Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@spacewizard69]

you should watch the whole movie THE WALL your welcome 😉

[@poorpauly1308]

The album is a story. You must listen to the whole thing. It is all about the bricks.

[@johngammon7891]

I know touchy subject, but was watching another reactor and he didn't stop the videos once, I watched 6 videos, he's fairly new 6k subscribers, does it matter how many viewer's?

[@BorderGuards]

This is NOT a studio album release

[@kevint1910]

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[@siliconavatar8499]

You need to consume The Wall in its entirety, this is but a sentence in a novel.

[@skipmaire4826]

Jamel, this person speaks the truth!

[@LostInSpice]

This needs to be a pinned comment.

[@Casca74]

All truth the movie is full of great songs, and has a decent story as well.

[@robjames7845]

Nicely said and true

[@mjking9019]

Truth.

[@sufirodger]

Being British I'm not really one to espress pride in many things about my country... but pound for pound We really have excelled in producing amazing musicians.

[@supergeeky7529]

truth!!!

[@whome1299]

Indeed.

[@annesevenkeys]

So true, so very true, and I would include your authors and your actors as well...Brits are second to none in the creative arts, you actually have a lot to be proud of.

[@brendaechols2228]

So true. Duran Duran anyone?

[@lloydcasner8667]

@@annesevenkeys indeed

[@GeorgeAshburn]

Pink Floyd is basically their own sub-genre.

[@stephenvanwijk9669]

True. In two actually. With and without Barrett,

[@MrZenGuitarist]

Oh yes! You got that right....

[@gandalf679]

I believe most if not all of Floyd's albums should be listened to in one sitting...then, then you will understand the the "hits' much better, but truly Floyd is to be given every chance to experience and understand their incredible talent. Rock On

[@Twinsharmony]

I was in High School in Australia when this was released.. We highjacked the PA system and played it through the whole school :D

[@maryannturton9830]

That must have been a day nobody will forget!😂

[@jimjones7803]

Thanks for the idea man

[@DanAnkers]

Did you get to play the whole song...or how far did you get?

[@Twinsharmony]

@@DanAnkers Yes in the end the school gave in :)

[@StevenBoudreau]

I was in Canadian High School when this was released, A friend played it full volume through his high powered car stereo right beside the school. That was the last day you could get a car that close to the school.

[@nfbuckeye]

Nobody can make a guitar sing like David Gilmour.

[@Easy_Skanking]

This was one of the first two songs I tried to learn when I was learning how to play guitar. Talk about biting off more than I could chew. 🤦‍♂️

[@carlmarks8170]

There's nobody like David Gilmour, but Joe Satriani makes his guitar sing. That's why he doesn't need vocals. He gets unfairly dismissed as a "soulless shredder" by people who've never listened to any of his albums. But if you like soaring guitar solos full of melody, he is the man.

[@richardbishop8666]

Amen brother!!

[@seanmcnally5560]

A one-of-a-kind genius. God broke the mold after He created Gilmour.

[@pfzt]

Clapton can.

[@caroncarr7729]

The poem he read was the lyrics to the song 'Money' from Dark Side of the Moon...loved your reaction...Thanx!

[@dp4614]

Let’s have him do a reaction to Money!!!

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Laddie fancies himself a poet!

[@DiscoFang]

@@dp4614 Yeah, Jamel should check out Money. For sure he's heard it on his work radio.

[@jacjr6193]

Was just about to comment this

[@khye1642]

Never realised that until now.. damn

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

It cannot be overstated how horrible the British education system was when Rodger Waters was growing up.

[@Michael.Talbot]

It was better than today and David Gilmour regrets the lyrics of Another Brick in The Wall

[@samp7552]

It was post war Britain, time was tough.

[@JasonCliftJones]

His parents were both teachers too.

[@michelleisaacson6069]

@@Michael.Talbot really? Thats interesting, I never heard/read that. Gonna try and find it🤔. I like little things like that about songs. Thanks 😉

[@fake9391]

Well , we Indians still follow the educational system brought by Macaulay pre independence , and it still sucks 😒

[@Thebrainymonkey]

My Dad told me that this is what teachers were like after WWII. Those that returned and became teachers were like this in his experience. It must be some sort of PTSD. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger recently spoke about his father being like this after the war too.

[@maddyhoverter]

That and the school system thinks this is how to treat young minds. Maybe back then it fit but now it doesn’t. We need education that lets us express us and being creative

[@wendyjohnson9489]

Rebellion

[@wendyjohnson9489]

The Wall

[@Bluebelle51]

@@maddyhoverter it never fit

[@Jaycee-Bee]

I was born in 1951 in Québec (Canada) and I do not think that the nuns that hit me in 1957 in school had PTSD. I think that they were frustrated for being forced into becoming a nun. I despise all religions because they all have the same goal control our mind.

[@igotnukes6011]

I had a teacher in high school who used The Wall as a lesson in existentialism. He had about twenty pages of typed notes, iirc. He gave everyone in class a copy and we watched the movie over the course of five days, stopping to go over his notes and discuss. He did this with every class. Thank you, Mr. Rybarczyk.

