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@Glasgow_kiss
Жыл бұрын
i am enjoying these reactions, but dont understand why you are not at least going back to the previous songs last 10-20 seconds to hear the transitions, also quite a few of the songs are short transitional pieces between two songs. like this one. it should be played together with the next song ideally.
@nd7
Жыл бұрын
You need to listen to "When the Tigers Broke Free", it was a song recorded but not included in the wall album
@myownchannel247
Жыл бұрын
Are you aware that the word “worm” on this album always refers to the evil indoctrination process that was forced on them, Waters even referred to the schoolmaster as Worm later in this album.
@jitsroller
Жыл бұрын
I've been anticipating the next song. I'm really enjoying this series. The album was ingrained in me since youth. I have always felt like someone on the sidelines watching, and with this album, I learned that I wasn't alone, which gave me strength. Your take is spot on. Congratulations on the baby! I'd love to see you react to more ballad or story songs very interesting the way you do it. One more cup of coffee, Bob Dylan or All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan.
@trailtherapyman
Жыл бұрын
This is probably the response that Roger Waters wanted the audience to feel.
@wrldchamps04
Жыл бұрын
No question
@russellcastagnaro72
Жыл бұрын
Absablatively
@jimmcp6877
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree!!!
@geofftestpilot9076
9 ай бұрын
From what I have heard, Rodger Waters is an extremely bitter person. A big inspiration for the wall album, was when he started spitting on fans in montreal, because they weren't paying attention to the show. A real Class Act😂
@steakandsanity
6 ай бұрын
Well said. I'm sure this is exactly what he wanted you to feel.
@michaelreeder9931
Жыл бұрын
An intense reaction is what Pink Floyd music is designed to do. You didn't overreact at all. You are supposed to think and reflect. Good job.
@daveinthewildOG
Жыл бұрын
You absolutely GOT the message. Your anger as an educator is apt.
@vampdan
Жыл бұрын
She's obviously one of the "bleeding-hearts and artists" discussed at the trial.
@ndfnq7811
Жыл бұрын
The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 are usually played as one single song
@JosephTomasone
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, her reaction to Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 should be rather interesting…
@nickkruger9566
Жыл бұрын
@@JosephTomasone LoL, truth
@Rowenband
Жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that too…
@paulnolan4971
Жыл бұрын
I gotta say Pt1 even more so
@jco207
Жыл бұрын
She knows. But it's funny, when she gets to the end, my brain automatically inserts the scream.
@SEHAWE
Жыл бұрын
"I HATE THIS SONG".... Sometimes it is not easy to meet Roger Waters bitterness... . Amy Shafer, thank You so much for the work You are doing. Honest, straight from the heart.
@nobody8328
9 ай бұрын
Her visible recoil from that sharp slap of brutal reality is probably the most beautiful reaction to The Happiest Days of Our Lives I've ever seen! It's a physical, visceral kind of pain. She's making me feel like I'm hearing all of this again for the first time. So much for the rest of my afternoon! 😆 Stranger to stranger, you really should come listen to these again. Whatever kind of day you're having, Amy's reactions will make it better 💕
@weylinpiegorsch9253
Жыл бұрын
Music's purpose is to make you feel something. Angry, happy, melancholy... If you're feeling something, it's a good song even if you don't like the feeling.
@weylinpiegorsch9253
Жыл бұрын
@@CelticSpiritsCoven that's an absolute tragedy. I'm saddened to hear the story, and I feel for everyone who had to go through that. I'll admit though some confusion. That's a DUI tragedy. That it happened with a relationship to this music, compared against the general observation that music should make you feel something (in context that Amy is self-conscious about her feeling a certain way about this song), is a bridge I'm not seeing.
@kevanbodsworth9868
Жыл бұрын
@@CelticSpiritsCoven What about the Walt Disney they saw , I think that was to blame,,
@jadealexander5624
Жыл бұрын
💯💯
@delorangeade
Жыл бұрын
On the next Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut, Waters looks more deeply into experiences of that generation of teachers who served in the Second World War, the horrors they witnessed, the emotions they suppressed. It made me less judgmental of the people who used to beat me in school. They were, after all, the same generation as my parents, and there were things they couldn't talk about either.
