yes!! even when i haven't heard the songs in a long time i immediately recall every word and keep up. i can take you through every word of the movie. my brother took me to see it when i was 13. it was in the theater. It was a awesome!!
Thank you England for giving us David Gilmour. His voice in the live version in 1980 specifically for “ Comfortably Numb” is ethereal. It’s on you tube
Finished work one night in '79 when I was 19. Went straight to the record store to buy the new Floyd album. Took it to my room when I got home and played it through lying on my bed in the dark (except when I had to turn on the light and get up to flip/change the record). When it ended, I lay there in the dark for 15-20 minutes pretty much mind-blown. Then I got up, put on side 1, and played the whole damn thing again. I'm 60 now and seeing you, Jamel, loving this fine album, is tonic for my old soul. Sometime, put on the whole album and listen to it laying back with your eyes closed. Doesn't have to be vinyl, so you don't even have to get up to change the record. Thanks for this. What a joy to see your enjoyment.
Myself and 3 friends were extras in The Wall movie when they filmed the segment in Alexandra palace, to see us we purposely wore Union jack T,Shirts so we'd stand out because we were all wearing masks. As payment we got to keep the masks, got a fully signed copy of the album, and free tickets to the premier.
that's my favorite from The Wall. I'll be honest, i don't like the Wall Album all that much. I'm more of a fan of Division Bell or Meddle. the wall has some great songs in the album but the album overall i don;t care for. I'm weird, i know.
Pink floyd is in a class of their own. Gilmour's soothing voice and heart felt solos could make the bloody devil cry. Waters lyrics, haunting voice, and writing capabilities clearly makes him a visionary artist. Mason, and Wright, well I can go on forever. They definitely touched something special for a while, and last but not least Syd Barret, original vocalist and guitarist was a brilliant and talented musician who was the topic in many of Floyds works made the band what they are. The world will never see the likes of this group again. Carry on with their catalog, you won't be disappointed. 🐖
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for 50 years. The hauntingly beautiful music juxtaposed with those poignant lyrics just sucked me right in and never let me go.
@ted ritola been listening to Floyd since before the 70's. What was better than a bunch of teenagers on a Friday or Saturday night back in 68 - 69 listening to Ummagumma and the Sid Barrett - Be Careful With the Axe Eugene track. Other favorites on those occasions were The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord and Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, Ride My Seesaw and The Doors - The End. Yup! Music to make one ponder. Or as we called it back then ..... Head Music.
It was such a blessing and honor to watch you be turned on by the World's greatest music. So glad you are appreciating and what's really cool, is they stay with you thru decades of your life. Enjoy my Brother...much Love to you and yours ☮️
One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. It reminds me of my brother who was in an accident and then a coma for almost a year..... Still brings tears to my eye over 35 years later....
This album was given to me just before it was released, i have a cousin who worked in the music industry and she was given the album, she didn't know, or appreciate Pink Floyd, so she gave it to me...i grew up in foster homes and i had no idea that anyone could describe or even know how I saw the world, until I heard the lyrics...I was blown away, because I didn't even realize that i had the biggest wall around me, and I was just surviving, rather than consciously living...The Album changed my life and sent me on a completely different course in my life...Music is the stuff of life, it moves, soothes, enlivens, invigorates, and touches or souls in such a profound way that, when I hear a song from my childhood...sometimes I am transported back to a specific point in time, I get a visceral response that is so real it is like I went back in time.
Yup I go back in time too with some songs, Bless your cousin for giving you that album. Music can make us all see the world differently and make it better for us.
Dude ..similar but different stories...I recorded this under my friends big ole console record player back in the 70's onto cassette...I was probably 8 years old then. When we moved to florida, my life changed and wound up in and out of foster homes and such after age 11. It was this tape, and Diary of Madman album that got me thru those years. I get ya on your last part there too, where just something triggers something and takes you back to that place.
I hope u still hav it, although you've probably worn it out!😅 it wouldve been a 1st edition pressing from th master tapes, & audiophiles 2day would pay an arm & leg 4 it, even in good condition! Mint, & it'd b both arms& legs!🎸🎶🍻
I just had a thought while listening to your reaction video. I fell in love with Pink Floyd when I first heard Dark Side of the Moon. Their sound was so fresh, but deep...really deep. It made me think, made me question. That was just over 50!!! years ago. I'm 62 now, and my musical instincts have evolved over the years, but I am hearing things in their music I missed before, or wasn't ready to receive in my youth. Musically, philosophically, spiritually, I have grown and am rediscovering them all over again. What's more, because of the internet, I'm watching OTHERS discovering them, and it's so affirming, and rewarding to see the awe that Pink Floyd inspires in us all. I am out of words...😅
Imagine being 18 years old and fresh out of high school and going to college full time during the day and working full time in the evenings and living on my own. That was me in December of 1979 when 'The Wall' came out. I listened to that album non stop for the next 4 months into 1980.
I did not end up going to college out of HS. I went to work in the factory in 79 and listening to this until the concert on 27 Feb 80 at Nassau, and long after. Peace. Class of 79
There's still modern albums that play like that. I can even think of a hip-hop album from a couple years ago: Lupe Fiasco's "Tetsuo and Youth." Groups like Haken are still doing awesome concept albums (basically their first three were all concept albums). They're not as common as they used to be, but they're still around.
