“This is dark.” Oh indeed. Listening to a double album’s worth of a man’s slide into madness is quite dark. And you’re right, you can listen to this many times and pick up something new each time. Fantastic piece of art.
That's Roger singing on One of My Turns, and Don't Leave Me Now. It's mostly Roger for these 4 tracks, but you can hear David singing background for a bit. On most Pink Floyd songs, It usually goes between David and Roger, and often they both sing on the same song, but not always. David's voice is lower and smoother, Roger is more neurotic sounding (so perfect for these 4 tracks).
Just saying "Hi" to some beautiful people who are more intelligent than 99.9% ofthe rest of the Earth's inhabitants and who exhibit their understanding by reacting to some serious music. Thanks guys. I truly love you both. Warm well-wishes from Belgium.
@@s.mcpherson6354 Ezrin was part of Alice Cooper as a keyboard player in the seventies. So, maybe shed a light on Alice's work, like "Killer (1971)" or "Billion Dollar Babies (1973)" while we're at it.
@@JimmyRJumpOn a completely different tangent... Vincent Furnier was good friends with Jim Morrison and was in the studio recording the Killer album when he heard of Jim's death. He recorded the song "Desperado" using his best "Jim" voice in remembrance to him.
Oh man, One of My Turns is one of the great moments on the album - when that beat drops and the song explodes, it's frikking awesome and it hits me every time. Another instance where watching the movie makes it even more powerful, as Pink trashes his hotel room and scares the sh*t out of the groupie he brought back, followed by the absolute desolation of Don't Leave Me Now. Brilliant stuff, and another great reaction - much love from Canada!
@@vincentschmitt7597 Interesting - that's always been one of the most memorable parts of the album, especially the way she asks him if he wants to take a b-a-ath lol
Pink is walling himself off from humanity/reality. Each loss, criticism, and painful experience is a brick in that wall. "Goodbye cruel world" is the final brick. From this point forward in the album, Pink is in his own world, walled off from reality.
For pt 3 of Another Brick in the Wall, when he says “you’re all just bricks in the wall” he is talking about his past relationships - death of father, overprotective mother, overbearing teachers and failed romantic partnerships-and how they have contributed to “his metaphorical wall.” I also think there is probably a padded wall he encounters after he invites “young lust” back to the hotel room he eventually trashes, scaring her into “running away.” (Favorite Axe likely refers to his guitar, but is more frightening to think of as a real axe!) By the end of this side, he is sinking deeper into mental anguish and sounding like he wants to “check out,” but don’t despair, Pink’s journey continues…
Great reactions guys. Like you we all had our own weird thoughts about this album. But when you see the movie you will say I get it now. And you’ll see what a mind f*#k of a story it truly is.
Goodbye Cruel World almost sounds like he's suicidal. Maybe he is. But in the context of what comes next, it's basically his sense of "self" that is leaving the world. He is fully insulated, isolated, behind the wall when the second half of the album starts. So it is about death in a way, in a figurative rather than literal sense
I like to think that the album is meant to start on side 2 and end on side 1. Goodbye Cruel World and Hey You are the only two songs that dont flow into each other.
In the iconic live concerts for the Wall, up to now the band was playing while workers built a massive wall across the stage, brick by brick of styrofoam or cardboard boxes. At the last moment of goodbye Cruel World, a worker shoves a brick in front of Roger as he sings from behind the wall, closing the band off completely from the audience. Sides 3 and 4 are performed behind this wall, occasionally members show up through holes or a scaffolding above the wall. This wall represents Roger's growing separation from the audiences, because as the shows got bigger (stadium size) the crowds didn't sit quietly and really listen to the music, they blew off fireworks and got rowdy or talked too much. Roger blew a gasket and ended up spitting in a fan's face.
@@hillsinspace1 Yes the surrogate band...playing in "death" masks of the real band's faces. Snowy White as David, Willie Wilson as Nick, Andy Bown as Roger, and Peter Wood as Richard in the 1980 concerts
Side 3 of this album is the saddest album side ever written....i used to sit alone drunk , in the wall of drunken insanity i had built around myself...and cry ..as.i longed to escape the bondage of self, the prison i created identifying totally and actually feeling the mental and emotional torture pink is narrating......and longing for freedom from the wall.....on a happier note....ive been clean and sober for 7 years......one more thing....personally i like to listen to the album and relate to it with my own perception of how it relates to my life , the movie dictates my thoughts into rogers perception of how it relates to his life....but thats what real art does...right?
