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[@snakeinthegrass7443]

He is singing from the perspective of his own childhood during WWII in England. His father was KIA in the Royal Air Force. He grew up with an overbearing mother who, in his mind, helped him to build a psychological WALL around himself to protect him from the outside world. The entire double album is a concept project loosely based around Roger Waters' life. He is singing with the acoustic guitar and headphones.

[@cindydriscoll1796]

Comparing WWII to a kerfuffle. Fucking ugg...

[@TerenceShortman]

It is based in part on roger waters life his father was not in the Airforce he died at Angio defending the beachhead from a German counterattack nearly the whole regiment he was in were nearly wiped out

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

@ That's my mistake then. Not sure where I got that info from. Maybe a misinterpretation from watching the movie?? Because I have thought that for a very long time. Thanks.

[@Rassskle]

Must be the worst live performance by Pink Floyd i've ever heard. A great song with a deep meaning from Rogers real life......but musically , Pink Floyd are normally 300% better than that live.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

@@Rassskle Recording equipment was very poor indeed. David's voice did not sound as good as it usually does. Maybe they just had a huge fight before coming on stage. It was a tumultuous time for sure.

[@marlakay]

I love Mother because it's Roger & David both singing.

[@publicdomain1018]

MRLBOYD CHALLENGE REQUEST -- Pink Floyd "The Wall" movie. This film will challenge you to the MAX. Would be a wonderful watch for your fans. Besides you will bring in a lot a viewers that may not have witness you in the past. Be Good, Be Happy. Be Loved

[@reformedwheat5648]

I was just thinking the same thing! Hardly anyone has reacted to the movie but his would be one I would love to see 🤭

[@danmaynard1383]

You really need to watch the movie, “Pink Floyd’s The Wall” it’s typical English questioning society. Well worth the time invested.

[@DHFHades]

100%

[@mama_nez]

💯

[@publicdomain1018]

WOW. The way Mrlboyd to break everything down. Would. be a great and fun way. Watching him struggle his way through,

[@shpadoinkel577]

Yes

[@truettscofield854]

Agree

[@anita3018]

Never cut a Pink Floyd song before the end you never know for sure it's really the end

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

My mother bought me a Fender acoustic guitar when I was about 17 and I played this for her. She answered every question. That was fun.😊

[@mwinstanley7]

This is off the Pink Floyd album The Wall, a stunning study of psychological damage .... Loosely based on the first singer Roger's life. His father died in WWII. This resulted in a heartbroken woman struggling to raise a child on her own, and becoming overprotective (in the album/movie) Then with the school system of the time, more issues. The idea being this guy built an emotional wall around himself and then it deals with the issues that created. Became a rock star, failed to vonnect with his wife, shutting off more and more, til he ends up having a psychotic episode, and psychological collapse... It's a whole big story of which this is a small piece

[@Rob_OT42]

I don’t think it was sarcasm from the mother. I think she was being 100% sincere. She is an overprotective mother who never let her “baby” grow up. Putting her fear into him is making him scared to venture out on his own because of the big scary world that she doesn’t want him to get lost in. She’s definitely going to check out all his girlfriends. And none of them will be good enough for her baby boy. So she’s going to help him build the wall around himself to keep everyone out so he’ll never be hurt….

[@karenmikalofsky5287]

Love this song! Had to bow out without finishing. Life happens.

[@Leftylobber]

Pink Floyd is God's gift to meaningful music

[@brianadams4630]

And que the infamous misheard lyrics in the last line.

[@lisemzarate4029]

This album is about factors in a person's life that cause them to recede from the world, the examples of what "bricks" are made of, trauma, fear,social and religious expectations, etc, are both individual and shared experiences, once we realize how isolated we really are, in the end, each of us is responsible for building our own walls, and also for removing, repairing maintaining and protecting those walls as well. As a child we see our bricks as barriers we inherit from others,as a teenager we arrange those bricks to keep us safe, and as adults we realize we were in charge of them the entire time, This album has held my hand all my life. From being a sad frightened kid, to an angry confused young adult, to a heartbroken but determined mother and wife, and now to realizing how much power was handed over to constructs that did not serve me, but I can still learn how to use in my favor, and gratitude for accepting responsibility being the key to mastering ones self. Mastering ones walls, and surviving the lessons so we can potentially hold someone else's hand along the way ❤

[@dennygc5874]

"She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing." The child asks questions adults still don't have answers for. The adult then teaches the child consequently the parents reasonings, which become a wall which prevents the child from learning the world for themselves. Parents should guide without teaching hate or fear. Overbearing and protective can produce unpreparedness which begets fear of the unknown. ❤️🔥🍻

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

The wall, figuratively speaking, is a psychological one. It had pillars or cornerstones. The main character's foundation was rooted deeply in his family, his formal education, his girlfriends and wife, his fans, his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, and his own imagination.