There are very few songs that can bring me right back into the headspace of being stoned as hell just space cruising and pondering reality from a dream-like, elevated, yet somehow simplistic contradictory state.
Pink Floyd were such a groundbreaking band, from their conception right up to the end of their time together. "The Wall" is not an "easy" album, lots of emotional torment and deeply seated trauma. I've heard it so many times but, honestly, I got goosebumps today watching your reaction. Thanks, Jamel, carry on... you're doing a mighty fine job! Stay safe, everyone!
Pink Floyd is great because as you said, the lyrics touch you and the delivery is spot on. The inflection, the feelings in the words are incredible. But the thing about the music is, nothing is there because they were trying to fill some space. Every sound, every note, even the moments of silence are crafted to perfection, without being over done. I have always enjoyed to listen to music and be able to pick it apart, listen to the bass listen to the lead guitar, try to hear each instrument on it's own, and this music is so easy to do that with. Also I enjoy how the bass and the lead guitars share the front time.
This song perfectly captures that feeing of being alone. That feeling of being misunderstood and reaching out for one other person who gets where you’re coming from.
Jamel, when Pink Floyd played the Wall live they built a Wall across the stage brick by brick... You can find the live concert from 1981 or 82 i think on UA-cam. But first listen to the whole album it is a complete story that will take you on a journey... Same goes for most of Rush's 1970's albums.
The concerts actually represent a truer version of the entire work than does the album, as the latter had to have songs removed to fit onto a "double".
Seeing Pink Floyd live was like a drug induced high! I can close my eyes listening to this music and relive the experience like I'm there again. The blending of the music and Waters haunting voice are like none.other but add in the lights and special effects and you've got a pure high! Too bad you missed it.
Right?! Remember when the album first got airplay and all you heard were three songs from the whole album? But fortunately, we all knew it was 'Floyd so we all went out and bought the album! and then the freakin' movie comes out and my mind gets blown!!!
Big J, I can tell it's important to you to know that you're bringing enjoyment to the masses. Well, speaking for myself, you 100% are. When I first discovered your channel I thought the fun was in watching a young buck discover the music that I grew up with and love (I'm 50). Also, honestly, it is interesting to see what a young black man who comes from a totally different culture than me (or so I thought) would think listening to "white music". All those are positive things and I applaud you doing this. But now, your channel now feels like hanging out with a friend. Your looks when certain parts of songs hit, your humor with certain things, and learning more about you...it's just been a great joy. As for the "so I thought" comment, I've learned from watching you that we really are not very different at all. Honestly, I grew up in the country in the south and there were only like 5 black people in my school...all of them country as hell! Usually what we are presented on the news of the more urban black folk is less than positive. But watching your channel routinely I've been enlightened to the fact that we are not very different at all. You're a good guy, man. We can all tell that. Music unites. THAT is the shirt you need to sell. Music unites.
Recoiling from, and putting blocks up against, different kinds of madness in others, until the defenses turn the isolated one mad, written by one who who leaned into the adage to "Write what you know."
I love seeing your face burst into joy when the song gets good. There's nothing like Pink Floyd. You need to get you the whole album and a nice rainy night sit down and listen then watch the movie and then look up the making of this album and why, so it all makes sense. It makes me so happy when other people find Floyd, we don't want them to ever disappear. Your doing us a service by making these videos. Thank you, man. It's like finding a friend all over to sit a groove with and discuss how how deep it goes. I hope if you listen and watch the wall, that you do a video on your feelings on it. Stay safe man. Have a great day.
This is arguably my favorite "classic era" Floyd song. It just feels like everyone was in perfect form and it's the perfect encapsulation of their sound...to me. :-) Great reaction!
Oh yeah @Jamel_AKA_Jamal, I spent many of nights smoking weed and listening to this song! You're getting back on the Pink Floyd trip. Hey man, some people may say do it in order but I say do it at your convenience. Its your channel at the ending of the day, some people forget that. Thank you so much for another REACTION video, you're starting to get Pink Floyd and that's a good thing!
When you hear this in the context of the whole album, you'll notice that the first instrumental break is a callback to a theme that recurs at various points, "Another Brick in the Wall" ("We don't need no education") which gets darker every time it appears...
Your face at 1:50 is everything. I love Pink Floyd and Hey You is one of their best songs. Listening to it is as close as you can come to riding a mellow high without drugs.
It is a MUST that you listen to the whole album on your own. It is Roger Waters masterpiece, in my opinion. Saw him do the The Wall live in it's entirety years ago, and it rated as one of the best shows I've ever seen. Seeing the movie first might be a good idea, then the album will make more sense. Either way, you'll enjoy it. ✌🏼
Meyzen76 one of my first 10 concerts was Floyd the division bell tour. I had a few hits of acid and it was a crazy experience they put on one hell of a light show. The visual effects were just amazing.
@@trentbresler3179 my first concert ever was Pink Floyd, Division Bell tour, Oakland Colliseum... but I kinda-sorta-accidentally-whatever took a quarter sheet, so was pretty nonfunctional the entire time... still had a blast... had to sit down for the spinning orb thingie, making the entire colliseum look like it was spinning in circles...
