Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ) *REACTION*

[@garyg3468]

Yeah man, It's about school curriculums limiting children's creativity and freedom of expression. They come out as mindless, replaceable automatons, a cog in the machine, another Brick in the Wall. The kid in the class room scene is meant to be Floyd in school writing his song Money's lyrics and being mocked for it.

[@christianadams9114]

"I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers" - John D. Rockefeller

[@CristiNeagu]

You got the bricks in the wall backwards. It's not the the kids are bricks in the wall. It's that the teacher's abuse is another brick in the wall Pink (the protagonist of the album) ends up building around himself, pushing people away and ultimately losing his humanity.

[@Boodieman72]

Or is it Pink? :)

[@acfiv1421]

But you have to recognize that Waters was writing about the British school system, which harshly suppressed any sort of independent thinking and encouraged rote memorization and conformity. American schools were never that bad in that respect (I know, I experienced both in the 70s and 80s). Sadly these days we've gone the other extreme - Today's kids are woefully ignorant in terms of history, geography, philosophy, and social understanding.

[@cosesu8929]

@@acfiv1421 it could still be a thing of control. "Dummying down" kids to better control them. Better to have a "dumb" generation of workers than critical thinkers. Ignoring the conspiracy theories though, I can tell you that these days they are "teaching to the tests". I know this because, even though I'm not a teacher, I have been a custodian for 15 years, and I've heard the talk. P.S. For those who are curious and want to look it up, teaching to the test is an actual thing.

[@gladyslucas198]

"kids turned into puppets" you pretty much nailed it. This is the wall.

[@gladyslucas198]

Fuck but let me clarify, after watching another 1 minute of this video, 'brick in the wall' does not mean that 'everyone is just some piece to the puzzle'... 'the wall' is the psychological barrier that culture creates to keep an individual in a state of conformity, never to become their true self and always to become a servant of the culture.

[@alexandraaaron9705]

@@gladyslucas198 Bingo... Systems Run Smoother when Regimented

[@CristiNeagu]

@@gladyslucas198 Not many seem to get that.

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

@@gladyslucas198 yeah, ummm.... no. The "wall" is a defense mechanism to isolate himself from trauma. The "bricks" used to build this wall of isolation are: His father dying in WW2 Song: another brick in the wall part 1, when the tigers broke free(only in the movie, not on the album) His overbearing mother Song: Mother Abuse at the hands of his teachers Songs: happiest days of our lives, another brick in the wall part 2 The cold war Song: good bye blue sky His failing carreer Song: young lust His failing marriage Songs: empty spaces, one of my turns, another brick in the wall part 3 Taking the song out of the context of the concept album, I can see why you think it's an overarching theme, but it's a personal issue for "pink" (Roger waters).

[@chimaloo]

@@mikemclaughlin3306 not many understand this, thanks

[@faithunwavering]

Funny how Pink Floyd called it, just like George Orwell. Hi Leo, thank you for being you❣

[@dorothydunn3285]

Well said.

[@antimonycup7066]

Yeah it's very current again. We don't need your thought control. Some -animals- *bricks are more equal than others.

[@faithunwavering]

@@antimonycup7066 Animal Farm. 😁

[@srbaran]

Aldous Huxley called it before George Orwell, and served as inspiration for the latter. He even predicted the Great Depression and WWII in a novel he published in 1928.

[@Anittroll21]

@@srbaran We could further back with the book WE. Read it, there are spaceships and all the buildings are made of glass. Very interesting book to read. It predicted stalinism.

[@charlesrichardson2372]

The intro of "keep your hands off my stack" is a reference of another song, "money" which is a fucking classic

[@TheSchuyler75]

i never caught that in all these years of listening to Pink Floyd and watching this video at least a hundred times. thanks for teaching me something new🙏🦋🌈🌞🌻

[@bessarion1771]

I remember when this came out, all students in the Eastern Block were singing it as a "protest-song." It was HUGE.

[@katrenalee1656]

Because they were the very definition of a society that just wanted more cogs for the machine.

[@razvansfirlogea3134]

@@katrenalee1656 Ironically, the video ends in a huge blow-out rebellion where they burn and destroy "the old structures" and also kill their teacher. That was the exact way that communism operated when it started anywhere in the world. So it's kinda funny to see people cheer for the exact thing that brought them to where they were.

