Pink Floyd, Hey You - Amy’s Second Listen and Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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Since my very first listen was early in my Virgin Rock journey, I chose to listen to this one again now in the context of the entire album. So you can call this a “first listen in context” :)
Here’s the link to the original song by Pink Floyd:
• Hey You
Here's the link to my first listen and analysis of Hey You:
• Pink Floyd, Hey You - ...
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Hi Amy Do you think that Pink has realised just what a huge mistake he's made? It's far too late for him Now He's completely trapped Imprisoned by the wall he's just built He's isolated afraid and alone He tries and tries to break free but to no avail The wall is too high to break through No one can hear His desperate cries for help it's all in vain
First, love the channel and every time I see another song from The Wall I stop what I am doing and watch. You are a breath of fresh air in the land of the internet..........
Question: I notice often that you speak of the choices that Pink makes, and that, as we go further along in the story, his despair becomes more exaggerated. Perhaps it could be called "an outside looking in" approach, where you see Pink's actions causing the result -- his isolation. For me, I have always had a different orientation, which is from his perspective looking out. The question then is this: Is he laying the bricks in the wall that isolates him, or, is the world around him actually laying the bricks of The Wall? His mother might let him fly but she won't let him sing. His teachers poured their derision upon anything he did, exposing every weakness. The war took his father. His wife cheats on him. He reaches out for her love and the phone is answered by another man; he reaches for a man's hand as a child and is pushed away. It seems to me that wherever Pink looked, there was a brick placed by others as well. I don't disagree with your insights about his decisions being part of The Wall's construction, but those around him surely bear responsibility as well.
There are also the factors that will become more clear as the album continues which are the expectations of others now that his public persona has become important and powerful. Pink, the rock star is saddled with the pressure of giving people what they want. But what they want is not the Pink behind The Wall, it is the rock star. In the movie his wife marries him after he is famous. Even the girl in One of My Turns doesn't want a human being, she is fascinated by the room and the guitars, and, frankly gains access to Pink by giving sex to anyone that will get her close and it is only when she begins to show that is what she wants from Pink, that he flies into a rage. Even inside The Wall, she only wants the illusion and a story to tell about sleeping with a rock star.
His manager, the audience especially, and the people around him in the second half are more than willing to reinforce The Wall, but did Pink really build The Wall to shut out the world or did the world erect The Wall around him?
Anyway, food for thought. Let me give praise once again. I know every note on this album and every other Pink Floyd Album and yet, I listen to you and learn even more. That is for two reasons. First you are a good teacher. Second, The Wall is a masterpiece in league with the greatest works in the history of human creativity. Thanks for what you do.
Hi Amy.
I'm wondering when you will be doing the analysis of your 1st listen to the doors? Will it be coming out soon? 8m so looking forward to it.
There are other musical references to other Pink Floyd tracks both on Animals & The Wall.
Could "playing God" mean tricking God?
You've been played, tricked, fooled.
The piece or song depicts an attempt at tricking God. Player.
I had to laugh at your expression starting about 9:05 - "I want to stop and say something, but I shouldn't stop the solo, but I want to stop and say something..." 😂 Love your videos! 😀
In my opinion, this is the most important song on the album. It's pinks realization that he can't escape the isolation he thought would help. It moves the whole musical piece forward to the next level, where pink self medicates, leading to his final devolvement into madness.....
Pound for pound the best pink floyd song..... I put it up there with shine on, dogs, and the other epic floyd songs.
It's criminal they omitted this from the movie.
A bit dangerous territory there , but I appreciate your analysis at least as far as moving things forward. Shine On is IMO so much more, and so very different, and in many ways better. Shine On moves so far without any words, it gets you in the mood for the lyrics to come then it slams you with TRUTH. It's a classic confidance set up into a huge fall. The entire first 8 min or so to the song it's just reeling you in, then in a single phrase, it sets the hook and administers the actual point. "Remember when you were young?" And now you are not just invested and just waiting for a sax to come and take you away, but thinking about when you were young, and then there it is, that fat sax. Then the beat change. It's all some sort of immaculate conception or miracle, the trip it takes you on and then somehow leaves you to wallow in your own thought and experiences and your still somehow still in the confines of the song. Without saying "Hey You" is some how inferior I'm implying that Shine On might be better, more important, more impactful, but that is only my opinion. Pink Floyd made an entire career out of hitting nerves and bringing meaning to it's listeners lives. That's why we still listen today looking for stuff we missed.
