This song is all about how the education system strips a child from their own individuality and makes them conform to society's standards until they become obedient faceless robots useful to the rich and powerful. The meat ginder is a symbolic representation of a person's uniqueness (and ambitions) being grounded to fit the role society wants you to be. In the end, you're just another brick in the wall ... you have no individuality left and are just a tool for others to exploit.
Them "bars" that sound like rap...are from the song Money , from the album Dark side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd. Give it a spin, I should mention this album is best listened to in its entirety. The same is true for all Pink Floyd albums .
@@abovetheinfluence9361 I believe that you'll be glad that you did..Dark Side of the Moon is like no other album in the world..birth, life, and death..all in one piece of work..do it for yourself with headphones..some people call it a life changer...
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Money is one of the few stand alone songs you can react to by itself without the end cutting out abruptly or seeming to start in the middle. A lot of their songs flow from one into the next, like one long piece with multiple movements, so it's easier/better to react to one whole side of the album in one video. There may be more I'm forgetting but this is especially the case for "The Wall", "Dark Side of the Moon", and "Wish You Were Here". "Animals" is that way a little bit too, but if you do those songs individually I don't think you'll disappoint anyone.
Money, Time and the Great Gig in the Sky are absolute musts off of the Dark Side of the Moon album. Many of Pink Floyd's album are concept albums including DSotM and The Wall.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 The soundtrack differs a little from the album it is based on, but not significantly. I'm tempted to recommend the album first, but that just may be my bias as that is the order I experienced it as a young lad. The movie will definitely illuminate the story better. So I suppose I'd say choose based on your personal core intrigue... the story or the music. Great reaction BTW! Send more Pink Floyd!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 It's not a pleasant film, but I've carried it with me forever. No matter how bad your life gets, it's never quite as bad as Pink's. And that's a yardstick. And the walling off of things that hurt you only turns your world into a tiny brick cubicle, so just face it head on. It's impactful.
Some of my earliest memories are of my dad playing his music at the weekends,every weekend,pink floyd was amongst his favourites for sure and I would of first heard this still in my mothers womb in all probability ✌️
Well hello to you. Welcome to Pink Floyd......dive into the world of Led Zeppelin. My favorite all time song "Stairway to Heaven". Been listening to that since early 70's. Never gets old!
I was given the cane at school in England. In fact, as a child in the 60s, I was hit by pretty much everyone - teachers, my dad, the police, shopkeepers, neighbours, other kids. It was normal to us.
Roger Waters on Bass. the wall album released: 1979 The music video is clips from Pink Floyd's the wall (movie) Which features their songs. There is also an album of the same name. When the band went to school in England teachers were allowed to hit children on the behind or on the hands with a cane, ruler etc.
This is definitely from a movie. The movie -- Pink Floyd The Wall 1982. The album came out in 1979. I was 4 years old when my bro played this album in the liviing room for the first time. This is one of my all time fave songs, bands and films!!!!!!! Thankyou for doing a reaction to this song. Much respect
Though Pink Floyd is considered one of the biggest selling bands of all time, they were not known for many top selling singles. With Floyd it was all about the albums. However, their song "Money" released as a single in 1973, was one of their biggest selling singles and was all over the radio back then. The poetry/bars the boy was writing that got him a rap on the hand from the sadistic teacher were the lyrics to "Money". You might want to check it out next. Spoiler alert... another extremely groovy baseline!! Not to mention a pretty sick solo. "New car caviar four star daydream, I think I'll buy me a football team" - Money 💵
Few years after this film came out, the local theater would have a midnight showing every weekend. Nothing but kids and their dates, ushers sitting with the patrons, everybody smoking something. I miss those days...
The film is "Pink Floyd The Wall" about a musician called Pink The clip depicts Pink when he was a boy at school - his classmates call him Pinky. And then right at the end if a photo of him as an adult (played by singer Bob Geldof) and his girlfriend and the ringing of the phone is someone trying to call the adult Pink - in the next scene of the movie
The film clips are from the film called The Wall and pink Floyd did the sound track, it's a very unusual film you should watch it. The photo of the man at the end next to the phone was Bob geldof lead singer of the boom town rats back in the day and the lead actor in the film The Wall. Saying bars and what year was this, it was in the 70,so and yes people have been saying and inventing words for centuries, hence bars is what Shakespeare did eat they called him the bard .
The film is called “The Wall” written by the bassist Roger Waters with David Gilmour on guitar, Nick Mason on drums and the late genius keyboard and writer, Richard Wright. Waters wrote a follow up to the Wall called “The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking”. The band has split up since the late 1980s.
That “movie’ was made for this track. The album is a story about a rock star called ‘Pink’ it covers his story through his life. A movie was made, Bob Geldof played Pink. That was the guy in the photograph at the end. The “poem” is lyrics from their track “Money” - you might want to check it out.
