Pink Floyd, Young Lust - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

[@rockjeker5685]

This channel stands out from others where classically trained musicians analyze popular music. This lady combines the specialist's cerebral approach with the normal listener's emotional one. She is also a delight to listen to.

[@Radwar99]

I agree with everything you say, I just wish she wouldn't take forever to continue her The Wall analysist.

[@taylorham9532]

check daily doug too!

[@giuliogrifi7739]

@@taylorham9532 Yes, I agree.

[@mbaright]

Absolutely. I've listened to this album dozens of times. It took me a long time to come to my own understanding of it and get comfortable with it. I'm absolutely amazed that Virgin Rock has the same emotional reaction to little bits here and there that took me forever to identify within the larger context of the album. She is tuned in to the emotional palette as much as the musical. She has a very refined emotional understanding. What a rare treat to hear someone of her caliber listen for the first time to Pink fucking Floyd of all things! I'm giddy!

[@ChrisBlair-ev3mp]

@@taylorham9532 Doug's too technical, and he talks as if he's talking to fellow musicians, but he has his moments.

[@vibesandstuff76]

"I need a dirty woman," has a different meaning when you consider the lyric from "Mother," "Mother won't let anyone dirty get through." It's almost as if Pink is rebelling against his protective mother here.

[@oopswrongplanet4964]

I would agree, except without the "almost".

[@godbeIess]

@@oopswrongplanet4964 I realised early on in adulthood virgins are no fun and dirty women are.

[@wandajames143]

Who doesn’t need a dirty woman sometimes?

[@mikemcmillen9581]

You've listened to the whole album and watched the movie , right?

[@godbeIess]

@@mikemcmillen9581 Saw the movie in a theater when it first came out. I found the movie depressing. I guess roger got his message across to me.

[@DruncanUK]

If I remember the movie correctly, Pink is on the road with the band and tries to call his wife with a collect call but a man is answering and hanging up. That's when he realises his wife is playing around. It's another brick to go in his wall!

[@michaelfried3123]

bingo! give that man a prize!

[@peterdiven2021]

Also in the movie the phone call is placed at the start of the song not the end so Pinks attempt to find a "dirty woman" is more seen as a response to his wife infidelity than purely an attempt to fill the 'Empty Spaces'

[@brianfogle2743]

Going to say the same

[@will51256]

You do realise that 'Pink' is not a person but a reference to the fact that the first recording executive signing them didn't even have enough respect to find out their names and assumption that Pink and Floyd were the names of the 2 founders of the band and just saw them as $'s.

[@rk41gator]

Does this remind anyone of Phil Collins coming home from a long band tour in 1978 only to find his house empty?

[@sbombeck5419]

The song follows Mr Floyd on his trip to the United States, feeling the freedom to fill those empty spaces in a very superficial and typical way (as you described). At the end it is his attempts to call back to England collect to speak with his wife, only to have the calls refused by an unknown man, implying his wife is filling the empty spaces in exactly the same way.

[@acfiv1421]

What he said...

[@MrGatechfan99]

This track is still playing on the radio almost 44 years later.

[@carlosrosa8748]

I can’t wait! I found this page yesterday and you owe me about 3 hours sleep. I binge watched the Pink Floyd series. Please continue to do these, you are a jewel!!🎉

[@rmg03c]

Same. I was bummed to find that I couldn't consume the recording in it's entirety.

[@willasacco9898]

She is highly addictive.

[@cmsalyer9869]

Same, except found her last Thursday. She's brilliant 👏🏻

[@edwardmunoz7853]

I want her to do more Tool 💪 especially Pneuma 💯🔥

[@edwardmunoz7853]

​@@willasacco9898idk why but she is that cause I'm a metalhead 💯 🤘

[@RadioReprised]

David uses his guitar to ''talk'' to us through his Solo.....that's why He is so great a player. There is genuine emotion in the notes.

[@angelagraves865]

David Gilmour has this beautiful ability to make his guitar sound/feel like it's singing and it's filled with so much emotion.

[@briangriffiths937]

Here are words to the phone call. *Phone beeping* "Hello?" "Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charge from the United States?" *Phone clicks* "Oh, he hung up. That's your residence, right? Well, I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone out there besides your wife there to answer?" *Phone redials and beeps again* "Hello?" "This is the United States calling. Are we reaching..." *Phone clicks* "See, he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."

