pretty close Jay. The song is about Pink as a Little Boy remembering when the Germans were bombing London during WW2 and the people had to take shelter in the underground.
Mum told us about having to dive into ditches sometimes on the way to school, and what folks went through trying to get enough food. I cannot even imagine the trauma that generation experienced, but she certainly taught us to be stocked up and prepared for emergencies!
@@armadillotoe Yeah, the whole album, and The Final Cut was a three record history of Roger Waters whole life, up to that point. Don't believe me?, Listen to sides one and two of The Wall, sides one and two of TFC and then sides three and four of TW. It fits!
I have listened this album to pieces. It is such a great album. One of the most interesting tidbits about it is if you start the original album and as it plays, the first sound, you hear is a voice that says very quietly “…we began” and at the very end of the album the after Long silence, the very last sound you hear is a voice saying “isn’t this where…” making the whole auditory experience and unbroken loop. If you’ve never noticed it, check it out on the album. It’s cool. They are cool.
100%. I know it would take longer, but they do movie reactions, so hopefully they will do it. They're not getting the full experience of the music this way.
You`re right about that, and as many other Pink Floyd albums this one is also a concept album from the perspective of different situations on the same topic.
@@bjdefilippo447 The Wall live tour shows > the movie imo. Watching those shows always bring a tear to my eyes. ruclips.net/video/qAtusYxDlaw/видео.html
The Wall is a double album released in 1979. I was in college then and my psychology professor brought in his stereo from home and we studied this album for a couple weeks! Every word means something. Each song is interconnected in the story.
As I am of French origin (from Quebec), in my English language class, I had to write an essay based on an English text. I had chosen the lyrics of the song "Time" by Pink Floyd. I had brought the vinyl record to class to introduce my oral presentation. Even the disco music fans were amazed by the relevance of the lyrics of this song. We were a long way from songs like: "Disco Duck by Rick Dees", or "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
@thepragmatic6383 I wrote a paper for a college English class likening Fish from Marillion to classic poets and included several lyrical excerpts. My professor loved it, and I got an A.
@@thepragmatic6383 Being from quebec, but raised in an english and french household, examining pink floyd's lyrics is deep. Shine on you Crazy Diamond will always be one i reflect on deeply
As said by some… but remember this is a British band so it’s a British perspective. WWII London and much of England were continuously bombarded by air from Germany. The album is a young boys story that grew up during that time. The 9/11 reference was a good catch if it were from USA perspective. With the exception that it was one day for us…day after day night after night for an incredible amount of time. I can’t imagine what they went through.
“D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?” Gives me chills, thinking how relevant that line remains today.
It's really hard to appreciate this piece without understanding the context it is performed in. It's a part of the big picture painted by the masterpiece album "The Wall".
Hi, Rob and Amber. Please do yourselves a solid and listen to this entire album from beginning to end in one sitting. That's the real "The Wall" experience. Thank you so much for highlighting Pink Floyd. Happy Birthday, Amber!
This song was released in 1979 on the album The Wall. The Wall, and the movie of the same name, tells the story of Pink, a self destructive rock star. All of the British rock stars of the 60s (Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc ) were born in the late 30s to early 40s, during WW2, when the Germans were constantly bombing London That's what the "Mummy, look at the plane" and the line "Did you hear the falling bombs" refer to
🎉 Something to think about: The members of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and other English rock bands, were all brought up in the aftermath of World War II…and sometimes you can hear it in their music. American musicians of the same age (Baby Boomers) might not have been affected like the Europeans…but they were affected by the Vietnam War…and their music shows it. Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young are good examples. We’re all a product of our environment…and sometimes it shows.
Good bye blue sky is just a puzzle piece from The Wall. The whole album is a story ❤ You also have to watch the movie to see the full story!! BUT it will be unlike any other movie you have ever seen!! Lol Also keep in mind that back in my day, we would take lsd and watch the Wall 😂
As others have posted, there really aren't any stand-alone songs...on any Floyd albums. Each has a theme; they tell a story. "The Wall" follows a boy from birth onwards. This song describes London bomb shelters in WW2 when he is a small boy. Later he becomes a rock star and drug addict then loses his mind. You know, light bubble gum music! LOL
"The planes are all gone, but the pain lingers on..." What a great line that foreshadows the songs later in the album. The line makes me wonder what kind of PTSD the citizens of London suffered from the nightly bombings during the "Blitz" (Sep 1940 to May 1941). And how long this pain lingered on in the years after WW2. "The Wall" was released on Friday, November 30th, 1979. CHUM-FM in Toronto played the entire double LP that evening. The Wall may best be experienced in a complete play-through so that you can follow the story. Or... watch the movie of the same name with all the tracks from the album. It's a bit dark, but moving, and has important anti-racism and anti-extremism messages.
When the time is right, like a long drive, I listen to the entire album start to finish. It always leaves me feeling like I just finished reading a novel.
This is a beautiful song, but such a small piece of the bigger picture. You owe it to yourself to listen to the album in its entirety. Like epic poems, The Wall is large. It's deeper, broader, and heavier than you would have expected. Individual songs are a such a small part of the puzzle. Please listen to the entire album from beginning to end. Let it sink in and settle all around you. Think about it. Don't talk about it yet. Sit with it a day or two. Then go listen to it again. Close your eyes and let the story unfold in your mind. After you've both had a chance to do this, talk about it. And then listen again together. It's a trip. After all that? Watch the movie. But only after you've had the chance to discover for yourself some of the secrets The Wall has hidden amongst the bricks.