It was 1979 and I was a pupil at the school where my dad was deputy head .The kids banded together and bought this single and presented it to him for a laugh. Thankfully not being at all like the terrible teachers in this video, but easy going and a fine musician in his own right he really appreciated it. So did one wide eyed 9 year old as it blasted out on our stereo for the first time that night!
The movie and album are The Wall. I know this is early...after Dark side of the moon 1974. I am that old. Saw a Dark side of the moon concert 1975. Best concert ever.
I enjoyed this. I heard this when it came out. I was 21 years old, working and going to school. They had a radio version with the intro mostly chopped. Thank you for the fun reaction.
good reaction... watch the Wall.... this song was banned at my school and if caught singing it you got the cane! oh the poem was lyrics from another Pink Floyd classic - Money. Keep up the good work you did a pretty good job with the message.
Now listen to the Pink Floyd song MONEY and you’ll hear those same poetry lines written by the kid! The teacher thought his poetry was rubbish, but it was a hit song for Pink Floyd called MONEY. “New car, caviar, four star day dreams, think I’ll buy me a football team!”
The Wall is the movie… one of the best movies of all time. Pink Floyd is #3 behind Beatles #1 and Rolling Stones #2 rock bands who have made the most money. $800 million. Rock Legends 👍
I was at school in Scotland when this was released. In these days teachers were allowed to maintain discipline by belting pupils. The school teacher in this has a strong Scottish accent. How can you have any pudding if you dont eat your meat? lol
I had just graduated from high school when I heard this - about three years too late. LOL It was so freaking radical, seriously, and so in your face and courageous. Sublime. School is not about education. It is about obedience. And no song in the history of music makes it more clear than this one. Nice job
When I was a kid we used to sing 'Build a bonfire, build a bonfire put the teachers at the top put the whole school in the middle and burn the blood lot'. Good times!
The first time I heard this song was also the first time I visited the Griffith Observatory. I was 6. I watched the laser show, and this album was what they played. I'm in my 30s now, and I still remember it vividly.
I heard it for the first time on radio when i was in the back of my dads car on our way home. My sister and i was mindblown so my dad went and bought the movie for us to watch, and i just pretty much fell in love with it.
As others have noted, please watch the film, Pink Floyd - The Wall. It came out a few years after the album, much of it re-recorded for the movie. In addition to it being a masterpiece of move-making, all of these great Pink Floyd songs will make so much more sense of you've watched the film.
Song came out in 1979. I was in High School, and I was heavy into Album Rock at that time, moving more into Punk Rock, right about this time.The fact that they were commenting on the indoctrination aspect and danger of government ran schools THEN, with what we see now, is why they were one of GOAT.
This song denounces the British educational system of a certain era. Some teachers were more interested in discipline than in children's learning. The masks represent the idea that all children should be formed from the same mold, regardless of their own personality.
Nope the world education system... And it still goes on....just look at religion... Total abuse through education so called safe institute the world over
New car, caviar, think I'll buy me a football team - these all come from "Money", a song by Pink Floyd from their 1973 album, "The Dark Side of the Moon". :-)
It was released in 1979 and when I first remember hearing it was probably in 1982-83 when I was about 13. The first time I began listening to Pink Floyd. I possibly could have heard it earlier but don't remember. 😉
This album is better understood when you can listen to the whole album nonstop. Thus is one of the most incredible bands from the 60/70's era. Pink Floyd first came together in 1965. The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. Primarily developed during live performances, the band premiered an early version of the suite several months before recording began. Wikipedia Artist: Pink Floyd Release date: March 1, 1973
This is from the 1982 movie, "The Wall". It's an incredible movie about a rock star and his very rough upbringing as he struggles with his own regression into an empty void that becomes his total withdrawal from almost all of those around him. Such a good flick.
Graduated in 1976 and had been listening to PF since ‘73. Phenomenal music. Check out the movie, The Wall…stoned if possible. Loved growing up in the 60/70s. Great reaction Jay. Peace Out.
Playing brandy at school lunch shouting, "Hey teacher leave us kids alone"! lined up against a brick wall as another kid throws a tennis ball aimed at your nuts, and, if you're hit anywhere.."Your turn to throw the ball"..great memory...fun times...that year someone burned down the year 6 building....I wonder .......
Love your reaction! The song came out originally in 1979..I heard it when I was 10 years old I believe 🤔...and it is from a movie and the movie is “Pink Floyd The Wall” they made a movie to their album “The Wall” it’s cool you should check it out if you’re interested.
Oh wow... they made an entire movie for the album release?! Back when artists had true budgets and real creativity lol Definitely going to check out the album & movie! Thanks for the info!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 The movie came out later. One of the cool things about it is that Bob Geldoff (Boomtown Rats, founder of Live Aid) plays the role of Pink and also sings.
This came out while I was in first grade & we used to sing it in class behind the teacher's back. I guess this wasn't a great introduction to the concept of school, but nothing in the next 11 years ever redeemed it for me either.
This wasn't from a movie. It's just the video to this song. This is all related to the British Private School System in place up until some time in the late 50's.