@douglasgonzalez7561
Жыл бұрын
That was an INCREDIBLE reaction! I’m sure everyone here can understand the impact you felt. Children are molded by their experiences, and the fact that there are some teachers out there that have no concept of nurturing, is both sickening and disturbing. Pink Floyd is incredibly masterful at eliciting emotions, conveying ideas and giving the listener so much to really think about. Lyrically and musically painting images and drawing emotion from the listener They were truly masters at their craft.
@groujo1
Жыл бұрын
When you're done with side one, dissecting each song individually, I suggest doing a listen of the whole side as a single piece. I think you'll find new meaning and context to each song as well as an appreciation for the transitions and the full shape you could not have seen at the granular level.
@gbsailing9436
Жыл бұрын
She has done that. See reaction one or two where she explains she has listened to the whole thing.
@jitsroller
Жыл бұрын
She did say she listened to the album a few times and watched the wall, which, according to Waters, was actually the animators idea and concepts. After he listened to it. Great album.
@groujo1
Жыл бұрын
@@gbsailing9436 Yeah. I was hoping she'd do a reaction to it.
@Enrico.Sbardolini
Жыл бұрын
@@groujo1 The point, in my opinion, is that now it seems to "pretend" to listen "to pieces" and for the first time. Bah ...
@DavidLindes
Жыл бұрын
@@Enrico.Sbardolini There's no pretending. They recorded all the first listens all together (not sure if it was all one sitting, but it was all genuinely the first listen), and then she did a bunch more listening, watching, research, etc., and now she's going back and doing analysis videos for each song, and they're releasing both the first listen and the reaction for each song together, even though chronologically there's a big gap between when they were recorded. It makes sense to me, though I can see why one might find it confusing. It's also just fascinating, though, to week after week see first reactions to these songs, that stitch together so closely... (who else heard the scream in their heads that we didn't hear at the end of this track?)... knowing she's gone back, but that what we're seeing is the first listen. It's like... I want to be angry almost that she's not listening through, and yet, there's something beautiful in a way about the fact that she didn't at first, but has since.
@coyote4237
Жыл бұрын
So weird to hear this without Pt. 2 immediately following it.
@mustafaalkotobe7741
Жыл бұрын
I just went and listened to pt. 2 after finishing this video
@adladl4276
Жыл бұрын
Good music = intense reaction. Nothing wrong here
@vespurrs
Жыл бұрын
I had a math teacher in 5th grade tell me I was stupid and would never amount to anything. Forty years on that memory is still crystal clear. I know exactly what this song is saying and I appreciate your analysis and understanding of it.
@hansfritzmiller1846
10 ай бұрын
Screamin' Freeman was my fifth-grade teacher. She's who I am reminded of when I think about this album. Even at that age, I remember wondering why that miserable woman chose teaching as a profession.
@JeffJefferyUK
4 ай бұрын
Mrs Kerrigan, at Raglan School. I hated her. She was mean and rude.
@jsbhistorian
Жыл бұрын
I use this entire album in my High School English classes as a way to approach figurative language and inferential comprehension. We look at each song as a chapter in this short story of "The Wall"; This almost certainly shocks them when they find out that "The happiest days of our lives" is a perfect example of Irony/sarcasm (something Waters uses a LOT in his writing). This is a wonderful song to demonstrate how important mental health is. We talk about how (if Pink is 12 years old here) the year would be 1955; 10 years after the end of the Second World War. A lot of the male teachers were returning veterans who were suffering from some form of PTSD. We talk about how "Hurting people hurt people" which allows us to have a deeper conversation about generational trauma and how (and why) this particular event (his education) is a "Brick" in his emotional wall.
@jakebullet1731
Жыл бұрын
THIS is what the internet should be doing. Simply the most wonderful thing on YT.
