A DEVASTATING CALL From His Wife LED to This CHILLING 1979 CLASSIC | Professor of Rock
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- The gripping story of one of the most CHILLING songs of the rock era … Hey You by Rock’s most mysterious band Pink Floyd. The author of this song Roger Waters found out over the phone that his wife was leaving him for another man… And so did Hey You's protangonist Pink. This emotional revelation was just one part of a devastating list of psychological daggers that nearly killed him… Choosing to isolate his soul from the world, the madness swallowed him whole… Hey You was from his perspective in these last lucid moments. It’s the story of a disillusioned musician’s last contact with reality and his last hope for survival. Today’s song is the definition of madness. Get the story next on Professor of Rock.
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While playing the last show of Pink Floyd’s 1977 Animals tour, something snapped inside of Roger Waters. And in an uncharacteristic move, he lashed out at a fan near the stage. I guess this had been building for some time. Yeah, the tour had been long and exhausting. But something else had been bothering Waters. There was an increasing divide between the band and the audience.
As Floyd's popularity grew throughout the 70s, so did the size of their venues. Intimate concerts gave way to arena rock. And these stadium showcases became less fulfilling. Said Waters, “the people who you're most aware of at a rock show on stage are the front 20 or 30 rows of bodies. And in large situations where you're using what's euphemistically called "festival seating" they tend to be packed together, swaying madly, and it's very difficult to perform under those situations with screaming and shouting and throwing things and hitting each other and crashing about and letting off fireworks…”
It was a constant frustration for Waters who really just wanted to connect with the audience. Instead, he felt totally alienated from them. And imagined they felt the same way. So back to the show. Floyd was playing Olympic Stadium in Montreal. There were 80,000 people. And the show had not gone very well at all .
According to Waters, there was a guy in the front row who was shouting and screaming. He and some others were pushing against the barrier, trying to start a riot. And finally, Waters had just had it. And in disgust he spit on the guy. Guitarist David Gilmour had no idea that the concert had devastated Waters so much. At least not until later. "None of us, were aware of it at the time,” he said. “I just thought it was a great shame to end up a six-month tour with a rotten show.”
After the incident, Waters spent a lot of time brooding over the ills of fame and wondered how he had reached that point. And it was from this downcast state that he began to write one of the greatest rock operas in history... The Wall.
Poll: If you could RE-FORM just one band to do a NEW ALBUM together who would you choose?
The Fab Four
though it would be impossible, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. I miss you Tom.
Styx
Marillion with Fish
Dire Straits
The Jam.
"Hey you don't help them to bury the light. Don't give in without a fight" was my Senior HS yearbook quote.
always thought ironic last verse united we stand divided we fall then final cut no wright gilmour minimal input then broke up for good
@@marktait2371just reborn without Roger Waters. A new brief reset for the band.
Our ‘88 yearbook cover was in fact printed as the wall.
Nice
@@williambenner701yeh waa lucky we saw the lapse tour show 87 with the laser light showv
I have a professional musician friend that knew the engineer that worked on the wall. One night at 1am David Gilmour called him up and asked him to come to the studio. When he got there David was there all by himself playing his guitar, and asked the engineer to get behind the board and start recording. Right then he belted out the solo for Comfortably Numb, with just the two of them in the studio. I thought that was a cool story and thought I'd share it!
[edit] to all the people saying it's BS that's fine lol, just repeating a story a musician friend that I trust told me, I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan or anything so whatever lol
Outstandingly cool story, thank you for sharing!
😂😂 Cool story bro. The solo on “Comfortably Numb” was not done in one take. Gilmour did multiple takes, as was his style, and an engineer, probably James Guthrie, pieced together the final from them. Waters has discussed this on his channel and he was in the room when the solos were recorded. Also I have a friend who tells me that the word “gullible” has been taken out of the dictionary.
I like the story about Roger Waters spitting on the audience better. It's more uplifting and life affirming.
@@tpbrcombo 😂Awww.. let him have his story man.
@@Fiveash-Art you’re right… that was cruel
If you’re going through anything traumatic, listening to “hey you” will bring you to tears. Such an amazing song
"Hey You" is the song that wraps its loving arms around you when you have never felt so alone...and whispers in your ear that you are NOT alone, nor ever will be.
If nothing else, the fact that someone else out there wrote this song is proof.
Or "I Wish You Were Here". Lot my dad in the same manner.
I play drums on that song with my band. Its definitely a good one
If you’re going through anything traumatic, don't take advice from muppets online.
Everyone can relate to the wall... there is something in there for everyone... and it never gets old
Amen to NTH degree!
I never liked The Wall. For one thing, after years of PF's near-immaculate production quality, there was this transistorized-sounding record that to me sound like there was something wrong with the pressing!
Material-wise, it was too cynical and self-indulgent for my taste. Above all, it bored me.
I was 18 when "The Wall" was released. At the time, I worked with my best friend. We heard that our favorite radio station (KZEW, Dallas TX) was going to play the entire album with no interruptions starting at Midnight. It was before the album was for sale, so of course we made a party of it!
She spent the night at my house, I got a big jug of rose wine (18 was the legal drinking age back then in our state) and we listened to this masterpiece for the first time. 😊
We did make it to work the next morning, even though we were hung over and had very little sleep. That album was all we could talk about for a week!