Sorry can't agree on that point but I think we can both agree for different reasons Pink Floyd is G.O.A.T. and all of their music will give pause and contemplation to many future generations.
@@SyBernot I made different points here. 1)hey you is the most important song on the album, not in the entire catalog.
2) I wasn't comparing it's importance in moving forward in the song, but moving the album's story line foreward.
3) I used "pound for pound" in the boxing sense. Yes, shine on is the heavyweight here, while hey you is a middle weight. Put them side by side, and the heavyweight wins.... taken as separate things, though, hey you is right there...... great lyrics, great solo, both voices portraying different emotions.... pretty much every single thing that makes PF the greatest band ever, is in the song.
My 3 favorite PF songs are hey you, shine on and dogs... all for different reasons.
@@mikemclaughlin3306 I feel ya, my favorite Pink Floyd song is probably the one I'm listening to. It changes moment to moment, they are all great even the ones that aren't.
Absolutely
It's such an important turning point in the story, and yeah I definitely agree that it is very sorely missing from the movie. Speaking of, it's also a huge shame that the movie has never had a Blu Ray (or any other kind of HD/high-quality) release. The old DVD transfer is SEVERELY outdated and the movie is in DESPERATE need of a proper full restoration and high-quality re-release. It seems that the best version that exists is a one-time HD TV broadcast, if you can find a bootleged video of the broadcast (I managed to find it, and it looks *slightly* better than the DVD, but not that much). Roger Waters sounds like he doesn't want the movie re-released though, unfortunately...
I love at 9:05 when Amy recognizes the motif and gets excited, because there was no way of knowing that was a motif on her first listen. That moment is a perfect example of why it's important to listen to music in context.
And yes Amy, you are correct...that is a motif that acts as a binding thread throughout the entire album.
During the guitar solo, once you hear the “I don’t need no arms around me”, you cannot un-hear it ever again. 👍
Daddy's flown across the ocean...
We don't need no education...
I don't need no arms around me...
It's everywhere.
All of the lines you've given as examples are composed in the same meter: trochaic tetrameter, or DA dum DA dum DA dum DA dum (four units, each with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, as in the word "island.") This adds to their sense of being related to each other; we literally hear the same cadence in them.
I always hear “no dark sarcasm im the class room” but this is also the most repeated motif in the album. Even in the first song “in the flesh?” The opening notes from the guitar are the exact same notes just with a different rhythm
Hey you would you help me to carry the stone, open your heart I’m coming home. My God, this is one of the most profoundly deep lyrics I’ve ever known. I’ve heard it a million times and still gives me goosebumps.
Waters is a genius for lyrics and concepts. His lyrics are part of why this band is "over everything else" (combined with David and Rick musical geniuses, AND Mason sense of cool but efficient rhythms).
One minute ago I turned on my i-pod with the Wall on the playlist and Hey You began to play. I clicked on YT recommendations and I see this. All is connected.
Is it me, or is this woman brilliant?
I will admit I'm in love her type of genius is extremely rare to say the least I've just discovered her today and I can't get enough and is it me or has this song made a profound emotional connection with her is she almost unable to hold back the tears of revelation as she is describing the walls we build to shelter ourselves only to find we didn't build the fortress but the prison instead
@@handlemyname That's the feeling I got as well. She's a very special person. I can only hope that she will react to more Floyd albums.
I agree entierly, I whish one day she would react to one of my songs to see how much she can dig out of the mental and emotional process, nothing wrong with having dreams I say
Agreed..her train of thought is enlightening and adds new dimentions to every track..
She seems very eccentric, but also is probably of pretty high intelligence.
The analysis you gave this song really is incredible. Yes, the problems that caused "Pink" to build his wall and close it off, were of his own creation. I grew up as an abused child and by the time I'd reached adulthood I had created my own wall, it wasn't until middle age (and a failed suicide attempt) that I finally started therapy and CBT has helped me to tear down my walls.
I wanna tell you an alternate for the 2 songs. "Goodbye, cruel world" and " Hey, you. "
When you're listening to the concert, live " Goodbye. Cruel world" ends the first half. And then there's an intermission period. They're singing goodbye to the audience. They end the song with putting the last brick in the wall.