@IgorFoukzon
Жыл бұрын
There are a lot of things to sharply disagree with Waters as a person, but after almost 30 years of listening to PF I cannot help but to finally acknowledge him as a profoundly influental talent, if not a genius. The pain, the trauma, and the tragedy artists like him express in their work are definitely worth of our most serious attention, though conclusions we may draw can be more delicate or even completely different, and rightly so.
@badrobot3159
Жыл бұрын
Roger waters is a lyrical genius.
@IgorFoukzon
Жыл бұрын
@@badrobot3159 The more I live, the closer I come to agree with that. There's something unique about Roger's lyrics - it catches you from the beginning, but with years passed somehow gets even more solid and deep.
@vampdan
Жыл бұрын
@@IgorFoukzon That's your prejudice and hatred melting. Careful, you won't recognize yourself if you step out from behind your wall.
@IgorFoukzon
Жыл бұрын
@@vampdan Sadly, being an expert in human "walls" doesn't necessarily help to crush them. Theory is one thing, practice is another. A person may realize their hatred, yet still be full of it, and condescendingly project on others.
@davidhansen935
Жыл бұрын
If your reaction is so intense with "The Wall". What will happen when you analyze "The dark side of the moon"? 😍
@thejeremyclouse
Жыл бұрын
Or the Final Cut
@jakebullet1731
Жыл бұрын
@@thejeremyclouse “Haven’t we been here before ?” - Dave G
@MikeCarvin
Жыл бұрын
or......Shine on You Crazy Diamond
@t.tenney3470
Жыл бұрын
Animals.
@jadealexander5624
Жыл бұрын
Every Pink Floyd album honestly
@daves6394
Жыл бұрын
brilliant...4 tracks in and you're getting your head messed with already.. welcome to pink floyd
@JacoWium
Жыл бұрын
This is where the album shifts from "a bit dark" to "very dark". The great thing about it is that it serves as a cathartic experience for some of us. Great reaction, Amy
@nectarinedreams7208
Жыл бұрын
I'd say that happens in Empty Spaces
@JacoWium
Жыл бұрын
@@nectarinedreams7208 Yep. There's the more significant shift, I'll agree. Maybe I should have said the point of no return is reached - any chance that the mood will lift again is gone. 🙂
@ludlowworthington697
Жыл бұрын
I was eager to see your reaction to this one. I wasn’t disappointed. This is one of my favorites from the album. The rawness of the voice and lyrics, the sharp, intense drumming, then the build- up at the pierced by the scream. Intense and brief.
@feralhuman8790
Жыл бұрын
Hi Amy, what a treat to hear such an expression of truth regarding education and the educational system. I know you have already listened to the entire album, but now I am REALLY looking forward to your reaction to the very next song here, "Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two". The way this one angered you, I think the next one will both anger and inspire you, and perhaps make you think even more deeply about the role of education in shaping human society and in fact the very destiny of humanity itself. The next song introduces the iconic line, and revolutinary concept: "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control." I was 12 years old when I heard this next song, and in fact the whole album. But it was THIS upcoming song, Part Two of Another Brick In The Wall that spoke to me like NO OTHER song I had ever heard before, and very few since. My experience within the educational system was terrible. I felt...suffocated, molded, controlled, indoctrinated. From kindergarten on, but I felt it worse and worse with every passing year. This song became my ideological anthem as a boy of 12-16 who loved to LEARN but hated to be told what to think, how to think, what to believe. Teachers could save the world, if only they were not trapped within a system. But they are. The educational system is designed, intended, and mandated to create molded copies of the existing status quo perceptions of life, reality, morality, normalcy. It is a blueprint to impose the past upon all existing futures. Not to progress the mind, but to stifle it. Education is indoctrination. Of course there is some degree of leeway depending upon what you teach. A music teacher is somewhat more free to positively open child minds, than a history or social studies teacher. And I do understand that some teachers try to subvert the "system" as best they can, but working with a governmentally imposed curriculum, this is almost impossible. I dropped out of school on my 16th birthday, and that is when I really started to learn, to educate myself, to break free completely of the thought control that the next song so perfectly addresses. But of course the world is controlled by the "formally" educated. This is why every new generation is a broken generation. The rebellions they attempt to undertake are not rooted within truth, because truth is invisible, unknown to the formally educated. Music could in theory change the world. But it cannot reach enough open minds to do so. And it is diverted by society and government to serve as mindless distraction, entertainment. I thank you for recognizing the potential of education, and the tragedy that as a collective whole, this potential is universally failed throughout the modern era.