[@winterlink27]

I remember listening to this song as a kid. It was a huge hit everywhere, not only in the Eastern Block. And yeah, kids in the Eastern Block loved it. It was a protest, sure - but mostly a protest against adults, their control and ignorance, their dull ways of life, and against a strict education system. It was not so well-liked because it was a political protest song, as you'd like to portrait it.

[@bessarion1771]

@@winterlink27 Well, for us the education system was a representation of the hated communism, where the government tried to indoctrinate us (of all years in school, I have known only 3 kids who actually believed the official propaganda). Protesting the education system was to protest the government. But yes, we hated both.

[@joeb4142]

Wow

[@ej8254]

This song is just as relevant today as it was when it came out over 40 years ago….

[@bibakroll8999]

Perhaps even more.

[@sallyh5413]

I was just about to say this!

[@tomkayak9752]

40 fuckin years? ... damn Im old ;)

[@ArlanKels]

It'll always be relevant

[@mysTfried]

Especially with children being unearthed at residential schools in Canada and "boarding schools" in the US next. High thought, what is today's equivalent to the Berlin wall 🤔

[@jefflee2698]

The poem the teacher read, is the words to Pink Floyd's song Money

[@karencolley-smidt864]

Money is a great song!

[@brianwankowski2581]

Was going to say it but wanted to see if someone beet me to it

[@christymearna3912]

🧠💯

[@scottiethegreat74]

I was going to say the same thing!! Great song!!

[@robertomurri1278]

We know!!

[@deweyoxburger295]

Song is more relevant today than ever.

[@chrisnorman1902]

No, it was a bit more relevant when they wrote it compared to now

[@seraph6758]

Roger Waters goes to bat for the people still. A cursory look would be advised.

[@DaddyDoggAbbott]

Don't forget to stay amazing

[@christina9841]

Yes! They should stick to the basics.. reading, writing, arithmetic.. stop all the political brainwashing of the kids. Let parents raise the kids, not the schools.

[@DaddyDoggAbbott]

@@christina9841 better calm down

[@peterjackson6011]

The children singing as the school burns will never NOT give me chills.

[@razvansfirlogea3134]

They burn everything including the teacher, reminisces of the "Great Leap Forward" in China under Mao. I'm not sure if this was also an intended point of the video, showing what happens when you try to utterly destroy the fabric and structure of even corrupted institutions: chaos, destruction, murder. The rebellion at the end is just as bad if not worse than what is happening before it.

[@MySerpentine]

@@razvansfirlogea3134 But at least they're free.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

When they refer to "The Wall", they're talking about the emotional wall that the main character in this Rock Opera has built throughout his life, due to various things... Fascist schoolmasters, overly protective mother, the death of his father in WW2, the music business, relationships, etc. It all plays out in the album, and then the movie puts it all in a more "graphic" format.

[@latrishabledsoe7766]

My favorite movie of all time

[@mr.knowitall6440]

@@latrishabledsoe7766 Yer one sick puppy! 🤣🤣😉😎

[@NorthernThinker]

Top tip from an old guy. Listen to Pink Floyd songs in order; the order of the songs tells a story. Stay high my friend.

[@jolandafrijlink6103]

Yes.....every album is a story that you can understand when you listen to the whole story, mine is still shine on you crazy diamond.

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

There's not a soul in the universe that wouldn't benefit from at least once getting high and listening to Meddle, or Animals, or Dark Side with headphones on

[@marchuitt]

Or just watch "the Wall" - that pretty much tells the story.

[@pafsa0717]

@@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude even if I'm smoking da herb as Bob was calling it I can tell you that I don't need to smoke it when I'm listening to Pink Floyd. Sure I've done that too but you can get high only listening to the music and the lyrics with Pink Floyd. It's an experience no matchable even you're high or not.

[@katehollander3521]

The poem is actually the lyrics of another Pink Floyd song called "Money" from an earlier album - "Dark Side of the Moon". DSOTM is by many considered to be one of the best rock albums every made.

