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The guy in the room is Pink, the guy in the war is Pink's father, the scene at the end is him getting killed and being the first brick in The Wall. It's confusing at first but the more you get through, the more it makes sense. You guys are doing great!
To be more on point, its not Pink as much as its the original singer of Pink Floyd, Sid Barret, who pretty much flipped out, which prompted Roger Waters to write the movie/album.
Gonna differ with ya. Roger did an Interview around 2015 where he laid out the album and movie were mostly based on Syd going nuts. Thats Waters saying that, not me. @@mr.beaverchair3622
I graduated high school in 1982 and my Sociology teacher had us watch this over the course of a couple of weeks and analyze the entire movie!! What a great teacher and what a great time for great music!!
@@MrDoctorMabuse well, let’s just say that the adults running the youth group had no idea what the Wall was about ….. and those of us teenagers that had seen it, weren’t going to say anything!
The main character sitting in the room is a rock star daydreaming about what his father must've went through during WWII. The gates being crashed open at the music drop were at a stadium where he was performing. Same character sitting in the chair as performing to the kids at his show...La nailed it scenes switching from past to current times.... you'll understand more as it progresses. As they say, " Enjoy the Show"
The movie shifts back and forth in time as does the album. From the 40s when Pink was born during WW2, to present day. You're seeing now where all of the combat sounds are coming from when you listened to the album. Pink the main character is the troubled rock star. The guy at war is/was his father. Yes that's Pink Floyd on the score of the film. With the exception of Bob Geldof who plays Pink who sings during that opening, and a little bit later on, all songs are performed by Roger Waters and David Gilmour.
The Wall will forever be one of the greatest Double-Albums/CD's and Movies ever released in Human History! The amount of layers/thought and work put into it... that's what i call a masterpiece!
RABBIT HOLE ❤ My favorite album of all time. Period. This is a must-see movie for me of course ❤ The Wall was conceived by Pink Floyd bass player, singer, and songwriter Roger Waters as an album, live show, and movie. A lot was based on him losing his father in WW2. The album came first. Pink Floyd (including Waters) performed the album, the subsequent live shows, and for the movie. Later, Waters performed it solo. It’s a masterpiece ❤ Fun fact: Another Brick Part 2 was Christmas #1 here in the UK in 1979
Nice Christmas present for us! This is a great film, with so much symbolism and layers. The album came first btw. From Wikipedia: rock star Pink, who, driven to insanity by the pressures of stardom and traumatic events in his life, constructs an emotional and mental wall to protect himself. However, this coping mechanism eventually backfires, and Pink demands to be set free.
I had to watch it several times before I totally understood it. I was a teenager the first time I saw it so I missed some things. Great piece of work from a band that is still ahead of their time.
I saw it 1982 in the cinema and this movie still gives me goosebumps. Sometimes the pictures are like punches into your pit of the stomach. Director Alan Parker was a genius. RIP Mr. Parker!
Don't worry too much if you will often make great confusion (... without, first, some well-chosen reading* ...) because this was Steven Spielberg's reaction as the director of the film Alan Parker tells it ... who also gives a clear explanation: ------------------------------- The premiere at Cannes was amazing - the midnight screening. They took down two truckloads of audio equipment from the recording studios so it would sound better than normal. It was one of the last films to be shown in the old Palais which was pretty run down and the sound was so loud it peeled the paint off the walls. It was like snow - it all started to shower down and everyone had dandruff at the end. I remember seeing Terry Semel there, who at the time was head of Warner Bros., sitting next to Steven Spielberg. They were only five rows ahead of me and I'm sure I saw Steven Spielberg mouthing to him at the end when the lights came up, 'what the fuck was that?' And Semel turned to me and then bowed respectfully. 'What the fuck was that?,' indeed. *_It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before - a weird fusion of live-action, story-telling and of the surreal_* Alan Parker ------------------------------- * I recommend Wikipedia both for a review of the album and for the differences in the film: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall#Concept_and_storyline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_-_The_Wall
The movie is based on the album or in conjunction with. The movie is basically a full featured music video/film of the full album. The Wall album is a whole concept story in itself, the movie just gives us the visuals of what happens in the album... This starts with Pink losing his father in war. Pink is the one in the room later in life visualizing what happened to his father and all in his life in between. The very last garden scene is his mother and himself in the baby bassinet during the time he lost his father in the war. This was essentially setting up the story for the movie.
This scene talks about the hero of this film, he is sitting in a chair, and about his memories of his father, who died in the war. He was left to be raised with his mother during difficult times. His student life is also shown, with youth movements that violate the laws of the country and are punishable by law.
