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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 aanet »

Thanks for posting this! one of my fav albums of ALL time. Growing up in a developing country, where rock music wasn't really the preferred or even the available kind, _The Wall_ was foundational to me as a young teen and in early college years. The angst, the lyrics, the music - I drank heavy doses of Pink Floyd with whatever was available (bootleg cassette tapes, mostly, listened to on portable tape players and boomboxes). Much later did I learn that the original PF foursome had disbanded even before I started listening to them. That was a crushing blow :-( Those were the pre pre-Internet days.

I still listen to PF today, roughly 30+ years after I first heard them. And still find new nuances that I eluded my initial thousand listens.

Thanks for posting this <3 You've made at least one person nostalgic. And happy.

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

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Post by genter »

schnable wrote: post #3
genter wrote: post #2

Roger Waters bloviating for 90 minutes about not having a dad.

Good tunes, though.

Gilmour can write good music. Too bad Wright was suffering from depression/drug addiction to be very productive. The best Pink Floyd songs are them working together.

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Post by encoderer »

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 memories we should go look up, he says, see if there’s any videos from The Wall. And there is! An entire bootleg of the concert from 1981. It was magical, I gave my dad a Time Machine.

Thanks YouTube!

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

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Post by lc9er »

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 what the public recognizes as Pink Floyd.

Animals is, to me, a masterpiece. Gilmour and Wright, especially, are amazing. It's dark and cynical, but maybe not as hopeless as The Wall. "Dogs" may be the best guitar work Gilmour has ever done, aside from "Comfortably Numb". Sadly, it seems like most of the band didn't like Waters controlling behavior and the dark turn his lyrics took on this album.

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

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Post by encoderer »

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…

As a fan of Waters I would add The Final Cut to that list.
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