Why is Pink Floyd's The Wall so Great - Analysis & Album Review

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  • Why is Pink Floyd's The Wall so great? This video looks at the lyrics and interprets their meaning in order to understand what makes the album so iconic. The Vinyl Geek reviews one of the greatest rock operas ever recorded, Pink Floyd's 11th studio album, The Wall on Columbia Records from 1979 #PinkFloyd #TheWall #vinyl
    00:00 Intro
    00:31 Backstory
    01:11 Side One
    08:46 Side Two
    16:43 Side Three
    26:41 Side Four
    33:52 Final Thoughts / Wrap Up
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  • @GoldenworkUSA
    @GoldenworkUSA 5 років тому +1111

    35 minute Pink Floyd review? Yes, please.

    • @lscarpeggio
      @lscarpeggio 5 років тому +8

      I think this is longer than the White Album review. Wow.

    • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 4 роки тому +8

      Far better than the Nostalgia Critic who completely trashed the entire meaning of the album with a sorry and pompous "critique" of it.

    • @090nj2
      @090nj2 3 роки тому +1

      Yess

    • @sopronto3303
      @sopronto3303 3 роки тому

      I think Adam Baker did it best

  • @RR-ir6ss
    @RR-ir6ss 5 років тому +336

    I love how dark, unsettling and even depressing the album is.

    • @coles1660
      @coles1660 4 роки тому +7

      R R and beautiful

    • @jooree7696
      @jooree7696 4 роки тому +25

      I almost cry every time i listen to this album
      This is the best album ever for me

    • @biancadiaz3848
      @biancadiaz3848 3 роки тому +3

      maybe that's why I like the album so much...

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 Рік тому

      Yeah, I'll give you that, it's depressing. I would even say hopeless.

    • @insert-name101
      @insert-name101 8 місяців тому

      ​@@joeking433hopeless is the perfect way to describe it. Dark was dark side of the moon. Wish you were here was depressing. Animals was in a way unsettling. This is plainly hopeless. Especially knowing the whole process of the wall will be repeated. It's basically supposed to show the fate of almost every rockstar or even music artist more or less. Shutting themselves off from the world with their wall and when the wall tears apart, they break down with it

  • @stuarthunt4606
    @stuarthunt4606 5 років тому +898

    I see Animals lurking in the background. Next review? Please?

    • @bryanstein7859
      @bryanstein7859 5 років тому +36

      Here, here! My favorite album of theirs.

    • @shortstuff780
      @shortstuff780 5 років тому +14

      Just about to say this!! Yes please my favorite pink Floyd album

    • @michaelcurry97
      @michaelcurry97 5 років тому +1

      stuart hunt ... lol. That’s Funny... and cool. : )

    • @Biomancer99
      @Biomancer99 5 років тому +6

      Now that would be amazing I would absolutely sub if that is the plan.

    • @sgt.purp1e
      @sgt.purp1e 4 роки тому +1

      I wanna see a review of Piper first before any other album

  • @pinecone9619
    @pinecone9619 5 років тому +329

    "Goodbye cruel world"
    "this song sounds suicidal"

    • @michaelkennedy4023
      @michaelkennedy4023 4 роки тому +13

      Ya think?

    • @kieran1059
      @kieran1059 3 роки тому +1

      it is actully

    • @jamielaw9696
      @jamielaw9696 3 роки тому +22

      Saying that, it’s actually about Pink saying goodbye to the world before completing the wall and closing himself off, not him considering suicide

    • @wispa1a
      @wispa1a 3 роки тому +4

      Transitioning

    • @cdelgado7296
      @cdelgado7296 2 роки тому +1

      Hmm yes this floor is made of floor

  • @thejimmydanly
    @thejimmydanly 5 років тому +577

    Dammit, I've got homework, but then I see this on my feed. Oh well, guess I don't need no education

    • @felipemcarullo1556
      @felipemcarullo1556 5 років тому +4

      Proud to be the 60th liker

    • @lowertrack
      @lowertrack 5 років тому +5

      So you need education but you don’t want to do it

    • @tigerplayzz9221
      @tigerplayzz9221 4 роки тому +1

      Jimmy Danly same

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 4 роки тому +2

      "Yes you do, you just used a double negative". Sorry, reflex action when someone uses that phrase.

    • @johni-m8944
      @johni-m8944 4 роки тому +2

      hedgehog1965uk nerd

  • @lemursteaks
    @lemursteaks 3 роки тому +237

    This album is horrifyingly human. It's everything we persuade ourselves we aren't, it's all that we are destined to become. The wall is not the story of Pink, but of man in society. It's entirely unprecedented and unique. It's beautiful. Roger is a genius

    • @motodrummer
      @motodrummer Рік тому +2

      great take on it.

    • @johnhermann5301
      @johnhermann5301 6 місяців тому

      Conceptually and lyrically it’s great, but in my opinion, it’s too long and the music is overrated (some tracks are great, like In the Flesh, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, and Run Like Hell).

  • @fuzer909
    @fuzer909 5 років тому +475

    This album got me through cancer in 2017. In recovery now, Comfortably Numb is my song to deal with chemotherapy. Thank you for reviewing this record and breaking all of it down.

    • @fuzer909
      @fuzer909 5 років тому +6

      @Grateful Alive Some days yes, most days no. Work from home now, doctor has to sign a release if I ever go back to retail sales.

