scrubbrush
(All lost in the supermarket) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 12:01 | |
This album is to my kids as Sgt. Pepper was to me. They have been raised on it. My nine year old can tell Waters from Gilmour in songs he's hearing for the first time. To me, this album is profound in a way that almost no other albums can be
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snitramc
(earth) | | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 10:41 | |
I must be broken. Never did like this album. It sounded like the same song played over and over on 4 sides of vinyl. Bring it.
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 10:36 | |
Proclivities wrote:I don't know if it's really "lost on most people" - most people probably learned about the use (and misuse) of double negatives in elementary school. It's use in this tune is a good application of verbal irony, sort of like Carly Simon's lyrics to "You're So Vain".
It was certainly lost on much of the chatterati and Press commentators at the time. I remember when it came out, and stayed at No. 1 for many weeks, and all the pundits were banging on about the double negative and completely missing the whole feckin' point of the song. Hardly surprising. As it happens, the double negative is very common in European languages, such as French ("je ne sais pas") and Italian ("non so nulla") to my knowledge. |
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 10:34 | |
COOL! It has come to pass -- this, played just after ST's School!
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Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:54
Now this brings back chills... and if we could just cue up Days of Our Lives from The Wall...    YOU! YES, YOU! STAND STILL, LADDIE! STAND STILL! Ya can't have any pudding if ya don't eat yer meat! How can ya have any pudding if ya don't eat yer meat? --You're comin' along!  |
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linzie
| | Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 20:31 | |
Relayer wrote:I absolutely love the fact that Roger purposely penned a double negative in the chorus. It is probably lost on most people, but the double negative is a very clever way of contradicting the phrase that "we don't need no education"; showing that you actually do need education.
Saw The Wall 2 weeks ago in Orlando. Second time seeing the show in 2 years. Words cannot describe how incredible it was.
....saw both in 2 years in Ft. Laud!!! ....amazing! Tried to get a fellow Floyd fan to go BOTH times, but he couldnt do it if Gilmour wasn't there?!! TOTALLY his loss....It's like saying you wouldn't see Paul McCartney....."If you can't be with the one you love,......" |
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 06:55 | |
sajitjacob wrote:Some time in the mid nineties my flat mate at the time asked me if I fancied a road trip to France (from Norfolk) so he could visit his parents and we could have boozy sort of a road trip. As one does when young. I was between jobs and it sounded like fun so off we went.
After an adventurously drunk time in Paris we drove to Mulhouse to visit his parents. We listened to the entire album followed by the "Final Cut". The car was completely silent during the whole thing and the following day we visited a WWII cemetery. My head was still full of Waters' scalpel lyrics, the result was one the few genuinely heart rending moments of my life; all those graves and all that horror. Thinking about it still brings a lump to my throat.
On the same trip, I also had a religious experience while gazing at a stained glass window in Norte Dame, however I suspect that has more to do with the spectacular hangover, hairy dog and many double espressos than any kind of true spiritual awakening.
Fear and Loathing in Alsace Lorraine. Thanks for the sharing the visual. Interesting read. Nice post. |
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sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 20:01 | |
Some time in the mid nineties my flat mate at the time asked me if I fancied a road trip to France (from Norfolk) so he could visit his parents and we could have boozy sort of a road trip. As one does when young. I was between jobs and it sounded like fun so off we went.
After an adventurously drunk time in Paris we drove to Mulhouse to visit his parents. We listened to the entire album followed by the "Final Cut". The car was completely silent during the whole thing and the following day we visited a WWII cemetery. My head was still full of Waters' scalpel lyrics, the result was one the few genuinely heart rending moments of my life; all those graves and all that horror. Thinking about it still brings a lump to my throat.
On the same trip, I also had a religious experience while gazing at a stained glass window in Norte Dame, however I suspect that has more to do with the spectacular hangover, hairy dog and many double espressos than any kind of true spiritual awakening.
Fear and Loathing in Alsace Lorraine.
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 19:34 | |
Everybody in my church loves this profound song... and this seminal album...
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kdarwish
(Turku, Finland) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 00:33 | |
Dreamy quality art and content (message), thank you.
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:25 | |
Relayer wrote:I absolutely love the fact that Roger purposely penned a double negative in the chorus. It is probably lost on most people, but the double negative is a very clever way of contradicting the phrase that "we don't need no education"; showing that you actually do need education.
