"Us and Them" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Rest in peace, Richard Wright.

As you enjoy so much analyzing lyrics, you should do the Animals album by them! It's only 5 songs (2 of them are 1min30 long) and very interesting It would be epic, I need your likes PF fans :)

It's not about making a soldier out of someone, it's about making someone the enemy. Regular folk like you and me, when turned into an enemy, we/they become a threat that must be eliminated. Not only in war, but in everyday life. It's the "divide and conquer" rule. In WWI it was the allied troops (mostly Belgians, French, Canadians and British) that fraternised with the Germans during a slow week around christmas 1914. There was even a football (soccer) match organised between the "enemies". Basically, both sides were tired of the fighting for no good reason and the war would certainly have ended then and there, were it not for the officers who threatened to personally execute everyone who wouldn't fight and the war continued for another three years...

I don’t know that there’s ever been a band or musician better at arranging their music. They were truly masters of assembling a piece of music.

one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded the meaning for me of this song is in the end were all the same

I cry every time I hear this song

Us and Them is in my top 10 all time favourite Pink Floyd songs. So atmospheric yet SO powerful.

The 1914 Christmas truce was British & Germans. The USA joined the war in 1917. But the sentiment about soldiers & war is the same as you described. Highly recommend you watch the Sainsbury 1914 Christmas commercial. Love your reactions . Just subbed 😁 love from the UK

All these Pink Floyd breakdowns are amazing. Really amazing! Vin and Sori you both killed it on these!! 😃😃😃 #Village4Life #LoveUPony

I cry every time I hear this song brings me back to a simpler time in my life

written and recorded in 1972/73....and it still fits in with todays music IMO this has to be in the top 3 best ever albums

This Album is one of the best ever made

It's great to watch the progression of it getting you!

Thank u both for sharing, ... your commentary touched my hart 💕

I don't think I've ever seen Sori this happy and relaxed before. As a Pink Floyd hardcore fan, I love be it :)

When I was young I used to cuddle up with my girlfriend, now wife and listen to this. Great to see people as young as you going through the Pink Floyd emotions just like I did all those years ago although I'm amazed it took you so long.

Another great analysis on the lyrics. It would be great, though, to hear your thoughts on the actual musicality and melodies of the songs you review. For me, lyrics are secondary to the music itself and too many reaction channels focus on the lyrics rather than expressing the emotional response to the music itself. Us and Them is so melodically powerful. Did you feel it?

Forward he cried from the rear And the front rank died And the general sat And the lines on the map Moved from side to side

Great vids on Pink Floyd. To me, this album is a story about the journey of life. Definitely next-level stuff musically, and were way ahead of their time. As mentioned, you need to do full album reactions on Animals, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. All of them (and this album) are masterpieces. If you want to do a single song before you get into those album reviews, I recommend the song "Echoes." It is super long but well worth it. If you are inclined to do a live version instead of the studio release, Echoes being performed live at Pompeii (from some time in the 70s) is amazing. Again, keep up the great work!!

I used to hate pink floyd...then i actually listened to them!

You did good my friend she's a absolute dear ...beautiful both of you ..well done

Us and Them is about the sadness of conflict. Any Colour You Like is about the illusion of choice. it refers to an apocryphal quote of Henry Ford about the Model T ford car "You can have any colour you like as long as it's black "

Y’all really need to see “Echoes” live at Pompeii. I think you would really dig it.

I've listened to Floyd thousands of times and it still excites me like nothing else!

Basic concept is about division, opposing sides - up/down, left/right, us/them. We, as a society are constantly being torn apart from each other. Many folks are willing and complicit while others are ignorant and blind to what’s happening. Most everyone feels the need to categorize themselves into this box or that box. All this does is cause conflict, abrasive interactions and the unnecessary need to qualify and quantify individuals. Humans have been lead astray.

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"Any Color You Like" I consider a true "model" for ANY psychedelic music!

This song is amazing!!

Roger often wrote about war with it referencing WWII in which his father was killed. This loss of his father, whom he never knew, is just one of the driving catalysts of his lyrical content.

"Forward he cried from the rear, and the front ranks died" - the leaders, the ones in power, command the rank & file towards their death while they hide in positions of safety "from the rear." Roger Waters explores this theme deeper in a solo song called "The Bravery of Being Out Of Range." His father was killed in WW2 when he was just a baby, so he has a LOT of issues with war and "The Powers That Be" ( another solo song) that get people killed "for the want of the price of tea and a slice."

Hello again kids,I have loved listening to you review floyd songs, I have been enjoying Us and them since it first came out, never heard a more thoughtful, insightful take on it, Pink Floyd makes us think,! As well as beautiful music, thanks 👌👍👍.

