It's funny, if you could take the fans of Pink Floyd from today (like myself) and brought them back in time to the shows back in the 1970's, there would be nothing but absolute attention and amazement to what we were seeing on stage and no nonsense like shooting off fireworks and the like.
John Grindey well this interview is from 1979. And there's a Nassau live concert in 1980. And the audience is exactly as he describes... so maybe you would like to think your generation was more civil...but in fact you can barely hear the music almost the whole time, because of the audience. It's on UA-cam. Check it out...
Straight up. I'd be sitting in absolute silence apart from possibly the sound of tears of joy, and the only way I'd ever dare interrupt these geniuses would be to kick the living shit out of anyone who fires a goddamn firework at these legends of rock
I remember this well, I stayed in my Gran's that night, she let me listen to the whole radio programme that night, I was about 13 But as I remembered they played each song and then Roger Waters spoke about that track.. THANKYOU
It's funny, the Wall film doesn't imply that Pink was physically abusive towards his wife (distant for sure, since he was starting to crack up). I think some of the stuff in Don't Leave Me Now is kind of Pink's own guilt trip on himself, as it were. Or maybe he was verbally abusive as it mentions in the lyrics, but wasn't actually physically abusive, but he imagines that he was.
thats a rare gem, do you by any chance have that interview with nick and rick from 1971 somwhere in california. I think the interviewer was called cosmos or something and they were talking about medle and theird quad sound and a whole lot of other stuff. it was on youtube but i cant find it anymore....
It's hard to believe after 10 years there are only 79 comments. This is an awesome guided tour of the story of the wall by the author himself. I also found it interesting that most of the refer to them as the Pink be something in the British collective subconscious to refer to them as the Pink Floyd
Thanks, got that. But if my memory serves, and it well may not, the reference was The Pink Floyd, rather than Floyd's. Using your example, that would be "...the rest of the Floyd" rather than ",,,the rest of the Floyd's." The former sounds a bit ghoulish, as if a part had been removed from a singular object (albeit a potentially valid characterization). Wow, requires too much brain matter to noodle this one out. We're all right!!
Heck I remember at Madison Square Garden Animals Tour the fans started in with fireworks! The Band stopped turned up the volume above the crowd and threatened to leave the stage if the fireworks didn't stop! The Floyd's sound system at the time was around 20,000 Watts needless to say they drouned out the audience and literally shut everybody up! The Floyd continued then to play in piece there after lol!! I've seen many shows from 1972 Carnigie Hall NY!! Thank You!!! An old Fan 😮
Tommy Vance. The Friday Rock show. I discovered lots of new stuff listening to his show. Always seemed like he didn't have a play list and could play what he liked. I don't know of any UK Radio station that has that freedom today. Even Planet Rock has a limited play list. Sad. BBC Radio six may possibly have a bit more choice.
recorded this on a maxell c120 (it originally was a 2hr show) on night of broadcast...if i remember correct;y,album was released following day(saturday) and i rushed into london(half hour away on train so easy) and got album ...mindblowing..and also saw em with my cousin following august at Earls Court(ticket: £6.50,no support) aged 17.....as an already hardened visitor to Hammy Odeon to see many great bands,i remember thinking the Floyd gig was more of a 'show' than a rock gig with the effects,surrogate band(snowy white playing gilmore role excellently) and quite mesmerising..my overriding memory is of a family sitting directly in front of us(mum,dad,and two young teenage daughters) all getting quite fidgety when the rather sexual animation of Gerald Scarfe's flower 'blossoming' appeared lol....good times....ps..i caddied for Roger Waters after The Wall 1st tour and he was a miserable git,moaning(not to me) to his fellow players bout how much money they'd lost doing the tour...he tipped well tho and obviously got gazillions back when he bought The Wall rights from Gilmour and Mason and toured it later with a digital production and higher ticket price lol
I don't even believe they lost money on the Wall tour. They were in financial trouble, or rather their investors were, or their management, so why do the tour if it wasn't going to make any money at all? Of course, it was a limited series of shows, etc. But sales of the album were massively boosted I think, due to the massive promotion at the time, radio airplay, and the publicity from the tour. At least Rick Wright said he made money! haha! Just from royalties and monies recouped down the road (including shitloads of merch. money and licensing), they must have made some money off The Wall.
For some reason I always thought that the sequence on The Wall from Comfortably Numb through Waiting For The Worms was some kind of fantasia in Pink's mind, but Roger here seems to emphatically state that Pink actually does hit the stage in reality as it were, and some of the 'Fascist" stuff does happen there, and it becomes part of the show, so to speak, before the drugs wear off and he has to face himself, as it were. Very interesting. I used to think this because it seemed ridiculous that most of that would happen in "reality," including the "surrogate band." Why? But Roger's explanation puts a whole new spin on the last quarter of the album for me.