Fantastic reaction! Looking forward to the rest! Some of the old music played was by British singer Vera Lynn who is referenced later in the album. As far as the story goes, they're dancing back and forth through time with flashbacks to his dad in the war, when Pink was a child, and the present. Roger was heavily involved in the production of the movie, David was considered musical director for the movie and the tour, and Pink Floyd re-recorded and remixed a lot of the music for the film.
I won a radio call in deal and went to a preview showing of The Wall. Like, a month or so before the theatrical release. I was blown away. Thanks, guys. Looking forward to this. I haven't seen it since that time.
Someone finally got to do this. Thank you.🤗 Back in 1979 when the album came out I would spend hours playing the record. Fun little tid-bit: When side one of the record starts a voice says "we came in". At the very end of side two the same voice says "This is where".
You should be doing more time per view so you don't lose your flow of the story. One of the greatest stories ever told in musical form. By the most unique bands of all time.🎉🎉
The vacuum cleaner was then currebt day (1981ish). Pink is locked in his hitel room before a concert having a mental breakdown. That was the hotel cleaning lady. The running scenes were, as you said WWII, but being compared to kids racing into a concert to fet the best spots. Some shows were general admittance with no chairs. This was largely outlawed after fans were killed at a Who show in 1979.
Keep in mind, you are entering the psychological part of Pink. How he is thinking, what is happening, what has happened, etc. You will have to sort it out. The album and tour came first.
The Whole Album is the story of 'PINK' the rock star from when he was a child to when he has achieved ultimate success, or in Pinks case, ultimate judgment.
Can't wait for them to see Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Waiting For The Worms (if you know, ,you know) but I do hope they react to the omitted scene from the Movie. It's a rough cut for the song "Hey You".
Ridiculous that they cut Hey You, one of the most important songs on the album. Couldn't Alan Parker have come up with some more original visuals for it? This whole movie should have been put in the hands of someone who was not affiliated with the main three artistes, and had an objective viewpoint. It could have been so much better. Same with Quadrophenia, a good film but not a great one, because they cut half the goddamned album out of it. I know they can't fit it all in, but for god's sake!
@thiscorrosion900 That's what i also meant. They should've kept the entire album for the film and only removed the instrumental tracks 'Quadrophenia' and 'The Rock'.
Yes. The Movie IS the Album. Had you watched the movie before listening to the album (in order from 1st to last) the album would have made more sense. The movie was set in 'modern times, which in this case was 1982/3. The War is WWII where the lead dad died. Where his mother started to help him build the Wall, that is is currently living in, which is where the maid with the vacuum is at. the School scenes are his time in High School in the 50s and 60s, also filled with War for the UK.
The 'violence' of festival seating. Back then there was no assigned seating for some concerts. The people are running to get closest to the stage. Once the doors opened, the rush was on. Sometimes people fell and were trampled. 13 people died at a Dec 3rd 1979 Who concert as a result of festival seating in Cincinnati OH.
Incredible concept album and movie as only Roger Water and Pink Floyd could conjure up. I look forward to the rest, enjoy Pink's tortured voyage! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
And that was chapter one. The movie will make much more sense soon. This is the first Brick in the Wall, having his father killed without ever knowing him. Some really cool animated scenes are coming up. Like the copulating flowers. Lol 🤠🏞️🐂
Final Scenes in this clip, P8nks father killed by bomb dropped from plane, pinks mum in the garden, and pink in the stroller. Parts with maid vacuuming and hotel room present, the kids breaking down the gate were rushing the concert and police brought into control the mob and hes comparing that to his concept of WWII and his fathers experience. The concert uniform pink is wearing and the banner behind will come back in later and be important
I love this! I grew up as a huge Pink Floyd fan, through my father's record collection. I saw this film the first time at age 13 and knew it was something special, even though I didn't really get it. Later in life I've watched it many times, including under the influence of mind altering substances (mushrooms, a couple times in my college years). I still think it's a misunderstood, underrated, cult classic. It wasn't given the best of reviews when released, but it's an important piece in the history of the band.
A flashback on his life up to that point begins, in which it is revealed that his father was killed during World War II, leaving Pink's mother to raise him alone ("The Thin Ice"). Beginning with the death of his father, Pink starts to build a metaphorical wall around himself ("Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1").
Waters's father, Lieutenant Eric Fletcher Waters - who died when his son was five months old - is central to Pink Floyd's The Wall, in which the disturbed protagonist, Pink, grows up longing for a father figure. "I was very angry," Waters has said about never knowing his father
The movie is 100% the story from the album, brought to film. It's Roger's story, based somewhat on his experiences (father died in WWII, the alienation he felt as a rockstar), and also based on Syd Barrett as well (the mental breakdown from drugs).
And the initial reveal of Pink, this happened when they were first touring in th US with Syd. Waters saw him in this zombie state, with this look in his eyes, like black holes in the sky, with the cigarette burnt.