There is a live recording from an event at Potsdammer Platz, Berlin 1990. I went there and it was the biggest event I've ever attended. It was the summer after the fall of the wall separating "the west" and USSR and the eastern block, so it attracted an audience from all of Europe. I heard all kinds of languages spoken, as people were bussed in from all over. I had bought a ticket including bus from Copenhagen, when we arrived the ticket-controllers did not even control my ticket as so many people came ... many more than had bought tickets. We just flooded in. And the whole setup was prepared for us! The best sound ever! (That was what you'd come to expect from Pink Floyd) All the tech and stage-show was over the top, including "speakers" and screens amongst the audience. From where I stood the people on stage was only 1-2 cm tall, And we were crowded! The performance itself included guest-stars, not only pink floyd. I still get goosebumps just thinking of Van Morrison singing "Comfortably Numb". I really really wish, that as you explore more of Pink Floyd you will lend an ear to the live album from Berlin and that version of "Comfortably numb" featuring Van Morrison.
Sir! I love your reactions to Pink Floyd. You connect to them perfect. I have listen to Pink Floyd since 1975 and i still love them more than ever. They have everything! To switch to another favorite namely AURORA. I miss your amazing reactions from her. There is so much left to listen to. For new start listen to AURORA - Through the eyes of a child (Live) - Stripped (VEVO UK LIFT) It´s a acapella song with stunning harmonies and so beautiful that it´s hurt. I can almost promised that you gonna love it!!
I enjoy watching you discover the wonder that is Pink Floyd. I can tell you are turning into a fan. I appreciate the fact that you are sharing their music with a different audience that may never have heard them or been exposed to their music. Keep on doing these great videos. Best of luck to you!
It starts with David singing, then "Well it was only fantasy" Roger. They used to switch up alot. Very apparent in "Comfortably Numb" and "Dogs." Also from The Wall, please react to "Mother"
They do take you on a journey & it's wonderful to see you take the time to listen, let these great songs hit you & the breakdown that you give & your appreciation of these great songs is very impressive to watch Jamel
Your right man Pink Floyd was a well oiled machine. (high performance)Blending feelings and lyrics like no other Artists had done. You and i have the same type of connection with Pink Floyd. To sum it up WE GET IT
This album was epic to a 16 year old boy. It still speaks volumes to a 53 year old man. This is one of those "moments" in music that are as relevant now as they were 35 years ago. A true classic.
saw Pick Floyd's Animal Concert in Anaheim Cal what a SHOW.....and a double rainbow showed up just as they started to play....ahh the music, the drugs, the high,,, the JOY.........then went to disney land what a double trip!!!!!
So much of their work is about isolation and alienation. part of it is their reverence and love of their founder, Syd Barrett, who went up and never came down. Some people say that their refusal to erase his memory is one of the reasons they were so successful. His spirit never left them!
@@robertlongwill8856 Sad to say, I don't know..don't have the album. If so, it's not the same one. If you haven't seen the video, certainly worth taking a look. It's on my playlist if you don't feel like searching for it. Loved seeing them perform. Shoot, now I gotta go listen to it, LOL!
The best concept album ever made! Definitely hope you listened to the whole thing in order. The story of a man driven to madness by childhood trauma, substances and fame. One of my favorite albums. It never sounds dated. A masterpiece!
You are awesome!!! Loved this so much, I don't really care if you listen in order. It's just nice to have someone to share music that I love with. You can always do a longer broadcast and do the whole Dark Side album or The Wall or Live at Pompeii with us Pink Floyd enthusiasts. That would be amazing. But I know it would be long...but so fun!
You really need to listen to this entire album from beginning to end, not skipping any songs you may already have heard. This album is a single storyline from start to finish. After you're done, search the story itself so you can see how much of it you got on your own. And once you have the story, go back and listen a second time. It'll blow you mind ♥
The best way to experience The Wall is to watch it. I've always owned a copy of it, first on VHS, now on DVD. Everytime you watch it there's something new, which is amazing.
Jamel, thanks again for sharing your joy! I’m going to disagree on the need to listen to the songs in a “set order.” In most of the concerts, they didn’t play whole albums start to finish. Hearing them in different orders helps me discover new connections between the songs that didn’t occur to me before. It’s your experience, do it how it works for you! As a lifelong Pink Floyd devotee, your eagerness to seek out the music I love is a treat. Thanks.
Your right on Jamel. If I was going to pick a song in the floyd catalog to play for someone that would sum up their style and sound this is it. I think I was ten when the wall hit its peak. I was just a dopey kid had no clue what the wall was even about. This still gives me goosebumps now. Thanks for making music fun again!
The entire Wall album is a masterpiece about depression, and the album title is a symbol of the emotional wall being gradually built higher by the main character.
And how Gilmour's loss of his father in WWII on the Italian Anzio line. The film goes into most of it, but the Netflix version goes deeper into it with more feeling.
Thank you for bringing me back to the music of my youth, which still touches me deeply. You would have been welcome and loved my 1970's party basement! LOL
Laughed when he said he had the lyrics but we wouldn't be able to see them, I said out loud ”trust me, we know them, lol”.
yes!! even when i haven't heard the songs in a long time i immediately recall every word and keep up. i can take you through every word of the movie. my brother took me to see it when i was 13. it was in the theater. It was a awesome!!
This album is a soundtrack to the movie The Wall and yes,
INCREDIBLE.!!!!!!
