Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all. Together we stand, divided we fall.

So, this is the first blog post I've ever done. I don't know how much I'll be on here, but I had to write this down.

On Wednesday, September 15th I saw The Wall live. And it was, by far, THE best concert I have ever been to. Nothing is even in the same realm. My day started off very early. I couldn't sleep the night before but I wasn't tired in the slightest. I finished packing my bags and we started our adventure into Toronto, the best place ever. <--(Scarlett, is that a comma splice error? I think so. Bodkin would be pissed.) We had to check into our hotel which was possibly the sketchiest hotel in the world. It smelt weird and there were ladies of the night strutting around up and down the street. It was worth it though, for the events that would ensue later that night. We walked from our hotel all the way to the ACC. It was only 7 blocks and the weather was nice. We passed one of the residences for Ryerson; which was cool. <--(Scarlett, is that how you are supposed to use semi-colons?) We also got to walk around Dundas-Yonge Square. Fave place. So much cool. Right near Ryerson. Anyways, we got to the ACC which was surrounded by the craziest scalpers of life. So crazy. Hundreds of people started lining up, almost half of which were wearing Dark Side of the Moon t-shirts. Strange at the time, but it is probably because they never really designed nice merch for The Wall. Understandable.
   We got in. Sat down. I had to sit beside two young drunk men, but it didn't really bother me. They were nice..and complimented my boots. Johnny Cash was playing. Then a old homeless man started wandering around the floor. He was pushing a shopping cart with a sign in it that read: "WE DON'T NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL!" The security guards asked him to leave but he wouldn't. People started cheering as he walked by and the spotlight followed. The lights grew dim and he threw a mannequin onto the stage. That homeless dude was definitely Roger Waters, which I didn't realize until later. The wall was already partially built on both sides. It went completely black and "In The Flesh?" began. Already the visuals blew me away. It would take me a year to explain everything that was going on throughout all the songs, so I'll just do the basics.
The songs went (obviously) in order as they were on the album, with an intermission before part ll. Ahh, where do I start. Okay. This concert was amazing because he really tied in a lot of todays social issues and made this album probably even more relevant than it was 30 years ago. Read this: http://www.rogerwaters.com/why
   I won't go through song by song but I will go over some highlights. On Another Brick in the Wall Part ll he brought in a giant, scary teacher/monster and a bunch of British kids. Mother was awesome. There was a giant, scary mother in the corner and when he asked the question "Mother should I trust the government?" the words NO FUCKING WAY were written on the half built wall. Goodbye Blue Sky made me cry. And probably everyone else too. The visuals included planes dropping bombs which consisted of religious symbols, dollar signs and corporation logos. Compared to what it was about 30 years ago, Young Lust was made to be about sexism and the objectification of women in the media and the fashion industry in present times. Pictures of magazine covers, models and scantily clad women dancing ,whom were not any older than myself, really got the message across. Hey You, which is one of my favourites, was so amazing. They just sat behind the wall and sang to us. So gooooood. I think the drums in that song are really sexy, that is very weird and I know I probably shouldn't but I cannot help it. That is what I think. Nobody Home was reallllly cool. A little living room popped out of the wall and there sat Roger. He was singing and acting at the same time. Sitting on the couch, watching "thirteen channels of shit on TV."  Bring the Boys Back Home consisted of pictures of fallen soldiers and other war casualties being shown as bricks in the wall. As soon as Comfortably Numb began the entire crowd was singing along. So loudly in fact, that at some points the music was drowned out. The last couple songs were INTENSE. There were marching hammers, worms crawling in and out of pillars, some really creepy cartoon visuals which I loved, just overall awesome. I don't know how they put all this shit together, my mind was splattered everywhereeee. If you want to know more, I will have a very long, deep conversation with you because that is what I like and really the only way to explain this concert. Finally, the chanting of TEAR DOWN THE WALL won, and the wall came crashing down. Roger said his thanks to us and that he was glad the we were his first show on his tour. I love him. I don't care that he's old. He is so committed to social justice and a peaceful world. Plus, he made some kick ass fucking music.