There's no way to explain to young folks now what it was like to hear an anticipated new album for the very first time, and also that thrill of opening the shrinkwrap of a crisp, new vinyl record and the scent of "virgin vinyl" that put me in a happy place before the needle even touched the groove.
Music, and songs like "Hey You" helped me get through the darkest days of my life when I felt alone and tortured. When you find yourself in a bizarre, terrible situation sometimes music is the only comfort an "understanding" we have available.
Although I had a great relationship with my parents and never had to live in my car, I feel and appreciate the kind of pain you're describing here, Adam. The feeling that nothing will ever be okay again is heartbreaking and leaves permanent scars on your psyche. Art and music is where I've always turned for healing. Thank you for describing your very personal pain to us. I feel like we are all a part of a family here.
In 1993, my baby son was abducted by his deranged father because the court (wisely) denied him custody. He did have unsupervised visitation (unwise), and that's how he was able to take him and disappear for a year.
In 1993, Daniel Lanois released his excellent album, "For The Beauty of Wynona", and one song on that album was like a knife to my heart... "The Unbreakable Chain". The song is about a mother who gave her son up as a baby, and "lived with her decision", though she yearned to see him again. They ultimately meet again, when her "baby" is 30 years old.
Our story has been tragic, but I'm lucky that my son was found, and he never had to see his father again and doesn't remember him. While my ex was serving a 4 year prison sentence, I sold my house, changed my name (twice) and moved 1500 miles so he wouldn't find us. I've never felt truly safe though.
My ex, my son's father, found us last year and sent a letter to my son last August.
My son turns 33 in 9 days, and I'm worried that my ex may try to come here, or do something horrible.
On August 13th, 1996, he murdered my father and was never indicted, never convicted for that murder. August 13th was our wedding anniversary, and that letter we got last August was postmarked on August 13th, so dates are important to him.
I'm keeping my head on a swivel, and keeping my firearms loaded with extra clips handy. The police can't do anything, until after he commits a crime. I don't talk about our past to people in my community because this isn't a situation that many people can relate to, and I trust very few people.
Gee, I wonder what I can add to my playlist of songs I can listen to that are relatable? 🤪The least I can do is keep a sense of humor, right?😒
"Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell
"One Way or Another" by Blondie
"Creep" by Radiohead
"I Scare Myself" by Thomas Dolby
The third greatest album ever for me behind Abbey Road and Pet Sounds
Well said
I find most people I talk to Pink Floyd about are too caught up in the idea of Pink Floyd to be drug related music to be aware of the social and emotional depth and profundity of their music.
Good call.
That's a great point and I defy anyone to smoke pot while listening to Dark Side of the Moon and not love everything about the experience. But The Wall was never about drugs to me, it was exactly as The Professor said about the emotional depth. Since he was 16 when it came out and I was 17, I LOVED that he went over Hey You. Maybe those of us who straddle that boomer/gen x line really understood right away what this album was about. I listen to this album at least once a year and I am 61. That is the impact it had on me.
My appreciation of them has only grown over the decades without the use of substances. I only wish I could have been present at a concert. Couldn't make it work.
Growing up in the late 60's and 70's, graduated in 1981, so many of us sat down and read the lyrics and read the articles that we got the messages in the music.
@@kallsop2 Fellow Class of '81 from the home of the Mall of America!
After surviving childhood abuse at the hands of a narcissist, Hey you became a life line that gave me courage seek for help
It's ironic. the song was written by the biggest narcissist in rock mock music.
@@shawnburditt2052 just say you love genocide
I hope you stay real well and praise Jesus God bless you.
As someone who suffers from major depression I can relate to this album so much.
P.S. Oh I just checked your site; I am a big advocate for the LGBTQIA community. I just learned I can't get to a Pride event tomorrow, fooey.
Me too
Absolutely
"The Wall" is about grinding, unrelenting pain that goes on for years, even decades. Consider yourself lucky if you haven't experienced that.
Very lucky indeed.
In my 50s and still recovering.
It would be a lot more impactful if the music was any good. I couldn’t stand it in the 80s, and I always felt that the industry was pushing this band on the masses. Compared to a band like Sabbath, they are garage level.
@@cryptojoecoin5480 What crack are you smoking?
@@cryptojoecoin5480 you dont get it . fine.
My mom checked me out of school in 1st Grade, for a “dentist appointment”. We went to go see “The Wall” in the theater. Probably not the most responsible parenting move, but it definitely was the coolest. One of my favorite movies and albums, and that song doesn’t get enough praise with the rest of their catalog. Good stuff Prof. OfRock!
You mom had the right idea. What a woman.
🤣 I’ve taken my sons to things on sick days and they are all happy successful men. 🤷🏻♂️
Gave you a life long memory worth more than that day of school
That is actually responsible parenting.
Lucky, I wish I could've seen that movie when it came out
I was the same age when this album was released. My parents were introverts, completely disconnected from the outside world. There I was, trying to survive in a violent high school. I could never get my parents to understand what hell I was going through. I would come home with bruises, and my mom would say, "what did you do to provoke that?" She never got that some events don't have a cause.
I'm grateful I had this album to listen to when no one was listening to me. The song I found myself listening to the most was "Comfortably Numb." I didn't want to feel anything out of fear of feeling more than I could handle. It was like the band was holding my hand in my solitude.
Thanks for bringing this all back. ❤
Thanks for sharing.
