Poll: If you could RE-FORM just one band to do a NEW ALBUM together who would you choose?

@Sweet--Richard.4981

Ай бұрын

The Fab Four

@TerrickTerran

Ай бұрын

though it would be impossible, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. I miss you Tom.

@christineml1476

Ай бұрын

Styx

@stephenbrown4211

Ай бұрын

Marillion with Fish Dire Straits

@mikenicholson7465

Ай бұрын

The Jam.

If you’re going through anything traumatic, listening to “hey you” will bring you to tears. Such an amazing song

@jdoedoenet

18 күн бұрын

"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.

@WDLC1911

18 күн бұрын

Or "I Wish You Were Here". Lot my dad in the same manner.

@Seabee203

3 күн бұрын

I play drums on that song with my band. Its definitely a good one

@bodychoke

18 сағат бұрын

If you’re going through anything traumatic, don't take advice from muppets online.

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

@mariocampa4647

Ай бұрын

Outstandingly cool story, thank you for sharing!

@tpbrcombo

25 күн бұрын

😂😂 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.

@Fiveash-Art

24 күн бұрын

I like the story about Roger Waters spitting on the audience better. It's more uplifting and life affirming.

@Fiveash-Art

24 күн бұрын

@@tpbrcombo 😂Awww.. let him have his story man.

@tpbrcombo

24 күн бұрын

@@Fiveash-Art you’re right… that was cruel

"Hey you don't help them to bury the light. Don't give in without a fight" was my Senior HS yearbook quote.

@marktait2371

Ай бұрын

always thought ironic last verse united we stand divided we fall then final cut no wright gilmour minimal input then broke up for good

@williambenner701

Ай бұрын

​@@marktait2371just reborn without Roger Waters. A new brief reset for the band.

@tabelq

Ай бұрын

Our ‘88 yearbook cover was in fact printed as the wall.

@johnnyxmusic

Ай бұрын

Nice

@marktait2371

Ай бұрын

​@@williambenner701yeh waa lucky we saw the lapse tour show 87 with the laser light showv

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Good call.

@danithompson8743

Ай бұрын

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.

@MSheen-ef3ly

Ай бұрын

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.

@kallsop2

Ай бұрын

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.

@danithompson8743

Ай бұрын

@@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

@shawnburditt2052

9 күн бұрын

It's ironic. the song was written by the biggest narcissist in rock mock music.

@kitpalmer1583

5 күн бұрын

​@@shawnburditt2052 just say you love genocide

Everyone can relate to the wall... there is something in there for everyone... and it never gets old

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Amen to NTH degree!

@BigBri550

Ай бұрын

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.

@LazyIRanch

Ай бұрын

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

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

The third greatest album ever for me behind Abbey Road and Pet Sounds

@dezbro79

Ай бұрын

Well said

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.

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!

@sbalak

8 күн бұрын

You mom had the right idea. What a woman.

@LoriFoster

6 күн бұрын

🤣 I’ve taken my sons to things on sick days and they are all happy successful men. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@tinmule4381

5 күн бұрын

Gave you a life long memory worth more than that day of school

@Noumenon11

4 күн бұрын

That is actually responsible parenting.

@ShortStax65

3 күн бұрын

Lucky, I wish I could've seen that movie when it came out

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!

@mikeburgess6606

3 күн бұрын

Your sister was obviously brilliant. Sorry for your loss. Sending love.

@armedohiocitizen1581

Күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss

"The Wall" is about grinding, unrelenting pain that goes on for years, even decades. Consider yourself lucky if you haven't experienced that.

@OneMan-wl1wj

Ай бұрын

Very lucky indeed.

@Bigger_Hammer

14 күн бұрын

In my 50s and still recovering.

@cryptojoecoin5480

3 күн бұрын

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.

@shannonmitchell8515

2 күн бұрын

​@@cryptojoecoin5480 What crack are you smoking?

"Don't tell me there's no hope at all! Together we stand; divided we fall....."

@BeatlesLoveJamesBond8028

14 күн бұрын

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

Never get tired of The Wall. Everyone should see the movie too. In surround sound.

As someone who suffers from major depression I can relate to this album so much.

@shiroibasketshoes

Ай бұрын

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.

@musicmamma

17 күн бұрын

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.

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

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

For sure. Thanks George.

@danithompson8743

Ай бұрын

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.