[@ckmoore101]

That teacher would be labeled as a racist homophobe today. Education is dead. We're in the end times.

[@Enstamskruvlos]

@@ckmoore101 nah

[@nodaysback8390]

Must have been an interesting discussion when he paused the movie after the bathroom scene when Geldoff shaved his eyebrows and nipples off... "Ok class, let's hear your thoughts!.. Annie, why don't you start us off??"

[@TeamPill]

@@ckmoore101 dude what? Pink floyd is pretty progressive music.

[@Thewritingelf]

@@ckmoore101 What the fuck are you talking about ?

[@bstorm4413]

Forced conformity rather than learning how to actually think and express your thoughts - that is the education system.

[@KellyMurphy]

Yep, a commentary on the industrial education complex, treating kids as meat and teaching them to be good little humans and think what we want you to. Not teaching them critical thinking. ie look at all points of an argument and think for yourself.

[@adamandrew9052]

Its starting to go back to that these days, with people telling everyone this is how it should be and if you don't think like that your a bigot or racist. Roger Waters was ahead of his time with his lyrics.👍

[@thaddiushelicon534]

Pretty much how it was when I went to school many many years ago, a lifetime away back in the 1960s and the 70s. I'm guessing that now it's less obvious but much more insidious.

[@bstorm4413]

@@thaddiushelicon534 It was fairly obvious then as well -

[@lottalove2449]

B Storm That's what is happening to all of us since March, due to the crazy covid restrictions:(

[@RichardX1]

This album is primarily Roger Waters' brainchild.

[@danialsutherland4893]

KOOL

[@martinXY]

You misspelled "inner demons".

[@RichardX1]

It was a self-therapy session.

[@martinXY]

@@RichardX1 I think everything from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut was a self-therapy session for Roger. Still, writers have to get their material from somewhere.

[@alunal.5832]

And the fact that this all mostly started by Water’s spitting on someone’s face at a concert😂

[@howells442]

"How do you think you can have your pudding if you don't eat your meat?" - Welcome to childhood in the UK...

[@user-dx9ux4rq4e]

I don't get it lol...

[@alukuhito]

@@user-dx9ux4rq4e It means you have to eat all of your dinner before you can have your dessert. Kids generally want dessert. The dessert is an incentive to eat their crappy dinner.

[@kyriss12]

even worse in post ww2 UK which is when Roger Waters went to school.

[@johnjohnson4095]

Yup same here

[@Kiernan5]

Fun Fact: the poem that the teacher reads out loud after catching Pink writing in his journal and calls rubbish are lyrics to the very popular Pink Floyd song "Money"

[@johngammon7891]

Love that song, don't believe I've seen a reaction video from anyone for Money... gonna have to do a search...

[@chavez885]

wtf i never noticed that, NICE

[@riksplace]

just came here to point that out.......you beat me......LOL

[@JungleScene]

@@johngammon7891 soul train bro has reacted to pink floyds big 4 albums in their entirety.

[@CrazyTuco1]

And one of their few "pop" successes...not forgetting the irony that the teacher is wrong and the laddie IS a poet.

[@RJTheBikeGuy]

"Money, get back I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack" "New car, caviar, four star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team" Those are lyrics from Pink Floyd's song Money from The Dark Side Of The Moon album.,

[@andrewmccurdy7713]

Yes, exactly, and the Dark Side of the Moon album went on to be certified Platinum 14X, with sales over 46 million. It spent 1,716 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart...setting a nearly un-breakable record for longest time on the chart. So when the teacher says to Pink, "Absolute rubbish!" he could not be farther from the truth!!!

[@chitlitlah]

And Dark Side was one of the best selling albums of all time, fourth according to Wikipedia.

[@Sportsref13]

it also got a special tag in billboards magizine.. where it said how long the album had been on charts.. you usually see a number of weeks listed.. Dark side of the Moon tag read - Forever

[@susannewitt6112]

Ooops.

[@legaltidbits]

Rubbish! Yeah lol

[@highlandervalasik9274]

Pink Floyd is not like listening to a song it is more like an experience

[@SummeRain783]

Best way to say it

[@ladyEllie616]

Pink Floyd's music is revelation

[@jessiesager1458]

Pink Floyd played this live during the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. Put the headphones on, close you eyes and listen to the album as it was intended. I love the story telling in albums from the late 60s through the 70s. This is the apex. It's emotional.

[@noneofurbizness5838]

The teacher eating gristle was a reference to war rationing in Britain during WW2. You didn't waste.

[@barrycohen311]

I had more than my fair share of cruel and sadistic teachers.

[@jdog6620]

@@barrycohen311 ...still have image in my head of my 3rd grade teacher pulling a student through ROWS of desks by his ear to throw him out of class. I can picture it right now.....her name...Sister Bridgette.

