Music Post: Pink Floyd's Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
One of the best live albums based on one of the best Rock Operas of all time: The Wall. There isn't much you can say that hasn't already been said about Pink Floyd's The Wall. A genuine labor of love for Roger Waters that pulls from his own life and from the life of former bandmate Syd Barrett. The story tells of rockstar Pink and him spiraling into his own world where he builds walls from the traumas that he's faced in life from losing his father during WW2, to having an overbearing mother, abusive teachers, and a loveless marriage. Pink is a tragic figure even as he unravels and Roger does a great job of making you empathize with him. The whole band is firing on all cylinders as well and the live variations of the songs lose none of the power of their studio counterparts. I would even say that this is probably the definitive way of listening to The Wall and I would recommend listening to both the studio album and this one too. Some people can be split on what they p...