The second half of the show opens up with, " Hey you." And now he is singing to the audience again. "Hey, you out there in the aisles with faded smiles? Will you help me? " It's quite a eerie feeling at that point. To hear the person behind the wall. Singing like that to you out in the seats. "Will you help me? "
One doesn't feel that same thing when you're just listening to the album.
Added to my admiration for the huge project you're taking in analysing the entire Wall album, I wish to state my appreciation to you for NOT making the mistake most "reactors" on RUclips, whilst listening to a Pink Floyd song, of interrupting a David Gilmour guitar solo ✨👍! You get it while most neophytes to Pink Floyd don't. You have my utmost respect!
I'm not a musician, can't read music etc but do appreciate it very much! Are you saying that NOTHING is done by accident, that every note, every nuance is there by design? If so it is truly incredible. Thank you so much for bringing it alive in a way I can understand and appreciate.
Yes, I do believe Amy understands and is saying that every note and verse is very intentional. And yes, it IS truly incredible.
@@rk41gator It's one of the things that separates fine art from craft, to me.
This is what makes Pink Floyd truly exceptional.
Basically, starting with Dark Side Of The Moon, this is the case.
Every note, every sound, tone, and layer (and theme) is finely crafted.
Every album is a work of art, honed with precision.
If the masters of the classical age had access to synthesizers and electric guitars, you would have gotten Pink Floyd.
Compositions rarely come from theory. If that were the case, this lady could have written music of this quality. That’s a failing in her analysis. She assumes or implies deliberate intention where it probably was part of the composition. Of course every note is chosen but not for the reasons she gives.
@@Coneman3 It is good to never underestimate. Often a work of art is guided by instinct rather than intellect but it can assume much more than was originally intended. It is true of all art, but quality can have both theory and instinct. They are not mutually exclusive. Genius is not gifted to everyone. Yet genius can be more than composition. It can come from interpretation and 'this lady' is adding her genius to seeing this work of art. Compositions OFTEN come from theory......but not genius. That requires soul and vision.
I so appreciate you going back to the beginning of the solo out of respect for the art.
Love your serious dissection of Pink Floyd. I am 55 and have always loved the beautiful, scary, loving and intensity of PF. My emotional interpretations of The Wall are so close to yours in almost every way. They make you look at life in all of its despair and happiness, if one cares to listen. Thanks so much! I am enjoying your videos and learning a lot about a classical musician’s honest views about the art of Pink Floyd. Cheers!
Thank you for bringing your great gift and wonderful light into our lives! The 2 of you have created a beautiful place for many of us to be joyous in awe and wonder and to reminisce and even to share our opinions! 🎁 Just so much fun! I am sending the 3 of you much love and goodness always! ♥️
Thank you for supporting my work! I am glad you're enjoying it!
Often David's guitar seems to be talking or crying, he's such an emotive guitarist. As you point out, we hear the rhythm section repeating "we don't need no, we don't need no" (all the things we don't need from "Another Brick" songs), while the guitar representing Pink's feelings cries on top of it, sometimes arguing, sometimes agreeing, repeating and harmonizing "I don't need no, I don't need no," but then breaking away again, like the soul *crying words you can almost hear* while he struggles with the realization: "but what if I..." "tell me why..." "oh why..." as the worms eat into his brain (the lack of humanity represented by all the fascist imagery that's about to come).
Yes, this song has so much impact now being heard in context. Before your dive into this masterwork, Amy, I completely underestimated 'The Wall' and its remarkable construction. Although Pink Floyd has been at the top of my rock band list, I did not fully appreciate the depths to which the album plumbed. Thank you for opening this journey and my eyes.
Now perhaps because they are also at the top of my great rock band list, I am seeing parallels in this album with a lot of what I feel Genesis is saying in their music. As 'the wall' is built and isolates Pink, cutting himself off from the world, we see he is losing his humanity. In a Genesis song that also touches on this subject of isolation, you may find 'The Musical Box' (from Nursery Cryme 1971) interesting. But in their concept album called 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' (1974) they too look at an individual as he fights his way through life's obstacles to find his humanity. That would be a concept album that could use your deft touch in analyzing. Many would gain from hearing your perspectives on this piece. Please consider it.
When it come to great Pink Floyds solos, people always talk about Comfortably Numb, Time or Money, but Hey You is as the top, IMO, along the others
I thoroughly enjoy watching these analysis. I've listened to the full album hundreds of times, but I still learn new things from your own analysis.