I've said it before and will keep saying it over and over, Pink Floyd are/is(?) the Philosophers of Rock music....They seem to be from the epistemological school of Epicurus/Lucretian with a touch of Jainism tossed in as a "religious moral compass"....Now I know those are just my thoughts and not Pink Floyd's thoughts and likewise if anyone else has a different feeling or have a different interpretation I understand that as Pink Floyd seems to have the ability to affect many people in many different ways....I would appreciate your thoughts being a new listener as I do not have that memory, I was born in 1974 and my parents listened to rock music so it was always "background music" and by the time Pink Floyd became my all out favorite I had already heard 75% of their discography....If I may, I would like to make a suggestion ,since you already reacted to the studio version of "Comfortably Numb" is there any way that you could you react to their 1994 PULSE Concert version of the song when you get a chance , I will provide a line to a restored version, you will not regret it....It has arguably(I don't argue about it, lol) the BEST live guitar solo ever recorded....I would be willing to bet you would agree with me, and many others, if you watch it....Plus the concert was nearly as pleasing to the eyes as to the ears....Where ever life finds you, I hope it finds you and those you love safe and well....AHIMSA ua-cam.com/video/7kWl-ZGMwkQ/v-deo.html *edited a spelling error and restructured a sentence
Man that analysis was SPOT ON! If you had to choose, what is your fav Pink Floyd song? And definitely going to add their Pulse set to the list! Blessings to you my friend! 🙏🏾
@@abovetheinfluence9361 My favorite song is "Dogs" of their 1977 album "Animals", which is my favorite album as well....The album is a shifting and "re-telling" of George Orwell's 1945 book "Animal Farm"....
It is deep, nameless and faceless, treat them all alike....off the assembly line into the grind of daily life. You need to listen to Mother from the same album The Wall it tells about building the Wall of protection, in this song they are tearing it down.
This came out in 79. I heard it in our local arcade on the juke box. Some other great rock bands are Iron Maiden, Nirvana, STP, Pantera, Mettallica. The 80's had some great band too. Try Tears For fears for starters, they had some killer songs like Everybody Wants To Rule The World. A great place to start if you've never listened to 80's stuff.
This album the wall came out in 1979 I was a senior in high school. All of their songs are extremely powerful with some sort of political aspect to them. They were way ahead of their time.
This track got to no1 in the UK singles chart back in 1979. This is from The Wall movie version but there is a shorter video made for TV for the chart single edit. Yep, Floyd actually made an entire movie to go with the album. The character 'Pink' in the movie is played by Bob Geldof, organiser of Live Aid & got PF back together for Live 8 2005. The guitar solo in this track is what got me hooked on PF...41 years ago!!.
I was in my room...about 12 years old or so. It was always just me and my music! We still had corporal punishment in school, and your parents were on board with it so they could skip a beating once in a while. Although, most likely they'd just follow up with their own version of justice just because. ...AND gettin' your face beat in by someone on the way to school, in school, on the way home from school...was also a very real thing. I was pretty much on board with the whole Pink Floyd thing from the first note I ever heard.
I was almost 10 when this came out. There was a hamburger place we used to go to that had a jukebox and we always played this, and We Are The Champions by Queen. Also Funkytown by Lipps, Inc. LOL! Listen to the whole album a few times, then watch the movie.
The album was released on the 30th November 1979. The poem the teacher ridiculed is part of the lyrics for Pink Floyds "Money". The boy in the video clip taken from the film The Wall is supposed to be Roger Walters the main songwriter in Pink Floyd. The song is an indictment of the education system and how most of the teachers at that time were sadistic bullies who used canes, hands and slippers to physically punish British schoolchildren and how they stifled freedom of expression and individual creativity. You had to conform. Most of Floyds albums are concept albums. You need to listen to them from beginning to end and let the story unfold. Listen to the album Dark Side of the Moon. Every song is a masterpiece.
Ohhh so this is Rogers early life story? Makes complete since because the feeling in the song is sooo authentic! Sad that some schools are truly like that... just hurts the creativity in children so much.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 ua-cam.com/video/dFtLONl4cNc/v-deo.html Yes Roger would have been at school in the late 1940s early 50s. His Father was killed in the 2nd World War and his mother was very protective of him. These life experiences are expressed in a lot of his songs. Listen to "Mother by Pink Floyd. The link I have posted will show you the British education system didn't completely stifle young talent. These lads were massive in the UK during the 80s. They were from Birmingham in the UK midlands. The song is" Pass the Dutchie " which is a Jamaican cooking pot. The real thing in Jamaican culture that was " passed on the left hand side " was the" Kutchie "which was a pipe that contained weed. As these lads were still at school at the time of the recording they had to change the lyrics. They were produced by one of the younger boys father.
@@leejeffrey5924 this info is GOLDEN! Man thank you so much for taking the time out to share this with me! Seems like his childhood was sooo rough. Is the British education system still like this or have they modernized yet?