12:00 I'm no Pink Floyd expert, but I 'think' that one of the reasons Roger Waters put some of the war references in their songs was his father was killed in WW2 soon after he was born. Hence the 'dive bomber' sound in one song, explosion in another, etc. Like I said, I'm not a huge fanboi, so somebody correct me if I'm wrong..."Actually..."

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Vin, you are a smart dude. Props.

If you ever get the chance to watch the last episode of the British satirical comedy series Blackadder, it deals with events of life in the first world war trenches with humour, pathos, desperation and the whole futility of warfare. It's only half an hour or so but so funny and emotional at the same time. It always moves me to tears!!!😢🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Us And Them relates to the album, not in the sense you have been thinking, but as something that shades the reality of life. Everything on this album relates to something that makes life dark. Speak to Me is the forshadowing of all these things went you enter the world Breathe are your first steps into the world where everything is work and you never seem to rest. On The Run deals with fear of Travel, specifically of flight where one wrong move can end your life. Time is the awaited realization that life is short and death may eventually come soon. The Great Gig In The Sky is the sonic representation of death. You are not afraid until it begins to happen. You are frantically panicking until you begin to slowly let go of your life, often trying to grasp it back but ultimately falling down again to your final rest. Money paints the picture of greed and wealth that distracts from morality. Us And The deals with conflict, especially war, in the sense that everyone is human despite what is being disagreed on. Any Colour You Like, while an instrumental, demonstrates the struggle of choice, especially where there is none despite what's being told. "Any colour you like, as long as it's black". Brain Damage is inspired by Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd who was let go after going insane from Acid. It describes madness and insanity that can blind you and take control of your life. Eclipse is the ending picture that regards everything under the sun being in tune, but is darkened by the moon, meaning life is bright, but it is only darkened by Time, Work, Money, War, Madness, and Death.

The Christmas truce occurred following the stalemate of the Race to the Sea and the First Battle of Ypres.French, German, and British soldiers(Not America)crossed trenches to exchange seasonal greetings and talk,men from both sides walked into no man's land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to exchange food and souvenirs and play games of football with one another

This is definitely a song that suits one who is needing to just relax, chill and quietly contemplate.

it was so interesting to see you both discussing the lyrics , i'm sure Roger Waters would be pleased to see lyrics he wrote around 40 years ago still provoking thought .

Roger Waters parents were both teachers who had strong political views and being conscientious objectors so Waters father who was also a devout Christian volunteered to drive an ambulance during The Blitz. As more Nazi war crimes came to light, Waters father changed his stance and he joined the British Army and 5 months later as a Lieutenant went MIA during the Battle of Anzio when his son Roger was just 5 months old so Waters never got to know his father. Waters grandfather also died as a soldier in action but fighting in the earlier WW1 and tragically just as he never knew his father likewise his father never knew his father. This is why Waters songs are often about the folly of war and the feeling of the absence of loved ones.

Please try to do Keeper of the Seven Keys of Helloween. It is a 13 minutes song, but I'm sure you´ll get interested in it. Greatings from Brazil!!

Great reaction and review, Vin and Sori. If you really enjoyed the amazing instrumental groove jam of Any Colour You Like, please react to "Echoes - live in Pompeii video". It's absolutely amazing and, yes, they are playing in the ruins of the theater.

Love this couple. How they react and look each other

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My friends growing up said Pink Floyd would never make it. Then I made them go see them in 74. They have never been the same since then.

Us and Them is about ‘Us’ the normal everyday people and ‘Them’ the powers (Governments etc). They have disagreements and send us to war and die. We don’t choose to go to war, they do. Also, it’s about all types of ‘Us and Them’. The guy that is doing well and the guy that needs help. Sympathy and empathy. Don’t take the spoken samples to literally, they wrote questions on a piece of paper and recorded peoples answers. This question was ‘When was you last violent’.

It's about WW2 - it was the draft. No choice.

OK again about halfway in but so far, this is the one you've seemed to nail the closest. Because that's exactly what it's about: The "differences" we put between us & them that lead to conflicts and war, and the "Generals" behind the scenes who manipulate "the lines on the map" that get people killed.

Great reaction/review on this one, guys! Maybe our politicians need to listen to more music with a message and then break it down so they learn something

The Final Cut. in its entirety - AN ABSOLUTE MUST!

Love Dark side , and dig your views on each track, the whole album is about the human experience and human nature, US and Them might be my favorite track...for me it’s about oppression of one group over another framed in a conflict

PLEASEEE react to: Dark Tranquility - Lost to apathy or Misery's crown Avantasia - The scarecrow Sonata Arctica - Don't say a word or Black Oceans, White Pearl Sabaton - Primo Victoria And Bathory - enter the eternal fire and the lake (so you can see their both eras)

Towards the final days of WW1 - a highly decorated English soldier private Henery Tandey came across an injured & unarmed German message runner in the woods . He took aim but didn’t have the heart to kill him face to face . Both men remembered & noted the date & incident in their separate books which were written after the war . The German was Adolf Hitler .

