I love this song, one of the first I learnt on guitar. It's great to see your reactions, the delight on your face is very expressive and I I'm loving your journey. Do you feel that you've missed out by not listening to these genres sooner?
@@1byte4can't agree more, so excited (in fact I think I'm looking forward to it a hair more than the breakdown itself .. which is potentially very applicable to one's own creations) In any case, yeah this in-depth will be amazing!!
Bear with me, there's a question here, i promise! 😂 It's evident how much your classical training influences the way you listen to rock music. It is one of the many reasons why it's so amazing to watch your videos, because you always find different perspectives. It's also pretty clear to me that this journey has also changed the way you listen to rock music itself and that now you understand it more and, possibly, enjoy it more too. You mentioned something along those lines recently in your Jimi Hendrix video, how you were glad you listened to him now, that you're more aware of how rock music sound. So, finally, my question is: Do you think that all this new music you're listening to influences / will influence the way you listen to classical music? And also, do you think it could change the way you teach classical music? As always, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and love of music with us, and definitely looking forward to your harp version of this one!! 😍
My advice to all the "wanters" out there, this lady is very intuitive and insightful, my advice would be to listen and stop want, want, wanting. It's not about you, drop a request politely and just be grateful to have such a beautiful channel. Love and respect.
This little piece is the calm before the storm. Pink is long gone now, and something wicked this way comes. Somebody is there, and its not Pink anymore.
*gobsmack. "Gob" is old slang for mouth. The term is for the reflex of covering one's mouth in surprise or alarm. (This Roman Meal Bakery) thought you'd like to know.
This is clearly the work of producer Bob Ezrin, who helped make the 2 most depressing albums of the 70's, The Wall and Lou Reed's Berlin... including some strings loops that you can hear in BOTH ! °°
I think they made this song so beautiful because loneliness is best portrayed as delicate, melancholy, and sweetly beautiful. It gives the music a pining quality.
The subtlety and sincerity of your reaction is what makes this channel so much better than all the other reaction channels. It was obvious soon after the instrumental part began that you were wishing to play this piece for yourself, and I’m definitely looking forward to hearing your rendition.
One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. I can’t wait to hear you play this piece on the harp. It is definitely a gem. I never get tired of listening to it!
The classical guitar that is the basis for this song was played by the session musician Joe DiBlasi. In several interviews, David Gilmour said that he tried to perform it, but was not happy with the results. DiBlasi told us the story: "It was not recorded at the same time as the orchestra. I was called in to play the song, but when I got to the studio there was nothing written. What David Gilmour played was something completely different. I sat down with Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour and we constructed the song. They told me what they had in mind and I would come up with an idea. We continued creating the entire song that way. Then I went in the recording booth (at Sunset Sound, Hollywood) and recorded the part. We did around 10 takes of the song to get the performance that Bob Ezrin wanted for the record. After my part was recorded, the song was sent to Michael Kamen, who wrote the orchestration to the guitar part. The orchestra was recorded after the guitar was recorded.
There are some big stretches required on the guitar to play this song properly. It says a lot that a guitarist of Gilmour's caliber can't perform it to his own standards. Indeed, a VERY difficult song to play.
The song always made me think of the finality of achieving the isolation he so sought. He got what he always wanted but found it a lonely lonely place.
I was shocked when I first heard it because I'd written almost exactly the same 1st 4 bars and was quite proud of it. I knew nobody would believe that I wrote it before hearing PF, so I didn't develop it any further. I love this song too.
Bravo SHAKEDOWN! I've only been able to approximate it using a pick on a regular acoustic guitar, and I still can't play it (smooth) to my liking. If you can play this with fingers on a classical, that's quite a feat!
I love your interpretation of him slowly opening the door, peeking out and asking "is there anybody out there?" PS...I can definitely hear you playing this on the harp and I definitely would love to hear it. Please and thank you.
When I was 18, about a year after the release of this album, my father gave me a classical guitar he brought back from Spain and this was one of the first songs I learned on it. Quite possibly my favorite song on that album. Tomorrow I'm getting that guitar out and revisiting them both. Thank you for reigniting an old flame.