Without a doubt 🥰
LOL
Know evt word Pink Floyd love them
When dave gilmour walks past a guitar shop, the guitars bow as a mark of respect.. Sending best wishes from ENGLAND uk
The MASTER of sonic sorcery.
Most of them grow legs and follow him around like a little lost puppy just hoping he will take them home and play with them.
When Roger Waters walks by a microphone, the microphone stands at attention for him.
Thank you England for giving us David Gilmour. His voice in the live version in 1980 specifically for “ Comfortably Numb” is ethereal. It’s on you tube
@@analogkid4957 i prefer the one from their last concert.
Sit back and listen to the entire album. This is what is considered a "Rock Opera". One of the top Floyd albums.
Please Jamel, sit down and listen to this whole album front to back. Then tell us what you think!
It’s true... you have to listen to this album start to finish
All four LP sides.....the only way.
This is but one chapter in a story
Then roll a fatty and watch the Waters concert where they build the wall on stage, followed up by the movie !
Finished work one night in '79 when I was 19. Went straight to the record store to buy the new Floyd album. Took it to my room when I got home and played it through lying on my bed in the dark (except when I had to turn on the light and get up to flip/change the record). When it ended, I lay there in the dark for 15-20 minutes pretty much mind-blown. Then I got up, put on side 1, and played the whole damn thing again. I'm 60 now and seeing you, Jamel, loving this fine album, is tonic for my old soul. Sometime, put on the whole album and listen to it laying back with your eyes closed. Doesn't have to be vinyl, so you don't even have to get up to change the record. Thanks for this. What a joy to see your enjoyment.
I do the same Ly on my bed and listin to the hole album, it's the only way
Awesome reply
Mesmerizing, love Pink Floyd timeless👍🎶❤️
You hit that mood right on the head,im 67 and still love me some Floyd , another band thats good to mellow out to Moody Blues.
I did the same with Dark Side of the Moon... and my life was never the same
"Together we stand, divided we fall". One of the most true phrases I've ever heard! I love this song...
Especially right now
90% of PF ‘s lyrics were written by Roger Waters ( till 85 ) He is a marvelous song writer 👍🌹
Curious how no one noticed that the same sentence should have been applied to PF themselves
Every time I play this song I sing that part the loudest
Myself and 3 friends were extras in The Wall movie when they filmed the segment in Alexandra palace, to see us we purposely wore Union jack T,Shirts so we'd stand out because we were all wearing masks. As payment we got to keep the masks, got a fully signed copy of the album, and free tickets to the premier.
Ally pally 👍
Do you still have the signed album? Just curious.
Friggin sweet you lucky sons of Floyd
My little brother and I snuck into The Wall when I was 14 and he was 10. We didn't know what it was at the time, but we were mind blown.
LUCKY!
I've been listening to that song for 40 years and it still gives me goosebumps
That solo errupts me everytime on that last guitar scream.... love u David... The GOAT
I’ve literally been listening to Floyd for 50 years and feels like yesterday.
Reminds me of my grandfather
Truly a musical masterpiece that few will ever equal.
None ever will for me!
Goodbye Blue Sky is another great song on this album.
I highly suggest it for a reaction video, Jamal.
The entire Wall album is great.
Definitely! We need a reaction to that! The video version, from the movie! Such am amazing song! ua-cam.com/video/MJUuDoRZpyU/v-deo.html
Gilmour's soothing voice and magic guitar work.
that's my favorite from The Wall. I'll be honest, i don't like the Wall Album all that much. I'm more of a fan of Division Bell or Meddle. the wall has some great songs in the album but the album overall i don;t care for. I'm weird, i know.
Pink floyd is in a class of their own. Gilmour's soothing voice and heart felt solos could make the bloody devil cry. Waters lyrics, haunting voice, and writing capabilities clearly makes him a visionary artist. Mason, and Wright, well I can go on forever. They definitely touched something special for a while, and last but not least Syd Barret, original vocalist and guitarist was a brilliant and talented musician who was the topic in many of Floyds works made the band what they are. The world will never see the likes of this group again. Carry on with their catalog, you won't be disappointed. 🐖
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for 50 years. The hauntingly beautiful music juxtaposed with those poignant lyrics just sucked me right in and never let me go.
@ted ritola been listening to Floyd since before the 70's. What was better than a bunch of teenagers on a Friday or Saturday night back in 68 - 69 listening to Ummagumma and the Sid Barrett - Be Careful With the Axe Eugene track. Other favorites on those occasions were The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord and Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, Ride My Seesaw and The Doors - The End. Yup! Music to make one ponder. Or as we called it back then ..... Head Music.
Still get shivers when that guitar kicks in, even after all these years. Timeles.
Especially when your on drugs😎
@@tifr477 what
Pink Floyd is the chillest and deepest group of all.
It was such a blessing and honor to watch you be turned on by the World's greatest music. So glad you are appreciating and what's really cool, is they stay with you thru decades of your life. Enjoy my Brother...much Love to you and yours ☮️
The British rockers of the 60’s and 70’s were something special. The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stones led the way
Don't forget Black Sabbath
And The Who coined the rock opera
@@alrivers2297 Deep Purple Moody Blues among others but Pink Floyd is my favourite band then the Moody Blues
The Kinks, Eric Burdon and the Animals,
And Rush
One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. It reminds me of my brother who was in an accident and then a coma for almost a year.....