[@mikes9305]

To me, this showcases the best heights of Pink Floyd. That electric guitar deserves more comment, because those "licks" throughout are highly innovative but also soooooo expressive! Regardless of the lyrics we hear, the real inner turmoil just leaps out uncontrollably in the form of that guitar. The sound of it is simply BLAZING! That's when the band truly reaches its finest moments. It's been said that he's not a full virtuoso (doesn't play "fast enough" to be one) but, man, how many guitarists create unique sounds like this with such feeling, such passion, such strength just leaping out of the speakers to grab and shake the listener? One of the most distinctive aspects of the band and what they accomplished! 😃

[@RO-vh8ln]

The phone call, Mr. Floyd calling, at the end was like a 'prank call'. It took several calls until they got the right operator who tried to connect several times as showed genuine concern a man was answering the call, implying should he be there? Just more brilliance.

[@Thezwaluw1]

Patience is a virtue. I am glad I get to see more of pink floyd

[@79BlackRose]

She is certainly testing our patience!

[@MrAitraining]

Will take a year at this rate.

[@garryiglesias4074]

@@MrAitraining It will be torture against human rights and breaking Geneva convention if she do this on Dark Side of The Moon... Universe might even collapse.

[@stephaniemarx9162]

The Wall is an opera. The story is about a performer "Pink" ( An amalgam of Syd Barret and Roger Waters ) Pink is on tour as a rock muscian. There have been too many concerts. Too many many hotels, too many drugs. He's lonely and tired. He's brought groupie to his room but she annoys him and he flys into a rage and frightens her away. Alone again he calls home to his wife in the UK to find a man answers his phone. Sinking into depression the events of his life pass in review. His father's death in the war. Over protective mother. Sadistic school masters. His manager bursts into the room and finding him comotose has a doctor inject him with the drugs to get him "going for the show" Under their influance he conjures his concert into a fascist rally. Finally putting himself on trial and summoning witnesses against himeslf, he convicts himself of having feelings. And sentences himself to having his feelings exposed to the world. This is a panorama of a man losing his mind in real time

[@79BlackRose]

Spoiler Alert! We are not even half way through the album.

[@will51256]

In my opinion you really need to go back and listen closely to 'Have a Cigar' and 'Welcome to The Machine'. Those tracks will tell you exactly who 'Pink' is (and will give you a clue why at the end of the album the phone was hung up on the recording executives secretary).

[@digibirder]

You noted the way the guitar solo was constructed. That is why Dave Gilmour is the best. His solos are"themes and variations", and he is a master at building you into it and then leading you into what comes after. His solos are integral to the song.

[@jameskinstle6874]

He doesn't like being called Dave, heh. It's David.

[@godbeIess]

What guitarists lack in talent, they cover up with quick imprecise playing. Gilmour allows us to savor every note. He takes hi time. Not only is he an excellent guitarist, he is also an excellent composer.

[@andyjackson2901]

Excellent guitarist (and vocalist), yes. Excellent composer? You’re having a laugh

[@jameskinstle6874]

@@andyjackson2901 Explain?

[@Hemprechaun]

The Operator part is interesting because it is a real operator. Her words are her own. Not written lyrics. Just worked out great.

[@mikearchibald744]

"A happy accident" as Roger calls it, much like the vocals on the Great Gig in the Sky.

[@godbeIess]

@@mikearchibald744 Ever wonder why Roger has "happy accidents"? The man is a workaholic who also happens to be a perfectionist. His colleagues hated him for this, but if he was not that, what masterful pieces would we never have heard? The world is much better off having Pink Floyd than not having PF. They inspired and guide many lives. I am certain my personality has some PF directing it.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@godbeIess Yeah, well, he certainly was THEN. After Amused to Death he kind of disappeared and from what he says in interviews he spent a lot of time golfing and NOT working. But thats only half true, if you actually get into a lot of the interviews he actually isn't THAT much of a perfectionist, but he certainly fought for his vision. But in many cases he talked about the concessions he made, MANY of them for hte better because David was right in that he wasn't the greatest 'song' writer. The Wall was originally a 90 minute poem that was all going to be one song and didnt have MOST of the biggest songs on it. Pros and Cons frankly I think I listened to once and never again, The Final Cut is easily my least favourite. I like Radio KAOS more than it, but Amused to Death to me outranks ALL Pink Floyd stuff in terms of depth and artistry, and frankly I can't even listen to it for pleasure, it really is like a work of art. But I agree, in every band they need somebody to push them forward, and Roger kind of got hated for being that guy. But I have no doubts that he was also a douchebag:) But there's no doubt we all benefitted from it, there's a reason Pink Floyd is just Pink Floyd, its beyond rock and roll, its almost like a work of art in itself.

[@beardookeashley3946]

Yay!!! Amy is...gonna show these strangers around...the wall again! I'm so excited!!!!!!!