Happy Birthday Amber!!!!! Great song to react to, as well, as it is difficult to go wrong with Pink Floyd! Have yourself a great day and remember you are blessed and you are loved!!
It is a Cool transitional song, a nice interlude within the album, extending the story of 'Pink' and the masterpiece concept album, The Wall. By far the best way to hear any of their songs from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall is listening to the entire thing as intended. You are correct, you have no idea what kind of song they will make but they all sound like Pink Floyd. Masters of musical soundscapes, no one else sucks you into an altered, audio and/or video reality like Pink Floyd. Beyond awesome you are finally going to experience Echoes: Live at Pompeii, a must hear audio and video experience like no other. When we saw it at the movies when it originally came out so many years ago, everyone was tripped out and could hardly believe the incredible Floydian experience like no other. You have to watch the entire movie ASAP!!! They pierce your soul with their utter musical brilliance. I was beyond lucky to see them do Echoes Live at the old Boston Garden in 1975. David Gilmour was sitting next to his Audio Effects rack and sent us into space. Enjoy! I know you both will, I am so hyped to see Amber, you light up my life with your Pink Floyd glow! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶🔥
I can't see you doing it for one of your channels, because there's just so much music and YT would have conniptions, but for your own enjoyment, I *HIGHLY* recommend watching both the movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall" and the concert film "Roger Waters: The Wall, Live in Berlin". The former is an intense, engrossing, surreal tale told out of chronological order (so that you piece it together as you go, and newly revealed connecting bits make it make sense), telling how a boy's youth and the events thereof affected him and shaped who he is as an adult, and then watching that adult descend into madness. The latter is an amazing concert with a ton of guest stars. Roger Waters was asked when he would do The Wall as a concert again. He jokingly said he'd do it when the Berlin Wall came down, thinking that meant "never". The concert was held in Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the former site of part of the Berlin Wall, shortly after that wall came down.
Happy Birthday Amber! 😊🎉❤ That was a masterclass explanation and breakdown of the lyrics and the instruments and how they translate to the feelings. Feelin’ it on your birthday!
There's a pretty obvious movie you guys NEED to watch - The film version of "The Wall". The animation section for this particular song is stunning! Jay AMLOST got it with the plane reference (but this was 1979).
You should listen to this album from the beginning and recorded in groups of twos. When listening start to finish, this is an amazing album. A great story and a great movie.
Pink Floyd is consistently on a completely different level. They always take you on an emotional journey. I have listened to them for 52 years. They have a few songs I don't appreciate, but the vast majority are amazing.
Their music is so timeless because they spoke of specific events that are general themes that happen in most people and throughout recorded history, so their music echoes through time as human beings are too stupid to learn from history and not repeat it. It also helps that they are also intelligent guys with an obsession for musical perfection and no one/band will ever match them in that aspect.
Amber you are my spirit child. But I got to experience PF when I was only 16. 40 years ago now. I am jealous that you get to hear them for the first time. Reliving my youth.
Damn Amber nailed it! Always felt like this was a song about all the young kids in Britain during WWII and how their innocence was ripped away. Ironically look at all the amazing music that came from that generation of kids Beatles, Stones, Animals, Zombies, and so on and so on and so on too many too even name The Lord works in mysterious ways 😊
To view The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon as a bunch of songs you can randomly listen to is like watching great movies but only watching a random scene. Some songs are rockers, some softer. Some stand alone OK, others do not. In all cases, all songs make more sense when you follow the whole story from start to finish.
The Wall came out in 1979, Here in the UK we do not live all our life with American events, we live our our life's with our own events and Pink Floyd are British, as are the majority of musical geniuses.
Happy Birthday Amber. 🎂🌞🦁♌I know you Love Pink Floyd. They are an amazing Band. The Wall is one of the greatest albums ever written. Rush is my favorite band of all time. I really would Love for your minds to be blown away. Please react to Natural Science by Rush.
You should do a movie review of The Wall. That would help you pull together all the songs from the album because they are all in order. Back in the 80s when I was in college we used to go to the midnight showing of The Wall movie on Friday or Saturday nights. It was always a trip.
Jay is absolutely right. The song is about the WWII bombing of London, but anyone who remembers 9/11 can also relate. I’d never thought of that before.
The whole album "The Wall" is more than just a collection of songs, but it is a true concept album. Listening to one song doesn't give you the whole story. You need to listen to it from the first track to the last to appreciate the whole story that is being told. Each song is a story of it's own, but together thet build an epic overarching tale.
There's actually a very specific way to interpret this song. remember, it's part of a story. The film actually does a great job depicting this song. Mom and son hanging out in their idyllic English countryside garden when German bombers fly overhead on their way to London for the Blitzkrieg. The voice of the young kid is actually Roger Water's son Harry. Once London gets flattened, there were no more 'Blue Skies' from the devastation of it all. Anyone that lived through it carried it for the rest of their lives. Musically it's mostly Gilmour. 3 or 4 Gilmour voices, a couple of acoustic guitars and the bass. Wright and Waters on synths. Nice pick me up song for a Happy Birthday. 😉
Happy Birthday to such a beautiful young lady and growing music fan, it is impressive what you have discovered already but there is so much more greatness to experience. Seeing you are doing Echoes, may I suggest 3 more longer music experiences that will open your mind and ears to more of the incredible music made in the 70s. Try Try 2112 by Rush, Close to the Edge by YES and Tarkus by ELP. All were an entire side of a record album and all 3 show incredible bands at the apex of musical creativity, Prog masterpieces that belong in the same sentence as Echoes. Your musical reactions will not be truly as satisfying as it could until you try all 3. Great listening and amazing to this very day, Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Amber... I grew up in the 60's. The 50's thru the 80's were great music for me.. then something happened where music and lyrics changed.....
