Pink Floyd - Behind the Wall (3/7)

[liquifex]

Dark Side of the Moon - 1973 - The year I was born.....RAWR!~

[ptownshendlove19]

i really dislike roger, too ignorant

[4OozT0freedom]

@ptownshendlove19

Ignorant? No. Arrogant? Absolutely. But who wouldn't be if you were apart of Pink Floyd?

[slatejob11]

@ptownshendlove19 roger is a musical genius, and he knows it.

[aniolku25]

@chriskoob, right on!! Obscured by Clouds is ideal after a hefty scalp of red wine. Animals is a classic piece too. I liked Barrett but he was there for TPATGOD only. Late 60's PF in brilliant!

[MoveOverCasanova]

they cannot help laughing when they sing "oooooooh i need a dirty girl" ))

[Subhuman80]

5:30 David looks like Angus Young.

[IsisTiamat]

The Wall is a psychoanalytical field trip into the subconscious of young male adults; the depth of fear and loathing of women here is a Feudian's wet dream!

[TheLoneShooter]

it was a genius concept.

[harveydents]

People always get pissed at Roger for the way he traetd Rick in the end of the 70s but people forget RICK was also doing ALOT of COke at that time and wasnt pleasnt to be around either.....Im sorry give me floyd with roger or roger solo anyday over momentary and divison bell.. i mean those are great albums but they arent the same

[Xiolablu3]

@harveydents where did you hear that rick was doing coke>?

[harveydents]

@Xiolablu3 Douglas Adams Book and Nicholas Schaffners book, and Rogers line in No ones home silver spoon on a chain, grand piano to prop up my mortal remains

[egyptianminor]

@Xiolablu3 rumors and hearsay, although some unnamed sources have said there's some truth in them.

[MrNeoclassical]

2:50 Rogers and gilmores vocals combinations... love it... the cold and the warm feels...

[manicm24]

tjrtherocksponge - yeah right I forgot - Rick did so between 8pm and 1pm - while getting stoned.

If you think otherwise you're talking complete bullshit - Vernon Fitch is indeed talking bullshit - David Gilmour by his own admission stated Rick 'wasn't pulling his weight'.

We'd all like to get nostalgic about Rick but the truth remains he contributed very little to the Wall recording whatsoever.

[AustinxRodriguez]

SUCH an epic show

[cheminwey]

I don`t care what anybody says. I mean I love Pink Floyd as a band, in fact they are my favorite band in the whole world, and I love Gilmour too,... but without the genius of Roger Waters, the band would not have gotten to where they are now. THE WALL is a very complete work of art of our time. I can put Waters right up there with Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Verdi and all them geniuses. Who can waste the opportunity to see this act LIVE on the upcoming 2010-2011 world tour??

[GuitarMasterizer]

love this album and band, especially Gilmour (me being a guitarist and all) :)))) Can't wait to see Waters perform it in November at the Staples Center in LA. :D Just waiting for David to come out here now....

[gardenofarcane]

Roger held tapes hostage and forced RIck to quit the band, he worked on wage on this tour. Roger is a fucking hypocrite. He will never admit it, fucking egomaniac.

[kermicheo]

@gardenofarcane it's only natural. anybody with as many brilliant songwriting ideas as him would probably act the exact same way. glad he was because regardless of the personal relations, they all managed to make 5 brilliant albums.

[gardenofarcane]

@kermicheo Not necessary, people far more brilliant and intelligent who have achieved far more important things act more humanely and are far more down to earth than this hypocrite, he preach us all about how we should love each other and he just wouldn't let go anything, always ready to insult his so called friends, He suffers guilt related issues, making these social commentary record makes him feel better so he can go back to his wealth, he earned by rock music.

[kermicheo]

@gardenofarcane just chill dude. you have to admit that they all made some of the best albums ever regardless of the hypocrite. if I were you i'd focus more on the actual albums then on the band members themselves. 

[manicm24]

Sorry dearies, but Rick hardly played anything of note on the album, not any of the main synth parts anyway. Sad but true, no matter how big you think Waters' ego was at the time.