Still brings tears to my eye over 35 years later....
This album was given to me just before it was released, i have a cousin who worked in the music industry and she was given the album, she didn't know, or appreciate Pink Floyd, so she gave it to me...i grew up in foster homes and i had no idea that anyone could describe or even know how I saw the world, until I heard the lyrics...I was blown away, because I didn't even realize that i had the biggest wall around me, and I was just surviving, rather than consciously living...The Album changed my life and sent me on a completely different course in my life...Music is the stuff of life, it moves, soothes, enlivens, invigorates, and touches or souls in such a profound way that, when I hear a song from my childhood...sometimes I am transported back to a specific point in time, I get a visceral response that is so real it is like I went back in time.
Yup I go back in time too with some songs, Bless your cousin for giving you that album. Music can make us all see the world differently and make it better for us.
Thank YOU for Sharing Your TRUTH💕
Dude ..similar but different stories...I recorded this under my friends big ole console record player back in the 70's onto cassette...I was probably 8 years old then. When we moved to florida, my life changed and wound up in and out of foster homes and such after age 11. It was this tape, and Diary of Madman album that got me thru those years. I get ya on your last part there too, where just something triggers something and takes you back to that place.
I hope u still hav it, although you've probably worn it out!😅 it wouldve been a 1st edition pressing from th master tapes, & audiophiles 2day would pay an arm & leg 4 it, even in good condition! Mint, & it'd b both arms& legs!🎸🎶🍻
If it's real in your mind, it's real...
I just had a thought while listening to your reaction video. I fell in love with Pink Floyd when I first heard Dark Side of the Moon. Their sound was so fresh, but deep...really deep. It made me think, made me question. That was just over 50!!! years ago. I'm 62 now, and my musical instincts have evolved over the years, but I am hearing things in their music I missed before, or wasn't ready to receive in my youth. Musically, philosophically, spiritually, I have grown and am rediscovering them all over again. What's more, because of the internet, I'm watching OTHERS discovering them, and it's so affirming, and rewarding to see the awe that Pink Floyd inspires in us all. I am out of words...😅
Imagine being 18 years old and fresh out of high school and going to college full time during the day and working full time in the evenings and living on my own. That was me in December of 1979 when 'The Wall' came out. I listened to that album non stop for the next 4 months into 1980.
I did not end up going to college out of HS. I went to work in the factory in 79 and listening to this until the concert on 27 Feb 80 at Nassau, and long after. Peace. Class of 79
Yep...I turned 19 in December of 1979.
The Wall had just dropped and it has been a part of me ever since.
and smoking some good ass weed....GOLD!!!!
....THE GOAT....
....THE....GREATEST....
....PAST....PRESENT....
....FUTURE....PINK FLOYD....
Y'all need to see the movie.
On acid lol
Super Quarantine Reaction!!!! The WHOLE thing
@@EricEustace did that back in the day, first time watching the film. needs to be done!
I second this.
Mike Caplan saw it in college - fully sober - and it was powerful!!
“No matter how he tried he could not break free.” 💔
And the worms ate into his brain.
Trudy hey you! Out there on the road always doing what you’re told can ya help me
@@mohamedashian604 Hey you, don't help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight
A lot of 70's and 80's albums are like a story, a book, a movie.
There's still modern albums that play like that. I can even think of a hip-hop album from a couple years ago: Lupe Fiasco's "Tetsuo and Youth." Groups like Haken are still doing awesome concept albums (basically their first three were all concept albums).
They're not as common as they used to be, but they're still around.
The wall is also an awesome film as well.
This.
I think the term your looking for is Concept album. The Wall was one of the best concept albums ever, along with Queensryche Operation Mindcrime.
@@davesteller6301 I've been trying to get him to listen to Queensryche
There is nothing in my life better than a Pink Floyd concert.It takes you on a trip that is phenomenal!!!!!
The Wall is a awesome album and movie. Pink Floyd made so many just unbelievable songs. You have a long way to go. Enjoy!
The movie is great. Nothing will ever compare.
Yeah I kept scratching my wall... Album so I replaced them bitches five times lol
Living in my Laptop I'm old school or just old and I like the vinyl too. I got it on 8 track, cassette and CD and still think the vinyl sounds better.
@@kesleycottrell1416 haha I had it on Vinyl too but I had to keep replacing my CDs.
The change from David’s desperation to Roger’s anger is the key to this song!
"United we stand, divided we fall." Truer words have seldom been spoken.
"it was only fantasy, the wall was too high as you can see"
Together we stand....
I believe it was Ben Franklin that said that if we don't hang together we will surely hang separately.
(Paraphrased)
"United we go, divided we come tumbeling down"
There are very few songs that can bring me right back into the headspace of being stoned as hell just space cruising and pondering reality from a dream-like, elevated, yet somehow simplistic contradictory state.
I've been listening to this song for decades. It still sounds amazing.
My man... your timing... you're reaction... timeless... classic. Like this song. One of the best EVER.
Pink Floyd always take you on a journey instead of just playing a song. Brilliant
Can You imagine how much more we could have to enjoy if these guys actually could tolerate each other? One of my favorite bands!
I'm so glad my parents were hippies, I grew up listening to Jimi, The Doors, and best of all, Floyd..
I love how you love pink floyd . Amazing incredible band . The lyrics will blow your mind every time .