Congrats! 13 yrs sober here. I didnt think it was possible. I like how you're able to go back with a sober mind and listen to this album with healing in mind. God Bless and keep you well!!
If you wanna react to it again, there is as you know, the movie and also the performance in Berlin when the wall came down, which has a number of famous musical guests for a lot of the songs.
My friends & I went to the theater to see the movie about 6 times. I remember my friend saying, "We don't need to see this one again; it's beginning to make too much sense." He was right. In the same vein, when Vincent van Gogh was painting, nobody understood that his whole heart & soul were placed on canvas. He was truly misunderstood and insane and only sold one painting in his lifetime. Now, his works are priceless. Don McLean wrote "Vincent," which was sort-of a tribute in the sense that someone finally understood, too late... "I could have told you Vincent that this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." On a side note, "Vincent" was one of 2Pac's favorite songs.
I graduated in 1980 and Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 was my class song. Still haven't tired of listening to this album especially with your fresh ears😎✌🎶
This album literally changed my life back then as a teenager. I was already in prog with the old Chris de Burgh, Queen, and especially Suppertramp - but this was a totally new world. And then I discovered Wish You Were Here, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Piper, and... especially Animals. Pink Floyd is an experience, a musical world of its own. Here in Zurich they have a small Pink Floyd festival annually in Feb/March with cover bands from all over Europe playing stuff from the Syd era til the last albums. There are three bands that changed the musical world and still are influencing nearly everyone who is in the music business: Beatles, Floyd, Zep - the wholy trinity of rock.
A bad turn is an older term and in this song, i think they mean watch out, I’m about to get violent and/or depressed. Which he does. And this is the visual descent into madness
Great reaction guys. This album is very dark listening to Pinks pain as he descends into madness. I’ve been listening to this album for over 30 years I still find something new every time I hear it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reaction with us. ❤️✌️🌼
That girl at the beginning that says "Are all these your guitars?" Is Toni Tennille from Captain and Tennille. Love will keep us together was one of their hits.
Taking about learning something new even if you've heard it a hundred times, there is also tons where I recall a feeling I had listening to it a prior time, and just the feeling of going back is great too. Your don't always learn something, but when you don't, you remember why it's important in the first place.
Whenever individual songs by Pink Floyd are featured by people on YT, we older people write that you have to listen to the entire album. And most of the time you have to hear it several times to really understand it. When I met PF with the album "Meddle" it was even harder for me because I was just learning english at school. When the lyrics were on the covers, I took them to my english teacher and asked about the content. He didn't always know the real meaning either and with some groups (Led Zep and so on) he wasn't allowed to either. But he helped me where he could and gave me a better dictionary than we had in school - thanks for helping and understanding us, Mr. Bartels you`re the best teacher ever. Anyway, thanks for sharing this cool stuff and keep it up. Happy easter @all from hamburg (germany)
You are doing great for a first listen guys. Better than I did back in the day. You are also right that like all of Pink Floyd's best material, it rewards again and again with repeated listens. Both musically, lyrically and conceptually, it is really layered. In "Goodbye Cruel World", 'Pink' is now fully isolated from society. He is in dreadful pain and is now hunkered down behind the very high wall he has constructed from the "bricks" of his absent father (who never returned from the war), abusive teachers, an overprotective mother and his unfaithful wife. He feels vulnerable and now every individual seems threatening. Now he has cut himself off from the cruel world, what happens now? Side three continues the story...
The second Album will help you out on what is really happening. He did not die in the last song (Goodbye Cruel World), he was saying goodbye to Reality. Think...Schizoid. Left the real world goes in op Fantasy land as you will hear in the second album. You still have 40 more minutes of story coming up..>!
I remember back in '79 when this was released... back then, the radio stations could play complete albums. WMMS here in Cleveland played this in it's entirety as soon as it was available. We had a party at my friend's house just so we could listen to it as soon as it was available! At first, it was sooo different from Animals and WYWH that everyone was like, 'huh?'. But by time they got to side 2, we were like 'Hell Ya', light another bowl!! :)
@@retromom5421 From Wiki....But it looks like you're spot on.... "Beginning in 1968, WMMR began adopting a progressive rock format, similar to that of several Metromedia-owned stations including WNEW-FM in New York City. WNEW-FM and WMMR had a close relationship, ran similar promotions, and sometimes featured each other's disc jockeys on the air. WMMS in Cleveland, KMET in Los Angeles, and KSAN in San Francisco were also part of the Metromedia chain and also helped pioneer the progressive rock format in the 1960s."