Yeah, that also conflicts with what happens in the film, Pink Floyd The Wall. In the "Stop" scene we see Pink (Bob Geldof), in the toilets at the concert venue before his show had even started for real. That means all of the fascism and chaos and violence of the "In The Flesh", "Run Like Hell" and "Waiting For The Worms" scenes was all in Pink's mind. We know its only the start of Pink's real show because in the background you can hear, albeit very faintly, Earls Court MC Gary Yudman addressing the audience before the show begins.
@@Craigevansagain So true! It confused me first seeing it back in 1982 in the theater. But then it goes right into The Trial as per the album. So bizarre.
Listening to this, it's evident to me that I've lived like Pink for the last 20 years. Except, I don't have groupies pining for me or concerned managers banging on the door. Nor am I a rock star who uses drugs. I've just been isolated behind my endless wall all this time without any human contact. And although I've put myself on trial, the verdict had me sentenced to lifelong solitary confinement, so nothing will change. The wall will always remain...
The greatest album and greatest band of all time.
It's funny, if you could take the fans of Pink Floyd from today (like myself) and brought them back in time to the shows back in the 1970's, there would be nothing but absolute attention and amazement to what we were seeing on stage and no nonsense like shooting off fireworks and the like.
John Grindey well this interview is from 1979. And there's a Nassau live concert in 1980. And the audience is exactly as he describes... so maybe you would like to think your generation was more civil...but in fact you can barely hear the music almost the whole time, because of the audience. It's on UA-cam. Check it out...
Straight up. I'd be sitting in absolute silence apart from possibly the sound of tears of joy, and the only way I'd ever dare interrupt these geniuses would be to kick the living shit out of anyone who fires a goddamn firework at these legends of rock
Omgosh thats such a good point
I remember this well, I stayed in my Gran's that night, she let me listen to the whole radio programme that night, I was about 13
But as I remembered they played each song and then Roger Waters spoke about that track..
THANKYOU
It's funny, the Wall film doesn't imply that Pink was physically abusive towards his wife (distant for sure, since he was starting to crack up). I think some of the stuff in Don't Leave Me Now is kind of Pink's own guilt trip on himself, as it were. Or maybe he was
verbally abusive as it mentions in the lyrics, but wasn't actually physically abusive, but he imagines that he was.
I was at the Earl's Court gig in August 1980, great show. Tommy Vance was one of the few rock journos to really get the idea, good interview.
Tommy was a radio legend !!
thats a rare gem, do you by any chance have that interview with nick and rick from 1971 somwhere in california. I think the interviewer was called cosmos or something and they were talking about medle and theird quad sound and a whole lot of other stuff. it was on youtube but i cant find it anymore....
mikethenumber1 Search up Ted Alvey interview
It's hard to believe after 10 years there are only 79 comments. This is an awesome guided tour of the story of the wall by the author himself. I also found it interesting that most of the refer to them as the Pink be something in the British collective subconscious to refer to them as the Pink Floyd
The Floyds.
A reference to the individuals together as a group, not a band.
As in, "I'll be joining Nick and the other Floyds for a pint."
Thanks, got that. But if my memory serves, and it well may not, the reference was The Pink Floyd, rather than Floyd's. Using your example, that would be "...the rest of the Floyd" rather than ",,,the rest of the Floyd's." The former sounds a bit ghoulish, as if a part had been removed from a singular object (albeit a potentially valid characterization). Wow, requires too much brain matter to noodle this one out. We're all right!!
Heck I remember at Madison Square Garden Animals Tour the fans started in with fireworks! The Band stopped turned up the volume above the crowd and threatened to leave the stage if the fireworks didn't stop! The Floyd's sound system at the time was around 20,000 Watts needless to say they drouned out the audience and literally shut everybody up! The Floyd continued then to play in piece there after lol!! I've seen many shows from 1972 Carnigie Hall NY!! Thank You!!! An old Fan 😮
Tommy Vance. The Friday Rock show. I discovered lots of new stuff listening to his show. Always seemed like he didn't have a play list and could play what he liked. I don't know of any UK Radio station that has that freedom today. Even Planet Rock has a limited play list. Sad. BBC Radio six may possibly have a bit more choice.
cheers i remeber picking this up on a bootleg the wall rehersels plus this interview back in 1992
A blue print of the result of the rock and roll life style.
Think I just found a new ASMR clip, thank you Mudman :-)
Both Roger and David's radio interviews are sooooo soothing. Ric Ocasek has a great ASMR
speaking voice too!