[@missbelled6700]

@@jdog6620 My mother still has (awful) memories of her strict catholic school nuns in the philippines. Salted yardsticks, the whole nine yards. I'm sure she remembers every one of their names. Awful thing to do to children.

[@silvergirl2847]

@@missbelled6700 wasn't jisthe nuns it was all teachers i saw my friends little brother being lifted off the ground by the ear and thrown across the yard like a ragdoll hewasnomore than 5 and us 7.im 48 now and that's still as clear as day.children were regularly beaten for nothing more than existing.

[@OldPoi77]

This is the life we grew up with this was british schools and is very accurate.

[@kellyfehr3719]

Saying goes that anyone that came up through the English school system and did a stint in the British Army would feel right at home in a third world prison.

[@gavinpaterson1853]

My Dad told me stories. He was in school in Scotland in early 40s and into WW2 then became a member of the British Lifeguards Horse troop.

[@OldPoi77]

@@kellyfehr3719 Made us as hard as coffin nails tho.

[@thabudmaster]

i often think about my early school teachers in the late 70s in the UK, I hope they had a horrible life! I should be allowed to sue for what they did!

[@kellyfehr3719]

@@thabudmaster Rowan Atkinson ,"Fatal Beatings"

[@ronnydowdy7432]

The old music is better than most people know. Thanks for the memories.

[@markvalley8575]

This song my brother is just the tip of the iceberg you haven't even seen the rabbit hole yet watch the movie

[@dreamweaver1603]

I would listen to the entire album first.

[@ScorpionTazzGaming]

Listen to the album then watch the movie then rewatch the video

[@lollagan]

@@ScorpionTazzGaming And then rewatch the movie...

[@tubeerv]

To my amazement, I don't see anybody recommending "Comfortably Numb," so, I am.

[@hachetman34108]

It's too hard to pick and choose, he needs to watch the movie

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

he did it, about a year ago :)

[@tubeerv]

@@jonnylumberjack6223 Oh, ok, thanks, I did a search, but, obviously overlooked it.

[@nodaysback8390]

@@tubeerv I'd say do "The Trial." But, he's not ready for that yet.

[@the-guy-on-your-moms-couch]

Cole Voorhees He needs to get high as balls first. Then watch the movie.

[@rongomez4831]

Once you hear and see “The Wall”, you will get it

[@markdemell3717]

Jamel is making a discovery that should change his life.

[@karlsmith2570]

@Ron Gomez: Jamel should also be given fair warning that the movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall" is weird AF

[@julilla1]

@Jangler333 Not sure about that. When it first came out, I overheard some older people talking about how they had dropped acid about an hour before the movie started. That meat grinder scene came up and they were not having a good time by the sound of it...😂

[@karlsmith2570]

@Jangler333 or be on some other type of hallucinogenic

[@pg6720]

As a 70's & early 80's kid, they are one of the greatest bands from the time, but it does help to understand better if you roll a fat one and just kick back and listen.

[@richgoebel882]

We were 16. This movie came out, and I don't remember how it came to be, but this was my first date with a girl down the road from me, We lived in the sticks outside a small town, our families were very familiar with each other, and she was close in age to me, but just enough to be in different classes. One our parents dropped us off at the theater, and we saw this movie. It was incredibly profound for those our age. But anyhow, we then walked a couple blocks to a local pizza shop and had a late dinner just the two of us. We probably should have married but we went in such opposite directions in life. The original radio version of this didn't have all the extra voices until the very end, so we were very shocked by what the movie had for this song. Then 16 years ago, I was on my last six month deployment in the Navy in the Arabian Gulf. We had a pickup cover band form. The original two did this thing where they played Another Brick in the Wall parts 1, 2 and 3 in sequence with really cool transitions.

[@Matterian]

I love David Gilmour's guitar but Nick Mason's drumming is so overlooked in this song.

[@SummeRain783]

Yes, gives me Phil Collins vibes

[@Matterian]

@@SummeRain783 So very true. Both awesome drummers.

[@dren950]

The whole students falling into a meatgrinder is a metaphor for the over a strict school system that would grind creativity right outta a lot of kids, leaving behind a life as meaningless as ground meat.

[@demonpreyer6631]

Exactly like the American University system of today. We don't learn.

[@stantheman9072]

They come out as worms.

[@TheMijman]

And now they're trying to reform it, bring back that creativity... To kids of parents that it was ground out of. It's easier to remove something like that, than to try and get it back

[@ckobo84]

You end up like China, no original thought. Just steal and copycat everything.

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

I bet they rather be in a school meat grinder than remote learning

[@jennhurl]

Jamal: "What the shit?" Best reaction ever of the meat!! 😂🤣😳😂🤣

[@vsander09]

Remember people, these were hits back in the day. Everybody thinks entertainment gets edgier with time. Yeah, it doesn’t. It’s gotten far more stupid and boring,

[@u4riahsc]

TRUTH!

[@rocky8758]

Funny story, when my son was young I was trying to get him to finish his dinner and casually said "How can you have your pudding if you don't eat your meat". He was quite upset to learn we didn't actually have any pudding.