Roger Waters has a higher range and much more “crazier” (for lack of a better word) tone to me, and I think it pairs well with Gilmour’s much smoother tone to create a really unique overall effect. You’ve already seen this with “Thin Ice” and “Mother”, for example.
You're right Jordan. I don't really like Roger's voice compared to David's or even Richard's. But it's very, very effective. Especially at spitting bile (e.g. Pigs 3 dif 1s) and angst, such as "Don't Leave Me Now".
What’s great is that each person listening to The Wall can interpret it the way they feel it and they would not be wrong. It’s so layered with so many meanings, so many universal themes and truths. A phenomenal piece of art as you have said. ✌️
All I have to say is this IS THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER MADE! I have listened to the album in its entirety countless times since 1979! I try to listen to it a couple times a month! IT MUST BE LISTENED TO IN ITS ENTIRETY! Being all stoned out back in the late 70’s and early 80’s enhanced it greatly
How many of you are old enough to still remember the Roman Meal Bakery ad that's playing at 8:28? I am. Every ad ended with "Your Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know".
Yeah the Movie came out a couple years later, I remember I had to wait several months for the Video Store to get the "Special" Order. I had that VHS for years, and lent it out to many people.
Great reactions! Perhaps you might consider the album "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys released in 1966. This album occupies a place of its own among the most influential albums of all time. "Rolling Stone" magazine has consistently ranked it as # 2 on their top 500 rock albums. Massively influential among generations of musicians. Amazing production given its release in 1966. One of the first concept albums. Well worth the listen!!!
Listen to this album, watch the movie, then listen to the album again. Will bring it all home. I'm not a Pink Floyd fanboy, but they are great. This album is a monumental achievement - pretty much stands as the greatest double album / concept album of all time.
He didn't die. He's "leaving" to hide behind his wall. The next song is him talking to himself, like a split personality, one part behind the wall and one still outside. He's pretty checked out in other words.
I have been listening to this album since it's release and i am still hearing new stuff in it , never gets old, also I hope you react to some more early Genesis soon . all my best to you and yours
If I can offer a suggestion that's a little outside mainstream, but I think you'd enjoy, check out Hawkwind: Hurry on Sundown. Especially is you like a harmonics getting put through its paces
The Wall rolls on, this album is always best as a whole, though it has so.e great individual songs. A cinematic audio experience, wait until you see the movie! I saw Roger Waters do this live in Hartford CT around 2010, it was an unreal experience. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
In Floyd their are 2 lead singers who you are listening to now is Roger Waters the lyricist and mostly bass player singing more accented and volatile and the smoother vocalist the other lead singer is David Gilmour with the more subtle smoothing sound is the lead guitar player
Watching again I remember why this is my favorite album of all time ❤ It spoke to personality aged 16 and does aged 53 exactly today 🎉 He didn’t die btw. He’s now behind the wall. Side 2 is phenomenal
That other voice you hear is Roger Waters who you've already heard on other albums, but really comes into his own on "The Wall". Also, the concept of the album is based on his life and he's the primary author of the piece as well. He was, until he left the band in the mid-80s, the de-facto leader of Pink Floyd.
During the concert they built a massive wall between the stage and the audience there was a large round screen showing movie clips. Many of those were in the movie plus much more. Both had the same animation. It was also a very large Orchestra an equally sized mixed course and boys course the laborers building this massive wall and many more behind the scenes. Course I and others have explained it before so you aren't likely reading any of this, but.... The Wall is about the wall we build around us to Shield us from the harsh realities of life. And the subject of the movie never did go to war his mother made sure of that. And he would have liked to have joined the Air Force, but instead he joined a rock band. But I really don't care to tell you how it ends. We didn't know either when we first listened. and it's your experience. They started touring about 3 months after the album release. Seeing that filled in a lot. But the movie especially the animation is as good the music. I watch it on occasion. But I'm always left feeling a little Disturbed as it leaves a profound impression at the end. ✌️ 🤠🏞️🐂
The album version is hard.... But the movie..... Jesus H Christ, Bob Geldof, when the lyrics of ''Would ya like too call the cops, do ya think it's time i stopped, why are you running away'' When Bob's character pink at that moment, smashes his Hotel window, leans out, gripping the broken glass and window frame, seeing the blood pour and he shouts ''C'mon you F#####'s!!!!!!'' It sends a massive chill down my entire body...... Totally reached breaking point, it is almost documentary realism. The Wall, The Movie is so SO underrated, it is criminal.