[@christymearna3912]

🧠💯🎶❣️

[@ronaldhorsley1600]

yes Dark side of the moon and the wall need to be played entirely through to understand the meaning

[@FeyIndigoWolf]

That song is what we used for the money dance at my wedding. 😂

[@joeb4142]

It is.

[@caseywesthoff5086]

I like how you caught that basically just from watching the very beginning I like watching your reactions to all your videos that you watch you're so awesome and you're such a nice person and such an honest person with your reactions and you're really good person I like you

[@shellyk411]

"We don't need no thought control" is my favorite line in that song. The US education system IS what he is describing in this song, even though he wrote it about the UK education system. My teachers (especially history) did not like questions on the legitimacy of the information in our textbooks. It is also a part of the family unit and organized religion. My family never liked questions or curiosity. Neither did my pastor at my church. I raised my kids differently. I encouraged curiosity, questions and reading materials that were never allowed in the home where I grew up. Their teachers didn't like me much. Lol

[@spt6117]

Every day I drop my kid off at school…”Bye, I love you and don’t forget to rage against the machine.” I am loved by the teachers as well.😂

[@woojoke]

You are much more intelligent and evolved than most southern chickies and your kids are lucky!

[@pineapples8503]

the US is just a whole different level of fucked, pledge of allegiance every fucking morning is some real north korea shit

[@IAmInfinitus208]

Stuff like that is why I never understood people who are, "by the book."

[@spaghettisauce445]

you thought youre kids to be human congrats they will be very intelligent when they grow up and live happily and maybe one day thank you because i would

[@iamstevec1656]

"“Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” - J. Stalin

[@isopropyltoxicity]

Don't really like that guy but he has a point there

[@amandacogger3075]

Those are pretty wise words despite what the man was like

[@michaelgoodson3675]

And he clearly knew that

[@ladygrinningsoul357]

Wisdom is power.

[@TheAustinKendall]

@@isopropyltoxicity Not one world leader at the scale of Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mao, ect. were (or are) stupid, they were incredibly intelligent regardless of the horrific evil things they caused and committed.

[@nathanbrooks2581]

Man. Upload at whatever rate makes you comfortable. 5 a day. 3 a week. You do you man. We watchin.

[@muamelanie]

You upload as much as you are comfortable with Leo. We're here no matter if it's once a week. 💜

[@lynnhoffmann247]

Now you have to do “Money” (the poem in the beginning has some of the words from it) - I’ve been asking for Pink Floyd forever! 👋🏼🔥🎶🔥 Happy 4th 🧨🇺🇸🎇

[@pastorofmuppets22]

The other song they play on the radio all day, everyday..... Great!

[@enkeli19]

That one is epic to listen to with the headphones

[@lynnhoffmann247]

@@pastorofmuppets22 Well I doubt Leo has heard it.

[@racerx6563]

@@pastorofmuppets22 U still listen to the radio? 🤣 He obviously ain’t heard it…yuckmouth.

[@lisamari941]

I was on my way to do a high dollar something, then “money” came on the radio just as we were pulling up to the place/company. Me and all my friends were like “WTF lol”, then did our thing and got our money and went and partied. We were barely in high school. Our friends older sister’s boyfriend was the mastermind of it. In the mid 90s. 🤷‍♀️

[@aprilskutt974]

I grew up having learning disabilities in the 1970's. I had 3 very mean abusive teachers in early Elementary school. The song is (to me anyways) about how a mean teacher or teachers can be a part of that "Wall" that a child learns to build around him or her to block out that pain or abuse. In 1979 when the album came out, the first time I heard the song I totally related to it. I still feel it every time I hear the song.

[@ScottMStolz]

The song actually includes the speaking parts of most or all of the characters in the video, so watching the video actually gives you more context to what is happening.

[@jennhurl]

I died when you paused it with all the kids falling off the conveyor belt about to be put through the meat grinder -- **Leo talks** Leo starts video: "HOT DOGS"? 🤣🤣🤣 No! That's CHILDREN!

[@SLesCauley]

The video shows how they harvest our life energy from us through indoctrination, work and in the end our actual bodies. If you want a rabbit hole, research cemex and blood and bones in masonry bricks. In the early days the blood is what gave the red bricks their color. There are patents for it…

[@hollybrogan3956]

It's about conforming to "authority".