[@dougwill8850]

Do the recorded version from The Wall. Much better.

[@paulward1799]

It's like the old saying, "if it's not one thing, it's your mother".😊

[@Hare_deLune]

You cut off the final question at the end! Ugh...

[@richardmckee5729]

🤦‍♂️

[@marcdomroe5657]

if you havent listened to pink floyd, they will blow your mind. try the songs Time and Dogs, and shine on you crazy diamond

[@direnova6284]

It's from a double album that tells a life story, this is one part of a list of things that made him build an emotional wall around himself. The album is called The Wall.

[@HistoryPanoptic]

My favorite Floyd song!!

[@Leftylobber]

The Studio/Movie version is so much more perfected, but so happy to see EARLY Pink Floyd.

[@willblood7082]

Do yourself a favor and listen to the studio version 👍🏻

[@lisamayreed6399]

A favorite ty for an àwesome reaction....makes me want to cry every time.😢❤

[@taramiller2240]

Natalie Maines (lead singer of Dixie chicks) does a FANTASTIC cover of this song. Please react!

[@joeybishop7741]

This is a chapter in a concept album. It's easier to wrap your head around it if you listen to the whole thing. This is about what made him build the wall in his mind. Think of it all as the results of his father being killed in the war.

[@cherokeehogman9170]

this song makes a lot more sense if you listen to the whole album... helps even more if you're a little stoned while listening lol I'll let others fill you in... i wont explain it right.

[@MusicLover-dt7ic]

This is one of my top 3 Floyd songs...I love Sinead Oconner's version sing with Pink Floyd at the Live in Berlin The Wall in 91, she absolutely nailed this song. It's well worth checking out. You did not finish the song.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Understand, this is from a story told in 26 songs on The Wall, a double album. It is about a rock star who builds a psychological wall, separating himself from society. The bricks of the wall be builds are from things in his life. Father killed in war, overbearing mother, abusive teachers, cheating wife, greedy manager. To understand the song, it needs to be taken in the context of the whole album.

[@Rassskle]

NAH......It is 100 % about Rogers own life. He called the main character PINK , because by then narcisistic Roger believed he was Pink Floyd and the others were just his over paid performing monkeys of no importance.

[@robplotnick]

Great choices on the music tonight, I will actually watch them all.

[@wishiwasawitch262]

The band name Pink Floyd also has greatness behind it as well. They named the band after Pink Anderson & Floyd council. Their favorite artists. ❤

[@DragonShark514]

I really liked your analysis of the song. By itself, it doesn't really hit like it does on the album. The album, "The Wall", is intended to be heard from beginning to end, as it tells an entire story through different chapters. It's all about a kid who has bad things happen throughout his life. A father who goes off to war, an overprotective mother, the inability to form healthy relationships, descent into drugs and madness, and all along the way, each experience builds a wall in his mind, brick by brick. A wall that encircles him and keeps him from connecting with others. The movie really helps to paint the picture, but the music alone can take you there if you really listen.

[@chrisspain-ft5cd]

welcome to pink floyd he whole pulse concert is considered to be the best live show ever suggestions from pulse , great gig in the sky , high hopes, one of these days , keep talking and the final number using over 1 million dollars of lighting hold onto your seat its run like hell and of coarse comfortably numb David Gilmore the main man is still performing world wide to sell out crowds at 78 yo you should also watch his live concert at Pompeii in 2016 aged 70 again comfortably numb and run like hell . first time an audience has been there since the roman gladiators The pulse concerts featured even more special effects than the previous tour, including two custom designed airships.[2] Three stages leapfrogged around North America and Europe, each 180 feet (55 m) long and featuring a 130-foot (40 m) arch resembling the Hollywood Bowl venue. All in all, the tour required 700 tons of steel carried by 53 articulated trucks, a crew of 161 people and an initial investment of US$4 million plus US$25 million of running costs just to stage. This tour played to over 5 million people in 68 cities; each concert gathered an average audience of 45,000