At the beginning of the movie they play the song 'When The Tigers Broke Free', that song was excluded from 'The Wall' album. "It was just before dawn, one miserable morning in black Forty-Four."...
I would love to see you 2 react to some of the older lo-fi 1930s, 40s music. No one else seems to do that. It's a goldmine of amazing music. Singers like Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby deserve some attention. The whole era seems to have been forgotten about since R&B and Rock took over.
Pink is a rock star touring America he has dark fantasies witch get darker as the movie goes on use have seen the first one as the cleaner enters the room kicks one of a parody of his fans crashing a concert and his farthest final day in ww2 pink in the hotel room is the present all else happened before in his life the bricks in his wall of isolation when comfortably numb comes on it’s all the now and pinks in a bad way really enjoy your reactions boys keep up the good work 👍
At my Catholic High School for my class Religion Through Popular Music our final exam was listen to The Wall and explain it in your own words. I got an A and this was before the movie came out
I'm so glad to see you two checking out "The Wall" and thanks for sharing your experience with us. This should be an experience that you'll never forget. Pink Floyd created a masterpiece. RIP: Syd Barrett💔🔥🎸U R Missed
Thanks for this reaction! I love 40's big band swing music and heavy metal! I was 10 in 1980. As a teen in the 80's Pink Floyd was required for parking and smoking. Such good times!
Rogers Waters was a war child, I imagine that would have a baring on their life’s, They knew the way fascism worked its way into society, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Song, “Give My Compliments to the Chef”, echoes the same message as the Wall
I was brought up in a children's home in Liverpool, l loved this movie because at weekends my sister would watch it over and over, l remember taking the DVD back to the home so all the other kids could watch it. Needless to say after a bit it was turned off and l lost my home leave for a month. 😂😂😂❤
The film is non-linear, which is not the same as a story told with flashbacks, which is still a linear story because there is a current time that the recollection of flashbacks are coming from. In a non-linear story structure, the plot/ story arc follows the theme and not the action. It can be hard to grasp at first because it's such an unconventional way of telling a story, but it's very rewarding when done right like it is in this one.
The Wall is an autobiographical story by Roger Waters. In the Film he is portrayed by Bob Geldof (another rock star) who is playing the fictional character "Pink". Its about his alienation growing up fatherless after WW2 and becoming a delusional drug adled rock star.
@@ianfortier6796 yep. Pink is an amalgam of both Syd Barrett (who actually did go insane ) and Roger Waters whose father was lost in World War II which led to his own emotional distress.
Roger Waters (bass & vocals) wrote 'The Wall' as an autobiography of his life til that point in 1979... it became such a huge record that it became a movie that he wrote the screenplay to (It was released in 1982) - the plot was about a star named 'Pink' played by Bob Geldof... who goes insane from the pressures of fame and stardom and becomes a fascist figure onstage. The character of 'Pink' was based somewhat on Pink Floyd's founder Syd Barrett, who succumbed to drugs and deteriorated mentally and was ousted from Pink Floyd in 1968; some of the scenes were based on things Waters had seen w/ Barrett (The guy staring into space while a cigarette burned right to his hand)... But other aspects of 'Pink' were from Roger Waters himself... In Pink Floyd concerts, he was known in the 70's to berate audiences if they were too loud - he would demand silence while the band played ... At one Floyd concert, Waters assaulted a fan who climbed the barricade and spat on him; David Gilmour (guitar & vocals) was so aghast that he refused to go back onstage for an encore that night. After that incident, Waters was shocked at his own behavior and it was one of those moments where he went, "What have I become?" His incentive to write 'The Wall' was to understand what had led him to that point of no return... 'the wall' referred to his isolation and unwillingness to let people in. 20 years later, he would tour as a solo artist promoting his legacy w/ Pink Floyd and realized that he enjoyed playing live - the younger version of himself who was so antagonized for being on stage had, hopefully, grown out of his fury... However, in recent years, Roger Waters has come under fire for his messaging and agendas on recent tours (specifically, the "This is not a drill" tour in 2022/ '23) where he delivered a harsh commentary on global politics today and focused less on the music he had created w/ Pink Floyd... David Gilmour has said he was in disagreement w/ his former bandmate... Gilmour and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason recently recorded a Pink Floyd song in support of Ukraine against Russia's war... while Roger Waters has advocated for Russia and Putin's regime.
I must have seen this movie 50 times at least, i had the dvd, i saw it for the first time in a quadraphonic theatre in Montreal when it came out. The WWII scene is about Pink's father dying.
It is two generations: father (Anzio WW2 1944), and son (late 1950s), plus the generation that followed (late 1970s) showing how they run and have anger and exhilaration are combatted by police. they are all human but in different contexts.
