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INFO: We’re all trying to understand the world around us. We all have our own interpretations of it. And i think one of the darkest musical illustrations of a person’s way of seeing the world can be found in Pink Floyd’s "Animals". After reading George Orwell’s satirical fable Animal Farm from 1945, Roger Waters felt inspired to implement the same concept into his lyrics, and depicted the human race as a bunch of animals that were slaves to their feelings and instincts. The lyrics were mostly filled with anger, violence and sadness. But Roger Waters put very little personal context into the themes. Leaving many fans wondering where all this darkness was coming from. So where did it come from? That's what we'll try to find out in this video.
What band/artists should be next? 🎸🤘
Lie Likes Music Brian Jones
Make a vid about black sabbath
Billy Corgan
The Doors
Queen!
Would love to see an individual video for each major pink floyd album
That's gonna take a long time. But i have nothing against covering a few more at least. Which one should be next?
Meddle maybe :)
Oh yeah Meddle for sure
wall
Lie Likes Music, Atom Heart Mother
Still can't believe Rolling Stone gave this album a 2/5. The review is literally him just complaining how it's not like 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and how its message is literally trash.
Really? Wtf. I'm gonna have to read that article.
Rolling Stones a joke, like the band - I wouldn't wipe my ass with that rag!
@@getofly313 The Rolling Stones band aren't a joke bruh
Sounds like a reviewer who was too hung up over the sound of the album. Dark Side is very spacey while Animals is packed with guitar and synths from practically beginning to end. Guy was probably disappointed that the album sounded more like traditional rock and forgot to acknowledge the musical genius that went into constructing 10-20 minute long songs that constantly build upon themselves
@@getofly313
Excuse me wtf, I agree about the magazine but not the band bro
What I love about Animals is that none of the songs are "overplayed". The Dark Side of the Moon has "Money", "Wish You Were Here" has the title-track and The Wall has "Comfortably Numb". Don't get me wrong. I like all those songs or even love them but I am still glad that no song on "Animals" get too much attention.
That's definitely a good thing! The album becomes more balanced in a way. Better fitted for a listen all the way through.
I mostly agree with you, but I would argue that Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 is WAY more overplayed than Comfortably Numb (which is still probably overplayed in and of itself)
I think on some levels, it's regional what is popular on radio. Like young lust gets played a lot everywhere, but I've lived places where they never play any animals, and then moved across country and on occasion I do hear one on the radio..weird, I know..just a funny thing I noticed
@@CaptainTrips560 one of my favorite segments of the wall is another brick 3, goodbye, and hey you.
It happens at the flip from side 2 to 3 and the transitions are incredible to me
Damn. I know exactly what you mean. I have to listen to the entire album whenever I wanna hear one of it's songs.
Animals is a brilliant album.
For sure! That's why i made a video about it 😃
You can say it man
🤘what up bro
@@i_am_ironman3380 Lookin' good, homie.
All their best albums are incredible and deeply philosophical
For more context, “pigs on the wing” was a term used in aerial combat to refer to an enemy plane in your blindspot. So in a way, pigs on the wing 1 and 2 are an ode to those closest to you. The main idea is that everyone should find somewhere they belong - with people who accept and love them - to protect one another from those who might do them harm (doing all this amongst the chaotic world of animals that surrounds you and is within you)
Your take, but incorrect 😂
When roger waters spit on the fans was the moment he was coming up with the concept for THE WALL.
Yup that's true.
It was actually after this incident he began to question what he'd become which lead to the creation of The Wall, as told by Waters himself.
Me my opinion Sche I’m sure he didn’t immediately come up with the Wall concept. But the Wall seemed to divide the group and the Final Cut was the end of Waters’ role in the band. At the time, those of us who were of the same generation as the band members, it felt like Waters self destructed because his ego got too big. There wasn’t room for both he and his ego in the Pink Floyd. Yes he went own to his solo career and has had success but at what cost?
I think both Gilmour and Waters egos got in the way. Did you hear the interview with Gilmour after their brief reunion concert for charity? You could see it on stage, when Waters went in for a hug and Gilmour backed off a bit. Then in the interview Gilmour said, "We played together for the benefit and Waters thought he was just going to rejoin the band. He was way off." (Paraphrased). But, after all these years that smacks of ego to me.