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Yes the education system has changed. They cannot use corporal punishment anymore and there are more creative subjects available to schoolchildren now. It is indirectly because of bands and musicians of the 60s and 70s and some of the deep, meaningful and political statements that were made that started to slowly "wake us up" to the fact that although we are all basically the same we are all still individuals with our own and a collective voice and didn't have to cow tow or bow down to "the man" anymore. Did you follow the link I sent you in my last comment?
This song and album came out in 1979. The album name is “The Wall” and it is one big story told via the 26 songs on the album. A movie was made that tells the story but I recommend you listen to “The Wall” album itself first before watching the movie. When you listen to the story as it is told from the album, the movie you create in your head will likely be far better than the Hollywood version.
I saw this for the first time when I was in college, back in the 1980's. Once you are done reacting to each of the great songs on this album, you have to first listen to the double album from beginning to end. Then watch the movie. They are both works of art. Sorry that I left so many comments. You kept asking questions.
Movie "the wall"; Biggest concert by single artist " the wall Berlin" on you tube full concert 400,000 -500,000 attendance. "The Wall 2010 Roger waters & Gilmour "comfortably numb " ( will blow you away ) . Roger has local students come out and sing this song you just reacted to
This song was written in the 70's, about Roger Waters's postwar childhood in the early 50's. It's part of the concept album _The Wall_ (what some people call a rock opera), about a rock singer's life, rise to power, and decline. It got made into a pretty good movie and this is a clip from that film. I recommend it - great music, a surprisingly good performance by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats as Pink (that's him having his later lyrics made fun of, and him in the photograph by the phone at the end), and mind-blowing animation sequences by weird artist Gerald Scarfe.
I totally agree with you Mattp6200 about listening the entirety of these albums. From the age of Concepy Albums. I would add to the list Final Cut, a continuation of sorts on The Wall. Also the movie The Wall showcases animation from the great Gerald Scarfe. Oh Ya one more thing, headphones!
Roger’s lyrics refer to his own experiences in school. During the movie The Wall there is a scene where the teacher ridicules (young) Roger for writing poetry, and then reads snippets of the poem to the class. The poem (btw) are lyrics from the Pink Floyd song Money. The lyrics you referenced in your Q refer to schools doing their best to force students into a ideological mold which turn out “upstanding citizens” in the fields of business and law. There is no room for the child who wishes to explore the creative arts, and those that did had their dreams and imaginations squashed early on by teachers and administrators through the use of ridicule and corporal punishment.
My dad used to play it when i was a kid around four years old i remember he had these speakers he covered in shag carpet and made them look like dice
From the Rock Opera titled The Wall and it's part 2 of 3
This song is all about how the education system strips a child from their own individuality and makes them conform to society's standards until they become obedient faceless robots useful to the rich and powerful. The meat ginder is a symbolic representation of a person's uniqueness (and ambitions) being grounded to fit the role society wants you to be.
In the end, you're just another brick in the wall ... you have no individuality left and are just a tool for others to exploit.
Them "bars" that sound like rap...are from the song Money , from the album Dark side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd. Give it a spin, I should mention this album is best listened to in its entirety. The same is true for all Pink Floyd albums .
See now I gotta go check Money out! I think im going to take a solid day out and have a Pink Floyd marathon lol
@@abovetheinfluence9361 I believe that you'll be glad that you did..Dark Side of the Moon is like no other album in the world..birth, life, and death..all in one piece of work..do it for yourself with headphones..some people call it a life changer...
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Money is one of the few stand alone songs you can react to by itself without the end cutting out abruptly or seeming to start in the middle. A lot of their songs flow from one into the next, like one long piece with multiple movements, so it's easier/better to react to one whole side of the album in one video. There may be more I'm forgetting but this is especially the case for "The Wall", "Dark Side of the Moon", and "Wish You Were Here". "Animals" is that way a little bit too, but if you do those songs individually I don't think you'll disappoint anyone.
Exactly what Matt anf T.J.said! You're down the rabbit hole now, enjoy the ride! ✌❤
Money, Time and the Great Gig in the Sky are absolute musts off of the Dark Side of the Moon album. Many of Pink Floyd's album are concept albums including DSotM and The Wall.
The movie is "The Wall".
Gotta find it and give it a watch! Thank you 🙏🏾 😊
@@abovetheinfluence9361 The soundtrack differs a little from the album it is based on, but not significantly.
I'm tempted to recommend the album first, but that just may be my bias as that is the order I experienced it as a young lad.
The movie will definitely illuminate the story better. So I suppose I'd say choose based on your personal core intrigue... the story or the music.
Great reaction BTW! Send more Pink Floyd!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Yes, you do. Respectfully, but yes, you do.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 It's not a pleasant film, but I've carried it with me forever. No matter how bad your life gets, it's never quite as bad as Pink's. And that's a yardstick. And the walling off of things that hurt you only turns your world into a tiny brick cubicle, so just face it head on. It's impactful.