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Lol.... and where did you get that? What context did you use? Because it's not a out that at all

[@christymearna3912]

🧠🎶💯❣️

[@lukeduwa]

@@mikemclaughlin3306 did you have a stroke towards the end of your sentence. lol

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

@@lukeduwa hiccups....lol......*about

[@WackyJackArt1976]

Ooh, you finally found Pink Floyd! Their album Dark Side of the Moon is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. They were experimental, way ahead of their time. Absolutely continue to follow them down the rabbit hole!

[@grassyknowles63]

The words he read outta the poets book are some lyrics from "Money" by Pink Floyd.

[@criticee101]

“…there’s different links…” no lie I love that part.

[@robertwilliams4486]

You can do a crossover reaction and watch the film “The Wall”.

[@caseywesthoff5086]

Or watch The Wizard of Oz with it the first 45 minutes links together perfectly I thought it was dark side of the moon but it's the wall

[@doobernow]

Yes please!!!

[@jules3048]

I didn't know there was a film.

[@dungeoncrawlerharl]

the wall is a trip

[@itachileesan]

man great but trippy movie

[@tjmctube]

That "rap poem" is actually some of the lyrics to their song Money, from Dark Side of the Moon. It actually does have a rap feel to it when just spoken rather than sung. Do a reaction to Money.

[@chuckbradley9614]

This song has three parts on the album, I suggest you listen to all three of them. They’re basically saying that the education system assimilates all the kids to one way of thinking and does away with any form of self expression. They use perceived control over the kids to do this because they want all the kids to be identical in their thoughts and actions.

[@sandypalasciano2726]

It’s about freedom to be yourself, think for yourself, find yourself and of course that guitar playing

[@amyhuggins9920]

“Let me know if you guys want that?” OF COURSE WE DO! We freaking love you!

[@sarahconnor4668]

In the movie, his school experience as a child was "just another brick" in the wall he put up to protect himself from the world and everyone in it.

[@arcxjo]

True Story: Many years ago it was my dad's birthday and we took him out to dinner at a local steak restaurant. My mom and sister are the types who won't eat a steak that's cooked less than "charcoal briquette" so my sister's came out and it was a hint of grey (not even red) in it so she sent it back to cook more. TWICE. While this was going on, she kept going over to the salad bar but was kind of picky so the only thing she would get was a dollop of chocolate pudding. So about 45 minutes into dinner, when everyone else had largely finished our meals, and she was still waiting, my uncle asks her "Is that all you're eating?" and she replied that her steak wasn't "done" yet, so I turned to her and asked "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?" My sister, who had no culture whatsoever, just screamed at me "I SAID IT WASN'T DONE YETTTTTT!" but my uncle, who used to play drums for Charlie Daniels, thought it was hilarious.

[@deraykrause4517]

People who like steak well done are worse than H!tler.

[@speakstheobvious5769]

"My mom and sister are the types who won't eat a steak that's cooked less than "charcoal briquette"". WTF? Are your mom and sister communists?

[@Justtc]

I hit 'like' only because I couldn't find the ROFLMFAO button! 😂😂😂

[@carolcostello6792]

That's funny....

[@gotsnogroovecheryl]

⚡Mr. Video Is Back⚡ Take time whenever ya need to. You've gotta life, & life comes before KZbin. That's something a lotta people don't realize & they're not in great positions right now (lolcows/lulzcows). You take care of yourself & life first, man. If people don't like it, they can rewatch your other uploads until ya come back. Take time. We'll be here. 💖

[@eileen.333]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@danreed5171]

Schools in England are HArd-lined, rigid, and strenuous(especially for kids). Meaning they were many rules, STRICT rules. Kids having their hands struck with three-foot hard and stiff wooden rulers wasn't uncommon. My hands were hit when I was in a catholic school in 1976'. St Johns Yardley, Pennsylvania...praise Jesus I still remember that shit!!

[@hobi1kenobi112]

That used to happen but it doesn't now. Most comprehensive schools and 'academies' (oh god!) in England are a total doss house these days. They've swung too far the other way.

