You absolutely need to watch the animated sequence from the film for this song. It takes this song to a whole other level. Some of the most poignant animation set to music I've ever seen.
I was 18 when this hit the theater and I went back to see it several times. The only other movies that might compete with it for buying tickets to see it were The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Star Wars during its original release. So yes, Doug MUST see The Wall!
This song gives me goosebumps every time. It looks so sweet in the first chords, and then, it turns into some darkness... Then the sweet chorus... Then more darkness... The lyrics... It's really creepy and heartbreaking at the same time.
Nothing by Pink Floyd is underrated my anyone who knows them. You must not know Pink Floyd nor the buyers of the records and watchers of their shows very well.
@@sheilaperri9209 Mainstream what? There is no such thing. There are only three types of people in this world. Those who have heard of Floyd and like this song.Those who have not heard of Floyd.Those who have heard this song and don’t like it. I know of no Floyd fan that dislikes any song, I have been watching and listening to them since the days of Marquee club gigs circa 1965.This applies to all so called things that are underrated.
Sometimes terrible things happen under beautiful blue skies. But mostly, beautiful blue skies are just that: beautiful blue skies. Never forget that. Always enjoy them. Don't let the bad guys win.
I saw the concert tour for the Wall in 1980. The best concert I have ever attended. It was also the begining of the end for the classic floyd lineup. A very troubled Waters created a mirror of his life and morphed it into an unbelievable masterpiece, with the help of three other masterful musicians.
This song is a perfect example of heavy music not being hard or abrasive. This one is definitely very, very heavy. I can enjoy the music but I'll tell you what, every time I've watched the wall this song and it's accompanying animation sequence have literally brought me to tears. It's just too much for me to pretend it's not painful and doesn't effect me. So many bands put so much effort into conveying sadness and pain to the listener but none of them are half as good at it as Pink Floyd were.
that was harry waters at the beginning. coincidentally i saw a pink floyd tribute band called "brit floyd" last night in los angeles,and harry waters was one of many guest performers, playing keyboards. video of the show is on my channel (shameless plug). harry is of course 44 years older than he was on the wall album,and seeing him playing his father's music was very special.
Referred to this song some weeks ago. I'm in my forties and this song hits hard. Really grateful I had an upbringing that involved appreciating Pink Floyd.
Good by blue sky speaks of the deep scars left in the UK caused by the air raids during the battle of Britten and the following cold war. This reminds me of another Great song of the 80s by another I believe a greatly under rated band, Mike and the mechanics the song is almost prophetic and is relevant today and was banned from the radio in the UK during the gulf war. The tune is simple and haunting it is called Silent Running or can you hear me running. I think this would be a wonderful song to review it grabs my heart listening to it today just as I did when I was 35 when it originally was released 1985.
Your mention of 9/11 is painfully apt and something I've never thought about. I'm pretty sure I'll be thinking about that when I listen to the song from now on. That's the same feeling, you are so right.
The airplane up in the sky the child sees unbeknownst to a young child is a German bomber about ready to obliterate part of London! The song points out the innocence of a child in war with a child in amazement looking at an actual airplane in the early 1940s!! It's the irony that Rodger was shooting for with the child being happy to see an airplane and having no idea what's about to happen!!!!!
The Blitz 1940 through 1941. London like many other European cities was the front lines. Roger was born two years later but growing up to him and the rest of the band those very scars even physically still remained through the next decades. People do not realize especially here in the states what it's like nor how long it takes for the scars of war to heal and wear away - if ever.
Yes, Doug….you need to watch the movie. Pour a cocktail and pack a bowl sit back and enjoy. Gerald Scarfe’s animation is amazing, especially “Goodbye Blue Sky”.
I loved The Wall movie, it came out the year I graduated high school. The movie poster hangs in my bedroom, I wake up to that screaming face every morning. :)
Upon hearing this song so long ago, my memory's of my Grandmothers friend from the UK she describes her experiences during the war. Hiding in the tunnels in London and the Spitefire dog fights above her village. Why there are to this day huge divots in those farmers fields across the country side still. Craters long ago plowed over where the bombs fell. And the fields had to be replanted. The Final Cut album describes all of this more in depth, if ya listen close.