    • @kaitodesire
      @kaitodesire 5 років тому +11

      @@fuzer909 all the best my friend. God bless you

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 4 роки тому +8

      Damn, makes my use of this record to get over being dumped by my first love back in 1983 seem incredibly trivial. All the best to you.

  • @cre8ivecat23
    @cre8ivecat23 5 років тому +194

    That plane sound at the end of In the Flesh is actually a Stuka dive bomber, which had special attachments to make that distinctive sound. It was used quite a bit by the germans during WWII and the plane that crashes into the wall in the live show is a model of a Stuka. Just a bit of extra information I thought some people might find interesting.

    • @prettyshinyspaghetti8332
      @prettyshinyspaghetti8332 3 роки тому +6

      It certainly was great to learn, thank you!

    • @vladob3
      @vladob3 2 роки тому +16

      Exactly. My grandfather and many relatives around Europe told to me: "Whoever heard the Stucka sound during WWII will never forget it."
      The plane had one or two Jericho trumpets mounted upon the leading edges of the main gear legs.
      The original idea was to give good "haptic" feedback to the pilot about airspeed during steep dive.
      It actually became a propaganda symbol of German air power.

    • @Lasse3
      @Lasse3 Рік тому

      You're such a know it all huh pal? You think you're better than me!?

    • @carolricard1903
      @carolricard1903 6 місяців тому

      Really enjoyed your narration. ❤‘twas nice

  • @adamspeople
    @adamspeople 5 років тому +1709

    Just finished my meat and am ready for pudding

    • @BumKnuckle
      @BumKnuckle 5 років тому +9

      Fresh out of pudding mate.

    • @progqueen5952
      @progqueen5952 5 років тому +19

      How ‘bout pie with no crust?

    • @calus7890
      @calus7890 5 років тому +3

      Adam Strohschein he was, 69k subscribers

    • @pablobenjamin127
      @pablobenjamin127 5 років тому +3

      @@progqueen5952 They only have round apple pies, what are you going to do about it?

    • @progqueen5952
      @progqueen5952 5 років тому +4

      Pablo Benjamin , the funniest thing I ever heard, as a consolation, they offer Nick some blood pudding and he shakes his head in disgust and says, “No thank you!” Greetings from Illinois!

  • @gigglingevil
    @gigglingevil 5 років тому +258

    Mother and Blue Sky are underrated IMHO..
    those 2 songs are really masterpiece!

    • @alexb9597
      @alexb9597 4 роки тому +3

      Ahhh Ahhh smash

    • @gabrielherbas402
      @gabrielherbas402 3 роки тому +1

      Definitely Mother is an amazing song... in history, I mean

    • @dandydolphin64
      @dandydolphin64 2 роки тому +15

      Nah Waiting For The Worms is defiently the most underrated on the album

    • @egthethird6081
      @egthethird6081 2 роки тому +2

      @@dandydolphin64 Agreed, even the movie hates Waiting for the Worms, it gets like 2 minutes cut out! I just made an extended version for personal viewing.

    • @Johnnyrocks34
      @Johnnyrocks34 2 роки тому

      So great! Classics

  • @DaleKirkley
    @DaleKirkley 5 років тому +185

    Important thing to notice is that the first instance of “In The Flesh” has a question mark after it, and the second instance does not, suggesting the second reflects his real personality.

    • @vibe_check_gaming9341
      @vibe_check_gaming9341 4 роки тому +13

      That's just wow

    • @vibe_check_gaming9341
      @vibe_check_gaming9341 4 роки тому +7

      Outstanding move

    • @jamesdean9183
      @jamesdean9183 3 роки тому +5

      I've never thought about that, that's so cool! You are very observant

    • @flyk3n
      @flyk3n 3 роки тому +13

      I see it as Pink suddenly getting thrown back into his rockstar life and saying "Huh? In The Flesh again?" He already has the "cold eyes" mentioned in the song.

    • @mathewhale3581
      @mathewhale3581 Рік тому +4

      The live tour had a fake band play the opening in Floyd masks, therefore “In the flesh?”

  • @RayHigh4708
    @RayHigh4708 5 років тому +174

    Get right outta town !! One of the greatest albums ever reviewed by VW doesn't get any better .

  • @chrismcginley6796
    @chrismcginley6796 8 місяців тому +6

    The transition from the entire crowd chanting “Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd!” on the end of “In the Flesh” on side four and in the intro of “Run Like Hell” to, when at the end of that song and through the intro of “Waiting for the Worms,” half of the crowd is continuing to chant “Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd!” where the other half of the crowd is now chanting “Hammer! Hammer!” and that chant is drowning out the chant of “Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd!” and then, at the end of “Waiting for the Worms” and up to the intro of “Stop” where the entirety of the crowd is chanting “Hammer! Hammer!” to a crescendo, in my opinion, is one of the most remarkable and subtle parts of this section of the album.

  • @hugosanchez7599
    @hugosanchez7599 5 років тому +99

    My favourite album of all time without a doubt

    • @fuzer909
      @fuzer909 5 років тому +5

      Mine too.

    • @FilipinoFood.Nicebro
      @FilipinoFood.Nicebro 5 років тому +10

      i love this album however I like Dark Side and Wish You Were Here more

  • @joenormanmusic
    @joenormanmusic 5 років тому +66

    Hey You is such a fantastic song.