Oh my God I taped this all those years ago!! I can't believe I'm hearing this again!
me 2 I haven't got the tapes this is so cool! Genesis Duke album also I am now going to find with Phil Collins doing similar
Me too!
this is definitely the most important Wall interview I have ever heard
Legendary work. Masterpiece ❤
*I just read the whole thing, and didn't even know there was the audio👁️ 👄 👁️*
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Love this album, great to hear this interview.
Wow well done who ever put this out. Also recall being a massive Friday Rock Show fan , was mentioned once. So long ago, great times.
God, what a fucking amazing album
"We actually met in a bedroom at a hotel"
*Me:* GET EM' UP AGAINST THE WALL!!!
Also on BBC check out Rodger on Dessert Island Discs great selection of tunes.
recorded this on a maxell c120 (it originally was a 2hr show) on night of broadcast...if i remember correct;y,album was released following day(saturday) and i rushed into london(half hour away on train so easy) and got album ...mindblowing..and also saw em with my cousin following august at Earls Court(ticket: £6.50,no support) aged 17.....as an already hardened visitor to Hammy Odeon to see many great bands,i remember thinking the Floyd gig was more of a 'show' than a rock gig with the effects,surrogate band(snowy white playing gilmore role excellently) and quite mesmerising..my overriding memory is of a family sitting directly in front of us(mum,dad,and two young teenage daughters) all getting quite fidgety when the rather sexual animation of Gerald Scarfe's flower 'blossoming' appeared lol....good times....ps..i caddied for Roger Waters after The Wall 1st tour and he was a miserable git,moaning(not to me) to his fellow players bout how much money they'd lost doing the tour...he tipped well tho and obviously got gazillions back when he bought The Wall rights from Gilmour and Mason and toured it later with a digital production and higher ticket price lol
I don't even believe they lost money on the Wall tour. They were in financial trouble, or rather their investors were,
or their management, so why do the tour if it wasn't going to make any money at all? Of course, it was a limited
series of shows, etc. But sales of the album were massively boosted I think, due to the massive promotion at the time,
radio airplay, and the publicity from the tour. At least Rick Wright said he made money! haha! Just from royalties
and monies recouped down the road (including shitloads of merch. money and licensing), they must have made
some money off The Wall.
Fantastic interview
Why hardly mention of the greatest song of all . ? Comfortably numb...
charliebadger When it's the undisputed masterpiece of your personal magnum opus, and the other guy wrote it, would you wanna talk much about it?
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i have something like this and I think it was with jim ladd
@@jtlampsu2 i have a zip file for my ipod
i have the "american" version of this
Great to hear TV on the radio, he was such a great interviewer.
interesting
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One of the best interviews of all time.
bloody interesting
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For some reason I always thought that the sequence on The Wall from Comfortably Numb through Waiting For The Worms
was some kind of fantasia in Pink's mind, but Roger here seems to emphatically state that Pink actually does hit the stage
in reality as it were, and some of the 'Fascist" stuff does happen there, and it becomes part of the show, so to speak,
before the drugs wear off and he has to face himself, as it were. Very interesting. I used to think this because it seemed
ridiculous that most of that would happen in "reality," including the "surrogate band." Why? But Roger's explanation
puts a whole new spin on the last quarter of the album for me.
Yeah, that also conflicts with what happens in the film, Pink Floyd The Wall. In the "Stop" scene we see Pink (Bob Geldof), in the toilets at the concert venue before his show had even started for real. That means all of the fascism and chaos and violence of the "In The Flesh", "Run Like Hell" and "Waiting For The Worms" scenes was all in Pink's mind. We know its only the start of Pink's real show because in the background you can hear, albeit very faintly, Earls Court MC Gary Yudman addressing the audience before the show begins.
@@Craigevansagain So true! It confused me first seeing it back in 1982 in the theater. But then it goes right into The Trial as per the album. So bizarre.
Duncan Garrett has my tape of this!
Thanks very much for the upload. Loved it. :)
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Isn’t this recording from 1980?
nah...def 1979...came out day before album was released
cool
Listening to this, it's evident to me that I've lived like Pink for the last 20 years. Except, I don't have groupies pining for me or concerned managers banging on the door.
Nor am I a rock star who uses drugs. I've just been isolated behind my endless wall all this time without any human contact. And although I've put myself on trial,
the verdict had me sentenced to lifelong solitary confinement, so nothing will change. The wall will always remain...
TEAR DOWN THE WALL!
Break out of it man life's to short to be consumed by a slow decay ! Please get out and pickup those pieces! Respect
Roger spat at Me!!!
When?
75
back in 75' eh?
nice
Oakland Collusium ;) I was the inspiration for The Wall.
not qwhite !!!!