I hear you, had similar parents
‘Was the same age…’- same age as what?
@@JimzAuto the same age as he said in the video, 16.
I am so sorry you went through that!
My sister ( god rest her soul) brought this album when it was released, she bought it home and as us 4 kids listened to it one night when our parents were out, it was one of those dare I say experiences I still cannot put into words.
The whole album was a rollercoaster of emotions.
She sadly committed suicide 10 years later, and at her funeral her then ex husband had a wonderful guitarist play "Hay you" .
So I must thank you from my heart for featuring that song, so many memories both happy and sad come flooding back, but I know she's at peace,
Thank you!
Your sister was obviously brilliant. Sorry for your loss. Sending love.
Sorry for your loss
*hey
I was not very familiar with Pink Floyd until I moved to Greece. I was living in a community of Americans. One of my neighbors was a fan of Pink Floyd. So one summer night there was a celestial storm and we went outside with blankets to sit in an open field. While we were looking at thousands of shooting stars, drinking beer, and listening to Pink Floyd. While this was going on I was listening to the lyrics and understanding the attraction of Pink Floyd to the world. I became a fan that night. This was a transitional moment in my life at that point. Hey You was so profound that I realized that I would lose my marriage because I was not good enough to hold on to my dream girl. Pink Floyd makes people think of how illogical the world is when you believe you are making logical choices. Pink Floyd is one of the Greatest Bands of the Rock and Roll Era.
I agree ,they had a mystique more than Zeppelin, even strictly C&W friends and family still remember the billboard streak
Dude you knew ahead of time so you had your mind made up already ,so you let her get gone? You think that's what u preferred or do you think you thought thats what she wanted?
Because I've had similar notions is why I'm asking, also listening to the wall
@@user-yh5yh5es4u Yes that is what she wanted. She initiated it.
It's incredible. Pink Floyd's transition from *Wish You Were Here* and *Animals* into *The Wall* was like the strangest transition. Roger went from extensively lyricizing about David Gilmour's predecessor in the band, Syd Barrett, in his state of madness to suddenly lyricizing about himself in *his own* state of madness. The most incredible part being how deep the "waters" were and how Roger didn't have to look far at all for his muse. In a fashion that might possibly reflect on a historical figure like Vincent van Gogh, it was one of those ultimate rock and roll mixed blessings. It gave the rest of us something glorious to latch on to, and it left Roger completely debilitated.
I agree. One of the greatest runs in music history. Thanks Eric.
Maybe there's something about constantly being called " Pink " or "Mr Floyd" that can drive a lead singer to madness XD
That comment is dripping with irony, @@mehditayshun5595. The Pink Floyd name was derived from the names of two different Blues guys that the members admired
ahh pink is lightweight, how about going around with the name Alice Cooper eh?? absolute legendary rocker!!!
i'm so badass I'll use a woman's name? meanwhile a decade before he started a guy named Johnny Cash you may never have heard of him lol wrote a song called a boy named Sue....let that sink in lol
whole song about a guy with a girl's name being picked on his whole life but I think you gotta name your son a strong name like that cus it forces em to grow thicker skin....
so here's to naming your firstborn son Karen or something....see that'll do double overtime lol then the kid learns what a Karen is would be priceless....LMAO!
It really gives us a look into Roger’s mind.
The wall 45 years later is a stunning diary of an artist's descent from the total pinnacle of success to absolute madness and the 1982 Alan Parker film adaptation of the wall captures all of this fantastically
For sure. Thanks George.
And I don't like the movie at all. I didn't need to see it more than once to realize I had my own solid vision of the album and I didn't want it, for lack of a better word, polluted by someone else's vision.
@@danithompson8743 very good point and the movie is basically an ego driven Roger Waters vanity project thanks for sharing love getting different opinions
I remember at age 15 me and 3 of my schoolmates went to see The Wall. We had NO idea what we were in for. After the movie ended we all just stared blankly at each other saying "What the f**k was THAT?!?"
@@louiebee6745 I had the same reaction to it was like a total visual assault on the senses
"Don't tell me there's no hope at all! Together we stand; divided we fall....."
United We Stand, With BIDEN We Fall, WWIII Is So Close That If You Knew How Close It Is Your Hair Would Stand On End
You are spot on. Great essay. Went to the July 1990 The Wall Show (Roger Waters and a huge ensemble cast, not Pink Floyd) in Berlin. Had a press photographer pass for the "dress rehearsal", an all day and into the evening event. Talked to Roger's wife there. I noted how hard he was working. She said the show at that place and time (right after the wall came down) was important to him. In fact, he basically lost his voice that day. For the show I had a press pass and full backstage access. During the show, I came face-to-face with Roger backstage. We spoke briefly. His voice was shot, but he was very nice and gracious, declining a brief statement. As he walked away, he turned and smiled with a wave. He put his all into the show. Respect to him.
Never get tired of The Wall. Everyone should see the movie too. In surround sound.
I got The Wall and Dark Side of The Moon for Christmas when I was 16. These two albums were complete game changers for me. They opened a door to a whole new world of music that I never knew existed.
They’re both in my top 5 albums of all time..
Me too
Something so beautiful born from such agony. Thats why its so uplifting. Pink Floyd have sustained me in large and small ways for many years. There is no one like them.