Happy Birthday Amber! You need to watch the movie The Wall which features the songs from the album and very interesting cinematography. It stars The Boomtown Rats frontman and Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof as Pink.
🎂🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMBER!!! Terrific song, it adds its part to the story of "THE WALL". Would sure love to see you guys do the entire album, even if it is just one song per week, of the ones you haven't heard yet, in order. I'm definitely here for Pink Floyd Tuesdays. ;)
This song feels cinematic from the pretty tune turning ominous to the singer stuttering in fear and the sky filled with smoke from the aerial bombing and not blue anymore hence the title
The whole album is 100% cinematic , The Wall (movie) released in 1982 directed by Alan Parker , music Pink Floyd , and the script was written by Roger Waters.
One of my favorite scenes from Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982 movie) is the animated scene where this song "Goodbye Blue Sky" is playing. Check out that movie if you have not already seen it.
The song is from the album The Wall. One of the greatest albums of all time! The album, released in 1979, is mainly about how a young boy slowly goes mad because of his environment (suffocating mom, abusing teachers), and this song is about the cold war. The fear that any day a nuclear holocaust could happen.
The Wall is a momentous album, but a long way from their earlier, more space-trip sounds. Full of heavy life themes and anxiety, The Wall is a tough listen, but a fantastic one too.
I hear you Amber. Everything you have said is just like me. You guys need to react to Pink Floyd the Wall. It's such an incredible movie. You guys are watching without the videos. But you really need to. I think you will respect Pink Floyd even better like I have when it comes to them. ❤❤
Happy birthday youngin. This is my favorite Pink Floyd album. The movie is also great. If you watch the movie everything falls into place and then your like I get it
The Wall was written and released in a time of almost universal foreboding about nuclear war, especially in West Germany and Europe, with both sides moving ever more tactical nuclear weapons towards the 'front line'. It is hard to explain just how tangible the sense of fear was in society and individuals at the time; it was like the Cuba missile crisis drawn out over years. The closer you were to the border between East and West, the more you could feel it. While this song is about WWII, it hit perfectly on the threat of WWIII, the whole album did in a way. Musically, it's anxiety and paranoia perfectly described. Those who were awake to what was happening - not necessarily a good thing - felt it when listening to The Wall. Those few days during and following 9/11 are possibly the closest we have come to feeling that way since, so it's not a bad reference.
This song is a little part of The Wall concept album (1979) and The Wall movie (1982) directed by Alan Parker). The Blitz (1940/41): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
If you're listening to the album or, particularly, watching The Wall film in a certain state of mind, Pink appears to be swimming in blood. Good Bye Blue Sky is a welcome break from the intensity from that scene!!
You really need to watch the movie on your other channel, I would love to see your reaction to this soundtrack. And Happy Birthday Amber, thanks for sharing my favorite band with us today.
Amber you may want check out the Band Reunion .Their Song LIFE IS A ROCK BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME FROM 1974 You will laugh so hard And you will 🧁recognise alot names and get a kick out of this very fun 70s song Happy Birthday Amber🧁🍧🍪🥞
You gotta see the film clip of this song to understand it. It has very graphic war animation. This song is an interlude in Pink floyd's movie The Wall.
Have a great and wonderful YOU day!!!! You must add The Wall the Movie to your soon to watch movie list! It is the beyond mind blowing in music, context, visuals, etc. Lots of history packed into this movie via WWII and Pink's life from child to adult. You will walk away in a different feel.
I agree with Amber.... Pink Floyd has to be one of the all time top bands, the one whose music I'd want if I could only take one band's music to a deserted island. I remember the first time I heard this album, in a friend's dorm room during college, before anyone had seen the video. I was listening with my eyes closed and after it finished said "this is about WWII." She thought I was a semi-genius when she later saw the video, but it seemed so obvious to me.
Happy birthday, Amber! BTW "Good-Bye Blue Sky" is from "The Wall" album (1979), it's about England being bombed by Nazi Germany during WWII. Roger Waters' father died in WWII.
You guys are my favorite reactors.. Ambers' motherly point of view nailed it. Pink Floyd is a band that stimulates all your emotions. I feel that PF's tone, timing, progression are all intentional and meant to stimulate your emotions. Just like their light and stage show trigger your senses. Go see Brit Floyd if they come to your area. Note for note Pink Floyd. Their stage show and laser show will blow you away.
The thing is, most of their albums are concept albums, so listening to their albums has to be done from side one, song one to the last song so you can really have your mind blown at how freaking amazing these guys were as a band.
yeah The Wall, while "supposedly" about a fictional character Pink, is largely based off of Roger Water's life. Born in 43 in the middle of the war, losing his father who was a pilot, raised in a post war England after the bombings and near occupation (France just across the channel was occupied) by a naturally over-protective mother who was afraid of losing the only one she had left. Going through the bullying in school, girl problems, band problems, drug problems, mental health problems etc.
This band's music is a crash course in psychology and the complex emotional states of human beings; they put you in an inner space where your individual unique experiences are given the room to play and fight and learn. If you know, you know.