Great review Doug,.. how sweet are those descending 'ooh-ooh's' from Gilmour and the back up vocalists..and that little bass lick that ends in a drop D and that Bm suspended chord ( not sure what its technically called haha) is just gorgeous, Metallica also used it at the start of Fade to Black . Such a beautiful song lyrically and musically. Dave, Roger, Nick and Rick,. man they made some magic together. love your show dude.
I like your channel very much. the thing i like the most about music is harmonic tensions. I suggest you reffer to them more often if you feel like it. for example, in this song the Bm has a G in it (#5). you can go further down the rabbit hole and find it's not a Bm at all, but the haunting feeling is caused by this half-step tension (G, F#). same goes for the Am, which is actually a C/A (A is a peddal point over two chords that non of them has A in it). thanx!
For me this little diamond is one of the most beautiful tracks on the album. And shows how deceptive a beautiful sky can be. Thanks for the reaction and analys Doug!!
One of the things that I love about this piece is just how much milage it gets out of these progressions. It certainly lives in more than one mode and considers the transition between modes equally important. It just shows how vital these concepts can be, you have all these complex clusters and what not that often are used in a similar way to an effect pedal yet here with only a handful of basic chords we get extremely rich musical landscapes that are different and are complimentary. It really is just expertly crafted. What an incredible quartet Pink Floyd was. I'm glad they had so many sonic travels, I mean Animals, Wish you were here, The Wall, Darkside, Meedle... That's a lot of extremely high quality music. Of course more would have been better but it really is an incredible body of work and I am quite grateful they didn't fizzle out quickly like say the Jimi Hendrix Experience, or Cream, or Nirvana... They lasted quite some time at the peak of their powers and even below peak they were incredible. Sad they don't get along as well, but at least they still live the great treasures they crafted.
One of the things that I love about this piece is just how much milage it gets out of these progressions. It certainly lives in more than one mode and considers the transition between modes equally important. It just shows how vital these concepts can be, you have all these complex clusters and what not that often are used in a similar way to an effect pedal yet here with only a handful of basic chords we get extremely rich musical landscapes that are different and are complimentary. It really is just expertly crafted.
I was fortunate enough to see one of those "Wall Shows" at Nassau Coliseum. It was fortunate the show even happened, the night before about 3 times as many fans showed up to the stadium as had tickets and proceeded to try storming the arena, so when I got there the next night the place looked like you were trying to enter into a war zone. Mounted police everywhere, boarded up windows and doors and countless checkpoints. ANYWAY... yes, the show was amazing, as "Pink" built the wall between himself and the world, there were small openings of missing bricks and band members would appear to play parts. I seem to recall Gilmore standing on the very top of the wall for his Comfortably Numb solo which was freaking amazing. More though I remember a giant model of a [German] bomber swooping down over the crowd and mashing through the wall for [cant remember which song]. Definitely a highlight concert experience for me.
For bomber planes of any era prior to modern navigation systems, blue skies (or at least not heavily cloudy) were necessary to be able to bomb effectively. Therefore, people on the ground feared blue skies. Some still do. The song is about the ominous nature of seemingly the most lovely thing, a blue sky.
One of the first songs I ever learned to play on guitar, it’s haunting yet beautiful, simple but complicated. The song is masterful in its construction and how it pulls at your heartstrings.
I heard and loved this album so much as a young teen... just insanely powerful from start to finish. Then, eventually, in college I saw the movie. Completely changed how I view and feel this album. I "get" the music in a way I couldn't have imagined without doing so. It's such an impactful story. You absolutely MUST see the movie. I advise a dark room, and either an insane surround sound system, or your best headphones.
I was at the Saturday show at Earl's Court in 1981 (13 June) - it still remains as one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. You asked about what they did with the piece - to all intents and purposes they played the album almost verse for verse and note for note as the LP - probably because of the sequenced video / effects being timed to the playing. The only difference I can recall was the inclusion of the "What Shall We Do Now" piece that is listed in the LP lyrics but not on the album
Was at Earls Court in 1980 for one of the nights, (I think they did three). They built the wall as they played the album live. The best gig I had the pleasure of going to in my younger days. (Now 64-y-o). By the way, this is a fantastic You Tube channel and Doug is a master at breaking down songs. Mick -London.