[@lonbecker113]

The song is part of a long story about how a singer became detached from society. The first side (of four) are largely the traumas that drove his development. The smothering mother is certainly one of them. (The most famous is Another Brick in the Wall part II which deals with the educational system in England at the time). I don't think the mother is being sarcastic at the end. I think having lost her husband in WWII she has just become very controlling as a single mother. I suppose the sarcastic reading is available too. But there is no question this is supposed to depict a bad mother.

[@truettscofield854]

Anything by Pink Flooyd is worthy

[@scott3744]

This particular video must be from an VHS tape or something, I'm sure there's a better example of this same concert on yootoob 👍

[@williamjones6031]

You need to check out the entire Movie, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" to get the entire concept of the story. In 2019 I went to watch the Lazer Show and they didn't play this. I was so bummed. 😭 Here comes 4/20+😁😎

[@gesundheit602]

I'm always curious why anyone would recommend a live performance for a Pink Floyd first listen. To start with.. the singing isn't as good, especially from Roger Waters, and you can't hear him as well. The studio production of those albums is a big part of what made them so iconic.

[@ener11454]

Pink Floyd is absolutely fantastic live, no clue what you are talking about. This specific recording was not good though.

[@49schrader]

Treat yourself to the album version of the song.

[@theborg]

You missed the last sentence of the song which sums it up.

[@rk41gator]

This is an important song in the concept album 'The Wall'. (not the best recording) You might be interested in the Genesis song 'Mama'. Quite a different meaning and subject. The official video is superb.

[@srt8rocketship241]

Rest easy and relax , it's Pink Floyd after all. The best. Misic Mastery. Pinky had to figure all this out himself and eventually tear down The Wall.

[@kenttaylor9238]

This track changed my life

[@srt8rocketship241]

Thank you for this version. Live is best and Roger being there is best. Though i can't always agree with him , i love the music. btw , David did a great job carrying on with Floyd. More please. Love your music reactions.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Nice reaction. The genius of Floyd is that they are never in a hurry. A song called Roundabout by YES off the Fragile album is one I would love to hear your opinion of. Enjoy your Floyd journey ✨️🎶✨️

[@martinm1231]

One of the great things about PINK FLOYD songs is you have to put your OWN twisted view of existence overlay on top . A person own bias drives the direction. The song is actually in the CONCEPT Album "The WALL " and the view you just does not know about the full context

[@TerenceShortman]

You cut the song off too early and missed the last line of the song "Mother, did it need to be so high?" the song is from the Album "the wall" which is a concept album that tells the story of a fictional rock star Pink who builds a psychological wall around himself to protect him from hurt he has felt in his life some of these themes are in part based on Roger Waters singer base player and main lyricist for the band Pink's wall is built in part because the loss of his father died when he was a baby in WW2 his mother brought him up on her own and he hated school Roger's father died at the battle of Angio during the second world war so he never knew him his mother brought him up as a single mother and was quite protective of him but not as bad as the lyrics suggest he hated school you would have to listen to the whole album start to finish to understand the concept of the album

[@scott3744]

My favorite song from *The Wall* , just ahead of Comfortably Numb... 👍😎

[@jonhenke1504]

You cut off the song before a very important last lyric!! Rodger Waters sings "mother did it need to be so high"? He was asking his mother why did the metaphorical wall you built around me have to be so high?? In other words you were so overprotective and didn't let me go out and discover the world and make my own mistakes and learn from them!!

[@jessietucker9342]

This song is but just a part of a much bigger story, suffice to say Mother helped build "The Wall".

[@EShelby2127]

Especially for a mother who lost her husband in the war...

[@shpadoinkel577]

Hey, you cut off before the ending vocals

[@alexandremoreira5062]

if you really start listening to pink floyd you won´t stop anymore. i would give the song "time" a try

[@KevinSchmitt77]

And then why not try one more with "Great Gig in the Sky"?