Happy birthday! Ooof, did you choose a tough one for a birthday song. XD "Look Mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky." Filled with bombs. To drop on London. During the Blitz. I wish you'd reacted to the version with the animation from the sequence in their movie. It has so much added impact, and goes *incredibly* dark, as fits the subject matter.
Happy birthday Amber!🎉 You both really need to listen to the entire album in one sitting. You would really love how deep it is. Maybe after you’ve reacted to the suggested songs, just take time and listen to the whole album.
Gotta listen to the entire album offline to understand that all the songs are connected to one story. Then watch the wall on your movie channel (but do it in that order)
The airplane was dropping bombs. It's about being an innocent toddler British child, at the beginning of World War 2. David is singing, but it's Roger's lyrics. All 4 of them could identify with the description of the innocent toddler child, when the war started. Most British Invasioners could. The story of The Wall is the story of the typical English Rock Star of that era. Their physical, mental and emotional struggles that not all of them survived. "The Wall" is a mental and emotional wall that the character Pink erected between himself and the world.
Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? This absolute beauty of a song is from the 1979 concept album “The Wall”, which tells the story of a troubled musician who wants to isolate himself from the world. While he looks back at his childhood, he remembers when he had to run for shelter with his mother, as Nazi Germany was bombing Great Britain during World War Two. The Wall is an incredible album, and my suggestion would be to listen to it in its entirety! Cheers, guys!
My wife used to tell me about she and her brothers playing on top of the debris after coming out of the bomb shelters. Recordings that are a continual flow of transitions from one to another, somehow lose their effectiveness when anticipating "Empty Spaces" and so on and so forth to follow immediately after this song. I get it though. Happy Birthday Amber!! Live long and prosper!!
This song was about the German bombing attacks over London in 1940 . “Look Mummy, there’s a plane in the sky”. “ the flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on “.
"Goodbye Blue Sky" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd.[1] It appears on their 1979 double album, The Wall. watch the wall movie you'll understand all the songs
Its gonna sound crazy but you honestly need to react to the whole album in a row. You dont listen to Pink Floyd songs, you listen to Pink Floyd albums. They all run into eachother and tell a story
My Grandparents were all in the war. My grandad was in the Merchant Navy. The other grandfather was just too young. One of my grandmas had a bomb land 5 doors down in her street. It didn't explode, it just sat there wedged into their neighbours' front garden, next to their rose bushes.
@@BaronVonMunch Gilmour sings vocals, plays acoustic guitar, bass and Prophet-5 synth on that song. Waters dabbles on EMS VCS 3 on the song. That's it. That song doesn't get on the album without Gilmour's descending scale and vocals.
I absolutely loved this movie and album. It's not happy music or a movie...but man, they are so deep and intense. I've watched it many times and never tire of it.
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pretty close Jay. The song is about Pink as a Little Boy remembering when the Germans were bombing London during WW2 and the people had to take shelter in the underground.
Jay Pink Floyed The Wall was writen RECORDED And Relased in 1979 Them 70s Amber
Roger Waters lost his Dad in WW II.
Mum told us about having to dive into ditches sometimes on the way to school, and what folks went through trying to get enough food. I cannot even imagine the trauma that generation experienced, but she certainly taught us to be stocked up and prepared for emergencies!
@@armadillotoe Yeah, the whole album, and The Final Cut was a three record history of Roger Waters whole life, up to that point. Don't believe me?, Listen to sides one and two of The Wall, sides one and two of TFC and then sides three and four of TW. It fits!
I have listened this album to pieces. It is such a great album. One of the most interesting tidbits about it is if you start the original album and as it plays, the first sound, you hear is a voice that says very quietly “…we began” and at the very end of the album the after Long silence, the very last sound you hear is a voice saying “isn’t this where…” making the whole auditory experience and unbroken loop. If you’ve never noticed it, check it out on the album. It’s cool. They are cool.
You definitely need to listen to The Wall IN IT'S ENTIRETY!!! It's the only way to understand the weight of this song.
And then watch the movie.
100%. I know it would take longer, but they do movie reactions, so hopefully they will do it. They're not getting the full experience of the music this way.
You`re right about that, and as many other Pink Floyd albums this one is also a concept album from the perspective of different situations on the same topic.
@@bjdefilippo447 The Wall live tour shows > the movie imo. Watching those shows always bring a tear to my eyes. ruclips.net/video/qAtusYxDlaw/видео.html
I would say watch the wall, more than listen to fully get it.
The Wall is a double album released in 1979. I was in college then and my psychology professor brought in his stereo from home and we studied this album for a couple weeks! Every word means something. Each song is interconnected in the story.
As I am of French origin (from Quebec), in my English language class, I had to write an essay based on an English text.
I had chosen the lyrics of the song "Time" by Pink Floyd. I had brought the vinyl record to class to introduce my oral presentation.
Even the disco music fans were amazed by the relevance of the lyrics of this song.
We were a long way from songs like: "Disco Duck by Rick Dees", or "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
@thepragmatic6383 I wrote a paper for a college English class likening Fish from Marillion to classic poets and included several lyrical excerpts. My professor loved it, and I got an A.
@@thepragmatic6383 Being from quebec, but raised in an english and french household, examining pink floyd's lyrics is deep. Shine on you Crazy Diamond will always be one i reflect on deeply
As said by some… but remember this is a British band so it’s a British perspective. WWII London and much of England were continuously bombarded by air from Germany. The album is a young boys story that grew up during that time. The 9/11 reference was a good catch if it were from USA perspective. With the exception that it was one day for us…day after day night after night for an incredible amount of time. I can’t imagine what they went through.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER! This song is talking about WW2 in London when the Germans were bombing them. Great song!