I didn't know I needed someone to break down Pink Floyd songs that I've been listening to for decades. Turns out I do! You've got great insight and I always feel like I'm hearing things anew when I watch your reactions. Please keep them coming!
This and the two songs that follow are the peak of the album in my mind. I'm an introvert who can't sing a note, but this 3 song phrase is the exception when I'm alone with a guitar. Rarely play/sing through all 3 without a tear in my eye.
Totally agree. Actually I would say the next 3 songs- Nobody Home, Vera and Bring The Boys Back Home- the heart of The Wall. And then of course it culminates with Comfortably Numb. This side 3 for me is the most perfect in album history.
With no lyrics, this short piece evokes so much, at least in me - sadness, despair, depression, resignation....and all the while with a complete lack of understanding as to why or how he had arrived at this dark place.
This is one of my Favorite pieces on The Wall. When ever my nephew is over I always ask him to play it. I love your insight on this album. You have a special gift with your knowledge of music.
I still envy you hearing The Wall for the first time. I played it start to finish, every night for 18 months and saw it performed at Earls Court 4 times. God it's a masterpiece! Never dates, never looses it's impact and will never be beaten.
I find it amazing how so many different views on so many different tracks can bring about harmonious discussion largely without conflict. Cheers to you Amy for being the catalyst!! Let the music play on!!!
I just noticed, after all these years and all these listens, that in the background when he’s singing “is there anybody out there?”, there’s a throwback to the song “Echoes” of an albatross-type of sound David Gilmour discovered by accident and used in the song. I can’t interpret this as anything other than purposeful, and Echoes always gave me the sense that the song was about connection (at least from the lyrics). So it makes me wonder if they used that motif as a way of contrasting the isolation and disconnection in this song?
Listening to Pink Floyd with quality over the ear headphones on while you’re on psychedelics will literally change you. There’s a Pink Floyd, then there’s everybody else.
As soon as you have the opportunity you must break-down another classic album: "Dark Side Of The Moon". In my opinion, the greatest record ever produced. It just happens to be Pink Floyd as well. C'mon, Vlad. Convince Amy. I love your channel. Keep 'em coming.
I agree, perhaps a more "musical" album while retaining the intriguing philosophical questions present here as well, in a more universal manner. And the whole band participated and shines there.
As always, I love watching your reaction as a classical musician to the incredible music I grew up with in the late 60's, 70's and early 80's. My father (RIP) loved classical baroque music and I found a love for it as well. So, seeing your discovery and true appreciation is just wonderful. Seeing it through your eyes for the first time takes me back to my youth and makes me appreciate it all the more.
The television is on in the background audio. Pink flips through the channels until he finds one showing a war-era movie. The selection of sound clips is a masterpiece of audio editing in its own right.
This is the first one of the only two songs I ever taught myself to play on the guitar. I HAD to play it, even though I didn't play the guitar, because it's SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO beautiful. I will never get tired of hearing this.
Welcome to the mysterious world of Pink Floyd, a world of harmony, a world of beauty, artistic, magic and majestic. And please, yes, i would love to hear you playing this on the harp.
This was always one of my favorite tracks from this album. Very few words but, the melody just drips with emotion. Back when this had just been released (The Wall) me and two other friends had did a hit of blotter and it had just started to rain. We were waiting at a traffic light when an ambulance with lights on but, no siren came towards us. We just sat there as the it went by just as the, acoustic guitar came in. We all knew what it meant (lights but no siren) and just sat there afterwards in silence. If ever a melody set the mood, this did. I'll never forget that moment in time.
Please do your own version! Perhaps im wearing my musical tastes on my sleeve, but this is hands down my favourite piece from the whole double album. To hear you on harp would send me over the moon. Thanks 😊
I've been waiting for months to see Amy's reaction to this track. I knew she would love it. Given the poignancy of the moment in the ''story'', it's even more heart-wrenching.🫀 Thanks Amy.
Any guitarist can easily play an approximation of this piece. To play it with the feel and dynamics of the original song takes great skill. In fact, on the studio version the guitar part is played by a classical guitarist because Gilmore wasn't confident enough that he could play this style of guitar well enough himself, with the level of emotional dynamics they wanted to convey
This is one of my favorite instrumentals by the band, only topped by a few others for being too short. It tucks perfectly into the flow of the narrative so I get why it's so truncated, but I could listen to that sublimely melancholic melody for many more minutes - alliteration unintended. And if you DO learn this on the harp, I hope you will share. I cite this as a shining example of Floyd's reputation for conveying so very much with an uncanny economy of notes.
