Going home - Wembley '85

[Knut]

Didn't find a proper category for it, so here it goes.

Near the end of Going home at the Wembley '85 show that was broadcasted, one of the crew guys seems to be rushing all over the stage doing "stuff". Why? Wouldn't it make more sense to wait until the song/show is finished?

Not sure if I'm missing something obvious

[Robson]

Just like in aLCHEMY 

[quizzaciously]

Didn't find a proper category for it, so here it goes.

Near the end of Going home at the Wembley '85 show that was broadcasted, one of the crew guys seems to be rushing all over the stage doing "stuff". Why? Wouldn't it make more sense to wait until the song/show is finished?

Not sure if I'm missing something obvious

I think this is a great example of Mark's sense of humour. If you watch any interview or backstage videos, or Guy's diary, you can see how many laughs and jokes are involved, they have fun all the time. Mark even wrote a song about laughs and jokes! And this disassembling of the stage during the song always gives me a huge smile.

[Jules]

Just like in aLCHEMY 

Exactly, nothing really new.

[dustyvalentino]

In the Myles Palmer book someone says it’s a deliberate decision to try to bring people back down to earth before they leave, like if it finishes with a huge climax then it just ends, the audience is left with all this pent up energy. So they turn up the lights and start dismantling the stage and everyone can start to breathe and relax.

[quizzaciously]

In the Myles Palmer book someone says it’s a deliberate decision to try to bring people back down to earth before they leave, like if it finishes with a huge climax then it just ends, the audience is left with all this pent up energy. So they turn up the lights and start dismantling the stage and everyone can start to breathe and relax.

In other words... A perfect excuse not to play any encores

[dustyvalentino]

In the Myles Palmer book someone says it’s a deliberate decision to try to bring people back down to earth before they leave, like if it finishes with a huge climax then it just ends, the audience is left with all this pent up energy. So they turn up the lights and start dismantling the stage and everyone can start to breathe and relax.

In other words... A perfect excuse not to play any encores

Well, no, because Going Home was an encore.

[qjamesfloyd]

It might have been a curfew from the venue, or they had to get the stage moved on really quickly

[Jules]

It might have been a curfew from the venue, or they had to get the stage moved on really quickly

They did that always as part of the show. I read MK telling he liked to have the crew involved in the show in that way.

[quizzaciously]

It might have been a curfew from the venue, or they had to get the stage moved on really quickly

They did that always as part of the show. I read MK telling he liked to have the crew involved in the show in that way.

I wish he would do that in his solo shows. Too much fun... But maybe he did?

[Jules]

It might have been a curfew from the venue, or they had to get the stage moved on really quickly

They did that always as part of the show. I read MK telling he liked to have the crew involved in the show in that way.

I wish he would do that in his solo shows. Too much fun... But maybe he did?

I think the BIA tour was the latest one they did that. I liked it a lot, was nice to see the band with the crew even for that last minutes, having fun

[Robson]

For a long time I thought it had a symbolic meaning. Dire Straits closes a period and I liked the thinking too. But they repeated it on the next tour so the symbolism was gone