Well I am so glad that Amy, did not “Run like hell” from Rock music and that now, 134k followers later we are all enjoying this blast from past, when she bravely take the challenge that Roger and Pink’s have threw to her. Keep on good work Amy, kiss the little one, and all respect for Vlad the Man ✌️
Can't wait to reach "The Trial". Anticipating Amy's suprise face expressions at 1st listen reaction video, that's going to be real fun. And , later, to enjoy her thoughts on the song that brings Pink's journey to an end in the deep analysis video. Her analysis and interpretations have made one of my favorite albums ever to be even more so.
Every now and then a professional guitarist plays something that catches the attention of guitar players around the world. In this case is was David Gilmour's lead parts on Run Like Hell, the parts just before the 'run' sections. The chiming guitar chops are created by using not one but two delay units (the first set to 380ms and 7-8 repeats, the second set 507ms but quieter). This created that cascading delay sound and it was something that hadn't really been tried up until that point. Nowadays, this song is famous among guitar players for being the origin of that particular sound.
Makes my weekend when Amy returns to Floyd! Looking forward, may I suggest Dark Side of the Moon in 2 sessions. Should be manageable and you can’t really break that album up more than that without losing something. Amy’s take on DSOTM is long overdo considering it’s a true cornerstone of rock, etc. from an influential perspective. Very different than The Wall. Thanks, again, for the journey!
You have the running figures juxtaposed against the relentless, pounding beat. The fascists marching forward, unstoppable, as the oppressed flee. It's evocative; absolute genius.
Although I don't listen to this album very often (unlike, say DSOTM), I can't help thinking it is the greatest album of the rock era in terms of ambition, message, artistry and execution. Look forward to your 'in depth'.
You're referring to another brick in the wall, same but it bit slower. BTW, I saw the original live show in Germany and I was blown away, best concert I have ever seen.
I was there as well. Rheinland Westfalen Halle as I remember. Was indeed also the best concert in my life. I saw the Wall later with Roger Waters in Arnhem, didn't have the same impact on me. Of course I was much older then. Good memories of 1981.
I think Amy will really have to watch the whole Pulse concert from '94 to see much of this music performed in ALL its glory!!! Hopefully we won't have to wait another 2 months for the Trial...
Hello Amy, so Im watching you again on a Sunday afternoon in sunny South Africa. I grew up with Floyd, and see it as a musical spectacular, unmatched by any thing else. What amazes me is your amylases and by the look on your face sometimes, you actually get it, after listening for the first time! Just amazing.
thanks a lot for picking up on it again. . youre doing soo good ,that you should almost do the movie too, or the live 1980 concert ,..or litterally anything simular , just for us to enjoy 🙂
The more than a year ago this was recorded shows how Amy's style has changed. Maybe we will finally be done with The Wall and do Dark Side of the Moon in 2025 and 2026?
@@Chalky-t5c Well I don't agree. DSOTM is the best Floyd album IMO. Animals is certainly underrated, but Meddle is way down the list as far as I'm concerned. Wish You Were Here was a disappointment to me after the brilliance of DSOTM. The main point was that as long as Vlad delays finishing The Wall, we won't get any more Pink Floyd reactions. After about 15 months they still haven't finished The Wall.
"Wish You Were Here was a disappointment?" Wow.....just wow. Shine on you Crazy Diamond I-V is maybe the greatest piece of music ever composed....and it's not even my favourite Floyd track, but I recognise musical brilliance when I hear it. The rest of the album is none too shoddy either.
@@Chalky-t5c Well bro, I don't think that song or the album is that great. I can think of four other Floyd albums I would put on the turntable before Wish You Were Here.
That was a fantastic conclusion about "exotic and foreign being dangerous". You're the first person I've ever seen figure that out. Kudos! In the context of the story of The Wall, that's exactly what Pink is railing against during his neo-nazi rallies.