[@Pezzonovante916]

"He who makes peaceful revolution impossible makes violent revolution inevitable." -- JFK

[@TheYoguiMonster]

😳👍🏼

[@oaktree1626]

"He who smelt it, dealt it." -- RDJ

[@vsander09]

Anyone notice who’s making dissent impossible today?

[@laurakali6522]

When Roger Waters performed The Wall tour, he hired local high school kids to perform the chorus. It was pretty awesome to see them perform in front of thousands of people.

[@barrycohen311]

Thousands of teachers, who later committed suicide.

[@paulclifford2428]

I saw the Sydney concert when he came to Australia in 2012, they had one of the local schools provide the kids, what an awesome show! 👍😎

[@MikeB12800]

But the kids on the album sued the band

[@steveparker3652]

He brought out local school kids as well for this song on his last tour.

[@juliewelch9679]

Laura, please listen to the Roger Waters interview with Marc Maron on WTF podcast.. great interview, and he tells a story about the kids who come up on stage to sing

[@MrDMF567]

“....such a deep message in here...but the groove of this song, you can’t help but bob your head to it” Perfect way to describe Floyd

[@matteomichielin7817]

the song can be read on many levels, many focus on physical abuse or the conformism of the school system. in reality the video denounces the daily indirect abuses that we suffer without being able to react by someone who has a dominant position or who has the monopoly to say what is true and what is right, in our life we meet many authorities that we cannot contest and that they take advantage of their position to impose their own vision of politics, moral, social, economic or whatever ..., we see it every day from teachers to newspapers or media, youtube, twitter, facebook, how many opinions and facts are censored? (even here in Italy) how many times we would like to say: this is not true, this is just your opinion ... you say this because you want it to be so ...

[@l_a_u_y8916]

100% agreeing with you from NY, it’s getting crazy in the western world, if we dont wake up we’re going to experience dark times

[@dee_dee_place]

You described today's world in a nutshell. Pretty soon we will all be walking zombies, unable to think or act of our own accord. Disturbed's "The Vengeful One" encapsulates your words. I can just imagine what The Almighty, on high, must be thinking about what HIS children have become. Sometimes you have to put everything on the line to stand strong for what is RIGHT.

[@medinamihalis]

The Wall's a pretty fascinating and frequently horrifying look at fear, abuse, neglect, and isolation. What gets me is when you look at it from a current perspective it becomes kind of a window on how the disenfranchised and downtrodden can (and have) become radicalized. It's not a pretty view by anybody's measure, but it's poignant as hell.

[@SignalCorps1]

Good comment. Society has been on a downward path for decades and we’re rapidly approaching the point where the system will be town down and anarchy will prevail followed by a brutal dictator. So sad.

[@grejen711]

Looking back on that album... it seems like a warning. One that went unheeded.

[@sven5632]

It's been going on since mankind exists

[@adiadv10]

Well said!

[@cablebrain9691]

@@SignalCorps1 Sorry Eric, I'll have to respectfully disagree with your stated pessimistic view of life. Nine or so months ago we were firing on all cylinders. The virus has created an opportunity for a lot of bad things to occur. But these things will pass if good folk truly educate themselves, make their voices heard, and act honorably and with respect toward others. We'll get there, just give it time and be righteously vigilant. I wish the best for you and for all here. Be well. 🙂

[@elenanegrete4384]

The movie gives it all better context, the whole album was a great masterpiece, you almost have to listen to the whole thing, it’s a larger story

[@paulwiseman930]

"The Wall" Should be experienced in it's entirety. It would probably be a bit much to react to as a whole; But it's something every music lover should watch. It's a masterpiece.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

I watched it one time when I was tripping with a friend and both of us didn't say a single word during the movie. The moment it was over I said, "that was the greatest thing that I ever watched in my life". It was an experience.

[@deacongowan909]

@@scorpiusbalthazar4327 watch it repeatedly on psychedelics and it’s never the same each time you watch it. I used to trip fairly regularly in my early to mid 20s and The Wall, Fight Club, Go, Vanilla Sky, Butterfly Effect, Mr. Show, South Park, Chappelle Show, Natural Born Killers, A Clockwork Orange, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and The Yellow Submarine were staple trip entertainment. Get a trip toy, these movies, and some orange juice and hall’s vitamins c drops to keep your mouth moist and you’re good to go.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

@@deacongowan909 Mr. Show is fucking awesome! Hail Satan Network is my favorite skit.

[@jackieroberts6316]

When the movie "The Wall" was being released I was in the theatre with my mother. The trailer for The Wall came on and EVERYONE but my mother started singing. She swiveled in her seat in awe. Plus, she was a teacher!

[@darastarscream]

The full movie Pink Floyd's The Wall is a fascinating watch. You see the kids ripping up the system that's grinding them down . . . but then you see what they grow up into.

[@Shadowman4710]

It is but I don't recommend watching it sober...

[@darastarscream]

@@Shadowman4710 Neighbor, I *was* sober. I can't even imagine the nightmares if I'd tried watching it [bleep]ed up.

