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"The Wall" really falls into the rock opera genre. Listening to the entire album would answer your questions about why certain sounds (like the helicopters) were used in the beginning. Much like the Who's Quadrophenia and Tommy rock operas individual songs are great but hearing them in context with each other tells the whole story.
Their album Dark Side of the Moon is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. DSOTM made the Billboard top 200 in 1973, the year I was born, and stayed there until I was 14 years old, 724 consecutive weeks. That placed them in Guinness's for the longest time on the charts. DSOTM has frequently reappeared on the charts over the years since it first left. As of this month September 2023 the album has made the top 200 list a staggering 1000 weeks total. 2nd place is Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers 229 weeks less than DSOTM.
This is a song protesting the harsh treatment kids got at UK schools. I was 13 when this album came out. So it hit home for me and a lot of kids of my generation. Even though our schools were probably more progressive than some of the traditional UK schools.
The thing about the "accent" is that the whole double album is a story that needs to be listened to in it's entirety because it's the story of Syd Barrett a founding member of Pink Floyd and his childhood and growing up in England after WWII. It's a sad tragic story about a brilliance that was lost. The movie "The Wall" is a great movie to watch because it ties it all together.
'the guitarist is really really gorgeous'??? You damn him with faint praise! He's f*cking legend! Nobody bends emotion out of so few cords that he does!
Even though you don't react to movies, please consider watching The Wall even if it's on your own. When this came out, I was in 8th grade and the first time hearing it was off the jukebox in the poolhall. One of my best friends said he had the album, so we left to go to his house to play it. Soon after, we were singing this in the classroom. LOL One thing that draws me in is that bass-line, love a good bass-line. It just wouldn't sound right without the British accent, especially with the kids.
If anything Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" sounds like Pink Floyd and not the other way around. Yes it called a whammy bar, but the different sounds from the guitar come from using a foot pedal that can run the sound through multiple pre-programmed electronic filters to achieve the desired effect and sound depending upon which pedal you press.
I think the original children were singing with an east London accent (east London being an area which was very poor and the children in that area were poorly educated)
@@henryviii6341do u think accent change with the compass and geography? 😂 Education, economics, upbringing is what produced accents more then anything.
Backing singers are British........(London accents to sound more like the children used in the music video).......the lead singer in this piece is Dave Gilmore, who joined in 1967🥸
To understand where the phone dial and the helicopter sounds comes from you need to watch The Wall movie, to understand the Pink character and the full story. Most of the songs all link together to create the narrative of the story.
Great reaction! I recommend you track down a copy of Roger Waters 1990 "The Wall" concert that he performed at (next to) the Brandenburg Gate. I don' t think it's on UA-cam, but there are copies on DVD. The visual of the building of The Wall and then the fall of The Wall was incredible - great reaction again - enjoyed it very much!
This sums up my school days in the 70s. Some of the teachers were sadistic monsters who thought the best way to teach was to terrify the life out of you. You have to remember that we still got "the cane" or leather belt across the hand or backside in those days. Teachers would make you stand up in front of the whole class and read out a wrong answer and have them laugh and ridicule you. I got into trouble for daydreaming. I was actually composing an entire piece of music in my head and couldn't wait to get home and put it down on tape. So this song always hit home to me. School was a cruel place to be. Believe me, your highschools were a paradise compared to a secondary comprehensive over here in the 60s - 70s.
Always fun to see you react Miss Renee. For your information, Brick in the Wall released in 1979 and Billie Jean released in 1982. Hardly surprising if Michael Jackson and his writing partner Quincy Jones were influenced by Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. Pretty sure Waters was influenced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson as well over the years.
I Iwas a union stagehand at the Nassau Coliseum when Pink Floyd was on the Waall tour. One of the best concerts I ever worked over 30 years at the job. The amount of equipment they brought was staggering . The most ttractor traaailers full I ever saw hell had to carry the whole wall:) Pulse even thoiugh there is No Roger Waters IMHO is 1 of the greatest concert videos you will ever see Thanks for the reaction
I still feel that you would derive more from the new and unfamiliar music by simply listening to the studio track rather than listening/viewing videos from concerts. Yes, the live renditions are something to behold but, those who've incorporated the samplings that you do into their lives (sometimes long ago) from the original studio version have an entirely different affect on their souls. The studio version(s) is what made us older generations what we are. Those of us who originally know the studio version invite you into our world without distraction of images or years of time gone by to alter the sensation of the originals.