Understandably, most people focus their attention on the lyrics and the story (and David’s solos); of course I do too. But what really impresses me about this album is the circumstances in which it was recorded. All of the members of PF were living in self-imposed exile from the UK due to the taxes, (basically, the tax man came knocking and they all noped TF out of the country) and as a result, this album was recorded in _multiple_ studios, in multiple countries. So if you concentrate solely on the _continuity_ of this record, it’s actually mind-boggling that they pulled this off at all! With reel to reel tape, and bouncing tracks! Pay close attention to the engineering; notice (especially with headphones) how the helicopter appears basically down at your left foot and winds up above your head in the right. This is masterful stuff. Not just lyrically, musically, or even logistically was this a masterpiece, but also from an engineering standpoint… it’s simply a magnificent piece of work that deserves to be recognized as a national treasure. As musical achievements go, I’d put it right up beside Kind Of Blue from Miles Davis, regardless of difference in genre.
Now, the groupie is in his room. In the movie, Pink is seemingly catatonic, staring at the TV. He is thinking about his wife, then talking to the groupie, then he loses his shyte. The groupie is justifiably terrified and runs off. Don't Leave Me Now is a plea to his wife as he descends into madness. The Wall Pt 3 is his inevitable total crackup.
You boys have got to watch the movie, grab some snacks, turn down the lights and crank up the volume and prepare to be amazed. You will thanks all of us later.
Album: 1979 Movie based on the album: 1982 (I loved it, my new girlfriend hated it... we're divorced now, I shoulda dumped her right after the damn movie! lol)
When I was a kid I used to think the line in One of My Turns "Would you like to learn to fly" was Would you like to multiply" until I read the lyrics on the record sleeve. It made a lot more sense that way. I thought it seemed an odd time to proposition her in such a crude way... unless he was proposing doing some flash card exercises. lol (just kidding)
I’d like to suggest you watch Roger Waters performing this album at the Berlin Wall live before watching the studio film of the wall. A lot of guest singers.
“This is dark.” Oh indeed. Listening to a double album’s worth of a man’s slide into madness is quite dark. And you’re right, you can listen to this many times and pick up something new each time. Fantastic piece of art.
Loved the movie!
It's a sound track go watch the movie then you'll understand it
@@TonyMoran-jt2bj no it stands alone as a rock opera, recorded way before the movie
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There will never be another Pink Floyd. In my opinion the greatest band of all time.
Roger is singing on One Of My Turns - you can usually tell his voice as its a bit more nasal and harsh....
Can't wait until you see the movie. It'll all make sense. Bob Geldolf is epic in the role of "Pink".
hearing this with headphones on its absoutly mind blowing
That's Roger singing on One of My Turns, and Don't Leave Me Now. It's mostly Roger for these 4 tracks, but you can hear David singing background for a bit. On most Pink Floyd songs, It usually goes between David and Roger, and often they both sing on the same song, but not always. David's voice is lower and smoother, Roger is more neurotic sounding (so perfect for these 4 tracks).
Their voices can blend into a third, unique voice (like the Beatles could). The exception to Roger or David is "Have a Cigar" from WYWH.
@@ilionreactor1079 Yes indeed. That was Roy Harper.
@@ilionreactor1079 or echoes and breathe, with rick. also songs like summer 68 where rick sings the whole thing.
@@jhschmidMD4 For years I thought that was Roger! It could easily have been for that song.
Just saying "Hi" to some beautiful people who are more intelligent than 99.9% ofthe rest of the Earth's inhabitants and who exhibit their understanding by reacting to some serious music. Thanks guys. I truly love you both. Warm well-wishes from Belgium.
Hello!! Thank you so much for supporting us. We appreciate you!!
@@s.mcpherson6354 Ezrin was part of Alice Cooper as a keyboard player in the seventies. So, maybe shed a light on Alice's work, like "Killer (1971)" or "Billion Dollar Babies (1973)" while we're at it.
@@JimmyRJumpOn a completely different tangent... Vincent Furnier was good friends with Jim Morrison and was in the studio recording the Killer album when he heard of Jim's death. He recorded the song "Desperado" using his best "Jim" voice in remembrance to him.
God this album is absolutely gut wrenching
and mind blowing
Has there ever been a more “ quiet “ drummer than Nick Mason. Perfect playing -putting the music first.
1980. Amazing how Pink Floyds music holds up...
The Dark Side of the Moon...Damn man...50 years?!
I can sit here and watch the movie in my mind just listening to the music.