  • @ezekielrose5173
    @ezekielrose5173 5 років тому +155

    This record and I have a... complicated history.
    As a kid, Pink Floyd was my favorite band, and The Wall was my favorite album. As such, I listened to it, and Pink Floyd's discography in general, waaaaaaaaaay too many times. This was how I learned something very important about myself: that I have an obsessive personality, and by overplaying it to such a degree when I was young, it actually creates a sort of negative reflex in me as an adult.
    It taught me a very valuable lesson about the dangers of overdoing something good, I haven't listened to the thing in literally years, largely in an attempt to make it fresh again for me.

    • @travishumaneproject5322
      @travishumaneproject5322 5 років тому +6

      Indigo Swirl I’ve done this exact thing, it’s quite sad. I still love Pink Floyd though.

    • @JobyJonesJnr
      @JobyJonesJnr 5 років тому +7

      You should watch roger waters the wall 2015 (movie/documentary). This will blow you away, don't worry..... The goosebumps will go away after a couple of hours

    • @alternit41
      @alternit41 3 роки тому +6

      I've had this exact same experience with the Floyd.ever since I was very young I was drawn to the band and by the time the Wall came out I was in high school, doing lots of drugs and in a paychotic state. I shaved my eyebrows off and went into school after many days of watching the movie over and over again on acid.I want up in the hospital for 3 months after that I learned a lot about myself and I think what you say about obsessive this is very accurate to me too. I still listen to the Floydregularly but listening to the wall is almost painful.

    • @vladob3
      @vladob3 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly! That is what The Wall is all about.
      I still have periods when I am obsessed with this album, diving into it truly.
      And I grasped the album when it was originally published. I was in high school back then.

  • @michaelwilson2340
    @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +380

    How about a review of Meddle? I consider it their "Hunky Dory". A great album before the fame really kicked in. And you cannot beat Echoes! As soon as you hear Richard's "ping" the tingling in the spine comes alive.

    • @EvilEyeGypsy
      @EvilEyeGypsy 5 років тому +25

      Fearless is pretty awesome as well.

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +12

      Evil Eye Gypsy Absolutely! It's very friendly and organic. I love that guitar and the crowd's voices in unison.

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 років тому +4

      Not as if Dark Side of the Moon spent LITERALLY YEARS on the USA album charts, is one of the biggest selling records of all time, contains their biggest hit single and made them arguably the biggest live act on the planet. Basically I'm not sure your analogy holds up.

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +3

      Desperate Mohammedan the World's Strongest Arab Actually, if you consult Guitar World Magazine, February 2012 page 70 there is a fantastic article on the making of Meddle. It states that " More than Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and The Wall-it finds a spot in the heart of true Pink Floyd fans, such as Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, who has long championed Meddle as the great Floyd album". He mentions the warm, organic and golden 1971 sound. So, in effect I subscribe to that philosophy. Again, it's similar to Hunky Dory in which many true Bowie fans consider Hunky Dory their favorite.

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +3

      Desperate Mohammedan the World's Strongest Arab In addition, If you go by charts and sales you might as well eliminate The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and The Ramones. Not a good option.

  • @carpet163
    @carpet163 Рік тому +222

    Probably one of the best rock albums if not best albums of all time. It perfected the idea of a concept album. It's almost impossible to cherry pick a song from the album without marathoning the entire thing. Rock Opera is such an odd and underrated style.

    • @renardsubtil3455
      @renardsubtil3455 Рік тому +6

      it's the best album of all time .

    • @youhk
      @youhk Рік тому +1

      @@renardsubtil3455nope

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 Рік тому

      Meh. It was Waters at his most arrogant.

    • @carpet163
      @carpet163 Рік тому +4

      @@joeking433 I didn't ask for your opinion.

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 Рік тому +1

      @@youhk It's not even Pink Floyd's best album.

  • @ellacarmel
    @ellacarmel 5 років тому +44

    Comfortably numb brings me to tears every time I listen to it. There’s nothing as amazing as listening to this album and finally getting to that track, a feeling that can’t be described

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 Рік тому

      David's solo in Comfortably Numb is actually the only part of The Wall that I would rate highly. The rest is Waters's dark intellectual masturbation.

  • @robertreynolds2212
    @robertreynolds2212 3 роки тому +38

    I’ll never forget the first time I listened to it on a good dose of LSD. You really get a sense for how dark it is.
    A few friends of mine were curious about tripping & decided to try it one night. Being the “experienced” friend, I made a playlist that would at least last the majority of the trip. I saved The Wall for the very end & good thing I did. One friend couldn’t take it, he literally laid face down on the floor moaning while “Empty Spaces” played. I’ve tripped with many people, The Wall is the only album I’ve had people ask to stop/pause the music.
    Powerful piece of work.

    • @roadiethegamecat4124
      @roadiethegamecat4124 2 роки тому +9

      I saw the movie in the theater trippin and one of the guys who went with us lost it when Pink started shaving off all his hair.. went running out of the theater.

    • @Punk-Mask
      @Punk-Mask 4 місяці тому

      This is one of those albums that should definitely be listened to on LSD but only if you are willing to experience a terrifying beautiful hell.

    • @AlanPereira69
      @AlanPereira69 2 місяці тому

      People ask to stop because the album sucks

  • @TheMilovilo
    @TheMilovilo 5 років тому +72

    One of the greatest album of all time. So powerfull brilliant story, lyrics, sound, everything. Masterpiece.