Everything is very considered and precise with Pink Floyd, nothing is just there, every note, every light flash, laser hit is exactly where it should be, when it should be.
Great review Maggie. I apologize that I can't remember (being 70 might have something to do with that), but if you haven't reviewed 'Comfortably Numb' at the Pulse concert, it's a must. David's 10 minute solo is epic. I must say that I grew up with Pink Floyd. They were formed in 1965 I believe. They really took me over when I was in college in the early '70s and I've been a fan ever since. I still go back to Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here when I want to escape.
The reason why they sing the verse so mechanically and robotically is because that is what the song is about. The subject of the song is how English schools discouraged individuality and creativity and instead promoted conformity and, for lack of a better word, coldness towards their students. Another brick in the wall means everyone is the same, faceless, with no uniqueness, nothing to separate one person from anyone else. That is what he felt the English school systems were churning out. Everyone singing in a monotonous tone helps drive home the point.
The begining (the helicopter part) is from the previous song in the album called The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, that little cut is because there's a verse sung by Roger Waters, I'm not sure if it was deleted in post production or it was made like that (I saw a concert in that tour but it was too many years ago)
It's a video glitch. The vocals in happiest days of out lives weren't sung on the tour. It should go from a small section of part 1, to the final section of happiest days, then the full part 2, with an echo of "stone" from Dogs at the end.
Voice changes (with the same guitar), distortion and other effects are almost always a pedal or combination of pedals and or effects processors. Pitch bends are going to be string bends, use of the "whammy bar," and "wah" pedal, or similar device. Any electric stringed instrument can make use of such filters, pedals, FX processors, and similar devices, though they're most commonly used with electric guitars.
Layne Staley and Tom Morello did a "SUPERGROUP" / Collaboration called Class OF 99, and covered ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, to me better than any other Covers I've heard, it's different and distinctively different from ANYONE ELSE'S 😊
Maggie Renee Other guitarist, besides PF's original guitarist/singer, David Gilmour, who does the solo of this song is Tim Renwick. Tim went to school with his classmates, future founders of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Tim worked as a session musician for many artists such as Elton John and Eric Clapton.
@@88wildcat I was being more metaphorical but I hear u. He was basically doing his ABC's age wise, but since the J5 did have a song by that name, kind of a smart a joke also
My fav PF album is "Saucerful Of Secrets", A psychedelic album that was so cool to listen to stoned, this was my era as the theme really was Sex, drugs, & Rock And Roll. Best time of my life and PF was a big part of the music scene. Thx for the reaction Maggs!
The part skipped was probably Another Brick in the Wall Part 1. There also is a part three. The Wall Concept Album was made into a movie and either listening to it in its entirety, or watching the movie would bring a lot of understanding.
Here's a little factoid for you, Guy Pratt the bass player also played with MJ amongst others like Madonna and Sophie Ellis Beckstar ( excuse the spelling) who has recently been at the top of the chart again with their song 'Murder on the dance floor ' ,he also had an Australian and European no 1 with his band 'Icehouse ' ,all before he started playing with the Floyd.
...you have to see the movie! THE WALL (1979). This song is from this double album (the wall). You understood a lot of things and unswered the questions you have. And don't forget there is accent in language, they are Brittish.
Thanks Maggie, I love your reactions. I grew up on this stuff. Pink Floyd always grab your spirit and transfixes you. Gilmour’s guitar takes you on a journey. I was lucky to grow up near London I was at one of these concerts at Earls Court. It’s great to see years later you are grooving their music. You’ve got a beautiful voice. Bravo 👍
Your welcome. You should check out some material from Rush a three piece outfit from Ontario Canada. The singer Geddy Lee’s usually sings in the upper registers. The drummer Neil Peart probably the best drummer the world has heard. He was their main lyricist and his performances were unmatched. He mixed up time sequences so smoothly you have to rewind and hear when he did it. Songs Tom Sawyer The Spirit of the Radio Closer to the Heard Fly by Night Have fun on your music journey 🥳
During the second solo, when you discussed the use of the whammy bar, the guitarist was playing in a style very similar to that of Alex Lifeson of the band RUSH. I think Lifeson was a big fan of PF and was the one influenced. I think it's most noticeable in the RUSH song "Distant Early Warning".