There is no way I can overstate the impact this record had on with my high school back when it was released. Still gives me chills when I listen to the album.
Just perfect all around.
In 1988, my brother had a car accident that left him paraplegic. It was during the summer and everybody was in choc. My brother was loved by everyone. He is my best friend since i was born so, i was devastated. So, he passed one month and half at the hospital, to learn to live with his handicap and i was there a lot. One evening, my brother has left his walkman on the table, so i took it. I usually loved the music my brother was listening, and in that walk man was the wall....this album followed me for a year, only that cassette made me feel good. And now i know and love pink floyd in its entire carriere and this band is very special to me and my brother. All their music helped us to go through a lot of things in our life.
❤
That is really heavy. ❤ to you & your bro.
I was 15 when this album came out & it was one of the first I ever bought. Having only heard the massively popular single (which I had bought before the album), Another Brick in the Wall pt 2, I was absolutely floored by this record. Like many I was pulled towards the tracks Comfortably Numb & Hey You as well as the strange but amazing The Trial. I was halfway through my first year of high school (which was 10th-12th grade) & home life was rocky to put it mildly. My mom had committed my step-father for psychological issues three times (he got himself discharged each time) & as the oldest of 4 brothers I was very involved in that drama. I drew courage from the messages in the music to convince mom that, after nearly 8 years with this guy, it was time for us to go. To this day, I still listen from In the Flesh? to Outside the Wall at least once a month, usually more, from the original vinyl. It is, in fact, the only record in my albums collection where I have both the original pressing & the newer release.
I was in my early teens when the album came out. Very much a conformist to my parents way of thinking after growing up behind a much older brother who defied our parents every step of the way. I hated the line we don’t need no education. It stood as the antithesis to my beliefs and it represented the rebellious teens that were just like my brother who was destroying our family. Once I matured, came to understand my brother and his own demons this album become a ray that broke through the clouds. I began to see the walls we all build and in some aspects the government makes us build. To me today this album represents an anthem to all to ask for help and stand together for the betterment of all. I have to play the album through several times a year to reignite the spark within my own life to carry on. Now that I am on the down hillside of life and my family is mostly gone, brother mother and father, it means even more for me to keep in touch with those that matter the most.
There's no point in becoming enlightened that late as you won't act on it. Sounds like your brother lived
This song is bittersweet for me.
It reminds me of my brother in a coma due to a car accident..."No matter how he tried, he could not break free....." "And the worms ate into his brain..."
I Miss Him Greatly 😢
Wow, may it somehow bring you and yours some semblance of peace
❤
I played the entire Pink Floyd library for my dying husband. He was in a coma too. The line you quoted later reminding me how the lung cancer had morphed into his brain, robbing him, and me, of his language skills and the ability to communicate. It was years before I could listen to Pink Floyd again. I miss him so much. I'm so sorry for your loss. 😥
@@GaelyneGassonI’m so sorry for both your losses… your comment just hit me hard for some reason… peace to you friend 🩷
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The Wall totally helped me survive my teenage years. Thanks Roger, Pink Floyd, and you Prof.
Same here man.
The Wall is such a deep dive into darkness that i think some people cant relate to it.
For those of us who appreciate the incredible artistry of music, its one of the most amqzing journeys into understanding of human nature & emotion.
What i think makes the wall so amazing is the number of tracks that not only tell such a detailed account of the story, but also just stand perfectly on their own as true rock classics.
Great video as always
Great comment!
Indeed. This is why I love concept albums.
"I'm grateful I had this album to listen to when no one was listening to me."
This is the state for a generation.
This album resonated with me on so many levels as a teen. I wasn't the one building that wall, it was a wall built around me, holding me in, smothering me. I longed to be free. This album was the soundtrack of my miserable youth. It helped me survive.
And "Comfortably Numb" was definitely the song listened to the most. The theme of many a high schooler back then. Hell it still has meaning for me today.
man i have to be completly honest professor today makes 3 years i have lost my beautiful wife to sudden heart failure and one song off this album has been keeping me going and that song is comfortably numb i loved this whole album growing up but that one song really takes on a whole different meaning when you lose someone you love and to be honest if it was not for this album and that song i would have lost my battle with depression a long time ago i was listening to that song today right before i seen you posted this video about that album thanks man for everything you do for the music community
Thank you for commenting. This one is dedicated to you and your wife. Peace to you my friend!
Sorry for your loss. ❤
So sorry for your loss...
Been there after a break up
So sorry for your loss friend 🩷
Mister Professor of Rock, I think in some cases, you're the one who's encountered when some people reach out for connection. You're the one who's out there receiving them, receiving me, receiving us. And I think you became aware of it a while back. And you're a good man for the job. The daily dedication is something to see. Hey you, Prof, thank you for being out there.
Thank you my friend!
“Side 3”…I recall the apprehension, anticipation, and joy of actually flipping over a large round disk hardly being able to wait to drop the needle. That we got to do that TWICE with this album still blows me away. What a masterpiece.
It’s incredible!
Hearing the back-story of Hey You makes me hear it in a totally different perspective. This song is much deeper than I originally thought.
For sure. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Adam , the best music was made in the 70's and 80's for sure !
And the 60's.
@@jstnxprsn so many good songs from those eras. Funny when I was younger I didn't care much for 70s music, but I've learned so many good songs since.
60s 70s 80s cant' be beat.
