Most viewers of the so-called "first world" would not believe the number of rock bands that have traveled the spaces of our picturesque capital city.
But the truth, our Latin American country enjoys many privileges that by prejudices and other presuppositions are not considered possible. Venezuelans, and specifically Caracas, have enjoyed many concerts of the biggest rock bands of all time.
In my own case I was able to witness the majestic performance of my favorite band Pink Floyd. Of course, as this event happened in March 2002 and the band was separated, and consequently, those who attended the concert, we saw only Roger Water with a pinkfloyesco repertoire, in addition to a few pieces of his solo production.
The experience was totally amazing, of course, that everyone, the rest of the original band was much missed, but Roger Waters managed, for most of the show, to forget that they were not present.
First of all, the audiovisual presentation, the interpretation of the instruments, the choirs and the voices in the songs, made you feel, fully, that you were before a Pink Floyd concert, with all the magic of its members.
How did the creative genius of Pink Floyd replace Gilmour?
Well, the truth was not easy. Waters looked for the two best guitarists who could have us believe that Gilmour himself had been transmuted before our eyes, they were nothing more and nothing less than Snowy White and Chester Kamen and Harry Waters (son of Waters) did the same with the keyboards and Wright synthesizers.
Also Waters' production had planned, in the wonderful Valley of Pop (where all the Pop Festival of that year was presented) a surprise in the middle of the night. With a quadraphonic sound that perfectly emulated a realistic audition, the famous helicopters of The Wall sounded.
When everyone attributed, as real as they were heard, to the quadraphonic of the audio, raised above our heads, helicopters that flew overhead, mopping with the air of their propellers, to disappear behind the stage, where Waters and his band performed the famous part of the album The Wal l, The Happiest Days of Our Lives prelude to Another Brick in the Wall.
This amazing experience was lived here in Venezuela in the Valley of Pop (In Greater Caracas) in the year 2002. In the following articles we will continue to tell experiences of concerts lived in the wonderful city of Caracas.