I know...
When Rodger Waters with spinning on the fan.
Made him go whf!
And gave him an inspiration to be surrogate band.
Definitely one of the strongest albums they ever made, it is genius
For sure!
Lie Likes Music would you ever consider doing a video on The Wall? It's an intriguing album
I remember the first time I heard this album I never paid attention to the lyrics. I was just obsessed with David Gilmours guitar work. In my senior year of high school, we read the book animal farm in my English class and my friend told me that animals was based on this book. Then I read the first couple of chapters then read the lyrics to this album and was mind blown. Animals will always be my favorite PF album and it’s on my top 10 album list. Thank you, Pink Floyd.
Interesting. I didn't know that it was based on that book until i started researching articles for this video.
And yes it's definitely my top Floyd record too. Fantastic music and lyrics that just melt into each other.
Just out of interest, what albums do you rate higher than PF's?
Man his guitar work is just the best on Animals. He always has some pretty powerful guitar tones but it has this raw edge on Animals that is unique to his other solos imo.
Bought this album for 2 bucks I was 12 love it still
I agree with most of what you have said about this but in Dogs, the refrain about being" dragged down by the stone" and feeling "the weight of the stone", is a reference to how an unwanted dog is got rid of, he is put into a sack with a large stone and thrown into a river or canal. This is done when he is no longer useful to the owner. It is a powerful metaphor for how somebody can spend their life working for the capitalist system but when they are no longer a profit making cog in the corporate machine they will be discarded without concern or sentiment.
Very interesting. I didn't know about that. Poor dogs ... (I mean the actual animals).
Why such a slow death
@@ihH6053 it is an inexpensive and discreet method for disposing of an unwanted animal, also, guns are not readily available in the UK.
The whole concept of the stone is also a pretty obvious reference to Sisyphus from Greek mythology. Sisyphus was sentenced by the gods to roll an immense boulder up a mountain, only for it to tumble back down to the bottom when he reached the top, over and over again. The whole metaphor of breaking your back day after day on pointless labor with no real reward, value or end is pretty apropos to modern society for someone with Roger's worldview (or at least his worldview at the time of writing the album). It also ties into the call back on Pigs on the Wing, Part 2, where his love for his wife helps him ignore just how menial and exploitative he perceives modern society to be.
I thought it was a yoke and grindstone reference but same meaning either way I guess.
Gilmour's solo at the end of "Sheep" is the catharsis for the album, and in my estimation, one of his best, even as simple as it is.
Simplicity can be good too :) And yes it's not just good it's fantastic!
Sheep is brilliant, but so it all if it
Pigs is one of the most underrated Pink Floyd songs, hell, the whole album is. The guitar solo at the end of Pigs is one of the most amazing guitar solos I’ve ever heard. This album always gets overlooked by their other albums, it’s a fucking gem.
🐖 > 🐑 > 🐕
Dogs was my least favourite amongst the 3..
And here I thought everybody's favorite on the albume would be Dogs, like myself
Dogs is my favorite on the album. And i guess i was biased by that when i made the video.
Could've included way more in this video about recording techniques, the music itself and so
on. But i kept it short and sweet for now.
Yes, Dark Side and Wish You Were Here are such bullies. They're always picking on Animals and Ummagumma. And let's not talk about what happened when they ran into
Obscured by Clouds. Let's just say it wasn't pretty. Meddle was cheerleading from the sides...
Yeah Animals and ummagumma have the x factor 'for me'. Maybe i like the more sullied and bullied albums more.
Best Pink Floyd album imo.
Correct
Wish You Were Here is better imo
My Top 5 Floyd Albums..
5. Meddle
4. Dark Side of the Moon
3. The Wall
2. Animals
1. Wish You Were Here
Piper
(VB MUTT) same!
For anyone that doesn't know, there's an extended version of pigs on the wing pt 1 that appears on the 8 track release of Animals. It's got a gorgeous guitar solo
That solo was played by snowy white :-)
"Why do you get for pretending the danger's not real?"
That to me is the most powerful lyric Pink Floyd ever wrote... And I absolutely love Pink Floyd's lyrics
Tomás Cullen .....you get Donald trump
I agree it's a brilliant lyric, my personal favourite is "it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around"
The best line from Dogs: ''If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze''?