“D-d-did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?”
Gives me chills, thinking how relevant that line remains today.
A wordsmith, clearly. On the same level with David Bowie, perhaps. Evoking a mood with a few well chosen words.
Spot on.
It's really hard to appreciate this piece without understanding the context it is performed in. It's a part of the big picture painted by the masterpiece album "The Wall".
Imagine them reacting to The Trial! "Good morning, worm, your honor..."
Yes, you should experience The Wall, perhaps the movie on your other channel!
@@briancastle4941And then see me in " Bring the boys back home!" 😊
Exactly right.
I think this is about when the Germans were dropping bombs on England
Hi, Rob and Amber. Please do yourselves a solid and listen to this entire album from beginning to end in one sitting. That's the real "The Wall" experience. Thank you so much for highlighting Pink Floyd. Happy Birthday, Amber!
This song was released in 1979 on the album The Wall. The Wall, and the movie of the same name, tells the story of Pink, a self destructive rock star. All of the British rock stars of the 60s (Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc ) were born in the late 30s to early 40s, during WW2, when the Germans were constantly bombing London That's what the "Mummy, look at the plane" and the line "Did you hear the falling bombs" refer to
🎉 Something to think about: The members of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and other English rock bands, were all brought up in the aftermath of World War II…and sometimes you can hear it in their music. American musicians of the same age (Baby Boomers) might not have been affected like the Europeans…but they were affected by the Vietnam War…and their music shows it. Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young are good examples. We’re all a product of our environment…and sometimes it shows.
Pink Floyd albums need to be listened to in their entirety. Each song builds on a previous song and the album has a theme.
100%
Back when an album was a complete story from start to end, not like now where albums are just a random collection of pop hits.
Good bye blue sky is just a puzzle piece from The Wall. The whole album is a story ❤ You also have to watch the movie to see the full story!! BUT it will be unlike any other movie you have ever seen!! Lol Also keep in mind that back in my day, we would take lsd and watch the Wall 😂
"The flames are all long gone but the pain lingers on"
STOP WAR!!!!✌️💛🤘
war on the way...The Wall is a reflective album. It mixes poetry and weight.
As others have posted, there really aren't any stand-alone songs...on any Floyd albums. Each has a theme; they tell a story. "The Wall" follows a boy from birth onwards. This song describes London bomb shelters in WW2 when he is a small boy. Later he becomes a rock star and drug addict then loses his mind. You know, light bubble gum music! LOL
Yeah I'd put them right up there with Bananarama.😂
Time to watch the movie. It's a rock opera with a mix of live action and animation. Very dark imagery, but an excellent experience.
"The planes are all gone, but the pain lingers on..." What a great line that foreshadows the songs later in the album. The line makes me wonder what kind of PTSD the citizens of London suffered from the nightly bombings during the "Blitz" (Sep 1940 to May 1941). And how long this pain lingered on in the years after WW2. "The Wall" was released on Friday, November 30th, 1979. CHUM-FM in Toronto played the entire double LP that evening. The Wall may best be experienced in a complete play-through so that you can follow the story. Or... watch the movie of the same name with all the tracks from the album. It's a bit dark, but moving, and has important anti-racism and anti-extremism messages.
Album first. Build your own version of events in your mind before letting someone else show you their version.
If you haven't seen the movie, it's definitely worth a watch. Very relevant with what's transpiring in the world today.
When the time is right, like a long drive, I listen to the entire album start to finish. It always leaves me feeling like I just finished reading a novel.
This is a beautiful song, but such a small piece of the bigger picture. You owe it to yourself to listen to the album in its entirety.
Like epic poems, The Wall is large. It's deeper, broader, and heavier than you would have expected. Individual songs are a such a small part of the puzzle.
Please listen to the entire album from beginning to end. Let it sink in and settle all around you. Think about it. Don't talk about it yet. Sit with it a day or two. Then go listen to it again. Close your eyes and let the story unfold in your mind.
After you've both had a chance to do this, talk about it. And then listen again together. It's a trip.
After all that? Watch the movie. But only after you've had the chance to discover for yourself some of the secrets The Wall has hidden amongst the bricks.
So glad to hear you're hitting "Echoes" soon. Pack for an astral plane ride. Cheers....
Happy Birthday Amber!!!!! Great song to react to, as well, as it is difficult to go wrong with Pink Floyd! Have yourself a great day and remember you are blessed and you are loved!!
A very scary song but the wall and the final cut albums are the best!
The whole THE WALL album is fantastic!
Please react to THE WALL film on the movie channel! It’s wild!
Happy Birthday girl!
Great idea!
This comment needs more likes! :)
I post thst they should do that in the comments of EVERY single movie they watch. No luck yet 😒
It is a Cool transitional song, a nice interlude within the album, extending the story of 'Pink' and the masterpiece concept album, The Wall. By far the best way to hear any of their songs from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall is listening to the entire thing as intended. You are correct, you have no idea what kind of song they will make but they all sound like Pink Floyd. Masters of musical soundscapes, no one else sucks you into an altered, audio and/or video reality like Pink Floyd.