[@danreed5171]

I hear ya but what does it matter now, Im talklin about then when Floyd was young

[@dale7848]

Being raised in a British Colonial island in the 70s, getting hit by rulers and switches was common place. Now kids have no discipline so they do whatever they want knowing there is nothing we can do about it.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

here in finland, mom used to tell me about her teacher from when she was little. back then people had the big glasses. the teacher would use them like mirrors when writing on the blackboard to spy out any misbehaving kids and deliver punishment real fast. sometimes I wonder if that was better than modern day. today schools are a circus where teachers get no respect and have no authority to do anything about the class misbehaving. so no one is going to learn shit when the students are running a riot or browsing web on their phones. its no wonder all the test results are going down.

[@timcombs7646]

"The Wall" was a rock symphony. Each track was a scene in the story about a rock star who became enslaved by the "machine" and also, in the process, lost his mind..

[@apaheus]

David Gilmour was interviewed about this and he said it was about the UK educational system when he went to school in the fifties-sixties. Based on his perception of the current educational system the song probably would not be created today.

[@brycebullard3619]

Oh my. You've discovered Pink Floyd. They have iconic songs that are beyond words. Pink Floyd is known for not blocking their videos so the vault is open and the treasure is rich indeed.

[@bohidinger2818]

Roll you a handful of joints, then watch the movie, Pink Floyd The Wall. I'll be looking for your reaction on your other reaction page. It's really deep. But to truly understand it you have to be on another plain of existence, if you get my drift.

[@rabropes]

this exactly

[@Justtc]

I am a medical professional and I fully support that comment

[@janetveazey7212]

Was lucky enough to see the complete performance of The Wall, Earls Court, London. So many years ago. I've never forgotten it. Unbelievable.

[@jamesgonzales5285]

Memories = Pink Floyd. 70's and 80's Child, in the house 🙌🖐🤟

[@jacqueline4514]

You totally git the message!!🥰The rapping you heard was the teacher reading the lyrics to the Pink Floyd song “Money”❤️

[@lauralowe9334]

The character in the film,"Pink" is building a "wall" to shut himself off from the world. Another "brick in the wall" is one more thing that is making him want to close himself off. You should watch the whole concert film/movie to get a better grasp. Some elements relate to the mental health issues of original Pink Floyd band member, Syd Barrett.

[@Meeker128-Amy]

But the mocking of the poet was Waters.

[@animalnannymom]

True story: 1980, small Minnesota town, our music teacher played this for us and we all screamed at the top of our lungs, “Hey teacher! Leave those kids alone!” We were in 6th grade. I do believe he got in trouble for that.

[@pafsa0717]

Legend! I think almost everyone of us have met at least one teacher like that even if most of them were bricks in the wall. I had one who came with his bike wearing jeans and bands t-shirts and it was him who suggested to me to listen to animals as I was new then to Pink Floyd. He even gave me a book with Pink Floyd's best songs lyrics translated to my language,Greek. It blew my mind cause even I if I got along with the English language there were some expressions and metaphors that I couldn't grasp and that book did wonders! So pleased that I met him in my life.

[@M11969]

What a shame that he got in trouble. He was educating you, and they wanted him to indoctrinate.

[@sagewhite6301]

Amazing how relevant this song is at this moment time.

[@walterlowe7252]

The wall is what surrounds us individually, the walls we put up around ourselves… the entire album is the story of Pink and the wall he’s built… this song is absolutely about teachers abusing their power over kids and the stifling of uniqueness and creativity. He equates his teacher to a brick in the wall he’s built, same with his mother. “all in all you’re just another brick in the wall”

[@jamesonrosen1773]

Education is the closest thing we have to a literal wishing well and its sad to see it become so perverted that its actually harmful on a generation scale

[@christina9841]

I haven't finished Leo's video yet, but I have to say I'm so encouraged by this comment section....... the indoctrination of our children is truly frightening and heartbreaking.

[@pastorofmuppets22]

Become?Name a time in your lifetime it wasn't.....Or your great, great grandparent's lifetime for that matter

[@jamesonrosen1773]

@@pastorofmuppets22 thats fair. The education system is, has been, and generally has to be, a cookie cutter type mechanism in some fashion because of the nature of it all. However the curriculum, agenda and underlining philosophy has been eroded and corrupted over several generations. Our teachers cant afford housing on their salary. They need to spend their own money to acquire supplies for their classes. They have a ratio of kids to teachers way over 30:1 which means they cant help the individual even if they wanted to. Just like cops the standard to be a "good" teacher has dropped as well. I dont know if i could call it better or worse today but i do know the resources are no longer as available today than they were a long time ago even though we've made advancements everywhere else

[@pafsa0717]

As Bertrand Russell quoted "Men are born ignorant,not stupid. They are made stupid by education."