@DavidLindes
Жыл бұрын
beautiful comment. Thank you. And yeah, I was thinking as she shared her reaction to the song about the meat grinders in the film for the next song (which, of course, is so closely tied to this one. Indeed, I long ago noticed that in radio play, one often hears a little bit of Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, then Happiest Days of Our Lives (this track), then Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 all as though it's one track. On the radio! What else is like that on the radio? 😂 ... and yeah, hatred is the right reaction, though for me, I _love_ the *song* exactly because of the hatred it brings out at _the system(s)_ being described. I'm paused before she's finished, let alone the reaction vid... hopefully Amy gets there too. :) Edit: 9:31 - she _at least_ got to a similar place. Yay. :)
@feralhuman8790
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidLindes It's interesting how this album, and even more so the specific song Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, has attained such immense and enduring popularity, and yet very few people seem able to recognize, much less embrace, the core message and meaning that I always saw very clearly since age 12: A damning indictment and condemnation of the educational system itself, as a structural whole. Instead, most listeners seem to go with the ideas that a few teachers might be bad, or that maybe the system way back then, in the 1950's in england, might have been problematic... It's the essential human problem of fleeing from truths too unbearable to deal with, ironically, a skill taught very well to children in schools... I agree that Amy's capacity to go a bit further in her philosophical ponderings is impressive, especially given that she is a teacher herself. When you are inside the Matrix, it is even more difficult to recognize just how structurally perverse such structures actually are. To look at it logically and sanely, children have a ton more to teach adults, than vice-verse: How NOT to think. What NOT to do. How to seek out, recognize, and treasure truth, instead of how to hide from, dismiss, and condemn truth in favor of ornately constructed lies, myths, and delusions that provide false comfort and rationalizations to commit and to support genocidal evil and universal harm... Sadly, these types of profoundly important revelations of truth are doomed to always be marginalized and buried within the shrouds of "artistry", entertainment, and amusement. I love music because you can use it to both escape from reality, and to commune with, make love to hidden and condemned truths and realities, and use such truth to at least try to break free of the mind bondage that comes with being born human and trapped within the social shackles of education/indoctrination.
@mpkelley20
Жыл бұрын
I understand doing individual songs but some of these are almost always played together like this and another brick in the wall pt2. And there are other parts of this album that just don’t stand on their own unless you let them flow. But still love your reactions. And will still watch them.
@stuffyouotterlistento1461
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, this doesn't really stand on its own. I really see it as a transition between Part 1 and Part 2, forming one big song, but at the very least, it's an intro to Part 2.
@cleetose
Жыл бұрын
She did listen to the entire album in one go. Each video in this series is a slice of that listening experience.
@carstenschultz5
Жыл бұрын
@@cleetose, good for her, but that doesn't help the presentation of these videos.
@arnesaknussemm7294
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Your "The Wall' analyses Is great! Let's hear this new One....
@unshaken95
Жыл бұрын
As a kid, I've had a terrible experience with teachers and the educational system. This song brings a lot of feelings together. To think those are supposed to be the happiest days... brings tears to my eyes. Great reaction! Edit: the next song is gonna make you mad 😁
@deancarter9210
Жыл бұрын
The 'military experience' is right: most teachers in the post-war period in Britain were ex-servicemen and shouted and ranted at children in a Sgt. Major voice in a way that we would now think essentially abusive. This was the norm, Waters writing about ti was spot-on, and we all grew up in that atmosphere of fear.
@pauljohnstone180
Жыл бұрын
I think it's important for you, as a teacher, to note the lyric, "...there were certain teachers who ..." Just certain ones. I think we all have encountered the kind of people he describes to some degree or another. I LOVE your reactions. ☺✌💛 PJ
@Hartlor_Tayley
Жыл бұрын
Such a brilliant reaction.