  • @chrislowe5462
    @chrislowe5462 5 років тому +237

    A brilliantly well thought out video and explanation to an incredible album , every Floyd fan should watch this .

  • @mimkyodar
    @mimkyodar 4 роки тому +10

    I never even noticed the heartbeat drums on "In the Flesh?" There is just so much musically going on in this album!

  • @6debbie12
    @6debbie12 5 років тому +94

    Dude... this was above and beyond. Best work yet.
    Please do more Floyd.

  • @lisaheisey6168
    @lisaheisey6168 5 років тому +48

    I used to play Pink Floyd's The Wall so much, that my mom would go watch tv in her bedroom to avoid it. She called it "suicide music". One night while I was downstairs listening to The Wall, she came down the stairs and was holding her arms out in front of her. She had taken a red marker and made slash marks on her wrists. She said "Your music made me do this." My mom's sense of humor could be a bit warped. Lol

    • @glurmyworm
      @glurmyworm 5 років тому +16

      Lisa Heisey wtf

    • @nicholastosoni707
      @nicholastosoni707 5 років тому +25

      "Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall."

    • @stevensmith5160
      @stevensmith5160 3 роки тому +9

      Honestly I can understand her. But it’s still a masterpiece. It is depressing but I just love Pink Floyd

    • @lisaheisey6168
      @lisaheisey6168 3 роки тому +10

      @@stevensmith5160 I know. That's why I've listened to so much Pink Floyd. My mom just couldn't understand me liking music, that she found so dark & depressing. She liked music, that was happy and that she could dance to. So, she decided to have a laugh and act like my music had made her want to kill herself. Lol.

  • @fredrikmaceriksson1
    @fredrikmaceriksson1 5 років тому +206

    Pink Floyd - Animals next please!

    • @ClarenceFisher
      @ClarenceFisher 5 років тому +6

      Animals was.....(sigh) I love Animals.

    • @MrGreggallman
      @MrGreggallman 5 років тому +4

      Animals... My favorite album of all time.

    • @jossecoupe446
      @jossecoupe446 4 роки тому

      @Dave Zimmerman Im listening to Animals right now and the length of the three songs in the middle can be a small issue, I often just cant bring myself to sit down and actively listen to those three. I find this strange because I can listen to Shine On You Crazy diamond at any time of the day, so now I've drawn the conclusion that this is because I'm simply very familiar with Shine On's instrumentals, so now in order to familiarize myself I constantly play Animals in the background as I study or do other menial tasks and I gotta say its really growing on me.

    • @nickyvanlalhruai9627
      @nickyvanlalhruai9627 4 роки тому

      Yes thier best

  • @tavadaardendrian319
    @tavadaardendrian319 3 роки тому +14

    My mom really likes this album. My favorite compliment to give her is that the song ‘Mother’ doesn’t remind me of her 😂

  • @kennethcook8857
    @kennethcook8857 5 років тому +10

    The 'groupie' we hear in the background in "One Of My Turns" is Toni Tennille of the soft-rock band, The Captain & Tennille.

  • @martin.coronado
    @martin.coronado 5 років тому +21

    Brilliant review. I would like to add a small point of view of a small section on this record. In The Trial, the judge dictates sentence on Pink: "I sentence you to be exposed before your peers". From my point of view, the penalty that Pink receives is precisely to write The Wall and expose his miseries in front of everybody. That will help Pink to break free. Again, beautiful review. Thanks.

  • @mje6444
    @mje6444 4 роки тому +23

    Floyd was masters at creating the perfect sound for the story being told, they gave emotions to music, matching the mood lyrically and musically. Super philosophical and excellent musicianship. A lot of bands can't/don't do this.

  • @stevejackson8094
    @stevejackson8094 5 років тому +31

    Being a Pink Floyd fan for 50 years I love your review of this album. Very professional and interesting to watch. You really show a deep understanding of the album. Subscribed.

  • @tannerreid6714
    @tannerreid6714 5 років тому +14

    It’s not just this album but everything pink floyd did was to be listened to with full attention. The music is life changing and every moment counts. That is why they’ll always be my favourites.

  • @elicapps6585
    @elicapps6585 3 роки тому +9

    My favorite part is when there is a quiet "is there anybody out there" and it bleeds into "comfortably numb"

  • @ixtacoyotlpena
    @ixtacoyotlpena 5 років тому +32

    You have no idea how excited i am for this

  • @martindupont2249
    @martindupont2249 8 місяців тому +2

    It’s the soundtrack of all my depressions and I cry every time comfortably numb solo starts for the lasts 35 years of my life

  • @freddiemoore3033
    @freddiemoore3033 5 років тому +61

    Absolutely brilliant video, massive PF fan but hadn't picked up on all the little details you discussed.

  • @luapworrag
    @luapworrag 5 років тому +116

    Someone needs to drop the link to this with Roger W or David G. Basically I don’t think they have ever seen such dedication to the deconstruction of the wall. Regardless of whether they agree, they would certainly appreciate the review.

    • @amadeus2938
      @amadeus2938 5 років тому +8

      luapworrag Mason said that Roger never respected David, Roger said that everyone can use a guitar and play it and that the writing is all. David said: Yeah you wrote the lyrics but we made the music. Dave and Roger are not in agreement till this day, and is understandable because of how Roger treated them, especially Rick.