[@julieb3996]

@@Shadowman4710 At least, don't watch "The Wall" alone

[@Shadowman4710]

@@darastarscream The nightmares are the best part :)

[@willrichardson519]

(Day) dream within a dream...early video meta...

[@kimberlymorningstar8628]

The moment when someone "hears" what Pink Floyd lyrics are saying?....PRICELESS !!!

[@larryronkq586]

A NOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL Was one of the biggest songs To be RELEASED IN 1979, And there were tons of BIGGIES ,, 7 DEEZ BABY

[@EdmundGerber]

You're right about the message being deep - so deep a lot of authoritative countries - and others - banned the song. It got a lot of air play in the west, though, though when it was released.

[@hamishspencer]

They would "thrash'" them within inches of their lives. Not trash. "Thrash" is another word for beat.

[@willrichardson519]

Corporal punushment: hurt people hurt people

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Like Thrash Metal.

[@blaster88778]

In the town it was well known when they got home at night their fat and psychopath wifes would thrash them within inches of their lifes. They are on about the teacher.

[@inphanta]

I'm sure it was a slip of the tongue. Don't patronise the man.

[@gerdymcferty4124]

Reminds me of my grade school. Terrible teachers. Mean. Lucky to make it through. Pink Floyd showed it well.

[@johnglue1744]

Around my area it was the middle school. As close to reform school without actually being in the real thing.

[@cactaceous]

When I was in first grade, a 6 year old child, I had a teacher hit me with rulers for being hyperactive. Happened a handful of times. Once she even used my belt to strap me to the chair and left me alone in the classroom, still strapped, while my classmates went to recess. That woman should have never been a teacher. Her home life must have been dreadful. If someone does that to my daughter, we are going to have serious problems.

[@aniel1211]

eu tenho 54 anos ,lembro quando essa canção saiu ,foi guerra nas escolas em toda parte, a canção foi proibida na Inglaterra e vários países ,ate a rainha de Inglaterra interveio para não passar mais na radio, todos alunos que cantam foram expulsos da escola.

[@madedigital]

THATS WHAT SCHOOL WAS LIKE IN THE 1980S AND WE LOVED THIS SONG

[@joshlobel8111]

"We don't need no thought control." Damn right.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@lottalove2449 The only entity controlling your thoughts is YOU. Take some responsibility

[@alukuhito]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver That's not true. Thoughts are just there. You are the observer of the thoughts. Thoughts come and go whether we want them to or not. Problems arise when we identify with thoughts.

[@pfury67]

Roger Waters lost his father in WWII when he was an infant, the entire Wall album is a story about his personal experience from losing his father WWII.

[@MsPrincesspaulina]

You are correct but that is only one layer of the multi-layer cake that is The Wall. It's really about the social/psychological barriers, or walls, we all build to protect our emotions, sanity, and lives.

[@pfury67]

@@MsPrincesspaulina It's deep for sure, the common thread was his emotional void from the fallout of WWII that was systemically prevalent, then the cold war following. The rest is his emotional mess explained in music.

[@ortizmo]

@@MsPrincesspaulina Indeed. The lynchpin of Roger's creation was the night he spat in a fan's face for getting too close to him. It ate him up inside, and he felt the wall within him growing.

[@TrekBeatTK]

It’s about a lot of stuff. The movie makes more explicit the father angle. But it’s also about Syd Barrett, snd about Waters’ own issues.

[@pfury67]

@@TrekBeatTK Syd Barrett, man, been a long time since I listened to Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Jamal, check out that album.

[@moistnugget4147]

Pink Floyd will never get the credit they deserve. Because they deserve all the credit ever.

[@splinteastwood1]

I saw them live in concert @77 or 78 at the Long Beach Arena. One of the most exciting ever. Throughout concert they started with one layer of the wall and bye the end of the concert finale, they put the last brick in to finish the show. It was totally awesome. One the best bands of the era !

[@308V8HZ]

The tough teacher scolding the kids at school only to come home and be scolded by his wife , just incredible . The fletcher memorial is another floyd song , amazing undertones .

[@paulqueripel3493]

And it's the same actor.

[@harrymc9263]

I went to school in the UK during the 70's and there were just teachers like that.

[@jeffreyfisher6231]

late 60's, 4th year, Charleston WV, got my ass tanned just about every day. They taught through fear and intimidation.

[@garywinterbottom4930]

same here mate from 72 to 83 my school days.

[@haroldwhite5761]

In utah as well still in 1980. My heart bled for the native american classmate who the teacher bounced around the room in front of the whole class.

[@nubreed13]

I went to catholic in the 90s. It's not much better.

[@danielstewart7163]

@@haroldwhite5761 teacher needs his ass kicked. From 4th grade to 8th grade i got my ass beat about twice a month. After i made high skool i never got touched. Mostly because I was a football player and if you got yer ass beat you couldn't play that week and I became a better liar.

[@shawnlovering1841]

It was the late 40's early 50's when they grew up.