Beyond awesome you are finally going to experience Echoes: Live at Pompeii, a must hear audio and video experience like no other. When we saw it at the movies when it originally came out so many years ago, everyone was tripped out and could hardly believe the incredible Floydian experience like no other. You have to watch the entire movie ASAP!!! They pierce your soul with their utter musical brilliance. I was beyond lucky to see them do Echoes Live at the old Boston Garden in 1975. David Gilmour was sitting next to his Audio Effects rack and sent us into space. Enjoy! I know you both will, I am so hyped to see Amber, you light up my life with your Pink Floyd glow! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶🔥
Listening to one song from Pink Floyd album is like reading one page from the middle of a story book.
I recommend for your movie channel to watch the movie of this album the Wall. You'll be able to get the whole story of the album.
The Wall can only be understood watching the rock opera/movie all at once
I can't see you doing it for one of your channels, because there's just so much music and YT would have conniptions, but for your own enjoyment, I *HIGHLY* recommend watching both the movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall" and the concert film "Roger Waters: The Wall, Live in Berlin". The former is an intense, engrossing, surreal tale told out of chronological order (so that you piece it together as you go, and newly revealed connecting bits make it make sense), telling how a boy's youth and the events thereof affected him and shaped who he is as an adult, and then watching that adult descend into madness. The latter is an amazing concert with a ton of guest stars. Roger Waters was asked when he would do The Wall as a concert again. He jokingly said he'd do it when the Berlin Wall came down, thinking that meant "never". The concert was held in Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the former site of part of the Berlin Wall, shortly after that wall came down.
Happy Birthday Amber! 😊🎉❤ That was a masterclass explanation and breakdown of the lyrics and the instruments and how they translate to the feelings. Feelin’ it on your birthday!
There's a pretty obvious movie you guys NEED to watch - The film version of "The Wall". The animation section for this particular song is stunning! Jay AMLOST got it with the plane reference (but this was 1979).
Either the album or the movie are supposed to be played as a complete work. It's a "rock opera" as they used to say.
You should listen to this album from the beginning and recorded in groups of twos. When listening start to finish, this is an amazing album. A great story and a great movie.
Pink Floyd is consistently on a completely different level. They always take you on an emotional journey. I have listened to them for 52 years. They have a few songs I don't appreciate, but the vast majority are amazing.
How eerie to hear this today with what's going on in the world.
Their music is so timeless because they spoke of specific events that are general themes that happen in most people and throughout recorded history, so their music echoes through time as human beings are too stupid to learn from history and not repeat it. It also helps that they are also intelligent guys with an obsession for musical perfection and no one/band will ever match them in that aspect.
Amber you are my spirit child. But I got to experience PF when I was only 16. 40 years ago now. I am jealous that you get to hear them for the first time. Reliving my youth.
Damn Amber nailed it! Always felt like this was a song about all the young kids in Britain during WWII and how their innocence was ripped away. Ironically look at all the amazing music that came from that generation of kids Beatles, Stones, Animals, Zombies, and so on and so on and so on too many too even name The Lord works in mysterious ways 😊
To view The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon as a bunch of songs you can randomly listen to is like watching great movies but only watching a random scene. Some songs are rockers, some softer. Some stand alone OK, others do not. In all cases, all songs make more sense when you follow the whole story from start to finish.
I agree, and it's not too late for them to back and do that.
The Wall came out in 1979, Here in the UK we do not live all our life with American events, we live our our life's with our own events and Pink Floyd are British, as are the majority of musical geniuses.
Most all of those British musical geniuses were borrowing their music from American blues, jazz and rock 'n roll. Your welcome.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ONE AMBER TO ANOTHER !!!
Yall need to watch the movie The Wall, the flow of the songs on the album make so much sense
Happy Birthday Amber. 🎂🌞🦁♌I know you Love Pink Floyd. They are an amazing Band. The Wall is one of the greatest albums ever written. Rush is my favorite band of all time. I really would Love for your minds to be blown away. Please react to Natural Science by Rush.
You should do a movie review of The Wall. That would help you pull together all the songs from the album because they are all in order. Back in the 80s when I was in college we used to go to the midnight showing of The Wall movie on Friday or Saturday nights. It was always a trip.
Jay is absolutely right. The song is about the WWII bombing of London, but anyone who remembers 9/11 can also relate. I’d never thought of that before.
The whole album "The Wall" is more than just a collection of songs, but it is a true concept album. Listening to one song doesn't give you the whole story. You need to listen to it from the first track to the last to appreciate the whole story that is being told. Each song is a story of it's own, but together thet build an epic overarching tale.
There's actually a very specific way to interpret this song. remember, it's part of a story. The film actually does a great job depicting this song. Mom and son hanging out in their idyllic English countryside garden when German bombers fly overhead on their way to London for the Blitzkrieg. The voice of the young kid is actually Roger Water's son Harry. Once London gets flattened, there were no more 'Blue Skies' from the devastation of it all. Anyone that lived through it carried it for the rest of their lives.
Musically it's mostly Gilmour. 3 or 4 Gilmour voices, a couple of acoustic guitars and the bass. Wright and Waters on synths.
Nice pick me up song for a Happy Birthday. 😉
Happy Birthday to such a beautiful young lady and growing music fan, it is impressive what you have discovered already but there is so much more greatness to experience. Seeing you are doing Echoes, may I suggest 3 more longer music experiences that will open your mind and ears to more of the incredible music made in the 70s. Try Try 2112 by Rush, Close to the Edge by YES and Tarkus by ELP. All were an entire side of a record album and all 3 show incredible bands at the apex of musical creativity, Prog masterpieces that belong in the same sentence as Echoes. Your musical reactions will not be truly as satisfying as it could until you try all 3. Great listening and amazing to this very day, Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Amber... I grew up in the 60's. The 50's thru the 80's were great music for me.. then something happened where music and lyrics changed.....
