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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 grvbck »

marpstar wrote: post #48
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 was fortunate enough to see David Gilmour play live this past October at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The energy when he played Comfortably Numb was absolutely indescribable. I, too, think that Animals is a masterpiece. Also agree that it's "overlooked" (though some others in the comments seem to have a different assessment) -- most people I know can name tracks from Dark Side and The Wall but that's about it. Th…

> The energy when he played Comfortably Numb was absolutely indescribable.

Also, the unbelieveable rendition with David Bowie in Royal Albert Hall in 2006. Bowie singing between the notes but in perfect key, Gilmour's solo grittier than usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkN7qyaFEUU

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

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Post by mega_dean »

cassianoleal wrote: post #24
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...

> still being as faithful to the original as it could be

Wow, you weren't kidding - it's basically a note-for-note cover of the whole album. Thanks for sharing the link!

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Post by emmelaich »

marpstar wrote: post #48
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 was fortunate enough to see David Gilmour play live this past October at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The energy when he played Comfortably Numb was absolutely indescribable. I, too, think that Animals is a masterpiece. Also agree that it's "overlooked" (though some others in the comments seem to have a different assessment) -- most people I know can name tracks from Dark Side and The Wall but that's about it. Th…

I found Animals weirdly disappointing after Dark Side and Wish. Maybe I'll give it another go.

A great sampler of earlier PF is Ummagumma, the double combo live and studio album.

FWIW, Live at Pompeii is free on Youtube.

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Post by emmelaich »

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 like The Wall musically and was a big fan of Pink Floyd.

However, overall, it annoyed me for being too dark and cynical. Maybe it's because I come from a family of teachers and saw all the town ratbags and losers enjoying singing "We Don't Need No Education".

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Post by emmelaich »

Loughla wrote: post #52
cassianoleal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

And end up like Syd Barrett or Pep Mangione? No thanks.

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Post by singleshot_ »

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)

Season one, episode eight of Magnum, P.I. was entitled, “The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii.”

There are, of course, episodes of both Knight Rider and The A Team that share that tile, though.

While I am appreciative that you want to demonstrate precisely how useless LLMs are, I wonder if perhaps you could do something more productive than make work for me.

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Post by ColinHayhurst »

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 saw the show in London. As a show it was brilliant and an unforgettable night. As live music performances better around then were The Cure and Mike Oldfield.

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Post by desertrider12 »

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 don't think the self indulgence is unbearable until The Trial and "you stand accused of showing feelings of an almost human nature". The Trial is comedy/satire but since the rest of the album is serious and autobiographical, I roll my eyes at what a diva he sounds like there.
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