Oh man, One of My Turns is one of the great moments on the album - when that beat drops and the song explodes, it's frikking awesome and it hits me every time. Another instance where watching the movie makes it even more powerful, as Pink trashes his hotel room and scares the sh*t out of the groupie he brought back, followed by the absolute desolation of Don't Leave Me Now. Brilliant stuff, and another great reaction - much love from Canada!
@@vincentschmitt7597 Interesting - that's always been one of the most memorable parts of the album, especially the way she asks him if he wants to take a b-a-ath lol
I’ve heard it a million times but that drop brought a tear to my eye and choked me up
It sounds like he beat her and she’s on a ventilator. With the breathing.
Pink is walling himself off from humanity/reality. Each loss, criticism, and painful experience is a brick in that wall. "Goodbye cruel world" is the final brick. From this point forward in the album, Pink is in his own world, walled off from reality.
The guitar in Don't leave now is Epic
For pt 3 of Another Brick in the Wall, when he says “you’re all just bricks in the wall” he is talking about his past relationships - death of father, overprotective mother, overbearing teachers and failed romantic partnerships-and how they have contributed to “his metaphorical wall.” I also think there is probably a padded wall he encounters after he invites “young lust” back to the hotel room he eventually trashes, scaring her into “running away.” (Favorite Axe likely refers to his guitar, but is more frightening to think of as a real axe!) By the end of this side, he is sinking deeper into mental anguish and sounding like he wants to “check out,” but don’t despair, Pink’s journey continues…
Always great to see when people discover the Beethoven and Mozart of rock and roll music!
Great reactions guys. Like you we all had our own weird thoughts about this album. But when you see the movie you will say I get it now. And you’ll see what a mind f*#k of a story it truly is.
The great Chick Hearn giving play by play of the Lakers. Such a great intro
Goodbye Cruel World almost sounds like he's suicidal. Maybe he is. But in the context of what comes next, it's basically his sense of "self" that is leaving the world. He is fully insulated, isolated, behind the wall when the second half of the album starts. So it is about death in a way, in a figurative rather than literal sense
I like to think that the album is meant to start on side 2 and end on side 1. Goodbye Cruel World and Hey You are the only two songs that dont flow into each other.
Please it's a sound track watch the movie
That comment about suicidal he is
@@TonyMoran-jt2bjnot a soundtrack. The album was released in 79, the movie 81.
In the iconic live concerts for the Wall, up to now the band was playing while workers built a massive wall across the stage, brick by brick of styrofoam or cardboard boxes. At the last moment of goodbye Cruel World, a worker shoves a brick in front of Roger as he sings from behind the wall, closing the band off completely from the audience. Sides 3 and 4 are performed behind this wall, occasionally members show up through holes or a scaffolding above the wall. This wall represents Roger's growing separation from the audiences, because as the shows got bigger (stadium size) the crowds didn't sit quietly and really listen to the music, they blew off fireworks and got rowdy or talked too much. Roger blew a gasket and ended up spitting in a fan's face.
Don't forget the surrogate band
@@hillsinspace1 Yes the surrogate band...playing in "death" masks of the real band's faces. Snowy White as David, Willie Wilson as Nick, Andy Bown as Roger, and Peter Wood as Richard in the 1980 concerts
You guys HAVE to watch the movie… this is a great scene and it really brings you into what is going on in the song!!
Man this hit me hard in 1979. Great stuff guys. I caught The Wall live in 1980.
Side 3 of this album is the saddest album side ever written....i used to sit alone drunk , in the wall of drunken insanity i had built around myself...and cry ..as.i longed to escape the bondage of self, the prison i created identifying totally and actually feeling the mental and emotional torture pink is narrating......and longing for freedom from the wall.....on a happier note....ive been clean and sober for 7 years......one more thing....personally i like to listen to the album and relate to it with my own perception of how it relates to my life , the movie dictates my thoughts into rogers perception of how it relates to his life....but thats what real art does...right?
Congrats! 13 yrs sober here. I didnt think it was possible. I like how you're able to go back with a sober mind and listen to this album with healing in mind. God Bless and keep you well!!
If you wanna react to it again, there is as you know, the movie and also the performance in Berlin when the wall came down, which has a number of famous musical guests for a lot of the songs.
Yes, do both!
These youngsters get it. What a joy to behold.
My friends & I went to the theater to see the movie about 6 times. I remember my friend saying, "We don't need to see this one again; it's beginning to make too much sense." He was right. In the same vein, when Vincent van Gogh was painting, nobody understood that his whole heart & soul were placed on canvas. He was truly misunderstood and insane and only sold one painting in his lifetime. Now, his works are priceless. Don McLean wrote "Vincent," which was sort-of a tribute in the sense that someone finally understood, too late... "I could have told you Vincent that this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." On a side note, "Vincent" was one of 2Pac's favorite songs.