Or the next line! Deaf dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending!
My favorite is "it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around"
I’ve listen to dogs so much my brain automatically filled in the verse right after this one
YES MORE PINK FLOYD! THANK YOUUU! The one on Wish You Were Here and Syd Barrett was amazingly well done! Thank you for this!
I didn't make the one on Wish You Were Here. That was Polyphonic. But thanks for enjoying this one and the
one i did on Syd. That really means a lot to me. Stay tuned for more classic stuff.
Lie Likes Music I'm so sorry for messing that up! I need to focus more on channels, either way this was a brilliant video!
Lie Likes Music how about the Final Cut technically a Roger Waters solo album!!
Would love you take on it...
Could you do a talk on The Wall album, versus the movie?
Technically not a Roger Waters solo album, actually...
Understanding Blackstar, the Bowie album.
Or David Bowie in general
Yes, more about David Bowie!
Good luck
Blackstar, for me THE darkest album in music history, after Closer by Joy Division. The pain in those albums aren't bullshit, but written from the core of existence.
Watching this video connected so much for me. Thank you. Remember in “Time,” when it says “Home, home again. I like to be here when I can.” It’s evident that home is a recurring concept in the Floydian universe, and what we are all looking for anyway... Pink Floyd are part of home for people who love them. The best we can do is find our happiness, our home in this fucked up world of Animals.
I'm glad you got the message. Hopefully it can help you through life! I actually don't recall those lyrics from "Time",
but i don't doubt that the theme of finding a home is evident during several of their albums. I think it connects with
so many because it's such a universal need. To create your own home after you grow up. The way Roger Waters
communicated it was off course also outstanding
Lie Likes Music my bad! It’s not in Time, it is Breathe Reprise, the song following Time. Easy to mix up with such a seamless transition.
4 years later
he actually has a song called home on radio kaos
@@kbbl102.5 you were right on your previous comment, it indeed is on “Time”
On The Wall...”Hey You” mentions “the stone” as well keeping that theme going in the follow up to this masterpiece
That's true! It seems like many of the same themes went through DSOTM, Animals and The Wall.
Some of the best lyrics from Waters and some of the best guitar work from Gilmour. Great interpretation.
Arguably the best Pink Floyd album
Theophany CG nope. There’s no argument. It’s a fact.
I can agree with that. Thanks for watching guys
Wish you were here is more emotional and moving imo
Lunchlady Steve no, it's an opinion. Financially, musically, numbers-wise, Darkside was the best album..
Umm pink floyd died in 1968 when Syd left :)
Best part of the album is that its just as relevant in today’s world, and you can bet it’ll be relevant in the future
Orwell wasn't criticizing marxist socialist society, he was criticizing Stalin's government and corruption.
In fact, he was criticizing Stalin's betrayal to socialism.
I was up to come to the comments and write that. It's just a matter of reading the book or even some synopsis on internet.
@The Frigid Ghost of Eric The Actor did you read animal farm? I mean he really states that the argument of living in the most free and successful human society is just dumb… to always say it could be worse, obstructs improvement. The most important thing that everyone should have in mind is the consciousness that the world isnt perfect. Like you said the vast majority suffers, but this is what needs to change.
Dogs is one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written, and not just by Pink Floyd. Its a shame their best album is not considered a classic like their other albums.
Dogs and Pigs were both stuck in my head for WEEKS. They mastered music itself with this album .
Understanding Echoes (the greatest Pink Floyd song) pls????
Daniel Soliz amen
Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better.
@@wyattcorbin1629 nah it doesnt compare to shine on you crazy diamond.
Let's all just all agree all the long songs are great... Echoes, Atom Heart Mother, Shine on you Crazy Diamond I-9, Dogs, and Pigs (Three Different ones)..... (Sheep isn't long enough to be considered long)
@@AFormerClarity1 pigs is so groovy it feels short
Could never really wrap my head around Animals. You helped me tremendously. Thank you good sir
No problem. I'm glad things became more clear for you.
The theme of "the stone" runs through the music of Pink Floyd and I believe is rooted in the mythological story of Sysyphus.
Yes it seems so. A lot of people bring that myth up.
This is my all time favorite pink floyd album for these reasons, its deep dark and raw. And the music is amazing. Roger IS pink floyd.