You have to listen to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. It was written for former band mate Sid Barrett who unfortunately had to quit the band due to mental health issues and severe L.S.D use. There are several documentaries about him on UA-cam. So sad. Anyway, the song is touching and beautiful. As usual, you definitely want to do the Pulse version.
Jumping into a single main track of a PF song almost does it a disservice, and this is the single most misquoted/misunderstood track. It is not anti-education, it's anti-abuse. A lot of context is provided by the short track, ironically named "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", that leads in to "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2". [Intro: Roger Waters, spoken] You! Yes, you! Stand still, laddie! [Verse 1: Roger Waters] When we grew up and went to school / There were certain teachers who / Would hurt the children in any way they could (Oof!) By pouring their derision upon anything we did / Exposing every weakness / However carefully hidden by the kid [Verse 2: Roger Waters] But in the town, it was well known, when they got home at night / Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives [opening chords of Another Brick...P2]
As a contrast you should look at The Wall, live in Berlin, Cindy Lauper handles lead vocals and Roger does his bit, from a Helicopter.. Or Mother with the late Sinead O'Conner on vocals.
In answer to your question; Control of individuals by the State begins at school with the indoctrination, you are told what to believe, how you should think and the standards of behaviour that the State expects from its "good" citizens. In adult life the State uses the various means at its disposal, including Police helicopters to enforce these rules thus ensuring its citizens remain compliant. Also, The Wall is about the process of disengagement (through initial unprocessed childhood trauma) from oneself and those around you, a total collapse of humanity. This is why Nazi style imagery (which is the ultimate expression of dehumanization) is used throughout the album as a metaphor to illustrate this point. So again, the idea of a helicopter within a fascist state, searchlights blazing, with the pilot screaming "You, yes you" from a megaphone makes perfect sense🥸
who is Cristobal Colon ? there has never ! been a christopher columbus to sail the atlantic ocean . señor Colon was lost landed at Hispaniola aka Haiti & never knew the north american continent ! & they STILL LIE to your children in public school !!
We used to play this song. They even let me sing some harmony (the kids part). It's very hard to sound English when you have a east Tennessee hillbilly accent. I played the keyboard part on this song (including the helicopter and the brass). You should really listen to the whole song on the studio version. I've heard this is actually a soundtrack to a movie, although I've never seen it. To find out why they sing like the do (we don't need no education) you need to listen to the studio version. Of course, the whole crowd is singing, too.
Pink Floyd works (or worked I guess) quite a bit with different tempos. Look at Comfortably Numb where you have this bass that moves slowly, even when the rest kicks it up creating a sense of time distortion. This comes through in quite a few of their pieces.
This is live with adult pro's singing. The official youtube vid has most of those parts sung by very (music) educated kids. The story and kids singing tells the story much better. Feel the anger as they tell you about it. Helicopter sound is just a sound as part of the lead in and lead back out. It captures the attention.
When Brick In The Wall first came out and debut on Top Of The Pops, their video was of rows of Red Claw Hammers marching in a strate line. The Education Authority here in the UK weren't very happy with this song as it was anti establishment.
I think it's Another Brick In The Wall part 2. The sound is supposed to be a train but it's hard to get a steam train in the 1970's so they had to use a helicopter is my guess.
In watching old concerts of rock bands, I find that many groups songs were mostly vocal with a small section, mid song, of drum or guitar solo. Pink Floyd, I found, was proportionately more instrumental and less vocals. The 1994 Pulse concert was really good for light visuals and long instrumentals. It should be watched on a big screen TV and listened to with quality headphones and amp with the volume set no less that max!