Greatest album ever!
I graduated in 1980 and Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 was my class song. Still haven't tired of listening to this album especially with your fresh ears😎✌🎶
This album literally changed my life back then as a teenager. I was already in prog with the old Chris de Burgh, Queen, and especially Suppertramp - but this was a totally new world. And then I discovered Wish You Were Here, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Piper, and... especially Animals. Pink Floyd is an experience, a musical world of its own. Here in Zurich they have a small Pink Floyd festival annually in Feb/March with cover bands from all over Europe playing stuff from the Syd era til the last albums.
There are three bands that changed the musical world and still are influencing nearly everyone who is in the music business: Beatles, Floyd, Zep - the wholy trinity of rock.
gilmor is the calm voice Roger waters sings the insane parts
A bad turn is an older term and in this song, i think they mean watch out, I’m about to get violent and/or depressed. Which he does. And this is the visual descent into madness
Great reaction guys. This album is very dark listening to Pinks pain as he descends into madness. I’ve been listening to this album for over 30 years I still find something new every time I hear it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reaction with us. ❤️✌️🌼
As I recall the female voice at the start is singer Toni Tennille of Captain and Tennille Fame. ✌️
That girl at the beginning that says "Are all these your guitars?" Is Toni Tennille from Captain and Tennille. Love will keep us together was one of their hits.
Taking about learning something new even if you've heard it a hundred times, there is also tons where I recall a feeling I had listening to it a prior time, and just the feeling of going back is great too. Your don't always learn something, but when you don't, you remember why it's important in the first place.
Whenever individual songs by Pink Floyd are featured by people on YT, we older people write that you have to listen to the entire album. And most of the time you have to hear it several times to really understand it. When I met PF with the album "Meddle" it was even harder for me because I was just learning english at school. When the lyrics were on the covers, I took them to my english teacher and asked about the content. He didn't always know the real meaning either and with some groups (Led Zep and so on) he wasn't allowed to either. But he helped me where he could and gave me a better dictionary than we had in school - thanks for helping and understanding us, Mr. Bartels you`re the best teacher ever. Anyway, thanks for sharing this cool stuff and keep it up. Happy easter @all from hamburg (germany)
You are doing great for a first listen guys. Better than I did back in the day. You are also right that like all of Pink Floyd's best material, it rewards again and again with repeated listens. Both musically, lyrically and conceptually, it is really layered. In "Goodbye Cruel World", 'Pink' is now fully isolated from society. He is in dreadful pain and is now hunkered down behind the very high wall he has constructed from the "bricks" of his absent father (who never returned from the war), abusive teachers, an overprotective mother and his unfaithful wife. He feels vulnerable and now every individual seems threatening.
Now he has cut himself off from the cruel world, what happens now? Side three continues the story...
Great job guys this movie is worth a turn!
Just finished this one with you guys with Goodbye Cruel World. Don’t stop, keep it going! Great reaction!
The second Album will help you out on what is really happening. He did not die in the last song (Goodbye Cruel World), he was saying goodbye to Reality. Think...Schizoid. Left the real world goes in op Fantasy land as you will hear in the second album. You still have 40 more minutes of story coming up..>!
You hit the nail in the head; you learn something every time you listen to this album. I must’ve listened over a thousand times, & still do.
One of my turns has got some of the GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL SEGMENTS OF ALL TIME
Great reactions guys. Side 3 takes us on crazy ride. Buckle up 😅
This album is so beautiful❤🔨🔨🔨
I remember back in '79 when this was released... back then, the radio stations could play complete albums. WMMS here in Cleveland played this in it's entirety as soon as it was available. We had a party at my friend's house just so we could listen to it as soon as it was available! At first, it was sooo different from Animals and WYWH that everyone was like, 'huh?'. But by time they got to side 2, we were like 'Hell Ya', light another bowl!! :)
"WMMS, The Home of the Flame Throwing Buzzard"....
Similar for us, we heard it and though perplexed at times, the bag of week went way fast once it got going, LOL! Floyd rules!
It is WMMR here in Philly. With the Flamethrower. Not a coincidence I bet.
@@retromom5421 From Wiki....But it looks like you're spot on....
