Record Two
Hey You - I love that
Dave takes the first verse in the first person.
Roger does the rest in the third person.
Dave plays fretless bass, acoustic and electric guitars. His middle solo is amazing, building as it does. In the middle
Rick plays the distinctive ping from
Echoes. Nice touch. The composition of the song is worth reading about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_You ... loyd_song)
Both this song and
The Show Must Go On are not in the film.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10
Is There Anybody Out There - we get the damn birds from
Echoes.
Dave was unhappy with his attempts at the finger picking acoustic. So who we hear is session player
Joe DiBlasi. This should have been dropped for
The Show Must Go On in the movie.
Null Rating : 5 out of 10.
Nobody Home - the last song written for the album.
Dave says it's one of his favorites. There is no guitar.
Dave plays bass.
Bob Ezrin is on piano. The
Hendrix perm is about
Syd.
But I got nicotine stains on my fingers. I got a silver spoon on a chain. Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains. Is in reference to
Rick's cocaine problem. Terribly overlooked song. Love the lines,
Got A Strong Urge to Fly, but I've gof Nowhere to Fly to.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Vera - this song and the next mean a lot to
Roger. He played them of course in the two
Wall shows we saw, but in the two non
Wall shows we saw as well. The lyrics are reference to
Vera Lynn's WWII song,
We'll Meet Again. I can tell you I choked up during these two songs all four times we saw them live. Both
David and
Roger are on acoustic guitar.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Bring the Boys Back Home - "
Bring the boys back home /
Don't leave the children on their own". That's
Jeff Porcaro [of
Toto] on snare drum joined by 35 other snare drummers along with the
NY Opera as the choir and the
NY Orchestra on strings. When
Roger brought the
Wall back on the backround screen during this song was a quote from President
Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Comfortably Numb - only this and
Mother don't segue out from another song or into another song. It was originally an instrumental
David considered for his first solo album. I'll be dedicating an entire post to various versions of the song. Again we have a favorite of mine. Point / counterpoint of
David and
Roger singing different verses.
Nick is awesome here as the song benefits from his playing slightly behind the beat. The song kind of lopes along. Matching the haziness of the lyrics. And the lyrics are really strong. "
The child is grown. The dream is gone."
Dave is all over the song playing lead and harmony vocals (chorus), acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, 2nd bass guitar, Prophet-5 synthesiser.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10. [And this isn't even the best version.]
The Show Must Go On - the only song
Roger does neither vocals or instruments for.
Roger wanted a
Beach Boys feel. So he got
Bruce Johnston of said group in to help create it. The
Beach Boys backed out as a group, but
Bruce stayed on as one of the back ground vocalists.
Toni Tennille of the
Captain and Tennille is also on background vocals. There were more lyricals that got dropped. I do love "
am I too old. Is it too late." Read about the lyrics here...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sho ... loyd_song)
Null Rating : 10 out of 10
In the Flesh - bombastic but in the right way.
Dave is hammering those power chords. The lyrics take a dark turn. But you can't help but sing along. Bonus info - I sang this by request to my inmates in the kitchen one day. I was hoarse. But that helped.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Run Like Hell - one of
Julie's favorite
Floyd songs. Another song that started from
Gilmour's first solo. The guitars are amazing.
Dave gave us a driving riff that is helped propelled by
Roger's lyrics. Strong lyrics here. Another you can't help but sing along to. We have
Rick's only keyboard solo. And towards the end
Roger does the
Eugene scream.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Waiting for the Worms - damn
Roger makes facism sound catchy. The song has a great rhythmic feel. Again
Roger and
Dave swap off vocals to great effect. How
Roger got
Dave to sing his part, with those lyrics.
Dave does the guitars and bass. The "
Stop!" out the end is perfect.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
Stop - not really a song, just a transition.
Roger on vocals,
Ezrin on piano. But it is effective. And I sing it work all the time.
Null Rating : 10 out of 10.
The Trial - Clare Torry is on background vocals. It's not my favorite song on the album. I find myself wishing
Roger had concluded it differently. I find it works better in the film than on the album. It is well put together however.
Null Rating : 7 out of 10.
Outside the Wall - "
Some mad buggers Wall" perfect ending, linking it to the beginning.
Null Rating : 8 out of 10.
This Half Null Rating - 9.2 out of 10.
The Wall Total Null Rating - 8.8 out of 10.