Fun fact, 'In the Flesh' was written at least somewhat about Eric Clapton, who had an extreme racist meltdown at a show in 76. There was even an organization, 'Rock Against Racism' that formed in response to it.

This is the album I listened to more than any other when I was young. Most people miss all the historical WW2 references such as Vera Lynn (referencing her song, We Will Meet Again) The Battle of Britain, and the actual sound of a German Stuka dive bomber siren (the sound synonymous with terror in all of Europe during the war) and also in the song When The Tigers Broke Free (not on the album but in the movie- referring to the dreaded German Tiger tank) and the Battle of Anzio (where Pink’s father was killed). Excellent and well researched review. The bonus cover at the end was fabulous! BRAVO! 👍

@jyutzler

9 ай бұрын

Me too, but that probably wasn't a good thing, looking back on it.

I'm so happy you chose The Trial! People tend to look over it as too theatre-y, but that's what I love about it. Fantastic cover, and great video!

@Charles12

8 ай бұрын

Exactly the reason as to why the album would be a great stage musical, most notably an opera

Awesome! Your reactions topped off by your singing - the icing on the cake!

@CallMeCaroline

9 ай бұрын

Thankyou!

@hugh-yb4si

9 ай бұрын

​@@CallMeCarolineseeing at SATANISTS HEARING PINK FLOYD

@henrikpersson4371

7 ай бұрын

brung me joy, absolutly

Pink Floyd's album The Wall is a lot of things to a lot of people, is it also a musical? Technically yes.

@jyutzler

9 ай бұрын

There isn't really a strict line delineating rock opera vs. musical.

@blueboy4244

9 ай бұрын

@@jyutzler aren't they one in the same except maybe they use guitars in rock operas

@jyutzler

9 ай бұрын

@@blueboy4244 I don't think anyone would call Movin Out a rock opera. I think the only distinction is whether it was initially devised as a rock album vs. the stage.

@JJDoole

9 ай бұрын

@@jyutzlerThere kind of is. In musicals, in the old Hollywood sense, the songs were interjected into the story and dialogue and action. In an opera the whole narrative is carried by the music and lyrics. The Sound Of Music is a musical, Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera.

@14jackon

9 ай бұрын

The Wall is not a musical, or a rock opera. It is a concept album, like a lot of other albums back then. Later it was used as the soundtrack to the film called the Wall.

This is one of the best analyses of the album I've ever seen. It is indeed a musical, a rock opera. You capture it so well.

The loop is a brilliant reminder that sometimes history is doomed to repeat unless you intervene. Apparently the idea for the wall came from a concert in Canada (I think?) during the Animals tour. The crowd were particularly boisterous and kept calling out for their favourite songs rather than let the band just perfom. The fractious atmosphere culminated in Roger spitting on a fan and he tore them off a strip because they were setting off fireworks. Hence the idea for putting a wall across the front of the stage. Roger ran with that position of isolation letting his own experience drive the concept and The Wall was born. And afterwards it was basically the end of the band as we knew it, Rick Wright was sacked and the last album Final Cut was pretty much a Waters solo effort, the band basically recorded it separately. Fantastic reaction again, loved it.

The joy of The Wall in concert is that during the first half of the gig they slowly build the wall across the front of the stage until the band is completely obscured. I had the joy of seeing Roger Waters perform this in Melbourne a few years ago and it was one of the highlights of my life.

Loved your cover in the end of " The Trial" you have a beautiful voice!

If you like the music it might be interesting to see the motion picture too. It's incredible.

The guitar solo's on Comfortably Numb are absolutely breathtaking, and iconic.

@garryiglesias4074

9 ай бұрын

Like many Gilmour solos with Pink Floyd... Time, Shine On, Dogs...

@bmac5085

9 ай бұрын

@garryiglesias4074 yes, you are absolutely right. For me he has to go down as the most melodic guitar player that I've ever heard. Every bend vibrato , every note on his solos fits in perfectly to every song.

@musopleb

9 ай бұрын

@@bmac5085 Second, behind the best of Knopfler for me... but yes.

@bmac5085

9 ай бұрын

@musopleb omg sultans of swing was out when I was 13. And yes Mark is a very good melodic guitarist.

@garryiglesias4074

9 ай бұрын

@@musopleb Mark is a great guitarist, he's just lacking of the rest of The Pink Floyd band... But yes, as "solo artist" I'd rather listen to Mark than David... But as a band, Pink Floyd breaks it all.