"Beginning in 1968, WMMR began adopting a progressive rock format, similar to that of several Metromedia-owned stations including WNEW-FM in New York City. WNEW-FM and WMMR had a close relationship, ran similar promotions, and sometimes featured each other's disc jockeys on the air. WMMS in Cleveland, KMET in Los Angeles, and KSAN in San Francisco were also part of the Metromedia chain and also helped pioneer the progressive rock format in the 1960s."
Roger Waters has a higher range and much more “crazier” (for lack of a better word) tone to me, and I think it pairs well with Gilmour’s much smoother tone to create a really unique overall effect. You’ve already seen this with “Thin Ice” and “Mother”, for example.
You're right Jordan. I don't really like Roger's voice compared to David's or even Richard's. But it's very, very effective. Especially at spitting bile (e.g. Pigs 3 dif 1s) and angst, such as "Don't Leave Me Now".
I feel Roger's best vocal performance is at the Pompeii show ( careful with that axe Eugene) range is the correct description
Roger gives a bit of punk to the thing
My 2 favourite songs on the album.
Really appreciate your consideration of this album. Musicians understand why this album is such a masterpiece. You really need to watch the movie.
the movie you really get a rich feeling of the story now connected to the music
What an album. It’s a journey
What’s great is that each person listening to The Wall can interpret it the way they feel it and they would not be wrong. It’s so layered with so many meanings, so many universal themes and truths. A phenomenal piece of art as you have said. ✌️
My personal favorite from this masterpiece is coming up next can’t wait for your reaction on this one……enjoy!
This was recorded at the album sessions in 1979, it also appears in the movie with a different actress.
The bricks are
Certain points in life that we use to build a metaphysical wall to keep people out of our lives
His normal persona "died" at the end of side 2. The darker, more detached Pink arrives with side 3.
All I have to say is this IS THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER MADE! I have listened to the album in its entirety countless times since 1979! I try to listen to it a couple times a month! IT MUST BE LISTENED TO IN ITS ENTIRETY! Being all stoned out back in the late 70’s and early 80’s enhanced it greatly
How many of you are old enough to still remember the Roman Meal Bakery ad that's playing at 8:28? I am. Every ad ended with "Your Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know".
Yeah the Movie came out a couple years later, I remember I had to wait several months for the Video Store to get the "Special" Order. I had that VHS for years, and lent it out to many people.
17 years old i check my dads pulse in the living room . This song was playing on vinyl. He was gone
Great reactions! Perhaps you might consider the album "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys released in 1966. This album occupies a place of its own among the most influential albums of all time. "Rolling Stone" magazine has consistently ranked it as # 2 on their top 500 rock albums. Massively influential among generations of musicians. Amazing production given its release in 1966. One of the first concept albums. Well worth the listen!!!
The higher the wall grows, the darker the music.
(0:52) One of the snippets you hear is from the movie The Battle of Britain. There's also a snippet of a Gunsmoke episode.
When the beat drop in Don’t leave me how too sheesh
Listen to this album, watch the movie, then listen to the album again. Will bring it all home. I'm not a Pink Floyd fanboy, but they are great. This album is a monumental achievement - pretty much stands as the greatest double album / concept album of all time.
I love it when you start head banging!😂
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The Bricks in The Wall each one is a part of Pink's (The Rockstar in the film) defence mechanism
Brilliant!!! That’s all I can say, Brilliant!
By far the greatest album ever made PERIOD. Besides Mother.. Don't Leave Me Now.. is my favorite.
And yes, do check out the movie. Great video
He didn't die. He's "leaving" to hide behind his wall. The next song is him talking to himself, like a split personality, one part behind the wall and one still outside. He's pretty checked out in other words.
I have been listening to this album since it's release and i am still hearing new stuff in it , never gets old, also I hope you react to some more early Genesis soon . all my best to you and yours
If I can offer a suggestion that's a little outside mainstream, but I think you'd enjoy, check out Hawkwind: Hurry on Sundown. Especially is you like a harmonics getting put through its paces
good bye cruel world he puts the last brick in the wall closing out the outside world
I watch and appreciate you guys all the time
When you actually see this movie then I'll subscribe
Crazy how the best in Dont leave now sounds like a busy signal
Welcome to the Machine, Fellas!
one of the Top react channels on YT...I been jonesin the past few days , was worth the wait!