@harlanmonk569
Жыл бұрын
Floyd always took me on an emotional rollercoaster ride . My first listen was in my dorm wearing headphones after partaking in the wacky tobaccy! It was incredible. Then I put Dark side on and was hooked on Floyd ever since.
@winstonherbert1797
Жыл бұрын
I'm 100 percent sure that you'll go back and listen to the album in its entirety, uninterrupted. It seems counter intuitive but I totally see the point of doing it this way from your perspective. For right now though, I'm really enjoying the track-by-track breakdown! Thanks!
@CelticSpiritsCoven
Жыл бұрын
I can't wait for her to move on from drug music.
@robertdenner565
9 ай бұрын
Your insights into this album are truly incredible. I've been listening to this album for nearly 25 years.. Watching you listen to this is like listening to it myself for the first time.
@Bola382
Жыл бұрын
never knew this was a song, always thought that it was the beginning of another brick in the wall pt.2.
@vampdan
Жыл бұрын
"It's amazing! I hate it." Yes, the most ironically named song on the album.
@stevenfrost6441
Жыл бұрын
This song has special meaning to me as it was my late Uncle's FAVORITE song from the Wall. He always said it had the most meaning and message out of all of Water's lyrics. You might also want to check out the movie The Wall sometime and watch it as a singular experience, the images from this particular song are dynamic to say the last and at times haunting.
@tc71
Жыл бұрын
Looks like it hit you exactly the way it was supposed to hit. Great reaction.
@nejaahalcyon
Жыл бұрын
I was detected a bit late as a gifted kid in the 90s. Teachers were so not trained for it I too had a wall back then. This intro song in particular makes me as angry and upset by memories
@gerdbucher543
Жыл бұрын
i was a teacher in a firefighter school....and yes all my students are gave me so many experience to learning, too..open up her hearts and mind....to listen from my experiences
@hihoktf
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction.. the way that it makes you feel.. the conversation (whether in your head or not) that occurs.. what you "see" in your minds eye.. the world you are transported to.. the experience of it all.. it's just what Pink Floyd does.
@eddiesvideos2012
Жыл бұрын
This song is commonly paired with Another Brick in Wall pt. 2.
@nyobunknown6983
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction to the song was exactly how you should react. It was Roger Water's intention.
@bcpme8637
Жыл бұрын
great point
@jameskinstle6874
Жыл бұрын
My Christmas wish is that Roger and David somehow find this video series.
@teemlee51
Жыл бұрын
Song did its job. You're a kindhearted person!
@shermbot9776
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your honesty and insight.
@YouEverSeeAFrogKid
8 ай бұрын
Greatest transition in music history. The drums and the scream into “we don’t need no…” it’s impossible to listen to this without the transition to the next song 😢
@chriskramer1924
Жыл бұрын
Thank You for teaching. We need more teachers like you.
@tomprovoenzano
Жыл бұрын
HDOOL and Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 were usually played back to back on FM radio back in the day. If that helps any. Love your analysis, by the way.
@marcosilvanavarrete173
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant reaction !. Your outrage is lovely !
@jonathanpearceff
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant reaction for a first time listen. That is the exact emotion they wanted you to feel.
@philippebelhumeur7484
Жыл бұрын
One of the best album concept (story wise) of all time, of any type of music. Masterpiece, legendary status. Thank you for doing an analysis for the entire album.
@Zholobov1
Жыл бұрын
There's a song on this album, called "Stop" - I'm looking forward to see another separate analysis of it here on your channel, dear lady 😉.
@enidkapelsen3694
Жыл бұрын
Everyone is waiting for your reactions to Wall Pt II, for which this is a prelude. Indeed, the album is best appreciated as a whole piece.
@DannyD714
Жыл бұрын
eagerly waiting for the next installment. it's been 12 days! perhaps you would consider releasing "another brick in the wall (part 2)" and "mother" together this week just to finish up side one.