My favorite Pink Floyd album, we used to listen to this constantly in high school. Loneliness and isolation, the perfect themes for high school kids. Don't neglect the albums Animals & The Final Cut in your Roger Waters era Pink Floyd journey.

I don't know how many times I've listened to this album. Maybe a thousand times already. And I want to listen further. I can't explain it. You did the right thing - Pink Floyd should be listened to with headphones. There's a lot of background noise. A quiet sigh, the distant barking of a dog, the creaking of door hinges, indistinct muttering and much more that is lost when listening through speaker systems. I take my hat off to the sound engineer and Roger - titanic, hellish, colossal studio work.

Your cover is GREAT! Your performance was convincing, fun, and had complete respect for the material. You killed it. 🙂

Great reaction! And great analysis as well. I love how the album loops by the last words being "isn't this where," then the first words being "we came in." I see it as a way of saying we all build walls in our life, and once we tear them down, we just start building new ones. Life is a never-ending wall building process.

This music always brings tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat, Pink's pain is so excruciating and I feel so sorry for him. Same happens every time I watch the movie.

If you want to try a really nice rock opera, check TOMMY by The Who

This was great! I love this album so much, and I can't believe you managed to make a 17-minute video that somehow didn't feel rushed or incomplete!

Left a comment on your previous Pink Floyd video and watching this just solidifies that -the look on your face when you’re listening to Pink Floyd that’s all you need to see. It just makes me so happy.❤ (oh, And your actual classical music trained analysis is also amazing. I don’t mean to leave that out -you catch stuff I would never catch as a ‘civilian’ and I’ve been listening to Floyd since I was 5 in the mid 70’s) Clearly your IQ is off the charts. And on a lighter note, being a Kate Winslet double certainly doesn’t hurt, lol. I hope people appreciate you as much as you should be appreciated. ❤

I was fortunate enough to see "The Wall" performed on stage. There was a brick wall at either side and in the middle there were a couple of rows of bricks (roughly 3ft high and 5/6ft across and 2/2.5ft wide) and the stage was above that. During the show roadies would come on and place another brick in the wall. The stuka dive bomber was a model that came down on a zip wire from the back of the arena. On one side a panel in the wall flipped down and the set was a room in a hotel and when that part was over it flipped up again to make the wall. By the end of the first half, the wall was complete and we couldn't see anyone. In the second half the doctor is on our side of the wall and when pink replies he was on top of the wall. The surrogate band come out on the stage in front of the wall. When the judge orders the wall to be torn down, all the loose bricks vibrated and came tumbling down. It was a spectacular show.

@wittml

9 ай бұрын

Wish I'd seen the stage show! But, those that didn't, it can be found on youtube in all its glory from the demented announcer after intermission and the surrogate band, and the wall exploding. Good stuff!

@dbrooks76

9 ай бұрын

I've seen Roger perform the whole thing twice. Each time was slightly different and a different emphasis, first one was very personal and lots about his dad etc the 2nd much more political to current times. Both were outstanding performances.

I never would have guessed you would have picked that song. Much respect. I love your docu-comentary style of reaction it is truely unique. If you watch reaction videos. I reccomend Virgin Rock. She is doing an in depth musical analysis of this album song by song.

@mikedonoghues4018

9 ай бұрын

Oh Caroline, please don’t. Virgin Rock is the epitome of paralysis by analysis in my opinion. She sucks the very soul out of great emotional pieces such as this. But if you like your music paused every two seconds for bar by bar critique, it might be for you.

@JayOwinFull

9 ай бұрын

@@peterhughes8699 i think its ok to like both. They have differences but they both show a deep appreciation for the subject matter. I am here to hear what other people have to say. I have heard the music. I know it is good. When they pause i let it play in my mind as they share what I came to hear.

@TheMister123

9 ай бұрын

You beat me to it! 😀(I still made my comment, though. 🙂)

You should do Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking next. Roger brought The Wall and Pros and Cons to the band and asked which one they wanted to do , they chose the Wall. Roger and Clapton are amazing on Pros and Cons. Roger and the band felt there was a barrier between the audience and the band hence all their mid to late 70s stadium concerts of like 40 thousand plus, Floyd preferred small venues like arenas of 15-18,000. so on their last date in Montreal the crowd got very rowdy and Roger flipped his lid, spit in a persons face, the wall was born,

A masterpiece. The film is a must watch. It's a perfect visual depiction of the music. And at the same time, I'm sure it will be exactly the same as how you saw it in your mind. Incredible stuff. Listened to it countless. Watched the film countless times. Enjoy...... for years to come.

