Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 1980

Good Quality Video recorded from Top Of The Pops 1980. Pink Floyd were an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their psychedelic and progressive rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful rock music groups of all time. It is estimated that they have sold over 300 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States.

The band originally consisted of university students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Syd Barrett. Founded in 1965, they first became popular playing in London's underground music scene in the late 1960s. Under Barrett's leadership they released two charting singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and a successful début album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd several months prior to Barrett's departure from the group due to deteriorating mental health in 1968. Following the loss of their principal songwriter, Pink Floyd bassist and vocalist Roger Waters became the band's lyricist and conceptual leader, with Gilmour assuming lead guitar and sharing lead vocals. With this lineup Pink Floyd achieved worldwide critical and commercial success with The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall.

Wright left the group in 1979, and Waters in 1985, but Gilmour and Mason (joined by Wright) continued to record and tour. Waters resorted to legal means to try to keep them from performing as Pink Floyd, but the dispute was resolved with an out-of-court settlement which allowed Gilmour and Mason to continue, and which also released Waters from his contractual obligations to the band. Two further albums, A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell followed. Following almost two decades of acrimony, the band reunited in 2005, to perform at the charity concert Live 8.

Pink Floyd have sold in excess of 200 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States of which 35.8 million albums since 1991.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2009 ranks Waters at No. 657 with an estimated wealth of £85m, Gilmour at No. 742 with £78m, and Mason at No. 1077 with £50m.

Numerous artists have been influenced by Pink Floyd's work. David Bowie has called Syd Barrett a major inspiration. A teenage The Edge (of U2 fame) bought his first delay pedal after hearing the opening to Animals, and the Pet Shop Boys paid homage to The Wall during a performance in Boston. Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery has cited Wish You Were Here as a major inspiration.

Pink Floyd have been nominated for and won multiple awards. Technical awards include a "Best Engineered Non-Classical Album" Grammy in 1980 for The Wall and BAFTAs for 'Best Original Song' (awarded to Waters) and 'Best Sound' (awarded to James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham Hartstone & Nicholas Le Messurier) in 1982 for the film. A Grammy came to them in 1995 for "Rock Instrumental Performance" on "Marooned". In 2008 Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize for their contribution to contemporary music; Waters and Mason accepted the prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 17 January 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame on 16 November 2005

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[AmaranTruben]

how come this piece of classic art has less than 115.000 views... but a little boy called bieber who tries to sing get millions of them?????? somehow it dosen't seem fair (or logical)

[Jontefenomeno]

2 people do need education.

[samboyaus]

@AmaranTruben You know why? Because people like you have to mention his name in a comment on every video on youtube. If you don't like him, then why even talk about him? Who the fuck cares how many hits he has.

[whitbyjet65]

@AmaranTruben Because most grown-ups have bought this video & can watch their own copy whereas most Justin Beiber fans are under 5 years of age and don't own anything.

[sim44gun]

possibly one of the most trippy videos ever made

[guz11aug]

@AmaranTruben I think it´s very easy to explain. Most of the generation "Justin Bieber" don´t know Pink Floyds fantastic sound, they prefer Bieber, Lady Gaga... simly the same differnce been my parents music and mine., i think.

[NiklasNaheim]

@Albinbobbo It's really easy to add local files to Spotify. And it's really easy to make a youtube video a local file...

[MrGatito24]

i love pink floyd!!! I`ve listen them for 36 years old and is always like the first time, makes me feel so good, its just like heaven.

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[michaelb3197]

@Albinbobbo Haha lol I was thinking the same thing lol