[@LonesomeTwin]

Is that really your guitar?

[@dago87able]

@@LonesomeTwinThis comment section is bigger than my apartment

[@LonesomeTwin]

@@dago87able 😂

[@PhilPastor]

I love your description of the guitar solo! Yes, it keeps the original melody in your head without just repeating it. Gilmour always picks every note with a specific purpose.

[@trishlarocca]

I binge viewed the Pink Floyd series as well the last few days. I'm loving it. Now I have to wait again! Thank you!!

[@MrJoeinz]

Pink is trying to break from his inhibition that is a result of his mother's warning about women in the world. His 'wall' is like a ball and chain to him. His empty marriage is leaving him vessel that is searching for meaning and emotion. He's totally lost. His attempting to call his wife back in England, and she is with another (who answers the phone and hangs up) He's devastated . . . but a frustrated wife will find an emotional connection elsewhere. Pink's psychosis builds !

[@ehss192]

There are a million other things that you could be doing but I love that you appreciate Pink Floyd enough that you choose to review their music over and over.

[@majordude]

I've heard this album 1000 times and with you explaining the music theory behind it, it's like I heard it again for the first time.

[@johnpatten4055]

One of my favorite attributes of David Gilmour's guitar talent is pulling overtones out of the strings at will. The guitar solo here highlights that. The phone call is primarily the overseas operator trying to connect a call from Pink (Mr. Floyd) to his wife. The operator is shocked that a man answers at the Floyd household.

[@markk.4941]

I enjoy seeing an analysis of Pink Floyd's music from a classically trained musician. You see and hear the music from a different perspective than us 'Rockers'. I like it. It is also good to see that you aren't even halfway through "The Wall", and you are enjoying their music! You are becoming a fan.

[@youraccount7003]

I love the dirty guitar which carries and matches the lyrics perfectly. This is very much Davids song and his influence is all over it. It's an incredible piece which conveys perfectly Pinks need to feel something, anything. His marriage is on the rocks and he is trying to fill the empty spaces. Your intuitive and forensic take on these songs is on a vastly different level from all the other channels. Superb insights. Thank you so much.

[@WindmillChef]

I watched the In-depth first and well, I am one of the ones who asked in comments if The Wall project had been abandoned. I wasn't aware that you gave birth to a baby and yes, certainly that is a little more pressing and important than over viewing a Pink Floyd song. Amy, you do put a lot of effort and dedication into making your videos and don't think that it goes unnoticed or not appreciated, it is why we watch and thoroughly enjoy your videos. And your channel has grown quite impressively in a short time and we thank you. I don't experience this song as odd or a bit unfitting in the album musically, I guess that I know most Pink Floyd albums so well that a certain variety is expected, for instance if we look at the "Darkside of the moon" album and put two songs, "Great gig in the sky" and "Time" next to each other, they are shockingly different in...every conceivable way. You are right on in your analysis of the function of this song in the story and the placement of this song on the album is keen on so many levels of creating a great album in commercial music. About David Gilmoure's guitar solo, I wonder if instead of consciously working in the album's music motives, inverting them and repeating/referencing certain notes of the singing, Gilmoure wasn't rather just picking notes within a few scales that he was playing in. Anyway, it's all great stuff.

[@oceanfrog]

You picked up on a significant aspect of David Gilmour's guitar playing. He will often vocalize the lines that he's playing (or play his vocal improvisation, more like it). This gives a very melodic, vocal quality to his solos, which you noted in this song.

[@larryfroot]

I am so glad you are continuing this journey into The Wall. Songs I thought I knew - well, I assumed I knew - are brought into a brighter and more informed light than I can conjure. Following closely and can't wait until you reach Comfortably Numb and The Trial. Thank you for offering such enriching insight on such well-loved music.

[@davidh.7571]

love your analysis of my favourite album. The phone call is Pink calling home to his wife, but a male visitor answers and hangs up. The operator (back then that’s how you made international calls) says “This is a collect call for Mrs Floyd from Mr Floyd, will you accept the charges?” The answering male hangs up. The operator advises Pink, “ He keeps hanging up, there must be someone there besides your wife”. All paraphrases of course. Yes Pink has discovered his wife is having an affair. Thanks for all your work.

[@robmcilheney1657]

When you say "a strange set of voices" as the chorus kicked in, it's David Gilmour & Roger Waters singing simultaneously into the same microphone, as was often done in live performances in those days for harmonies, but rarely done in studio. Gilmour has a much more powerful and less pitchy singing voice than Roger, so despite singing the part in the lower register, his voice manages to bury the higher harmony sung by Roger.