I’ve been subscribed for some time now and I have to say that I’m unsurprised that the channel is growing so steadily. Your videos are well put together and the content is meaningful and insightful. So many reaction channels lack certain elements and never truly lift off or gain momentum because of this. Seeing your channel approach 100k subscribers makes me smile. I know that as long as you continue down your path you will continue to garner the attention and success you deserve.
I so look forward to hearing you play "Is there anybody out there" on the harp. And thanks for listening to this music it means a lot to so many people. Sharing your experience of hearing it for the first time reminds me how meaningful it was hearing it for the first time way back in the day. (I had this LP almost the day it came out when I was in high school)
this song captures the feeling of (finally reaching that point where you’re willing to reach out for help or support, and realizing there’s no-one, because you’ve pushed them all away) it’s heartbreaking. also the last measure is incredibly spanish
I read an old interview once where David Gilmour was admitting that they hired a professional classically trained guitarist for this section, I always thought he should’ve but he just felt he couldn’t play it as cleanly… he’s so modest 👍
Thank you for tackling these tracks singly. The heart of analysis is to deconstruct a piece to see how the piece works as a whole. By analyzing all of these different song fragments, you uncover elements that would often be overlooked if rushing on to the next bit. Once this is done, it will be one of the most thorough examinations of The Wall on RUclips. And to think, we are the lucky ones to hear it as it first comes out, like a Dickens novel sold chapter by chapter upon subscription. Keep up the good work! Onward!
Hello. In the introduction, on two occasions, a single sharp synth sneaks in, replicating laughter, mocking laughter, almost like a witches cackle. Kenneth Barclay
One of the first songs I learned to play all the way through on guitar (granted, there isn't much to it), but I love it. It's mostly simple string picking and holding a few chords and yet it's stunningly pretty to hear. Also, as someone who spends a lot of his time alone and has struggled with depression since high school, the question of the title is one that crosses my mind a lot. Being able to play it through when I'm not feeling my best really does help for some reason. I hope you did learn it on harp, it'd be lovely to hear on that instrument.
I remember walking through Dundee a few years ago and a busker playing this piece on his acoustic guitar. Took me by surprise and he played it beautifully. Side 3 of the wall is my favourite side, it flows so well.
Please, please, please, don’t wait us wait so long the the next installments!! I continue to be amazed at your spot on interpretation of this masterpiece.
I'll second the "two thumbs up" to your learning this on the harp! I think it will be a lovely variation! I may be reading too much into the arrangement, but I feel that the pedal tone in the early part of the song, with the vocals echoing the root note except for the questioning lift to the minor 3 accentuates the melancholy and questioning aspect (as it takes advantage of the natural speech form of a question). I also find the chromatic walk up and down in the minor key during the "prelude" portion to feel like Pink is not sure what answer he is hoping for - does he want somebody to share his isolation, does he hope there are people out there who just can't see or hear him, or is he hoping that there truly *is* nobody out there? Then the rise to the relative major seems to indicate that he has reached a point of being content with any of the possibilities ...
Could this be the "worms eating into his brain" analogy? That people conformed and marched to orders with no awareness of self but inside they start to break down internally. Some most likely just becoming empty, while few others (like Pink) undergo a process of slowly recovering then having a second breakdown where they end up being whole again with the wall broken down (yet always ready to slowly build back up)?
Yes I agree with you, also the high pitched guitar "screech" used here is exactly the same used in Echoes which Roger Waters said it's about communication and empathy between humans. So it makes sense to reference that song here in this context. I don't think it's a coincidence and I very much see the connection here with the two concepts.
with "Hey You," the main character, "Pink," was calling for someone, anyone, to answer. when he gets no answer, he then goes into "Is Anybody Out There," just straight up asking if there's anyone left out there at all...he's behind the wall and realizing he is alone and this song is kind of a last hope.
