Roger Waters DVD vs. David Gilmour DVD

How about it?

I personally like Dave's DVD, no doubt.  On Roger's, there is a better setlist, but they slaughter most of the Floyd songs.  The only two that I think are noticably better than the studio versions are Welcome to the Machine, Set the Controls, and Get your Filthy Hands/Southhampton.  Dogs and In the Flesh are about the same.  The guitar solos just don't sound right without Dave.  Shine On, my favorite Floyd song, is just AWFUL, mostly because they play it way too fast, and other than that, try too hard to emulate the sudio version without the original musicians.  This, actually is the downfall of most of the songs on the DVD.  That said, Roger's solo material sounds great here, and I usually just skip to that.  The live version of Perfect Sense alone is worth the price of the DVD, so I'm not sorry I bought it.

Now Dave's show on the other hand is great, mostly because they stray as far as possible from the originals, especially with Shine On Parts 1-5, which is played on acoustic guitar, some great pedal that plays chords, and tenor sax.  It is completely different from any way you have ever heard the song done, and it is a very refreshing change.  The Syd songs he does, Terrapin and Dominoes are great, although I haven't heard the originals.  The whole DVD is acoustic, except for some slide guitar, very little electric guitar, one solo with an effect on an acoustic that makes it sound like an electric, and the odd splash of electric cello.  There is a lot of acoustic cello in the concert as well which adds immensely to the music.  The upright bass and acoustic piano (played by the incredible Michael Kamen) also complement nicely.  And Dave's signiture guitar style is present, which in itself is enough to blow Roger's DVD out of the park.  The only quam I have with this DVD is that Robert Wyatt sings Water's part in Comfortably Numb.  ROBERT WYATT.  It's terrible.  But then for the bonus songs included after the full concert, Bob Geldof sings it and does a much better job.  Dave isn't showy like Roger is on this show, but when it all comes down to it it's the music that matters, and theatricality is secondary.

What do you think?