Was fortunate enough to see the Wall concert. The song is near the beginning. The concert was truly over the top. Throughout the whole concert they built a very large wall between the stage and the audience only the tear it down in the end. Besides that large construction crew there was a very large mixed choir and equally large boys chorus and what looked like an equally large 100? piece Orchestra. One of those concerts after it was over you sit there with feeling profound. Only concert that could compare was the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. that concert covered much of the wall but also much of all other albums. It was the longest concert with just a single band performing I've ever attended. And loudest as well. Been a fan of Pink Floyd since 1968. Seen the Animals and Dark Side of the Moon The Wall and Momentary Lapse of Reason twice. Yeah twice. The second was a Encore concert which also sold out within a few hours. If you have not watched the movie you're missing out. The music is the same and the visuals are as good as the music. 🤠🏞️🐂
10:02 the segue is was they did live. They didn’t touch the song itself but the segue on keys is a beautiful, mournful bridge to What shall we do now? And yes. So many of the songs were so short, they wouldn’t stand up on their own. Songs too SHORT to be a single, that’s a new one :) The floyd could never just aim for the middle
Reminds me of something Sara Bareilles said. I’m paraphrasing.”If you have a good or up beat melody you can get away with sad or tragic lyrics”. Thanks Doug I haven’t heard this on in decades
This is actually my favourite PF song. Most people I tell go blank. The guitar just takes me away and is so sad. The live version was filmed on my 8th birthday. When I hear this I always want to learn guitar. I'm 50 now but have yet to take a lesson.
Roger Waters and so many special guests. The Band, Rick Danko, Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Tim Curry as the prosecutor to name a few
this is my favorite song off the single greatest achievement in rock music history... pink floyd's the wall stands alone and above all other albums. these are memories of the german bombardment of the british isles in the second world war, when pink would have been a child. you should really watch the movie. it helps to understand the album, if you don't know pink floyd well.
The song is about the Blitz. Pink's dad was in WWII. It's goodbye blue sky because the sky is filled with bombs and kids can't go out and play because they're in fallout shelters.
Beautiful song. 4:34 But if you're not familiar with Roger Water's life as relates to his choice of lyrical topics, you probably won't know that this song, and the whole album, is about how the loss of his father in WWII affected him; the reference to taking shelter is not metaphorical here. Have you done a reaction video on Pink Floyd's next album, _The Final Cut_ ? It's also heavy on this topic. Of it, I highly recommend you do _The Gunner's Dream_ . An underrated song that IMO has the same vibe as _Goodbye Blue Sky_ here.
Hey Doug, I am really supported to see that Sleep Token hasn't made it onto your radar yet, so here you go. They are an anonymous band from the UK that blend genres with the most amazing musical composition I've ever heard and I thought that you would absolutely enjoy them
Really like your thoughts & your personal recollection of 9/11, memories from long ago can still bring poignant thoughts into perspective, in this case The Blitz & other German bombing to Britain, very relevant to present day conflicts, our triune brain memory remembers
I was there all those years ago. I didn't have a ticket but I went up to Earls Court in the hope of getting myself one. I payed an absolute fortune to a tout. In excess of £100 which at the time was ridiculous, but I just had to see them. Worth every penny. Regarding Goodbye Blue Sky, as mentioned elsewhere, you have to watch the animated sequence in the movie. A bit of background as for why if you're not already familiar with this. On The Wall, Goodbye Blue Sky segues into Empty Spaces, another short but immensely powerful piece. The thing is, due to limited space on the LP, the Empty Spaces piece was cut in half, the second unused part being What Shall We Do Now. In the film it is restored to all it's full glory and forms part of one of the most amazing and powerful pieces of animation set to music you will ever see, namely Goodbye Blue Sky-Empty Spaces-What Shall We Do. It was always performed live in this 3 piece version, with the animation from the film projected on to the erected wall in front of the band. Both Scarfe's animation and Floyds music are magnificent.