[robdavewal]

The "Live at Pompeii" is a very good video as well

[donstuie]

A bit of a shame they don't talk more about the making of the album. That, in itself, is an interesting story

[KennethKaniffFromCT]

why hasn't a concert video of The Wall ever been released?? They obviously have the footage

[TheOriginalBedazzler]

Man. Roger Waters has such a stick up his ass... What a shame...

[paulandnic14]

great seeing dave and roger singing face to face like that.

[kermicheo]

the album wasn't all Waters. Some of the most memorable, best songs were written by Gimour. Such as: comfortably numb and run like hell. Particularly comf. numb. Without that song, this album wouldn't have been as great as it was.

[PeterMayer]

talk about excess.....

[BstrangerUK]

floydgenesisnut, I heard that Rick played about a third of the keyboard/organ parts, James Gurthrie and David Gilmour played the rest

[squid262]

Man I wish this was in mono.. I feel like I'm going insane... Thanks for the upload though.

[tbktb]

but rick played on empty spaces/what shall we do now (keyboard/piano) and in the flesh? (synthesizers)

[tbktb]

you are correct floydgenesisnut

[miamad]

I was there! LA Sports Arena. Feb., 1980. High as a kite on acid! Be jealous you bastards! ;)

[stirkkii]

@miamad you were 10years old

[plofus]

Thats pretty funny

[ritter89]

Waters and Barret are two examples of people who aged in entirely different ways. Roger was borderline homely during their first few records but has grown into a very handsome and robust adult; whereas Syd was a physically striking presence as a youth and aged into a person resembling Uncle Fester. I guess mental illness wears a person down over the yrs both physically and mentally.

[jmm1233]

looks like a stage engineers nightmare , there were great to work out how to do it so successfully

[crk1121]

lol 2:41 bad breath Roger?

[markmaille]

is there a video of the wall in concert not just clips

[DarkSoul929Productio]

ya someone uploaded the entire thing, its calle"is there anybody out there?"

[jend99]

yes but poor quality

[argoninja2112]

actually,

i keep thinking that had Roger been using CD technology back in 1979,

The Wall might have been longer.

i've always wanted to ask him what would have been different,

if anything,

had the constrictions of vinyl not been in the way.

[semtex2you]

well, parts of the Final Cut are pieces originally concieved as part of The Wall. the thought of doin a 3 record set was bantied about. i think a 3 record set may have been too much to absorb at one time. plus, it was time for the band to part.

[argoninja2112]

then again,

it didn't stop the Clash from releasing Sandinista! as a 3-disc set!

not that it's terribly memorable either....

oh well!

in the meantime,

i just hang on to the thought that if they gave Piper a 30th and a 40th anniversary treatment,

then The Wall is surely due for the big splash on the 30th birthday.

if there is a big rerelease,

i can only guess that some really great stuff will see the light of day.

Roger has said that the Earl's Court footage WILL be released. fantastic!

[jend99]

when did roger said he would release the footage? can you give a source?

[argoninja2112]

well,

i should certainly hope so!

(-;

[timshill]

a proper retail release of the earls court concert is 29 years overdue, here is hoping they do release it

i just finished downloading a torrent of the bootleg last night

[mahender6969]

why can't they release this as live version of the wall.

[argoninja2112]

this November 30th is the thirtieth anniversary of The Wall's release.

my humble prediction is a reissue of the record,

all the "spare bricks",

like What Shall We Do Now? and the music box version of Mother,

maybe an extended version of Run Like Hell,

and When The Tigers Broke Free,

an audio commentary by Roger,

and the Earl's Court concert with the three part documentary which you can find on Youtube.

maybe.

now would be the time for the greatest selling double LP ever.

[DarkGamerO07]

They just need to re-release all their Albums on Vinyl in general, they are too hard to find. :(

[floydgenesisnut]

Also you forgot the full version of "Young Lust" which had the intro of the drum beat and guitar riff before the vocal comes in. The extended Run Like Hell should be on it. When the Tigers Broke Free is on The Final Cut reissue. The Earls Court shows are finally going to see DVD release according to a new Roger interview. Plus is toying with touring The Wall with or without David Gilmour.