There was a notorious incident where Roger Waters, during a Pink Floyd performance, leaned down and spat in the face of an irritating fan in the crowd. The reaction was immediate and universal, but the most shocked person of all may have been Waters himself. I’m convinced it caused him to ask himself “What have I become?”, begin a self-analysis, and finally end up with ‘The Wall’. I love your analyses. You bring things to light that seem obvious after you point them out but that I hadn’t seen before. Thank you!
It was for the "In The Flesh" tour (for Animals), at a Montreal gig. In The Flesh opens The Wall album.
The guy was climbing onto the stage.
@@jameslynch5249 It's not what I red, I thought it was just someone on the "front row" yelling to ask for "Money" while they were playing "Animals". And he was shouting to loud and so "stupidly" that RW was pissed off, realizing that spectators could be just blunt fans not understanding his work.
Pretty sure Waters said that in an interview with Howard Stern.
@@jameslynch5249 Ok I need to refresh my facts :)
I think of the motif in question not as the "We don't need no education" theme (although that is the most famous use of it). The continued return to it is more like what we might call the "Another brick in the wall" or perhaps "building the wall" theme. I do especially enjoy this extended listen and breakdown of the album as it pushes me to hear and pay attention to details and relationships that I otherwise wouldn't. Listening to The Wall (which I've been doing regularly for over 40 years) for me usually tends to sweep me up in the whole of it, rather than studying the details. And I would never spot something as intricate as the piece never returning to the 'home' note. Fascinating!
Your insights are amazing! You verbalized what I have always felt while listening to this piece.
Actually, Hey You is a song (like others on the album) partly directed at the audience of the live show. Sometimes the band would start the song midways through the break, with the stage still dark. So people would be dragged in, while buying hot dogs and beers, and Hey You starts in the darkness, from someone behind the Wall.
Do you know of a good way to see the concert if yknow Roger isn't touring near you?
@@fad23 Today it is an iceberg to find The Wall concerts. I have seen PF once, and RW In the flesh tour and The Wall tour. If you search hard you can find some clips from the original concerts. Otherwise I would guess the Berlin concert or RW's The Wall tour
The look on your face when you realise! Priceless! (Referring to the moment when the another brick motive starts in the guitar solo)
I bought this album when it was released and played it incessantly.
I am a man of a generation in which such things as vulnerability, fragility or emotional pain were taboo areas, and to witness somebody expose such private pain in such a public was simply astounding.
The Wall sowed the seeds of my personal need to confront such things in my own life and set me on the path to becoming a more well rounded and healthy man.
I am sure I am not alone in this.
It just goes to reinforce how music can have profound effects on the lives of mere mortals.
I have loved your analysis and exploration of this album considering how much out of your usual field it is, and how much "pop", "rock" and various forms of music can move people along with the classics.
Listening at at 55 versus 17 is a lot different, and I’m not sure which is more meaningful. I definitely used this album like a cathartic when I was younger. It’s odd how a “ depressing” bit of music can make you feels better. It for me through som bleak and lonely moments.
of all the reactions i see & hear pertaining to "the wall", nobody seems to see it and analyze it as clearly as you! thank you...subbed for sure...
I appreciate very much the thought - and work! - you put into these videos. Very enriching, even for a non-musician, like me. 🙂
I just joined this journey a few days ago as a long term Pink Floyd fan and be whilst I thought I knew the music well, it's obvious I didn't! Really enjoying your analysis and insights, it's making me look at The Wall in a very different light. Looking forward to the next song!
i am excited for the next 2 songs
Is There Anybody Out There?
Nobody Home
to me...these two songs are linked with 'Hey You'...as of course is the whole album!
But to me these 3 songs are the most profound parts of this amazing album.
Back in high school when I was still partying, during a trip the line "but it was only fantasy" and the musical release, would send me to the moon.
My inclination is to call the solo section 'another brick inn the wall, part 4'. The first part 'Daddy's flown a ross the ocean ' and, yes, 'I don't need no arms around me' of part three. I tend to think of the theme as a Sondheim style recurring melody. There are several more iterations of this 'brick' melody to come.
This is simply "The Wall's main theme" (or phrase).