[@filosofiaseca]

Roger Waters has a much more powerful voice. This is actually stated by one of their producers.

[@robmcilheney1657]

@@filosofiaseca Absolutely not. Can he wail at a higher volume? Perhaps, but powerful voices are those that can *sing* with support *in pitch* What Roger DOES add to the mix is a very emotional vocal sound, but again, that's largely due to the fact that he's pitchy and struggles to stay in tune, ala "Hey You,"

[@filosofiaseca]

@@robmcilheney1657 It's not me saying, as I wrote. You can argue with James Guthrie.

[@robmcilheney1657]

@@filosofiaseca Ya, he's wrong.

[@micv5149]

The Have a Cigar (Roger Water’s sung version) on you tube has him hitting the “gravy train” line clearly with power on pitch.

[@mattleppard1970]

Brilliant. You nailed exactly how this fits in the narrative at first listen. Wonderful ❤

[@mikefetterman6782]

The songs from the album are the soundtrack to the whole movie. Watching the movie will give you all the underlying meanings, and situations the songs are built around. Iconic artistic statement with the film, album, live show all being spectacular. One of the few movies, where every sound, note, word, second of recording is the same, film to album, to live show.

[@mauriciomijares7286]

I'm glad that you are back to this album and band. And I also liked to see that you are appreciating more the electric guitar sound!

[@selflessself]

Thank you so much for this series, Your insight and sensitivity in analyzing this material provides a depth of field that I'm sure is food for thought for even the most dedicated Floyd fan. Your familiarity with the rock genre grows by leaps and bounds as evidenced by your look at the guitar solo in this one. Looking forward...

[@botijo]

The best (by far) analisis ever about that album. Thank you. I need the rest. I need it!

[@dr.pendyke4887]

A Gilmour showcase, he plays rhythm guitar, lead guitar, lead vocals, and plays bass on this track. He also co-wrote it.

[@ianfortier6796]

But... but I thought Roger was the only important piece..?? #sarcasm You're 100% right, man. So much of The Wall's highlights were because of Dave's input and abilities. This being a shining example.

[@podstepmistrzem8200]

Hell, even the most memorable bass parts in Animals, Roger couldn't even imagine trying to play. All Gilmour. Roger's bass skills peaked on Piper when he was just playing major triads, and that should tell you something. That being said, you can't discredit the lyricism and driving power Roger had for the band, but his constant badmouthing of his previous band mates is just pathetic.

[@ianfortier6796]

@@podstepmistrzem8200 1000% agree!

[@dr.pendyke4887]

@@ianfortier6796 Hahaha, right? I always said, Gilmour (and Wright/Mason) made Waters brilliant and sometimes odd ideas listenable.

[@jasonbeisel6681]

As a lifelong lover of Pink Floyd, m I'm really loving these breakdowns and seeing your reaction and hearing your insights! Wonderful.

[@geraldspencer8679]

1:55 Over here, David and Roger combine voices to give us that iconic sound. If you haven't already, check out their live version of Young Lust because they both sing in one mic to get that sound.

[@reyvgm]

Yes, finally, you posted the next one :P I waited for like 3 weeks for it. I can't wait to see the reaction to the next song as it's one of my favorites.

[@benitoherrero3895]

Thank you very much indeed Amy for going on with "The Wall" album. Your comments and ideas are specially important for people that do not know english like a native in order to understand the ideas behind the music.

[@robertvarisco2196]

I'd say this is, musically, as close to 'funky' as Pink Floyd ever got. Quite a range of textures on this great album.

[@Coddiwomple1]

Ma'am, I have been experiencing this album since I was 11 , I'm now 55. You completely changed the way I see this song in the entirety of the album. Thanks. I love your channel.

[@kwviewer]

Dear Amy. Thank you so much for sharing your fascinating and inspiring journey. I greatly value your insightful, thoughtful presentation and especially your willingness to let us experience pauses as you consider your thoughts. I wonder if, for your next project, you may consider sharing your favourite classical pieces and explaining why you love them? I'm glad that you are acclimatising to the sound of the electric guitar which in rock is often deliberately distorted. The emotional palette of the electric guitar is far broader than the anger, violence and malevolence heard in most heavy rock. I’m intrigued to know whether, when you reach ‘Comfortably Numb’ in your journey over ‘The Wall’, you find yourself being moved by its two guitar solos, both of which are widely recognised to be the most moving ever recorded. I am sure that you have many rock tracks lined up . . . but if you have time, I would love to hear your reaction to the following rock music that I have chosen as a function of its ability to create unique sonic worlds. The tracks also serve to further reinforce a fact that I’m guessing you have realised: that the sonic palette and emotional depth of ‘Rock’ music is extraordinary. The art form created by the invention of multitrack recording and sound synthesis/processing technologies is as magical as the technology it utilises. Here is the list: Kate Bush: The Ninth Wave (the seven song emotional journey that was ‘side 2’ of her album ‘Hounds of Love’ 1985) The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops (an extraordinary soundscape and a beautiful song from the album of the same name 1984). Talk Talk: The Rainbow (a set of three extraordinary songs/soundscapes from the album ‘Spirit of Eden’ 1988) Radiohead: Pyramid Song (a band capable of creating unique sonic worlds, from the album ’Amnesiac’ 2001) Japan: Ghosts (a beautiful song produced with the Prophet V synthesiser from the album ‘Tin Drum’ 1981) Thank you again Amy.