[@MrCRayAnderson]

This video is taken from the movie The Wall, you have to watch it if you haven't already seen it! Great reaction!

[@Serai3]

This is a clip from the film of Pink Floyd's album, "The Wall". It's their big rock opera, about the life of rock star Pink Floyd, who goes through some shit. This part of the film takes place in the 50's, when Britain was struggling after WW2. (The shot of the train with the hands reaching was a nightmare image from the war, of people being transported to concentration camps.) LOTS of kids lost their fathers in that war; a whole generation was scarred for decades by it. And those schools were brutal, yeah. (A lot of this album was autobiographical, from Roger Waters's life.) I recommend you sit down and watch the whole film sometime. It really is very good, starring Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats, with some surreal animation work by Gerald Scarfe.

[@daveingrey2615]

And of course sir Bob would be knighted for starting Live Aid.

[@GrimlarLex]

@Seral3 Very much this. Comment was spot on. The animation is superb, and very different. From one point of view some parts of the film are quite dark, but at the same point in time I almost always feel better after watching it. Im not a Pink Floyd fan, I respect them, but generally its not my kind of music, except this album & film.

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

It also parallels the life of Adolf Hitler. He lost his father at a young age and was raised by a controlling mother. As an aside, watch the movie "The Boys from Brazil". If you watch, you'll see why.

[@stantheman9072]

The movie had its problems, especially an overly indulgent Alan Parker (see Tommy: The Movie for similar failure by a director). It is interesting if you enjoy dark, nightmarish imagery; and is largely faithful to the original album, which tells the story much better, but this film seems to this observer as more an extra-long music video than a movie.

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

@@stantheman9072 I think you nailed it. It is like a long music video, but I think that's what it's supposed to be. I think the film matches the album, though, in dark, nightmarish imagery. It's a dark album. Examples: "Don't be surpised when a crack in the ice appears under your feet. You slip out of your depth, and out of your mind, with your fear flowing out behind you, as you claw the thin ice." The album starts with this (I know - 2nd song, but close enough). "Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true. Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you." "Hey you! Out there beyond the wall ,breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me?!"

[@Jadguy24]

the entire album the Wall is about a descent into madness. This is just one of the reasons the Main character goes insane, or as the album just another Brick in the wall isolating the main character inside himself. The whole album is amazing

[@michaelastorga2478]

2021 and this still a powerful song. Love Pink Floyd.

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Pink Floyd are masters of their art, their music is thought provoking, fantastic stuff. Everyone should listen to it.

[@visiblepixels4632]

Be sure to check out "Run Like Hell" (album version) - one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs!

[@Excitable67]

Yes!!!

[@ianbrooke6342]

Good song although I prefer the Pulse version (which is the same as the one on Delicate Sound of Thunder). Another great choice track is On the Turning Away which you will love.

[@wolfgangfey6750]

Such a paranoid song it’s so hard not to vibe to

[@MrVvulf]

The song hits even harder if you've attended public school in the UK (especially in the 60s-80s)

[@alrivers2297]

Or Catholic school in the U.S. during the 70's like I did. Many of those nuns were mean af and total hypocrites.

[@MrVvulf]

@@alrivers2297 Church of England was the religion at the school I attended, and we had mandatory services every day of the week, Sunday through Saturday. Basically Catholic "light" - most of the same ceremony, just no confession or Pope. Thanks Henry VIII.

[@TheMijman]

My mum went to a couple of convents in Ireland in the 60s/70s. She one said "there was one sister that was nice". One. All the rest sound like sadistic characters out of a Roald Dahl book. Seriously, why even be near kids if you hate them?

[@michellewilkins8206]

I did! Thank god I only came out if it with only a few bruises & a deep motivation to rebel & question every single attempt at "thought control" & "dark sarcasm" and attempt to be institutionalized ever since!! This song just pops into my head & I remember that I'm not another brick in the wall.

[@chriskenner600]

I saw " The Wall" live at the Forum in LA. I was stoned cold sober, but after, I felt like I'd been on LSD. The solo from Comfortably Numb from atop a 60ft wall was incredible! One of the greatest shows I've ever seen, and I've seen alot!

[@nancypertschuk501]

This is the Genius that is Pink Floyd! So deep and yet if you listen to just the music, those riffs stay with you forever!

[@bigdirt9807]

Yeah, there’s a lot to unpack here. Nonetheless, The Wall is a masterpiece, IMO, worth the effort to look into more than just the music. BTW, the entire album is a story. One song, taken alone, won’t likely mean much.

[@8arrows]

I won’t date anyone that doesn’t love Pink Floyd. I’ve logged so many hours listening to them. I am pretty sure my hippy dad and mom conceived me them and other prog rock bands in the early 70s. Notable mention. Led Zeppelin. They gotta love the Led too.