I was like 9 when this album came out and I struggled at that young age to figure out what this album was about. I loved music and listened to it over and over trying to piece the story together (where was KZread back then :). One thing that confused me was I thought Goodbye Cruel World" was a suicide song which is now obvious that he is just saying goodbye to the world as he is now going to disappear behind his wall of isolation.

I have listened to this entire album, and watched the movie, countless times. It is staggering. And perhaps you will notice, as Roger Waters himself points out, the only thing missing from Pink's life is Humour.

Pink Floyd made a film of The Wall, and there are a couple of live performances out there by Roger Waters, one of his enormous 1990 Berlin performance and one of his 2009-2011ish world tour. All three are well worth watching.

Loved your reaction! Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride! ❤❤❤

Love'd your reaction Caroline! Next please do "Starlight" by Oktaf Kanis, thank you Caroline 💕

@mondegreen9709

9 ай бұрын

Of course she will. 🙄

@JudeLorrina

9 ай бұрын

@@mondegreen9709 I hope so 🙂

Caroline! Just try 'Oktaf Kanis - Starlight' for the next reaction 😍

Great video, Caroline! I love your cover at the end! You are brilliant!

Gotta say I absolutely love your way of 'reacting' to with your condensed analysis. Excellent stuff.

Wow! That was an outstanding performance, Caroline!!! BRAVA!! BRAVA!!!! YAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! ENCORE! ENCORE!!!!!

Caroline does justICE, in a mere 17 min, to the amazing masterwork of RogerWaters, THE WALL!

Não sei por que tanta pressa em reagir tão rápido. Eu gosto muito das legendas que você coloca na tela e os comentários que você faz. Acho que você deveria ouvir uma música inteira de cada vez. Seria maravilhoso, ainda mais se tratando do Pink Floyd. Beijos do Brasil ❤❤❤

Ok. This is my second video from you, and it's a follow. Excellent production, insight, and narration. In addition, i really loved your knowledge, and informative analysis. You're working hard and it shows. Glad i find ya. Thank you.

You have amazing powers of observation. Brilliant. I'm enjoying binging your channel a lot.

@CallMeCaroline

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Last night I saw a rare theatrical screening of the film version of this album - which is in my top ten favorite films of all time - and it was so good to see it again with a crowd and a LOUD sound system. If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it (although it's not streaming anywhere as far as I know). There are a few songs included that weren't on the album, and a few are reworked into different versions, plus Bob Geldof's vocals replace Roger Waters during the 'In the Flesh' tracks. There's also a sad reworking of "Stop" that really fits as the lead in to "The Trial", which features all the Gerald Scarfe animation they showed during the live concerts.

Fantastic job, and I love that you picked the Trial. It is so well done with the various voices and influences and pressures coming down on him. I personally am so attracted to "Nobodys Home" -the combination of the beautiful melody, the piano work, the vocals, the reference of drugs ("silver spoon") and the use of the audio clips....(one is a 60's sit com "Gomer Pyle" which was so obscure in 1979) Very powerful and emotional at the same time.

Love the album review and you happened to pick one of my favorites off of it to cover. 🤘🤘great job.

15:43 - "I think this album would be a really interesting study in how you turn one melody into many different arrangements..." I strongly suggest you look into the channel VIRGIN ROCK. On that channel, a classical musician who has never heard The Wall does an INCREDIBLY DEEP DIVE into the entire Wall album, one song at a time. It's still ongoing! She has two sets of videos, one in which she does a "first listen / reaction" to each song, and the other in which she does the deep dive. Of course, she has other videos as well, covering other pieces of music. Have fun going down the rabbit hole! 🙂

I love it! I really loved your performance at the end. I don’t know why but it reminded me of Cabaret.

The musical themes repeat all across the album but also on to The Final Cut and The Pros and Coins of Hitchhiking.

An extremely entertaining reaction. Loved it. Hadn't listened to the Wall in 25 years probably.

Loved your analysis and your expressive singing of the trial!

It’s great the way u research the album and songs I’m glad I found ur channel

@CallMeCaroline

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou!

Thank you!!! The Trial is my favorite song and thank you for that fantastic rendition!!! You'd enjoy the The Wall The Movie, it IS a musical... Can we say movie reaction, lol!!!