    • @luapworrag
      @luapworrag 5 років тому +4

      Tony AlPaquino yes I’d forgot about the “challenges” if I recall, there was a hijacking of the album, with Richard being fired and then hired as a session player throughout the tour

    • @floydloonie4880
      @floydloonie4880 5 років тому +4

      @luapworrag-- Actually if you think about it.... Roger Waters spent at least 5 years "deconstructing The Wall" first it was WW2, then Afganistan, then Iraq or Iran, plus Isreal & Pakastani refugee tensions, then anyone who had died in a war anywhere on the planet EVER!... What did I miss? Korea? The Falklands?? Donald Trump?? Every year or so- Rog had a new demon to tour The Wall around the word with!! At $500. for a pair of nose bleed seats, my wife +I could only afford to attend a limited number of those THE WALL concerts.

    • @fatdude2763
      @fatdude2763 5 років тому +1

      @@floydloonie4880 You and Roger can't seem to not dip good things into impure blood. Everything I like and love is being used to smear something: I saw a video (quite like this one) about Radiohead's OK Computer in which it is claimed that it is an album to resist Donald Trump and the societal changes he's inflicting. It's pure madness, the only comparable things about Trump and this album is that both use walls in ways that are not meant to construct buildings with.

  • @JulioIsKilluminati
    @JulioIsKilluminati 5 років тому +139

    I’m a simple man. I see Pink Floyd, I click.

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 4 роки тому +2

      Pavlovian response.

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 3 роки тому +1

      Oi Levi! I was a Wall fan too!

    • @someguywithadog3239
      @someguywithadog3239 2 роки тому

      @@zackzallie8735everyone gangsta until a 60 meter muscle guy break the wall

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 2 роки тому +1

      @@someguywithadog3239 lol not sure if Reiner or Nostalgic Critic.

  • @digitalcat303
    @digitalcat303 5 років тому +10

    Absolute favorite album of all time. One of the few albums that has to be listened to from beginning to end. Love the emotional roller coaster ride it takes me on every time.

  • @edward4840
    @edward4840 5 років тому +98

    Anyone else notice the Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking record in the background?

    • @The1uptriforce
      @The1uptriforce 5 років тому +12

      That album topped Dark Side of the Moon for me Rogers Waters best work

    • @desperatemohammedantheworl5833
      @desperatemohammedantheworl5833 5 років тому +9

      Wet Dream by Richard Wright and David Gilmour's self titled solo album to it's right as well.

    • @amadeus2938
      @amadeus2938 5 років тому

      Desperate Mohammedan the World's Strongest Arab Those are better 😌

    • @stevejackson8094
      @stevejackson8094 5 років тому +1

      I love that album.

    • @barryhopwood6172
      @barryhopwood6172 5 років тому +4

      Yes, it's the later cover with the censored image. I have the early cover ... she has a perfect bottom.

  • @jankogl1251
    @jankogl1251 5 років тому +16

    My favourite album ever! I first saw it as a kid in the local library and was struck by the contrasting artwork: a plain white wall on the outside, a vivid comic on the inside (which even then I knew wasn’t supposed to be one of the funny kind). I just knew there was something intense about this record. Then I saw an ad in the TV paper, with a picture of the teacher puppet, announcing Waters' Berlin show, and of course I had to watch that! So I did, and even though I wouldn’t quite get most of the story, I definitely loved the tunes, the theatricality and the general weightiness and sincerity of it all. Then I finally listened to the record, and it felt even more intense, almost claustrophobic (fittingly enough!). I actually became somewhat obsessed by it and viewed it as sort of an aural retreat ... I had some personal issues back then I just couldn’t come to terms with, and THE WALL appeared to offer me a strong sense of comfort in a way I couldn’t really pinpoint.
    Later in my life, when music had become my main source of solace and I had grown to master the English language, I completely understood the album‘s thematic content - and I noticed that quite a few elements of it happened to coincide with my life and my general state of mind that had derived from it: I had sort of an overbearing mother who made it difficult for me to evaluate many things, especially on the social level - more specifically put, I kept fucking up relationships of any kind. So more often than not, I was all on my own, and in order to feel happy, I glorified many aspects of my solitude - which inevitably leads to building a wall around yourself.
    Today, although I have been able to sort myself out quite neatly, there are still remnants of the old issues cropping up from time to time ... And that’s when I take a walk and play THE WALL on my headphones, using it as the perfect inner-self cleansing tool. I imagine, anybody’s favourite record must be one that serves a similar purpose.

  • @Pr0jectFM
    @Pr0jectFM 5 років тому +22

    Ooh babe a new vinyl rewind

  • @joeb4142
    @joeb4142 Рік тому +7

    It’s impossible to overstate the influence of “Another Brick in the Wall 2” when it was released. Now we’re just evaluating it for its musicality but in 1979-80 it was a behemoth of emotion.