@@jstnxprsn Amen!
@@TerrickTerran Indeed. 60s is where it all started!
My High School boyfriend gave me The Wall for my birthday, telling me that it reminded him of my family…
Pink Floyd remains to this day, my favorite band. Saved me from despair countless times.
Those are ppl you don’t want as in-laws.
After returning home from school when I was 17, my Mom handed me $20 and told me I should go buy a phonograph she had seen at a nearby yard sale. I drove the couple of miles down the road, and gladly picked it up. That Tascam phonograph with removal speakers and a carry handle also had a 1/4 input labeled for a microphone, so you could sing along. For me, it became my first guitar amp. Instead I began learning to play guitar to some of the songs I had on 45, and began investing in my first vinyl purchases. Up to that point, I had zero Pink Floyd but picked up the single of Another Brick In The Wall with the B-Side of One Of My Turns. After hearing about Roger's crumbing relationship it more thoroughly explains the frustration of that portion of Pink Floyd's rock opera brought to video. Back then it came across as odd and very expressively different than anything else I had ever heard! Bless my Mom, that generous act was a priceless investment that helped me on my journey as a song writer, singer, and guitarist of more than 40+ years! Thanks Professor for yet another great historic rendering loved by so very many music fans, and aficionados world-wide.
Love your story!
Got my first 3pc stereo system about 33yrs(at about 11-12yrs old) ago for Christmas. My father gave me 2 CD's: Led Zeppelin IV & Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'. I remember listening to WYWH the first time, never realized that music could make me feel like that. It opened up & shaped my love of music.
In the late 80s my father passed out. And left a quadrophonic version of the wall playing at a absurd volume playing in the living room. Couple years after that I found live in Berlin watched the whole thing with my brother I was 7. the music is raw emotion.
I was first introduced to The Wall in 1995/6 at age 16 by my Bonus Dad. He’s The Reason I have the insanely diverse and unique music taste… thanks Tony. ❤ If Hell freezes I’ve stand Pink Floyd tours again… we are gonna go. I’ll push your wheelchair, if you hold my purse.❤
But it wasn’t until I went thru the same thing as Pink/Roger at 24. Over the phone, 1000 miles away from each other, but outta nowhere, BOOM. Life “over”. And yeah, Hey You was one I listened to more than was probably healthy… but I GOT it. The true insanity you can feel when you’re just… broken by someone. I still can’t listen to some of the album without having some sort of emotional/mental reaction. 20 years later.
Thanks for sharing such an emotional moment.
Floyd has been a lifesaver for me many times...this band is more than just "songs". They heal.
'Rage... Rage against the dying of the light."
Rage against the machine.
Don’t think was pink.
I ran away from home at 16, this album was always my soundtrack
, sought escape in the lyrics . Today age 60 I still go back to this album during my horrific CPTSD flares , it’s my constant .
I wish you well, Thank you for sharing this album .
All the best to the still suffering from horrific childhood and life events . 🙏🏻🐖❤️✨
I saw this back in the day at Earls Court in London, what a gig it was. 🤘
WOW! What a gig indeed.
Had the pleasure of attending waters' performance of the wall back 2011...and to our disbelief it was the night that David gilmour appeared atop the wall for comfortably numb...a truelly memorable night!
" Hey You " was the best song from " The Wall ". Great lyrics, and David Gilmour's borderline metal guitar solo. Still chilling after numerous listens
I agree. So chilling.
Comfortably Numb disagrees with you on "best", but Hey You is definitely right up there.
@@tjg555 no, hell no, and oh hell no. Hey You is best by miles
@@michaelbaucom4019 but the solo... Numb is maybe the best song of all time.
@@tjg555 not for me. And the solo in Hey You is much more interesting. Gilmour's best solos are on Animals
I didn’t get it when I was young. I was 9 when I first heard the album at a friend’s house. Appreciated the music, didn’t understand the album. Knew it made me feel queasy, uneasy, and frightened, and literally sick to my stomach. So powerful but I couldn’t handle that level of depth and emotion. By late in HS and college, finally got there. Amazing.
I'm 49. I've listened to " Hey You " probly 20 thousand times.
Your little short 4 second clips of music from this album has put tears in my eyes. Each string, each vocal, each drum beat pulls from the heart like steel cables that won't let go! That was truly the " perfect album " !
Waters has the ability as a writer to reach into our innermost beings and make us look at ourselves in a brutally honest manner. This is one of my favorites from The Wall.
It's so true. And Gilmour's guitar!
It’s magic.
I remember when i realized "Comfortably Numb" was NOT about drugs .... And sadly there are times when its just easier to be comfortably numb...
Pink Floyd was definitely an intense band on many levels. The personal tragedies made for iconic legendary songs;
Artists creating out of reality.
Us old rockers referred to them as Floyd for short! Pink has a new connotation...
Amen!
Pink is my favorite color and after listening to The Wall it has an even deeper meaning.
I saw The Wall live in '12.
I can die happy now.
No kidding!
I saw the 2010 arena tour my brother was so jealous so when I heard he was touring again in 2012 I bought my brother tickets for his birthday ill ever forget the look on his face when I gave him his present!,
About the film. It was shown on a late-night tv once. The two presenters were all excited, high energy at the beginning. After it finished they both looked at the camera and said one word. "Wow!" Probably the most eloquent critique I've ever heard!