It's nice to see someone who really understands what Pink Floyd music is all about. The sights, sounds, stories. Their music takes you places your mind never imagined.
Oh you will love it on harp. This is why I learned to play a guitar as a total amateur - to play this song. It was surprisingly easy to learn and I encourage everyone to learn it too. I love to play it. Love your channel
I absolutely love what you are doing here. Your genuineness in your expression as you experience the beauty of the entire piece, the wholeness of it all, ignites, no rather confirms my long loving of this beautiful story. I’m genuinely blessed to have discovered your channel. THANK YOU!
@@JayTheRed602wonder if she'll also cover the tide is turning given that it's only available in the live version (not that much of an essential listen, but quite worthwhile regardless)
As always, love to see Amy so engaged by the whole experience. My own take on this piece is; the first 20 bars (Am) are indeed melancholic since Pink, safely behind his wall is maybe reflecting on having addressed those out there (Hey you) and torn between the safety of the wall and the promise of contact with someone outside, the switch to the C chord suggests to me some kind of hope that his call for human contact might yield fruit - maybe.
the problem is with people reactions to this song and album is that the whole The Wall video/album should be viewed as one! As it tells a story as a whole and not just in part!
I know it's a year late, but every time I hear this song I can't get over the feeling of how eerily similar this sounds to Long Gone, performed by Syd Barrett just about 10 years prior to this.
This is the first thing I learned to play on guitar in the mid 80’s. Your description is almost perfect with a twist from how this song plays out in the movie. You are so good at this!!!
Yes! Please take it to the harp and share! One of my favorites.. For some reason, it's always had me imagine struggling to remain undetected behind enemy lines at night in France during WW1. Lonely, frightened, exhausted, but determined to survive.
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I love this song, one of the first I learnt on guitar. It's great to see your reactions, the delight on your face is very expressive and I I'm loving your journey. Do you feel that you've missed out by not listening to these genres sooner?
I would love to hear you play that on the harp, it sounds as if it was made for it.
@@1byte4can't agree more, so excited (in fact I think I'm looking forward to it a hair more than the breakdown itself .. which is potentially very applicable to one's own creations)
In any case, yeah this in-depth will be amazing!!
@@1byte4 IIs that a question?
Bear with me, there's a question here, i promise! 😂
It's evident how much your classical training influences the way you listen to rock music. It is one of the many reasons why it's so amazing to watch your videos, because you always find different perspectives.
It's also pretty clear to me that this journey has also changed the way you listen to rock music itself and that now you understand it more and, possibly, enjoy it more too. You mentioned something along those lines recently in your Jimi Hendrix video, how you were glad you listened to him now, that you're more aware of how rock music sound.
So, finally, my question is: Do you think that all this new music you're listening to influences / will influence the way you listen to classical music? And also, do you think it could change the way you teach classical music?
As always, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and love of music with us, and definitely looking forward to your harp version of this one!! 😍
My advice to all the "wanters" out there, this lady is very intuitive and insightful, my advice would be to listen and stop want, want, wanting. It's not about you, drop a request politely and just be grateful to have such a beautiful channel. Love and respect.
This little piece is the calm before the storm.
Pink is long gone now, and something wicked this way comes.
Somebody is there, and its not Pink anymore.
Right. It’s got the creep, for sure.
Three hundred years from now people will still be listening and be godsmacked by this awesome band.
*gobsmack. "Gob" is old slang for mouth. The term is for the reflex of covering one's mouth in surprise or alarm. (This Roman Meal Bakery) thought you'd like to know.
@@actual_nonsense OK
@@actual_nonsense I kind of like the idea of god being smacked here
@@opinion3742 🤣🤣
@@actual_nonsensegodsmacked = karma. You've done something stupid and it comes right back at you. As if God himself has smacked your ass down.
Pink Floyd fans love you, Amy! ❤🙏🤘🎶
It is, “absolutely beautiful”. My father used to always point out the violin, how sad and beautiful it is. Such a wonderful song
And very lonely sounding the violin is.
This is clearly the work of producer Bob Ezrin, who helped make the 2 most depressing albums of the 70's, The Wall and Lou Reed's Berlin... including some strings loops that you can hear in BOTH ! °°
I think they made this song so beautiful because loneliness is best portrayed as delicate, melancholy, and sweetly beautiful. It gives the music a pining quality.
