Yeah I was also thinking the next line "We don't need no thought control" doesn't really match his double negative idea since with that logic, he's saying "We need thought control" which doesn't match the message of the rest of the song. Nonetheless, great video as always.
Indeed.... it is common for less educated folk to use double negatives when their meaning is a single negative. So, in the song, there is no hidden meaning - it's just narrative taken from the streets of the UK.
At first i was thinking the same thing but when i was looking to my own past and how children actually were, i am tempted to state that kids do need thought control. As part of their education to control their emotions and not to start using violence or destroy material property (nor their own nor others). So it's got some kind of double sided story to it i think.
I fell in love with 'The Wall' at the age of 12 and devoured Floyd and Waters all my days, but I was almost 50 years old before this tiny piece of lyrical genius suddenly hit me like a train. The man certainly has his moments 😎❤
@Tshanot exactly what I was thinking. Lie's reasoning here isn't convincing to me. While I don't think Roger is advocating to abolish schools, the use of double-negative doesn't convey the message Lie thinks it does. But everyone has their own interpretation, and mine is: By saying "don't need no" and "them kids", he's implying that the kids might be worse off with this kind of 'education', but only slightly. As in, the kids will be fine without dark sarcasm and thought control, and all the bad things done by the teachers and this might leave them with gaps in their knowledge, but they will still be able to express themselves well enough. They will be fine.
My favorite Pink Floyd Album is Wish You Were Here. The band were saddened that Syd Barrett was not along for the ride of success. They Missed their friend.
David Ellis I agree Wish You Were Here is probably the best. Lie only mentions The Wall, Dark Side of The Moon, and Piper at The Gates of Dawn. Wish You Were Here is most likely the most consummate effort from the band.
"We don't need no thought control." Another double negative. So following your logic, Waters advocates for thought control? I don't think so. I love your videos man, but I had to point this out.
I replied to another message up there somewhere, I'll paste it here too. Exactly what I was thinking. Lie's reasoning here isn't convincing to me. While I don't think Roger is advocating to abolish schools, the use of double-negative doesn't convey the message Lie thinks it does. But everyone has their own interpretation, and mine is: By saying "don't need no" and "them kids", he's implying that the kids might be worse off with this kind of 'education', but only slightly. As in, the kids will be fine without dark sarcasm and thought control, and all the bad things done by the teachers and this might leave them with gaps in their knowledge, but they will still be able to express themselves well enough. They will be fine.
@@carlomorelli1785 But that comes later in the character arc and only furthers Pink's descent into madness. I still believe Waters was just using youthful rebellious slang rather than advocating for actual thought control.
Best version is Live Earls Court for Is Anybody Out there. The tempo is fast everyone is one their a game even the back up musician that doubled up with Roger, David, Rick and Nick. It's the definitive for me.
now hold on... before i watch this i have a few words to say i DONT hate this song. i love the wall album, every song on it. while i dont hate this song, im tired of it. im hoping this video will give me a refreshing taste on it. the wall is such a powerful piece. you need to evaluate the album as a whole
Yes i think i evaluated much of the concept in this video. I think it would be impossible not to do that as this song is so centered around the theme. Hope you enjoyed.
I was kidding man, I was alluding to the fact that the title makes it look like it's the second video in the series. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan and this video made my day ;)
I always thought that the song was about how the education system creates mindless people who eventually never use any of the knowledge, so why even try?
GoreGoreGore[math]Core well that's another way of interpreting it. And i think there's some truth to that. But it was also deeply personal to Waters' subjective experience of his schoolyears.
I think Roger would disagree with that. He went to college for architecture and ended up using what he learned creatively when designing the stage show.
@@Pr0jectFM since the song was about his much younger days at school in the UK , the guy uptop might have a point. In those days in lower education you were taught by rote, you weren't encouraged to go of script.
you had teachers, in public schools..meaning state run schools..who taught 2 or 3 different subjects,maybe he was proficient in one of those subjects if you were lucky..and they taught like the Army, as most of the teachers had fought in the ww2..officers mainly..very strict very authoritarian..
Brought about by goverments/world leaders of the time wanting to "brainwash" their youth into not thinking for themselves, and so fitting in with forced ideology.
Not only that there are 3 parts, but the melody of the chorus is used as a central motif. The rhythm behind the solo in Hey You, and in a slightly different arragement used in Waiting for the Worms and The Trial.
The disco element really makes for great transitioning into the next songs...disco is kind of a marching beat, so it thematically fits. I personally think that The Wall is one of the best concept-albums I've ever heard in my life. The imagry, narrative, pace and production are exceptional. It's like reading Orwell.
Same here. Think it fits and sounds great. A lot of people have a hard time accepting that this song has anything to do with disco though. And it's kind of funny how some people are dilitant in the notion that this is "just rock". As if Disco would be some low-level genre to step into, something Floyd wold never do. Now you said this is the best concept album you've heard. Cool! Personally i think it's a great concept, but the album is not that good sonically. Too many twists and turns for me. My favorite concept album will be Mastodon's "Crack The Skye". Check it out here if you want th-cam.com/video/crE4hKmcQfY/w-d-xo.html
First Polyphonic released a video, then an hour later, just when I thought this day couldn't get better, I got a notification from LLM and I'm so happy rn
I was at school in Tooting in south west London when this song came out. We loved it. It was our anthem. The school looked just like the one in the video (Penwortham). I was born in NZ though. A kiwi. Parents played Pink Floyd from as long a I can remember. Now my nephew likes them too and plays some of the guitar solos etc. Three generations and counting. Good music is timeless.
I also think that "All in all you're just another brick in the wall" could be him thinking that the other students are sheep or in other words the wall is society and being normal makes you a brick in it. That's the interpretation i always believed first.
