Strictly in terms of technical presentation, the show was second to none. That "Pigs" performance - which, it must be said, was also greeted with cheers Saturday - has also overshadowed the real news related to this tour: At 73, Waters is still an impactful, even daring, auteur in concert, as much as he is a rock star.
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The incendiary imagery has inevitably been a focal point in the media coverage related to Waters' current "Us + Them" production, which Saturday spanned two-and-a-half hours (including intermission). On a wall of screens running through the middle of the arena, a photoshopped Trump appeared as a baby grabbing a cat, a doll cradled by Vladimir Putin, a KKK member, and as Adolf Hitler, while a pig brandishing Trump's face with smeared black dollar signs over his eyes floated over the crowd. To paraphrase Lisa Simpson, why would he buy a ticket just to boo Waters? The intense reaction was actually a response to Waters' own seething kiss-off aimed at President Donald Trump during "Pigs (Three Different Ones)," from Pink Floyd's "Animals." That's what the guy in front of me did at Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters' first Milwaukee show in a decade Saturday night, at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Here's something you don't see at every concert: someone actually screaming "(Expletive) you" at the performer a dozen times while flipping him the bird. View Gallery: Photos: Roger Waters' "Us + Them" at the BMO Harris Bradley Center
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