I keep coming back to this album,it is a slow burn epic with fantastic emotional heft and beauty. The floating pig above Battersee power station is so iconic
My top five
5. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
4. Meddle
3. Animals
2. Dark Side Of The Moon
1. Wish You Were Here
1. Animals
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Dark Side Of The Moon
... need to explore more
Don't be afraid of The Wall cuz it's popular, guys.
Geoff Baumgartner I love the first half of the Wall, I just feel the second half is too uneven for me to rank the album in my top 5.
VickSage l guess it's a l bit hit and miss in the latter half. I just haven't given Piper or Meddle too many tries, probably.
Oh, my point was, I know some ppl who just don't ever want to like the more famous stuff, like it makes them less a fan. (Not saying that's you).
The wall can be kind of intense.
The stone is Sisyphean.
At the end, we must imagine Waters happy.
;)
Damn that's a very interesting take. Never heard about the story of Sisyphean before.
Thanks for sharing this.
Camus ;)
I'm not the biggest fan of some of Waters social views and some of the negative messages in this album, but he really is a literary genius and is incredibly introspective with his lyrics, which is why I'm a huge fan of the band. The Wall and Wish You Were especially are also very well written and tell a huge history of the band, but the more you dig into their lyrics its interesting how common themes of Syd, isolation, depression, the untold ugliness of the rock and roll industry, etc recur throughout all of their albums. These guys in my opinion were the greatest band of all time
I don't see "negative" I see "realistic".
My thoughts exactly.
Yea, Roger is a real Pig when he dogs Israel , Palestine is sheepish at best !
The Wall is an incredibly great piece of art and I think Waters really revealed some insight into the human condition with it
What social views? The truth?
This is why it's so underrated, after reading animal farm I peeped the game of life and started thinking, life is just a circle. my favorite album of all time
I got excited wen I saw this!
I saw Roger Waters in Madrid this year, I never thought I'm going to see him but I did and he didn't let me down, the show, the band, everything was just how it should be.
I'm so glad PF and Roger's amazing lyrics exist 'cause they saved me. Kinda dramatic but PF is my home, when I listen to them I feel save and I feel like at home.
Thanks for this video.
I think we all have that with different artists and bands. There's just something about them that reminds us of
our childhood or young adulthood. And that's awesome! I wish i could be there too. Thanks for sharing your journey
Actually, Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album! Thanks for the video and spreading Roger Waters's message 😀
No worries! This is my favorite too, so it was a pleasure.
Please do a understanding King Crimson, Brian Wilson or Circa Survive
Daft Doggo King crimson in the court of the crimson king!!!!!!
Daft Doggo Smile!
Court of the Crimson & Pet Sounds both 10/10 . better than any pink floyd album IMO
Omg circa please
Daft Doggo Doing King Crimson would require playing some of their music, which would get him sued by Fripp.
The musicianship amongst everything else is extraordinary on this album. The instrumental part in the middle of sheep demonstrates this perfectly. They created such monumental soundscapes- this signature super group.
Yupp the music itself is not to be denoted. I just skipped talking about it because i'm not too good with music
theory. But the music is easily some of the best i've ever heard.
If you listen to that part with good headphones is terrifying.... Magnificent and the lyrics are a masterpiece in that song as well.
Their last perfect record. Absolutely zero filler on it
My favourite Pink Floyd album.
Same here!
I think the message of this album applies now, maybe even more so than before
Yes i think so too. People are way more isolated and distracted in western culture than ever before.
The sheep have come to stay.
I read _Animal Farm_ in high school and never made the connection until I started listening to _Animals_ a couple months ago, and I now consider that record one of the greatest concept albums ever written
I was only a baby when this album was released but after discovering it. I never get tired of listening to it. it is my favourite floyd album.
I wasn't even born. And wasn't born until about 2 decades later haha. But i love this. It's music that transcends generations!
I wasn't even born when this album came out but love this album
My favorite album of all time
This was my first Pink Floyd album I ever listened to when I was 12 years old. It forever changed my life and is still my favorite of theirs ever. Thanks for making this video!
Understanding The Wall
Balázs Benedek Is an entire movie based on the album not enough?
xD i guess not
@@LieLikesMusic do _The Wall_ please !
Balázs Benedek Drop some good acid and watch the movie “the Wall”. It’s all explained in the film.