Sounds like a legit interpretation to me. But it's impossible not to follow a norm in one way or another since we're social creatures. Our survival is based on our ability to adapt to other people.
the traumatic events of his life are the bricks....if you isolate yourself from other people you can't have your feelings hurt...' of course mother's gunna help build the wall' ....and the judge at the end..' I sentence you to be exposed before all your peers....tear down the wall'....and once again he is vulnerable to others....dude....I got a huge wall up....been listening to this album since it came out...it's a straight up fuckin masterpiece
Cool video. The Wall is so well structured it's amazing. Having seen Another Brick In The Wall II on MTV as a kid I was swept up by the song like a lot of people but had no idea what album it belonged to. It wasn't until about a decade later or so when I tried acid the first time (2 doses) and listened to The Wall for the first time also that same night that I found out where this catchy pop song came from. Possibly the greatest double album of all time. The psychedelic operatic masterpiece that is Pink Floyd The Wall.
this is great for people who want to get into pink floyd it really helps you to gain interest on the music and also the backstory of how roger wrote the álbum, great job and the audio quality is great
dan bugman Thanks! I'm glad you think so. That's the idea for the channel in general. To introduce people to rock music they haven't listened to before. And give the music a bit more meaning.
Pt 3 is my favourite song on the album, such a powerful song. Woke up to notifications of two of my favourite TH-camrs uploading video essays can't get any better.
Nice. Yes i love the synth part spesifically on Part 3. It's very ominous and psychedelic almost. Who's the other one? Polyphonic? Middle 8?? Volksgeist??? Just curious.
Polyphonic , he picks amazing topics something absolutely different everytime , but I can't relate to a lot of his videos cause I don't listen to hip hop but I enjoy his rock videos.
I have the VHS and the DVD copies of Pink Floyd the wall, my father gave me those as a 18th birthday gift and i still watch them and have them to this day. My fiancé loves the movie and the band too. Watching the whole movie can help understand the album better. My most favourite album is Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
How cool. Not weird that you're a hardcore fan when he introduced you to them at such a young age. WYWH is fantastic. I think it's my second favorite after Animals.
Im gonna have to disagree with you especially the second half of the song. It goes into a decently long solo which is not disco at all. The only thing I would agree with you is the drum line. Thank you for the response tho
Fun fact: Last year, there was a protest movement in my city, Murcia (Southeastern Spain) over a high speed train line that was supossed to cut the city in half with a 6-meter wall. The movement used this particular song, with new lyrics, to represent their opposition against the building of the wall, and an enormous mural was painted in a building using motivs from the movie. I think it's awesome that people of all ages and from all around the city used Pink Floyd as an inspiration for a protest.
"Pink" is definitely a hybrid character. Partly Syd Barrett, partly Waters, and there's probably a few observations about other PF members and musicians packed in there as well.
I've always thought the verse "all in all you're just another brick in the wall" was being said from the teacher telling Pink and the listener that you are nothing special, you're just like everyone else. But this video made perfect sense of that now.
Honestly one of the best story driven albums of all time 👌👌 Though it's not as popular it'd be interesting to see your take on The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking since it shares a lot musically with The Wall and was Roger's other option if the band didn't like The Wall. Some days I even prefer it over The Wall since it stays solid throughout the entire album.
To me, the song which explains the album perfectly is in the flesh part 2. It has so much anger, depression, and deeper meaning which sometimes goes unseen
Yep, the fascist portion of the album is really a highlight to me. The sense of discomfort and dread created in the last moments of Waiting For The Worms is something beautifully horrific. (especially with those hammers)
There's another possible interpretation of "we don't need no education": that few of us use the education we received in our youth in our adult lives. I've never used anything that I learnt at university in my career, and only used a couple of things from my maths A-level. I think the line "we don't need no thought control" alludes to that; education should be about teaching us to think and to learn, not merely filling our heads with facts that may prove irrelevant to our lives.
The new graphics in this video look good. Particular the faces of those concerned. I've been enjoying your video essays for a while now. I liked the little nod to Norway's VG-lista. Good job. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks! Yes i'm always trying out new things to make the videos fresh. Just you wait, in the future i'll have my own version of VG-lista. Just for rock music of course hehe. Are you from Norway btw?
In the english language a double negative is seen as a stronger emphasis than a singular negative so "we don´t need no eduation" would mean something as "we absoulutely need no education"
My favourite part of the video is how the teacher is reading the lyrics to Money, a famous song that made them millions of dollars, calling it rubbish and then returning to rote memorization of Imperial units of measure that became obsolete shortly afterwards with metric adoption, rendering the class a total waste of time for everyone.
I had some rough times at school as well, I'm on the autism spectrum although I have high functioning autism. I also have dysgraphia and am 2e. Dysgraphia can affect different people in different ways for me though it stunted my ability to write-by-hand, mind you this happened in 1st grade which is where kids began writing paragraph essays by hand. Since my handwriting abilities where terrible and the teacher didn't understand it I ended up sitting in front of a blank piece of paper class after class. Even worse was the fact that I was 2e (twice exceptional) 2e describes someone who has extreme difficulties in some areas and extreme strengths in others. My difficulty was, as written before, handwriting. My strength was speaking, not only do I love talking with people I'm also really good at it, my vocabulary when I was a 1st grader was comparable to a FRESHMEN IN COLLEGE. So my teachers didn't understand why I wasn't able to write very well and many people hypothesized that I spent too much time goofing off in class or that I was lazy. This went so far as the teacher who watched us play during recess didn't care if I was bullied, they thought of me as a punk and someone who didn't care. Eventually, the bullying got so bad I had to take matters into my own hands. I punched a kid that was bullying me in the face and broke his nose, for this I got suspended but before I was able to be suspended my mom clued into what was going on and pulled me out of there. Thank goodness she did that. Anyway, that's my horrible school story thanks for reading and if you have any questions fire away. Also, I am now a freshman in college at the age of 15! Edit: if not for my mom I would have my own wall blocking me from society
Phew that sounds like quite a challenge for you. But at the same time i guess it's a great gift as well. Not a lot of people are aware of what their strengths are. Some go throughout their lives being ignorant of what they should and shouldn't do to get the most out of life. You should probably get an occupation where you can utilize your language and voice. Personally i didn't find my strengths and path until i was 21, although that's also pretty early i think. It's very impressive that you're already in college btw. Congrats! And i'm glad you dodged the wall hehe. Keep on dodging them.