I discovered your chanel about a week ago with your live chat for the whole album, the one with all the technical problems at the begining. Glad to see you still love Pink Floyd! Did you listen to "Atom Hearth Mother" yet? it was recorded a few years before DSOTM and it's a lot less popular and apreciated but, the more you listen to it, the more you love it, it grows on you.

I find this song a great metaphor for any of the things that set one group of people against another by tribalism and whatever differences may exist between us and them. Whether it be in politics, war, socioeconomic differences, race, religion, ect. Trying to tell us that all these things that bring conflict between people are often not in our control or our choice in the first place.

This started as a piano piece for the 1970 movie Zabriskie Point - it was rejected for being "beautiful, but too sad… it makes me think of church.”. So Waters wrote the lyrics as they adopted it for the band. ed2276 Me covers what those entails well.

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I was 19 years old! I remember holding my Draft letter in one hand, and my new Bourne Daughter in the outher! My wife histacialy crying! Spent the night consoling my wife and tending to Daughter! 3 days to get my life in order! 8 weeks later! On a Air plane to war! Didn't hold my daughter again for two and a half years later! That three days I believe is when I went from Boyhood to manhood! I was given a 70 present chance I would not be coming home alive! Me and my family were one of the lucky 30 % two Daughters 6 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren one on the way! But I will never forget the day I got that letter! Didn't have time to cry then, so I do now!!🇺🇸🗽

A damn tenor saxophone to open a song ! Damn I love Pink Floyd!

Hi there. Let me explaine my situation. I've been listening to Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and others since around 1967 while doing a degree in Philosophy, and another in Literature...It's usual to look intently at the minutia because the writing is wonderful and will expand ones mind. All of this music will expand ones conciousness, but I found that it will rush over you in mass years later in many "a ha" moments when you least expect it and probably involved in something else entirely. It's more if a feeling then individual thoughts. It's life changing.

Historical correction - the Christmas Truce in WWI was in 1914 between the British and German troops, not Americans and Germans. America didn't join the war until 1917. And it wasi ordinary troops singing Christmas carols that triggered it. Other than that, a great reviw and discussion.

Just subscribed hoping you do all of Pink Floyd. Vin looks like he could be in movies. Sori is really beautiful. Those eyes pop right out. You are a lucky couple to have found each other. I like to watch you two receive Pink Floyd. They will give you thoughts & images you will recall each time you listen to any of their songs. I do not bother to analyze any thing. I just enjoy the works of art.

Talkin bout killin! This one took a weird turn.

You guys should watch us and them live on "Pulse." Its phenomenal.

I really do enjoy y'alls introspection on these songs. You clearly are able to see meaning with little to no prior familiarity which is fairly impressive. You could literally do one of these on EVERY Pink Floyd album as Roger Waters is one of the great lyricists of all time. Seriously, not just "The Wall", "Dark Side", Wish You Were Here" (my favorite)...even, and many people dismiss it, but I think some of Waters' best work is on "The Final Cut", which is quite dark and depressing but has some absolute lyrical gems, check it out. But you can go as far back as "Saucerful of Secrets" and find some really interesting themes. Also, y'all should really look at "Animals" as it is a perfect Orwellian take on modern society, some would say a direct rip off of "Animal Farm" but I think more of an homage really than a rip off, but still, really great stuff there. Pink Floyd is my all-time favorite band, several tattoos, etc...and "Any Colour You Like" was the only song, or thing really, that could make me any kind of happy for a few years after my mom died and still holds a special place within me, so I'm glad you liked it. You guys rock...keep up the good work. Nice shirts.

Us and Them as well as the later, On the Turning Away are, imo, two songs that point out our faults as a society for the utter lack of caring and ignoring those that need our help the most, yet over and over, we turn a blind eye to it without ever thinking we could very easily end up in the same situation at the drop of a hat.

Deep thought Vin and Sori but "Us and Them" was more about the haves and have nots in society rather than war. Well I always thought this but you certainly looked at it diifferently and I cannot disagree with you which is the joy of music and what you do. Go well my friends I love your channel

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Welcome to the machine! is an awesome song! ...also Dogs.

Rainbow - Light in the Black Rainbow - Gates of Babylon Dio - The last in line Dio - Rainbow in the dark Deep Purple - Child in time Deep Purple - Highway star Queen - Innuendo Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Queen - The Show must go on And of course, more Pink Floyd!