Happy Birthday Amber! You need to watch the movie The Wall which features the songs from the album and very interesting cinematography. It stars The Boomtown Rats frontman and Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof as Pink.
The wall is a concept album. You need to spend time listening and learning this album.
The entire album. Twice alone. Once together. And only after you've had a chance to let it settle around you should you watch the movie.
🎂🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMBER!!! Terrific song, it adds its part to the story of "THE WALL". Would sure love to see you guys do the entire album, even if it is just one song per week, of the ones you haven't heard yet, in order. I'm definitely here for Pink Floyd Tuesdays. ;)
Same with Dark Side Of The Moon
@@davidhuggan6315 and Wish You Were Here
@@davidhuggan6315 Oh, yes! Absolutely!
@@sheila1965troubles Definitely!!!
the basic story line - a little boy lost his father in WW2 - he now has an overprotective mother ... all the songs revolve around this basic theme
One of my turns is a dangerously great tune
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I hope you guys remember to do part 2 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond 💎 soon
Happy Birthday Amber
This song feels cinematic from the pretty tune turning ominous to the singer stuttering in fear and the sky filled with smoke from the aerial bombing and not blue anymore hence the title
The whole album is 100% cinematic , The Wall (movie) released in 1982 directed by Alan Parker , music Pink Floyd , and the script was written by Roger Waters.
It’s mine and my husband’s 24 year Anniversary and we are going to see a movie, so waiting in the car and listening to these guys and Pink Floyd.
Congratulations 🎉
Happy anniversary!
@@raquelgear-dp2qf thank you
One of my favorite scenes from Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982 movie) is the animated scene where this song "Goodbye Blue Sky" is playing.
Check out that movie if you have not already seen it.
The song is from the album The Wall. One of the greatest albums of all time! The album, released in 1979, is mainly about how a young boy slowly goes mad because of his environment (suffocating mom, abusing teachers), and this song is about the cold war. The fear that any day a nuclear holocaust could happen.
The Wall is a concept album, to be listened to from start to finish
The Wall is a momentous album, but a long way from their earlier, more space-trip sounds. Full of heavy life themes and anxiety, The Wall is a tough listen, but a fantastic one too.
I hear you Amber. Everything you have said is just like me. You guys need to react to Pink Floyd the Wall. It's such an incredible movie. You guys are watching without the videos. But you really need to. I think you will respect Pink Floyd even better like I have when it comes to them. ❤❤
Happy birthday youngin. This is my favorite Pink Floyd album. The movie is also great. If you watch the movie everything falls into place and then your like I get it
The Wall was written and released in a time of almost universal foreboding about nuclear war, especially in West Germany and Europe, with both sides moving ever more tactical nuclear weapons towards the 'front line'. It is hard to explain just how tangible the sense of fear was in society and individuals at the time; it was like the Cuba missile crisis drawn out over years. The closer you were to the border between East and West, the more you could feel it. While this song is about WWII, it hit perfectly on the threat of WWIII, the whole album did in a way. Musically, it's anxiety and paranoia perfectly described. Those who were awake to what was happening - not necessarily a good thing - felt it when listening to The Wall. Those few days during and following 9/11 are possibly the closest we have come to feeling that way since, so it's not a bad reference.
The Wall album was released 30 November 1979.
I was just turning 20, I remember that Christmas everyone got The Wall. Every party I went to, that was all you heard.
@@kraig7777 True. Song releases from that album were on rotation throughout 1980.
@timoteo950 I seem to remember the album going strong through 81 and even 82. Probably because the movie The Wall came out in 82
This is such a missed opportunity to see the animated video from the movie. It’s so haunting.
This song is a little part of The Wall concept album (1979) and The Wall movie (1982) directed by Alan Parker).
The Blitz (1940/41): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
Happy Birthday Amber!
I think you both would love the movie "The Wall"
If you're listening to the album or, particularly, watching The Wall film in a certain state of mind, Pink appears to be swimming in blood. Good Bye Blue Sky is a welcome break from the intensity from that scene!!
You really need to watch the movie on your other channel, I would love to see your reaction to this soundtrack. And Happy Birthday Amber, thanks for sharing my favorite band with us today.
Amber you may want check out the Band Reunion .Their Song LIFE IS A ROCK BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME FROM 1974 You will laugh so hard And you will 🧁recognise alot names and get a kick out of this very fun 70s song Happy Birthday Amber🧁🍧🍪🥞
You gotta see the film clip of this song to understand it. It has very graphic war animation. This song is an interlude in Pink floyd's movie The Wall.
the wall its a ongoing song for the album its a short sweet piece to fit into the whole album they flow through each other
Have a great and wonderful YOU day!!!!
You must add The Wall the Movie to your soon to watch movie list! It is the beyond mind blowing in music, context, visuals, etc. Lots of history packed into this movie via WWII and Pink's life from child to adult. You will walk away in a different feel.
This is off the Wall album
Like all their albums to really appreciate them they have to be completely.
Amber🎉🎂
Who would request this as a stand alone track? No context without the album.
The Wall was released on November 30, 1979
Was written in 1978/79
You should see the video for this! O M G!