Don't wait for this guy to explain the wall when Alan Parker the director of the movie could not also by this video I can tell you the guy doesn't understand animals at all... he almost ignored Sheep which is critical to understand the album, if my english were better I explain it myself, just listened as 1 one song with the lyrics ...
An Underrated Classic
Indeed. My favorite PF album
Ahhh, my favorite Pink Floyd album. Every second from start to finish is just pure ecstasy to my ears.
My thoughts exactly. Thanks for watching :)
Lie Likes Music Have you ever heard the version of Pigs On The Wing where the two versions are spliced together with the guitar solo in the middle? It was only ever released on the 8 track version.
Underrated album tbh
Echoes was great
It sure was! But the album wasn't considered as great as their later records.
Echoes id the Genesis, the Alpha. The tip of the sword
lionel martin So was A Saucerful Of Secrets. And Obscured By Clouds.
Meddle was a pretty good album especially considering when it came out, before Dark Side, way ahead of its time. One of These Days is a fantastic instrumental.
@@LieLikesMusic Fearless, One of these Days, Echoes, all awesome tracks! Great album in my opinion!
This channel turned into Animal Planet
🍧 next time it's the vegan cooking channel
Nice! You can finally make the perfect vegan ice cream for in the summer! mmmm... 🤤
Lie Likes Music wrong. It needs to be an architecture or HTV channel to emphasize on a specific Wall...
Hahahaha xD Good one
Your 5:10 fade into Waters also being 'told what to do by the man' was incredibly insightful.
Bravo. Great edit.
Thanks for the complement. I decided to spend some extra time on both the script and the edit
on this one. I'm glad people notice.
'Hey you' from 'The Wall' also mentions having to "carry the stone".
It is a diferent stone
@@javierjuarez4297 can you elaborate the difference between the two stones please?
Specifically Pink asks, "Would you help me to carry the stone?" which seems like a clear nod to the same comment Roger was making in Pigs on the Wing 2 about not feeling "the weight of the stone" when comforted by the fact that someone cares for him. Pink just wanted someone that cared about him.
@@kayleafeon yes, he’s definitely quoting.
I'm 27 and discovered this album about 12 years ago, till this day no other album that I can recall brought more emotion and symbolism on a humanitarian's outlook, Classic Floyd, giving the world a resonating sense of catharsis. Incredible video man, love your content!
Your channel has really blow up in the past 6 months. Looks like you've found the right formula instead of the album reviews you use to do.
Hey Apple Bee :) Thanks for stopping by again. Yes things have really started going in the direction i wanted it
to go. And yes, i was never the type to be in front of the camera.
Gotta say man, you're videos have always been good, but they just continue improving in every aspect. From editing, to writing, to your vocal presentation, these are fast becoming some of my favorite videos. Well done.
Thank you Ethan. That's very nice of you. I think my vocal presentation is a bit up and down in quality. It depends
if i'm having a good or bad day tbh. But i definitely spent more time on the script and the edit for this one. Thanks for
noticing.
Understanding Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Jim Morisson, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac. Please
You don't understand Zappa in 10 minutes...
teppolundgren You're right, but still...
Look, if someone wants to make a 10 hour in-depth analysis of Frank's life and work, I'll jump to the moon in support of it.
"Music is the best"
FZ
2consider Still be cool for a channel like this to do an intro to Zappa to expose people to him that otherwise might not check him out. For accessibility this channel could do Zappa and One Size Fits All, Overnite Sensation or even Zappa vs. The Mothers of Prevention for its historical-social relevance.
I love, love this album. It's so different from their other albums.
these videos really help out with my appreciation of classic albums like these. i don't always "get" an album right away, but reviews/retrospectives give me an idea of what I can expect
I was eleven years old when animals was released, and it was the first album I ever owned, before that, it was pop 45's and listening to my stepfathers' record collection, so it was a turning point in my life and a coming of age for my musical taste.
From what I understand the songs that became Dogs and Sheep were originally intended for the WYWH album. The original songs had different titles and were mostly the same instrumentally but had considerably different lyrics. At some point Waters decided on the Animal Farm theme and sandwiched the Pigs intro, outro, and Pigs 3 different ones around them and changed many of the original lyrics to suit the Animal themed Orwell narrative. The fact that much of the music on Animals was created without the albums main theme even imagined yet is astonishing considering how well the finished product is executed.
