Music

Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

A global television broadcast of the event in which former Pink Floyd leader singer and composer Roger Waters led an all-star cast in a mammoth benefit performance of his acclaimed concept album, The Wall. Set in Berlin, Germany less than a year after the destruction of the hated Berlin Wall, Waters was accompanied by disparate talents such as Cyndi Lauper, James Galway, Joni Mitchell and Albert Finney in the classic dark musical tale of a rock star's descent into madness and back.

Release Date : 1990-07-21

Language :EnglishHungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : Germany

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Cast

Character Name : Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor

Original Name : Roger Waters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Leader, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Original Name : Klaus Meine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Lead Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Original Name : Matthias Jabs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Rhythm Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Original Name : Rudolf Schenker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Bassist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Original Name : Francis Buchholz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Drummer & Percussionist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Original Name : Herman Rarebell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Ute Lemper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Cyndi Lauper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Synthesizer, vocals

Original Name : Thomas Dolby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Sinéad O'Connor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Rick Danko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Levon Helm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Accordion, saxophone

Original Name : Garth Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Guitar

Original Name : Eric Bazilian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Keyboards

Original Name : Rob Hyman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Guitar

Original Name : John Lilley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Bass guitar

Original Name : Fran Smith Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Drums

Original Name : David Uosikkinen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Joni Mitchell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Flute

Original Name : James Galway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Jerry Hall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Paul Carrack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Van Morrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Tim Curry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Marianne Faithfull

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self - Vocals

Original Name : Albert Finney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Guitars

Original Name : Rick Difonzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Guitars

Original Name : Snowy White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals

Original Name : Andy Fairweather-Low

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Keyboards

Original Name : Peter Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Keyboards

Original Name : Nick Glennie-Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Guitar, vocals

Original Name : Bryan Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Drums

Original Name : Graham Broad

Gender : Male

Reviews

Orends

@Orends

2021-06-23

Nobody really expected the Berlin Wall to come down in 1989, and so suddenly. Roger Waters especially, because he had once made a promise never to perform The Wall again after the 1980 tour until the bricks fell in Berlin. But they did, and Waters had no intention to renege on his promise. The Wall became a star-studded megaconcert to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, with larger bricks, bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows. There was always a contradiction in performing such a personal work in a stadium setting, but here it becomes especially acute when opening up the vocal tasks to a variety of artists. Bryan Adams is actually an astute choice for the cock rock swagger of "Young Lust," but Cyndi Lauper ruins the spare funk of "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" with over-enthusiastic yelping. And you'll definitely want to skip Jerry Hall's reading of the background dialog before "One of My Turns" ("Oh my gawd, what a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?" -- a piece known word for word by every Floyd fan out there), as she seems unaware that a microphone can be used for amplification. By running through the album track by track, a lot of the effect of the live versions wears thin, as it invites constant comparison to the studio album. But the trial scene is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute Lemper taking on the characters in Waters' psychological drama. It's fun, a nice document, but only makes you want to return to the original album.