[argoninja2112]

i didn't know that there was a different version of Young Lust or a long version of Run Like Hell!

great to know.

i only hoped that a long version of Run Like Hell existed.

thanks for that.

i'll start looking for it....

as for the bit about Roger touring the Wall,

apparently his manager has suggested that it could be on for 2010-2011.

i wonder who will be in the Surrogate Band....

thanks for your post!

[SecretTimeWarp]

@argoninja2112 Were you aware when you wrote this that The Wall was going on tour again?

[argoninja2112]

@SecretTimeWarp no, i wasn't! i made that remark 11 months ago, so i definitely didn't know. it was just a bit of wishful thinking that turned out to be right on. going to see RW on the 26th in Omaha. can't wait. should be a knockout. meanwhile, fingers crossed about a 5.1 remastered edition of The Wall...

[JayJayNZ]

they did on CD, but I think it was a limited edition. My sister has a copy. Not sure about DVD though.

[chriskoob]

i may be the only one thinking this, but id love to see a documentary on the making of either obscured by clouds or even animals, which i feel are two of fylod's most underrated albums

[rebelbhoy1888]

@chriskoob

Could not agree more man.. Obscured by clouds and Animals are my 2 fav Floyd albums.

[Dannymusic1999]

@chriskoob Your right! I love The Wall and D.S.O.T.M but let's face it... those pre- Moon albums are just as great if not better and Animals is just fuckin great!

[harveydents]

@chriskoob i agree...the problem is Obsured only took a week to make and there IS SOME footage of them making it..in france i believe....and ANimals is my fav album pure genius...i agree i would love to see a documentary on animals

[jwild611]

@chriskoob I agree Animals is their best album in my opinion Gilmour's vocal and guitar in "Dogs" is one of the powerful moments in the history of music

[PinkTheFloydable]

@chriskoob I would fucking LOVE to see a "making of" of the In The Flesh (Animals) Tour. That's my favorite album and there's almost no footage of that tour, and what there is is really crappy and has no audio. I mean, the had a fucking waterfall of fire! Or I guess, a firefall, but regardless there's no damn footage of it!

[PinkTheFloydable]

@chriskoob I would fucking LOVE to see a "making of" of the In The Flesh (Animals) Tour. That's my favorite album and there's almost no footage of that tour, and what there is is really crappy and has no audio. I mean, they had a fucking waterfall of fire! Or I guess, a firefall, but regardless there's no damn footage of it!

[levimoreno]

@chriskoob I agree 100%. They're both amazing albums.

[TheEhce]

@chriskoob I agree

[revenge102992]

@chriskoob Animals is my favorite record. Dark Side and Wish You Were Here are tied for second.. I cant even find as much as a live video from the In the Flesh Tour. All I have been able to find of the Animals era was Animals itself and audio of the live stuff.

[aitraining]

I get the Roger bullying and his vision during the wall but it would be nice after all these years if they gave Waters more props for writing one helluva an album that made them all mega superstars and very rich as well. Gilmour and the others seem to have no problem playing the wall songs live or releasing greatest hits CD's either.... Wasn't all bad huh guys?

[aznativethug]

the wall was pink floyd's last album. at east it should have been their last album. the albums that came after should have just been solo albums.

[feverspell]

I have no problems giving Roger props for his songwriting ability, he is an amazing writer. He wrote some utterly amazing and beautiful songs.

That said, his attitude and the fact that his almost blind determination to turn the band into something out of his own image is what I CAN'T give him credit for, no matter how successful the material may have been. The Wall is too much Roger, not enough Pink Floyd for my tastes. There's three songs I like, but they are the ones David had a hand in.

[aitraining]

And that is fine. But when you say there are "three songs you like" from Wall - you understand there would have been no Wall without Roger. The album would not exist. It is my opinion that the band was incredibly hollow when Roger left. "Learning To Fly fluff arena rock" with nice light shows if you ask me. To each his own though.