David Gilmour is the lead singer in the beginning, and then Roger Waters takes over toward the end. Great reaction!. Any Floyd is good Floyd!
Gilmour is playing fretless bass too
wpollock1 the guy singing isn’t roger dipshit
@@gunsmoke6230 Idiot, the song starts with Dave and transitions to Roger...much like what they do in Dogs.
Gilmour also multi-tracks his vocals on the second verses, which he does so well.
One of the greatest songs of all time
I swear I'm so thankful my parents were from this era so they could pass down this music to me. Best album ever👏
Pink Floyd is one of my Top 10 Bands of all-time and to think this was released in 1979 is crazy. So ahead of their time and still are.
Pink Floyd were such a groundbreaking band, from their conception right up to the end of their time together. "The Wall" is not an "easy" album, lots of emotional torment and deeply seated trauma. I've heard it so many times but, honestly, I got goosebumps today watching your reaction. Thanks, Jamel, carry on... you're doing a mighty fine job! Stay safe, everyone!
Pink Floyd is great because as you said, the lyrics touch you and the delivery is spot on. The inflection, the feelings in the words are incredible. But the thing about the music is, nothing is there because they were trying to fill some space. Every sound, every note, even the moments of silence are crafted to perfection, without being over done. I have always enjoyed to listen to music and be able to pick it apart, listen to the bass listen to the lead guitar, try to hear each instrument on it's own, and this music is so easy to do that with. Also I enjoy how the bass and the lead guitars share the front time.
Roger Waters could sure write lyrics that touches you as a human being.
Best lyricists in the history
I don't think we're allowed to touch others as human beings anymore.
I agree and with Davids singing and guitar playing it makes it one of the best bands of all time.
This song perfectly captures that feeing of being alone. That feeling of being misunderstood and reaching out for one other person who gets where you’re coming from.
If you like Waters, check out Syd Barrett; he's incredible if you truly understand.
When I can't sleep I ok know Pink Floyd will take me there... Every time. No doubt. So soothing
Man oh man Jamel your reactions are so honest and lovely to watch and hear you react. they help make my day!!! Thank you 🙏🏼 bless you
Hey you!!! Don't tell me there's no hope at all!!!!!!! Together we stand. Divided we fall.
Jamel, when Pink Floyd played the Wall live they built a Wall across the stage brick by brick... You can find the live concert from 1981 or 82 i think on UA-cam. But first listen to the whole album it is a complete story that will take you on a journey... Same goes for most of Rush's 1970's albums.
The concerts actually represent a truer version of the entire work than does the album, as the latter had to have songs removed to fit onto a "double".
Seeing Pink Floyd live was like a drug induced high! I can close my eyes listening to this music and relive the experience like I'm there again. The blending of the music and Waters haunting voice are like none.other but add in the lights and special effects and you've got a pure high! Too bad you missed it.
My response was, "Wait, the song's not over." Then I remembered I can't listen to The Wall one song at a time. hahaha
Amen, sister. Same here.
Exactly 👍
yup
Right?! Remember when the album first got airplay and all you heard were three songs from the whole album? But fortunately, we all knew it was 'Floyd so we all went out and bought the album! and then the freakin' movie comes out and my mind gets blown!!!
Same! Who actually can? No Floyd fan!
Together we stand. Devided we fall. We fall. We fall. Love Pink Floyd! Thanks for jamming Jamel.
Big J, I can tell it's important to you to know that you're bringing enjoyment to the masses. Well, speaking for myself, you 100% are. When I first discovered your channel I thought the fun was in watching a young buck discover the music that I grew up with and love (I'm 50). Also, honestly, it is interesting to see what a young black man who comes from a totally different culture than me (or so I thought) would think listening to "white music". All those are positive things and I applaud you doing this. But now, your channel now feels like hanging out with a friend. Your looks when certain parts of songs hit, your humor with certain things, and learning more about you...it's just been a great joy.
As for the "so I thought" comment, I've learned from watching you that we really are not very different at all. Honestly, I grew up in the country in the south and there were only like 5 black people in my school...all of them country as hell! Usually what we are presented on the news of the more urban black folk is less than positive. But watching your channel routinely I've been enlightened to the fact that we are not very different at all. You're a good guy, man. We can all tell that.
Music unites. THAT is the shirt you need to sell. Music unites.
This and comfortably numb are my favorite songs by Pink floyd , great reaction
Great reaction...again! Aside from the deep lyrics, that fretless bass gets me every time man!!
Stand together! Peace brother!
It brings joy to my heart to see people re-discover the greatest band ever.
The Wall is basically a journey into the psyche of Roger Waters.....a "representation" of his life....
and Sid
more sid lol
Recoiling from, and putting blocks up against, different kinds of madness in others, until the defenses turn the isolated one mad, written by one who who leaned into the adage to "Write what you know."
It's deeper than that. Its him dealing with losing his dad before any memory of him and the carnage left behind from that and WWII
@@noth1ng5id Tragic and sad what became of Syd. May he forever rest in peace.
I love seeing your face burst into joy when the song gets good. There's nothing like Pink Floyd.
You need to get you the whole album and a nice rainy night sit down and listen then watch the movie and then look up the making of this album and why, so it all makes sense. It makes me so happy when other people find Floyd, we don't want them to ever disappear.