Im so glad u guys are reacting to this the album and the movie both need to be in more peoples lives yall need more of the earlier pink floyd albums to react too and also The Final Cut 1983 was the last one with waters and its a loose concept album it’s supposed to take place after “the Wall”
The crowd rushing the door is a refetence to "festival Seating" whidh was the norm at 70s rock cpncerts. People would arrive hours early and when the doors opened they would rush forward to get a good spot in front of the stage-Just like an army advancing in war. The practiceof festival seating was greatly reduced after a number of fans were crushed and trampled to death at a cinncinati Who concert.
Yeah guys, listen to the soundtrack as well. Its got new songs ghat were not written or at least not added to the 1979 album. This came out in 1982 I believe. What shall we do now would be an amazing reaction video for you guys. You will hear it later on in the movie.
I've seen this probably 100 times in a theater. I became unemployed and this was playing at the $1 cinema at the mall up the street so I was going 3-4 times a week. I got to know the crew and could swap a fatty for coke and a popcorn and life was pretty good.
The movie is the story of the album the wall. Pink Floyd (or more accurately Roger Waters) alway planned The wall as an album, a live show and a movie. The modern kids are running into a concert of Pink's band.
This is going to be a cool little series. I just realized this is a seperate channel, so I subscribed. The algorithm did its job at suggested it to me.
The lead character " Pink" is played by Bob Geldof singer of " The Boomtown Rats" & humanitarian who spearhead the Live Aid Concert raising millions for starvation in Africa .
PTSD was/is not just diagnosed in those who serve in battle. The kids and yes, adults, who must wait for loved ones, or who suffered that loss, also become victims of PTSD. This is but one telling of the psychological effects of war. Many great war pictures were lauded for great action scenes. They were also huge on psychological traumas. But, the action scenes are what most remember.
I couldn't believe it. In 1985 on the way back from Guantanamo Bay on the USS MT, Whitney LCC-20, this was shown on ships tv for all us sailors. Blew my mind.
5:20 that burning cigarette as a result of a condition of stoicness is based on a real story about leaving Syd to go secretly record without him ‘oh we’re just goin out to the pub’ when they got back he had not moved an inch as evidenced by the long ash still in place
The guy in the room is Pink, the guy in the war is Pink's father, the scene at the end is him getting killed and being the first brick in The Wall. It's confusing at first but the more you get through, the more it makes sense. You guys are doing great!
To be more on point, its not Pink as much as its the original singer of Pink Floyd, Sid Barret, who pretty much flipped out, which prompted Roger Waters to write the movie/album.
And in the final shot as the camera pulls back you see the baby carriage (pram) which presumably Pink is in and the lady on the chase lounge is Mother
@@HBFTimmahh It's a mix of both, but the character of Pink is based more on Roger than Syd.
Gonna differ with ya. Roger did an Interview around 2015 where he laid out the album and movie were mostly based on Syd going nuts. Thats Waters saying that, not me.
@@mr.beaverchair3622
great movie
I graduated high school in 1982 and my Sociology teacher had us watch this over the course of a couple of weeks and analyze the entire movie!! What a great teacher and what a great time for great music!!
We watched it one afternoon in a church youth group meeting ….. some parents weren’t pleased LOL
@@wdrauchWow, who in the hell (literally? Hehe) authorized that?
@@MrDoctorMabuse well, let’s just say that the adults running the youth group had no idea what the Wall was about ….. and those of us teenagers that had seen it, weren’t going to say anything!
@@wdrauch I'd like to imagine Roger Waters smiling his biggest smile ever (a scary image) if he could've seen that all go down.
We listened to the album in high school Music Theory class and watched the film in a University class.
The main character sitting in the room is a rock star daydreaming about what his father must've went through during WWII. The gates being crashed open at the music drop were at a stadium where he was performing. Same character sitting in the chair as performing to the kids at his show...La nailed it scenes switching from past to current times.... you'll understand more as it progresses.
As they say, " Enjoy the Show"
The movie shifts back and forth in time as does the album. From the 40s when Pink was born during WW2, to present day. You're seeing now where all of the combat sounds are coming from when you listened to the album. Pink the main character is the troubled rock star. The guy at war is/was his father.
Yes that's Pink Floyd on the score of the film. With the exception of Bob Geldof who plays Pink who sings during that opening, and a little bit later on, all songs are performed by Roger Waters and David Gilmour.
All songs by Roger Waters excepto confortably numb and Run like hell. All lyrics by Roger Waters
@@PedroCoutinho-yf8poRoger, is that you?
The main character is played by Bob Geldof from the Boomtown Rats. He was also well known for being a key organizer of Live Aid
Don’t forget, Geldof was also responsible for the 2005 Live 8 & getting Floyd reunited.