@@rancidcrabtree. Yeah, I discovered the album before the movie. The Wall was the soundtrack to my sophomore year of high school.
FINALLY!!! A reactor to this song finally got the WHOLE message of these lyrics!!
That poetry is another Pink Floyd song - Money.
Thank you! 🙌🏾
Also a great song and the song Time is another classic.
@@mljrotag6343 I agree---"Time" is one of their classics, and the lyrics are fantastic
Some of my earliest memories are of my dad playing his music at the weekends,every weekend,pink floyd was amongst his favourites for sure and I would of first heard this still in my mothers womb in all probability ✌️
Loved this song i was only 3 when it first came out but listening to it since so powerful.
Well hello to you. Welcome to Pink Floyd......dive into the world of Led Zeppelin. My favorite all time song "Stairway to Heaven". Been listening to that since early 70's. Never gets old!
no movie it’s just the epic pink floyd song
all their songs have enough meaning to make mini movies xxx i love them x
I was given the cane at school in England. In fact, as a child in the 60s, I was hit by pretty much everyone - teachers, my dad, the police, shopkeepers, neighbours, other kids. It was normal to us.
Even in the 70's and early 80s the cane still was used by many teachers around Europe.
Roger Waters on Bass.
the wall album released: 1979
The music video is clips from Pink Floyd's the wall (movie) Which features their songs. There is also an album of the same name.
When the band went to school in England teachers were allowed to hit children on the behind or on the hands with a cane, ruler etc.
Thanks for the info! And Mr Waters sounds like a MASTER of the bass! 🔥🔥🔥
Corporal punishment was common - ruler, cane, slipper - or even just the flip across the knuckles you see here
This is from the movie the wall!
This is definitely from a movie. The movie -- Pink Floyd The Wall 1982. The album came out in 1979. I was 4 years old when my bro played this album in the liviing room for the first time. This is one of my all time fave songs, bands and films!!!!!!! Thankyou for doing a reaction to this song. Much respect
Though Pink Floyd is considered one of the biggest selling bands of all time, they were not known for many top selling singles. With Floyd it was all about the albums. However, their song "Money" released as a single in 1973, was one of their biggest selling singles and was all over the radio back then. The poetry/bars the boy was writing that got him a rap on the hand from the sadistic teacher were the lyrics to "Money". You might want to check it out next. Spoiler alert... another extremely groovy baseline!! Not to mention a pretty sick solo.
"New car caviar four star daydream,
I think I'll buy me a football team" - Money 💵
Few years after this film came out, the local theater would have a midnight showing every weekend. Nothing but kids and their dates, ushers sitting with the patrons, everybody smoking something. I miss those days...
This is a masterpiece :) I have been in a school like this where they do hit you with wood, we were taught to think one way, pretty much control.
The first time I heard this song I was on a bus. On my way to school. I absolutely loved this video.
The film is "Pink Floyd The Wall" about a musician called Pink
The clip depicts Pink when he was a boy at school - his classmates call him Pinky. And then right at the end if a photo of him as an adult (played by singer Bob Geldof) and his girlfriend and the ringing of the phone is someone trying to call the adult Pink - in the next scene of the movie
The film clips are from the film called The Wall and pink Floyd did the sound track, it's a very unusual film you should watch it. The photo of the man at the end next to the phone was Bob geldof lead singer of the boom town rats back in the day and the lead actor in the film The Wall. Saying bars and what year was this, it was in the 70,so and yes people have been saying and inventing words for centuries, hence bars is what Shakespeare did eat they called him the bard .
The film is called “The Wall” written by the bassist Roger Waters with David Gilmour on guitar, Nick Mason on drums and the late genius keyboard and writer, Richard Wright.
Waters wrote a follow up to the Wall called “The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking”.
The band has split up since the late 1980s.
The movie is "The Wall". It makes me happy to see young people learn what we (OLD FOLKS) already know!
Keep up the good work!👍
That “movie’ was made for this track. The album is a story about a rock star called ‘Pink’ it covers his story through his life. A movie was made, Bob Geldof played Pink. That was the guy in the photograph at the end. The “poem” is lyrics from their track “Money” - you might want to check it out.
pink floyd knew the score before the score knew what the score was 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
It was 1979 and I was a pupil at the school where my dad was deputy head .The kids banded together and bought this single and presented it to him for a laugh. Thankfully not being at all like the terrible teachers in this video, but easy going and a fine musician in his own right he really appreciated it. So did one wide eyed 9 year old as it blasted out on our stereo for the first time that night!
The movie and album are The Wall. I know this is early...after Dark side of the moon 1974. I am that old. Saw a Dark side of the moon concert 1975. Best concert ever.
Thats Rock And Roll!! Individualism
I enjoyed this. I heard this when it came out. I was 21 years old, working and going to school. They had a radio version with the intro mostly chopped. Thank you for the fun reaction.
The WALL…
You are ALL PART OF IT.
Just Bricks.