Us & Them... Brain Damage/Eclipse... Time... Comfortably Numb... Mother... David Gilmore guitar is one of the greats. I listen to the tribute band Brit Floyd. I love their back up singer that sings the counterpoint in Brain Damage/Eclipse Red Rocks 2012. Also she sings the part of the Mother in Mother instead of one of the guys and she does a fantastic job.
if you ever get the chance the the live video of Another Brick IN The Wall live in Germany. its about 2 or 2.5 hours long a bunch of guest artist sing, play. i think it was done made on the last tour of the band (2000 ??)
The music video of the kids rioting, and on a conveyor belt ... adds to the song and might be worth its own reaction video - although I enjoyed this version too.
If you watch the movie Pink Floyd's The Wall it will explain a lot of the storyline. Or just watch this song's video taken from the movie. I have to add to the explanation you read at the end: It's not just the rotten school system and the abusive teacher that adds another brick in the wall between Pink and the world. His mother and his wife add to it also. I'm not making any sense? Watch the film then. It's full of great songs and amazing animation.
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Backing Singers were singing the London School Childrens part..... Hence the vocals 😉
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Don't ever say Pink Floyd sounds like somebody else...the somebody else sound like Pink Floyd.
"The Wall" really falls into the rock opera genre. Listening to the entire album would answer your questions about why certain sounds (like the helicopters) were used in the beginning. Much like the Who's Quadrophenia and Tommy rock operas individual songs are great but hearing them in context with each other tells the whole story.
Quadrophenia was one of the few albums using a format that was attempting to be the "nex thing", quad track audio.
The Dark Side of the Moon was originally published in quadraphonic.@@kurtsnyder4752
"The Wall" movie would help Maggie to fill in her lapsed education. ;P
I think the singing style of the backup singers is meant to sound more like the children who originally sang those parts.
Quite right ... quite right...
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Their album Dark Side of the Moon is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. DSOTM made the Billboard top 200 in 1973, the year I was born, and stayed there until I was 14 years old, 724 consecutive weeks. That placed them in Guinness's for the longest time on the charts. DSOTM has frequently reappeared on the charts over the years since it first left. As of this month September 2023 the album has made the top 200 list a staggering 1000 weeks total. 2nd place is Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers 229 weeks less than DSOTM.
This is a song protesting the harsh treatment kids got at UK schools. I was 13 when this album came out. So it hit home for me and a lot of kids of my generation. Even though our schools were probably more progressive than some of the traditional UK schools.
The thing about the "accent" is that the whole double album is a story that needs to be listened to in it's entirety because it's the story of Syd Barrett a founding member of Pink Floyd and his childhood and growing up in England after WWII. It's a sad tragic story about a brilliance that was lost. The movie "The Wall" is a great movie to watch because it ties it all together.
'the guitarist is really really gorgeous'??? You damn him with faint praise! He's f*cking legend! Nobody bends emotion out of so few cords that he does!
Let's give a round of applause for Tim Renwick the second guitar player as well.
Great solo in it's own right.
Even though you don't react to movies, please consider watching The Wall even if it's on your own. When this came out, I was in 8th grade and the first time hearing it was off the jukebox in the poolhall. One of my best friends said he had the album, so we left to go to his house to play it. Soon after, we were singing this in the classroom. LOL One thing that draws me in is that bass-line, love a good bass-line. It just wouldn't sound right without the British accent, especially with the kids.
Been listening to Pink Floyd as long as I can remember, I am 60, and find their originals to be the best.
The music video for this song is also great. There was much more production put into it than most videos of the time.
All or most of the music video is from the film "The Wall."
David Gilmour was a legend on guitar, he is one of if not, the best to be around at the time of the start of psychedelic rock
Rule # 1: You NEVER pause a David Gilmour guitar solo.
Rule # 2: You NEVER violate Rule # 1.
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100% agree
Rule # 3: You NEVER EVER violate Rule # 1.
@@thedarcbird Rule #4: Only two guys to a fight.
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Once more maggie, never ever pause david gilmour guitar solo.
I see the helicopters as part of the scene setting to create the feel of living under the onus of war that hung over the U.K when they were kids..