[@billyrepko5038]

So glad you are picking this back up. I cant wait until you react to Comfortably Numb.

[@fernandodeleon7466]

It's the one we all are waiting for

[@ScottDonaldson51]

I am only half way through this but have to say, I am mesmerized by this woman's demeanour. She is Amish, therefor listening to this kind of rock as a classically trained musician is a gift. I am always looking for her facial expressions to decide if she is affected by the words or the instruments. She may be overstepping the mark in her community by doing so, but it really is a pleasure to hear hear diagnosis and a shear delight. She has broken down tunes that I, a musician myself, found estranged from the meaning. GOOD ON YOU, WISH YOU WOULD DO SOME QUEEN!

[@peterhughes8699]

Another classic ripping guitar piece by virtuoso D Gilmour. Appreciate the cutting guitar/amp tone, use of delay in the solo and his soulful choise of phrasing to convey both beauty and menace. Even classical harpist Amy could hear a true master at work

[@luvbasses5487]

The Hammond Organ is what you hear doubling (or tripling) on the chorus. Roger is on upper register vocal and Dave, lower. On top of it all is high note from the B-3 organ.

[@DasMonkey-4225]

Trying to dissect a single song from Pink Floyd post Dark Side Of The Moon especially a single song from The Wall, would be akin to annualizing a random chapter from a book. The Beatles might have "created" the Concept Album.... But Pink Floyd became the masters. A normal album a single song is a single story and by definition a concept is an album featuring a cycle of songs expressing a particular theme or idea. As for the guitarist David Gilmour. I believe is was in Guitar World there was a article on how he would create a solo and then work it out on a black board mathematically so that is why his "solos" standout and sound the way they do. True or not the man is an incredible creative genius. As for the chorus. Pink Floyd became the masters of multi-track recording and layering. So what you're hearing is not only the lead and a backing singer doing the "Ooh, I need a dirty woman" but them selves stacked plus whatever other effects they added to the mix. Honestly, if you really want to enjoy this band, you have to sit down, empty your mind and listen to the complete album from first note to the last. Friends and I after the sun goes down sitting fireside a Pink Floyd album is put on with several speakers aimed towards us from outside our sitting area and it is left to play. The sounds just fill the air

[@jamespurcer3730]

In blues, and rock which was patterned after the blues, the lead guitar was intended to replace the vocals during the middle "break" portion of the song. There are many variations in this basic pattern, but the lead guitar was supposed to sound like a singing voice.

[@entwistlefromthewho]

The phone call at the end is "This a call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd", the rockstar who had previously been looking for a 'good time' in Young Lust is attempting to call his estranged wife, but a man answers.

[@trevormatthews6005]

The roger waters interview with Tommy vance on the Friday rock show explains the phone call as well as how they recorded it it's on KZbin somewhere it covers the whole album with Rogers explanations of every track

[@digitalblues01]

You're starting to get the guitar! Yay!

[@andyjackson2901]

Take another close listen and pay attention to what’s going on behind the guitar solo. Not only is there a ripping supporting organ, but Roger’s adding in lots of atmospheric shouts and grunts. Aside from the philosophical lyrics these guys are well known for, there’s also a complexity of stuff “hidden” in the background.

[@steviea427]

I always interpreted the underlying rhythm of the Empty Spaces to be that unstoppable, industrial, relentless psychological process of the wall being built. It is constant and cannot be stopped. Like a war --- the decision has been made. The overlying guitar is Pink's pain and resolution with his decision to complete the wall. His wife's infidelity is the last impetus needed for Pink to finish his grand opus of isolation. His attempt to avoid dealing with trauma. An attempt that must inevitably fail. Young Lust is sexual anger and exploitation. There is no love inside the wall. My compliments Virgin Rock. I am completely absorbed in your work. You make theory fun, which is the rarest of talents. I am eagerly awaiting your reaction to "Run Like Hell" and also the entire courtroom and trial section. Heavy Stuff. Peace, Steve..