I was coming here to ask you why you didn’t talk about Pigs and Sheep but I thank you a lot for that.
I dont know if it was intentional but you introduced me to a profound interpretation of the album’s message and then left me figure out those two songs by myself.
There’s nothing better than to give someone the tools to do something instead of doing it for them.
Thank you for spending your time in this
Haha that's great! The main reason was because i felt like Pigs was the song that made the most sense to me.
It carried the most weight in terms of the album's overall meaning i felt. I'm glad you took it in your own hands
to interpret the rest for yourself :) Cheers from Norway!
I always thought the "stone," which is absolutely a recurring metaphor, was defined in dogs. "And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
- And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone" So, the "stone" is all the bad blood we create. It slows and turns to stone and it's that stone that weighs us down in the end. However, Pigs on the Wing, seems to suggest we can escape that fate through love, a base, a home, a center. However you want to look at it.
I have been a Pink Floyd fan for years and can not believe I have only just found this video. Absolutely fantastic work.
This album means a lot to me. They are on another level
Understanding The Doors
Parov hell yea
Boring pretentious over-rated hyperbole. No ThanX 👎
This album is progressive music at its very best
Ditto 🤘🎸
I never used to really like this album but lately I've realized it's brilliant.
This album out of all of their classics speaks to me at the deepest level. I can feel the pain, anger, and frustration. This world is not our true home. Heaven is.
Roger also wrote all the lyrics (not "almost" all) for Dark Side and Wish You Were Here... so your claim that Animals is so different because on it Roger wrote all the lyrics is neither here nor there: thats exactly the same as on the previous two albums and for the rest of the Pink Floyd albums Roger was on for that matter.
Gilmour was credited for "Dogs" on all of the sources that i can find. If you can show me the opposite then
i believe you. And nope. The previous two albums were written by other members AND Waters. Please show
me where you get your ideas from.
You do realise a song usually has two main components, right? The music, and the lyrics. We are talking about the lyrics here. David has a shared composing credit for Dogs, yes, but he had nothing to do with the lyrics. Dark Side was the first album with all lyrics written by Roger. I mean it's right there, written plainly on the Dark Side album sleeve itself for god's sake: "all lyrics written by Roger Waters". Likewise Roger wrote all the lyrics for WYWH. And Animals. And The Wall. And The Final Cut.
@@GroovingPict david is lyrically credited for wish you were here. You're probably just another waters fanboy.
@@EverydayAvenger yes, the music... not the lyrics. How is this so incredibly difficult to grasp?
Well, no, technically speaking, there's 2 tracks not credited to Waters on Dark Side, if I remember correctly, even then, he only soley wrote a couple songs on Dark Side. Same for Wish You Were Here. But Animals is very much Waters' creation, with a little help from Gilmour on one specific part. The Wall is basically entirely his own creation, with of course, some help from Gilmour in certain bits. Final Cut is just a Waters' solo record featuring Gilmour on Guitar with Vocals on 1 track and Mason on Drums.
i love how their song Dogs is longer than this video
While I suppose this is ok, halfway through you stopped actually talking about the album's story, and just talked about Dogs and Pigs On The Wing. But you completely omitted Pigs and Sheep. You left out an entire 50% of the album's message. Pigs are the politicians, the lawmakers, the Queen and the Pope combined, basically the religious masters as well as the royal family who squeal and live in their corrupt decadence and pass down the laws to the common "sheep" below only to exploit them for their own gain.
And the Sheep, who exist everyday in their twitchy, fear-mongered paranoia to be exploited and sheered and run through "the valley of steel", to strip them of everything for the political gain of the pigs. It even ties to the fate of the Dogs, who the Pigs control and are the masters of the Dogs and the Sheep, living high on the hog, so to speak.
Pigs are the overlords, the political and religious masters of the Sheep and the ones who have their "sad, miserable, attack dogs who view everything with their kill-or-be-killed mentality on leashes" who they sic on the scared, ignorant "Sheep" in order to keep them in line.
Thanks for filling this out. Yes i could probably cover a whole lot more ground. And i didn't even talk about
the music itself, so it's more like 25% of coverage. But the aim of the video was not to highlight every single
detail. It's more like an introduction for people who haven't heard the record before.