My Dad used to work in the film industry, a company that supplied cameras & equipment to film makers. He was looking after The Wall film. I was about 12, and he brought me to Pinewood Studios to watch the special effects shot of the Wall being blown up for the film. Just my luck the shot failed and I went home dissapointed. I did goto Pinewood another time, they were filming an episode of Magnum, met Tom Selleck (as a kid he looked massive), also saw the guy who played higgins, he was busy sitting in one of those tall ACTOR chairs smoking a cigarette through a tube, like The Penguin had on 60,s Batman. It was a good day out, but still a bit sad did not see Zeus and Apollo 😢
Tiger Broke Free - I wish this song would have been on the album just like in the animation. It would have made one of the greatest album. Just that much more amazing. It did finally get release later.
It always amused me that Roger fired Rick Wright before the tour, Rick was brought back for the tour as a paid employee, the tour was so expensive that Roger, David and Nick all lost money on it but Rick was in profit as he was just an employee and didn't have to underwrite the tour costs.
I like your little piano accompaniment Doug. Yes watch the movie. I say it adds perspective, some say orherwise, but no matter there until you experience it for yourself.
Just now noticed something. I know where Metallica got the musical inspiration for the intro to "Fade To Black". Exact same "B" chord with the same progression.
Richard Wright was the only member of the band that made any money out of this concert because he had left the band but agreed to to be a salaried member of the band on that tour
maybe what I am about to say is a very sacrilege... but the melody of the phrase in the chorus 'good bye blue sky'.... reminds me so much to the one of 'good bye ruby tuesday' of The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd and Hawkwind are the 2 most important bands ever (lyrically and musically). Can't believe Doug has not done any Hawkwind tracks after doing almost 700 hundred of these shows. Is he not aware of the band yet ?
The movie version is cool , "Mother" is another great track. Doug you would like the movie. My grandfather told me it was a perfectly blue sky the morning 😮 of the attack on pearl harbor. I would love to see your reaction to Nazareth's "Hair of the dog". I think you'll be surprised. With the passing of Dan McCaffery I think it's worth a listen.Thanks.
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You absolutely need to watch the animated sequence from the film for this song. It takes this song to a whole other level. Some of the most poignant animation set to music I've ever seen.
seconded
I agree, it's so poignant and beautiful and helps to cast the song in such a more complete picture
I was about to tell Doug this exact think. The movie version of the Wall is superb and I can't believe he hasn't seen it.
I was 18 when this hit the theater and I went back to see it several times.
The only other movies that might compete with it for buying tickets to see it were The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Star Wars during its original release.
So yes, Doug MUST see The Wall!
I agree. The whole movie is excellent. The trial also has some awesome animation!
"Flames are all long gone but the pain lingers on", what a great line.
This song gives me goosebumps every time. It looks so sweet in the first chords, and then, it turns into some darkness... Then the sweet chorus... Then more darkness... The lyrics... It's really creepy and heartbreaking at the same time.
Always good to hear your thoughts on pink Floyd..
My humble opinion, one of the most under rated Pink Floyd's song.
Nothing by Pink Floyd is underrated my anyone who knows them. You must not know Pink Floyd nor the buyers of the records and watchers of their shows very well.
@@classicraceruk1337Underrated by mainstream media, maybe. There are lots and lots of them.
@@sheilaperri9209 Mainstream what? There is no such thing. There are only three types of people in this world. Those who have heard of Floyd and like this song.Those who have not heard of Floyd.Those who have heard this song and don’t like it. I know of no Floyd fan that dislikes any song, I have been watching and listening to them since the days of Marquee club gigs circa 1965.This applies to all so called things that are underrated.
Sometimes terrible things happen under beautiful blue skies. But mostly, beautiful blue skies are just that: beautiful blue skies. Never forget that. Always enjoy them. Don't let the bad guys win.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2001…we haven’t had a blue sky like that early morning since…always a haze.
I saw the concert tour for the Wall in 1980. The best concert I have ever attended. It was also the begining of the end for the classic floyd lineup. A very troubled Waters created a mirror of his life and morphed it into an unbelievable masterpiece, with the help of three other masterful musicians.
This song is a perfect example of heavy music not being hard or abrasive. This one is definitely very, very heavy. I can enjoy the music but I'll tell you what, every time I've watched the wall this song and it's accompanying animation sequence have literally brought me to tears. It's just too much for me to pretend it's not painful and doesn't effect me. So many bands put so much effort into conveying sadness and pain to the listener but none of them are half as good at it as Pink Floyd were.