[@chiefaberach]

Disheartening is an understatement. The whole album is devastating in a beautiful way. The main reason it's not my favourite Pink Floyd album is that it can be emotionally draining to listen to the whole thing. There are only a handful of full-length 'stand-alone' songs in it, and they don't work as well without the rest. Too many reactors try to understand them on their own without the context of the album or the movie. It never works.

[@matzabean]

Mama is dead serious. She believes her infantalizing control over son is for the best. Unfortunately, you cut it off before the last line. The son asks “Mama, did it have to be so high?” in reference to the “protective” metaphorical wall she built around him. The wall kept her important while he withered.

[@utGort]

I noticed watching a couple of your reactions today that a problem is occurring with the sync of the display. I am talking about the small display box you use to show the video. I just checked the same reaction from Brad and Lex. Theirs did not have the problem. For the most part it looks like vertical sync was lost.

[@KevinSchmitt77]

I think he's doing that on purpose to avoid copyright issues.

[@mikewatts867]

I sort of wish you had reacted to the studio version but the live version is great. During their classic period, the four timeless albums from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall, they were famously obscure and there is no good video footage from that time period. Earlier and later, there is quite a bit. They did film the Wall concert but something happened to the master tapes so the quality isn’t great.

[@turbopox7887]

Honestly not a good version of the song. You should try again with the one by the actual Pink Floyd channel

[@glennbrock6560]

She is just being an overprotective mother, but the reality is that it will wind up instilling fears and worries, and the nightmares come from fearing life instead of living it. The song is about how Mom's overprotective nature is only adding to his beliefs that he should isolate himself behind a wall, Mom's way is just another brick in the wall he is building to protect himself. Hence the closing line. That everyone seems to misconstrue. "Mother, did it need to be so high? (referencing the wall) In other words...did you really need to be this screwed up?

[@HistoryPanoptic]

Nooo you missed my favorite line at the end!!

[@quellenathanar]

Did you catch the last verse by Pink? Maybe I missed it.

[@scott3744]

The song came out in 1979. The studio version has far better sound quality, I have heard other live versions on youtube that have better sound quality too 👍

[@stephenvasher2129]

You need to react to pink Floyd the Wall movie!! You will understand so much better about everything!!! Warning it's a Lot!! But you will like it! It's visually and musically amazing!!!!!!

[@seansersmylie]

Roger Waters was the driving force. Check out his solo stuff.

[@freudzwetdream]

It's impossible to understand Mother out of context.

[@calvinmckinney9303]

New glasses

[@JohnLancaster-i2o]

After losing your husband in a war I suspect being an over-protective parent would be a logical decision even if you're really destroying your child.

[@robplotnick]

The government is his mother.

[@glennbrock6560]

This is definitely an alternative way to view this song. If you listen with that in mind it all fits. And we know Roger...

[@mayLibertyprevail1a]

Then why would he say, "Mother, should I trust the government?"

[@robplotnick]

@mayLibertyprevail1a I would say because, mother should I trust you? It's just my interpretation anyway.

[@drakeswarchannel2530]

Your cousin is very pretty.

[@martinm1231]

MRLBOYD -Take note - PINK FLOYD do not make happy love songs - In gact their albums become DARKER and DARKER

[@kurtschmidt9760]

Did not hear the end he said did you build the wall too high

[@marcdomroe5657]

his dad died in ww2

[@davehagi9883]

The Wall,

[@joannparker1977]

I have so much to say about this song. OMG Roger Waters was raised by the most destructive Mother. What he experienced is known as Mother-Son Enmeshment. It nothing sexual. It's an emotional control by his Mother. He was raised by a covert Narcissist. Look it up. It's sickening. I almost want to cry when I hear this. In fact I have. Because my husband experienced the same thing. My husband is 66. His Momma is 93 and still at it. It's taking its toll on our 42 year-old marriage. But yeah, she's still around doing her manipulating. You ever heard of the term "Momma's Boy"? Yep. This is it. And it's horrid

[@flubblert]

You cut it off before the last important line. That's a No-No. The song is from a pretty deep concept double album "Pink Floyd The Wall". It is considered by many to be masterpiece. It tells a story, and this is just one page from it. Really needs to be heard in context of the full album for you to do the kind of analysis you're subjecting it to. Long story short, this song is about an overbearing Mother who thinks she's doing good by her child, when actually having the opposite effect.