Don't forget also there are 3 different pigs. Mary Whitehouse (which a lot of Americans sadly confused for our White House) was one because she was the "voice of reason", the one who edited TV programs like "Doctor Who" making sure certain episodes weren't too "scary". If you listen to the lyrics it's straight forward.
Lie Likes Music By leaving out any y’all of the music, you may as well have just titled it ‘A discussion of some of the lyrics. After all, many who listen to Pink Floyd do so to hear the soaring crescendo of Gilmore guitar solos which I’ve loved since Meddle came out. Roger was a great lyric writer, of course, but he grew to be an awful bandmate. He seemed to think that the others couldn’t exist without him which Gilmore and the boys proved wrong. And they managed to lose the depressingly dark theme of The Final Cut which was probably one of my favorite albums but I often cried when I listened to it...still do at times but for different reasons. I grew to love Waters’ solo music as I loved Gilmour’s solo music. Maybe there was just too much talent in those two men to be able to keep creating in a way that made everyone happy. Maybe you could do a video on Amused To Death. It’s a fine album that showcased Waters’ talent to the maximum. Think about it, ok?
By listening to the great solo's, you're not really going to "understand Animals". This video is clearly about picking apart some of the key lyrics, pointing to relevant influences and such. Lie tried to paint a verbal picture of it, before you dive in and explore or relive the whole album. As for Roger and the split-up: shit happens. I don't see how it diminishes anything about his performance on this album.
dakrisis It doesn’t diminish his contributions. I guess I thought the music as important as the lyrics. Back when the album came out, we dissected the lyrics, accepted them for what their value was and have then spent all these years enjoying the music. Guess I thought everyone did that upon first hearing the album as a whole. Apparently I was wrong, in your eyes. Yep it is what it is.
My favorite Pink Flloyd album! Dogs is my favorite song on the album, its so powerful when he says 'who was told what to do by the man.' All dogs are trained to listen and obey 'the man' their whole lives.
It's my favorite too :) And yes the whole album is quite surreal. Especially that phrase you mentioned!
For someone who is not English that was an interesting and accurate picture of the album. It's My favourite. Pink Floyd were a very British band and go over the heads of a lot of People who are not, hence the problems with their concerts at times.
I always found dogs about the poor, not the rich. It does start the song saying that he sleeps on the street, and parts of putting the knife in as just survival measures, like he did make friends, but had to betray them to keep on living. The final verses of the song I saw as the reveal that he hadn't been always poor, but as he unquestionably followed orders and expectations by the man ( either a businessman or all of society) he found himself dragging himself from worse to worse conditions. I really enjoyed your analysis, but just wanted to tell you a bit of my experience :)
That sounds like an interesting perspective too! I think it's cool to hear about the narratives that
other people create in their minds. And i guess that's what's so good about music in general. That
you can fill in the blanks for yourself in terms of concepts sometimes. Thanks for takin the time to
share and watch this. It means a lot.
Lie Likes Music well thanks for spreading around such great music and for making a video that thousands of people enjoy
A bit of a correction, he doesn’t say he sleeps on the street. He says he sleeps on his toes, which means to always be alert, and when you’re *ON* the street, as in, when you’re out and about
EDIT: Also, putting the knife in just being survival could also refer to betraying business partners and coworkers to get ahead.
Excellent video. I love this album.
The best Pink Floyd album in my opinion
I think so too. That's why i made this video in the first place. Because it means so much to me.
One of my favorite albums ever.
Same here! LOVE IT
Lie Likes Music saw him perform the wall about 7 years ago..
It was great. Then a couple years ago we went to see his us and them tour. Mostly it was based on animals and was a fantastic show
The one with the Trump flying pig. Quite entertaining
I was three and five years old respectively when these incredible albums came out. My parents were western Oklahoma open minded free thinking beautiful humans and then opening my world to these albums molded my love of music and set serious underpinnings of how I thought about love and the world in general.
Thank you for doing this and doing it very well. At nearly 50 years old I can see the timelessness of this incredible music, and its wonderful to know someone else gets it.
Thanks again
I analyzed the song “pigs” for an analytical essay
Cool! Could i have a look?
@@LieLikesMusic guess not.