Thank you for your insightful look into this album. Some of what you have said in previous installments has disturbed me, I haven't listened to the album since I was young, and never really considered it from a more adult perspective, but I am enjoying your examination.
Dang I do love this series.!!!!
9:05,,, eureka!! Lol.. Priceless moment of recognition! Keep up the great work Amy!
The second half of the album is amazing. Banger after banger
13:20 I'd say it's not specifically the theme for "school/education", it's basically the theme for the wall being built brick after brick (or simply the wall being there, completed). You find the same theme in all "another brick in the wall" songs, and in some others too.
It's quite powerful in the context of this song because the first part of the lyrics is all about reaching out to people ("can you help me"), and then there's this massive "wall" of sound, itself built upon the theme of "another brick in the wall", that separates the song in two and leads to the bitter realization: "it was only a fantasy". So it really sounds like the wall suddenly emerges, all powerful and menacing, and shatters all his hopes.
I also love how the three verses of the song start with Gilmour's voice (soft and warm), then Gilmour's + Waters' superimposed voices, and finally only Waters' voice (bitter, harsher and full of despair). Really interesting, subtle and powerful progression.
I never realized they were singing together. Very cool. Time for another listen!
Great to hear your professional and thorough analysis. I just like this because it sounds awesome but you helped me appreciate the art in the song even more than before. Thank you.
That minor chord 1-2-3-2 mofit is an over riding theme that makes its way throughout the album in subtle and obvious ways.
Its a great trick to the ear when you don't really know its there, and great to appreciate the simple musical theme when you do.
Amy,I absolutely love your videos.I feel like I'm spending my time with a friend , appreciating the music I've loved for so long.Can you please do Pink Floyd's 'Dark side of the moon'? I would put that up against any piece of classical music.I think in the future it will be regarded as highly as Mozart is.People will be listening to it hundreds of years from now.
One of the finest guitar solos of all-time.....
It's so good to see Amy enjoying herself!
It's amazing how many people don't realise that Gilmour and Waters are both singing on this.
BTW Misplaced Childhood by Marillion is also another great concept album, that, like The Wall, gets pre-judged on one piece taken out of context; "Another Brick in The Wall" for Floyd and "Kayleigh" for Marillion.
You keep listening to Floyd and you'll be playing your harp through a Binson Echorec II with an intersecting laser light show in the background illuminating a giant inflatable harp.
I would pay to see that.
Best part of my day so far.
We are all enjoying this series of videos immensely and we all look forward to the second half of this series.
I have a suggestion or a quest or a desire and it stems from the fact that you are a very musical person, including in a technical aspect of music.
After now exploring a number of Pink Floyd songs are you able to distinct certain stylistic attributes of this band, certain reoccurring, staple arranging choices, certain instrument playing techniques that you recognize the musicians regularly fall back on, and so forth. It would be interesting for us to witness, experience a person of your musical knowledge to comment on such aspects. You may not be up for it, that would be understandable. We have more albums, more Pink Floyd sampling to draw conclusions and have heard more rock music to make comparisons. It would be interesting though. No one here would disagree that Gilmore's way of playing guitar (same guitar as all the others) is recognizable as David Gilmore from a 100 miles away, so distinctively different is his style and tone.
Thank you for all the great videos.
And yes! ... this song brings tears in the eyes ,,,,
"Hey You" is the best song in this album simply because it showcases a perfect symphony between David Gilmour and Roger Waters.. the first two stanzas has Dave in the lead with his silky smooth voice with Waters providing the back up vocals..after the searing Gilmour guitar solo (totally underrated since in my view it easily stands on an equal footing with other popular numbers like Comfortably Numb), it's Roger Waters who starts singing with "But it was only fantasy".. before the crescendo at the climax..a perfect song, with haunting lyrics and magical guitar work.
This album helped me so much as a teen!!! My goodness!! This song always resonated with me very much!!
I've listened to this album for nearly 40 years, and the way you analyse the songs is making me look at it in a whole different light.
Amazingly spot on analysis. Mine received the highest mark at the University.
I've enjoyed all kinds of music and different genres over the years, but I always come back to rock 'n' roll because no music says as much or touches the soul as deeply. Floyd is a major purveyor of that sentiment.
Spot on with the guitar solo melody Amy. Taken from a previous song and obviously elaborated on.