@marcusfreeweb
Жыл бұрын
Please do the long and ingenious „Shine On Your Crazy Diamonds“ at some time. It‘s probably my most favorite track(s) ever.
@user-vn8kz1ct8p
5 ай бұрын
I had my front teeth knocked out by a Sunday school teacher and Ive been an atheist ever since. The teaching that such cruelty was part of the bible both terrified and sickened me. Then I went to school and the same fear followed me. This song expresses my terror and anger exactly. Thank you for your heartfelt interpretation and reaction...I grew up thinking that this sort of treatment was normal and it scarred me forever. Never would I allow my own children to be victims of the wall.
@davidstanton1261
5 ай бұрын
Awesome! Go for it! You have well honed, refined sensibilities and you are understanding this work deeply! What a joy! Your insights are rich! This song is played hundreds of times a day in America, if that tells you anything.
@triggword7648
Жыл бұрын
You are an incredible human being!
@Aeronaut1975
Жыл бұрын
With regards to the "Helicopter" at the beginning of the track. You have to experience it in concert, they have quad audio. Everyone starts looking around them to see where the helicopter is, and the barking dogs, it really is quite immersive, it's not the same in stereo. As far as I'm aware, Pink Floyd were one of the early adopters of quadraphonic concerts. Image playing a computer game in VR, but with audio. This is what Floyd were experimenting with 40+ yrs ago. They're WAY ahead of their time!
@roschi419
Жыл бұрын
Please listen to "When the Tigers broke free" from Floyd, for me it's one oft their masterpeases. It'll takes you to a complete different world.
@SuperNutty23
Жыл бұрын
Im loving the pink floyd analysis... much Respect from Durham UK..
@toddhughes261
Жыл бұрын
I think you really get this in a way that I've been explaining it to people for years. Wait until you get to "comfortably numb." You are amazingly intuitive.
@Davelakful
Жыл бұрын
One of the things kids are missing these days is going to that one friends' house in the neighborhood and listen to this song on a mega sound system. Subwoofer and all!
@PeterBuwen
Жыл бұрын
Your best reaction. Good job by you but very good job by Pink Floyd. Rock music is supposed to take you emotionally and this piece has done that excellently.
@dr.alimpije511
Жыл бұрын
agree,this is her best reaction until now
@kentnottingham9635
Жыл бұрын
Had this type of teacher in the 4th grade that seemed me out. This is why I related to this to begin with back when it came out.
@allanscott4140
Жыл бұрын
Its a common saying in the UK; almost become cliche, that our school days are 'the happiest days of our lives'. You can clearly hear by the teachers shouting that these days certainly weren't happy for everyone.
@peterhughes8699
Жыл бұрын
Hehehe Amy - Happiest Days moves to comment on education. While you're a modern teacher in 2022 the reality of English/Australian education from post WW2 to 1980s was very much as Roger describes in The Wall. You might hate it but it's pretty accurate. As a short piece of music though I love it - the bass lines are fabulous imo and the lead into Another Brick pt 2 is great too :)
@coot1925
Жыл бұрын
This a reflection on what school days were like in the 70s. I went to a rough school and you lived every day in fear from bullies and bullying teachers. We still had corporal punishment like the cane back then. I hated it. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
@CousinCreepy
Жыл бұрын
It was still happening in the 80s in Canada, our principal had a razor strop on display in his office that was used as a threat and occasionally for punishment.
@murph8411
Жыл бұрын
@@CousinCreepyAs it was in the 80s in Scotland. They couldn’t hit you more than 6 times with what was called a belt but was actually more like a leather cosh or sjambok. The problem with that was they could hand you off to another teacher for another 6 so you could sometimes end up being hit 18 times. 6 from the teacher in question, 6 from their head of department and another 6 from the head or deputy head teacher. There were also teachers who would look for weaknesses in children and ridicule them about these weaknesses. If someone was overweight or particularly short for example they would call them something related to this. Someone who stuttered may have been told to spit it out for example. These kinds of things often brought laughs from the other kids, probably because they were just glad it wasn’t them in many cases.
