What's Pink Floyd's "The wall" about ?

[Doug]

Berlin wall ?

WW2 ?

I'm watching the video to it ( on fuse) and also trying to explain it to the wife.

can anybody sum up the whole theme of the album real quick for me ?

wiki failed me.

TY

[mrmarket]

East vs. West Germany commie clusterfuck i believe.

[Doug]

The video is odd but I get the WW2 feel of it, and the wall must be the Berlin wall, off course.

I think you'd have to go deep to find what waters has in mind.

[pavyracer]

Syd Barrett ex band member who was sick.

[TexansFan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released as a double album on 30 November 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with elaborate theatrical effects, and adapted into the film Pink Floyd The Wall.

As with their previous three studio albums, The Wall is a concept album. It deals largely with the theme of personal isolation, and was first conceived after an incident that occurred during the band's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, where Roger Waters' frustration with the behaviour of the audience reached a point where he spat in the face of a fan near the stage. Waters would come to regret his actions and spoke of his desire to build a wall between himself and the audience. The Wall features a notably harsher and more theatrical style than their previous releases. Keyboardist Richard Wright left the band during production of the album, but returned to perform during later concert performances as a salaried musician.

The Wall is a concept album that centres on the character Pink, who is largely based on the band's bassist and lyricist Roger Waters. Pink encounters obstacles throughout his life, beginning with the loss of his father during World War II, continuing with abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the desertion of his wife – all of which factor into Pink's isolation from society, represented by the metaphorical "Wall" of the album title.

[Doug]

Cool Tex !

Isn't this one off of the wall ?

Pink Floyd - We Don't Need No Education



(helicopter in background)

(beat)

When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could

A boring ready region upon anything we did exposing every weakness how the kid did bye the kid (laughter)

Out in the middle of nowhere they were home at night with friends, psychopathic wads would flash down with a inches of their lives

(beat)

We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the class room
Teachers leave those kids alone
(yells) Hey, teachers! Leave those kids alone!

All in all, it's just a
Nother brick in the wall

All in all, you're just a
Nother brick in the wall

(british kids)
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the class room
Teachers leave those kids alone
(yells) Hey, teachers! Leave those kids alone!

All in all, it's just a
Nother brick in the wall
All in all, you're just a
Nother brick in the wall

(beat)

If u dont eat ur meat u kant have ne pudding
How kan u have any pudding if u dont eat ur meat

If u dont eat ur meat u kant have ne pudding
How kan u have any pudding if u dont eat ur meat

If u dont eat ur meat u kant have ne pudding
How kan u have any pudding if u dont eat ur meat

(kids screaming)
(beeping)

[Team Ramrod]

yes

[Doug]

I think I need some good drugs like shrooms or acid to watch this video too !

[Team Ramrod]

Im not proud of it but I did some acid and watched The Wall back in the early 90's and was totally freaked out by the movie and had a bad trip.

[TexansFan]

The Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite though.

[JW Cash]

Everytime I watch The Wall.....I get comfortably numb....know what I mean....

[TexansFan]

I remember in high school, waaaay back in 81-84, we used to smoke some great weed and go see the Pink Floyd laser light show at the local planetarium.

Good stuff.

[curious]

Berlin wall ?

WW2 ?

I'm watching the video to it ( on fuse) and also trying to explain it to the wife.

can anybody sum up the whole theme of the album real quick for me ?

wiki failed me.

TY

The wall is partly autobiographical and partly biographical, influenced by the lives (and in the case of Syd, the death) of Roger Waters and Syd Barret. The album tells the story of the fictional character Pink who suffers tremendous pain due to the death of his father in WWII and an overbearing mother. The wall is a mental barrier built in Pink's mind to keep out the world of reality and all of its pain. The bricks placed in the wall, as in the lyric "All in all it's just another brick in the wall" refer to another brick being placed in the mental wall of isolation. Pink becomes a rock star and eventually becomes disgusted at the superficiality of stardom and turns to drugs to find release from the emptiness and the pain.