The second verse, despite its gruesome content, I think the second verse is one of the best written song verses ever. Not only do the words flow together, but it also created a vivid image in my mind of a car parked in the woods with a couple making out, then someone in uniform smashing the window and pulling the teenaged boy out and beating him (kind of like what appears in the movie, although I had this image this before I saw it), and then a blood soaked cardboard box left on a front porch for his mother to come out and find. And not just the imagery, but it made me feel what it would feel like to be every character in the verse as I pictured it. Rather uncomfortable feelings, but art should reflect the human experience, which can be very uncomfortable sometimes.
Whenever I hear this song I think of the scene from the movie where the crowd starts to all do the choreographed dance in front of Pink as He’s singing Run
As always, many thanks Amy, you seem to always have something a little unexpected to contribute however well I think I know the individual track. Having witnessed this track live, I can honestly say, it was way more menacing and urgent than in the original recording and therefore, in my view, more true to Roger's intentions; it also flows naturally from 'In the flesh' which adds to its visceral power.
10 days ago? Shot I’ve binged this for 3 days and it’s taken her a year to get here and I’ve listened to y’all telling g her to hurry up and suffering I’ve caught up fug Brilliant Brilliant Rick shouldn’t be analyzed but this album is something else And Dark side of the moon tooo Thank you, you two
I enjoyed this fun step back into the early part of your journey, this was very early into it (October 2022? No latter than November; only a couple of months from the start), so the only song I can think of in which you might have heard a running gallup rhythm was Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath". It is fun to consider how little rock you had heard at this point, relative to how much you were about to hear up the current point in time. Although we need more Black Sabbath, since you haven't returned to them since the beginning.😉 It will be very interesting to see the In-Depth tomorrow to see the present day Amy's look back at this, with all of your current day rock experience and insights, including into the Wall themes itself.
@@gbsailing9436 Possibly. Although more recently I know that Amy has referred back to this Black Sabbath song as an example of a gallop rhythm she has heard before. So I thought that might be what she was thinking of, since she likely would have heard it by then. (Edit: I just went back and looked. She did Black Sabbath "Black Sabbath" on September 24th 2022, which was likely before this was recorded)
When Guy Pratt auditioned for the bass playing position he met David Gilmour and was taking out the bass out of the gig bag when Dave said: "Wait. Can you sing Run Like Hell?". He sang it and got the job without having to play the bass! It's worth noting that his credits were Playing bass for Michael, Jackson, Madonna, etc.
The album came a few years before the movie. It's a bit like when they do a movie if a favourite novel - it never quite lives up to the original. I find the movie ok as an interpretation but I much prefer the album as the source material, and the images I had already built up in my imagination before the movie came out. And they change some of the music for the film, which I always find very jarring. But for those not around at the time of the album release I can understand the case for watching the movie. Just remember - this is absolutely not a soundtrack album. The album stands on its own two feet, the movie is Alan Parker's (pretty decent) interpretation.
@@dougrussell5002 You are right. But let us admit that background noises, the way Roger ordered every track as a piece of a story, all those elements that made us hear The Wall as a movie without image (or sound image?), like a rock opera or something. Well, I just was so obvious: it's PInk Floyd! Dark Side, Wish, Animals.. every album has those ingredients
@@danb2TJAbsolutely, the sound effects definitely paint a picture. I'd also add Roger's Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking to that list. Another very visual album.
Why did this series stop before the end of the album? It seems odd. And frustrating bearing in mind, although The Wall is very good, it does not show off the Pink Floyd that produced Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Echoes, Great Gig in the Sky and so on.
Yes Amy listen a few more times. I don't get the "Indian influence" at all. There's no Sitar in it. Run like Hell is exceptional and great imo for Gilmour's use of guitar delay effects and his wonderful chord progression...
I think she is hearing the bongos/congas and the atonal synth solo as elements of Indian music. There are times where I've wished that Vlad would butt in with a correction so that she doesn't go "down the garden path", as they say.