[feverspell]

I am well aware that if he didn't write it, it wouldn't exist. I am saying that of all the material that ended up on The Wall, there's only three songs that have continued to stick with me. They just so happen to be the three songs that David had a hand in creating.

As for the later Floyd after Roger left, while I don't care for AMLOR that much, I love The Division Bell. They weren't necessarily trying to re-create the "classic" Floyd sound....just do something new and different.

[chriskoob]

im still wondering to this day what songs rick actually played on, from what i've read its actually very lil of him on the album

[floydgenesisnut]

Chriskoob, co-producer/engineer James Guthrie states that Wright played on majority of The Wall (except Nobody Home, The Trial, Mother, Empty Spaces, Bring the Boys Back Home, the organ on In the Flesh (both parts) and one or two others but Rick appears on most of the album)

[chriskoob]

to be fair just like dave still sings songs roger wrote, whenever roger does a solo show he needs at least 3 guitar players to recreate dave's work so its fair to say that both sides brought something the other lacked, dave with melody, roger with lyrics

[Futiw]

actually Animals is my favourite Floyd album atm. 6 month ago it was dsotm though, and 1 year ago it was The Wall. So obviously Wish you were here or Piper will be my next favourite :P

[SlayerAOD]

all floyd albums are great

[sparksrule]

The Final cut's not very good though, is it?

[Futiw]

actually, i think there are more memorable moments on The Final Cut comparing with A Momentary Lapse of Reason/The Division Bell

[Cheeko1111]

I think Division Bell is the most underrated Floyd album. Many people wrote it off because there was no Roger, but it's actually a great album and much more "floydish" than the final cut was. Just my opinion.

[thepinkfloydsound73]

i like it bu you can definetley tell the influence waters had and how different it is

[BrokenChair88]

Pink Floyd wrote "Dogs".

[BrokenChair88]

"The Dark Side of the Moon" is a concept album.

[BrokenChair88]

No, "The Wall" is their most popular. It has been scientifically proven that "Wish You Were Here" is their best album.

[gavinphelan79]

scientifically proven???..........how do u scientifically prove musical taste? thats possibly the most ridiculous comment i've ever heard. thanks for the laugh mate.

[RollinRolex]

Agreed. Though I think he was trying to be clever and actually say that it was the most sold record (The Wall) and "Wish You Were Here" most favoured

[sausageslaps]

they took all the pink floyd albums to a labratory, incincerated them and analyzed the radio carbon emmisions from each album, wish you were here had the most carbons per album. it was the "hottest" album they burned.

[RollinRolex]

Hehe, I just got that. Thumbs up :)

[SRone45]

But, I like ALL of the Floyd albums...

[SRone45]

I stick with the Dark Side of the Moon because it was when they worked together. The Wall was more of a Roger solo album. But it is a matter of preference.

[floydman1]

Floyd's best album is still Wish You Were Here

[NYGSD]

david gilmore sounds like heath ledger. wow im an idiot i think he does rofl

[guitarhero691]

i actually think the wall is better than dark side.. i mean the concept of the wall is absolutely amazing and there has never been another album that has that good of a concept

[Resevil]

The Wall is brilliant, but in my opinion, nowhere near Dark Side. Dark Side took a concept that is so topical and far reaching, so many people can relate to it.

[argoninja2112]

although don't take exception to your taste in Dark Side over The Wall,

i think The Wall is quite universal and something that anyone who has been "burned" by others can relate to.

remember the moment in the limo in the film version of The Wall?

he tears all that gunk off of himself to reveal that he has morphed into an SS officer.

it's a hallucination,

but considering that previously we had seen his dad get bombed to death by a German Stuka dive bomber,

the message is clear, which is....

[argoninja2112]

...it's very easy to become what you hate. he illuminates cycles of oppression in so many aspects of normal life, as well as the abnormal life of a rock star. i think both works succeed in putting the spotlight on issues of humanity, though The Wall gets more specific and hones in on one person's life, though it is more of a composite of many lives, rather than an autobiography of Roger or Syd. both deal with life, anti-life, trying to hold onto ones humanity, and finding answers.