@@LieLikesMusic Thanks I'm lucky my mom was super supportive did a ton of research helped me a ton the unfortunate part is that many people don't have parents like that so their abilities are wasted until later in life. Anyway, I had to give credit where credit was due so... thanks for responding btw!
Guitarists! The story behind how Ezrin recorded that famous solo is interesting and there are millions of results if you google search it. My understanding is that It's Gilmour's goldtop Les Paul with P-90 pickups routed through a few things (Neve console, gated and compressed then sent to a Mesa-Boogie amp, and a few other bits and pieces of studio trickery that I can't recall) some room-reverb mixed in, double-tracked and mixed to a mono track - and it's almost impossible to replicate. Many have tried... If anyone is out there, I find a Strat neck pickup, a good compressor into an RC Booster run into a decent valve combo (I use a Fender Bassbreaker and/or Blues Junior) will get you close enough.
Great Video! It really gave me another point of view. I really love Pink Floyd, their Albums are like one long song, an the lyrics are very thoughtful. More Pink Floyd please!
Thanks. I'm glad it gave you something. Have you seen my other PF videos? Made one about Animals and another one about Syd Barrett th-cam.com/video/zQgNjjmTKqA/w-d-xo.html
I found everything that you had to say insightful except for a couple of points. 1) I read an interview that the true inspiration for the album came from a book that Rogers have read called the wall. 2) how is Piper the number two album for all of Pink Floyd's discography? The album is very obscure. I would say the wall is second and the third is wish you were here.
1) That might be true. But do you have a link for that interview? Would love to listen or read it. 2) Piper is the #2 best rated album according to acclaimedmusic.com. The site compiles as many reviews as possible to find a total score. And Piper has a better total score than the other ones you thought of. It's just numbers. It might be different for other sites of course.
A note on the bit on the double negative: While it works if you look at the line in isolation, the next line, 'we don't need no thought control' also has same double negative. Are we supposed to look at this in same manner, as roger implying that we doo need thought control? It is quite hard for me to believe he had such intentions with said line and it doesn't feel like it fits with the theme/scheme of the song/album either.
I heard from someone else on here that it's typical english slang. Which basically confirms what you're saying here. Guess i thought a little too hard about that one lol
Amazing! That song did it all. Rock/Punk hit. Pop hit. R&B dance hit. A simple human statement and an angst ridden folky protest anthem all at once. Brilliant!
And the song even describe my school days, when I was in school my teacher (maths particularly), that bastard always use to make fun of me, beat and even tell lies to my parents about my behaviour, and it was all fucked up for me at last I told my grandfather and he filed a lawsuit against him IF ANY OF YOU ARE TREATED LIKE THIS IN SCHOOL PLEASE STAND UP!!!
It's so cruel that people do this to children. Just because they fucking can. Some people have to grow a pair and actually get their life together before getting an important job like this. Ugh...
I was a senior in high school when this album came out (it was on vinyl of course). In 1982/83, I heard Roger Waters being interviewed on a radio show, where he and the DJ listened to the entire album, start to finish, and paused between each song so Roger could comment. It was pretty clear the LP is heavily based on Roger's life, although there are other elements, of course, such as those you discuss here. He was really open about the influences and meanings regarding the songs, EXCEPT for the final song, "Goodbye Cruel World." He said it was simply the last song on the album; when the DJ pushed him for a deeper answer, he got rather testy and repeated his statement more firmly. The DJ went right to wrapping up the show; as they said their parting words, Waters was back to being cool. Hmmm.....
Oh man i would love to hear that interview! It would add so much valuable information that would fit perfect for this video. Do you know if it's uploaded to youtube or transcribed? Thanks for sharing this.
@@LieLikesMusic Unfortunately, I do not. In fact I have not thought of it in quite some time until I watched this video. I don't think it was announced or anything; I remember I was hanging out at somebody's house and it just came on the radio. We were all like, "bitchin'!" I and my friend were just stopping by and wound up staying for the entire thing. Back then, the way big radio interviews like that were done, they would conduct the interview at one location, record it, and press it onto vinyl records that would then be sent to local radio stations to play. It is highly possible a few still exist somewhere. A friend I had long ago actually had a 2-album set of a radio special with Alice Cooper and his wife, Cheryl, that he'd gotten from a friend who was a DJ. Now you've motivated me to try and find it online! I will definitely come back and reply to this message if I find it.
Kind of surprised that you didn't bring up the fact it is both for and against rebellion. As portrayed in the video, the children turn into faceless drones. But the group of children singing together is a show that rebellion can collectivise people, turning them into the faceless crowd they were rebelling against.