@georgemathie8123

Ай бұрын

@@danithompson8743 very good point and the movie is basically an ego driven Roger Waters vanity project thanks for sharing love getting different opinions

@louiebee6745

Ай бұрын

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?!?"

@georgemathie8123

Ай бұрын

@@louiebee6745 I had the same reaction to it was like a total visual assault on the senses

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. ❤

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@morgana7749

Ай бұрын

I hear you, had similar parents

@JimzAuto

Ай бұрын

‘Was the same age…’- same age as what?

@lorisewsstuff1607

Ай бұрын

@@JimzAuto the same age as he said in the video, 16.

@Crazychick64

Ай бұрын

I am so sorry you went through that!

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

I agree. One of the greatest runs in music history. Thanks Eric.

@mehditayshun5595

Ай бұрын

Maybe there's something about constantly being called " Pink " or "Mr Floyd" that can drive a lead singer to madness XD

@ericbgordon1575

Ай бұрын

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

@judgedrekk2981

Ай бұрын

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!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

It really gives us a look into Roger’s mind.

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.

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.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Just perfect all around.

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.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

They’re both in my top 5 albums of all time..

@liorap5636

Ай бұрын

Me too

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.

@DrDeuteron

12 күн бұрын

Those are ppl you don’t want as in-laws.

“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.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

It’s incredible!

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.

@dondamon4669

19 күн бұрын

There's no point in becoming enlightened that late as you won't act on it. Sounds like your brother lived

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.

@dragonmummy1

26 күн бұрын

❤

The Wall totally helped me survive my teenage years. Thanks Roger, Pink Floyd, and you Prof.

"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.

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thank you my friend!

I saw this back in the day at Earls Court in London, what a gig it was. 🤘

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

WOW! What a gig indeed.

'Rage... Rage against the dying of the light."

@foureyedchick

15 күн бұрын

Rage against the machine.

@DrDeuteron

12 күн бұрын

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 . 🙏🏻🐖❤️✨

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 😢

@mikelandy830

Ай бұрын

Wow, may it somehow bring you and yours some semblance of peace

@40bdg

Ай бұрын

❤

@GaelyneGasson

Ай бұрын

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. 😥

@michellerobin5461

Ай бұрын

@@GaelyneGassonI’m so sorry for both your losses… your comment just hit me hard for some reason… peace to you friend 🩷

@garybackstrom183

28 күн бұрын

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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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Love your story!

@miked5789

19 күн бұрын

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.

Thanks Adam , the best music was made in the 70's and 80's for sure !

@jstnxprsn

Ай бұрын

And the 60's.

@TerrickTerran

Ай бұрын

@@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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

60s 70s 80s cant' be beat.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

@@jstnxprsn Amen!

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

@@TerrickTerran Indeed. 60s is where it all started!

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

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Great comment!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Indeed. This is why I love concept albums.

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing such an emotional moment.

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

For sure. Thanks for watching.

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.

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.

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!

Walking around town with my sony walkman cassette listening to this got me through alot.

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

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting. This one is dedicated to you and your wife. Peace to you my friend!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss. ❤

@KattMurr

Ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss...

@stewartdavies929

Ай бұрын

Been there after a break up

@michellerobin5461

Ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss friend 🩷

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.

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.

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..

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.

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.

Pink Floyd brings me right back when I was 15! My first boyfriend and I were constantly getting high and trying to forget our horrible lives as children of divorced parents and absent fathers, and Pink Floyd was always my go to for listening. I loved all of their albums and it’s just incredible how much it brings me right back to those days while listening to it.

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

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...

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Amen!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Pink is my favorite color and after listening to The Wall it has an even deeper meaning.

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!

@rockroll9761

16 күн бұрын

banned in the USA

" Hey You " was the best song from " The Wall ". Great lyrics, and David Gilmour's borderline metal guitar solo. Still chilling after numerous listens

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

I agree. So chilling.

@tjg555

Ай бұрын

Comfortably Numb disagrees with you on "best", but Hey You is definitely right up there.

@michaelbaucom4019

Ай бұрын

@@tjg555 no, hell no, and oh hell no. Hey You is best by miles

@tjg555

Ай бұрын

@@michaelbaucom4019 but the solo... Numb is maybe the best song of all time.

@michaelbaucom4019

Ай бұрын

@@tjg555 not for me. And the solo in Hey You is much more interesting. Gilmour's best solos are on Animals

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!