Fun fact: Geldof was NOT a fan of Pink Floyd and turned down the role many times before finally being talked-into doing it.
The Wall will forever be one of the greatest Double-Albums/CD's and Movies ever released in Human History! The amount of layers/thought and work put into it... that's what i call a masterpiece!
RABBIT HOLE ❤
My favorite album of all time. Period.
This is a must-see movie for me of course ❤
The Wall was conceived by Pink Floyd bass player, singer, and songwriter Roger Waters as an album, live show, and movie. A lot was based on him losing his father in WW2.
The album came first. Pink Floyd (including Waters) performed the album, the subsequent live shows, and for the movie. Later, Waters performed it solo.
It’s a masterpiece ❤
Fun fact: Another Brick Part 2 was Christmas #1 here in the UK in 1979
Nice Christmas present for us! This is a great film, with so much symbolism and layers. The album came first btw.
From Wikipedia:
rock star Pink, who, driven to insanity by the pressures of stardom and traumatic events in his life, constructs an emotional and mental wall to protect himself. However, this coping mechanism eventually backfires, and Pink demands to be set free.
I had to watch it several times before I totally understood it. I was a teenager the first time I saw it so I missed some things. Great piece of work from a band that is still ahead of their time.
I saw it 1982 in the cinema and this movie still gives me goosebumps.
Sometimes the pictures are like punches into your pit of the stomach.
Director Alan Parker was a genius. RIP Mr. Parker!
When it shows Bob Geldoff as pink it is current time.
Everything in Pinks life added bricks to his "wall" .
A mental wall he built in his mind.
Don't worry too much if you will often make great confusion (... without, first, some well-chosen reading* ...) because this was Steven Spielberg's reaction as the director of the film Alan Parker tells it ... who also gives a clear explanation:
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The premiere at Cannes was amazing - the midnight screening. They took down two truckloads of audio equipment from the recording studios so it would sound better than normal. It was one of the last films to be shown in the old Palais which was pretty run down and the sound was so loud it peeled the paint off the walls. It was like snow - it all started to shower down and everyone had dandruff at the end. I remember seeing Terry Semel there, who at the time was head of Warner Bros., sitting next to Steven Spielberg. They were only five rows ahead of me and I'm sure I saw Steven Spielberg mouthing to him at the end when the lights came up, 'what the fuck was that?' And Semel turned to me and then bowed respectfully.
'What the fuck was that?,' indeed. *_It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before - a weird fusion of live-action, story-telling and of the surreal_*
Alan Parker
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* I recommend Wikipedia both for a review of the album and for the differences in the film:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall#Concept_and_storyline
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_-_The_Wall
The movie is based on the album or in conjunction with. The movie is basically a full featured music video/film of the full album. The Wall album is a whole concept story in itself, the movie just gives us the visuals of what happens in the album... This starts with Pink losing his father in war. Pink is the one in the room later in life visualizing what happened to his father and all in his life in between. The very last garden scene is his mother and himself in the baby bassinet during the time he lost his father in the war. This was essentially setting up the story for the movie.
This scene talks about the hero of this film, he is sitting in a chair, and about his memories of his father, who died in the war.
He was left to be raised with his mother during difficult times. His student life is also shown, with youth movements that violate the laws of the country and are punishable by law.
Fantastic reaction! Looking forward to the rest! Some of the old music played was by British singer Vera Lynn who is referenced later in the album. As far as the story goes, they're dancing back and forth through time with flashbacks to his dad in the war, when Pink was a child, and the present. Roger was heavily involved in the production of the movie, David was considered musical director for the movie and the tour, and Pink Floyd re-recorded and remixed a lot of the music for the film.
I won a radio call in deal and went to a preview showing of The Wall. Like, a month or so before the theatrical release. I was blown away. Thanks, guys. Looking forward to this. I haven't seen it since that time.
Someone finally got to do this. Thank you.🤗
Back in 1979 when the album came out I would spend hours playing the record.
Fun little tid-bit: When side one of the record starts a voice says "we came in".
At the very end of side two the same voice says "This is where".
You should be doing more time per view so you don't lose your flow of the story. One of the greatest stories ever told in musical form. By the most unique bands of all time.🎉🎉
Watched it tripping on many different substances many different times. 😂😂😂
I'm here for all of this!!!
YES!!!!! Last time I watched I was younger than 20 yrs old..so its been over 30 yrs
Saw this on PBS when I was a teen. It’s my all time favorite album.
Love this thanks guys.❤️✌️🌼
Gentleman….Again, thank you so much for bringing me back.
The vacuum cleaner was then currebt day (1981ish). Pink is locked in his hitel room before a concert having a mental breakdown. That was the hotel cleaning lady.