I've seen pink Floyd in concert 2 times and the first concert was when the animals album came out and it was raining cats and dogs. The light show was amazing. Pink Floyd is very deep. Great analysis.❤
There are so many sound pieces that make rounds throughout the album. There is a piece like a police siren played on the keyboard right from the first song In the Flesh? And the acoustic rhythm guitars on Comfortably Numb were played in a similar way on other songs to provide continuity. that was the genius of the Pink Floyd.
Brilliant ! Love your break down , I enjoyed this . Thank you
I have heard this song countless times, but you have explained it in such a way as to make me wonder to what extent I might be imprisoned and isolated by my own social behaviors. You are prompting me to reevaluate the importance of this entire double album. Thank you once again.
At this point in the live show, the front of the stage is completely covered by The Wall. Images may be projected onto it, depending on the show, but the band is completely hidden from the audience and vice versa. This is also the first thing the audience hears after the silence of the intermission, the band (or "Pink") calling out to them.
Playing songs form my teen years. Love it
13:42 - it's so nice to see your reaction in that context. And I look forward to the (second) in-depth (I think you said you're doing another, right?). Thanks again!
The solo dramatises the "bricks in the wall" idea: the need to protect oneself brought this person to just trapping himself... What appeared, at first, as a salvation morphed into a punishment of a suffocating lonelines.
Walls protect, but also limit, hold you inside...
p.s. "help me to carry the stone" refers to the Sysyphus myth: a metaphor for (the futility of) human toil.
I also tend to see the 'stone' reference point to Dogs: "dragged down by the stone"
@@markking995 Which is the same metaphor. If a poet writes multiple works touching on similar subjects, they might use a familiar turn of phrase or metaphor over again. It's a thread that moves through their pieces.
The point is well taken. Both Dogs and Sisyphus use a punitive-burden-as-stone-metaphor. But if all such stone metaphors are consequent tropes of Sisyphus, then if the ancient story never existed there would be no stone-as-burdensome-punishment metaphors? The metaphor is an embodied expression of a lifetime of guilty, unethical, sinful behavior--how such guilt makes us feel. The Sisyphus story is a reflection of that feeling as it is with Dogs, Jacob Marley's chain and here in 'Hey You.' This is to say that it is likely one could find burden-of-guilt metaphors in non-Western, pre-literate societies. But in Western Culture the trope is inescapable. Difficult to argue Sisyphus is a unique 'source.'
Pink Floyd habitually use identical sounds from earlier works --like the peculiar scream leading into Brick in the Walk 2, originating in Careful with that Axe, Eugene , or the bird-like guitar effects in 'Is there Anybody Out There?' heard in the otherworldly central passage of Echoes. This is not altogether dissimilar to the way Syd haunts Dark Side, Wish you were Here and The Wall. The real question here, as Amy points out, is Pink's 'stone' intentionally self inflicted, as in Dogs, or is it a cumulative burden inflicted by components of his environment? The judgement of The Worm Your Honor in The Trial definitively resolves the question
merci et vivement la suite...
My wife's uncle, an instructor at Wellesley College, where he taught English and American literature in the early 60s, had this among his classical and opera collection. "Such gravitas - such pathos!" he said.
The solo is quite interesting. Starting at 10:40 you can hear the backing guitar establishing that "I don't need no" base, almost like a subconscious chant. The solo guitar on top is just floating down through this, giving up, surrendering. At 10:57 it starts echoing the backing, giving into the feeling. At 11:05 it starts rebelling, culminating at 11:13 by lashing out with rage and desperation and pleading. At 11:22 you can almost hear it scaling up the wall, only to fall back down. As the lyrics say "But it was only a fantasy". A very graphic solo by David Gilmour. He really can paint landscapes with his guitar.
Thank you, ma’am
@The_Virgin_Rock well thank you
Yes Another Brick In the Wall pt. 1,2, and 3 all share that music sequence but comes from the lyrics ( pt,1 Daddy's gone across the ocean.) (Pt.2 We don't need no education.)( pt.3 I don't need no arms around me.) and in this song it shows up in the guitar solo.
Thank you for your comments on this piece of art
Amy, once "The Wall" is finished do these other concept albums:
- Tommy by The Who
- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
- The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
The solo is introduced by a supurb organsweep (hammond and lesliebox), Rick Wright at his best, so functional
There is so much Syd Barrett imagery going on in this album. Syd Barrett contiued to be a big part of The Floyd long after his exile from anyone or anything to do with his musical past.