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting.

I saw The Wall live in '12. I can die happy now.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

No kidding!

@phatphat7089

Ай бұрын

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!,

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.

@matthewwalker9597

Ай бұрын

I've been there also!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Concerned? Why?

@bryanjacobsen5005

Ай бұрын

@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.

@joefunsmith

Ай бұрын

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.

It is inspiring how you relate your own, personal struggles at a vulnerable time of your life. Thank you for being a good example for us that we can all rise above our deep depression and dark circumstances.

One of my all time favorite albums. I bought it when i was 14 when it came out. I absolutely loved it and appreciated it back then however my appreciation has only grown and grown as i have learned become aware and matured over the years. I went deep into some things ten years ago and what do you know huge click the wall came to mind all the words the drawings the movie they were telling something they couldnt tell about deeper than most know now everytime i watch them play i truly understand the knowing smiles that cover their faces. I LOVE PINK FLOYD I am so saddened that i missed a chance to see them. The way they create a true scenario of the fractured mind that the establishment has made of innocent souls and the way they give a big middle finger to them they tell the story take us through the horror of being the object of their trials the experience of going through it and the aftermath the fractured escape then the freedom of healing i love them they sing of things that are unspeakable ❤❤❤❤

Thanks for reminding me how much I love this album and especially this song. Its a bonafide classic.

Definitely exposes the soul! Song gave me chills! Always found this one to be so emotionally intense! What an incredible masterpiece!

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Amen!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

The whole thing!

Videos like this are why you have a loyal following. You expose the raw and painful truth that each of us carries deep inside where we allow few to go. You show that it's in all of us, that we all hurt. You share your anguish. Yeah, there are times you make me remember how bad life hurt when I was so young and learning how to deal. It still can hurt, every bit as bad, but now I have learned to look for the light, the love. A quote from a favored poem: "Even this shall pass away." Nothing is forever, but there is more to come.

Wow this song really was a part of you, Prof. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. Brilliant, sublime, unparalleled...the adjectives are endless. There are so many incredibly deep songs along with "Hey You" that you could do a series just on The Wall album. I remember somebody spray painting "We Don't Need No Education" along 10 lockers at my high school during spring break the year it came out LOL. "Is There Anybody Out There" was the first song I ever learned to play on the guitar and I still play it from time to time although not as well as before. I think I'll play it after I finish watching this video. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

Cool ending to the story, Professor. Music has the ability to touch our souls, carrying us on its wings through this journey of life.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

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

@user-og7me3nb8l

11 күн бұрын

Wow what an incredible shared experience! You scaled the wall!! It's great to know that RW 'connected' with you in this way... 😎😎

@greypilgrim6157

9 күн бұрын

@@user-og7me3nb8l thanks! I’ve had many amazing concert experiences, but those two rank at the top.

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.

Thanks for sharing this. This was a good one, and your personal connection made it better.

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

It's so true. And Gilmour's guitar!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

It’s magic.

Your best yet. Love the personal connection at the end.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

One of my favourite albums. This one gets a needle drop almost monthly. 45 years and somehow it never gets old.

"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!

Man, The Professor always gives my goosebumps a good workout.

The opening description of the video in itself just gave me chills not even knowing who you were talking about.

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

We all were! Such a universal record.

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.

@Whisper_292

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, Sailor.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service sir!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Thanks for serving our country!

@stevegallo8483

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, sir!

😂 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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Wow! That's a cool story!

@JustaKubrickFan

Ай бұрын

Nice share!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

Wow, that song really meant so much to you in that moment.

What a fantastic review. I've been listening to this for around 40 years and you pulled it all together for me. I loved the line by line discussion.

Thank you, Adam. That song and album, still hit me like they did, 45 years ago. Changed my life, in so many ways. Also, thank you for sharing your story. I used to think I was alone, in how much music means to me. Clearly, I'm not.

Always enjoy learning about a song I didn't know. Totally haunting and beautiful in its own dark way.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

For sure!

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.

@CSC1steel

11 күн бұрын

Took me listening on repeat on the original iPod to catch that.

@countryboyoutdoors7963

10 күн бұрын

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.

Great vid! I was 20 y. o. when the album released. Me and my GF laid on her living room floor in the dark and listened to the entire thing played on our local radio station. It was mind melting. A real wow moment in my life and a lifetime memory. I will admit it took a few years of listening and maturing to grasp the significance. Thx for the trip!