The amazing sounds are the universe talk about ahead of their time

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Like your discussion. Don't agree with all your conclusions, but that cool. Personally ... I joined the military at age 16 during the Vietnam war. That life-changing decision had very little to do with Vietnam. I signed up because I believe in strong defence ... someone has to do it. I certainly didn't sign up to kill people. And as soon as I realised what was really going on ... I quit (too long a story). Anyway, one other point ... the U.K wasn't involved in Vietnam ... Australia was though. And here or there, it was called conscription. You probably won't, but ... and it's relevant ... watch (what I believe) is Stanley Kubrick's best movie, 'Paths of Glory'. It is amazing. Last point ... don't forget about the music ... it is art. Cheers.

Please Wish you were here full album. Your reviews are the absolute best

AAAAAWWW! That KISS

I like that "Colour" is spelt properly..

Short sharp shock refers to military national service that used to be compulsory in the UK. The quote coming from someone who had done theirs and now bemoaning the lack of discipline and respect in modern youth. The song is more about ww2 where the UK did have the draft in place,rather than Vietnam which the UK wasnt involved in.

Love this song

I would love to hear a reaction to one of the Moody Blues "Core Seven" albums, the albums were meant to be listened to in their entirety - similar to PF's albums.... The albums are: "Days of Future Passed", "In Search Of The Lost Chord", "On The Threashold of a Dream", "To Our Children's Children's Children", "A Question of Balance", "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour", and "Seventh Sojourn"...

Very good reasoning

9:55 noone can avoid a head nod there 😂

If I remember rightly back in the 70s here in the UK a politician said about the youth of the time that we should put them straight into young offender type prisons if they commited a violent crime a short Sharp shock and they wouldn't do it again they were called Borstals and run by adult prison staff they didn't work before long they were full and bred more violence through over crowding

that's what you need beautiful music and love=heaven

Oh you should watch the wall movie.so good!

THE KISS WAS CUTE!!….LOL

Mr Wright, the quiet genius. RIP top man

Hi guys. Just started following you and am enjoying your pleasure and breakdown of Pink Floyd. Dark side is great. My father worked with Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab and he produced this album. So basically he cut the grooves I. The record for this. I grew up listening to this a lot as a kid. but please please you need to hear wish you were here album. I believe their best work. Enjoy the ride baby!!

Personally the opening of this song( Us and Them) is a masterful observation of men preparing to fight but GOD knows it's not what we would choose to do..Brilliant!

Pink Floyd Animals, start with “Dogs” you’ll appreciate the lyrics. Do “Dogs, Pigs, and Sheep” and you got a Patron:) Appreciate your stuff!

US and Them : rich or poor , young and old, black or white, different religions, country vs country, which leads to conflict between differences

The best slow dance / make out song, ever!

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I did 2 tours in nam 67-69 and I'm still there,you never leave

2millionth time i watch reactions i love reactions, its like i have friends.

Really enjoying your analysis guys. But can I just say, there is no personal arc in Dark Side of the Moon (unlike The Wall). It`s an everyman album. Think you`re getting too specific, maintaining there is one character traversing the album. There is no narrative story as such. The songs are much more loosely linked (although they do bleed into each other track-wise). These are stand alone songs, the common thread only being the human condition. "Us and Them" isn`t just about war. It`s about the unnecessary divisions between us all. War, social divisions, ethnic strife, national barriers. How we forget our humanity for spurious reasons. Both those in charge "forward he cried from the rear" and even "ordinary men" working for the man..."out of the way, it`s a busy day" . Similarly, "Any Colour You Like" is all-encompassing. I.e. It doesn`t matter what political stripe you are (Republican/Democrat, Concservative/Socialist) or ethnic stripe you are, or even what sports team you affiliate yourself with, that differentiates you from others. We are all equal in the end, in death. For me, the message is There IS no "Us and Them"...only "Us". Incidentally, Roger Waters` recent world tour is called "The Us and Them Tour"....these 3 words pretty much sum up his whole writing cannon (both with the Floyd, and without).

Havinglistened toPink Floyd’s DSOTM for almost t50years, I can still remember the first time I heard the entire album laying on my bedroom floor as a sophomore in high school with headphones and 50 candles dripping wax. I envy you hearing it for the first time. Please watch Roger Water at the wall in Berlin. It will blow your mind!

Roger Waters explaining his thinking in the song 'Us & Them' The first verse is about war and the people on the front lines not being able to communicate with each other, because that's how the generals have made it. The second verse is about Race and civil liberties, A short sharp shock refers to the Borstal system that young offenders were often sentenced to in Britain. the last verse is about ignoring the plight of a homeless person, walking past and getting on with your day while 'For the price of a tea and a slice ( Slice of bread and butter) the old man died.

you have to do ECHOES by pink Floyd.. it's a package.. even after whole 23 mins you want more..

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