Never ever cut off a Pink Floyd solo!! It is unforgivable. Period.
I'm studying English and came across your channel.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd since I was 15 when their "PULSE" concert came out.
I once read the book "Architects of Sound", which is a compilation of information about this group, its history, development and creativity, and also contained a detailed overview of all songs and the circumstances of their appearance.
I would like to note that you have very accurately captured the essence and are attentive to the details of the album, music, arrangement and lyrics.
I can also recommend checking out their album "The Dark Side Of The Moon" (1973), I'm sure you'll find it interesting.
This is a real masterpiece.
You are a very perceptive lady! great analysis of lyrics and music. Would heartily recommend you do Dark Side of the Moon.
The recurring motifs are part of the reason why albums like this are considered rock operas! If in the future, you manage to get to "Tommy" or "Quadraphenia" by the Who or "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensryche, you'll find more.
I really love the care and effort youbput into your work, and I hope you enjoyed the album!
I'm "The #1" Pink Floyd fan in the Cosmos... But I'm also "The #1" The Who fan and particularly Tommy, also because of its significance in Rock'n'Roll (and music) History.
I would LOVE to hear your analysis of Quadrophenia.
Beautiful analysis!
Together we stand, devided we fall ❤🎉
I’ve listened dozens of times to this album, but never as concentrated as now. Thanks for your useful insights into the music and lyrics.
Btw, I heard just now for the first time the ‘sonar pings’ starting at 12:03, which echo the same pings on their epic piece ‘Echoes’ of their album Meddle.
That's what's GREAT in Pink Floyd discography: their "lore"... And the Syd Barrett incident fueled their lore so much... It's like if from Piper to The Wall (including Syd's solo work), you have a full epic story. And that's the Floyd period I love.
That motif runs through several songs on the album…well-spotted!
It also runs through its sister album, Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
@@mikemclaughlin3306 I’ve never noticed that…though it has been called back to on The Final Cut. At least, as I recall.
@@MattKrogmeier pros and cons came from discarded songs from the wall
@@mikemclaughlin3306 and the lyrics to a song on The Final Cut appeared as a poem read aloud in the movie by Pink.
@MattKrogmeier that was Money, from dark side of the moon
I am really enjoying your views on Pink Floyd : The Wall. You are just spot on not only in the musical annalists but in the story behind this nightmarish opera, I am really curious on what will be your take in the final act in this opera, called The Trial. Full orchestral music beautifully arranged and conducted by the late Michael Kaman. A very dramatic ending.
@The_Virgin_Rock greetings! Won a prize? To chat with you about music or even to hear you play your harp is a prize enough!
question: How do I contact via Telegram. I do have the app on my phone and laptop.
@@danielcottrell1707 -- Looks like the message has been flagged. Very likely a scammer tempting you with a promise of a "prize." Don't fall for it!
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Very interesting to hear your insights into The Wall. There is a lot to chew on. The solo in Hey you has two main parts almost like a cello part and a First violin.
If no one else has suggested it I would recommend that you watch the movie as it will enlighten you as to what some of the sound effects are all about. Mainly 'watching tv'... but that's from Roger Water's solo album Amused to Death which you should also listen to.
In the film you get an extra song too which focusses more on the loss of his father.
Can't wait to see what you make of the rest of this album. Like many people it means a lot to me and helped me through my teenage angst. (Now it helps me through my middle aged angst.)
Love how David Gilmour delivers his vocals and excellent solo. One of the few high points of the album for me.
When I was a kid in the late 70s, I remember going to the Hayden planetarium in Manhattan and seeing laser Floyd. Which, as you can imagine was pretty cool. I can't remember if that was before the movie The Wall or not.
I've been listening to this song for forty years, and I heard things, and made connections I never had before. Most significantly that the first person voice changes from Gilmour to Waters after the solo!
When Waters takes over the vocal, it's in third person, not first. The question is: is this the sudden introduction of an external narrator, or has Pink become so alienated that he thinks of himself in the third person? Note that "Outside the Wall" is also in an external third-person voice.
Excelent analysis
This acoustic guitar has this peculiar sound because it uses a different tuning than the standard one. It's called Nashville tuning.
I’m sure as you’re analyzing this album you can clearly see how one with depression would latch onto this album in particular. I’m believe you will be happy in its story after it’s all said and done.