The song can indeed be seen as a metaphor for the internal conflicts between primal desires (the id) and the moral constraints imposed by society (the superego). The fear and danger evoked in the song illustrate this struggle, making the psychological interpretation relevant and profound. Realy appreciate you actuelly doing this full album.
Treat yourself to The Pulse concert version of this track, even if you don't do a video analysis on it, just for yourself. You'll be glad you did. It's absolutely awesome! Cheers
Great reaction! Thank you for more Pink Floyd, and... ...you were expecting a more agressive galloping? Really? This is Pink Floyd, not Iron Maiden! 😂 (sorry, I couldn't resist!) By the way, I love both of them and "The Wall" is one of my favorite rock albums! If you want any suggestions of PF's songs from other albums: "Julia Dream"; "If"; "Summer 68".
As good as the Wall album is, the live version used to end the Pulse concert in 1994 was a perfect concert finale, and has at least 5 times the impact of the recorded version.
At last...my favourite track off the album, I've been waiting months for this video. Amy, no matter how uncomfortable, I think it's time you watched the film to get a little context. The album starts to make a bit of sense when you watch the movie.
When you get a chance, try the 1994 Pulse concert version of this song. Roger Waters had left the band in an egotistical huff a few years prior to this concert, and the remaining members of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason) reinterpreted this piece and made it much more powerful, imho.
They did that all the time. If you listen to a lot of their early stuff, you'll hear the odd phrase or melody line that was later used in The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon.
I actually heard this being played over the intercom system at a Wal-Mart a couple years ago. I'm sure people were wondering why I was grinning as I shopped.
Hi Amy. This is a situation where watching a live performance helps resolve some questiions. The 3 Delphic backup singers are prominent, especially their aggressive movements. No sitar. That's David performing his virtuastic genius on guitar. Its ftont and center live.
As classic as this song was, it was an opportunity missed that Gilmour Floyd somewhat fixed live on DSOT & Pulse. They would often close out their live concerts with this number in the 80s, turning it into an amped up, explosive and frenetic climax to the show.
Maybe the other song you had in mind was "Another brick in the wall, part 1". There is also a lot of similar delay effects on the guitar as in "Run like hell", way softer and calmer.
The fourth side of the album is very disturbing, musically it is not the highlight of the album but the 'rock opera' reaches its pinnacle and indeed the worms come out from the dirt to haunt us. In the movie the very disturbing images of racial hatred and violence spill over. Unfortunately the situation in the world seems to imitate the Wall.
I bet the sound you're puzzled by and remembering from other songs is the dotted 8th guitar. It was one of David Gilmour's signature techniques, using a multi head echo unit, or later, 2 Boss digital delay pedals. That same (very famous) riff is also on Another brick in the wall pt1, and has been copied, built upon and expanded by countless progressive/psychedelic and just plain rock musicians in the decades since.
I vividly remember my first reaction to Run Like Hell, when The Wall was first released. I thought I was hearing the fall of Western civilization- Pink Floyd sold out to disco. I was wrong of course,
I grew up listening to Pink Floyd and whilst The Wall is a great socially engaged album it is, in my opinion, not their best. I think their older albums are much better and I would be curious to hear what you think, for instance, about their album "Atom Heart Mother"...specifically the 1st track "Suite", which as a classical musician might suit you (pun intended). And of course you HAVE to listen to (and make a video on) what is widely considered (amongst PF fans) to be their Magnum Opus, "Echos" from the album "Meddle". Yes, both songs are quite long but that's because they simply transcend music and become an experience, or a symphony if you like.