[ganjisgood]

I love the Wall and when asked which i like better, Dark Side or The Wall, I always say "hmm thats a tough one." But the concepts behind dark side are pretty damn good. The whole human experience thing and the way the album explores greed, insanity, money, death and war among other things is pretty incredible. And musically, you can listen to that album start to finish and it flows and connects the way no other album does or ever will.

[PieKlan]

Fucken spot on man

Nothing could EVER compare to DSOTM.

Especially the shit today.

[gavinphelan79]

good call bro, im really happy to know that theres still people who actually appreciate what bands like the floyd were trying to say.

[goldenheart96]

Hehe, 2.38 - 2.52... Smutty thoughts! Come on, kiss... :-D

[gullivera]

Haha! Yeah, do you reckon thats what all the fighting has been about all these years? Sexual tension!

[Crapgame123]

They nearly hated each other at this point, so I don't think that they would kiss even if they got paid for it!

[serpenti89]

4:43

[qwerty09121209]

Its sad to say this but, RIP Richard William Wright

[sausageslaps]

in a nutshell, each member of floyd, even the junkie syd made the band what it is today, after syd got left behind, the four continued on and made it big, after that each one of them thought the band revolved around them, thats what split them apart. floyd was and always will be wright, gilmore, waters and mason

[LTJP129]

First: It's Gilmour, not Gilmore. Second: Syd was and is and always will be part of Pink Floyd. He may have only had a limited song contribution in the bands career, but he was still there. He's there in Dark Side, he's there in Shine On and he's there on the Wall. Syd's loss cast a great shadow of inspiration on the band for year's after his departure.

[sausageslaps]

omg who fuking cares? i spelt gilMOURs name wrong. i said that already about syd, find some new material chump.

[Futiw]

If creating The Wall made Pink Floyd break up, it was still worth it. It is one of the absolute best albums ever created (also the stage show).

[lexik10202]

the wall wasnt the album that made pink floyd break up it was more along the lines of the final cut album, that waters wrote was to depressing for gilmore and the rest of the band. so they broke up

[gbtimmon]

so when wright says that the wall was the album when the band broke up in this video.......youre saying you know better then him?

[IncredibleGoliath]

Wright got sacked by Roger before the Wall for developing a cocaine habit. His perspective is going to be influenced by that. I think Roger is probably right that the break-up of the band was pretty much inevitable once Dark Side made them financially set for life, and it's a tribute to all four of them that they kept making great music for as long afterwards as they did. They could have reached the Momentary Lapse Of Reason stage, where they coast along on their earlier success, much earlier.

[nesplayer94]

I wish I had headphones like Roger's. People would think I'm weird but common they look awesome.

[coopa97434]

Grandiose just became my favorite word to say with a british accent.

[Domytar]

ha ha ha waters fuckinell whats gonna happen next

[youlittlepieceofshit]

"Pink Floyd is a one man band"... What a dumb fuck... As much as I adore Waters he could have never done such a masterpiece by himself

[mainsqueeze1977]

But it is true that yielding to Waters' project killed the band, at least until Waters left.

[Futiw]

You're right. I believe Gilmours vocals and guitar plays a significant part in The Wall. I believe Masons and Wrights contributions were quite minimal though, especially Wrights.

But Roger wrote like 90% of the music and were much more involved in creating the album, the stage show and the movie. His the mastermind behind this album and I consider The Wall to be 75% a Waters solo album and 25% a Pink Floyd album.

[dreamdeceiver]

Despite the inner turbulence on there, PINK FLOYD produced a FANTASTIC album.David, Roger, Rick and Mason are really genius.Of course I don´t forget SYD BARRET.

[jakesteven1980]

i love those proshots of the wall live shows. they better release the footage because i'm going looney for these footages.

[Crapgame123]

Love the look on Rogers' face right before the line "Ooooh I need a dirty girl"!!!