The subtlety and sincerity of your reaction is what makes this channel so much better than all the other reaction channels. It was obvious soon after the instrumental part began that you were wishing to play this piece for yourself, and I’m definitely looking forward to hearing your rendition.
This is just the calm before the storm, kind of moment.
One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. I can’t wait to hear you play this piece on the harp. It is definitely a gem. I never get tired of listening to it!
David Gilmour is an absolutely brilliant guitarist. Definitely on the top of my list. The way he emotes with his guitar is unparalleled.
Dave Gilmour didn’t play it.
I agree with you but i believe Joe DiBlasi played this guitar part.
Doesn't matter, my statement is still true.
The classical guitar that is the basis for this song was played by the session musician Joe DiBlasi. In several interviews, David Gilmour said that he tried to perform it, but was not happy with the results.
DiBlasi told us the story:
"It was not recorded at the same time as the orchestra. I was called in to play the song, but when I got to the studio there was nothing written. What David Gilmour played was something completely different.
I sat down with Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour and we constructed the song. They told me what they had in mind and I would come up with an idea. We continued creating the entire song that way. Then I went in the recording booth (at Sunset Sound, Hollywood) and recorded the part. We did around 10 takes of the song to get the performance that Bob Ezrin wanted for the record.
After my part was recorded, the song was sent to Michael Kamen, who wrote the orchestration to the guitar part. The orchestra was recorded after the guitar was recorded.
There are some big stretches required on the guitar to play this song properly. It says a lot that a guitarist of Gilmour's caliber can't perform it to his own standards. Indeed, a VERY difficult song to play.
The song always made me think of the finality of achieving the isolation he so sought. He got what he always wanted but found it a lonely lonely place.
One of my favorite pieces from The Wall. Learned to play this on guitar growing up, would love to hear an interpretation on the harp
Ditto 🙂
I was shocked when I first heard it because I'd written almost exactly the same 1st 4 bars and was quite proud of it. I knew nobody would believe that I wrote it before hearing PF, so I didn't develop it any further. I love this song too.
Bravo SHAKEDOWN! I've only been able to approximate it using a pick on a regular acoustic guitar, and I still can't play it (smooth) to my liking. If you can play this with fingers on a classical, that's quite a feat!
Beautiful... my exact remark in 1989.
My exact impression also ... in 1979.
I love your interpretation of him slowly opening the door, peeking out and asking "is there anybody out there?"
PS...I can definitely hear you playing this on the harp and I definitely would love to hear it.
Please and thank you.
When I was 18, about a year after the release of this album, my father gave me a classical guitar he brought back from Spain and this was one of the first songs I learned on it.
Quite possibly my favorite song on that album. Tomorrow I'm getting that guitar out and revisiting them both. Thank you for reigniting an old flame.
I didn't know I needed someone to break down Pink Floyd songs that I've been listening to for decades. Turns out I do! You've got great insight and I always feel like I'm hearing things anew when I watch your reactions. Please keep them coming!
This and the two songs that follow are the peak of the album in my mind. I'm an introvert who can't sing a note, but this 3 song phrase is the exception when I'm alone with a guitar. Rarely play/sing through all 3 without a tear in my eye.
"I got a little black book, with my poems in..."
"And a got a strong urge to fly..."
It makes me cry, always.
Totally agree. Actually I would say the next 3 songs- Nobody Home, Vera and Bring The Boys Back Home- the heart of The Wall. And then of course it culminates with Comfortably Numb. This side 3 for me is the most perfect in album history.
With no lyrics, this short piece evokes so much, at least in me - sadness, despair, depression, resignation....and all the while with a complete lack of understanding as to why or how he had arrived at this dark place.
This is one of my Favorite pieces on The Wall. When ever my nephew is over I always ask him to play it. I love your insight on this album. You have a special gift with your knowledge of music.
I still envy you hearing The Wall for the first time. I played it start to finish, every night for 18 months and saw it performed at Earls Court 4 times. God it's a masterpiece! Never dates, never looses it's impact and will never be beaten.