Your doing us a service by making these videos. Thank you, man. It's like finding a friend all over to sit a groove with and discuss how how deep it goes. I hope if you listen and watch the wall, that you do a video on your feelings on it.
Stay safe man. Have a great day.
Probably my favorite Pink Floyd song, along with Welcome to the Machine.
Hell yeah! They certainly do take you on a journey! Hey You...the best of the lot, in my opinion. Thanks for the reaction. I enjoyed it!
This is arguably my favorite "classic era" Floyd song. It just feels like everyone was in perfect form and it's the perfect encapsulation of their sound...to me. :-) Great reaction!
Oh yeah @Jamel_AKA_Jamal, I spent many of nights smoking weed and listening to this song! You're getting back on the Pink Floyd trip. Hey man, some people may say do it in order but I say do it at your convenience. Its your channel at the ending of the day, some people forget that. Thank you so much for another REACTION video, you're starting to get Pink Floyd and that's a good thing!
This whole album is awesome
I love watching you enjoy for the first time , some of the Music that has a huge of my youth
You need to watch the movie that goes with it, "The Wall."
It will make you see it in a new light.
Love both, the album and the movie.
Have watched The Wall a handful of times… and each time I was more stoned... and the more stoned I was, the sense the movie made... 😎🙃
Beautiful, but depressing af. Watch it for Gerald Scarfe’s illustrations though
On mushrooms
Watch it straight and it will do so much more for you.
The Wall is my childhood. Now that I am 52, it is still my childhood.
When you hear this in the context of the whole album, you'll notice that the first instrumental break is a callback to a theme that recurs at various points, "Another Brick in the Wall" ("We don't need no education") which gets darker every time it appears...
Your face at 1:50 is everything. I love Pink Floyd and Hey You is one of their best songs. Listening to it is as close as you can come to riding a mellow high without drugs.
It is a MUST that you listen to the whole album on your own.
It is Roger Waters masterpiece, in my opinion. Saw him do the The Wall live in it's entirety years ago, and it rated as one of the best shows I've ever seen. Seeing the movie first might be a good idea, then the album will make more sense. Either way, you'll enjoy it. ✌🏼
pink floyds big 4 albums are all best listened to as a whole album.
Meyzen76 the movie won’t make any sense unless he’s stoned. lol
Meyzen76 one of my first 10 concerts was Floyd the division bell tour. I had a few hits of acid and it was a crazy experience they put on one hell of a light show. The visual effects were just amazing.
@@trentbresler3179 my first concert ever was Pink Floyd, Division Bell tour, Oakland Colliseum... but I kinda-sorta-accidentally-whatever took a quarter sheet, so was pretty nonfunctional the entire time... still had a blast... had to sit down for the spinning orb thingie, making the entire colliseum look like it was spinning in circles...
There is a live recording from an event at Potsdammer Platz, Berlin 1990. I went there and it was the biggest event I've ever attended. It was the summer after the fall of the wall separating "the west" and USSR and the eastern block, so it attracted an audience from all of Europe. I heard all kinds of languages spoken, as people were bussed in from all over. I had bought a ticket including bus from Copenhagen, when we arrived the ticket-controllers did not even control my ticket as so many people came ... many more than had bought tickets. We just flooded in. And the whole setup was prepared for us! The best sound ever! (That was what you'd come to expect from Pink Floyd) All the tech and stage-show was over the top, including "speakers" and screens amongst the audience. From where I stood the people on stage was only 1-2 cm tall, And we were crowded! The performance itself included guest-stars, not only pink floyd. I still get goosebumps just thinking of Van Morrison singing "Comfortably Numb". I really really wish, that as you explore more of Pink Floyd you will lend an ear to the live album from Berlin and that version of "Comfortably numb" featuring Van Morrison.
"Together we stand, divided we fall" ♥️💔
with you ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me 🥶
Sir! I love your reactions to Pink Floyd. You connect to them perfect. I have listen to Pink Floyd since 1975 and i still love them more than ever. They have everything! To switch to another favorite namely AURORA. I miss your amazing reactions from her. There is so much left to listen to. For new start listen to AURORA - Through the eyes of a child (Live) - Stripped (VEVO UK LIFT) It´s a acapella song with stunning harmonies and so beautiful that it´s hurt. I can almost promised that you gonna love it!!
I buried my little brother last summer with this song. The wall was too high for him! Thx!
Acid flash back days!!! Hey You! One of Pink Floyds masterpieces.
" I GOT A LITTLE BLACK BOOK WITH MY POEMS IN"
thats a lyric? cant remember which song
@@toma8219 Nobody home
When I’m a good boy they sometimes throw me a bone in
Got those swollen hand blues
@Lori Rutledge 👍
I enjoy watching you discover the wonder that is Pink Floyd. I can tell you are turning into a fan. I appreciate the fact that you are sharing their music with a different audience that may never have heard them or been exposed to their music. Keep on doing these great videos. Best of luck to you!
It starts with David singing, then "Well it was only fantasy" Roger. They used to switch up alot. Very apparent in "Comfortably Numb" and "Dogs." Also from The Wall, please react to "Mother"
Nice contrast, completely different vocals, but work well contrasted like that.
They do take you on a journey & it's wonderful to see you take the time to listen, let these great songs hit you & the breakdown that you give & your appreciation of these great songs is very impressive to watch Jamel
Yeah man, that guitar.
