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The Wall, Revisited...

kcmets Jan 10 2019 01:30 PM

Hard to believe it will be forty years later this year... The Trial: [YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Zuxsqp78M[/YOUTUBE]

kcmets Jan 10 2019 01:37 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS_FCbQ-okM[/YOUTUBE]

A Boy Named Seo Jan 10 2019 02:24 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/ScottMcGrew/status/1083378976465121280[/TWEET] Sorry, KC, I couldn't help myself. But in related news... https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/roger-waters-considers-performing-pink-floyds-the-wall-on-us-mexico-border/ Speaking to AFP, Waters explained that The Wall is “very relevant now with Mr. Trump and all of this talk of building walls and creating as much enmity as possible between races and religions. He noted the the album is “about how detrimental building walls can be on a personal level, but also on broader levels.” Thus, Waters is prepared to stage a performance of the album near where Trump's wall is to be built.

kcmets Jan 10 2019 02:38 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Well, yeah, the thread title and theme wasn't purely accidental. Waters has always been a US political activist on tour. I remember seeing him at Jone's Beach years ago and the infamous floating pig had IMPEACH BUSH painted on.

smg58 Jan 10 2019 02:46 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited... Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 10 2019 07:09 PM

Would you like to make America great again, my friend? All you have do is follow the worms.

41Forever Jan 10 2019 02:54 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I saw the Roger Waters solo version of the show in 2012. Probably the most ambitious concert I've ever seen. [url]http://hammsterconcert.blogspot.com/2012/06/roger-waters-wall-june-6-2012-van-andel.html

Fman99 Jan 11 2019 04:38 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I saw the Roger Waters solo version of the show in 2012. Probably the most ambitious concert I've ever seen. [url]http://hammsterconcert.blogspot.com/2012/06/roger-waters-wall-june-6-2012-van-andel.html There was a film made of this tour and I watched it not too long ago on TV. It looked really well done.

Lefty Specialist Jan 11 2019 08:06 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Sorry, hated it then, still hate it now, even without Trump.

kcmets Jan 11 2019 10:33 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I was a senior in high school in '79 and The Wall was pretty huge. I much more prefer listening to the album occasionally than watching the movie. The animated segments are pretty cool and have withstood their 40 years pretty well imo.

kcmets Jan 11 2019 10:38 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

The latter segment of the second video isn't on the original album for some reason.

41Forever Jan 11 2019 11:16 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Was in high school, too, when it came out and loved it. Maybe high school angst. I do think that some parts haven't aged well. Roger had some issues with women he has hopefully resolved. Sides two and four bog down. But the high points sure do soar. "Comfortably Numb" is incredible, and check out Bruce Hornsby's version sometime. "Run Like Hell," "Hey You" and "Young Lust" are great. Side one is great. Didn't like the movie with Bob Geldolf. Unpopular opinion: While I connected with "the Wall," I don't like "Dark Side of the Moon."

Vic Sage Jan 11 2019 11:37 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I was a college freshman when it came out. I dropped acid and listened to this album over and over, for like 20 hours, while lying on my dorm room floor, staring at the ceiling, and laughing uncontrollably. I saw the movie when it opened at the Ziegfeld in NYC, also in an altered state of some sort. Loved it then, too. I couldn't afford to see the original live tour back then, which was extremely disappointing. So a few years ago, when Waters did it at Yankee stadium, me and the missus went and were thoroughly impressed by the spectacle of it all. But I tried to watch the movie again recently and the sober version of me was totally bored and annoyed by its pretentions. And the album is not in regular rotation on any of my playlists anymore, which include more songs from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and WISH YOU WERE HERE. But I still get a nostalgic thrill whenever I hear a familiar lick or lyric from it when it pops up somewhere.

kcmets Jan 11 2019 11:44 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I'd forgotten I saw it at Ziegfeld too with my girlfriend. Pretty sure I didn't dose lol...

Frayed Knot Jan 11 2019 01:06 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Vic Sage wrote: ... But I tried to watch the movie again recently and the sober version of me was totally bored and annoyed by its pretentions. Which triggers memory of the joke about what the one Grateful Dead fan says to the other after the dope runs out: 'Hey man, this music sucks!' I think I remember liking WISH YOU WERE HERE more than either DARK SIDE or WALL ... but I'm hardly the biggest authority on PF. I always thought Pink Freud would be a good name for a gay psychiatrist.

kcmets Jan 11 2019 01:15 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Not to sway from The Wall, but gimme Animals and day over DSotM and WYWH.

kcmets Jan 11 2019 01:19 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Frayed Knot wrote: Which triggers memory of the joke about what the one Grateful Dead fan says to the other after the dope runs out: 'Hey man, this music sucks!' Who's this guitarist? He totally blows. Jerry Garcia. We saw him live, he was great! Yeah, and you were tripping your balls off...

Fman99 Jan 11 2019 01:57 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

=kcmets post_id=1027 time=1547237714 user_id=53] Not to sway from The Wall, but gimme Animals and day over DSotM and WYWH.

I can listen to all four of them over and over again. What a sequence of records, right there. Everything else of theirs (before, after, solo albums, etc.) really pales in comparison.

Frayed Knot Jan 11 2019 02:43 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Looking at THE WALL credits (via Wikipedia so you know it's true) a 'never would have guessed that one' factoid pops up: Backing vocals by (among others) Bruce Johnston and Toni Tenille Also wouldn't have thought we'd have multiple Toni Tenille references here in the CPF in the span of just a week or so.

41Forever Jan 11 2019 02:59 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Frayed Knot wrote: Looking at THE WALL credits (via Wikipedia so you know it's true) a 'never would have guessed that one' factoid pops up: Backing vocals by (among others) Bruce Johnston and Toni Tenille Also wouldn't have thought we'd have multiple Toni Tenille references here in the CPF in the span of just a week or so. She sang on a lot of Elton John stuff, too! Including "Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me."

Frayed Knot Jan 11 2019 06:00 PM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Well yeah, I can more quickly associate her with Elton than with Floyd. If nothing else, she and EJ can compare clothing and jewelry tips during breaks.

smg58 Jan 12 2019 06:10 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

Not to sway from The Wall, but gimme Animals and day over DSotM and WYWH. I can listen to all four of them over and over again. What a sequence of records, right there. Everything else of theirs (before, after, solo albums, etc.) really pales in comparison. I always thought The Final Cut was underrated, even it is more of a Waters solo album than a Pink Floyd album. Some of the earlier music has grown on me over the years; the song "If" on Atom Heart Mother I think is very good. But they generally sounded like a band that had a lot of promise if they could just stay off the hallucinogens long enough to write something coherent.

kcmets Jan 12 2019 11:08 AM Re: The Wall, Revisited...

I like Not Now John, but find the rest of The Final Cut tough to get through.