Love the Pink Floyd reactions and analysis. Thanks Doug!
that was harry waters at the beginning. coincidentally i saw a pink floyd tribute band called "brit floyd" last night in los angeles,and harry waters was one of many guest performers, playing keyboards. video of the show is on my channel (shameless plug). harry is of course 44 years older than he was on the wall album,and seeing him playing his father's music was very special.
Referred to this song some weeks ago. I'm in my forties and this song hits hard. Really grateful I had an upbringing that involved appreciating Pink Floyd.
This was always one of my favorite songs off of The Wall.
The vocals are just lovely, both the studio and live.
Good by blue sky speaks of the deep scars left in the UK caused by the air raids during the battle of Britten and the following cold war. This reminds me of another Great song of the 80s by another I believe a greatly under rated band, Mike and the mechanics the song is almost prophetic and is relevant today and was banned from the radio in the UK during the gulf war. The tune is simple and haunting it is called Silent Running or can you hear me running. I think this would be a wonderful song to review it grabs my heart listening to it today just as I did when I was 35 when it originally was released 1985.
Your mention of 9/11 is painfully apt and something I've never thought about. I'm pretty sure I'll be thinking about that when I listen to the song from now on. That's the same feeling, you are so right.
The airplane up in the sky the child sees unbeknownst to a young child is a German bomber about ready to obliterate part of London! The song points out the innocence of a child in war with a child in amazement looking at an actual airplane in the early 1940s!! It's the irony that Rodger was shooting for with the child being happy to see an airplane and having no idea what's about to happen!!!!!
The Blitz 1940 through 1941. London like many other European cities was the front lines. Roger was born two years later but growing up to him and the rest of the band those very scars even physically still remained through the next decades.
People do not realize especially here in the states what it's like nor how long it takes for the scars of war to heal and wear away - if ever.
what an unforgettable classic!
Just an amazing album that touches the soul.
Always tear up when i here this. Dam this song touches the soul.
Yes, Doug….you need to watch the movie. Pour a cocktail and pack a bowl sit back and enjoy. Gerald Scarfe’s animation is amazing, especially “Goodbye Blue Sky”.
The animation during Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now? was good too.
The use of the marching hammers in “Waiting for worms” a segue into “The Trial”
Harry Waters who now plays keyboards for Colonel Les Claypool's (Primus) Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.
I loved The Wall movie, it came out the year I graduated high school.
The movie poster hangs in my bedroom, I wake up to that screaming face every morning. :)
David's voice is so beautiful...
Man I love this song!!! I can't begin to calculate how many times I've listened to this album and watched the movie!
Upon hearing this song so long ago, my memory's of my Grandmothers friend from the UK she describes her experiences during the war. Hiding in the tunnels in London and the Spitefire dog fights above her village. Why there are to this day huge divots in those farmers fields across the country side still. Craters long ago plowed over where the bombs fell. And the fields had to be replanted. The Final Cut album describes all of this more in depth, if ya listen close.
Such a beautiful song with that melancholy vibe. Great breakdown, Doug!
The Wall live performances were played in order just as it appears on the album from beginning to end.
Great review Doug,.. how sweet are those descending 'ooh-ooh's' from Gilmour and the back up vocalists..and that little bass lick that ends in a drop D and that Bm suspended chord ( not sure what its technically called haha) is just gorgeous, Metallica also used it at the start of Fade to Black . Such a beautiful song lyrically and musically. Dave, Roger, Nick and Rick,. man they made some magic together. love your show dude.
the movie makes a lot more sense of the album, it's a must watch
An instant tearjerker every time it comes on...
I like your channel very much. the thing i like the most about music is harmonic tensions. I suggest you reffer to them more often if you feel like it. for example, in this song the Bm has a G in it (#5). you can go further down the rabbit hole and find it's not a Bm at all, but the haunting feeling is caused by this half-step tension (G, F#). same goes for the Am, which is actually a C/A (A is a peddal point over two chords that non of them has A in it). thanx!
For me this little diamond is one of the most beautiful tracks on the album. And shows how deceptive a beautiful sky can be. Thanks for the reaction and analys Doug!!