Bricks back in the 70s…
Bricks in the 2020s…
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
good reaction... watch the Wall.... this song was banned at my school and if caught singing it you got the cane! oh the poem was lyrics from another Pink Floyd classic - Money. Keep up the good work you did a pretty good job with the message.
Now listen to the Pink Floyd song MONEY and you’ll hear those same poetry lines written by the kid! The teacher thought his poetry was rubbish, but it was a hit song for Pink Floyd called MONEY. “New car, caviar, four star day dreams, think I’ll buy me a football team!”
Thank you for talking about robots. I am a teacher and I am trying to break that. Student should express themselves!!
The Wall is the movie… one of the best movies of all time. Pink Floyd is #3 behind Beatles #1 and Rolling Stones #2 rock bands who have made the most money. $800 million. Rock Legends 👍
Thinking back, it was incredible that almost every day in the Super 70s, another great song or two would blow our crappy speakers out.
I was at school in Scotland when this was released. In these days teachers were allowed to maintain discipline by belting pupils. The school teacher in this has a strong Scottish accent. How can you have any pudding if you dont eat your meat? lol
He played the part brilliantly so convincing.
I had just graduated from high school when I heard this - about three years too late. LOL It was so freaking radical, seriously, and so in your face and courageous. Sublime. School is not about education. It is about obedience. And no song in the history of music makes it more clear than this one. Nice job
When I was a kid we used to sing 'Build a bonfire, build a bonfire put the teachers at the top put the whole school in the middle and burn the blood lot'.
Good times!
I was 18 when this came out and it got me into the band. By the way you have the most beautiful smile 😁
I know it had to be quite the experience when you heard it! And thanks so much compliment Vicky!
The first time I heard this song was also the first time I visited the Griffith Observatory. I was 6. I watched the laser show, and this album was what they played. I'm in my 30s now, and I still remember it vividly.
I heard it for the first time on radio when i was in the back of my dads car on our way home. My sister and i was mindblown so my dad went and bought the movie for us to watch, and i just pretty much fell in love with it.
As others have noted, please watch the film, Pink Floyd - The Wall. It came out a few years after the album, much of it re-recorded for the movie. In addition to it being a masterpiece of move-making, all of these great Pink Floyd songs will make so much more sense of you've watched the film.
Song came out in 1979. I was in High School, and I was heavy into Album Rock at that time, moving more into Punk Rock, right about this time.The fact that they were commenting on the indoctrination aspect and danger of government ran schools THEN, with what we see now, is why they were one of GOAT.
These songs resonate today as they did back then Pink Floyd is amazing
As you will see the guitarist David Gilmour is one of the GOAT. Here he rips it funk style. Then he has his singing, melodic solos he is known for.
This song denounces the British educational system of a certain era.
Some teachers were more interested in discipline than in children's learning.
The masks represent the idea that all children should be formed from the same mold, regardless of their own personality.
Nope the world education system... And it still goes on....just look at religion... Total abuse through education so called safe institute the world over
Another great song from the movie 'The Wall'.
New car, caviar, think I'll buy me a football team - these all come from "Money", a song by Pink Floyd from their 1973 album, "The Dark Side of the Moon". :-)
It was released in 1979 and when I first remember hearing it was probably in 1982-83 when I was about 13. The first time I began listening to Pink Floyd. I possibly could have heard it earlier but don't remember. 😉
this came out in Canada in 80. I was in a juvenile hall for basically orphans. It was very apropo.
This album is better understood when you can listen to the whole album nonstop. Thus is one of the most incredible bands from the 60/70's era. Pink Floyd first came together in 1965.
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. Primarily developed during live performances, the band premiered an early version of the suite several months before recording began. Wikipedia
Artist: Pink Floyd
Release date: March 1, 1973
More great music from Abby Road Studios.
I grew up listening to this at the 🙂
"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"
This is from the 1982 movie, "The Wall". It's an incredible movie about a rock star and his very rough upbringing as he struggles with his own regression into an empty void that becomes his total withdrawal from almost all of those around him. Such a good flick.
Graduated in 1976 and had been listening to PF since ‘73. Phenomenal music. Check out the movie, The Wall…stoned if possible. Loved growing up in the 60/70s. Great reaction Jay. Peace Out.
Playing brandy at school lunch shouting, "Hey teacher leave us kids alone"! lined up against a brick wall as another kid throws a tennis ball aimed at your nuts, and, if you're hit anywhere.."Your turn to throw the ball"..great memory...fun times...that year someone burned down the year 6 building....I wonder .......
Love your reaction! The song came out originally in 1979..I heard it when I was 10 years old I believe 🤔...and it is from a movie and the movie is “Pink Floyd The Wall” they made a movie to their album “The Wall” it’s cool you should check it out if you’re interested.
Oh wow... they made an entire movie for the album release?! Back when artists had true budgets and real creativity lol
Definitely going to check out the album & movie! Thanks for the info!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 The movie came out later. One of the cool things about it is that Bob Geldoff (Boomtown Rats, founder of Live Aid) plays the role of Pink and also sings.