[@stevenkonzen826]

If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it a billion times. Best album ever made. Nothing will ever come close.

[@bmille2121]

in the movie this is where the main character of the rock ‘n’ roll star pink after the concert heads to the party trailers with all of the groupie girls for them to all have a good time. Meanwhile, his wife is at home with another man. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. he is calling home to talk to his wife, but it’s a man answering. That’s what the operator says in the song lol. Your assessment about filling the empty spaces, of course is exactly correct.

[@yes_head]

Yeah, this is much more of a Dave Gilmour song *musically*. I've heard Dave Gilmour's guitar playing compared to drinking fine champagne. I couldn't put it any better way. And I think I caught you actually nodding your head to the beat of this one, Amy. Watch out -- you're in danger of becoming a rocker chick! 😄

[@Morgainsz]

Can’t wait for you to do don’t leave me now ! Great song

[@TheDoctorFlay]

I hope you get a chance to watch the Live at Pompeii performances of some of their most epic material. With no audience there is more focus on the band and you get to see how they create the sounds they do. Regular concerts are dwarfed by the special effects and light show so you don't get to see much of the hands at work.

[@markasof]

At last! Patiently have I waited for this next installment. This is a very big brick in the wall for Pink when he hears the other man answering his phone back home. The operator who places the call for him, as the story was told to me, did the part in one take off the top of her head. PF liked it so much they used it. It's fantastic how callously she delivers the call. He is shattered!

[@willharm6143]

Gilmour's playing very much has a tendency to "shadow" his vocal lines, in fact a favorite technique he often employs is to duet his voice and guitar phrases. 'Cymbeline' is a great example of this.

[@terterola]

The Wall is Back! Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

[@stevem3001]

" it was great, it was really great"... I couldn't have said it better myself...

[@billmanderfield8019]

To understand you have to listen to the whole album over and over. Great memories for me

[@gradywilson3006]

The correct title for this song is Mummy Lust. I don't know when the change happened but it was originally released as Mummy Lust, not Young Lust. I still have the vinyl and original CD with the original title.

[@wrought5304]

The vocal on the chorus is just being doubled an octave higher by Roger.. I presume that's also Roger screaming during the guitar solo, the highlight of the song for me.

[@macfilms9904]

Very good guitar solos (and Gilmour's were very good) will often take the vocal melody and elaborate and embellish on it. Mr Floyd (Pink) is calling home from the US, expecting to reach his wife, but a man picks up and just hangs up - and the operator says to Pink 'he hung up, there must be somebody else there". They actually used real operators for the call and it took a couple of tries before they got an operator who really reacted the way they were looking for.

[@DaddyDoom]

Within the album narrative, this song represents the last shred of Pinks connection to sanity, and marks his final stage of descent into madness.

[@doug071173]

Oh how I would so love to see you do a reaction to "The Wall" movie.

[@lanerussell7958]

"Hello?" "Yes, I have a collect call to Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd, will you accept the charges from the United States?" >click< "Well, he hung up! Is this your residence, sir? I wonder why he hung up? Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife, sir, to answer?" (Dialing noises) "Hello?" "This is United States calling, are we reaching?" >click< "See, he keeps hanging up! And it's a man answering..."

[@DK-ed7be]

Mister "Pink" Floyd was the protagonist of the song. Mister Floyd made a collect call to Mrs. Floyd, his wife, another man kept answering the phone and hanging up. In other words, while Pink was out on tour with the band looking for dirty women and girls, his wife was back home entertaining dirty men.

[@ticnatz]

This is a great song but I love that ending. 'Is there somebody else there besides your wife?'.

[@RomanPhilosopher]

I've been waiting for this so much!

[@waynesmith7410]

I love how she points to phrases echoing other phrases in the song. After listening to the whole album, I can't wait for her to then point out where phrases from each song echoes phrases from the rest of the album.

[@zlatan5799]

The greatest band of all time.