One of my top ten favorite episodes. The breakdown of the song is fabulous and your story uplifting. 16 was tough and now I have a 16 year old daughter. I'm going to go give her a hug.

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.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

The solo on Comfortably Numb still gives me chills.

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.

@ldolphin34

28 күн бұрын

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.

You have such a gift. You ARE such a gift. After listening to your videos, I always feel like the songs are new again because of the perspectives you offer. It’s like listening to them again for the first time. Same goes for your community and their comments. I learn so much from all of you!

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

@GO-ej1pg

9 күн бұрын

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.

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.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

On what instrument?

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.

This is your best video yet. You really tore down the wall and made yourself vulnerable. That took a lot of guts. Love ya man!

Magnificent commentary on a classic track. Well done Adam, passionate as ever. 👏👏👏

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@uncannyvalley444

Ай бұрын

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.

@marktait2371

Ай бұрын

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

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

You still have the tape?

@kurttuchscherer7706

Ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 haha! I wish! Like every cassette it eventually fell victim to my tape decks appetite.

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.

@BlackWolf812

8 күн бұрын

My first microdot trip I went to see the premier of the movie The Wall. It was intense but not life changing

Fabulous episode... *can't even begin* to describe what this song and album has meant to me throughout my life....thanks, Professor.

I so appreciate the Prof's willingness to share the vulnerable moments experienced when growing up or going through huge emotional break downs or breakthroughs!! There were MANY moments in my life as well where the music spoke to me in a big big way. It was the reason I became one while I was growing up and then my entire life I spent as a working professional front man and guitar player for my bands touring for years through clubs bars festivals and anywhere that would pay us to come and perform. But one very big pivotal moment when I was only 11 years old I will NEVER forget. I was going through a deep and profound loneliness at the time that was a mixture of a heart break due to an un-returned love. As well I was going through the first time of feeling a deep depression. I was lying in my cousins bunk bed and listening to my radio weeping into my hands and pillow falling into deep despair. This went on for an hour or so as I listened to the stupid songs that meant nothing to me that night because they were all talking about love and fun and sex etc. What did I care about anything at that point. What did any of it matter?? NOTHING MATTERED and no one cared.......then I heard some piano chords and I perked up to hear what it was......If you wake up and don't want to smile If it takes just a little while Open your eyes and look at the day You'll see things in a different way [Buckingham and C. McVie:] Don't stop thinking about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be here better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [Christine McVie:] Why not think about times to come? And not about the things that you've done? If your life was bad to you Just think what tomorrow will do [Buckingham and C. McVie:] Don't stop thinking about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be here better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [Buckingham and C. McVie:] All I want is to see you smile If it takes just a little while I know you don't believe that it's true I never meant any harm to you [Buckingham and C. McVie:] Don't stop thinking about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be here better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [Buckingham and C. McVie:] Don't stop thinking about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be here better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [Buckingham and C. McVie:] Don't you look back Don't you look back Don't you look back Don't you look back My life changed and I was dancing around the room filled with new found tears of JOY! I thanked and praised GOD and Fleetwood Mac!!

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!

@RBS_

Ай бұрын

*...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!

@TerrickTerran

Ай бұрын

Definitely would be down for this.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

I'll try and get an interview!

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Will do!

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Sounds good!

I remember when i realized "Comfortably Numb" was NOT about drugs .... And sadly there are times when its just easier to be comfortably numb...

Somehow I knew this was Pink Floyd, they've always been my favorite band- this album really helped through some difficult times. It's a descent into madness, and a window into mental health that hadn't been in the mainstream until then. Thanks for this!!!

Amazes me that a song has the power to change our lives forever

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.

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

That's right. Great use of it.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Ай бұрын

I haven’t watched that.

One of the wildest things I've ever seen in rock was the dual lead basses on One of These Days

@ProfessorofRock

Ай бұрын

Please elaborate!

@Sweet--Richard.4981

Ай бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRockGilmour and Waters playing dual lead basses on the intro to 'One of These Days'

@KMC544

Ай бұрын

Where did you see this? Thx

@marktait2371

Ай бұрын

yes i have the relics cd in car you can hear two bass guutars intro

@Macbeagle

Ай бұрын

Meddle​@@ProfessorofRock

Depression Life preserver is a great description. I owe a lot to this record

Man this show just keeps giving i love it. Thanks brother it's much appreciated.