If anything Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" sounds like Pink Floyd and not the other way around. Yes it called a whammy bar, but the different sounds from the guitar come from using a foot pedal that can run the sound through multiple pre-programmed electronic filters to achieve the desired effect and sound depending upon which pedal you press.
I think the original children were singing with an east London accent (east London being an area which was very poor and the children in that area were poorly educated)
Gotcha. Thanks! 😉
The kids on the recording were from Islington in NORTH London…
No bruv...definitely not Cockney
what you talking about. it’s the East London Accent. Nothing to do with education it’s the accent !
@@henryviii6341do u think accent change with the compass and geography? 😂 Education, economics, upbringing is what produced accents more then anything.
Backing singers are British........(London accents to sound more like the children used in the music video).......the lead singer in this piece is Dave Gilmore, who joined in 1967🥸
To understand where the phone dial and the helicopter sounds comes from you need to watch The Wall movie, to understand the Pink character and the full story. Most of the songs all link together to create the narrative of the story.
Great reaction! I recommend you track down a copy of Roger Waters 1990 "The Wall" concert that he performed at (next to) the Brandenburg Gate. I don' t think it's on UA-cam, but there are copies on DVD. The visual of the building of The Wall and then the fall of The Wall was incredible - great reaction again - enjoyed it very much!
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The helicopter effects threaded throughout the entire album are part of the authoritarian motif within the dystopian setting depicted by The Wall.
Helicopter is the authoritarian hovering and monitoring of the students
Helicopter meant to bring the feel of the books Ferenheit 451 and 1984. I remember when school started manipulating us rather than "teaching" us.
This sums up my school days in the 70s.
Some of the teachers were sadistic monsters who thought the best way to teach was to terrify the life out of you.
You have to remember that we still got "the cane" or leather belt across the hand or backside in those days.
Teachers would make you stand up in front of the whole class and read out a wrong answer and have them laugh and ridicule you.
I got into trouble for daydreaming. I was actually composing an entire piece of music in my head and couldn't wait to get home and put it down on tape.
So this song always hit home to me.
School was a cruel place to be.
Believe me, your highschools were a paradise compared to a secondary comprehensive over here in the 60s - 70s.
Always fun to see you react Miss Renee. For your information, Brick in the Wall released in 1979 and Billie Jean released in 1982. Hardly surprising if Michael Jackson and his writing partner Quincy Jones were influenced by Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. Pretty sure Waters was influenced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson as well over the years.
So many artist 'borrowed' from Pink Floyd.
Listen to the album in its entirety pink floyd is an art form each album tells a story the wall was a life story.
I Iwas a union stagehand at the Nassau Coliseum when Pink Floyd was on the Waall tour. One of the best concerts I ever worked over 30 years at the job. The amount of equipment they brought was staggering . The most ttractor traaailers full I ever saw hell had to carry the whole wall:) Pulse even thoiugh there is No Roger Waters IMHO is 1 of the greatest concert videos you will ever see Thanks for the reaction
I still feel that you would derive more from the new and unfamiliar music by simply listening to the studio track rather than listening/viewing videos from concerts. Yes, the live renditions are something to behold but, those who've incorporated the samplings that you do into their lives (sometimes long ago) from the original studio version have an entirely different affect on their souls. The studio version(s) is what made us older generations what we are. Those of us who originally know the studio version invite you into our world without distraction of images or years of time gone by to alter the sensation of the originals.
Everything is very considered and precise with Pink Floyd, nothing is just there, every note, every light flash, laser hit is exactly where it should be, when it should be.
Great review Maggie. I apologize that I can't remember (being 70 might have something to do with that), but if you haven't reviewed 'Comfortably Numb' at the Pulse concert, it's a must. David's 10 minute solo is epic. I must say that I grew up with Pink Floyd. They were formed in 1965 I believe. They really took me over when I was in college in the early '70s and I've been a fan ever since. I still go back to Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here when I want to escape.
Please don't ask that as it would be longer that Gone with the Wind.
Hello Maggie,this is Greg from Stockton Calif,thankyou for reviewing these great songs, also you are so beautiful!
Guess which drum fill came first.Floyd preceded Michael Jackson’s Beat It by about 5 years.
And what’s “funny” about a London accent?