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1979 was The Wall & Back in Black for me,, rinse and repeat,, they helped me with my struggles at that time as well,, I made it threw,, Rock On..
In 1979 I was in 9th grade, this album went viral at my school, mostly for "Another Brick In The Wall" - At the time, I didn't fully realize the depth of Hey You, but it gripped me even then. As I got older, that depth grew as my life got longer and I started seeing the walls sung about. Glorious song.
Walking around town with my sony walkman cassette listening to this got me through alot.
Always liked Floyd as a kid. I watched the Wall by myself at 13. That freaked me out a lot. Then, at 16, I started smoking weed. Then I REALLY liked Floyd. Another great show!
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My father took me to one of the shows they performed at Nassau Colleseum. I'd never heard of Pink Floyd and didn't know their music. I was about 11 years old at the time. The seats were on the floor, maybe 10-20 rows from the stage. It wasn't my first concert, but I was not at all prepared for the spectacle and the emotionally powerful visuals and sounds. It blew my mind and unfortuanteally overwhelmed me as well. I was just a little too young and sheltered to cope, and I called my mom at intermission and had her pick me up. I didn't see the last half of the show. I don't regret this because it was the right thing to do for me at the time. But afterwards I became a huge fan. I consider myself greatly fortunate to have been there and to have been introduced to the music of Pink Floyd, even though the experience overwhelmed me at the time.
Back in high school I went through a summer where I listened to The Wall on repeat over and over again. My friends became extremely concerned about me.
I've been there also!
Concerned? Why?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 The themes of The Wall: isolation, abandonment, depression, drug abuse, war, mental health destruction and collapse, etc, are not exactly uplifting. If an angsty teen listens to it over and over for an extended period of time to the point of obsession, then people might become concerned.
You have good friends. I would be concerned too. I treat this album like alcohol in my life. I find it is good in small doses and taking in too much over a short time is reason for stepping back and finding other, more uplifting things in my life.
Definitely exposes the soul! Song gave me chills! Always found this one to be so emotionally intense! What an incredible masterpiece!
Amen!
The whole thing!
😂 in 1988, I was doing a summer program and staying in a supposedly haunted dorm. I was laying in the dark listening to this album on my Walkman. Most of the building was empty because there was a dance. Then, is there anybody out there? Is there anybody OUT THERE? My imagination freaked me out so much that I hopped up and ran to the dance 😂. It was a memory that I think of everytime I hear it.
Wow! That's a cool story!
Nice share!
Wow, that song really meant so much to you in that moment.
Professor Of Rock, I'm glad you pulled through that rough moment. Continue Peace and Healing ❤️🙏
I graduated in '89. The Wall helped me get through a couple of really hard years back then dealing with relationships and life in general. It still does!
I passed my love and appreciation for Pink Floyd onto my children. I'm sure they'll pass it on to theirs if we're still here.
Thank you Adam!
JJ -South Alabama
Respect. I graduated in ‘88. I can relate sir. Same. This band and music has played an instrumental part of shaping my life, mind and a place to purge demons. I get it. Take it easy.
I was introduced to Pink Floyd while I was on USS Semmes DDG 18 in 1983. The ship had came out of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and needed to be accessed by Fleet Training Group in Guantanamo Bay. Spent 6 weeks there.
Thank you for your service, Sailor.
Thank you for your service sir!
Thanks for serving our country!
Thank you for your service, sir!
When this album came out my friends and I got together on a Saturday night, you know, doing what teenagers did in the 70s and early 80s, we turned all the lights off except for a really cool strobe light and listened from start to finish for the first time and it blew our minds. Just an awesome album.
Thanks for reminding me how much I love this album and especially this song. Its a bonafide classic.
My favorite song and guitar solo on the wall is Mother. The lyrics hit home on several levels. The solo that Gilmore played is so inspiring that it makes me want to pick up any nearby guitar and play it.
He amazingly wrote both The Wall and The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking (TPACOH) in that 10 months and gave the band the choice of albums to record saying he would record the other as a solo artist, thus giving the first indication regarding the potential demise of the band. The band chose The Wall thinking that TPACOH was too personal to Roger. Obviously they made the right choice.
On a sidenote, I want to say that I saw Roger on The Pros And Cons Of Hithchiking tour as a teenager in Phoenix in 1985 shortly after my 16th birthday. We had 14th row floor seats. I have seen countless concerts since then, more than I could ever remember or count, but that concert to this day remains the best show I ever saw. Maybe the fungi I ate (on some Hershey bars) helped, but even so I don’t think it would have mattered. He played 15 Floyd songs, then the entire TPACOH, before closing with Brain Damage and Eclipse as encores. It was as close to Floyd as I ever got live, and I say that having seen the Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour 3 years later, which did not come close to capturing the magic of Floyd as Roger did on that first solo tour.
On another note I saw Roger again in like 2000 or so and we were close to the stage a few rows up, in the first section going up the right side of the stage, where Roger spent most of his time. During In The Flesh, he was pointing at people as he was saying “that one looks Jewish” etc., and when he shrieked “that one’s smoking a JOINT!!”, he pointed directly at me and made eye contact. I was mortified, paralyzed, and cowering as I sunk uncomfortably further into my seat! He actually smiled briefly, realizing how off guard he caught me and the petrified reaction I had. We all bust out laughing started doing high-fives and everything and we still laugh about that today, that was frigging awesome.