I find it amazing how so many different views on so many different tracks can bring about harmonious discussion largely without conflict. Cheers to you Amy for being the catalyst!!
Let the music play on!!!
I just noticed, after all these years and all these listens, that in the background when he’s singing “is there anybody out there?”, there’s a throwback to the song “Echoes” of an albatross-type of sound David Gilmour discovered by accident and used in the song. I can’t interpret this as anything other than purposeful, and Echoes always gave me the sense that the song was about connection (at least from the lyrics). So it makes me wonder if they used that motif as a way of contrasting the isolation and disconnection in this song?
my fav track by floyd,, so calming to play.
Listening to Pink Floyd with quality over the ear headphones on while you’re on psychedelics will literally change you.
There’s a Pink Floyd, then there’s everybody else.
I was thinking the whole time "I hope she plays this on the harp". Can't wait to see that.
As soon as you have the opportunity you must break-down another classic album: "Dark Side Of The Moon". In my opinion, the greatest record ever produced. It just happens to be Pink Floyd as well.
C'mon, Vlad. Convince Amy.
I love your channel. Keep 'em coming.
I agree, perhaps a more "musical" album while retaining the intriguing philosophical questions present here as well, in a more universal manner. And the whole band participated and shines there.
Bring Animals first, please.
That's one of my fave pieces of pink floyd music
the Beauty inside allways revives as a channel of hope not to be alone
I love the sheer joy on your face in these reactions. Love your videos and your insight. Great work. x
Very simple, yet so beautiful, can't wait for your harp version!
As always, I love watching your reaction as a classical musician to the incredible music I grew up with in the late 60's, 70's and early 80's. My father (RIP) loved classical baroque music and I found a love for it as well. So, seeing your discovery and true appreciation is just wonderful. Seeing it through your eyes for the first time takes me back to my youth and makes me appreciate it all the more.
High praise when you instantly want to learn the piece.
The television is on in the background audio. Pink flips through the channels until he finds one showing a war-era movie. The selection of sound clips is a masterpiece of audio editing in its own right.
This is the first one of the only two songs I ever taught myself to play on the guitar. I HAD to play it, even though I didn't play the guitar, because it's SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO beautiful. I will never get tired of hearing this.
Some of my fav music is sad but at the same time beautiful. The guitar piece, in this category, is perfection.
Roger Waters had written and recorded other acoustic guitar pieces in a similar vein, going back to things like "Grantchester Meadows" or "If".
Looking forward to your rendition Amy.
About time you got back on this horse. I have been enjoying seeing you experience this music that has been so important to me since it came out.
Welcome to the mysterious world of Pink Floyd, a world of harmony, a world of beauty, artistic, magic and majestic.
And please, yes, i would love to hear you playing this on the harp.
This was always one of my favorite tracks from this album. Very few words but, the melody just drips with emotion. Back when this had just been released (The Wall) me and two other friends had did a hit of blotter and it had just started to rain. We were waiting at a traffic light when an ambulance with lights on but, no siren came towards us. We just sat there as the it went by just as the, acoustic guitar came in. We all knew what it meant (lights but no siren) and just sat there afterwards in silence. If ever a melody set the mood, this did. I'll never forget that moment in time.
A beautiful reaction to a beautiful song. Thank you.
That smile what kept across your face infected mine 😊
Edit: Harp, you, yes please. Pretty please.
Please do your own version! Perhaps im wearing my musical tastes on my sleeve, but this is hands down my favourite piece from the whole double album. To hear you on harp would send me over the moon. Thanks 😊
I've been waiting for months to see Amy's reaction to this track.
I knew she would love it.
Given the poignancy of the moment in the ''story'', it's even more heart-wrenching.🫀
Thanks Amy.
Every guitarist easily plays this piece, but its background orchestration is really special, very well done.
That's the point.
Any guitarist can easily play an approximation of this piece. To play it with the feel and dynamics of the original song takes great skill. In fact, on the studio version the guitar part is played by a classical guitarist because Gilmore wasn't confident enough that he could play this style of guitar well enough himself, with the level of emotional dynamics they wanted to convey
This is one of my favorite instrumentals by the band, only topped by a few others for being too short. It tucks perfectly into the flow of the narrative so I get why it's so truncated, but I could listen to that sublimely melancholic melody for many more minutes - alliteration unintended. And if you DO learn this on the harp, I hope you will share. I cite this as a shining example of Floyd's reputation for conveying so very much with an uncanny economy of notes.