[@geofftestpilot9076]

Throughout the album, sometimes you can hear a slight disco beat with the Rhythm Section. In the late seventies there was a war to the death between rock and roll and disco. Disco lost😂❤❤

[@MetalGearyaTV]

4:32 This notation is not extremely accurate. David Gilmour is actually using a technique called 'Jimmy's bending' here. He plays two notes on the guitar and bends one of them right to another. The notation doesn't show it properly.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

I'm sure there's a term for it, but I don't just hear music, I feel it with every fiber of my being. Every note, every instrument, every vocal nuance (so much so that it's very difficult for me to sleep with music playing- even soft music is stimulating). I cannot listen to music and be still....some part of me is keeping time or a rhythm, even if just a finger or toe. It didn't really surprise me to learn that I have cousins who hear music in colors, or shapes. Amy discusses music the way I experience it....broken down into separate pieces, and as a whole. And her explanations have helped me understand how and why certain music moves me down to my soul even more than other music.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

The guitar on this is just incredible.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Good listen. Thanks

[@neillenet291]

Most of David Gilmour's guitar solos are great, really great 😊

[@Mugairyuiai]

It's the operator, trying to connect the call, a reverse charge call from Mrs Floyd to Mr Floyd and he won't accept the call. Reverse charge calls on wired phones required the operator to patch the call through.

[@vruz]

I think watching the movie will help to answer some of the missing bits, like the phone call at the end. The phone call is Mr Floyd calling home from wherever he is trying to reach Mrs Floyd. The operator is unable to reach Mrs Floyd, a man answered the call instead.

[@srdjr6760]

Exactly. A man keeping Mrs Floyd company. Filling empty spaces if you will.

[@frogsterjonesiii6482]

The " ooohhh, I need a dirty woman" part underlying vocal sounded different because it was Roger Waters singing it. The lead singer was David Gilmour.

[@leit420]

I do believe it is a flashback yes. Waters said young and interested but top timid to get involved.

[@ScottDonaldson51]

For the real musicians and listeners you have gained a lot of respect and may it accelerate. A true musician will listen to ANY GENRE.

[@DavidLindes]

8:25 (re 7:02) - here’s what I hear (on the off chance you haven’t gotten it since when you recorded this, and/or in case anyone else is struggling with it): Answering Voice: hello? Operator (to AV): Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd, will you accept the charges, from the United States? Operator (to caller): No, he hung up. Is this your residence, sir? I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone besides your wife there to answer? [Call placed again] AV: Hello? O to AV: This is the United States calling, are we reaching… [AV hangs up] O to C: See, he keeps hanging up! And it’s a man answering.

[@memdoc_1966]

Amy Rocks!!

[@mikearchibald744]

These are great, although a little weird in seeing somebody who reminds my of my grade school music teacher talking about 'young lust'. On an unrelated note for those who don't know, this is actually Roger Waters personal experience. On another sort of unrelated note I was reading a bio of Rush's Neil Peart who loved The Wall so much he wrote to Roger to thank him personally for writing so well on the 'loneliness of being a rock star' and especially the loneliness of touring. I like staying in hotel rooms but that life just sounds horrible to me, I don't know how ANY rock star could stay sane doing that for long periods at a time. On another unrelated anecdote, thats why Robbie Robertson asked The Band to not go on tour in the eighties because he didn't think Richard Manual would survive it, and sadly he didn't. It sounds glamourous to a lot of people, and to be fair there are musicians who love it, but it can also take a toll. It clearly did not help Roger any. The stories of RUSH were that they basically sat in their hotel rooms and read books. Phil Collins says it cost him a couple of marriages but then Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks from Genesis are still on wives number one so I don't think you can just chalk it up to that.

[@ianfortier6796]

Great info and points made! I think it's just as much about the partner as it is the rock star. Some people can't handle life on the road, and some people can't handle a life where their loved one is always traveling.

[@mikearchibald744]

@JF-iq1yx Yeah, apparantly Neil contacted Roger to play drums on his wall concert in Berlin. They already had, I forget his name, but a pretty big time drummer, but part of me always wondered whether Roger or some of these british guys and were a little leery of a guy who could drum better then Phil Collins (ok, thats biased) but could write lyrics as well as any of them, and a lot MORE of them. Thats just a thought that occurred to me though. I think his actual letter is in a Rolling Stones article but you have to pay to access it. I wonder if he got a response.

My first comment i this wonderful chanel: "A strange set of voices" are both: David & Roger Waters chorus and the instrument doblement is the Hammond 3 from Richard Wright - Sorry mi english ☻

[@SteveMenardDesignDXM]

Waters is singing the high end and Gilmour is singing in the lower range. This is one of the few songs in the Pink Floyd cannon where David Gilmour sings in a low, aggressive tone. Another time where he does this occurs was way back in 1969 on the "More" soundtrack , on the songs "The Nile Song" and "Ibiza Bar".