The running scenes were, as you said WWII, but being compared to kids racing into a concert to fet the best spots. Some shows were general admittance with no chairs. This was largely outlawed after fans were killed at a Who show in 1979.
Keep in mind, you are entering the psychological part of Pink. How he is thinking, what is happening, what has happened, etc. You will have to sort it out. The album and tour came first.
The Whole Album is the story of 'PINK' the rock star from when he was a child to when he has achieved ultimate success, or in Pinks case, ultimate judgment.
Thank you for doing this. I’ve been trying to get somebody to do this. This is my favorite movie of all time.
🤗 Been ages since I've seen The Wall. This will be fun to watch again with y'all! 🥰🐰
Can't wait for them to see Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Waiting For The Worms (if you know, ,you know) but I do hope they react to the omitted scene from the Movie. It's a rough cut for the song "Hey You".
Ridiculous that they cut Hey You, one of the most important songs on the album. Couldn't Alan Parker have come up with some more original visuals for it? This whole
movie should have been put in the hands of someone who was not affiliated with the main three artistes, and had an objective viewpoint. It could have been so much
better. Same with Quadrophenia, a good film but not a great one, because they cut half the goddamned album out of it. I know they can't fit it all in, but for god's sake!
@thiscorrosion900 On Quadrophenia, they could've just cut the instrumental title track and 'The Rock' and kept the rest of the album intact.
@@testicuslargus6477 I meant the movie cut a lot of those tracks from the album, and others, as well. They're not in the film.
@thiscorrosion900 That's what i also meant. They should've kept the entire album for the film and only removed the instrumental tracks 'Quadrophenia' and 'The Rock'.
@@testicuslargus6477 Right, I agree!
Yes. The Movie IS the Album. Had you watched the movie before listening to the album (in order from 1st to last) the album would have made more sense. The movie was set in 'modern times, which in this case was 1982/3. The War is WWII where the lead dad died. Where his mother started to help him build the Wall, that is is currently living in, which is where the maid with the vacuum is at. the School scenes are his time in High School in the 50s and 60s, also filled with War for the UK.
The 'violence' of festival seating. Back then there was no assigned seating for some concerts. The people are running to get closest to the stage. Once the doors opened, the rush was on. Sometimes people fell and were trampled. 13 people died at a Dec 3rd 1979 Who concert as a result of festival seating in Cincinnati OH.
Incredible concept album and movie as only Roger Water and Pink Floyd could conjure up. I look forward to the rest, enjoy Pink's tortured voyage! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Thank you so much for doing this!!!!!! B❤❤Love
And that was chapter one. The movie will make much more sense soon.
This is the first Brick in the Wall, having his father killed without ever knowing him.
Some really cool animated scenes are coming up.
Like the copulating flowers. Lol
🤠🏞️🐂
Final Scenes in this clip, P8nks father killed by bomb dropped from plane, pinks mum in the garden, and pink in the stroller. Parts with maid vacuuming and hotel room present, the kids breaking down the gate were rushing the concert and police brought into control the mob and hes comparing that to his concept of WWII and his fathers experience. The concert uniform pink is wearing and the banner behind will come back in later and be important
I love this! I grew up as a huge Pink Floyd fan, through my father's record collection. I saw this film the first time at age 13 and knew it was something special, even though I didn't really get it. Later in life I've watched it many times, including under the influence of mind altering substances (mushrooms, a couple times in my college years). I still think it's a misunderstood, underrated, cult classic. It wasn't given the best of reviews when released, but it's an important piece in the history of the band.
Oh yes 🙏
A flashback on his life up to that point begins, in which it is revealed that his father was killed during World War II, leaving Pink's mother to raise him alone ("The Thin Ice"). Beginning with the death of his father, Pink starts to build a metaphorical wall around himself ("Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1").
Waters's father, Lieutenant Eric Fletcher Waters - who died when his son was five months old - is central to Pink Floyd's The Wall, in which the disturbed protagonist, Pink, grows up longing for a father figure. "I was very angry," Waters has said about never knowing his father
The movie is 100% the story from the album, brought to film. It's Roger's story, based somewhat on his experiences (father died in WWII, the alienation he felt as a rockstar), and also based on Syd Barrett as well (the mental breakdown from drugs).
And the initial reveal of Pink, this happened when they were first touring in th US with Syd. Waters saw him in this zombie state, with this look in his eyes, like black holes in the sky, with the cigarette burnt.
This will be epic…
At the beginning of the movie they play the song 'When The Tigers Broke Free', that song was excluded from 'The Wall' album.
"It was just before dawn,
one miserable morning in black Forty-Four."...
I can’t wait until you keep going! 😊
I would love to see you 2 react to some of the older lo-fi 1930s, 40s music. No one else seems to do that. It's a goldmine of amazing music. Singers like Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby deserve some attention. The whole era seems to have been forgotten about since R&B and Rock took over.
