seems to hold his own nicely. Harry Waters is a decent Hammondist as well.

Drums: His current guy is a bit too... dull. Someone who can do fills and play with energy without suddenly taking the front of the performance is needed here; the only guy I can think of who is free is DEVO's former drummer Alan Myers, who is very flexible and very jobless.

Guitars: Dan Miller (of TMBG) is an extremely flexible guitarist; one of the best. He can change styles at a moment's notice, compose something off the top of his head, and does it without any mistakes (and his style impersonations are perfect). Given his head, he's one of the rare people who can imitate Gilmour and sound good doing it.
Assuming a Waters tour was timed while TMBG was off the road and not in the middle of making a record (say, now), he'd easily jump on as a musician-for-hire.

Snowy White should be there just because he's Snowy White.

Sax: His current guy is excellent.

Backing Vocalists: You really don't need more than two. Include whoever sings lead on Perfect Sense and Leaving Beirut and one other.


Stage Mannerisms:
None of the psychotic over-dignity "RAWK" style his new guitarist has, but don't be wooden. Rog handles himself well, although the others seem to be glued to the floor. I'm not suggesting DEVO-like stage choreography, but moving (preferrably in a manner reflective of what the musician is playing) wouldn't hurt.
Also, if the backup girls don't look good in those generic "backing girls!" outfits, PLEASE stop putting them in them. Case in point: HUGE purple splotch-thing on one of their left arms in the Rio VoIO. Long sleeves would be nice in these cases.

Stage Setup:
Mr. Sheet is nice indoors, but outside he gets blown around too much. Maybe getting the old Circular Mr. Screen back wouldn't hurt too much. Also, make it DO something other than random static images a bit more. Also, more dramatic lighting changes; brighter during loud bits, the like. If a huge DaveFloyd laser show isn't doable, try taking a hint from the structure Paul McCartney is hauling along the country nowadays; the L-shaped structure that is actually a massive series of screens displaying SOMETHING at any given time. Usually some image or another is pointing or surrounding the artists, or at least Paul.

Setlist:
SET 1

1. Radio Waves
2. Happiest Days Of Our Lives (KAOS arrangement with piano solo)
3. ABITW II (KAOS arrangement with no instruments in first few words)
4. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert/Southampton Docks (Rog ALONE)
5. Sunset Strip
6. In The Flesh? (Fast)
7. Pigs (Two Diffirent Ones, remove Whitehouse and solos; segue from ITF)
8. Wish You Were Here (KAOS arrangement, plus segue from Pigs)
9. Every Stranger's Eyes (sing screamed bit in strangled present voice)
10. What God Wants (pt. 1)
11. Towers Of Faith (speak the Pope's like, not scream)
12. Set The Controls (Present arrangement)
13. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
14. Calls To The Hall (you heard me)

SET 2
1. Speak To Me/Breathe
2. Perfect Sense (pt. 1)
3. The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking
4. Dark Globe (Dave and Rick can't be the only Syd tributes; TML vocals)
5. The Fletcher Memorial Home
6. Perfect Sense (pt. 2)
7. Sea Shell And Stone/A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life/Breathe
8. Lost Boys Calling
9. Hey You
10. The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
11. Each Small Candle (or Two Suns In The Sunset; depends on mood)
12. Amused To Death

ENCORES
1. The Tide Is Turning (get the crowd to sing along, Hey Jude-style)
2. Brain Damage
3. Eclipse



Handling Vocally Stressful Bits:
Lip-syncing is not the answer. Do the Every Stranger bit in the present-day Sheep voice, or at least something subdued; it can't hurt the song too much.
In Towers Of Faith, just say the Pope's line in a loud voice. No screaming.
Fletcher doesn't need to be synced. Just sing it in a normal voice.
For Hey You, sing the last verse like the rest of the song, just do "don't tell me there's no help at all" in a high-pitched voice.


Promotional Releases (support the tour or something):
Live albums and DVDs for P/C and KAOS. A Wall DVD; a Franken-Show if needed.


Now, how would YOU suggest Roger handle this tour? Spill every idea you have out.

[The Gunner's Dream]

I won't go into "mannerisms/stage set-up" and all that bullshit but, as for the musicians:

Roger Waters (obviously) on bass and vocals
Andey Newmark- drums
Eric Clapton- lead guitar
Snowy White- lead guitar
Michael Kamen- keyboards and piano
Raphael Ravenscroft- saxaphone
The Haas from The Wall tour on backing vocals

By the way, the Roger Waters in this band would be Roger as he was in 1984

1. Your possible pasts
2. The Gunner's Dream
3. Fletcher Memorial Home
4. The Final Cut
5. The Thin Ice
6. Mother
7. Hey You
8. Nobody Home
9. Have a cigar
10. Run like hell

15 minute break

Pros and cons 1-12

Encore: Two suns in the sunset

[jambo]

He could play whatever the hell he wanted, as long as he came down here.