[@plcamp1]

When you have heard all tracks from The Wall…set aside some time to re-listen uninterrupted.😊

[@profp2262]

I never felt any urge while hearing this in Argentina in the 80s to find out who Mr Floyd or Mrs Floyd was or who was the girl talking (on the next track) or where or in what hotel room was anything happening script-wise - but was just mesmerized by the mad juxtaposition of music and sounds (that palette of wildly contrasting elements you mentioned, not just musically but sonorally) which spelled ALIENATION in huge print all across my brain - at the end of "Young lust" the contrast between the unhinged shattering piece of brutal rock still happily demolishing away superimposed by the impersonal sounds of the phone rings and the monotonous bored tone of phone operators repeating innane technocratic disclosures (made even more impersonal by the repeated formula of the mrs and mrs Floyd) with the ending disconnected or dropped call followed by a haunting ringtone when NOBODY ANSWERS or refuses to answer trailing into the void (the different ring-tones by the way also in their own shiny futurist distopic scenario way aurally appealing as in science-fiction) and in "One of my turns" the disemboweled voice of the vapid Valley girl type gurgling out her fake exitment to the eerie silence of a TV set blaring (can there be more disconnection?) trailing on and off - at one point apparently drowned on the void of an echo chamber (bathroom?) all against the menacing shifting bass synth sounds out of a terror film and suddenly resolving itself in a startling close up of "are you feeling ok?" - one of the most eerie recordings I ever heard if u ask me) - and that unsettling question followed by the unannounced start of the voice- which in turns equally startling (with a piercing howl-cry) morphs into another shattering rock piece, full of mad backround screams or howls, shattered glass breaking into smitherings, and all kind of deranged rock&roll power antics, to be stopped by the silence and the hawrrowing "why are u running away" as the cry of the dammned extended into the infinite empty space - talk about rock being unsettling! (by the way both the Valley girl accent and the American matron's accent of the phone operator also spell "American middle class" all over, with all its innane connotations for mentality of the 60s 70s and the added factor of how a Brit reacts to tipical Americaness (remembering this is Pink Floyd a Brit act). As I said, music, lyrics, sound effects creating such contrasts in the palette convey to me nevertheless a unified atmosphere or tone or spirit that is maintained throughout the album, part of its greatness (who/what/how to explain each and every sound or lyric? As in great art, there is no need - the message is conveyed - an atmosphere, a whole world of distopia..) - great, great reactions on your part!

[@JunkBondTrader27]

Yesterday I kinda got in a back to back argument with a guy who genuinely thought Pink Floyd's one of the most overrated band in music history. But they never ceases to amaze me after all these years with their meticulous arrangements and designed to minute details to fit a particular songs while staying true to their niche or Genre is just out of this world amazing.Oh btw I just love your insights in to these very different and varying types of music.Its a breathe of fresh air seeing you.you genuinely seem to enjoy different genres of music apart from your own speciality and not condescending and trashing other types which many classical musicians often treat them as inferior and tend to over simplify other genres.Anyway I'm glad I found your channel which Ive seen a couple of your vids now and I'll gladly continue to do so

[@PeterBuwen]

You rightly singled out Dave Gilmour's superb guitar solo. I consider him one of the best guitarists, although he doesn't need to be overly virtuosic. He even once said in an interview that he rejected virtuosity because he saw it as showing off.

[@emgex]

Everyones fav. song from this Album is Another Brick in the Wall pt2., mine is this song and "in the flash" :D

[@jordanboyes6032]

The call is pink trying to call his wife, but the operator tells him that a man is answering, which is because she's cheating on him "hello" "yes this is a call for Mrs floyd from Mr floyed, please accept the charges" "oh he hung up, and it was a man answering, is there supposed to be someone else there to represent your wife to answer?" "Hello?" "Yes this is the United States calling, are we reaching?... oh see he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."

[@cutthr0atjake]

The song is about Pink touring the States & having a wild time. He then phones his wife who he left alone, back in England, (A collect call from Mr Floyd to Mrs Floyd from the US.) However the phone is being answered by a strange man.

[@AaronAlso]

You should hear, Orbital - The Box (Full Version)

[@davevo3932]

I love your genuine reactions, I wish you could react to Pink Floyd's ANIMALS album, which I consider an under rated masterpiece

[@xbfotos]

To me the guitar section is in fact the actual act of filling the spaces with ultimate power which is synonymous with sex drive. And I could be wrong but I believe Mrs Floyd is not Pink’s wife because I think this music is really about teenage boys and all those desires when mixed with other issues he has gone through in the past so Pink here not married. Mrs Floyd I believe is his mother who also went through difficulties all these times and now that her teenage son has gone rogue, she had opportunity to again fill the empty spaces and somehow complete her own wall. And that’s the turning point for Pink, separating from mother completely and entering the adulthood