Pink Floyd's performance of 'Comfortably Numb' at this same concert is one of the best music videos on the tube, in the opinion of many.
The reason why they sing the verse so mechanically and robotically is because that is what the song is about. The subject of the song is how English schools discouraged individuality and creativity and instead promoted conformity and, for lack of a better word, coldness towards their students. Another brick in the wall means everyone is the same, faceless, with no uniqueness, nothing to separate one person from anyone else. That is what he felt the English school systems were churning out. Everyone singing in a monotonous tone helps drive home the point.
The second guitar solo is performed by Tim Renwick.
The begining (the helicopter part) is from the previous song in the album called The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, that little cut is because there's a verse sung by Roger Waters, I'm not sure if it was deleted in post production or it was made like that (I saw a concert in that tour but it was too many years ago)
It's a video glitch. The vocals in happiest days of out lives weren't sung on the tour. It should go from a small section of part 1, to the final section of happiest days, then the full part 2, with an echo of "stone" from Dogs at the end.
Julliard trained, huh? No, they didn't "skip" anything...that's the way the song is supposed to be!
You have to listen to The Wall (and Dark Side of the Moon) in its entirety, straight through. They tell a story, and everything makes sense.
Voice changes (with the same guitar), distortion and other effects are almost always a pedal or combination of pedals and or effects processors. Pitch bends are going to be string bends, use of the "whammy bar," and "wah" pedal, or similar device. Any electric stringed instrument can make use of such filters, pedals, FX processors, and similar devices, though they're most commonly used with electric guitars.
Layne Staley and Tom Morello did a "SUPERGROUP" / Collaboration called Class OF 99, and covered ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, to me better than any other Covers I've heard, it's different and distinctively different from ANYONE ELSE'S 😊
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Other guitarist, besides PF's original guitarist/singer, David Gilmour, who does the solo of this song is Tim Renwick. Tim went to school with his classmates, future founders of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Tim worked as a session musician for many artists such as Elton John and Eric Clapton.
"This sounds like MJ"....MJ was singing ABC 123 when this song came out....
More like he was singing Don't Stop Til You Get Enough and Rock With You. Off the Wall was released the same year The Wall was.
@@88wildcat I was being more metaphorical but I hear u. He was basically doing his ABC's age wise, but since the J5 did have a song by that name, kind of a smart a joke also
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as you can tell by my comments i am a huge Pink Floyd fan. This was the song that got me into this group....
This is one of their biggest hits!! Love this song!! Me and many other young adults in school sang this very often when this song came out!!
Tone change "wah" is iften done by a foot pedal . Whamy bars pull the pitch of all the active notes Both can be used together to convey expresion
I think what you meant to say was Michael Jackson sounds like Pink Floyd.
Correct.
I love your reactions Maggie. 😅
Pink Floyd is one of my favorite music band. ❤
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The chopper, I think representative of the intimidation of the state. Just one mans opinion.
My fav PF album is "Saucerful Of Secrets", A psychedelic album that was so cool to listen to stoned, this was my era as the theme really was Sex, drugs, & Rock And Roll. Best time of my life and PF was a big part of the music scene. Thx for the reaction Maggs!
Great! But why haven't you used the record from the film "The Wall" with the kids' choir? It's more impressive!
Beat me to it. LOL
Good choice pulse concert 94. Its the blue print for PF live. Audio and video perfection.
I was at Birmingham 94 😊
@@avery7001 Nice in UK pF!. I caught 2 Pulse shows Oakland CA and in 87 Division Bell Tour. Love momentary lapse lp!. Pulse is so amazing.
Helicopters shining lights from the sky has always meant someone’s in trouble. Something bad has happened or is soon to happen.
Any Live Pulse song is amazing.
The part skipped was probably Another Brick in the Wall Part 1. There also is a part three.
The Wall Concept Album was made into a movie and either listening to it in its entirety, or watching the movie would bring a lot of understanding.
There's also a (dark) movie called "The Wall".
Including the music of the album as soundtrack.
Here's a little factoid for you, Guy Pratt the bass player also played with MJ amongst others like Madonna and Sophie Ellis Beckstar ( excuse the spelling) who has recently been at the top of the chart again with their song 'Murder on the dance floor ' ,he also had an Australian and European no 1 with his band 'Icehouse ' ,all before he started playing with the Floyd.