I don’t care what people think about Roger Waters, he wears his heart on his sleeve and that’s always going to piss people off. He’s not part of the politically correct crowd which I really like. And he’s just an outright musical genius who can’t do anything but make great music, still to this day.l
Wow what an incredible shared experience! You scaled the wall!! It's great to know that RW 'connected' with you in this way...
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@@user-og7me3nb8l thanks! I’ve had many amazing concert experiences, but those two rank at the top.
Last words on the album: "Isn't this where...
First words on the album: "...we came in?"
The Wall is a cycle. We go through life building up and tearing down walls.
Took me listening on repeat on the original iPod to catch that.
Just be ready to turn the volume down quickly after it says "we came in?" You have to have the volume turned way up to hear it, but the beginning of In the Flesh is really loud. If your ear is near the speaker, it could bust an ear drum.
I was at the concert in the Olympic stadium in Montreal when it happened 1977. When Roger Waters lashed out...part of history now...still a fan.
Cool ending to the story, Professor. Music has the ability to touch our souls, carrying us on its wings through this journey of life.
Thank you for watching!
Always enjoy learning about a song I didn't know. Totally haunting and beautiful in its own dark way.
For sure!
Could you do a video on the song Welcome Back Kotter and the legendary 60s band The Lovin Spoonfuls especially its lead singer ? Thanks Professor!
*...dind-ding-ding-ding-DIIIIIIING!* ..."Welcome Back" is LITERALLY me Theme Song, it EMBODIES RBS! ...J-Seb (aka John Sebastian) is WORTHY of the "Prof. Love", I insist it be done!
Definitely would be down for this.
I'll try and get an interview!
Will do!
Sounds good!
Professor I’m heartened that Hey You did it for you. Back in school decades ago, we were in Scotland and Floyd were playing Earls Court London and a schoolmate said I’ve got contacts, we can get there…of course it didn’t happen but the memory is there
Like you Prof, a lot of my childhood abuse, angst & malaise was soothed by the poignant yet comforting words from Floyd's music. I felt that someone "out there" knew of what I'd endured -- and was still enduring. It was pure catharsis for me to know I could make it through to the next day, month or year, believing that there WAS something better on the other side on my "wall." As always, thank you for re-shedding light on my ability to persevere. I'm reminded of Dylan Thomas's "raging against the dying of the light" and Tom Petty's "damn the torpedo's" credo. If anyone can make it, I certainly can, and vice versa. Peace my friend.
The Wall is one of those albums that gets better every time you listen to it track one to last. It’s just gold.
Hey You it’s heart breaking and Comfortably Numb is more so.
The solo on Comfortably Numb still gives me chills.
Man, The Professor always gives my goosebumps a good workout.
Hey You, is one of those songs that EVERY TIME I hear it, I am absolutely COMPELLED to sing along with it and honor whatever pains of loneliness or isolation I've ever felt. It's that one excruciatingly cathartic songs that MUST be honored.
Love how you’re always deeply engaged in the topics, and the personal anecdotes. ”The Wall” was certainly a very good ”coming of age” album, teflecting many of the emotions I was experiencing at the time.
We all were! Such a universal record.
Learned to play "Comfortably Numb" years ago & "Wish You Were Here" is hubby & my song after our first phone conversation [4 hrs!] where he played it for me sitting on the bathroom floor to not wake his best friend who was asleep.
On what instrument?
The Wall is musical brilliance. My parents weren’t Pink Floyd fans so I never really listened to them growing up. I actually don’t remember anything but Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 and probably just because I heard it on the radio. Then my sophomore year in high school someone performed Comfortably Numb in a school talent show. I was blown away! There was no looking back after that.
Somebody put the Great Gig in the sky as a backing track for a 30-second commercial about jewelry, and I had never heard Pink Floyd until then. It took me months to find out who did that song since nobody at that radio station normally played Pink Floyd. About the time the discovery was made, The Wall came out and I bought it as soon as I heard Hey You. This was the complete transformation of my musical tastes.
"The Wall" was the first album I ever bought ( I was 13 and just really starting to get into music)...I have played that album sooo many times ,and it is STILL in perfect condition (not a fingerprint,not a scratch) . Discwasher and a zerostat gun have kept it an absolute treasure!
Amazes me that a song has the power to change our lives forever
100 years from now, people will look back on Pink Floyd the way we look back on Mozart and Beethoven. With Awe and Reverence!
I said that same thing back in the 90s. We are both right lol.
I can thank "The Squid and the Whale" for introducing me to this song. I don't blame Jesse Eisenberg for pretending to have written it, I'd wish to have created something as beautiful as it.
That's right. Great use of it.
I haven’t watched that.
one of your best reviews of one of the best rock albums ever!!! funny story: as a 13/14 year old i tried to watch the wall twice, both times giving up after half an hour or so confused and with a throbbing headache. the third time i watched it i happened to be stoned, and the whole movie made absolute sense and became what is still one of my favorite movies of all time. true story! thanks for your great work!!
The Wall is probably my favorite album and film of all time, and you truly did it justice. Thank you. You are a true scholar, and an artist in your own right.
It sounds like you’re describing Nobody Home. Favorite line of the song is “I got 13 channels of sh** on the TV to choose from.” It describes many relationships that you are waiting on someone.