I learned this on guitar many years ago, still love it sooooo much... Variations on an Am 🙂
I’ve been subscribed for some time now and I have to say that I’m unsurprised that the channel is growing so steadily. Your videos are well put together and the content is meaningful and insightful. So many reaction channels lack certain elements and never truly lift off or gain momentum because of this. Seeing your channel approach 100k subscribers makes me smile. I know that as long as you continue down your path you will continue to garner the attention and success you deserve.
I took a semester of guitar class in high school ND he taught us this song and I still play it today.
I so look forward to hearing you play "Is there anybody out there" on the harp. And thanks for listening to this music it means a lot to so many people. Sharing your experience of hearing it for the first time reminds me how meaningful it was hearing it for the first time way back in the day. (I had this LP almost the day it came out when I was in high school)
Hell yeah, looking forward to your rendition
this song captures the feeling of (finally reaching that point where you’re willing to reach out for help or support, and realizing there’s no-one, because you’ve pushed them all away) it’s heartbreaking. also the last measure is incredibly spanish
Love it when you find something you really get excited about and like.
I read an old interview once where David Gilmour was admitting that they hired a professional classically trained guitarist for this section, I always thought he should’ve but he just felt he couldn’t play it as cleanly… he’s so modest 👍
According to Songfacts it was Joe diBlasi.
@@chrisbradley1192 thanks man
Thank you for tackling these tracks singly. The heart of analysis is to deconstruct a piece to see how the piece works as a whole. By analyzing all of these different song fragments, you uncover elements that would often be overlooked if rushing on to the next bit. Once this is done, it will be one of the most thorough examinations of The Wall on RUclips. And to think, we are the lucky ones to hear it as it first comes out, like a Dickens novel sold chapter by chapter upon subscription. Keep up the good work! Onward!
Beautiful is right, I wish this piece of music went on for another 400 minutes.
When music touches your heart and you smile, you are beautiful🙏
Hello. In the introduction, on two occasions, a single sharp synth sneaks in, replicating laughter, mocking laughter, almost like a witches cackle. Kenneth Barclay
One of the first songs I learned to play all the way through on guitar (granted, there isn't much to it), but I love it. It's mostly simple string picking and holding a few chords and yet it's stunningly pretty to hear. Also, as someone who spends a lot of his time alone and has struggled with depression since high school, the question of the title is one that crosses my mind a lot. Being able to play it through when I'm not feeling my best really does help for some reason. I hope you did learn it on harp, it'd be lovely to hear on that instrument.
I remember walking through Dundee a few years ago and a busker playing this piece on his acoustic guitar. Took me by surprise and he played it beautifully. Side 3 of the wall is my favourite side, it flows so well.
The 'Next" One should Bowl you over, it is truly AWESOME, the first listen...I wait for it....
You always leave me with a smile on my face! Thank you for these reactions. Don't take negative people to heart. They don't have a watch!
Brilliant! Thank you for your take ❤
I taught myself 3 songs on the guitar 20 years ago, this was one of them.
Yes Amy! A harp version would be lovely!
My favourite acoustic instrumental portion of The Wall. Simply brilliant. I could listen to it all day.
Oh please play this on the harp! My god that would be beautiful!
Please, please, please, don’t wait us wait so long the the next installments!! I continue to be amazed at your spot on interpretation of this masterpiece.
I'll second the "two thumbs up" to your learning this on the harp! I think it will be a lovely variation!
I may be reading too much into the arrangement, but I feel that the pedal tone in the early part of the song, with the vocals echoing the root note except for the questioning lift to the minor 3 accentuates the melancholy and questioning aspect (as it takes advantage of the natural speech form of a question). I also find the chromatic walk up and down in the minor key during the "prelude" portion to feel like Pink is not sure what answer he is hoping for - does he want somebody to share his isolation, does he hope there are people out there who just can't see or hear him, or is he hoping that there truly *is* nobody out there? Then the rise to the relative major seems to indicate that he has reached a point of being content with any of the possibilities ...