[@harry8333]

@@jamesonrosen1773 *MODERN* American "education" is for Simpletons. Used to be that students learned how to write and to do simple math problems in their heads, but now Americans need a *Calculator* to do simple addition and subtraction problems for them, and cannot even write things down anymore without needing a computer to text things out and correct their multiple spelling mistakes for them too.

[@shaybob1711]

you may have pulled it out of thin air but you still hit the nail squarely on the head. You are smarter than you give yourself credit for.

[@trismaccarran9950]

Remind him now & again

[@theodoreritola9758]

1979 What a huge year for the music industry ,

[@janzimny1977]

Two things to do! First listen to the whole album!! Second, then watch The Whole Movie and then fall in!!

[@danryan3146]

You NEED to watch the entire movie bro...fire one up, sit back and enjoy the ride.

[@pantsonparade]

I know the lyrics are "No dark sarcasm in the classroom" but in my head I always hear "Your thoughts are cancer in the classroom".

[@justinatest9456]

You need to react to the whole movie, it makes every song on the album hit harder when you understand the struggles that Pink suffered.

[@PhoenixRising357]

Yes Leo...the whole movie, please. Call "your guy" and settle in with a mind bending experience. But I really do recommend listening to the whole album audio first. This album still strikes my heart like a spear right through it.

[@marilynk30]

Yessssss! I agree. The movie makes it all make sense! 👏

[@elysehfm8797]

@@PhoenixRising357 yes, album first, movie later if at all. The movie really dumbs down the music.

[@gsparkman]

Parts of the movie are fine, but as whole it was severely disappointing to me. I'd listened to The Wall at least a hundred times when the movie arrived. I would be unlikely to recommend the movie, and especially NOT to someone who hasn't even listened to the full album. That's just a disservice to that person. Friends don't let friends WATCH movie before they've LISTENED to the album.

[@elysehfm8797]

@@gsparkman absolutely.

[@ZenoAke3610]

Very astute, Leo. Yes, we're all just bricks.

[@ameliamiller3431]

I’m here early for one of my favorites! Go down that Pink Floyd rabbit hole my dude, Welcome To The Machine is a whole trip!

[@heathermyer9044]

This movie is a must when you trip. Love Pink Floyd.

[@janebailey7088]

Please keep them coming 4, 5, 6 times a day. I'm in uk and have been following your channel for over a year. I tune in every day to see what's new. Absolutely love the purity of your reactions to music I have grown up with and it makes me so happy to see you enjoy them for the first time.

[@baytown7951]

Don't forget, the band's founder Syd Barrett was a bit of a lunatic but no denying he's a creative genius. The lead guitarist David Gilmore is one of the best of all time, listen to the lead part again with your eyes closed. He could bend strings as smooth as anyone who ever played.

[@Ra-wz8wd]

Don’t forget about roger waters

[@scubasteve7638]

You should review the Pink Floyd movie "The Wall".

[@josiplilic3384]

Sorry,Floyd is greatest band ever for me,but can't stomach the film.Seems to me that Alan Parker didn't get the point right.Or Waters didn't let director to do his job.

[@scubasteve7638]

@@josiplilic3384 It is was it is at this point.

[@tomkayak9752]

Agree, not a happy, or the best ever,... but a must see.

[@josiplilic3384]

@@scubasteve7638 If Dave let go his guard,a little bit,those 2 could make something great,but sadly,I think you're right.

[@caseywesthoff5086]

The poem that the kid was riding at the teacher read out loud was actually a lyric from another Pink Floyd song just to let you know a big Pink Floyd fan so you catch those little things

[@MrAlexBubba]

Money - Pink Floyd 🔥🔥

[@odilon_3268]

Pink Floyd - The great gig in the sky ! Pleeeeeeease

[@amandawettig2592]

This song was written in 1979- the fall of the Berlin Wall was 10 years later! Made sense then- makes sense now!