[Sonic Destruction]

Yeah, and even further south too, thanks.

Tell him to bring Clapton with him and do a complete "Hitchhiking" while he is here.

[PublicImage]

Bass - Roger Waters
Guitar - Steve Vai
Drums - Chad Wackerman
Keyboard - Keith Emerson

Small scale band.

Setlist:
All of the Ummagumma studio album.

That ought to do.

[The Gunner's Dream]

Yes, I suppose a stripped down version would be suitable:

Roger Waters- bass and vocals
Scott Thunes- stunt bass and mini moog
Adrian Belew- lead guitar
Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman- drums

They would perform thrash metal versions of AMLOR and DB.

[The Crazy Diamond]

An outdoor gig in a Cornish cove , on a lovely summer evening watching the sunset , along with some cold beers and good company...the acoustics would be amazing . and the sound would be pure and natural...

[Demolition Man]

I pretty much would want the 2000 tour band.

My setlist:

SET 1
1 - Knocking On Heaven's Door
2 - In The Flesh (Part 1)
3 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
4 - Mother
5 - Time
6 - Money
7 - Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
8 - Southampton Dock
9 - To Kill A Child
*The Wish You Were Here Suite*
10 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
11 - Welcome To The Machine
12 - Have A Cigar
13 - Wish You Were Here
14 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)

Then a continuas loop of sound effects along with prerecorded synth would be played between Set 1 and Set 2 leading to the opening of Set 2....

SET 2
*The Amused To Death Suite*
1 - The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard
2 - What God Wants (Part 1)
3 - Perfect Sense (Parts 1 & 2)
4 - The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
5 - Three Wishes
6 - Its A Miracle
7 - Amused To Death

He then would give the band introductions leading into...

THE ENCORE
1 - In The Flesh (Part 2)
2 - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
3 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
4 - The Gunners Dream
5 - The Powers That Be
6 - Comfortably Numb

Everyone would then walk off of the stage. Roger then comes back in a moment by himself with an accoustic guitar and says he has "one more number to calm us all down after such a LOUD night!"

THE FINAL ENCORE
1 - If

[everton1690]

Michael Kamen- keyboards and piano


how ?

hasnt he been dead for about 2 years

[Demolition Man]

Didn't you hear about George Lucas's new invention which would holographically have a dead musician onstage while his/her performance is computer rendered based upon computer programming off of their performances when they were alive?

Gosh how did you NOT hear about this is BEYOND me.

[Meneer Jansen]

My ideal Rog tour would be one in which he actually sings. And one in which his voice is not so "squeaky" (like in Live Wall Berlin 1990). And one in which he plays '5.01 The pro's and cons of hitch hiking', which is somewhat of a classic rock hit/icon here, but he doesn't know that.

[henno]

i just want to hear The Final Cut live...!

[hummingman]

Lineup:

Roger Waters - Bass
David Gilmour - Guitars
Snowy White - Guitars
Rick Wright - Keyboards
Nick Mason - Drums

Setlist:

Animals
Relics (it would be funny)

[martin_nh]

The Band
Roger Waters - Bass and vocals
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar and vocals
Jeff Back - Lead Guitar
John Carin and Harry Waters - Keyboards and vocals
Andy Fearweather Low - Bass / Guitar
Graham Broad - Drums
A symphony orchestra (on all the songs), conducted by Michael Camen
and the backing singers from the current tour.

The Setlist
SET 1
1. Speak To Me/Breathe (With just orchestra, drums and bass in the start. When the vocals start, the rest of the band kicks in)
2. Time/Breathe Reprise
3. Arnold Layne
4. Echoes (complete)
5. Segue to Every Strangers Eyes
6. Perfect Sense (part I and II)
7. What God Wants (Part II and III)
8. It's a Miracle
9. Southampton Dock (with Roger on acoustic guitar and orchestra backing)
10. Segue to The Fletcher Memorial Home
11. The Final Cut
12. Pigs on the Wings (Part I and II with Eric Clapton guitar solo between)

SET 2

13. Complete The Wall-album (80 minutes, including orchestra. Nobody Home with Eric Clapton guitar solo)

Encore

14. Wish You Were Here (arrangement like the tsunami aid, with Roger and Eric on acoustic guitars, the backing singers and a little bit orchestra at the end)
15. The Tide Is Turning


Mr. Screen return and they bring an enormous light show, but not as big as the PULSE light show.

I think it would have sounded great with an orchestra! [/b]

[Progfrog]

First Set: Pros and cons
Second set: The final cut

Encores: Echoes, Comfortably Numb
Last encore: The tide is turning

That would be my ultimate waters Solo setlest.... With The Floyd it would be completely different.......