Could this be the "worms eating into his brain" analogy? That people conformed and marched to orders with no awareness of self but inside they start to break down internally. Some most likely just becoming empty, while few others (like Pink) undergo a process of slowly recovering then having a second breakdown where they end up being whole again with the wall broken down (yet always ready to slowly build back up)?
Yes I agree with you, also the high pitched guitar "screech" used here is exactly the same used in Echoes which Roger Waters said it's about communication and empathy between humans. So it makes sense to reference that song here in this context. I don't think it's a coincidence and I very much see the connection here with the two concepts.
My absolute favorite song on this album. I've played it on my guitar thousands of times, and plan to play it a thousand times more.
I look forward to your version on the harp!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
nobodys home is next...my favorite!
A gem placed within a tragedy. So very well put. ❤
with "Hey You," the main character, "Pink," was calling for someone, anyone, to answer. when he gets no answer, he then goes into "Is Anybody Out There," just straight up asking if there's anyone left out there at all...he's behind the wall and realizing he is alone and this song is kind of a last hope.
Pink Floyd was brilliant, it’s okay to say it.
Amy !! I second that emotion.
It's nice to see someone who really understands what Pink Floyd music is all about. The sights, sounds, stories. Their music takes you places your mind never imagined.
This album gives me chills, even decades after first listening to it.
I really like playing the guitar part in this song. It's such a beautiful tune, with a sort of fragility to it.
Man I love how enthusiastic you are for this song, absolutely one that i thought a classical music expert such as yourself would appreciate!
The way the roots of the guitar parts all follow a similar pattern to the album's main motif is brilliant. The same basic progression.
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Oh you will love it on harp. This is why I learned to play a guitar as a total amateur - to play this song. It was surprisingly easy to learn and I encourage everyone to learn it too. I love to play it. Love your channel
I absolutely love what you are doing here.
Your genuineness in your expression as you experience the beauty of the entire piece, the wholeness of it all, ignites, no rather confirms my long loving of this beautiful story.
I’m genuinely blessed to have discovered your channel.
THANK YOU!
I love it that you want to learn this piece of music in your harp. I'll be waiting for that.
Here for the next edition of The Wall, drip by drip, like Chinese water torture.
Especially where she's at on the album. What a run the next songs are.
@@JayTheRed602wonder if she'll also cover the tide is turning given that it's only available in the live version (not that much of an essential listen, but quite worthwhile regardless)
Torture indeed.
It's killing me mate.
Totally enjoying your reactions to this album. Don't pay attention to the complainers. They don't have to watch if they don't like it.
One of my favourite pieces of music.. Absolutely bbeautiful to see your reactions. Please do learn it for the harp!
This is such a beautiful track
This always so gives me chills.
I absolutely adore the outro on this, and I want more of it.
As always, love to see Amy so engaged by the whole experience. My own take on this piece is; the first 20 bars (Am) are indeed melancholic since Pink, safely behind his wall is maybe reflecting on having addressed those out there (Hey you) and torn between the safety of the wall and the promise of contact with someone outside, the switch to the C chord suggests to me some kind of hope that his call for human contact might yield fruit - maybe.
the problem is with people reactions to this song and album is that the whole The Wall video/album should be viewed as one! As it tells a story as a whole and not just in part!
I know it's a year late, but every time I hear this song I can't get over the feeling of how eerily similar this sounds to Long Gone, performed by Syd Barrett just about 10 years prior to this.
Beautiful music, it would be great if you play it next time!
This is my favourite from the album 😊
I can totally imagine this played on the harp
This is the first thing I learned to play on guitar in the mid 80’s. Your description is almost perfect with a twist from how this song plays out in the movie. You are so good at this!!!
Beautiful..Gilmore is great...
Next one is one of the less known song from The Wall but it's one of my favorite song ever. Can't wait for it
Absolutely. I've waited for this moment for sooo long. These two pieces are what I'm most interested in for Amy to deconstruct.
Yes! Please take it to the harp and share! One of my favorites..
For some reason, it's always had me imagine struggling to remain undetected behind enemy lines at night in France during WW1. Lonely, frightened, exhausted, but determined to survive.