"Open your heart Im coming home" 😭
Fabulous
Great guitar solo from David Gilmour.
One of the best, right up there with “you’ve missed the starting gun...”
@@jonwallace6204 Exactly, same great effect!
But the organ, grinding before the guitar solo is such a great set up for things to come.
Your right man Pink Floyd was a well oiled machine. (high performance)Blending feelings and lyrics like no other Artists had done. You and i have the same type of connection with Pink Floyd. To sum it up WE GET IT
This album was epic to a 16 year old boy. It still speaks volumes to a 53 year old man. This is one of those "moments" in music that are as relevant now as they were 35 years ago. A true classic.
saw Pick Floyd's Animal Concert in Anaheim Cal what a SHOW.....and a double rainbow showed up just as they started to play....ahh the music, the drugs, the high,,, the JOY.........then went to disney land what a double trip!!!!!
“Have A Cigar” or “Not Now John” are both worthy of a reaction video.
He did the first one
you think he would like Careful with that Axe Eugene?
You need to watch the whole movie for the full story of the times this in reference to. It is a sign of the feelings experienced
Rose Salmon
You’re assuming I’ve not already seen it.
the final cut is such a masterpiece
No other band can transport you to another place like Pink Floyd. They are truly special..
Comfortably numb gets all the limelight, but this is one hell of a song. All of side one is beyond perfect.
aint those on side B
So much of their work is about isolation and alienation. part of it is their reverence and love of their founder, Syd Barrett, who went up and never came down. Some people say that their refusal to erase his memory is one of the reasons they were so successful. His spirit never left them!
Listen to this album, start to finish, in a very comfy chair, in complete darkness.
That's gotta be in a bucket list for sure!
@@stansmith8499
Bucket list, my ass!
Just *do* it!
THANK GOD you are finally reacting to this!This is my favorite song of all time!
"I cant whait to listen to this on my own" says how you're understanding pink floyd
It's awesome to see a band like Pink Floyd getting the listens it should...vitally important band in our society.
Please react to "Do you feel like we do?" by Peter Frampton off the album, Frampton comes Alive!. The greatest double live album of all time PERIOD
Jax Absolutely no dispute there. Frampton was an amazing player and musician
Preach
Jax..have you see his live performance in Detroit of that ? And if so, is that the performance that's on the album? I cant get enough of !!
@@sandrasmith7501 his live album was recorded in London was it not? Around 1975?
@@robertlongwill8856 Sad to say, I don't know..don't have the album. If so, it's not the same one. If you haven't seen the video, certainly worth taking a look. It's on my playlist if you don't feel like searching for it. Loved seeing them perform. Shoot, now I gotta go listen to it, LOL!
The best concept album ever made! Definitely hope you listened to the whole thing in order. The story of a man driven to madness by childhood trauma, substances and fame. One of my favorite albums. It never sounds dated. A masterpiece!
Best song on this album, imo...
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You are awesome!!! Loved this so much, I don't really care if you listen in order. It's just nice to have someone to share music that I love with. You can always do a longer broadcast and do the whole Dark Side album or The Wall or Live at Pompeii with us Pink Floyd enthusiasts. That would be amazing. But I know it would be long...but so fun!
The Wall should be listened to all the way through to get the whole story,
The movie really makes it all clear and shows the events that left him cowering in a corner and insane.
All of Pink Floyd albums should be listened all the way through
Therapy is expensive.
I appreciate you... of all the reaction influencers... you honestly pay attention... thanks man
You really need to listen to this entire album from beginning to end, not skipping any songs you may already have heard. This album is a single storyline from start to finish. After you're done, search the story itself so you can see how much of it you got on your own. And once you have the story, go back and listen a second time. It'll blow you mind ♥
The best way to experience The Wall is to watch it. I've always owned a copy of it, first on VHS, now on DVD. Everytime you watch it there's something new, which is amazing.
"Gunners Dream" off "The Final Cut" album is a must.
YESSSSS... (The Whole Album Really...)
The Final Cut- from the Pain. The Final Cut- of the Ties to the Pain. The Final Cut-... Their Final Album.
Jamel, thanks again for sharing your joy!
I’m going to disagree on the need to listen to the songs in a “set order.” In most of the concerts, they didn’t play whole albums start to finish. Hearing them in different orders helps me discover new connections between the songs that didn’t occur to me before. It’s your experience, do it how it works for you!
As a lifelong Pink Floyd devotee, your eagerness to seek out the music I love is a treat. Thanks.
React to mother by Pink Floyd
No No just coming on to say the same.
The live version from 1980 with the extended Gilmour solo.
You think they will try to break his balls? Ha
And then Mother by Danzig
Your right on Jamel. If I was going to pick a song in the floyd catalog to play for someone that would sum up their style and sound this is it. I think I was ten when the wall hit its peak. I was just a dopey kid had no clue what the wall was even about. This still gives me goosebumps now. Thanks for making music fun again!
The entire Wall album is a masterpiece about depression, and the album title is a symbol of the emotional wall being gradually built higher by the main character.
And how Gilmour's loss of his father in WWII on the Italian Anzio line. The film goes into most of it, but the Netflix version goes deeper into it with more feeling.
Thank you for bringing me back to the music of my youth, which still touches me deeply.
You would have been welcome and loved my 1970's party basement! LOL