You squeezed it all in perfectly! Great reaction! Great performance!!!

I love that you chose The Trial. I’ve always thought it among the most beautiful songs on the album.

It was several years after the LP was released before the movie came out. They had to wait until "little Pink" grew a little. The actress in the hotel was never informed of the chaos that was about to happen in order to get the best reaction.

Another wonderful job with another classic album.

That little performance of yours was a joy!

Love this review Caroline! Great to hear the story behind it too. One of my favourite albums.

Loved this reaction! One of my favorite Floyd albums! As someone who loved watching your Beatles discography journey, I'm very glad you've started listening to Pink Floyd. I recommend listening to 'Animals' (1977) next.

Another great review with a bonus at the end! Thank you Caroline.👍

My favorite album of all time. I know how to play exactly two songs from it all the way through on guitar and they’re the two you mentioned as having lovely guitar parts, “Goodbye Blue Sky” and “Is There Anybody Out There?” Picking up my guitar and playing them now and then makes me feel better, even thought both songs (and much of the album) express a great deal of loss and loneliness. While I don’t think The Wall has ever been adapted into a musical, there is a very bizarre film made of it and the stage show that Pink Floyd put together to tour the album is one I wish I could have seen live.

Eres increíble! Tus análisis de álbumes clásicos me los veo completos! Sigue con esa serie, saludos!

i love you❤ you are doing a great job and the wall is a masterpiece🙂

Love your videos so refreshing. Grettings from Chile

That was awesome and I loved your song at the end

Compliments on the editing of this video!

You should check out the live show of The Wall in the 80's , And the film too , But Roger Waters has been touring the show since then so there's also footage of his shows on here.

This is an incredible reaction in being to condense a double album into a coherent 15 minutes. Most reactors make a pigs ear in whittling it down to 30 minutes. As for your song interpretation at the end, I wouldn't have expected that choice, but you made it work - you may have a vocal affinity with Walters' register as well as adding your own values. I need to explore more of your long form / condensed reactions. Highly rated from this one example.

When it comes to Album play, this has to be my favorite of all time (age 69). I can't count the number of times I laid back on the sofa in the dark with my headphones on and just absorbed the brilliant song writing and musical production of The Wall. It is a masterpiece. And Caroline, I appreciate the effort you went to produce this video. Tell me you have the uncut video of your complete album reaction on your Patreon and I will join today.

Such a brilliant album. I simply love your reactions Caroline, and miss them. Absolutely love your cover! '79. 20 years old at university. Bought the album the day it was released. Went back to the dorm, smoked a doobie, and put on the headphones. Yea.

Wonderful reaction and analysis! You grasped way more in your fist listen than I did in mine many moons ago. I suggest you check out the movie sometime, I think you'll enjoy it. In many ways the stage show was a musical theater performance as well. I also highly recommend you do a first listen and reaction to "The Pro's and Con's of Hitchhiking" by Roger Wagers as this album was his alternative idea to The Wall. The band voted and chose The Wall and Waters decided to keep "Pros and Cons" for a solo project after his departure from Pink Floyd. Again, great reaction! I enjoyed greatly!

Great surprise choice. Love your singing voice.

Reaction request: Oktaf Kanis - Starlight, thank you :)

@mandyrhee

9 ай бұрын

Yeay! Starlight is my fav song ❤

@mandyrhee

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the request 🙌🏻 ❤

Thanks so much for sharing this experience with us. I'm pretty sure *The Wall* was the first 'rock' album that I bought with my own money. (My record collection had already been fattened by contributions from my older brothers.) It still ranks up there among my favorite albums.

Nicely done video. Picking The Trial was a surprise - well done.

Good reaction. Good cover. You are a wholly enjoyable person. Keep up the good work.

Oh wow this is a fantastic video! This is definitely a musical and I can see it adapted for the stage easily.

Brilliant breakdown of a classic album. And you're correct. It's definitely theater

Me and my gf used to sing the karoke versins. She sang Guilmores parts and I did the Waters

YESSS IM SO HAPPY YOU DID THIS, THE WALL IS MY FAVORITE PF ALBUM :)

your reaction videos are unlike any others

Currently watching you through a small hole I chipped through my wall. You sing beautifully.

Hi, I've watched all your vids since the Beatles. This is by far my favorite one. :)

I'm so glad you liked this on your Floyd journey. I used to listen to this one all the time - it truly is amazing. BUT. It's so depressing I don't always have the stomach for it these days.