  • @mavisevelyn618
    @mavisevelyn618 5 років тому +5

    In the Flesh? Is one of my favorites. Very underrated

  • @jewfroDZak
    @jewfroDZak 4 роки тому +10

    I would like to say as a big Pink Floyd fan, one who has listened to all of their albums 100s of times each, that The Wall was the first piece of music I truly adored, ever. It changed my life. I can think of at least seven songs on that album that at one point in my life were my favorite song off that album. Nobody Home was the first. I cried like a unmovable crying thing that just experienced genuine emotion for the first time in it's existence the first time I heard it...So that was about 20 years ago when I was in high school. I'd say for about the last two years my favorite song off the The Wall has been What Shall We Do Now. The entire song is basically a response to the call of Empty Spaces (the two songs are Inseparable in my mind). Name a Floyd Track that rocks harder, more in your face agressively than that track. I can't. I could make a case for two songs, The Nile Song off More and the live rendition of Careful With That Axe, Eugene off Ummagumma. Buy those two still don't rock as hard as that track in my opinion. Nick Mason's drumming at the beginning of the song--the part when Empty Spaces ends in an orgiastic climax that is the entirety of What Shall We--is transcendent. Its freaking timeless. I don't know enough about the history of Pink Floyd in the recording of their albums or anyting and my opinions are entirely subjective. I don't know anyone's else opinions about the Band's music besides my opinions, which I have formed only through the continual re digestion of their discography for the last 20 years. So, maybe they use drum sampling on that part or something, because I don't know how the hell he could even play that were it recorded live. The guitar, raw af. The lyrics, super punk af. It's got everything you could ask for from Pink Floyd squeezed into the smallest track Length possible. A minimalist masterpiece....Anyway, food for thought.

  • @vintagevinylvets1187
    @vintagevinylvets1187 5 років тому +47

    Great job on this review. Honestly,”Comfortably Numb” has the greatest solo ever recorded.🎧

    • @ClarenceFisher
      @ClarenceFisher 5 років тому +5

      Right up there with "Money"

    • @brovold72
      @brovold72 5 років тому +5

      Too true. If there was ever a *reason* for a Stratocaster to exist...

    • @busterthebear6756
      @busterthebear6756 5 років тому +3

      Vintage Vinyl Vets high hopes as well

    • @vintagevinylvets1187
      @vintagevinylvets1187 5 років тому +4

      Buster The Bear “High Hopes” is one of our favorite PF songs. Love the solo in it as well, but it’s played on that Fender lap steel. We’re comparing “guitar” solos.

    • @MIB_63
      @MIB_63 8 місяців тому

      Absolutely agree.

  • @seancraig2372
    @seancraig2372 4 роки тому +8

    I just realised that the last one being 'OUTSIDE the wall' and the first being 'IN the flesh' is probably very deliberate, especially with the cycle that was explained in this video

  • @vinnyreed723
    @vinnyreed723 5 років тому +15

    And now for something completely different
    1.Please Review Queen II as it is their best album
    2.When Another Brick in the wall pt.2 finishes with the beeping i always think Have A Cigar will start playing

  • @tepidtooth8539
    @tepidtooth8539 5 років тому +7

    Fun Fact: When they demoed The Wall to the record company, the bomber in In The Flesh? blew out one of the speakers they were playing it on

  • @nowheremannnap6976
    @nowheremannnap6976 5 років тому +162

    Do the Piper at the gates of dawn!!

    • @alancrane4693
      @alancrane4693 5 років тому +7

      Umm! Agumma?

    • @nowheremannnap6976
      @nowheremannnap6976 5 років тому +2

      Alan Crane that’s also a great album love the live work on that album

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +10

      Yes! I hate the fact that Classic Rock radio avoids anything before Dark Side Of The Moon. Then again, most people don't want the complete picture. Who's Syd Barret?

    • @nowheremannnap6976
      @nowheremannnap6976 5 років тому +2

      Michael Wilson for real man don’t get me wrong I love dark side but I love the Syd Barrett stuff better and I hate that they don’t play his songs

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 5 років тому +5

      Yes, in the U.K. he's respected. When Syd died it was a major event! You saw his face on the covers of Mojo and Uncut magazines. I have a lot of respect for David Gilmore because it made sure Syd was getting the royalties due to him. Around two hundred thousand dollars a year. And Dave made sure Syd had five of his songs on Echoes-The Best Of Pink Floyd which gave Syd two million dollars according to photographer Mick Wall. People love Gilmore and I can see why

  • @TheJedwardo
    @TheJedwardo 4 роки тому +10

    Side 4 Is Always my favourite, I feel it’s got so much variety to it and the progression of him becoming a dictator then realising he’s a monster and giving himself a trial of wether he’s crazy, I feel just all songs flow into each other and they just, it’s great.

  • @jeremytallis5243
    @jeremytallis5243 3 роки тому +7

    I feel like the way you described this album is the way you described me and what I’m going through. It was nice to hear someone put it into words. Really great stuff

    • @Conar.
      @Conar. 2 роки тому

      Hey m8, I was in the exact place. All I wanna say is really take into account the ending. Breaking down the wall is hard but worth it. Cheers.

  • @jtirello3_111
    @jtirello3_111 5 років тому +12

    Well done comprehensive review of what I consider the most important album in history. I was fortunate to see Roger perform The Wall in 2010 & 2012. I was shaken to my core, and the second show was better than the first. The Wall never ceases to amaze. I hear something new every time I listen to it. It truly is an experience.

  • @lisaheisey6168
    @lisaheisey6168 5 років тому +7

    I hope, you'll do more long reviews like this again. I love that you were so detailed.

  • @fazeman2586
    @fazeman2586 5 років тому +12

    I still don't know what people don't like about Vera. One of my favs on the album.