Speaking of grammar ... you put a few extra commas here and there =] The "poem" the teacher reads in the film is "Money", which is 1) a nice inside wink to Pink Floyd fans and 2) makes a point about the potential negative cost that kind of shaming and humiliation can incur. The "bricks" are the things that justify his self-imposed isolation. Because these things happen - the death of his father, his upbringing by an overprotective mother, his experiences in grammar school, his successful yet demanding rock music career, his estrangement from his marriage leading to a "Dear John" moment - Pink uses these events and circumstances to create more and more distance from others in the name of self-preservation. This is, funny enough, a very relatable as well as understandable conviction. After all: if your interactions are going to bring nothing but pain and misery, what is the point of interacting at all? But Pink learns the consequences of lacking empathy and decides to "convict himself" to "tear down the wall".
Yes i'm aware that i'm not the best at pronouncing or speaking. But until i can hire a master narrator, this is the best i've got. A few people have already mentioned that the "Money" lyrics were used in the poem. I knew that, but chose to keep it out of my script as it didn't prove my point in any way. But i'm glad you added it here. Cheers
Can you do "Understanding XTC"? I feel this is one of the most underrated bands of all time. They have some of the catchiest tunes you'll ever hear, especially on the album "Drums and Wires". More people need to learn about them, please!
What band or artist should be next? 🎸🤘
King Crimson - Frank Zappa - Nick Drake
M A N I C S T R E E T P R E A C H E R S
Queen!!! ❤️👑🎸
Lie Likes Music Avenged sevenfold? Maybe? Please?
Can you do Iggy Pop ?
In case you don't know, double negatives are common in English slang so it could also be singing as though there were the kids
Yeah I was also thinking the next line "We don't need no thought control" doesn't really match his double negative idea since with that logic, he's saying "We need thought control" which doesn't match the message of the rest of the song. Nonetheless, great video as always.
Indeed.... it is common for less educated folk to use double negatives when their meaning is a single negative. So, in the song, there is no hidden meaning - it's just narrative taken from the streets of the UK.
At first i was thinking the same thing but when i was looking to my own past and how children actually were, i am tempted to state that kids do need thought control. As part of their education to control their emotions and not to start using violence or destroy material property (nor their own nor others).
So it's got some kind of double sided story to it i think.
@@tonyrapa-tonyrapa exactly , this is also common mistake for immigrants which in they native language grammar double negatives are correct form too.
There exactly what’s going on here
As I understand it, the double negative is merely here to act out the rebellion: intentionally making a grammar error to get at the education system.
Yes that's another way of putting it. A very ironic statement in a sense
Using double negative for emphasis is not a god damn grammatical error. It's a perfectly valid linguistic device.
I fell in love with 'The Wall' at the age of 12 and devoured Floyd and Waters all my days, but I was almost 50 years old before this tiny piece of lyrical genius suddenly hit me like a train.
The man certainly has his moments 😎❤
@Tshanot exactly what I was thinking. Lie's reasoning here isn't convincing to me. While I don't think Roger is advocating to abolish schools, the use of double-negative doesn't convey the message Lie thinks it does. But everyone has their own interpretation, and mine is:
By saying "don't need no" and "them kids", he's implying that the kids might be worse off with this kind of 'education', but only slightly. As in, the kids will be fine without dark sarcasm and thought control, and all the bad things done by the teachers and this might leave them with gaps in their knowledge, but they will still be able to express themselves well enough. They will be fine.
The doubles are for metrics
My favorite Pink Floyd Album is Wish You Were Here. The band were saddened that Syd Barrett was not along for the ride of success. They Missed their friend.
my favorite album is the pink floyd anthology
David Ellis I agree Wish You Were Here is probably the best. Lie only mentions The Wall, Dark Side of The Moon, and Piper at The Gates of Dawn. Wish You Were Here is most likely the most consummate effort from the band.
Maybe they were sad because they saw what they did to Syd and concluded that it was totally unnecessary. But it was too late.
"We don't need no thought control." Another double negative. So following your logic, Waters advocates for thought control? I don't think so.
I love your videos man, but I had to point this out.
I replied to another message up there somewhere, I'll paste it here too.
Exactly what I was thinking. Lie's reasoning here isn't convincing to me. While I don't think Roger is advocating to abolish schools, the use of double-negative doesn't convey the message Lie thinks it does. But everyone has their own interpretation, and mine is:
By saying "don't need no" and "them kids", he's implying that the kids might be worse off with this kind of 'education', but only slightly. As in, the kids will be fine without dark sarcasm and thought control, and all the bad things done by the teachers and this might leave them with gaps in their knowledge, but they will still be able to express themselves well enough. They will be fine.
You don't think the character Pink tries mind-control throughout the album's arc? I think you're missing the point of his struggle and fall.
@@carlomorelli1785 But that comes later in the character arc and only furthers Pink's descent into madness. I still believe Waters was just using youthful rebellious slang rather than advocating for actual thought control.
@@Brosenbrose it is slang. But it's also a double negative, and it just so happens to fit the overall narrative as a double entendre. Pretty cool
I heard somewhere that double negatives dont exist in British English
So we're goona ignore that a) happiest days of our lives is a massive part of part 2 and b) they poem are the lyrics to money?
Well you made the comment, so i guess we remembered this the last minute. I'll admit that i did not know about point a though.
Wym about they being a poem are the lyrics to money?
@ in the movie the wall, pink was writing a poem in class which the teacher confiscated and read.. which was the lyrics to money
polarius 02 did not know that, really cool
@UpAndDown no one cares lmao
For anyone interested: Check out the PULSE live version of this song. It has two brilliant guitar solos on it.
I also like the Live in Berlin version.
@@Gr3EnPi1L69 Fair enough.
Best version is Live Earls Court for Is Anybody Out there. The tempo is fast everyone is one their a game even the back up musician that doubled up with Roger, David, Rick and Nick. It's the definitive for me.