Your best yet. Love the personal connection at the end.
Thanks for watching!
I have listened to this album more than any other Floyd album including dark side of the moon. The isolation,the desperation, the alienation while slipping into madness is so great lyrically. I believe I know almost every word on every song and hey you is definitely one of my favorites. Great breakdown and take professor, fantastic background and research on it. Love this episode
Hello My Name!
I agree. The best Floyd album ever.
The opening description of the video in itself just gave me chills not even knowing who you were talking about.
One of the wildest things I've ever seen in rock was the dual lead basses on One of These Days
Please elaborate!
@@ProfessorofRockGilmour and Waters playing dual lead basses on the intro to 'One of These Days'
Where did you see this? Thx
yes i have the relics cd in car you can hear two bass guutars intro
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As a GenX'r I cant put into words how much this album affected my life. Pro tip....dont watch the wall tripping acid. It will change you forever, probably not in a good way.
My first microdot trip I went to see the premier of the movie The Wall. It was intense but not life changing
I was introduced to the Wall late one night at a friends house. 16 years old, dropped acid and he put the film on. It was such an experience that has stayed with me forever since. I’m in my 50s now, The Wall is my favourite record of all time. The layers and peaks and troughs are just sublime. It takes on new meanings throughout life with different experiences that come along. Just perfect.
@@stepright1 This is the way.
Love the shirt, Professor! This is one of my favorite classic albums! My brother had this one and me and my sister would snag it and listen to it in our room while lying in the dark. There was something so delightful about immersing yourself in music that way. Doing nothing but listening without distractions. I miss those days with her😊
Very cool! I agree. Great record!
It’s definitely a headphones listen.
Depression Life preserver is a great description. I owe a lot to this record
Back in the day, there was a local radio station that would play new releases in their entirety. Before they went on sale. No commercials.
This was one of the most anticipated albums of all time. And of course I recorded it! Hearing it for the first time was stunning. An album equal to DSOTM.
Radio will never be like it was in 70s.
Thanks for sharing.
Radio from the 60s through the 80s was the best. DJs had a lot of autonomy and could play just about anything they wanted. A lot of songs became hits because some DJ played a B-side or a deep cut off an album instead of what the record companies were pushing. Now, everything is a sterile preselected digital playlist.
one i recall radio preview was in through the out door we listended to played the entire record heart was another bebe le strange now you just hear one single from an upcoming album like today driving nrw single fontaines dc from new release whatever date forget year wed been to a club show bit snookered dj says new cure kiss me were like cool.listended to side 1 2 crashed they dont that anymore another time u2 rem they played entire record
preview
You still have the tape?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 haha! I wish! Like every cassette it eventually fell victim to my tape decks appetite.
"Nobody's Home" was something I heard when I was around 15, but it didn't hit me. It hit me knowing what the song meant when my wife cheated on me and left the house on a weekend when I went away to take care of my dad. It was nearly soul annihilation. I don't personally like Waters, but he is a rock genius. That feeling is nearly palpable. Your stomach feels like it is deep as the Marianas Trench, the questions slowly start to torture you in your emptiness. "What did I do?" and "Why am I the one?" and you run through everything that you might have done, when in the end it is just someone else's raw and sinful decision to betray you so their selfish feelings can be chased after. In "Nobody's Home" when Pink says "Gotta little black book with my poems in, Gotta bag, toothbrush and a comb.....when I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone" is what you are reduced to. You focus on the familiar. The solid, the familiar but they are just distractions that make you temporarily force out the heart crushing pain that will not leave.
So sorry to hear that.
One of the few artists where I can listen to a whole album from start to finish.
I go hot and cold with Adam's reviews, but this one was spot on. This album was for me the album that I could show people and tell them "This is me! This is what I've been trying to tell you!" It didn't define me - it described me, and since another human was able to describe me so perfectly, I no longer felt alone. (I was 13 when it was released.) And he nailed it when he described the position of this song in the story - the pivotal moment. He is now isolated and alone and taking stock of what it really means to be isolated from everyone, particularly the people he really needs. In a way it foreshadows "Outside the Wall". He needs the people he has given up on, and this is his omigod what have I done moment. Great review.
Too bad the band no longer gets along. Was just listening to the PULSE album a little while back, one of the better live albums out there. It really has aged well
FOr sure! Seeing Brit Floyd tonight!
@@ProfessorofRock That is VERY cool!!
You can feel the energy on the stage!
If you ever get the chance to see the Australian Pink Floyd Show, jump on it. They cover all of the band's eras and they're so good at it that David Gilmour hired them to perform at his 50th birthday party.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Have you watched the PULSE concert video? :)
Also wanted to add...love the Animals t-shirt. One of the most underappreciated bands out there.
Agreed. Eric Burdon is the man!
One of my turns is so relatable too, the whole album is a masterpiece. When I first listened to it I think it was the first time I ever felt someone understood me
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PINK FLOYD!
By the way, which one's Pink?😅
Hey You is an all-time classic. One of the best songs, and you can hear the angst.
Thanks Professor.
TGIF!
PABLO CRUISE! JETHRO TULL! But which ones are Pablo and Jethro? I'm neither; I'm Homer. Not Simpson; I'm simpleton. I may be the mayor of Simpleton...
Hey Roger! Have a wonderful weekend!
Ha!
I’m Pink. 😉
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