    • @Zhnatko
      @Zhnatko 4 роки тому +9

      Fun fact, Vera is actually Roger Waters' favourite

  • @mindofprog
    @mindofprog 5 років тому +4

    My tears are falling. You know Vinyl, sometimes I forget how deep was this record to me & how timeless is. The album meaning, the lyrics, Roger's ultimate expression. I don't know, it's such a classic album, such an experience. Thank you very much for this review, tomorrow I'll play the whole record, cheers

  • @jeffcobb2734
    @jeffcobb2734 5 років тому +4

    The loop is mind blowing. The end becomes the beginning, and visa versa. Brilliant.

  • @danpejril
    @danpejril 5 років тому +19

    Came for the Floyd but stayed for the great analysis and insights. Nice work. Sub'd

  • @michaelhogg5498
    @michaelhogg5498 5 років тому +7

    You didnt mention the superb production. Amazing dynamic range, fantastic arrangements ,best rock drum sound on record and Richard Wrights keyboard genius all over the album. Michael kamens string arrangements also help .I dont think there will be another rock album sounding this GREAT anytime soon .

  • @khengliatong5991
    @khengliatong5991 5 років тому +8

    This may be your best album review yet! Awesome review!

  • @fidelrivera2887
    @fidelrivera2887 4 роки тому +4

    During my sophomore year at college I devoted about an entire year to Pink Floyd. Not intentionally but once I started looking into their vast catalogue I couldn't stop . I listened to everything they put out, learned all I could about the band, looked into the making of this and just about every other of their albums, devoured every live performance I could find, learned all the guitar parts to The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon and pretty much exclusively delved into the deep, deep mine of work this band has. Obsessed is not a strong enough word for it. It took me ages to get all the information presented here but there were things covered here I had totally missed... Damn! Great job. This album is loaded with secrets, hidden messages, overt and subversive meaning and loads of character. It's not easy music but with every listen you'll hear something you missed before and over time it gets under your skin as you see how it beautifly speaks of the universal human condition in a modern world through a story both relatable and terrifying with some of the best music of its time and ours. It's a rare instance of high art with mass appeal. Listen to it on a good set of headphones and really appreciate just how much they packed into this album... Wonder to think if they weren't under those conditions with a tight deadline would it have still been as good? Great job on the review! Subbed after part 1. Thank you for putting all this together.

  • @IsraelQuezada999
    @IsraelQuezada999 5 років тому +3

    Loved your review of The Wall, my friend!

  • @jjmah7
    @jjmah7 Рік тому +2

    no one breaks these albums down like you do man...loved this

  • @JakeCuster
    @JakeCuster 5 років тому +1

    I just got into this album too- perfect timing! Great video as always! I've been looking forward to this

  • @light.jeremy01
    @light.jeremy01 5 років тому +21

    Do Wish You Were Here, the best one imo.

  • @travishumaneproject5322
    @travishumaneproject5322 5 років тому +28

    I see Rogers Waters Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, David Gilmour’s self titled and Rick Wright’s Wet Dream up in the corner. You’ve done your homework lol

    • @brendanduffy443
      @brendanduffy443 5 років тому

      The original release of pro's and cons in Europe didn't have a redacted tush on it

  • @StallingsFilm
    @StallingsFilm 5 років тому

    This is absolutely one of your best reviews! Wonderful job, Geek! I look forward to your next video!

  • @ufoclips1
    @ufoclips1 4 роки тому +6

    Got to be one of the best things ever put on vinyll,stunning in every way,a fitting end to the 70s.

  • @TheMaddogMiner
    @TheMaddogMiner 5 років тому +12

    I wish I could give this video more likes! This has always been my favorite album and blew my mind the first time I listened

  • @edward4840
    @edward4840 5 років тому +11

    You have no idea how happy I was when I saw this notification

  • @douglasphillips2079
    @douglasphillips2079 5 років тому

    Thank you! This album has been a part of my life for almost 30 years. Your insight has shown me things I have never noticed or thought of after so many listens. Brilliant! Great job!!!

  • @bherrin67
    @bherrin67 5 років тому

    What an amazing breakdown of one of my favorite albums. Thanks for such a great job and sharing it with us!

  • @mcpuncake3244
    @mcpuncake3244 5 років тому +13

    Great episode!

  • @michaelwooldridge6880
    @michaelwooldridge6880 5 років тому +5

    Awesome! Thanks so much definitely worth the wait

  • @angelodiplacido2553
    @angelodiplacido2553 5 років тому +1

    Another great review, Geek! Nice job analyzing the songs.

  • @JoeToff
    @JoeToff 5 років тому +1

    This should have more views and more recognition. Great job, looking forward for the rest "The Wall" videos.

  • @matipedia_
    @matipedia_ 5 років тому +9

    Saw it as premiere hehehe
    As with every review you put out. Loved it! Amazing quality and very interesting to watch.
    A lot of info on the music and thanks for all the detail on the story the album tells. Usually reviews omit a lot of this by just saying "There's a film go watch it"
    Wish you had talked about the cover design or who drew the stuff from the gatefold. That's pretty much how Pink sees the other characters from the story. (if you did I'm sorry. I might have missed it)
    Amazing how it seems that you look through some bricks that haven't been placed yet to kinda enter his mind.

  • @samcarroll6210
    @samcarroll6210 5 років тому +37

    The session musician was Joe Di Blasi actually, Roger couldn't remember his name so he came up with Ron because he knew it was a three letter name

  • @PenguinGirl470
    @PenguinGirl470 4 роки тому +1

    Wow! This is a very well done review of The Wall. Even with how much I already know about the album, it still gave me an even greater appreciation for it. Truly a masterpiece, this video and the album itself. Loved all of your Pink Floyd videos. The quality and setup of your videos really ties your thoughts and analyses together.