Check the Roger Waters' in the flesh tour version of this, also amazing instrumentals
That is the best version by far,
now hold on... before i watch this i have a few words to say
i DONT hate this song. i love the wall album, every song on it. while i dont hate this song, im tired of it. im hoping this video will give me a refreshing taste on it. the wall is such a powerful piece. you need to evaluate the album as a whole
Yes i think i evaluated much of the concept in this video. I think it would be impossible not to do that
as this song is so centered around the theme. Hope you enjoyed.
Great video but where is *Pt 1* ?
LordQ12 Part 2 is the song that everyone knows, so i thought it would be better to focus on that. I do talk about part 1 and 3 here as well though.
I was kidding man, I was alluding to the fact that the title makes it look like it's the second video in the series. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan and this video made my day ;)
You can skip Pt1 but where is The Happiest Days of Our Lives?
You beat me to it LordQ12!
I really badly hope that this was a joke
Understanding Jim Morrison please?
I always thought that the song was about how the education system creates mindless people who eventually never use any of the knowledge, so why even try?
GoreGoreGore[math]Core well that's another way of interpreting it. And i think there's some truth to that. But it was also deeply personal to Waters' subjective experience of his schoolyears.
I think Roger would disagree with that. He went to college for architecture and ended up using what he learned creatively when designing the stage show.
@@Pr0jectFM since the song was about his much younger days at school in the UK , the guy uptop might have a point. In those days in lower education you were taught by rote, you weren't encouraged to go of script.
you had teachers, in public schools..meaning state run schools..who taught 2 or 3 different subjects,maybe he was proficient in one of those subjects if you were lucky..and they taught like the Army, as most of the teachers had fought in the ww2..officers mainly..very strict very authoritarian..
Brought about by goverments/world leaders of the time wanting to "brainwash" their youth into not thinking for themselves, and so fitting in with forced ideology.
Not only that there are 3 parts, but the melody of the chorus is used as a central motif. The rhythm behind the solo in Hey You, and in a slightly different arragement used in Waiting for the Worms and The Trial.
Yep
Ikr, i was hoping anyone else noticed it, freakin love it
@@danielaguirre7332 You know the good stuff man
Also, the riff itself is a callback to an earlier song written by Roger, "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" from _A Saucerful of Secrets_
The disco element really makes for great transitioning into the next songs...disco is kind of a marching beat, so it thematically fits. I personally think that The Wall is one of the best concept-albums I've ever heard in my life. The imagry, narrative, pace and production are exceptional. It's like reading Orwell.
Same here. Think it fits and sounds great. A lot of people have a hard time accepting that this song has anything to do with
disco though. And it's kind of funny how some people are dilitant in the notion that this is "just rock". As if Disco would be some
low-level genre to step into, something Floyd wold never do. Now you said this is the best concept album you've heard. Cool!
Personally i think it's a great concept, but the album is not that good sonically. Too many twists and turns for me. My favorite
concept album will be Mastodon's "Crack The Skye". Check it out here if you want th-cam.com/video/crE4hKmcQfY/w-d-xo.html
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I prefer Goodbye Blue Sky more, especially with the animation scene from the film, its hauntingly beautiful.
That's a good one too! And the animations are from another dimension
Its the dimension which we call The Twilight Zone.....
First Polyphonic released a video, then an hour later, just when I thought this day couldn't get better, I got a notification from LLM and I'm so happy rn
Yes
I was at school in Tooting in south west London when this song came out. We loved it. It was our anthem. The school looked just like the one in the video (Penwortham). I was born in NZ though. A kiwi. Parents played Pink Floyd from as long a I can remember. Now my nephew likes them too and plays some of the guitar solos etc. Three generations and counting. Good music is timeless.
I also think that "All in all you're just another brick in the wall" could be him thinking that the other students are sheep or in other words the wall is society and being normal makes you a brick in it. That's the interpretation i always believed first.
Sounds like a legit interpretation to me. But it's impossible not to follow a norm in one way or another
since we're social creatures. Our survival is based on our ability to adapt to other people.
the traumatic events of his life are the bricks....if you isolate yourself from other people you can't have your feelings hurt...' of course mother's gunna help build the wall' ....and the judge at the end..' I sentence you to be exposed before all your peers....tear down the wall'....and once again he is vulnerable to others....dude....I got a huge wall up....been listening to this album since it came out...it's a straight up fuckin masterpiece
I love how the poem is “Money.”
I'm listening this on my way to Rogers Water's concert at Mexico city
I went to his LA show and it was the best concert I have ever seen
@@Visibletoanyoneonutube Enjoy! I have visited his concert as my Birthday gift to myself :)
how was the concert?? i saw him three weeks ago in argentina, mind blowing show !!
+dan bugman I was there too!, amazing show!!
JoystickU next week im going to see him in Monterrey city
Cool video. The Wall is so well structured it's amazing. Having seen Another Brick In The Wall II on MTV as a kid I was swept up by the song like a lot of people but had no idea what album it belonged to. It wasn't until about a decade later or so when I tried acid the first time (2 doses) and listened to The Wall for the first time also that same night that I found out where this catchy pop song came from. Possibly the greatest double album of all time. The psychedelic operatic masterpiece that is Pink Floyd The Wall.
Can you do "Understanding The Final Cut"?
Yes!
I SECOND THIS
I THIRD THIS!
Which was written as a song in the wall as i heard ... my favourite song and album ever !