@CousinCreepy
Жыл бұрын
@@murph8411 dreadful, how ever did we manage? The preferred method for our grand inquisitor was to make you hold your hands out, palms up and smack them with the strop and if you flinched or pulled your hands away it would only add another whack! Still, my friends and I grew up faily well adjusted despite these ordeals. Cheers murph!
@gwidenor
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this reaction. As an abused child looking for solace away from home while at school, I ran into one of these teachers at the worst possible time. I still remember her and how she made me feel, and this song has always been her theme song to me. I appreciate your reaction and wish I had more teachers like you.
@speedoflight9005
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction talks about the skills of Roger Waters to put those feelings in lyrics, and the deep sense of composition, sound and music to go with it. I know very well that "education". I had the experience as a child. And is a mark for life . Great analysis, teacher! Congrats!
@zoflo728
Жыл бұрын
your reaction is what he was asking for. so pure.
@hihoktf
Жыл бұрын
This is a visceral song, so it is good that you had a visceral reaction.
@kpmcdonnell3633
Жыл бұрын
I love music that gives me a visceral reaction and Floyd did that in spades for me.
@Geekman333
Жыл бұрын
Of course in the context of this album, which is more than the sum of its songs, this teacher is a WW2 veteran who has witnessed horrors beyond normal comprehension. It should also be noted that this song segues into "Another Brick 2" with a scream and the ominous lyric "We don't need no education". It could be argued that this album is only four songs. Sides 1, 2, 3 and 4. I love your analyses.
@sergiop888
Жыл бұрын
Just like the painting "the scream" the artist (Munch) delivers the sentiment of a moment in his life, to me the album reflex it's society on and the oppression or the working class.
@rog2224
Жыл бұрын
We all have two teachers we'll never forget - mine are the one who encouraged me to the stage, or at least not to give up on it, and the other who made me physically flinch, until I was nearly 40, when had to write the word 'garden' in cursive. I understand the visceral reaction.
@roccaclassico9028
Жыл бұрын
Although this is technically a separate track, it's really an intro section for the following track; the two are meant to be listened to as one song.
@aarond23
Жыл бұрын
I've heard this song whole life and really compartmentalized it as English school masters in the 50s in particular, I never took it as an insult to modern teachers or teaching in general.
@andrewmacgregor8717
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction, as a teacher, is not the first time I've heard this. Back when I was in highschool and this was first released I heard (it might have been Kasie Kasom AT40) a teacher wrote in and had a very similar reaction. She loved Pink Floyd, but felt so let down, betrayed almost. I'm really enjoying your reactions and analysis of PF. Some of the best compositions ever recorded. We're so lucky to have been here for them.
@noncounterproductive4596
Жыл бұрын
This song strongly reminds me of my 7th & 8th grade experience. A confluence of factors made this the worst time of my life. That period set me on the course toward dropping out of school, which I did a little later.
@Atodaso
7 ай бұрын
The precursor to one of the all-time greatest tracks.
@mikecarson9528
Жыл бұрын
I am really appreciating the time you spend on your reactions. As a Pink Floyd fan for over 30 years, I never really knew that this wasn't a part of The Wall pt. 2. And I appreciate your honesty in acknowledging the problems in the secular education system that the majority of us get indoctrinated through. Whatever it's original intentions, today it is an overpriced ideology mill with a monopoly. It's a track to follow, K-12 and then on to the University where there is an educational gulag for those with differing thoughts and ideas. This album came out around the time I was born, making it way ahead of it's time to call these things out.
@traog
Жыл бұрын
At the time and place for this song the education system was not very secular it had a lot of religious overlaying it. Secular or religious, there is a tendency to frown upon decent.
@jimmcp6877
Жыл бұрын
Ms. Shafer, your opinion is all we ask Maestro!
@gbsailing9436
Жыл бұрын
For all those below that express frustration that she is stopping on individual songs and not allowing certain songs to flow together, it is explained in reaction of song two that she will 'perhaps' allow certain songs to be linked together, but as she had listened to the whole album all the way through previously, that she will review each song singularly.