They sing it in that style because that’s the way the kids sung it in the original recording.
I would think the helicopters represent constant surveillance.
as in 1984...
The middle back up singer is Sam Brown, she had a hit with a song called Stop in the 1988
...you have to see the movie! THE WALL (1979). This song is from this double album (the wall). You understood a lot of things and unswered the questions you have. And don't forget there is accent in language, they are Brittish.
Thanks Maggie, I love your reactions. I grew up on this stuff. Pink Floyd always grab your spirit and transfixes you. Gilmour’s guitar takes you on a journey. I was lucky to grow up near London I was at one of these concerts at Earls Court. It’s great to see years later you are grooving their music. You’ve got a beautiful voice. Bravo 👍
Thank you for your lovely comment. 😄♥️
Your welcome. You should check out some material from Rush a three piece outfit from Ontario Canada. The singer Geddy Lee’s usually sings in the upper registers. The drummer Neil Peart probably the best drummer the world has heard. He was their main lyricist and his performances were unmatched. He mixed up time sequences so smoothly you have to rewind and hear when he did it.
Songs
Tom Sawyer
The Spirit of the Radio
Closer to the Heard
Fly by Night
Have fun on your music journey 🥳
Yea. They edit the beginning for radio play.. Check out the “remastered” version for the original beginning
You realize when you reference Michael or whoever Floyd came first. I saw them in 73 and 3 times after. I was 13 in 73.
the vocal style is actually a cockney (London) accent originally sung by children from London's Islington Green School
During the second solo, when you discussed the use of the whammy bar, the guitarist was playing in a style very similar to that of Alex Lifeson of the band RUSH. I think Lifeson was a big fan of PF and was the one influenced. I think it's most noticeable in the RUSH song "Distant Early Warning".
You have to listen to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. It was written for former band mate Sid Barrett who unfortunately had to quit the band due to mental health issues and severe L.S.D use. There are several documentaries about him on UA-cam. So sad. Anyway, the song is touching and beautiful. As usual, you definitely want to do the Pulse version.
Jumping into a single main track of a PF song almost does it a disservice, and this is the single most misquoted/misunderstood track. It is not anti-education, it's anti-abuse. A lot of context is provided by the short track, ironically named "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", that leads in to "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2".
[Intro: Roger Waters, spoken] You! Yes, you! Stand still, laddie!
[Verse 1: Roger Waters] When we grew up and went to school / There were certain teachers who / Would hurt the children in any way they could (Oof!)
By pouring their derision upon anything we did / Exposing every weakness / However carefully hidden by the kid
[Verse 2: Roger Waters] But in the town, it was well known, when they got home at night / Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives
[opening chords of Another Brick...P2]
The Wall one of the best of all time so mush great songs
The blonde woman in the choir are Sam Brown, that had her own hit in the 80's named STOP.
As a contrast you should look at The Wall, live in Berlin, Cindy Lauper handles lead vocals and Roger does his bit, from a Helicopter..
Or Mother with the late Sinead O'Conner on vocals.
Hi Maggie, The accent of there voices is because they are from England, and some have a broader accent than others. Cheers
One of the best show ever was Pink Floyd live in 1994 Toronto, Canada at the CN A Blue Jays stadium! Baseball Team!
In answer to your question; Control of individuals by the State begins at school with the indoctrination, you are told what to believe, how you should think and the standards of behaviour that the State expects from its "good" citizens. In adult life the State uses the various means at its disposal, including Police helicopters to enforce these rules thus ensuring its citizens remain compliant. Also, The Wall is about the process of disengagement (through initial unprocessed childhood trauma) from oneself and those around you, a total collapse of humanity. This is why Nazi style imagery (which is the ultimate expression of dehumanization) is used throughout the album as a metaphor to illustrate this point. So again, the idea of a helicopter within a fascist state, searchlights blazing, with the pilot screaming "You, yes you" from a megaphone makes perfect sense🥸
who is Cristobal Colon ?
there has never ! been a
christopher columbus to sail the
atlantic ocean .
señor Colon was lost landed at Hispaniola aka Haiti & never knew
the north american continent !