@jyutzler

9 ай бұрын

It's true, it is a real downer, but I go back and forth on whether we as a society would have been better off if it were Who's Nextified, if you know what I mean. It was an incredible achievement, but I am also burned out on it, particularly the abusive scenes. Much like Tommy, they are important to the plot but I get no joy from listening to them.

Hope you're still creating. And this was fun. Nice cover!

My definitive version of this album is the Is There Anybody Out There? concert album that has all songs, including the cut ones, all performed with the bands great live energy. Speaking of cut songs, check out Gerald's Scarfe animations for the movie on youtube, What Shall We Do Now? is an absolute banger both as a song an an animated short.

Excellent analysis. Just wish it was longer. It deserved that.

Another brilliant music study!

My theory is that tearing down the wall is the making and performing of the album, thus sharing all that pain and misery (exposing but also therapeutic). And that's why the album loops ("isn't this where... we came in")

Really love your cover ❤

Incredible insight into a complex Pink Floyd masterpiece

It is an incredible album. I first got it in 1980 when I was 13. An amazing journey. You did a great job at the end and your accent fits in with theirs lending a little more synergy with the music. Nice job.

There is nothing even close to what Pink Floyd did in this album. But my favorite Pink floyd album is still "The final cult." I had the tape, and I used to listen to this album in the way to the school many times. Maybe that is why it became my favorite.

Due to the massive amount of sets and gear that had be moved, Pink Floyd only performed The Wall 31 times live in only 4 cities worldwide. I was blessed to see one of these shows in Los Angeles. The album was a double album with 4 sides. They performed the entire double album. As the first two sides were performed, stagehands built a giant wall - 230 feet wide and 35 feet tall - brick by brick. As the last note of side two played (Goodbye Cruel World), the last brick was put in place and the band was behind the wall and not visible. The next two sides were performed with holes opening in the wall for some performances. animations projected onto the wall, huge dangling puppets (the mother, the judge, etc.) until the entire wall crumbled in a sonic earthquake, revealing the band once again for the finale. It was February of 1980. I left the arena stunned and amazed. Loved your reaction.

As a 5th grader when the album came out, Another Brick in the Wall was epic. It took a few years for me to appreciate the greatness of the full album. In high school, my mom who didn’t liked rock n roll, loved relaxing on the couch as we played Comfortably Numb.

Can you please evaluate the album "Tommy" by the Who as I have not seen anyone react to that. The film is worth a watch too (with Elton John and Tina Turner amongst others). I will not say anything more (spoilers). Also The Moody Blues album "Days Of Future Passed" which goes through a complete day accompamied by an orchestra.

@babylonian.captivity

9 ай бұрын

I suggested she do "Tommy" too (and/or "Who's Next" and "Quadrophenia"). Hear, hear.

Your performance was exciting, . . . Thanks!👏

The fact that you chose the Trial definitely makes me kinda love you 😁🥰😘

Loved the reaction and the cover!

I see you like musical theatre. You MUST search for "The Last Few Bricks." Its a musical overture of the albums themes, cut from the album due to length, but EXTENDED for the stage show to allow them to finish building the wall. Btw, did I mention the stage show? Watch the concert, but you probably want to do that offline. Roger's management can be cranky about copywrite,

I like in the song Stop the delay. How he Said have to know and then in the 2nd verse time. So it makes: time to know. And the fact that next song is the trial. Just wow

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

About that movie, version, I don't recommend you watch it TOO soon. The movie stars Bob Geldof (of the Boomtown Rats, who went on to Band Aid and Live Aid fame) and film is pretty great. Still, the movie's imagery is so, SO striking - so overwhelming, really - that it can take the place of your listening experience. In other words, you risk one director's vision overtaking your own personal experience of the music. The film is that strong, visually. Better to watch the movie after you've thoroughly ingrained the album as your own. By the way, Pink Floyd DOES like their leitmotifs on a lot of their albums, but no doubt this is most fully realized on "The Wall." And thank you for singing one of the songs for us! You always have such a Caroline way of doing reactions! Love it!

This is a brill reaction to a brill album, so impressed! Well done, love X

Anybody interested in this album should watch the movie of it, Directed by Alan Parker and starring Bob Geldof as Pink. It pretty much follows the narrative of the album with some additional and/or extended songs. (Bassist) Roger Waters was involved in the screenplay so you know that the movies intent is pure.

Nice breakdown, it makes a lot more sense when you understand the concept behind it.