[@Wise-Lady-La-Aura]

That blew your mind! Hey, we had so much mind blowing music, no wonder we are all so far out! LOL I saw Pink Floyd sing that live in concert when I was about 16 back in Pittsburgh, PA, in concert at Three Rivers Stadium in the late '1970's. Very cool, man. Pink Floyd sold out and they packed that stadium and we all had a real good time! They even had their laser show going on. I never saw that crazy video before. So weird! LOL!! Hey, man, not every kid got a trophy back then, to say the least. We were expected to behave or we got the paddle in school. Yep, they beat us. Hey, now you understand why your elders are so cool. We have seen it all, man. Thanks for your reaction and for showing that old fashioned video of the old days. I LOVED how you said " IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN"! Yes is was, which is why we all rebelled. Pink Floyd were about 20 years older than me or more, but it rang true, man.

[@philwoodford]

The kids have great traditional London accents.

[@agentalbert]

If you're gonna dip into The Wall, I highly suggest "Mother".

[@RacerX-bv9io]

Mother is going to make all of your nightmares come true...

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Mama's going to put all her fears into you.

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

She won’t let you fly, but she might let you sing...

[@meghanmonroe]

And "Goodbye Blue Sky"

[@gkiferonhs]

"Pudding" is the generic British word for dessert. Eat your dinner or no dessert.

[@MrRezRising]

Nerdy chef here. To take it even further, in England, pudding was made from meat renderings, and not always a sweet dish. My, uh, accomplices in the kitchen world and I always associated the line with, you can't have pudding without meat. 👍👍

[@paulriddle7818]

@@MrRezRising always thought pudding originated as a British teen for meatloaf

[@mikecook7530]

It's a life metaphor. Undertake something less desirable in order to earn your reward (IMO of course).

[@stevewhite9308]

In the1970’s, in my part of northern England, school lunches were referred to as ‘school dinners’ and pudding was a generic term for dessert, although not all puddings were actually ’puddings’. The threat of denial of pudding as an incentive to finish the main course was not uncommon, however in the case of Tapioca pudding it was not really a punishment, more an act of mercy.🤮

[@mikecook7530]

@@stevewhite9308 I'm with you 100% on the definition, plus the time frame and the locale. Personally (perhaps perversely) I didn't mind the Tapioca pudding (that's the one we referred to as Frog Spawn, right?)

[@langlsd1604]

Pudding is British slang for dessert.

[@stephenvanwijk9669]

Okay, it took a while for me to understand that one.

[@Roguefem76]

Also they don't actually have the particular stuff we call "pudding". xD And it's considered hoity-toity/"posh" to call one's post-meal sweet "dessert" instead of pudding. XD

[@alukuhito]

When I was a kid, I always thought the "pudding" in this song was just that - pudding - as in Jello brand chocolate or vanilla pudding. When I was in my late 20s I hung out with a British girl and she said "pudding" when referring to dessert that wasn't pudding, and I was confused. I told her that it wasn't pudding, so why did she call it pudding. She was equally confused about what I meant. "What do you mean? Of course this is pudding." I then realized that "dessert" was called "pudding" in the UK, even if it wasn't actual pudding, then I remembered this song. "Wait. You mean, they were just talking about dessert in general? OK." Funny how different people can use the same word in different ways.

[@dondee5439]

At the 1:22 mark, the poem that the boy was writing that the teacher ridiculed was to be the lyrics to the hit Pink Floyd song "MONEY". I love how the retort lyrics to the teachers are in bad grammar. For example: We don't need no education. ( A double negative.) Hey, teachers leave them (those) kids alone.

[@miconis123]

You need to watch the movie this is from or at least listen to the whole album in order. It will make a lot more sense that way.

[@shellyshellz2800]

Yep

[@alonsoortigoza6058]

Name of the movie?

[@Ooofaa-Maa]

Hahaha! Watching the movie will make everything much clearer!! 😂😂😂

[@shellyshellz2800]

@@alonsoortigoza6058 The Wall

[@Zardoze1]

@@alonsoortigoza6058 The Wall The Movie ...

[@marymanning5150]

Jamel, there were lots of couples like this in the 50s, so spiteful to kids as their own lives were unhappy, and kids thought I am not going to be like that and so came the swinging 60s. The kids who sang on the record were from Islington green school, which was in the street were I lived, and where my son went to school. He was so disappointed he was too young to be involved. Pink Floyd stored their equipment 2 streets away from were I lived and I never met them. I do remember we got fed up with their stuff blocking the road. Lol. Happy days.

[@alfielb8040]

Lovely little anecdote haha

[@HermesSonofZeus]

Your reaction at 5:35 brought home another dimension to these lyrics and I've been listening to this for like 30 years (always there, just subtext). That's twice you've done that for me. Thank you!

[@georgeclarke8137]

This is part of a movie called, "Pink Floyd: The Wall. You can see the whole movie on You Tube. Very disturbing, but close to the truth.

[@bisonhappenstance]

LOL "I accidently deleted my intro", well, let's get right down to it.

[@stevezeppieri]

This is from the movie Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”....The song is from their album “The Wall” but this particular excerpt is from their movie. Which happens to be amazing.