[@byronpark6916]

when the kids were walking in line, they walked til they fell into a meat grinder... Which were those hotdogs you saw

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

In the beginning, the teacher was making fun of the lyrics to a song that became one of their biggest hits‼️

[@pobodysnerfect28]

Dude you got it! (When your figuring out the message lol, you nailed it

[@Katnipkitkat_Cthulhu]

In the 90s, my best friend used to come over and stay at my house most weekends. He would always watch my copy of The Wall. He watched it so much I got tired of it and didn't want to listen to any of the songs from it for over a decade. Recently I found him again on Facebook, but he died in his sleep shortly after a few quite long video calls reliving old times. Now I can't hear anything from The Wall without thinking about that. 😞

[@berniceporter9989]

Mr Video is back.... yay❣️

[@EstherStJames]

I recommend listening to the entire album, then watch the movie The Wall without recording, and then come watch it with that insight. It's a story that rings true for everyone molded and beaten like clay into what the world wanted. Pink becomes himself anyway and then he's destroyed by his love and he's never the same.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

You need to listen to the entire album, in order. This video was a scene from the movie, not the song as it is on the album. It's a double album, so I recommend breaking it up into four reaction videos, one for each "record side". This album is a true Rock Opera, like a play, and each record side is an Act in the play. The album is one connected story. After listening to the album, you can watch the movie, and you'll actually get more out of the movie, having listened to the album first.

[@seantimmons5900]

Maybe it's been covered but... In the album's context, the wall.is the separation between "Pink" and society. There are a ton of metaphors to the writer (Roger Watters)'s life as well as the former singer (Syd Barrett)'s. This album needs to be listened to from beginning to end in one sitting with lyrics and a joint.

[@GaisSacredCreations]

I watched Pink Floyd The Wall when it first came out back in '82. I was in college at the time and I felt so distraught when I left the theatre, it totally f--ked my head up. Took me a few weeks to shake off that feeling.

[@geoffsullivan7902]

Pink Floyd is different….they’re teaching you, taking you,lifting you,telling you something every song,every album. ❤️🎼🤘😎

[@TIEdrummer]

you need to react to the whole movie... get your head straight, and hold on.

[@keef7224]

The problem with this version is that Dave’s amazing solo gets lost in the background because we’re distracted by the video.

[@umusuuk]

Pink Floy's "Money" doesn't have a music video, but judging by your reaction to the teacher reading out that bit, you should react to it lol. Also the whole movie "The Wall" on your second channel.

[@BoomerandZoomerReacts]

"Money" does have an official music video.

[@jasonanalco542]

The Dark side of the Moon. That album has two songs and a philosophy of depending on the two things you never are assured. Money and Time

[@elaine8013]

Back in the 90's The NY Planetarium would have laser shows to the music of different artists. A group of us(back in my biker days) went to see the Pink Floyd show after partying for 3 days. Now THAT was a fun night!

[@quellenathanar]

Pink Floyd is another rabbit hole. Their music is super chill. "Learning to Fly" is my favorite, but pretty much anything is gonna be pretty good.

[@greggwilliamson]

You should review the movie this came from. "The Wall"

[@sideshw1940]

I listened to this yesterday. I loved it when the kids said “Hey, teachers, leave those kids alone!” Because these damn teachers these days are really indoctrinating our children.

[@peteyn.y.7960]

Yes!! 💯CRT and Indoctrinating is horrible and evil! 💔🙏✌️🇺🇸

[@theodoreritola9758]

IM Way more into the beat Of this song .. more than the words

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

The kids sing "leave US kids alone"

[@sugar706]

Except teaching I think the most important thing a teacher and a school must do is fighting discrimination and bullying. They should try to teach them that respect and kindness are the most important things, they should let the kids be curious, listen to them and discuss with them. Treat the kids like people not like stupids

[@floorticket]

Dude, be the first to react to the film over on your other channel. The album came out in late 1979, (last, best album of the 70s without a doubt) and the film came out in the summer of '82.

[@clintrench6850]

Pink Floyd is known for their videos . See pink floyd the wall in its entirety. Its timeless. Its truly art . I'd hate to spoil seeing you react to more of them but that is a must see.