Pink Floyd The Wall (movie) by Alan Parker, is a masterpiece IMHO, a dark gem. You should definitely check it out.
This came out while I was in first grade & we used to sing it in class behind the teacher's back. I guess this wasn't a great introduction to the concept of school, but nothing in the next 11 years ever redeemed it for me either.
I’m 20 but I’ve been hearing this song literally since the day I was born
The movie is "The Wall" , a must see.
This wasn't from a movie. It's just the video to this song. This is all related to the British Private School System in place up until some time in the late 50's.
the poem......money.....great song too!
"Money" is an amazing song too
I've said it before and will keep saying it over and over, Pink Floyd are/is(?) the Philosophers of Rock music....They seem to be from the epistemological school of Epicurus/Lucretian with a touch of Jainism tossed in as a "religious moral compass"....Now I know those are just my thoughts and not Pink Floyd's thoughts and likewise if anyone else has a different feeling or have a different interpretation I understand that as Pink Floyd seems to have the ability to affect many people in many different ways....I would appreciate your thoughts being a new listener as I do not have that memory, I was born in 1974 and my parents listened to rock music so it was always "background music" and by the time Pink Floyd became my all out favorite I had already heard 75% of their discography....If I may, I would like to make a suggestion ,since you already reacted to the studio version of "Comfortably Numb" is there any way that you could you react to their 1994 PULSE Concert version of the song when you get a chance , I will provide a line to a restored version, you will not regret it....It has arguably(I don't argue about it, lol) the BEST live guitar solo ever recorded....I would be willing to bet you would agree with me, and many others, if you watch it....Plus the concert was nearly as pleasing to the eyes as to the ears....Where ever life finds you, I hope it finds you and those you love safe and well....AHIMSA
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Man that analysis was SPOT ON! If you had to choose, what is your fav Pink Floyd song? And definitely going to add their Pulse set to the list! Blessings to you my friend! 🙏🏾
@@abovetheinfluence9361 My favorite song is "Dogs" of their 1977 album "Animals", which is my favorite album as well....The album is a shifting and "re-telling" of George Orwell's 1945 book "Animal Farm"....
Pink Floyd The Wall the full movie is a reeeaally deep trip my man. Sit back, strap in and hold on
It is deep, nameless and faceless, treat them all alike....off the assembly line into the grind of daily life. You need to listen to Mother from the same album The Wall it tells about building the Wall of protection, in this song they are tearing it down.
A factory of brains.
Awesome reaction 😊😊
This is actually "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2".
I saw It in the theater when it came out .I had a death grip on my arm rest the whole time.
Our teacher invited our whole class to the cinema. It was really cool.
This came out in 79. I heard it in our local arcade on the juke box. Some other great rock bands are Iron Maiden, Nirvana, STP, Pantera, Mettallica. The 80's had some great band too. Try Tears For fears for starters, they had some killer songs like Everybody Wants To Rule The World. A great place to start if you've never listened to 80's stuff.
MAJOR SUGGESTION: Pink Floyd LIVE, the PULSE concert "Another Brick in the wall"
This is from the movie Pink Floyd " THE WALL"
The first time I heard this no. was way back in 1981.
I’m absolutely shocked that “Time” hasn’t been requested enough yet. 🤣
Keep up the great reactions though!
Exactly just a bunch of control.
the poem is the lyrics to the song MONEY.
This album the wall came out in 1979 I was a senior in high school. All of their songs are extremely powerful with some sort of political aspect to them. They were way ahead of their time.
1st time hearing this... 19yrs old, half a bag next to me, laying on the floor with my head nestled between the stereo speakers. Entire album.
That "poem" the teacher was reading were lyrics to their song "money" from dark side of the moon album.
This track got to no1 in the UK singles chart back in 1979. This is from The Wall movie version but there is a shorter video made for TV for the chart single edit. Yep, Floyd actually made an entire movie to go with the album. The character 'Pink' in the movie is played by Bob Geldof, organiser of Live Aid & got PF back together for Live 8 2005. The guitar solo in this track is what got me hooked on PF...41 years ago!!.
I was in my room...about 12 years old or so. It was always just me and my music!
We still had corporal punishment in school, and your parents were on board with it so they could skip a beating once in a while.
Although, most likely they'd just follow up with their own version of justice just because.
...AND gettin' your face beat in by someone on the way to school, in school, on the way home from school...was also a very real thing.
I was pretty much on board with the whole Pink Floyd thing from the first note I ever heard.
I was almost 10 when this came out. There was a hamburger place we used to go to that had a jukebox and we always played this, and We Are The Champions by Queen. Also Funkytown by Lipps, Inc. LOL!
Listen to the whole album a few times, then watch the movie.