There is not much to talk about The Final Cut. Gilmour said TFC was made for movie The Wall, and the album is just leftover ideas from The Wall..
this is great for people who want to get into pink floyd it really helps you to gain interest on the music and also the backstory of how roger wrote the álbum, great job and the audio quality is great
dan bugman Thanks! I'm glad you think so. That's the idea for the channel in general. To introduce people to rock music they haven't listened to before. And give the music a bit more meaning.
Pt 3 is my favourite song on the album, such a powerful song. Woke up to notifications of two of my favourite TH-camrs uploading video essays can't get any better.
Nice. Yes i love the synth part spesifically on Part 3. It's very ominous and psychedelic almost.
Who's the other one? Polyphonic? Middle 8?? Volksgeist??? Just curious.
Polyphonic , he picks amazing topics something absolutely different everytime , but I can't relate to a lot of his videos cause I don't listen to hip hop but I enjoy his rock videos.
I have the VHS and the DVD copies of Pink Floyd the wall, my father gave me those as a 18th birthday gift and i still watch them and have them to this day. My fiancé loves the movie and the band too. Watching the whole movie can help understand the album better. My most favourite album is Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
How cool. Not weird that you're a hardcore fan when he introduced you to them at such a young age. WYWH is fantastic.
I think it's my second favorite after Animals.
Don’t ever say Pink Floyd is disco ever again thank you.
Collin Monette Listen to the beat in Staying Alive and then turn on this song. This song IS inspired by disco music. No doubt.
Im gonna have to disagree with you especially the second half of the song. It goes into a decently long solo which is not disco at all. The only thing I would agree with you is the drum line. Thank you for the response tho
Ezrin took the band members to disco halls in an effort to expose them to what was happening in the wider world and modernize their sound.
That's the sort of drummer Mason was. The strings weren't disco at all though (IMHO).
they went to a fucking disco to help write this song, its a disco song
My favorite album is Saucerful of Secrets but a lot of the reason why is nostalgic. The music in that record dredges up serious memories.
Fun fact: Last year, there was a protest movement in my city, Murcia (Southeastern Spain) over a high speed train line that was supossed to cut the city in half with a 6-meter wall. The movement used this particular song, with new lyrics, to represent their opposition against the building of the wall, and an enormous mural was painted in a building using motivs from the movie. I think it's awesome that people of all ages and from all around the city used Pink Floyd as an inspiration for a protest.
Pls do Frank Zappa
OMG YES!!!
The album is just as relevant today as it was when it was released...
As are other Pink Floyd albums
Part of their greatness
Anyone else been looking for part one of this video
lol yeah i've had a few other people comment on that. I totally get that it's misleading to people that aren't PF fans.
I feel privileged to go to the same school as these guys
This gives a whole new meaning to "in perfect isolation, hid behind my wall" from waiting for the worms
"Pink" is definitely a hybrid character. Partly Syd Barrett, partly Waters, and there's probably a few observations about other PF members and musicians packed in there as well.
I've always thought the verse "all in all you're just another brick in the wall" was being said from the teacher telling Pink and the listener that you are nothing special, you're just like everyone else. But this video made perfect sense of that now.
Well it's up to you to interpret what it really means.
Love your vids man, The Wall is my definition of a perfect album!
Thanks! Personally i like WYWH and Animals way more. But i see why people enjoy this one more. Cheers
Honestly one of the best story driven albums of all time 👌👌 Though it's not as popular it'd be interesting to see your take on The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking since it shares a lot musically with The Wall and was Roger's other option if the band didn't like The Wall. Some days I even prefer it over The Wall since it stays solid throughout the entire album.
To me, the song which explains the album perfectly is in the flesh part 2. It has so much anger, depression, and deeper meaning which sometimes goes unseen
Yep, the fascist portion of the album is really a highlight to me. The sense of discomfort and dread created in the last moments of Waiting For The Worms is something beautifully horrific. (especially with those hammers)
Gotta love that double on-pun-dra at the end.
Ahhhhhhh, finally!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks for the patience.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAN! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! I WILL LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE PINK FLOYD UNDERSTANDING VIDEOS.
There's another possible interpretation of "we don't need no education": that few of us use the education we received in our youth in our adult lives. I've never used anything that I learnt at university in my career, and only used a couple of things from my maths A-level. I think the line "we don't need no thought control" alludes to that; education should be about teaching us to think and to learn, not merely filling our heads with facts that may prove irrelevant to our lives.
This entire album finally makes sense to me. It might be my favorite albums of theirs now.
The poem he reads in class is an excerpt from Money (Dark Side of the Moon)
That's true. Thanks for adding that.
You are one of the only channels that I immediately click on as soon as I see a notification.
A VERY nicely done video. Quite informative and insightful. And thanks for not putting any ads in.
There are ads on this. But it randomly comes on. So you were lucky hehe. I'm glad you appreciated this though.
The new graphics in this video look good. Particular the faces of those concerned. I've been enjoying your video essays for a while now. I liked the little nod to Norway's VG-lista. Good job. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks! Yes i'm always trying out new things to make the videos fresh. Just you wait, in the future i'll have my own version of VG-lista. Just for rock music of course hehe. Are you from Norway btw?
I've been living in Norway for many years, born and raised in England. I look forward to your future videos.
Queen should be next!
Eva Olivari Well, most Queen songs are pretty upfront and forward lmao but if they do it, Innuendo would be an interesting one to see
In the english language a double negative is seen as a stronger emphasis than a singular negative
so "we don´t need no eduation" would mean something as "we absoulutely need no education"
My favourite part of the video is how the teacher is reading the lyrics to Money, a famous song that made them millions of dollars, calling it rubbish and then returning to rote memorization of Imperial units of measure that became obsolete shortly afterwards with metric adoption, rendering the class a total waste of time for everyone.