[@JDogg1971]

Cut it too soon. “Mother didn’t need to be so high”. Good reaction

[@KevinSchmitt77]

"Mother, did it need to be so high?"... in reference to the wall around him.

[@glennbrock6560]

Mother, did it need to be so high.

[@36814]

The Black Strat !! Sold at auction a few years back for 3.3 million US Dollars . Not really sure why the video is rolling on this version. You cut off the ending and probably the most important and telling line of the whole song . PLEASE find a full stable version and review again.

[@seansersmylie]

Do yourself a favour! Every Stranger's Eyes and Perfect Sense. Nobody does Roger's amazing solo stuff.

[@jimangela4589]

The main character in the album, voiced in this song by Roger Waters, is going through a mental crisis. He is an unreliable narrator and blames everyone and everything else in his life for his condition. So, of course he has twisted his mother's love, care and affection into justification for his "wall" of isolation. In the narrative of the album this is an early memory where our main character first picks up a guitar, hence, its simple acoustic beginning. The allusion is to "Welcome To The Machine" from the album Wish You Were Here; the line "you bought a guitar to punish your ma." The irony is that he was taking charge of his own life to become a famous rock musician. (If you are unfamiliar with the narrative, that's where the album leads us.) But it is all those pressures of rock 'n' roll life that drove the main character (Pink) in seclusion. Cue up the trajectory of ex-Floyd band mate, Syd Barrett. It is interesting how given the disturbed mental state of the main character, that listening to this song normalizes Pink and accuses the mother of being disturbed when quite clearly Pink is the problem.

[@grelch]

Each song from the Wall is a chapter in a longer narrative. The Wall is a story about a kid named Pink. Btw, there are much better recordings of this concert. You stumbled on a very poor one.

[@robertjaycox8488]

Please listen to the studio version. Sound quality is so much better. As much as I love PF, this concert sucks audio quality wise.

[@LarryMark-i7m]

You cut off the last line. "Mother, didn't mean to be so high"

[@kham1163]

Dude, you already reacted to this song with Sinead O’Connor singing it. And that reaction you said you always thought of this song is more sarcastic. This is definitely not a first listen for you.

[@direnova6284]

Fascinating as a record of old school PF but a horrible mix. The studio version serves the song much better but the guitar makes this version worth it.

[@mikehutton3187]

Over protective mom.

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Ughh 😮, you cut off the song, you didn’t let it finish. What a shame that was probably the best part of the song.

[@Figaro1322]

You missed out, too much in a hurry; at the end,,, "Mother didn't need to be so High"

[@joemadden169]

You missed the last line!

[@cindydriscoll1796]

Comparing WW11 as a " kerfuffle " is fucking ignorant. Don't throw around big words if you don't know the meaning. Wars are not a kerfuffle

[@jamricsloe]

This from the album Dark Side of the Moon. The album is an experience.

[@davidolson8082]

I'm sorry but, this particular video does not bring justice or pleasure, the way the album does. Check out The Wall Movie, if you haven't already?

[@Nosferatu388]

Whaaaaaaat! You Think that's it, You cut the ending of the song off, Yeah Your not ready for Pink Floyd!! ....ugh!

[@johnstones66]

Terrible sound on this. You should listen to the album version (on The Wall). The lyrics suggest what the mother is actually doing without realising it, rather than what she is saying.

[@hmichaelr1]

You're trying to review a book after reading only one chapter from the middle of it. Disappointing!

[@johnpublicprofile6261]

SHAME such a poor recording... Though no blame, just bad luck.

[@kingman2332]

In this story, "mother" is actually the government.

[@flubblert]

whaaa???

[@dropfishboogie3869]

You're completely wrong

[@mayLibertyprevail1a]

Then why would he say, "Mother, should I trust the government?"

[@stanlopar3296]

The song comes from a perspective that dumb Trump supporters wouldn't understand.

[@williamevans2315]

you need to watch pink floyd the wall movie

[@LesSmith45]

Listen to the recorded version that that version there sucks I mean it’s really good on the live album without a doubt, but that recording right there listening to terrible. Now I seen Roger Waters do this concert the whole album in 2010 he actually did a duet with himself what you’re watching was up on the big screen and he sang with himself really cool and those videos out there of him doing that.