Go guys! This is a crazy rabbit hole! It explains the context though.
Pink is a rock star touring America he has dark fantasies witch get darker as the movie goes on use have seen the first one as the cleaner enters the room kicks one of a parody of his fans crashing a concert and his farthest final day in ww2 pink in the hotel room is the present all else happened before in his life the bricks in his wall of isolation when comfortably numb comes on it’s all the now and pinks in a bad way really enjoy your reactions boys keep up the good work 👍
SO F*CKING GOOD. LOVE "THE WALL!!! Thanks soooo much. Enjoy, all.
You can basically consider this movie as the music video for the album of the same title.
Gentlemen ENJOY THE RIDE Love the Room & Video's Keep on Keepin' On
Awesome. The first film reaction known on UA-cam. Great jobs to be the first to finally react to the movie
Merry Christmas you fine young Gentlemen. Hope you and your family are having a wonderful holiday.
It's all back and forth, the visuals are just beginning to sync up with the story. The guy at war was his(Pink's) dad.
At my Catholic High School for my class Religion Through Popular Music our final exam was listen to The Wall and explain it in your own words. I got an A and this was before the movie came out
Definitely see the whole film. Everything make sense at the end.
Concerts used to have stadium seating they would open doors and everyone would run to get best spot.
I always thought that was Pink having flashbacks about when his father was killed in WWII
I believe you’re right from reading the other comments.
When I her the music at he beginning it reminds me of the shining
Coming out swinging, great choice. There's only a couple more songs left to hear before the movie Heavy Metal isn't a spoiler for you.
Finally someone is doing it
10:40 when they have the missile sfx while the dis are running down the halls is so epic to me
You're in for a great ride.
You Cats is groovy!!! Peace from Canada. Hahaha welcome to the machine!!!
Estan viendo una pelicula que marco mi infancia y adolescencia, gracias 😢 saludos desde Chile
I'm so glad to see you two checking out "The Wall" and thanks for sharing your experience with us. This should be an experience that you'll never forget. Pink Floyd created a masterpiece. RIP: Syd Barrett💔🔥🎸U R Missed
Thanks for this reaction! I love 40's big band swing music and heavy metal!
I was 10 in 1980. As a teen in the 80's Pink Floyd was required for parking and smoking. Such good times!
Rogers Waters was a war child, I imagine that would have a baring on their life’s, They knew the way fascism worked its way into society,
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Song, “Give My Compliments to the Chef”, echoes the same message as the Wall
I was brought up in a children's home in Liverpool, l loved this movie because at weekends my sister would watch it over and over, l remember taking the DVD back to the home so all the other kids could watch it. Needless to say after a bit it was turned off and l lost my home leave for a month. 😂😂😂❤
Also the lead actor is Bob Geldof from Boom town rats. Beautiful. Xxx
The film is non-linear, which is not the same as a story told with flashbacks, which is still a linear story because there is a current time that the recollection of flashbacks are coming from. In a non-linear story structure, the plot/ story arc follows the theme and not the action. It can be hard to grasp at first because it's such an unconventional way of telling a story, but it's very rewarding when done right like it is in this one.
Bob Geldolf was fucking born to play the role of Pink in this film You will not be the same by the end!!
The Wall is an autobiographical story by Roger Waters. In the Film he is portrayed by Bob Geldof (another rock star) who is playing the fictional character "Pink". Its about his alienation growing up fatherless after WW2 and becoming a delusional drug adled rock star.
Semi-autobiographical. There's elements of Syd's life in there, plus a fair bit of creative writing in there. Fantastic nonetheless.
@@ianfortier6796 yep. Pink is an amalgam of both Syd Barrett (who actually did go insane ) and Roger Waters whose father was lost in World War II which led to his own emotional distress.
Roger Waters (bass & vocals) wrote 'The Wall' as an autobiography of his life til that point in 1979... it became such a huge record that it became a movie that he wrote the screenplay to (It was released in 1982) - the plot was about a star named 'Pink' played by Bob Geldof... who goes insane from the pressures of fame and stardom and becomes a fascist figure onstage.
The character of 'Pink' was based somewhat on Pink Floyd's founder Syd Barrett, who succumbed to drugs and deteriorated mentally and was ousted from Pink Floyd in 1968; some of the scenes were based on things Waters had seen w/ Barrett (The guy staring into space while a cigarette burned right to his hand)... But other aspects of 'Pink' were from Roger Waters himself... In Pink Floyd concerts, he was known in the 70's to berate audiences if they were too loud - he would demand silence while the band played ... At one Floyd concert, Waters assaulted a fan who climbed the barricade and spat on him; David Gilmour (guitar & vocals) was so aghast that he refused to go back onstage for an encore that night.