Would love to see you do the Animals album...
This is also why music is so important for children. It takes them further intellectually.
I remember your first listen of this song, and I know that now in context of entire album, sounds little bit different.
You said also that Waters use of chord progression, if I remember quite right it was now a long ago, it has something to do with some old medieval mods and use of them in structure of song. And I watched interview with Waters on Joe Rogan podcast last year and when he was asked about Syd Barret, long gone genius that started as author of first Pink Floyd songs, Waters started singing song "Bike" from there first album, from 1967, word by word, he still know the words of song and melody after all this years, and he said nobody can write an English traditional romantic song like Syd did. And Syd cracked under pressure, so I think that Roger as somebody who continue the legacy, see the whole thing of Mr. Floyd as something that is already happened and wrote all that so that he can stay together, that he can stay sane.
Point of this thread, Syd Barrett legacy is big and you might notice that even you never listen to Syd's songs in early days of Pink Floyd, when they were considered next big thing after the Beatles, cause after all they did record their first album in same time and in same studio, where the Beatles recorded their legendary Sgt. Pepper's album, you actually might catch a connection that will be reveled later in your exploration of PF.
P. S. little advice, if you ever listen "Bike" from 1967. or song "Time" from 1973. you will notice that sounds on the end of one song is accidentally beginning of another. Syd legacy is big, even his time with band was short, it could be said that it become subconscious.
Keep on good work Amy and all the best ;)
The Wall is not a happy album but somehow it makes me feel great when I listen to it - it energizes me.
There is a band I believe should absolutely be part of your repertoire, the group originally called Chicago Transit Authority, or just Chicago, had three lead singers and a great horn section, with songs like "Make Me Smile" "Does anybody really know what time it is", " Saturday In the Park," " Baby what a big surprise". As their producer once said they have more sounds created by 7 individuals than Leanard Bernstein did with 80 instruments...also ELO!!
God I wish you would do more Floyd. You’re teaching me music!! I’ve finally gotten my little makeshift studio so no more iPhone videos of me just jamming. Also on a lot of meds. Lol but you’re teaching me so much. Anyone who is your student should feel so lucky. Hell I feel lucky finding your channel. Pls do Meddle-Animals. Your biggest challenge will be DarkSide of the Moon. And on Meddle “Echoes” is the song they all said is when they found the “Pink Floyd” sound. You’ll like Meddle and Wish You Were Here. Thank you so much for what you’ve already done for me. Oh Miss. Amy here’s a good point of view of Pink Floyd I was trying to convey in my first ever comment to you. ruclips.net/video/JxmI50x2Chc/видео.html&feature=sharec
I wonder if when this was recorded this if they had suck a structured breakdown of what they were playing.
I've seen Rick Beato analyze songs to the artist and some had never considered what he was saying.
They just played what sounded good.
But do enjoy your knowledge, especially when you talked about the home note.
Enjoy all videos and did subscribe.
I remember this point from the 7th row of the original live show. The band hidden behind a polystyrene and cardboard brick wall. It was deeply disturbing.
I believe the part of the guitar solo you said sounds familiar comes from the solo of “In The Flesh?”, the opening track of the album.
When you finish reacting to this album, I got some suggestions of some other PF's songs: "If"; "Fat old son"; "Summer 68"; "The final cut"; "On the turning away".
Just to be pedantic :) We have a single LP, a Double LP, a Triple LP etc including: sides A,B,C and D. to speak of a Double Album :). Thank you again for your insights
I have a feeling that if Rodger Waters had known in 1965 that there would be an internet and that various "experts" would dissect his work on it, which is actually his soul, pain and his everything, he would not have even started with Pink Floyd and would have finished his studies in architecture. He would design the water authority buildings in Leicester and bus parks in Hereford.
comfortably numb pleaseeeeeeeee it is the top PF song EVER
Patience. She's going through the whole album.
In your opinion, are classical music and more opus-like progressive rock music two completely different universes? Have you introduced any songs that made an impact on you to your classical friends who may not know anything about the progressive rock universe?
Hope your family is doing well.
Pink, is saying goodbye to the world because he has built his wall, which is basically cacooning himself inside and knows he will eventually emerge as a different person altogether. Even though he is in pain, he fears this change and seeks help, even from strangers. A misguided life, that awaits reprieve.