One of the things that I love about this piece is just how much milage it gets out of these progressions. It certainly lives in more than one mode and considers the transition between modes equally important.
It just shows how vital these concepts can be, you have all these complex clusters and what not that often are used in a similar way to an effect pedal yet here with only a handful of basic chords we get extremely rich musical landscapes that are different and are complimentary. It really is just expertly crafted.
What an incredible quartet Pink Floyd was. I'm glad they had so many sonic travels, I mean Animals, Wish you were here, The Wall, Darkside, Meedle... That's a lot of extremely high quality music. Of course more would have been better but it really is an incredible body of work and I am quite grateful they didn't fizzle out quickly like say the Jimi Hendrix Experience, or Cream, or Nirvana... They lasted quite some time at the peak of their powers and even below peak they were incredible.
Sad they don't get along as well, but at least they still live the great treasures they crafted.
One of the things that I love about this piece is just how much milage it gets out of these progressions. It certainly lives in more than one mode and considers the transition between modes equally important.
It just shows how vital these concepts can be, you have all these complex clusters and what not that often are used in a similar way to an effect pedal yet here with only a handful of basic chords we get extremely rich musical landscapes that are different and are complimentary. It really is just expertly crafted.
Great animation for this in The Wall film. Almost haunting.
I can’t imagine the film without the animation.
I was fortunate enough to see one of those "Wall Shows" at Nassau Coliseum. It was fortunate the show even happened, the night before about 3 times as many fans showed up to the stadium as had tickets and proceeded to try storming the arena, so when I got there the next night the place looked like you were trying to enter into a war zone. Mounted police everywhere, boarded up windows and doors and countless checkpoints. ANYWAY... yes, the show was amazing, as "Pink" built the wall between himself and the world, there were small openings of missing bricks and band members would appear to play parts. I seem to recall Gilmore standing on the very top of the wall for his Comfortably Numb solo which was freaking amazing. More though I remember a giant model of a [German] bomber swooping down over the crowd and mashing through the wall for [cant remember which song]. Definitely a highlight concert experience for me.
For bomber planes of any era prior to modern navigation systems, blue skies (or at least not heavily cloudy) were necessary to be able to bomb effectively. Therefore, people on the ground feared blue skies. Some still do. The song is about the ominous nature of seemingly the most lovely thing, a blue sky.
I lived in NJ too. I was driving over the GWB. It was a perfect morning. Just spectacular. Then life changed forever.
One of the first songs I ever learned to play on guitar, it’s haunting yet beautiful, simple but complicated. The song is masterful in its construction and how it pulls at your heartstrings.
I heard and loved this album so much as a young teen... just insanely powerful from start to finish. Then, eventually, in college I saw the movie. Completely changed how I view and feel this album. I "get" the music in a way I couldn't have imagined without doing so. It's such an impactful story. You absolutely MUST see the movie. I advise a dark room, and either an insane surround sound system, or your best headphones.
My all time favorite Pink Floyd song!
Thanks Doug. Need to get my original LP out. An Xmas present from my departed parents when I was a teenager
You are a smart man Doug and obviously, a good man
Take care
I was teaching my daughter guitar when she was 10. This was her favorite song to play along with me
Thanks for this very interesting analysis. Wish I could name chords just by listening!
Brilliant. My favorite album ever. Even beats CTTE, The Lamb, and so on. I need to find your full review ❤
I was at the Saturday show at Earl's Court in 1981 (13 June) - it still remains as one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. You asked about what they did with the piece - to all intents and purposes they played the album almost verse for verse and note for note as the LP - probably because of the sequenced video / effects being timed to the playing. The only difference I can recall was the inclusion of the "What Shall We Do Now" piece that is listed in the LP lyrics but not on the album
Was at Earls Court in 1980 for one of the nights, (I think they did three). They built the wall as they played the album live. The best gig I had the pleasure of going to in my younger days. (Now 64-y-o). By the way, this is a fantastic You Tube channel and Doug is a master at breaking down songs. Mick -London.
Doug, if you're going to watch the film, might as well do it as a reaction video! We're here for it.
Was fortunate enough to see the Wall concert.
The song is near the beginning.