After that incident, Waters was shocked at his own behavior and it was one of those moments where he went, "What have I become?"
His incentive to write 'The Wall' was to understand what had led him to that point of no return... 'the wall' referred to his isolation and unwillingness to let people in.
20 years later, he would tour as a solo artist promoting his legacy w/ Pink Floyd and realized that he enjoyed playing live - the younger version of himself who was so antagonized for being on stage had, hopefully, grown out of his fury... However, in recent years, Roger Waters has come under fire for his messaging and agendas on recent tours (specifically, the "This is not a drill" tour in 2022/ '23) where he delivered a harsh commentary on global politics today and focused less on the music he had created w/ Pink Floyd...
David Gilmour has said he was in disagreement w/ his former bandmate... Gilmour and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason recently recorded a Pink Floyd song in support of Ukraine against Russia's war... while Roger Waters has advocated for Russia and Putin's regime.
I was at one of those concerts. He's allowed to hate Trump and allowed to have an opinion.. it's not like he was excessive..IMHO
Oh man.....enjoy the ride. 😎❤
This is a Concept Album/Movie and a first in Animated Music. This was a groundbreaking form of media at the time.
I must have seen this movie 50 times at least, i had the dvd, i saw it for the first time in a quadraphonic theatre in Montreal when it came out.
The WWII scene is about Pink's father dying.
Montreal ? So this is ALL because of you ?
It is two generations: father (Anzio WW2 1944), and son (late 1950s), plus the generation that followed (late 1970s) showing how they run and have anger and exhilaration are combatted by police. they are all human but in different contexts.
Hope you’ll react to the Full Movie, thanks!
Im so glad u guys are reacting to this the album and the movie both need to be in more peoples lives yall need more of the earlier pink floyd albums to react too and also The Final Cut 1983 was the last one with waters and its a loose concept album it’s supposed to take place after “the Wall”
The crowd rushing the door is a refetence to "festival Seating" whidh was the norm at 70s rock cpncerts. People would arrive hours early and when the doors opened they would rush forward to get a good spot in front of the stage-Just like an army advancing in war. The practiceof festival seating was greatly reduced after a number of fans were crushed and trampled to death at a cinncinati Who concert.
songs from the wall were used along with songs from the final cut album
Yeah guys, listen to the soundtrack as well. Its got new songs ghat were not written or at least not added to the 1979 album. This came out in 1982 I believe. What shall we do now would be an amazing reaction video for you guys. You will hear it later on in the movie.
History repeats and repeats again and again when people refuse to see it.
I've seen this probably 100 times in a theater. I became unemployed and this was playing at the $1 cinema at the mall up the street so I was going 3-4 times a week. I got to know the crew and could swap a fatty for coke and a popcorn and life was pretty good.
All through high-school in theb80s, this was watched on new years eve, or on in the background at least
The movie is the story of the album the wall. Pink Floyd (or more accurately Roger Waters) alway planned The wall as an album, a live show and a movie.
The modern kids are running into a concert of Pink's band.
This is going to be a cool little series. I just realized this is a seperate channel, so I subscribed. The algorithm did its job at suggested it to me.
I believe you should watch straight through. He is imagining what his father went through.
I do believe you're the first reactors to do the movie. About time too!
Glad you are doing this one! I'll have to go back for your take on Tommy also.
Cleaning lady wants to clean hotel room, Pink is thinking back.
Vacuum cleaner is seventies and present day. WWII is a flash back to his dad's death.
The lead character " Pink" is played by Bob Geldof singer of " The Boomtown Rats" & humanitarian who spearhead the Live Aid Concert raising millions for starvation in Africa .
PTSD was/is not just diagnosed in those who serve in battle. The kids and yes, adults, who must wait for loved ones, or who suffered that loss, also become victims of PTSD. This is but one telling of the psychological effects of war. Many great war pictures were lauded for great action scenes. They were also huge on psychological traumas. But, the action scenes are what most remember.
I couldn't believe it. In 1985 on the way back from Guantanamo Bay on the USS MT, Whitney LCC-20, this was shown on ships tv for all us sailors. Blew my mind.
Hope you and yours have a very beautiful and blessed Christmas gentlemen!
It’s a Music Soundtrack Movie, they didn’t do Music for the Movie but the Movie for the Music… if that makes any sense ! 🤣
Some of the songs are on a Pink Floyd album "Final Cut".
5:20 that burning cigarette as a result of a condition of stoicness is based on a real story about leaving Syd to go secretly record without him ‘oh we’re just goin out to the pub’ when they got back he had not moved an inch as evidenced by the long ash still in place
Alan Parker is a genius director.
It is hard to get the 1st time That's why I bought the movie and watched it about 50 times so far since 1,980s It's great every time