I had some rough times at school as well, I'm on the autism spectrum although I have high functioning autism. I also have dysgraphia and am 2e. Dysgraphia can affect different people in different ways for me though it stunted my ability to write-by-hand, mind you this happened in 1st grade which is where kids began writing paragraph essays by hand. Since my handwriting abilities where terrible and the teacher didn't understand it I ended up sitting in front of a blank piece of paper class after class. Even worse was the fact that I was 2e (twice exceptional) 2e describes someone who has extreme difficulties in some areas and extreme strengths in others. My difficulty was, as written before, handwriting. My strength was speaking, not only do I love talking with people I'm also really good at it, my vocabulary when I was a 1st grader was comparable to a FRESHMEN IN COLLEGE. So my teachers didn't understand why I wasn't able to write very well and many people hypothesized that I spent too much time goofing off in class or that I was lazy. This went so far as the teacher who watched us play during recess didn't care if I was bullied, they thought of me as a punk and someone who didn't care. Eventually, the bullying got so bad I had to take matters into my own hands. I punched a kid that was bullying me in the face and broke his nose, for this I got suspended but before I was able to be suspended my mom clued into what was going on and pulled me out of there. Thank goodness she did that. Anyway, that's my horrible school story thanks for reading and if you have any questions fire away. Also, I am now a freshman in college at the age of 15!
Edit: if not for my mom I would have my own wall blocking me from society
Phew that sounds like quite a challenge for you. But at the same time i guess it's a great gift as well. Not a lot of people
are aware of what their strengths are. Some go throughout their lives being ignorant of what they should and shouldn't do
to get the most out of life. You should probably get an occupation where you can utilize your language and voice. Personally
i didn't find my strengths and path until i was 21, although that's also pretty early i think. It's very impressive that you're already
in college btw. Congrats! And i'm glad you dodged the wall hehe. Keep on dodging them.
@@LieLikesMusic Thanks I'm lucky my mom was super supportive did a ton of research helped me a ton the unfortunate part is that many people don't have parents like that so their abilities are wasted until later in life. Anyway, I had to give credit where credit was due so... thanks for responding btw!
Understanding Thom Yorke
Understanding Death Grips
Understanding Daughters
Guitarists!
The story behind how Ezrin recorded that famous solo is interesting and there are millions of results if you google search it. My understanding is that It's Gilmour's goldtop Les Paul with P-90 pickups routed through a few things (Neve console, gated and compressed then sent to a Mesa-Boogie amp, and a few other bits and pieces of studio trickery that I can't recall) some room-reverb mixed in, double-tracked and mixed to a mono track - and it's almost impossible to replicate. Many have tried...
If anyone is out there, I find a Strat neck pickup, a good compressor into an RC Booster run into a decent valve combo (I use a Fender Bassbreaker and/or Blues Junior) will get you close enough.
I've always taken the wall to be society and the individual just one brick out of many, insignificant.
Timing is perfect,
It came out 39 years ago today!
It sure did!
I was ready to live my whole life and not know one of my top 5 all time albums had disco elements. Thanks, buddy.
Oasis? That would be quality for the next one
Man, awesome video! Thank you for your work, really do appreciate\m/🤘🔥
Roger was interviewed by media saying this song has nothing to do with teachers, which is most important thing.
Great Video! It really gave me another point of view. I really love Pink Floyd, their Albums are like one long song, an the lyrics are very thoughtful.
More Pink Floyd please!
Thanks. I'm glad it gave you something. Have you seen my other PF videos? Made one about Animals and another one about Syd Barrett th-cam.com/video/zQgNjjmTKqA/w-d-xo.html
Actually, "Another Brick In The Wall, Part II" hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts on March 22, 1980 for 4 consecutive weeks.
I love this channel and most importantly, the music!!
Thanks! Yes the bottom line is to make videos that make you appreciate the music even more.
Thanks for this video! I love it! And again there is the beautiful background song
No problemo. You think it's that good? Nice. Creds go to Josh Lippi
When I saw this in my notifications I nearly pissed myself. Amazing video, as always.
Yeah that happens sometimes. Hehe, thanks for watching dude! It means a lot.
As an recent school quiter, I'll say that the album holds up today. The schools have become even worse.
Your an idiot
Just remember: An acre is the area of a rectangle whose length is one furlong and whose width is one chain.
Happy to see more Pink Floyd, keep up the amazing content.
Thanks man, i had to do a rhetoric analysis of this song as an assignment🙏🏻
thanks for the PDF dude, great video
No problem. Hope you learned a thing or two ;)
Why is Alan Rickman in the thumbnail?
Lol you really think it looks like him?
@@LieLikesMusic Oh absolutely!
Why is Kylo Ren in the thumbnail?
@@jacksonbarrett1878 no...just no.
Lucan Reynolds I’m sorry I had to
I found everything that you had to say insightful except for a couple of points. 1) I read an interview that the true inspiration for the album came from a book that Rogers have read called the wall. 2) how is Piper the number two album for all of Pink Floyd's discography? The album is very obscure. I would say the wall is second and the third is wish you were here.
1) That might be true. But do you have a link for that interview? Would love to listen or read it. 2) Piper is the #2 best rated album according to acclaimedmusic.com. The site compiles as many reviews as possible to find a total score. And Piper has a better total score than the other ones you thought of. It's just numbers. It might be different for other sites of course.
fun fact, the poem they are talking about at 4:48 is actually the lyrics to the song "money"
That's true. I was thinking of including it in the video, but it was a bit too off topic.
Hot take: the bass riff on The Happiest Days of our Lives is sublime.
Understanding Jim Morrison
Love this! Great analysis!