I agree with Amber.... Pink Floyd has to be one of the all time top bands, the one whose music I'd want if I could only take one band's music to a deserted island. I remember the first time I heard this album, in a friend's dorm room during college, before anyone had seen the video. I was listening with my eyes closed and after it finished said "this is about WWII." She thought I was a semi-genius when she later saw the video, but it seemed so obvious to me.
Happy birthday, Amber! BTW "Good-Bye Blue Sky" is from "The Wall" album (1979), it's about England being bombed by Nazi Germany during WWII. Roger Waters' father died in WWII.
You guys are my favorite reactors.. Ambers' motherly point of view nailed it. Pink Floyd is a band that stimulates all your emotions. I feel that PF's tone, timing, progression are all intentional and meant to stimulate your emotions. Just like their light and stage show trigger your senses. Go see Brit Floyd if they come to your area. Note for note Pink Floyd. Their stage show and laser show will blow you away.
Y’all have to react to “Dogs” by Pink Floyd! Your mind will be blown! It goes with “Pigs” that you’ve already done!
YES
I'm of the opinion that Animals is their greatest album. I can't get enough of it.
The thing is, most of their albums are concept albums, so listening to their albums has to be done from side one, song one to the last song so you can really have your mind blown at how freaking amazing these guys were as a band.
They have.
@@robertmartin8565 they did Pigs, not Dogs that I’ve seen.
yeah The Wall, while "supposedly" about a fictional character Pink, is largely based off of Roger Water's life. Born in 43 in the middle of the war, losing his father who was a pilot, raised in a post war England after the bombings and near occupation (France just across the channel was occupied) by a naturally over-protective mother who was afraid of losing the only one she had left. Going through the bullying in school, girl problems, band problems, drug problems, mental health problems etc.
This band's music is a crash course in psychology and the complex emotional states of human beings; they put you in an inner space where your individual unique experiences are given the room to play and fight and learn. If you know, you know.
Happy birthday! Ooof, did you choose a tough one for a birthday song. XD
"Look Mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky." Filled with bombs. To drop on London. During the Blitz.
I wish you'd reacted to the version with the animation from the sequence in their movie. It has so much added impact, and goes *incredibly* dark, as fits the subject matter.
Happy birthday Amber!🎉
You both really need to listen to the entire album in one sitting. You would really love how deep it is. Maybe after you’ve reacted to the suggested songs, just take time and listen to the whole album.
Gotta listen to the entire album offline to understand that all the songs are connected to one story. Then watch the wall on your movie channel (but do it in that order)
The airplane was dropping bombs. It's about being an innocent toddler British child, at the beginning of World War 2. David is singing, but it's Roger's lyrics. All 4 of them could identify with the description of the innocent toddler child, when the war started. Most British Invasioners could. The story of The Wall is the story of the typical English Rock Star of that era. Their physical, mental and emotional struggles that not all of them survived. "The Wall" is a mental and emotional wall that the character Pink erected between himself and the world.
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?
This absolute beauty of a song is from the 1979 concept album “The Wall”, which tells the story of a troubled musician who wants to isolate himself from the world. While he looks back at his childhood, he remembers when he had to run for shelter with his mother, as Nazi Germany was bombing Great Britain during World War Two.
The Wall is an incredible album, and my suggestion would be to listen to it in its entirety! Cheers, guys!
My wife used to tell me about she and her brothers playing on top of the debris after coming out of the bomb shelters. Recordings that are a continual flow of transitions from one to another, somehow lose their effectiveness when anticipating "Empty Spaces" and so on and so forth to follow immediately after this song. I get it though. Happy Birthday Amber!! Live long and prosper!!
This song was about the German bombing attacks over London in 1940 . “Look Mummy, there’s a plane in the sky”. “ the flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on “.
"Goodbye Blue Sky" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd.[1] It appears on their 1979 double album, The Wall. watch the wall movie you'll understand all the songs
Its gonna sound crazy but you honestly need to react to the whole album in a row. You dont listen to Pink Floyd songs, you listen to Pink Floyd albums. They all run into eachother and tell a story
My Grandparents were all in the war. My grandad was in the Merchant Navy. The other grandfather was just too young. One of my grandmas had a bomb land 5 doors down in her street.
It didn't explode, it just sat there wedged into their neighbours' front garden, next to their rose bushes.
With this album you needed to start from the very first song and end with the last to truly understand the story. It is amazing. ❤
We share the same birthday Amber August 6th, Happy Birthday, I would love you to play some Olivia Newton-John, I know you love her too
You absolutely must watch the video for Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb Live from the Pulse tour. David Gilmour's solo is amazing!
This song is nearly all David Gilmour, both the guitars and vocals. In fact, all the best parts of The Wall have Gilmour playing an integral part.
Roger Waters wrote the music and lyrics. That's pretty important, don't you think?
@@BaronVonMunch Gilmour sings vocals, plays acoustic guitar, bass and Prophet-5 synth on that song. Waters dabbles on EMS VCS 3 on the song. That's it. That song doesn't get on the album without Gilmour's descending scale and vocals.
The whole point of this tune is the video and the rest of the album which tells the story.
Semi-autobiographical writing by Roger Waters based on his childhood during WWII. Waters is an incredible lyricist.
I absolutely loved this movie and album. It's not happy music or a movie...but man, they are so deep and intense. I've watched it many times and never tire of it.
Been loving Pink Floyd since the early 70's they are fantastic! Happy Birthday!
You should watch the movie. Total mind trip
you get the whole feeling watching it in the movie ! just the audio isn t the same !
You really have to watch the film that the album was written for. Its classic and makes it all much better