[@KWHCoaster]

Always get chills listening to this song. I must say, your reaction to the video is priceless!

[@jennifercampanaro7544]

Was and still are my fav ! I was at this concert , it was great ! Been to see them so many times. They are one of the greatest band ever ,!

[@michaelprice-jones3937]

Jamal, you are one of the most important individuals doing this 'reacting to' stuff on on the internet. I'm a British musician, and you are coming across as such a decent human being that it's a privilege reacting to you reactions. Thank you my man for making it so real. P & L to you brother. Mike

[@aircap]

Please watch the whole feature film “The Wall.” Quite an experience

[@x0539p]

Jamel you are a breath of fresh air. So enjoy your reactions and your take on the songs. Love all the comments being so educational and positive.

[@wombab143]

I remember we went home from boarding school in Ireland for Christmas the year this song come out, and then when we got back to school, humming this song in class when the teacher was ranting.

[@rickashworth7304]

If you notice, the poem the teacher reads is the actual lyrics to the song "money" from Dark Side of the Moon.

[@estimatedleighton6389]

TY Jamal, Welcome to the machine... of Pink Floyd. Watch the whole movie. Then listen to the whole album. Love your channel!!

[@Ravyne]

OMGoodness Jamel! Your reactions to this were THE BEST! I absolutely love this song and the video and the meaning behind it.

[@missdeb07]

I am cracking up! I’ve been listening to this for so long it’s fun to watch the reaction of somebody that’s never seen it.

[@bradleyp3655]

This song and the entire The Wall album is a metaphor for modern life.

[@michaelmcneely9169]

Notice the kid's poem was the lyrics to an earlier Pink Floyd song, 'Money".

[@keiththerrien5777]

I been watching ur reactions for over a year now and I keep forgetting you were in a musical silo growing up. You have come so far. I am also constantly reminded how deep and amazing the musical rabbit hole goes. This song kept me from insanity in school. This song should be required in all schools. The whole album and movie god that matter. The last song, tear down the wall could end all war if everyone lived by its premise. Oh well, enjoy the continuing journey my brother!

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Fun fact: in the concert the Nightmare Teacher was an oversize inflatable string puppet.

[@whiterabbit75]

One of the messages of the song: "Shit rolls downhill."

[@larryronkq586]

Jamel why didnt you comment on the great music and beat to THIS HUGE MONSTER HIT ?

[@deanepley3591]

This is music that makes you think. They were trying to tell us something back in the day. This is Deep.

[@paulwalsh2344]

I know a lot of people will say that you have to hear this album in it's entirety... Yes, yes that's true, front to back, at least once and sooner than later, because if you hear the songs out of context your mind gives them completely different meanings than if you experience the whole album in order as the band intended. And it takes too much to appreciate the sublime context of this concept album if you listen to just parts of it. Also, the visuals of this video is from the movie, Pink Floyd The Wall and I'd also have to say that although it is quite good has absolutely shocking and stunning and psychedelic imagery throughout, it' IS kinda on the nose and spoon feeds you the imagery that already exists in the lyrics and perfectly matching music that you get from listening to the whole album.

[@intotheblue96]

UK schools, especially back during Roger's day, were all about proper spoken, uniformed, cookie cutter children that had very strict and often cruel teachers (headmasters).

[@LostInSpice]

Meat for the grinder, to be blended and all made the same.

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

@@LostInSpice Soylent Green?

[@LostInSpice]

@@Cheryl_Haydon Well, it is a dog-eat-dog world, after all, or at least that's what the powers-that-be want it to be.

[@tektoniks_architects]

The Wall is one of those albums that needs to be listened to in it's entirety, first note to last, every time.

[@kevinaldridge]

Jamel I have just discovered your channel today and am absolutely loving it. As we say here in England “cheers mate” 🙏🏽✊🏽

[@johncase1353]

In short the song means "Free thinking is wrong, just do as you are told and don't question anything you are told.".

[@kathyjam2482]

It reminds me of George Orwell's "Big Brother. "

[@justineapril7922]

It's sad that "The Wall" was released in 1979, over FORTY YEARS AGO and yet, what has changed? IMHO, the world is worse as far as conformity goes. The internet and social media has driven each person to be cog in the machine; another brick in the wall. I remember buying "Wish You Were Here" as a new 8 track tape in 1975, and hearing "Welcome to the Machine" for the first time. Pink Floyd (and many other rock bands and artists) warned against getting caught up in the madness that is governmental control. We were all prepared for what was to come in 1984 (read George Orwell's book of the same name). Instead, the powers that be waited for a generation to begin the assimilation of the young. Look at what's happening now. How many people can let go of their smartphones for an entire day? "All in all we're just another brick in the wall." And it's only going to get worse.... 😪😞

[@willrichardson519]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has much to commend, there are good interviews with him knocking around, too...

[@erwinpadgett1050]

Pink Floyd songs are always deep with lyrics and rushes your mind.

[@jeffquintrell1963]

That album is one mind melt after another every song plays into the other. Top shelf!!!