The Wall rolls on, this album is always best as a whole, though it has so.e great individual songs. A cinematic audio experience, wait until you see the movie! I saw Roger Waters do this live in Hartford CT around 2010, it was an unreal experience. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
In Floyd their are 2 lead singers who you are listening to now is Roger Waters the lyricist and mostly bass player singing more accented and volatile and the smoother vocalist the other lead singer is David Gilmour with the more subtle smoothing sound is the lead guitar player
Watching again I remember why this is my favorite album of all time ❤ It spoke to personality aged 16 and does aged 53 exactly today 🎉
He didn’t die btw. He’s now behind the wall. Side 2 is phenomenal
That other voice you hear is Roger Waters who you've already heard on other albums, but really comes into his own on "The Wall". Also, the concept of the album is based on his life and he's the primary author of the piece as well. He was, until he left the band in the mid-80s, the de-facto leader of Pink Floyd.
During the concert they built a massive wall between the stage and the audience there was a large round screen showing movie clips. Many of those were in the movie plus much more. Both had the same animation.
It was also a very large Orchestra an equally sized mixed course and boys course the laborers building this massive wall and many more behind the scenes.
Course I and others have explained it before so you aren't likely reading any of this, but....
The Wall is about the wall we build around us to Shield us from the harsh realities of life.
And the subject of the movie never did go to war his mother made sure of that. And he would have liked to have joined the Air Force, but instead he joined a rock band. But I really don't care to tell you how it ends. We didn't know either when we first listened. and it's your experience.
They started touring about 3 months after the album release. Seeing that filled in a lot. But the movie especially the animation is as good the music.
I watch it on occasion. But I'm always left feeling a little Disturbed as it leaves a profound impression at the end.
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Sensacional react! Love from Brasil
great reaction . pink floyd -final cut . i think you guys would like that album
Let's not inflict that on them Sir. It was a massive misstep.
The album version is hard.... But the movie..... Jesus H Christ, Bob Geldof, when the lyrics of ''Would ya like too call the cops, do ya think it's time i stopped, why are you running away''
When Bob's character pink at that moment, smashes his Hotel window, leans out, gripping the broken glass and window frame, seeing the blood pour and he shouts ''C'mon you F#####'s!!!!!!''
It sends a massive chill down my entire body...... Totally reached breaking point, it is almost documentary realism.
The Wall, The Movie is so SO underrated, it is criminal.
Understandably, most people focus their attention on the lyrics and the story (and David’s solos); of course I do too. But what really impresses me about this album is the circumstances in which it was recorded. All of the members of PF were living in self-imposed exile from the UK due to the taxes, (basically, the tax man came knocking and they all noped TF out of the country) and as a result, this album was recorded in _multiple_ studios, in multiple countries. So if you concentrate solely on the _continuity_ of this record, it’s actually mind-boggling that they pulled this off at all! With reel to reel tape, and bouncing tracks! Pay close attention to the engineering; notice (especially with headphones) how the helicopter appears basically down at your left foot and winds up above your head in the right. This is masterful stuff. Not just lyrically, musically, or even logistically was this a masterpiece, but also from an engineering standpoint… it’s simply a magnificent piece of work that deserves to be recognized as a national treasure. As musical achievements go, I’d put it right up beside Kind Of Blue from Miles Davis, regardless of difference in genre.
Watching the Wall on magic mushrooms is wild.
The movie is a must.
Now, the groupie is in his room. In the movie, Pink is seemingly catatonic, staring at the TV. He is thinking about his wife, then talking to the groupie, then he loses his shyte. The groupie is justifiably terrified and runs off. Don't Leave Me Now is a plea to his wife as he descends into madness. The Wall Pt 3 is his inevitable total crackup.
he didnt die...... the old him died... and he is reborn....
Fun Fact: One of my turns is the B side to the Another brick in the wall part II single.
You boys have got to watch the movie, grab some snacks, turn down the lights and crank up the volume and prepare to be amazed. You will thanks all of us later.
Album: 1979
Movie based on the album: 1982
(I loved it, my new girlfriend hated it... we're divorced now, I shoulda dumped her right after the damn movie! lol)
Lmfao! 😆
Yes, the movie was released after the album cam out.
When I was a kid I used to think the line in One of My Turns "Would you like to learn to fly" was Would you like to multiply" until I read the lyrics on the record sleeve. It made a lot more sense that way. I thought it seemed an odd time to proposition her in such a crude way... unless he was proposing doing some flash card exercises. lol (just kidding)
Gotta see the movie!!!!
James Gang. Funk 49. Peace ✌️
You really need to see the movie!
I’d like to suggest you watch Roger Waters performing this album at the Berlin Wall live before watching the studio film of the wall. A lot of guest singers.
He's not dead...his wall is just complete...isolated from the world.
Pretty hardcore right? Some of my favorites.... Oh and are those Rokit monitors behind you.... yes they are , got a pair here as well...lol