[@beatlesfantoo]

I saw The Wall at the theater a day or 2 before it was released elsewhere. A local record store somehow pulled it off, the owner knew someone who knew someone type of thing. There was a special sound system for it. We had the album but seeing the movie will blow your mind !!!!

[@lynnlove9336]

You make me laugh which is a blessing, thank you for being you. You make my heart happy🕊

[@tigermanxxl]

Pink Floyd is awesome. You should check out comfortably numb

[@droneracer]

If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding, How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat.

[@silc2600]

Pink Floyd, just perfection, what a band!

[@defendedbe7999]

This was one of the 1st singles I ever bought on vinyl, when I was, like, FIVE.

[@joyconner2334]

"He's a rapper!" exactly before rap was a thing. What was that like for him? Poor thing.

[@joyconner2334]

@@Gevixel not when he was in grade school, was my point.

[@PhoenixRising357]

Ran, tripped, got back up and ran here. ♥️

[@marilynk30]

Me too! Hahaha 🙃🙂

[@stevegyles3190]

Dude, every molecule of my body wants to sit down with you in a private setting, burn a couple and play you this whole album start to finish so that I would then be able to answer your questions. When he talks about another brick in the wall, he's talking about the wall he builds around himself to keep the rest of the world out. You are not a brick in the wall. You are the you in the track 'Hey You'.

[@AbsoluteApril]

10/10 would watch :D

[@rancidcrabtree.]

Steve is speaking the truth about the meaning of the bricks.

[@megandavies8590]

I'd be up for that.💛

[@jonnyitguy]

First commenter I’ve seen be correct on the meaning of the bricks. I’d love to join y’all for the burning and watching. Lol

[@goa5373]

when I first saw this movie, I was just a kid and the meat grinder scene never left my mind since then.

[@FallenHellscape]

In all your self-distractions, you didn’t realize that the ground “beef” was actually the children falling into the machine and being ground up.

[@natashyahendrix2]

Wow!

[@elysehfm8797]

He got that.

[@OUigot]

The symbolism is "meat grinder" meaning the kids are graduating school to go to the work force. The old saying of getting a job, mortgage, in debt, and working at a job you hated was called "The meat grinder."

[@rich_t]

I was like "oh no he's missing it!" 🤔🤐🤣

[@juanor6330]

In the 8:40 He was like "Hot dogs" lol

[@angelabarnes7588]

"That's rap!!" No, that's "Money" from Dark Side of the Moon. That album is the longest running on Top 100. Listen to "Money", just for fun!Back to "The Wall". The album is about the walls we build around ourselves, & the bricks we use to build the walls. Abusive teachers are one of the bricks,so they got their own song.

[@roccaclassico9028]

Now you have to react to their song "Money" (audio version). The poem the kid wrote in this video are lyrics from that song. BTW, that wasn't hot dogs, the kids were dropping into a giant meat grinder and came out as hamburger. Subtle, huh?

[@robertomurri1278]

That's funny

[@raulozuna3545]

I watched you on my recent 6 day stay in the hospital. Thank you sir and please keep sending us the best reactions in the business. God bless

[@miguelbravo2066]

Now you gotta watch the whole movie. The Wall! It´s a masterpiece.

[@rockyraccoon6299]

Bro! What about “echoes live in Pompeii by Pink Floyd”, been requesting it for a year now

[@mgordon1100]

Love to watch you figure it out, you got it. But there's even a deeper meaning to "brick in the wall" when it's placed into context with the whole story on the album and movie. This song was pulled from Roger Waters' experience when he was in school in the U.K. It was a time of an authoritative system that even applied corporal punishment to kids that don't fall in line. That doesn't happen anymore, but it's more relevant in the U.S. today because schools here are now appearing more and more of indoctrination than practical education.

[@cosesu8929]

"Teaching to the test"

[@juspatmil]

Imagine a song never more relevant now than ever, and the video couldn't get made today, weird huh.

[@sharonironman4547]

Love this song , came out when i was a teenager still has a meaning today

[@Frank-pe9pk]

Glad to see you again! Pink Floyd’s messages were way ahead of the time. Been a fan since the late 60’s.

[@misspattifromcali.6955]

Love you Leo 💜💜💜💜💜