@@kendrakrust1244 eheheh
Nice pfp
Big man, Pig man
Haha, charade you are
I've never clicked on a video faster, mostly because I love the album. Thank you for great content on such great musicians like Bowie and Pink Floyd and Queens Of The Stone Age.
If I were to suggest an artist for you to look into I would love to hear something about Jethro Tull. Maybe focusing on Thick As A Brick or Aqualung as a start. JT are one of my favorite bands of all time!
Love your pink Floyd vids 😊
Thanks my Canadian friend!
One of the greatest videos on youtube. Thank you!
Haha that's awesome man. Thanks for the compliment.
Always been my favorite PF album that was over looked by their more popular ones. Thank you for this video!
My Top 5 Floyd Albums..
5. Meddle
4. Dark Side of the Moon
3. The Wall
2. Animals
1. Wish You Were Here
Replace the wall with piper at the gates of dawn. In my opinion the wall was sort of.. Overrated? I never really cared for it.
Mine:
5) The Division Bell
4) Animals
3) The Wall
2) Wish You Were Here
1) The Dark Side of the Moon
5 saucerful of secrets 4 meddle 3 dark side of the moon 2 animals 1 wish you were here
Animals and Meddle. My 2 best
Mine
5.Animals
4.Meddle
3.DSOTM
2.Division bell
1Wish u were here
Understanding The Pixies
I second this.
I THIRD THIS!
Another great video! Keep the floyd videos coming! The idea of 'The Stone' is also referenced in The Wall in Hey You and other songs; "Hey you, could you help me to carry the stone". Reinforcing the idea that 'The Stone' is the weight of life.
Thanks! Yes i'll make some more Floyd videos in the future. But it will be some time until the
next ones comes out. And i didn't know it was referenced on that album as well. It makes sense
though since The Wall and Animals are very similar in themes.
I am so grateful that Pink Floyd has been major part of my life. Thank you for your channel!
I cried! I understand what you mean explaining their lyrics. I took from their lyrics a lot of synchronicity in my own feeling and experience. I understand the pigs from Waters point of view now. Pink Floyd has always been and always will be my inspiration.
Guitar, Singing and even Philosophy! Again, thank you for this amazing documentary❤️
This is probably my fave record of all time
YES
Understanding The Pros & Cons of Hitch hiking.
Great video by the way, I would love to see more Roger Waters related videos on RUclips.
Hands down one of the best albums of all time♥️
For sure! I can put this on anytime and have a blast
This is why Animals has always been my favorite Floyd Album!
Amazing how the video is as long as any song of the album.
I deeply appreciate that you take the time to research about details within the music you analyze, Pink Floyd is one of my all-time favourites and I'm loving this one! You've pretty much already covered a Pink Floyd Series by now!
Since we're talking ProgRock by now, what about Understanding Supertramp? One of the most interesting sounds I've heard in my life.
No problem. I really wanted to take my time with this one. And i hope it shows. Nah i haven't done a series yet.
Just two videos so far. And yes Supertramp would be interesting. I'll keep them in mind :)
At 3:51 you could have just used the cover from Wish You Were Here lulz perfect fit. Also I found the song Have a Cigar to be a more personal touch on Water’s feelings on businessmen, and Dogs as a full fledged continuation of that. Not that the songs are connected, but it was something he wanted to talk about and he confronted the ideas further and more in depth on Dogs. Also even Money from DSOTM sort of scratches on the underlying concept, greed.
3:51 yeah why didn't i think about that?? And yes i can totally see the relation between Have A Cigar and Dogs.
All their 4 albums from Dark Side to The Wall has themes and ideas that intertwine. I bet you could make some
incredible remixes and playlists by using songs from all their albums. Much like how Tool fans made "The Holy Gift"
from the Lateralus tracklisting.
I love the reference to the "stone" on their next album the wall in the track Hey You
Animals is a fantastic work.
I don't like the undertone implying that higher album sales = higher quality. No, PF did not struggle in a desperate poverty for four years to "find their own sound". That new sound was evident after the first listen to Saucerful. A good argument can be made that, as album sales and stadium concerts took off, quality went downhill.
That was not what i was implying. But maybe i didn't communicate it well enough. The band felt like they
didn't entirely capture their creative vision until "Echoes" and TDSOTM. It's their personal view on success
i was refering to.