The concert was truly over the top. Throughout the whole concert they built a very large wall between the stage and the audience only the tear it down in the end. Besides that large construction crew there was a very large mixed choir and equally large boys chorus and what looked like an equally large 100? piece Orchestra. One of those concerts after it was over you sit there with feeling profound.
Only concert that could compare was the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.
that concert covered much of the wall but also much of all other albums. It was the longest concert with just a single band performing I've ever attended. And loudest as well.
Been a fan of Pink Floyd since 1968. Seen the Animals and Dark Side of the Moon The Wall and Momentary Lapse of Reason twice.
Yeah twice. The second was a Encore concert which also sold out within a few hours.
If you have not watched the movie you're missing out.
The music is the same and the visuals are as good as the music.
🤠🏞️🐂
I went to that concert at Earls Court. They did build the wall and gradually disappeared behind it. Totally awesome experience
Gives me chills.
10:02 the segue is was they did live. They didn’t touch the song itself but the segue on keys is a beautiful, mournful bridge to What shall we do now?
And yes. So many of the songs were so short, they wouldn’t stand up on their own. Songs too SHORT to be a single, that’s a new one :) The floyd could never just aim for the middle
Reminds me of something Sara Bareilles said. I’m paraphrasing.”If you have a good or up beat melody you can get away with sad or tragic lyrics”. Thanks Doug I haven’t heard this on in decades
Hey You, Nobody Home and Thin Ice are also decent tracks from The Wall. Greetings from Manchester UK.
This is actually my favourite PF song. Most people I tell go blank. The guitar just takes me away and is so sad. The live version was filmed on my 8th birthday. When I hear this I always want to learn guitar. I'm 50 now but have yet to take a lesson.
This is way up there. For me it's probably Time, When the Tigers Broke Free, or this one.
This is my favorite Floyd song of all time!
Hey Doug, this song is pretty apropos of what's going on in Gaza right now [1Dec2023]
I was 8 years old when this album came out. This song reinforced the paranoia of nukes that people my age grew up with.
You should check out The Wall Live in Berlin 1990. Quite good orchestration from Michael Kamen and a host of guest artists.
Roger Waters and so many special guests. The Band, Rick Danko, Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Tim Curry as the prosecutor to name a few
This is one of my top favorite songs by them.
Love the Grados!
My favorite recording of the wall is the earls court performance. It has so much more nuance and variation that works throughout the entire album.
this is my favorite song off the single greatest achievement in rock music history... pink floyd's the wall stands alone and above all other albums.
these are memories of the german bombardment of the british isles in the second world war, when pink would have been a child. you should really watch the movie. it helps to understand the album, if you don't know pink floyd well.
I always grew up as this track being one of those famous tracks.
Pink Floyd became more than a band or group to a musical work of art.
That WAS such a beautiful day! In Miramichi New Brunswick,also!❤😥
G.O.A.T. love Pink and especially David Gilmour! You need to watch "The Wall".
The song is about the Blitz. Pink's dad was in WWII. It's goodbye blue sky because the sky is filled with bombs and kids can't go out and play because they're in fallout shelters.
Beautiful song. 4:34 But if you're not familiar with Roger Water's life as relates to his choice of lyrical topics, you probably won't know that this song, and the whole album, is about how the loss of his father in WWII affected him; the reference to taking shelter is not metaphorical here.
Have you done a reaction video on Pink Floyd's next album, _The Final Cut_ ? It's also heavy on this topic. Of it, I highly recommend you do _The Gunner's Dream_ . An underrated song that IMO has the same vibe as _Goodbye Blue Sky_ here.
Major it’s a very nostalgic tonality
Yes, Harry is Roger's son, who he fired from a tour a few years back. He is a monster in so many ways.
I just read about that. Didn't even bother to give him a reason. Just "you're fired" out of the blue. Not cool.
Hey Doug, I am really supported to see that Sleep Token hasn't made it onto your radar yet, so here you go. They are an anonymous band from the UK that blend genres with the most amazing musical composition I've ever heard and I thought that you would absolutely enjoy them
Really like your thoughts & your personal recollection of 9/11, memories from long ago can still bring poignant thoughts into perspective, in this case The Blitz & other German bombing to Britain, very relevant to present day conflicts, our triune brain memory remembers
I was there all those years ago. I didn't have a ticket but I went up to Earls Court in the hope of getting myself one. I payed an absolute fortune to a tout. In excess of £100 which at the time was ridiculous, but I just had to see them. Worth every penny.