This was the first single my sister bought in elementary school. I think it came out in 1979
The album was released on the 30th November 1979. The poem the teacher ridiculed is part of the lyrics for Pink Floyds "Money". The boy in the video clip taken from the film The Wall is supposed to be Roger Walters the main songwriter in Pink Floyd. The song is an indictment of the education system and how most of the teachers at that time were sadistic bullies who used canes, hands and slippers to physically punish British schoolchildren and how they stifled freedom of expression and individual creativity. You had to conform. Most of Floyds albums are concept albums. You need to listen to them from beginning to end and let the story unfold. Listen to the album Dark Side of the Moon. Every song is a masterpiece.
Ohhh so this is Rogers early life story? Makes complete since because the feeling in the song is sooo authentic! Sad that some schools are truly like that... just hurts the creativity in children so much.
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Yes Roger would have been at school in the late 1940s early 50s. His Father was killed in the 2nd World War and his mother was very protective of him. These life experiences are expressed in a lot of his songs. Listen to "Mother by Pink Floyd. The link I have posted will show you the British education system didn't completely stifle young talent. These lads were massive in the UK during the 80s. They were from Birmingham in the UK midlands. The song is" Pass the Dutchie " which is a Jamaican cooking pot. The real thing in Jamaican culture that was
" passed on the left hand side " was the" Kutchie "which was a pipe that contained weed. As these lads were still at school at the time of the recording they had to change the lyrics. They were produced by one of the younger boys father.
@@leejeffrey5924 this info is GOLDEN! Man thank you so much for taking the time out to share this with me! Seems like his childhood was sooo rough. Is the British education system still like this or have they modernized yet?
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Yes the education system has changed. They cannot use corporal punishment anymore and there are more creative subjects available to schoolchildren now. It is indirectly because of bands and musicians of the 60s and 70s and some of the deep, meaningful and political statements that were made that started to slowly "wake us up" to the fact that although we are all basically the same we are all still individuals with our own and a collective voice and didn't have to cow tow or bow down to
"the man" anymore. Did you follow the link I sent you in my last comment?
@@leejeffrey5924 definitely did check the link out! That song is huge classic! 🙌🏾 Never knew the backstory until now tho. You blessed me Brotha. 🙏🏾
This song and album came out in 1979. The album name is “The Wall” and it is one big story told via the 26 songs on the album. A movie was made that tells the story but I recommend you listen to “The Wall” album itself first before watching the movie. When you listen to the story as it is told from the album, the movie you create in your head will likely be far better than the Hollywood version.
Just a classic, pure gold. This is just part of the journey. The songs is longer on the album.
The movie was called The Wall. The album was out years before they made the movie.
Happy to see u back 👍♥️
Hi from San Diego 🙋♀️
Remember when this album came out! Heard it at a friend's house!
Thank you Mary! And just the mention of San Diego has me missing it! Would drive down from LA and loved it there lol
Lived in LA for 9 years. Sorry but wouldn't go back!🤪😃
Been a fan of floyd for a long time theres so much for u to hear man so much
I saw this for the first time when I was in college, back in the 1980's. Once you are done reacting to each of the great songs on this album, you have to first listen to the double album from beginning to end. Then watch the movie. They are both works of art. Sorry that I left so many comments. You kept asking questions.
No worries at all! I thank you for taking the time out to answer them! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@abovetheinfluence9361 They also have a concert video where they reenact pretty much the whole thing live, but that's for after the film.
The movie is The Wall by Pink Floyd...a must see..
Movie "the wall"; Biggest concert by single artist " the wall Berlin" on you tube full concert 400,000 -500,000 attendance. "The Wall 2010 Roger waters & Gilmour "comfortably numb " ( will blow you away ) . Roger has local students come out and sing this song you just reacted to
This song was written in the 70's, about Roger Waters's postwar childhood in the early 50's. It's part of the concept album _The Wall_ (what some people call a rock opera), about a rock singer's life, rise to power, and decline. It got made into a pretty good movie and this is a clip from that film. I recommend it - great music, a surprisingly good performance by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats as Pink (that's him having his later lyrics made fun of, and him in the photograph by the phone at the end), and mind-blowing animation sequences by weird artist Gerald Scarfe.
You need some volume on that music!
Shall definitely do so!
Yeah.
Kids go in and out the other side. Check out the faces.
Masks. Lol
You MUST watch The Wall. It will all make sense.
I totally agree with you Mattp6200 about listening the entirety of these albums. From the age of Concepy Albums. I would add to the list Final Cut, a continuation of sorts on The Wall. Also the movie The Wall showcases animation from the great Gerald Scarfe. Oh Ya one more thing, headphones!
Roger’s lyrics refer to his own experiences in school. During the movie The Wall there is a scene where the teacher ridicules (young) Roger for writing poetry, and then reads snippets of the poem to the class. The poem (btw) are lyrics from the Pink Floyd song Money. The lyrics you referenced in your Q refer to schools doing their best to force students into a ideological mold which turn out “upstanding citizens” in the fields of business and law. There is no room for the child who wishes to explore the creative arts, and those that did had their dreams and imaginations squashed early on by teachers and administrators through the use of ridicule and corporal punishment.
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