Thank you For the PDF Lie
No problem ;)
A note on the bit on the double negative:
While it works if you look at the line in isolation, the next line, 'we don't need no thought control' also has same double negative. Are we supposed to look at this in same manner, as roger implying that we doo need thought control? It is quite hard for me to believe he had such intentions with said line and it doesn't feel like it fits with the theme/scheme of the song/album either.
I heard from someone else on here that it's typical english slang. Which basically confirms what you're saying here.
Guess i thought a little too hard about that one lol
@@LieLikesMusic Hehe, it happens :)
school beatings went into the 70s
One of most the most iconic disco songs.
Can you do understanding Pink’s Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond please ? It has 6 parts
A review on this whole album would be so cool!
Omg yes! More Pink Floyd! 🤘🎸
Hell yeah!
Amazing! That song did it all. Rock/Punk hit. Pop hit. R&B dance hit. A simple human statement and an angst ridden folky protest anthem all at once. Brilliant!
And the song even describe my school days, when I was in school my teacher (maths particularly), that bastard always use to make fun of me, beat and even tell lies to my parents about my behaviour, and it was all fucked up for me at last I told my grandfather and he filed a lawsuit against him IF ANY OF YOU ARE TREATED LIKE THIS IN SCHOOL PLEASE STAND UP!!!
It's so cruel that people do this to children. Just because they fucking can. Some people have to grow a pair
and actually get their life together before getting an important job like this. Ugh...
Thanks for the video. I am a big fan of Pink Floyd! I love it!
Ohh shit man, you told me to look out for next weeks vid but I was not expecting a vid on my favorite band!!
I've made 2 Floyd videos already. How could you not expect it? Hehe. You still better keep your eyes peeled btw.
@@LieLikesMusic
I certainly will! I've got notifications on for a reason
Please do The 1975, they are inspired by the French Revolution and tons of other influencers and I think it would be an interesting video essay 😀
Yeah, I think I will stick to my own interpretations when it comes to Pink Floyd.
Cool
I was a senior in high school when this album came out (it was on vinyl of course). In 1982/83, I heard Roger Waters being interviewed on a radio show, where he and the DJ listened to the entire album, start to finish, and paused between each song so Roger could comment. It was pretty clear the LP is heavily based on Roger's life, although there are other elements, of course, such as those you discuss here. He was really open about the influences and meanings regarding the songs, EXCEPT for the final song, "Goodbye Cruel World." He said it was simply the last song on the album; when the DJ pushed him for a deeper answer, he got rather testy and repeated his statement more firmly. The DJ went right to wrapping up the show; as they said their parting words, Waters was back to being cool. Hmmm.....
Oh man i would love to hear that interview! It would add so much valuable information that would fit perfect
for this video. Do you know if it's uploaded to youtube or transcribed? Thanks for sharing this.
@@LieLikesMusic Unfortunately, I do not. In fact I have not thought of it in quite some time until I watched this video. I don't think it was announced or anything; I remember I was hanging out at somebody's house and it just came on the radio. We were all like, "bitchin'!" I and my friend were just stopping by and wound up staying for the entire thing.
Back then, the way big radio interviews like that were done, they would conduct the interview at one location, record it, and press it onto vinyl records that would then be sent to local radio stations to play. It is highly possible a few still exist somewhere. A friend I had long ago actually had a 2-album set of a radio special with Alice Cooper and his wife, Cheryl, that he'd gotten from a friend who was a DJ.
Now you've motivated me to try and find it online! I will definitely come back and reply to this message if I find it.
PUT THEM AGAINST THE WAALL
Kind of surprised that you didn't bring up the fact it is both for and against rebellion. As portrayed in the video, the children turn into faceless drones. But the group of children singing together is a show that rebellion can collectivise people, turning them into the faceless crowd they were rebelling against.
yoooo great video dude :D learned lots of new stuff!!
PS. do Bad Religion next :3
That solo was epic.
It really is.
Speaking of grammar ... you put a few extra commas here and there =]
The "poem" the teacher reads in the film is "Money", which is 1) a nice inside wink to Pink Floyd fans and 2) makes a point about the potential negative cost that kind of shaming and humiliation can incur.
The "bricks" are the things that justify his self-imposed isolation. Because these things happen - the death of his father, his upbringing by an overprotective mother, his experiences in grammar school, his successful yet demanding rock music career, his estrangement from his marriage leading to a "Dear John" moment - Pink uses these events and circumstances to create more and more distance from others in the name of self-preservation. This is, funny enough, a very relatable as well as understandable conviction. After all: if your interactions are going to bring nothing but pain and misery, what is the point of interacting at all? But Pink learns the consequences of lacking empathy and decides to "convict himself" to "tear down the wall".
Yes i'm aware that i'm not the best at pronouncing or speaking. But until i can hire a master narrator, this is the best i've got.
A few people have already mentioned that the "Money" lyrics were used in the poem. I knew that, but chose to keep it out
of my script as it didn't prove my point in any way. But i'm glad you added it here. Cheers
@@LieLikesMusic No worries ... and it certainly wasn't a slight =]
Awesome man! Keep going!
Sure will :) Thanks for your support.
Lie Likes Music greetings from Uruguay!!
Can you do "Understanding XTC"? I feel this is one of the most underrated bands of all time. They have some of the catchiest tunes you'll ever hear, especially on the album "Drums and Wires". More people need to learn about them, please!
An analysis of the song without mentioning how "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" feeds into and informs it is an odd way to go.
The song is sang by both Waters and Gilmour singing in unison .
Loved this video but could you do a video on derek on the dominoes or the allman brothers
great video dude it was like being in the flesh
Ooph that's a good feel