Regarding Goodbye Blue Sky, as mentioned elsewhere, you have to watch the animated sequence in the movie. A bit of background as for why if you're not already familiar with this.
On The Wall, Goodbye Blue Sky segues into Empty Spaces, another short but immensely powerful piece. The thing is, due to limited space on the LP, the Empty Spaces piece was cut in half, the second unused part being What Shall We Do Now. In the film it is restored to all it's full glory and forms part of one of the most amazing and powerful pieces of animation set to music you will ever see, namely Goodbye Blue Sky-Empty Spaces-What Shall We Do.
It was always performed live in this 3 piece version, with the animation from the film projected on to the erected wall in front of the band. Both Scarfe's animation and Floyds music are magnificent.
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Amateur video but that's exactly what "the audience" manages to live …
I would sing this while puttering around the house and my kids were always intrigued by the descending vocal line.
Not alone there. When I walking through campus (William & Mary) that day, that song was in my head.
I hope he does an extended play lounge for the the live version
Joni Mitchell sings this at rogers live in Berlin concert, probably my favourite version of this great song
My Dad used to work in the film industry, a company that supplied cameras & equipment to film makers. He was looking after The Wall film. I was about 12, and he brought me to Pinewood Studios to watch the special effects shot of the Wall being blown up for the film. Just my luck the shot failed and I went home dissapointed.
I did goto Pinewood another time, they were filming an episode of Magnum, met Tom Selleck (as a kid he looked massive), also saw the guy who played higgins, he was busy sitting in one of those tall ACTOR chairs smoking a cigarette through a tube, like The Penguin had on 60,s Batman. It was a good day out, but still a bit sad did not see Zeus and Apollo 😢
Make sure you're in a good place when you watch 'The Wall', Doug.
Very beautiful and dark song,
Say still relevant to this day
thx or this one! Pink Floyd is always a gift=)
There’s a tune called What Shall We Do Now? that was left off the album. Check that one out.
they made a movie based on this album - "Goodbye Blue Sky" is animated - it's something you should see
Tiger Broke Free - I wish this song would have been on the album just like in the animation. It would have made one of the greatest album. Just that much more amazing. It did finally get release later.
There were another "hit" from The Wall, which was played sometimes on radio: "Run Like Hell"...
It always amused me that Roger fired Rick Wright before the tour, Rick was brought back for the tour as a paid employee, the tour was so expensive that Roger, David and Nick all lost money on it but Rick was in profit as he was just an employee and didn't have to underwrite the tour costs.
I like your little piano accompaniment Doug. Yes watch the movie. I say it adds perspective, some say orherwise, but no matter there until you experience it for yourself.
Yes that is Harry Waters, Roger’s son. He is now an accomplished musician in his own right.
Just now noticed something. I know where Metallica got the musical inspiration for the intro to "Fade To Black". Exact same "B" chord with the same progression.
The childhood memory songs are all in a major key. Look it up.
This is one for the film. , VERY VISUUAL
Richard Wright was the only member of the band that made any money out of this concert because he had left the band but agreed to to be a salaried member of the band on that tour
love your vids! how can we see your full reaction to the wall??
Excellent! Thanks! Doug, please do your thing with The Aristocrats song Jack's Back. You'll love it!!!
maybe what I am about to say is a very sacrilege... but the melody of the phrase in the chorus 'good bye blue sky'.... reminds me so much to the one of 'good bye ruby tuesday' of The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd and Hawkwind are the 2 most important bands ever (lyrically and musically). Can't believe Doug has not done any Hawkwind tracks after doing almost 700 hundred of these shows. Is he not aware of the band yet ?
Hi Doug i was there at Earls Court in London
The movie version is cool , "Mother" is another great track. Doug you would like the movie. My grandfather told me it was a perfectly blue sky the morning 😮
of the attack on pearl harbor. I would love to see your reaction to Nazareth's "Hair of the dog". I think you'll be surprised. With the passing of Dan McCaffery I think it's worth a listen.Thanks.