Saw The Wall 2 weeks ago in Orlando. Second time seeing the show in 2 years. Words cannot describe how incredible it was. I don't know if it's really "lost on most people" - most people probably learned about the use (and misuse) of double negatives in elementary school. It's use in this tune is a good application of verbal irony, sort of like Carly Simon's lyrics to "You're So Vain". |
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:13 | |
Always have been in love with the simplistic, genius bass part!
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ipo
(Germany) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 18:41 | |
The Walll !!! OK, we in Germany came over it. Peace on Earth!!!!
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Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 18:38 | |
The tragic thing is that this really is a very good album, but the classic rock stations grind it into the ground. I you avoid it like the plague for a few years and then let yourself listen again, it is much better. I had to do that with Led Zepplin for a bout 14 years. Stupid radio.
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ziakut
(Right Here) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 10:27 | |
Though I'm sick of this tune and much of this album...it's still stellar and have a soft spot for the way they pushed thru the crap of 1979 with this song!
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egsstaff
| | Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 14:14 | |
The London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra does a wonderful version, just a hint!
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 13:46 | |
bingo by jingo... love this song... love this album...
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 23:00 | |
romeotuma wrote: We love this song... |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 19:04 | |
t00lur wrote:  |
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 10:33 | |
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JIan
(Phoenix, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 10:31 | |
midigitguy wrote:A simply superb guitar solo...   |
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Rob22
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spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 13:42 | |
stevendejong wrote:...Also, of the 26 separate numbers on the album, only 4 would qualify as playable on commercial radio (Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2; Mother; Hey You; and Comfortably Numb).... Run Like Hell was a commercial radio staple, and Young Lust made a good run as well. |
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planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 03:08 | |
midigitguy wrote:A simply superb guitar solo...  |
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t00lur
(happy petergabriel free land) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 00:40 | |
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vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 00:36 | |
One of their biggest hits...
Remains good, even after heard it more than a thousand times!
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Aud
(lost in lakecity) | | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 03:03 | |
This song was out when I was studying for my 2nd class FCC license. We would all scream this song at appropriate intervals during study time at school.
What good did a 1st class do me? Ray-gun deregulated the Media a very few years after. Now we have Clear Channel and FOX. What an improvement....
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 03:02 | |
jberko wrote:This was Pink Floyd's big break into commercial rock. Up until then, they were an album rock band. I know that Dark Side was commercially successful, but it was on their terms. This was a whole lot more geared towards AM and FM pop-rock air play. Not saying its awful, but it is nowhere as good as earlier efforts. I don't agree on the commercial rock and radio-aimed songwriting. In fact, The Wall was a concept album, which means it was intended to be played in it's entirety, quite like all predecessors up to and including Dark Side Of The Moon. Also, of the 26 separate numbers on the album, only 4 would qualify as playable on commercial radio (Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2; Mother; Hey You; and Comfortably Numb). That's 15%. Granted, the album that came before, Animals, which is my favorite, had 5 numbers, none of which were radio-friendly. Wish You Were Here had 5 as well, with 2 radio-friendly ones (Have A Cigar; Wish You Were Here), i.e., 40%. Dark Side Of The Moon had 10, with 2 rather successful rock radio tracks (Time; Money), i.e., 20%. |
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stevendejong
| | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 02:53 | |
reindeer wrote:Hate this song and the whole album. It's so depressing that someone close to me committed suicide listening to it.
Fucking depressing shit. Please Bill, there are better songs out there. While of course you have every right to hate an album, especially if it has such a negative association for you, which I am sorry to hear, let's be realistic and not confuse correlation and causality. The person close to you did not commit suicide because The Wall is so depressing. |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 16:55 | |
I think it was New Musical Express back in the day that had come up with an alternate version of the lyrics to this song in their review of this album. I can only remember a few lines, goes something like this:
" We dont need no inspiration
we dont need no thoughts at all"
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"Hey! Rock star! Give the fans a loan!"
I'm a big Floyd fan, but I remember thinking that was kinda funny.
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 16:38 | |
Relayer wrote:I absolutely love the fact that Roger purposely penned a double negative in the chorus. It is probably lost on most people, but the double negative is a very clever way of contradicting the phrase that "we don't need no education"; showing that you actually do need education.
Saw The Wall 2 weeks ago in Orlando. Second time seeing the show in 2 years. Words cannot describe how incredible it was. I saw the Austin show in May and yes..incredible. Are you sure he penned that purposely, btw?I mean if that's the case, I guess Waters thinks we need thought control too... |
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