[Woohoo5241]

You mean David's?

[Crapgame123]

No I mean Roger's as he is on his way to the microphone, he makes a strange look on his face ;)

[GeddyYeti2112]

At 1:11 Roger came.

[Woohoo5241]

1:16 you mean? When Gerald Scarfe said "When Roger came..."

[AAR182]

Ha, David sort of resembles an owl.

[Crapgame123]

The ingenious part about that is that owls symbolize wisdom...

[theblastocyst]

kinda like the tootsie roll pop owl

[Woohoo5241]

At 5:30 he does, with his face deep in thought. I don't really see it (too much) anywhere else...well in some instances I guess. A cute, wise owl. So wise!

[GPRIOR06]

is it just me or does david look a bit like rick mayall with his hair like that

[Vincere]

I wish I was old enough to go to that show, but I did meet David Gilmour, and he was friendly. I was so freaked, it ruled!

[okrabay]

How did you meet him?

[Vincere]

I happened to work at a theater house where HBO taped a birthday special for les paul. I was security there, and lo and behold David walks in and watches the show on the side before performing. After the show I went backstage since I was security and met everyone and took pictures. It was the best day I ever worked there. I have a photo of me between Gilmour and VanHalen. They were both great guys.

[floydfan12345]

you lucky son of a bitch

[GeddyYeti2112]

I would give anything to meet David, Rick, Nick or Roger.

[thepinkfloyd1967]

wow dave and roger have always captivated me. roger with his lyrics and smarts and dave with the soulful guitar always aiming to sooth your restless soul. pink floyd forever!!!

[ionia23]

it's a shame there was so much bad blood going on during this phase of their career.  This would have been so amazing to see in person.

[martinrandle]

it was! 1980 at Earls Court London! I was 17

amazing concert - nothing since has ever lived up to it!

[scotty686]

never enjoyed the wall.  fucking love pink floyd though.

[felipe10]

Where can I get headphones like the ones Roger Waters sports in this vid?

[kuntyfuk]

i smoked weed and listened to the wall on headphones for about 6 months straight....and it sent me crazier than the dude in the fuckin story..ive also heard a rumour that its the number 1 album left playing when they find suicides in their homes

[hollowsephiroth]

your talking about the song goodbye cruel world aren't you.

[sirmarkthomas]

I love how they labeled "Another Brick" as "The Happiest days."

[MinigunFiend]

No, they labelled it correctly.

'Another Brick' Pt.2 doesn't start until the lyrics 'We don't need no education'.

[superzapper2000]

Earls Court is in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.

[GabiCelaya1992]

Earls court is definitly in London

[andreasces]

earls court is in london im pretty sure about

[ZacisKing]

anyone know where this earls court is?

[leony2007x]

Thanks to the net we finally get to see this stuff!

[arvivpl]

a MUST SEE 4 any floyd's fan

thnx

[shandala965]

awesomeeeeeee!

[kcrypt]

But this was when Rog screwed Rick, people...lest we forget!

[Kapila]

Poor Rick, man. He got fucked over. You can tell he doesn't enjoy talking about this stage in the band.

[hollowsephiroth]

just like syd barret. he never wanted to speak or gi back to the days of pink floyd up to the point that he died last year. poor syd....

[neilanddeb]

ahh.. yes The Wall, a great achievemnt at a very sad time in the band's history. I was soo happy in 2005 to see the boys on stage together again!

More than ever, the world needs Pink Floyd, come guys you still have a lot of lessons to teach and stories to tell!

[cuauh05]

young lost sounds awesome!!!

....maybe one day we will see Gilmour and Waters singing tongether again....

[Zebonka]

I really... really wish they'd knock one more album out. They've still got great music in 'em.

[tusmith]

Anyone know where and when was this documentary broadcasted and if it will be on again? Been waiting for this for 27 years! Always knew footage was filmed but PF never released it.

[jakesteven1980]

damn, i wish someone must steal their footage.

[fg67hhkd9]

Incredible contemporary footage. Great stuff.

[geetaryounggun]

thank you so much!