The reason you were surprised by the "running" notes in the score, is the score is not an accurate representation of how the sound was created. And the music here was solely by David Gilmour, Waters merely the lyrics. As indicated in the wiki entry on Run Like Hell and I quote: "The music was solely written by David Gilmour (one of three songs on The Wall for which Gilmour is credited as a co-writer), and the lyrics were written by Waters" Furthermore under Composition, the article states correctly: "As heard earlier on the album in "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1", the muted D is treated with a specific delay setting, providing three to four loud but gradually decaying repeats, one dotted-eighth note apart, with the result that simply playing quarter notes (at 116 beats per minute) will produce a strict rhythm of one eighth note followed by two sixteenth notes, with rhythmic echoes overlapping. Over this pedal tone of D, Gilmour plays descending triads in D major (mostly D, A, and G), down to the open chord position (a quieter, second overdubbed guitar plays open chords only). Some of the guitar tracks are also treated with a heavy flanging effect. " The "running" guitar tones are created electronically with an echo or delay box, so playing a quarter note, results in a series of repeating echo notes. Your score attempts to notate this, but that is not how it's made and putting those score notes into a MIDI player would not sound like Gilmour's performance. You should watch the 1994 Pulse performance of this live, as then the full Floyd experience is in evidence, albeit after Waters left, but it's clear the music sources remained. Search for "Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited)"
Musically, the song is all Dave Gilmour, with Waters adding the lyrics. I think Dave was heavily influenced by the prevalent disco beat at that time, and you can plainly hear it on Run Like Hell.
I think the reference to sub-continent music relates to the anti-immigration feelings on the right of politics at that time in Britain. As Pink is starting to echo Hilter and rightwing nazism, the song is about thugs persecuting Indian and Pakistani immigrants in Britain. That has always been my read of the song anyway, who knows if that is what they were actually driving at.
yeah, the movie is rough. One time I rented the VHS from Blockbuster to show some friends who had never seen it, only to horrifically discover it was an 'edited for content' version.
The weaker "Run! Run!" is Pink's inner voice telling himself to escape The Worms. Live renditions of the song are quite different, and visually impressive too, adding further intertextuallity with the rest of the work. The disco beat is no longer the march of the students into the meat grinding machine, it's now The Worms marching in lockstep. Some of the chaotic and free students have been industrially transformed into fascist officers. Other fascists are cheering their misdeeds from the sidelines.
I think Run Like Hell is about subjugation of human impulses by authoritarian influences. Similar to the subjugation of creativity by the teacher, but this deals with sexual frustration The scream at the end is either a) the complete death of his spirit, or b) his mother, who received the cardboard box bearing his remains.
The song is all about Pink's manifestation of his sufferings through fascist rampage toward those who are hated. In psychology it's known as transference. Hammers are the symbol of tyranny. It's well depicted in the film Pink Floyd The Wall.
I’m fairly sure you’re younger than me. But I’m getting flash backs from my sinister music teachers. Except you’re nicer and I wish I had you instead of the monsters in my school I love music. I play guitar and harmonica and a little piano. My school made me hate what I love
I think the "Run! Run! Run!" is more of a mocking tone. It's not a call to run for your life, more a matter that you've been labelled an undesirable and they're going to get you, but if you run they can at least make some sport of it. Who knows, you might even get away... for a while.
Album sound is poor on this, flat. Similar thing a couple of days ago, Faana Music reviewed a piece then I found Wings of Pegasus had reviewed it as well and the sound there was so much better. Why is that? Is it about the rig, the more listeners the better the rig? Don’t get me wrong, I love this reviewer.
A song like Run Like Hell is a very formulaic piece to an album type of song more so than a song meant to be analyzed as it's individual part. It would almost be like taking a single chorus or riff in a song and analyzing it on the level of it being a song in it's entirety. This song is simply an awful recommendation, whatever person or people recommended it, hopefully they have less say in the future when it comes to recommendations if they are that clueless.
These are great, but she needs to find a best-of list or something instead of going by Patreon recommendations, because the people on there are having her react to the same bands and albums over and over. Her talents are wasted on B-sides like this.
Don't get your analysis : this music is from the perspective of this extremist army, systematically destroying everything it doesn't accept. They don't have to run therefore the pace. They are so numerous that they know they will get them all. You'd better run like hell they say, knowing that even running like hell is pointless for the doomed victims. Don't over analyse on this one please :o)
