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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 duderific »

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…

> I'd recommend two overlooked albums of the 70's - Meddle and Animals.

I'd even throw Obscured by Clouds in there, which has some straight up rock jams as well as the more moody sound that became typical later.

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Post by grujicd »

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…

Gilmour also played bass on Animals.

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

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Post by duderific »

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.

I recently took a long car trip solo and was able to listen to Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety without interruption. It still holds up in that kind of scenario; you almost have to listen to whole thing nonstop to fully appreciate it.

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Post by clarge1120 »

I got hooked on Pink Floyd's "Momentary Lapse of Reason". Listened to it on a 10 hour drive back home from Houston in my custom VW beetle. It was custom because I "built" it out of several broken down beetles and so it was a tense drive home, checking my car's vitals every so often.

I have never forgotten that long intense drive home, in the summer, with no air conditioning, and playing Pink Floyd on full volume the whole way.

Because of this, "The Wall" has always been Floyd's second best album.

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Post by louthy »

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…

> They literally built a styrofoam wall

Hope they know the difference between inches and feet [1]

[1] https://youtu.be/zg5Ovdu6bOE?feature=shared

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Post by worik »

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.

> I still love and respect PF

Me too.

My teenage years sitting in the sun smoking pot listening to these incredible sounds....

As a grown up I love everything they did before Dark Side of the Moon: That was when Roger Waters really started complaining.

Atom Heart Mother is my favourite

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Post by Philpax »

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…

Echoes, which is on Meddle, is one of my favourite tracks of all time. It's an incredible sonic journey through all kinds of territory, and I find myself rejuvenated after having listened to it.

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

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Post by ryandrake »

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.

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Post by zimpenfish »

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…

I remain convinced that Anathema are big fans of "Animals" because if they didn't write "Pulled Under at 2000 Metres a Second"[1] immediately after listening to "Sheep", I'll be a monkey's uncle.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKFzGI8Fxq0

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