@israelmacario3853
Жыл бұрын
I had a music teacher that was like what the song describes. Although it was a woman which is rare in a non religious school.
@kazemkohnechi3812
Жыл бұрын
“ we see life through the contents of our minds “ Eckhard Tolle
@JBSanMarcos
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction to this song touched me very deeply - as this song obviously touched you very deeply. The song was written to elicit a strong reaction and I think in most listeners - including you and me - it does! You appear to be very sincere in your anger and I totally believe what you are saying. It is truly a tragedy that teachers such as those described in this song exist. Fortunately for me, I didn't personally have one. Thank you for a very enjoyable reaction video to a very depressing topic.
@rutger4131
Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your reaction to Mother, which should be soon :)
@steveconnor746
Жыл бұрын
In England in the 1960s we had corporal punishment which is now outlawed.
@BigMateo24
Жыл бұрын
This section of the album and the next segment are usually played as one entire song on the radio. If the DJ is cool, usually they'll include the first section as well.
@bartstarr100
Жыл бұрын
When I was a Marine (1987), part of lockup duty for the Radio shop I worked in, was to leave a message on the the dry-erase board for the next morning. This 3 song/suite came on the radio. (The good stations played the suite) I wrote down the lyrics to this word for word. Most of them didn't know what the hell I was talking about. This is how you find out who the cool ones are. After that the fake motivation on the dry-erase board became real rock lyrics. At least for the cool ones..
@vicsanchez5100
Жыл бұрын
Pink Floyd music in The Wall is an statement against all that is wrong in society....makes you think and open your eyes.
@steeleye2112
Жыл бұрын
Always thought the analogy with the helicopter was a stroke of genuine genius, whether intended or not. I was schooled in institutions that had their fair share of this kind of sadistic teacher. They would stroll around wielding canes, overlooking everything that was going on. The sound and symbolism of the cane with a military rotor blade works on so many levels. I was one of the lucky ones because I did have some inspirational teachers as well so at least there was some relief. And although they are long gone I would like to give thanks to Mrs Randelsome, Mr Howarth, Mr Fishwick, Mrs Widdlesome and most of all Mr. John Cox, they were all very special people who I didn't appreciate enough at the time and wish I could tell them now how grateful I am to them all.
@steeleye2112
Жыл бұрын
Oh and I nearly forgot, Mrs. Gore, you were a horrible teacher and a terrible human being who had no business being within a hundred yards of a school. Why am I doing self therapy on a reaction channel. Lol not a clue.
@srbaran
Жыл бұрын
There's another version of "Empty Spaces" that was used in the movie called "What Shall We Do Now?" I highly recommend you check it out, too. I think it was shortened in the album due to there not being enough space on the record for the full song.
@mistouko
Жыл бұрын
I am a teacher too. "The Wall" is, also, a great professional experience.
@briansellden6115
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad the world has teachers like you.
@maineexport13
Жыл бұрын
As the son of a music educator I can absolutely relate to, and understand your visceral reaction to the caricature of a teacher which Waters paints so vividly in this song.
@steeleye2112
Жыл бұрын
Your reaction is spot on, it's a very angry song about some of the worst people in the world who cause untold damage to children as they are just starting out. It's definitely meant to stir those emotions and for all the millions who suffered at their hand it's a very cathartic song. I have no doubt you are a wonderful teacher and would very naturally have this reaction.
@richtensail
Жыл бұрын
ur empathy n passion is refrehsing
@SamLovesMovies25
Ай бұрын
Happiest Days of Our Lives and Another Brick in the Wall Part II are usually played together, as this song gives context for Another Brick in the Wall and flows right into that song. In fact, I feel it's almost necessary, particularly with the context that this song gives to the next.
@adladl4276
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait !
@visarr
Жыл бұрын
I've never even thought of stopping the song where she did.
@angusrocks939
Жыл бұрын
i understand. please keep reacting. this is real and what "can", and "does", happen in "modern" education.
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