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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 ericzawo »

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…

Christmas is coming, I suggest gifting him The Wall: Live in Berlin 1990 on DVD if you can find it. Or just forwarding him this URL: https://youtu.be/SU2m7uOiAZI

One of my favourite live performances of music of all time. Playing at the Real wall to several hundred thousand people. Just amazing stuff.

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Post by cassianoleal »

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. :)

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Post by technothrasher »

JimiofEden wrote: post #13

Wow it's impressive to see that this page has remained up for so long! I used to email the owner a long time ago when I was really getting into Pink Floyd in high school. It was one of the first times I can really recall about having long, ongoing conversations online about something I was becoming increasingly passionate about. I really enjoyed the debate and back and forth that they were willing to entertain with m…

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 doesn't seem to update the website as much these days, but the forum there is still pretty active, and there's still tons of info available.

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

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Post by cassianoleal »

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…

Animals is also one of my favourites.

Now, this may sound like blasphemy but I find Les Claypool's Frog Brigade's rendering of Animals even better than Pink Floyd's. Heavier, darker and incredibly visceral, whilst still being as faithful to the original as it could be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n4Cc7lX4NI&list=PLiEEpOHWcm...

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Post by dylan604 »

ericzawo wrote: post #21
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…

Christmas is coming, I suggest gifting him The Wall: Live in Berlin 1990 on DVD if you can find it. Or just forwarding him this URL: https://youtu.be/SU2m7uOiAZI One of my favourite live performances of music of all time. Playing at the Real wall to several hundred thousand people. Just amazing stuff.

> One of my favourite live performances of music of all time.

As a broke college kid, my friends and I all camped out for tickets (remember those days) to the Division Bell tour in 1994. We got phenomenal seats, and the show is definitely the bet live performances I have seen. The second act as a complete play through of Dark Side. Lots of great memories from that entire night including sitting in traffic to get to the venue. Getting lost in the parking lot in pouring down rain to the point of asking the cops for directions to where we parked.

I got into Floyd from my dad, and he never got to see them live. The closest he got was 15 years later when we went to see Aussie Floyd. It was the closest thing to the real thing I had ever seen and told him it was a really damn good 2nd place.

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Post by UberFly »

encoderer wrote: post #17
UberFly wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Final Cut could really be considered Waters' first solo album. One that the other members contributed to, so to speak.

Yes, very much agreed, and when you compare that to his works like Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking you see that being in the band really did bring out his best. I am too kind to comment on Pink Floyd’s albums without Roger, though.

I was at a Brit Floyd concert (cover band super highly recommended) and during the few Division Bell songs everyone was running to use the bathroom so as to not miss the real Floyd music. :)

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Post by dylan604 »

01100011 wrote: post #18
genter wrote: post #2

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

Yeah. Love the music but I stopped being able to listen to it a few years ago because it's so.. self-indulgent and emo. It kind of ruined PF for me since I became aware of those themes in their other albums with Waters. I still love and respect PF, but I don't listen much these days. I guess it also correlates with less substance abuse in my life.

Just as a fan of the music, I picked up the DVD set he released a few years ago. It was delivered to the office I was working at the time, and it was a slow day so we popped it in for a watch. Talking about a let down. It was the exact Waters droning on sentiment the GP had.

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Post by dylan604 »

genter wrote: post #5
schnable wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Division Bell came out and took me a while to appreciate, but man I like that album as much as Dark Side and Meddle. I'm not saying they are all equal, just that I like them all equally. Gilmour is definitely my favorite bender of strings.

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Post by bojanz »

genter wrote: post #5
schnable wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

People are sometimes unkind to the Division Bell, but it contains one of my personal favorites: "Wearing the inside out". Wright's lyrics and vocals (first time since The Dark Side of the Moon), Gilmore's guitar, it all comes together.
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