  • @PatonMacD
    @PatonMacD 4 роки тому +1

    What an excellent job you have done. Thank you for doing my favorite album justice and teaching me a few things I didn't know.

  • @SaintPierrot_
    @SaintPierrot_ 5 років тому +15

    When I was a kid my dad played me the movie and for a long time that really was my only reference of music. I didn't get into listening to music until 7th grade when I revisited The Wall just to listen to. One day me, my sister, and my uncle went to an antique store nearby that had a copy of The Wall and I used what little I had (for a 12-13 year old) to buy it. At first I thought this was the only record I would have. Little did I know that would snowball into picking up more Floyd and just more music in general. The Wall is what got me into not just record collecting but music as a whole (granted Gorillaz also helped a bit there with their animated videos making an impression on me when I was younger). At this point, I thought I knew everything there was to know about The Wall and I am pleasantly suprised to say that I learned more about The Wall that I just did not before. This video is phenomenal and does the album justice. Keep up the great work Eric and I can't wait to see whats in store for the other Wall-related videos!

  • @BigDogsDangler
    @BigDogsDangler 4 роки тому +14

    A little known fact that blew me away when I first noticed it. At the very beginning of the album, you hear one of the band members say "we came in", just as the quiet music starts. At the very end of the album, right at the last second of the music (which is the same music as the intro), you hear the same band member say "isn't this where".
    F**king genius.

  • @sagemorrison360
    @sagemorrison360 5 років тому +1

    WOW. You hit this completely on point, I'm impressed! Great video!

  • @lynchdrum
    @lynchdrum 3 роки тому

    OUTSTANDING CONTENT! I just discovered your channel. Very impressed. Being a huge PF fan at age 55 and following the band for decades, you get my stamp of approval. Please keep it up! Thank you

  • @GraceToo_
    @GraceToo_ 5 років тому +9

    The girl from 'One of my turns' is Toni Tennille. Love this review, as many times as I have heard this album I never thought about the ending and beginning being an endless loop. Wonderful review, really made me appreciate this album even more then I did before. The one thing I wish Pink Floyd would do however is release a soundtrack version from the movie, I really love the songs that did not appear on the album and with the space CD's can hold there is no reason why it couldn't be done.

    • @ClarenceFisher
      @ClarenceFisher 5 років тому +1

      So, love didn't really keep Pink and the groupie together.

    • @TheAgeOfAnalog
      @TheAgeOfAnalog 5 років тому

      @@ClarenceFisher Muskrats are randy little buggers.

    • @zackmccrea4731
      @zackmccrea4731 4 роки тому

      Lee Anne are you canadian

  • @girlwithaguitar24
    @girlwithaguitar24 5 років тому +18

    After seeing you review this album, I feel like you should review Kid A. It has a really similar undertone of mental illness, isolation and cacophany.

  • @willoughby5150
    @willoughby5150 3 роки тому

    So pleased I’ve found your channel, it a joy to talk about this important moments in my life again.

  • @RussTCB1
    @RussTCB1 5 років тому

    This is the best explination I've ever heard of The Wall by a LONG SHOT. Well done. I will be giving this link to anyone I speak to about this album in the future.

  • @MaxNokes
    @MaxNokes 5 років тому +51

    I saw the Animals album in the back!! Possible review soon?!?!?

  • @SteveNC61
    @SteveNC61 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely superb. So wish I had had this analysis the day I bought the album on release day.

  • @jeffreyrogers7451
    @jeffreyrogers7451 5 років тому

    There were some things you pointed out about the record that I didn't know were there and now I have an even deeper appreciation for this record (I didn't think this was possible). Loved this video, immediately subscribed.

  • @snappystettner
    @snappystettner Рік тому +1

    I really love your take on the story and message of the different instrumental parts. My dad showed me the movie when I was 14 and I think it was over my head but I loved it. It was like a puzzle to me and I thought about it a lot. It’s nice to hear someone else’s interpretations. I’d love to hear your thoughts on other concept albums. This channel has quickly become one of my favorites ❤

  • @yeehawriverscuomo2884
    @yeehawriverscuomo2884 5 років тому +8

    ”YOU!!!, YES YOU!!!, STAAAAAND STILL LAAADDIE”

    • @808Cruzz
      @808Cruzz 3 роки тому

      "whennnn we grew up and went to school, there were certain teacher's who would the hurt the children any way they could" *OOF!*

  • @rupman27isback
    @rupman27isback 5 років тому +10

    My favorite album by them.

  • @chronosmusics
    @chronosmusics 5 років тому

    I have been waiting so long for you to do this album justice!!! Thanks!!!

  • @WesleyRocco
    @WesleyRocco 5 років тому +1

    Wow, really great analysis of the album. I'm bout to go listen to the album right now. Keep up the incredible work bro!

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 4 роки тому +3

    Nobody home is one of my favorite pink floyd songs, great that someone finally gave it some praise

  • @Danjoker.
    @Danjoker. 5 років тому +10

    Premiering on my birthday ! Yes!

  • @ctn3850
    @ctn3850 7 місяців тому +1

    You're great at explaining things with such depth. I appreciate your work! 🙂

  • @mateok8789
    @mateok8789 5 років тому

    I have been waiting for this! Fantastic video!