& they STILL LIE to your children
in public school !!
I saw the wall concert in Berlin 1990, after the real wall had fallen. Fantastic! The only thing higher than the helicopter was the crowd.
We used to play this song. They even let me sing some harmony (the kids part). It's very hard to sound English when you have a east Tennessee hillbilly accent. I played the keyboard part on this song (including the helicopter and the brass). You should really listen to the whole song on the studio version. I've heard this is actually a soundtrack to a movie, although I've never seen it. To find out why they sing like the do (we don't need no education) you need to listen to the studio version. Of course, the whole crowd is singing, too.
Yes, different pulse 94 concert versions. 2-3. Yours has a issue. One is fine. Think its called 4K Pulse.
Pink Floyd works (or worked I guess) quite a bit with different tempos. Look at Comfortably Numb where you have this bass that moves slowly, even when the rest kicks it up creating a sense of time distortion. This comes through in quite a few of their pieces.
When this came out I played the album over and over with headphones. You must check out the movie "The Wall"
Happy 4/20😎😁
Pink Floyd - High Hopes please! :)
the wall album came out in 79 , billy jean was released in 83
1980 This Song was my Senior Class Motto-- Very popular
This is live with adult pro's singing. The official youtube vid has most of those parts sung by very (music) educated kids. The story and kids singing tells the story much better. Feel the anger as they tell you about it. Helicopter sound is just a sound as part of the lead in and lead back out. It captures the attention.
Spot lights and helicopter sounds is a running theme with PF about the man - control of the ppl.
That was definitely the wammy bar. Makes it easier to make that type of noise without having to bend the strings down a ton.
One complaint: Please please please don’t ever interrupt a David Gilmour guitar solo. It will bring the wrath of the Gods
Fail…. You interrupted a Gilmour solo. 😂
It's a busy signal.
If you want to understand this song, listen to the album The Wall. The album is a story. You could watch the movie, too.
Likely one of, if not the best, live rock band you never got to see... :)
When Brick In The Wall first came out and debut on Top Of The Pops, their video was of rows of Red Claw Hammers marching in a strate line. The Education Authority here in the UK weren't very happy with this song as it was anti establishment.
Ah! days of my youth. Lie down in a dark room, with the 'phones on and the Floyd.
You got some soul girl! Awesome!!
I think it's Another Brick In The Wall part 2. The sound is supposed to be a train but it's hard to get a steam train in the 1970's so they had to use a helicopter is my guess.
You need to watch their movie "The Wall" to fully understand.
In watching old concerts of rock bands, I find that many groups songs were mostly vocal with a small section, mid song, of drum or guitar solo. Pink Floyd, I found, was proportionately more instrumental and less vocals. The 1994 Pulse concert was really good for light visuals and long instrumentals. It should be watched on a big screen TV and listened to with quality headphones and amp with the volume set no less that max!
Us & Them... Brain Damage/Eclipse... Time... Comfortably Numb... Mother... David Gilmore guitar is one of the greats. I listen to the tribute band Brit Floyd. I love their back up singer that sings the counterpoint in Brain Damage/Eclipse Red Rocks 2012. Also she sings the part of the Mother in Mother instead of one of the guys and she does a fantastic job.
if you ever get the chance the the live video of Another Brick IN The Wall live in Germany. its about 2 or 2.5 hours long a bunch of guest artist sing, play. i think it was done made on the last tour of the band (2000 ??)
The break in the beginning of this skips 2 songs: Brick in the wall pt. 1 and The happiest days of our lives. Check them out.
The music video of the kids rioting, and on a conveyor belt ... adds to the song and might be worth its own reaction video - although I enjoyed this version too.
If you watch the movie Pink Floyd's The Wall it will explain a lot of the storyline. Or just watch this song's video taken from the movie. I have to add to the explanation you read at the end: It's not just the rotten school system and the abusive teacher that adds another brick in the wall between Pink and the world. His mother and his wife add to it also. I'm not making any sense? Watch the film then. It's full of great songs and amazing animation.