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Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by CPLX »

lc9er wrote: post #7

I love Pink Floyd and The Wall, though I think it works better with visuals than a standalone album. It's a shame they were unhappy with their own footage of the few stage shows they performed of The Wall. My dad saw the New York show, for which I'll forever be jealous. If you're a casual PF fan, I'd recommend two overlooked albums of the 70's - Meddle and Animals. Meddle is probably the first album to sound like wha…

If we’re making recommendations of non-obvious Pink Floyd things to recommend we have to include Live At Pompeii, a feature length live concert movie.

I must have watched the version of Echoes a thousand times it’s utterly mesmerizing.

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by Loughla »

cassianoleal wrote: post #22
encoderer wrote: post #6

The wall was performed live in only 4 cities (LA, NYC, London, Berlin) because it was too big and expensive to move. My dad saw it and to this day it’s one of his favorite experiences. They literally built a styrofoam wall in front of the band as they played until at one point you can’t even see them. Well anyway about 15 years ago I’m showing the old man YouTube for the first time. And I ask him, is there any old me…

I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to watch Pink Floyd play live. I did watch Roger Waters play The Wall twice though. Complete with styrofoam wall and an airplane flying overhead and crashing onto it. Incredible concert! Hence the second time. :)

One of my two most vivid memories is seeing pink Floyd live while on acid.

I'm not advocating for drug use unless you can get a time machine and go see them at the height of their fame. And then I am immediately advocating for you to be on acid.

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Post by GlibMonkeyDeath »

I was in 8th grade when this came out and it was like catnip for angst-y teens. Our music teacher actually went over the lyrics of Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2) line-by-line with our class. He was not a fan. He tried to explain how wrong-headed each and every line was. Needless to say, he didn't win any hearts and minds, but we did appreciate listening to PF in music class.

Bear in mind, this guy also paddled the hell out of a kid who threw a pencil ("you could blind someone that way!") And by paddle, I mean a cricket-bat sized piece of wood, hands up against the lockers. Teacher, leave them kids alone!

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by ryandrake »

GlibMonkeyDeath wrote: post #53

I was in 8th grade when this came out and it was like catnip for angst-y teens. Our music teacher actually went over the lyrics of Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2) line-by-line with our class. He was not a fan. He tried to explain how wrong-headed each and every line was. Needless to say, he didn't win any hearts and minds, but we did appreciate listening to PF in music class. Bear in mind, this guy also paddled th…

> Our music teacher actually went over the lyrics of Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2) line-by-line with our class. He was not a fan. He tried to explain how wrong-headed each and every line was.

Hahah, next thing you know, the police academy instructors will go over the lyrics of Fuck Tha Police and conclude that every line is wrong-headed :)

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Post by fallinditch »

lc9er wrote: post #7

I love Pink Floyd and The Wall, though I think it works better with visuals than a standalone album. It's a shame they were unhappy with their own footage of the few stage shows they performed of The Wall. My dad saw the New York show, for which I'll forever be jealous. If you're a casual PF fan, I'd recommend two overlooked albums of the 70's - Meddle and Animals. Meddle is probably the first album to sound like wha…

Check out this truly classic first time listen reaction video for Dogs off the Animals album [1]. (Who is that guitarist?!)

King KTF makes you appreciate this track even more than you believed :-)

[1] https://youtu.be/JBPRSKRnpyI?feature=shared

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by technothrasher »

singleshot_ wrote: post #45
technothrasher wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a similar relationship in the 90's with the guy who started the Magnum Mania website for fans of the show Magnum PI. It was fun to communicate directly with somebody who was even more enthusiastic about the show than I was, and fun to send him pictures when I bought my Ferrari 308 after seeing the car on the show and literally saving up for it for 20 years. I haven't talked to him in many years now, and he does…

There is an episode of the original run of Magnum wherein a character picks up a phone and dials “9, 1,” as though they are about to call emergency services, and then hangs up the phone instead. I think, but am not sure, that the caller is using a phone on the Masters estate. Any idea which episode I’m referring to?

Sure, that’s easy. Season 1, Episode 8, titled "Deadly Manuevers“.

(Ok, to be fair, I cheated. I asked ChatGPT)

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by tristanMatthias »

One day after school, my dad and I arrived home and he told me, "Sit down in the lounge room, and don't talk". I thought I was in some kind of trouble, but when he didn't turn on any lights, and walked over to the CD player I knew something was about to happen.

"We're going to listen to something, and I don't want to say anything until it's done", he said. Then he proceeded to play "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". It changed my life.

It was the first time I realised you can listen to music like you'd watch a film. The depth of the soundscapes still influence me as a musician today.

Thanks dad.

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by defrost »

technothrasher wrote: post #56
singleshot_ wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is an episode of the original run of Magnum wherein a character picks up a phone and dials “9, 1,” as though they are about to call emergency services, and then hangs up the phone instead. I think, but am not sure, that the caller is using a phone on the Masters estate. Any idea which episode I’m referring to?

Sure, that’s easy. Season 1, Episode 8, titled "Deadly Manuevers“. (Ok, to be fair, I cheated. I asked ChatGPT)

Did you verify?

ie. pull the descriptive subtitles or watch the indicated episode?

I'm not sure we've yet reached the stage of having a high degree of confidence in the strict accuracy of ChatGPT responses.

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by aidenn0 »

ryandrake wrote: post #39
lc9er wrote: post #7

I love Pink Floyd and The Wall, though I think it works better with visuals than a standalone album. It's a shame they were unhappy with their own footage of the few stage shows they performed of The Wall. My dad saw the New York show, for which I'll forever be jealous. If you're a casual PF fan, I'd recommend two overlooked albums of the 70's - Meddle and Animals. Meddle is probably the first album to sound like wha…

Not sure I'd call Animals overlooked. It top-3's pretty much everyone's PF album rankings. Yes, DSOTM gets a lot of attention, but Animals is a well-recognized amazing album.

I think saying it's overlooked for "casual PF fans" is definitely true. Source: I'm a casual PF fan and have never listened to it.

Re: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis

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Post by metalman »

I love the coments, everybody is riffing on varios pink floydian experiences and nobody has read the article just the title of the article is way way out there, like what kind of mad heavy drugs do you have to take to go so far as to build a web site devoted to ,oooooooooooo, wow, mang, like, did you get the total asomosity of that mang, toadaly awsome, the complete analyis, complete with 2 sheets of blotter, a car with 4 more people than seats, and three more in the trunk, cheap night at the drive in movies playing the wall.

so you think you can tell

anylise that

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