Remarkably, though there have been a handful of theatrical stage productions over the years, 'The Wall' has yet to be a Broadway show.Дў010: Including Green Day's massively successful 'American Idiot,' the concept album (loosely defined as a bunch of connected songs, organized around a storyline or theme) exists now as an oddity - Mars Volta's 'De-Loused in the Comatorium,' anyone? The hunt-and-peck nature of online music shopping has not been kind to the album as an organized statement - which is one reason that the surviving members of Pink Floyd went to court this year against its record label, EMI. In 1982, Alan Parker's film adaptation opened, and the album's cohesive storyline was even more evident: Pink Floyd's record played best as one song, shifting through movements. Club ranked it fourth on a list of the 25 greatest albums that 'work best when listened to from start to finish'). The North American leg of the 2010 tour is 52 nights it was initially 36 shows, but demand was so intense, promoters say, new shows were added.ДЎ980: Two bands owned the format: The Who, with 'Tommy' and 'Quadrophenia,' and Pink Floyd, which had 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Animals.' But concept albums, a famously indulgent byproduct of progressive rock, were on the wane when 'The Wall' was released - but arguably hit a creative peak here (last year the Onion's A.V.

One thing that has changed is the frequency of the staging: The 1980 tour was 31 dates in North America, it played only Uniondale, N.Y., and Los Angeles, and only a dozen times between both. The wall, however, will still be enormous (230 feet long, 35 feet high). Waters has said the idea of literally building a wall was intentionally abrasive, a reaction to playing impersonal stadiums and the alienation he increasingly felt from an audience he considered disengaged.Дў010: Technology aside, designers with the new tour say the original production is the template - but not the last word. During the second act, the wall came toppling down. Throughout the show, technicians brought large white cardboard bricks on stage, piece by piece, gradually erecting a 40-foot tall barrier between the audience and the band.

The New York Times estimated the animation alone cost nearly $2 million, the cost of entire motion pictures in 1980. Nevertheless, a lot has changed since 'The Wall' debuted in 1979.ДЎ980: At a time when bands were still setting up drum kits on small, flat stages - before the drum riser became a concert staple - Pink Floyd put on a multimedia show with puppets, explosions, animation (using three 35mm projectors) and most famously, a massive wall. Next week, Roger Waters, the former bassist and leader of Pink Floyd, will be revisiting that heady/pretentious blockbuster in its entirety. On Trib Nation, reporter Chris Borrelli reflects on why we can't help deconstructing the things we love. Indeed! Constructed before your eyes! Roadies built it across the stage! So big and so tall that eventually you couldn't see the band you paid to see!

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