As his wall nears completion, each new brick brings Pink closer to insanity and mental breakdown. The wall is completed as Pink descends into insanity, and as soon as the wall is completed, Pink realizes the effects of total mental isolation, watching as his shattered psyche turns him into the same kind of dictatorial narcissist who antagonized the world and caused the death of his father in WWII (Hitler) and scarred his nation and was responsible for the defiling of his life from birth.

The album culminates with a mental trial that brings Pink full circle and gives a message that some interpret as the metamorphosis of Pink and some interpret as the futility of life.

Of course mama's going to help build a wall
Mother do you think she's good enough?

[Doug]

thanks, curious

I like songs that have meaning like most of the stuff from bands like Lynyrd skynyrd, Rolling Stones, and so many more before it went all hip=hop and Rap and Shit.

[Doug]

The Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite though.

That has to be one of the top five albums of that era if not all-time.

I might do something like this for roughly 1968-73

no particular order

Dark side
Something Stones...maybe exile on Main ST.
Something Doors....Morrison Hotel ?
Some CSNY....the one where they are sitting on the old couch
Something Beatles....White album ?


That misses so much from the golden era of real music, but it is a start !

I'd like to get the Kinks in there, and Hendrix and so many more.

[curious]

thanks, curious

I like songs that have meaning like most of the stuff from bands like Lynyrd skynyrd, Rolling Stones, and so many more before it went all hip=hop and Rap and Shit.

My favorite song is "Do Fries Go With That Shake?".

[Swinging Johnson]

Could someone tell me what the song "Dangling chestnuts, creamy cucumbers" means? Oh right, the artist is Dick Long formerly of Dick & the DNA Milkshakes. This guy is just so talented. Every song speaks to me in an oddly strange but curious way. I just can't seem to figure out what the songs mean. Anyway, I gotta cook me some supper but would appreciate some feedback. Boiling up some nice meaty hot dogs with a good long squirt of mustard....come to think of it, maybe I'll try mayonnaise on them tonight.

[THE PROFIT]

its about our total & utter insignifigance in this universe that is so vast that we are not even a blink in the timeline

[Doug]

its about our total & utter insignifigance in this universe that is so vast that we are not even a blink in the timeline

OK, I'll jump in front of the next train, then.

[THE PROFIT]

glad you liked that, Doug

[curious]

a few albums i like

Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Scenes at an Exhibition - Emerson Lake and Palmer
The Music - The Music
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
Machina/The Machines of God - Smashing Pumpkins
Between Nothingness and Eternity - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Immortal Memory - Lisa Gerard
Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower
The Magnificient Tree - Hooverphonic
Trance - Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors
Watermark - Enya
Poem - Delirium
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Some Kind of Strange - Collide
Barnstorm - Joe Walsh (King Biscuit Flower Hour Live Version)

[Swinging Johnson]

Curious..........I'm not a fan of your music (except for Genesis) but I enjoy reading your posts. Keep up the good work.

[muldoon]

The wall not only is an album that I love to listen to in order side a and side b...but it's kind of a "you have to" listen to it in order.

The live version done from the Berlin Wall is pretty amazing.

[THE PROFIT]

some of those albums are out there, curious

[JW Cash]

Dont think Black Sabbath is given enough credit......

[Grits n' Gravy]

Classic. Waters doing a live show of the Wall in its entirety weekend right after Thanksgiving at MGM. Can't wait to check it out.

This and Wish You Were Here are my 2 fave Floyd albums.

The dvd can be a huge bummer under the wrong circumstances. Stil wonder why no horror film hasn't tried using Run Like Hell in it.

[jtarbear]

Classic. Waters doing a live show of the Wall in its entirety weekend right after Thanksgiving at MGM. Can't wait to check it out.

This and Wish You Were Here are my 2 fave Floyd albums.

The dvd can be a huge bummer under the wrong circumstances. Stil wonder why no horror film hasn't tried using Run Like Hell in it.

I alwasys use the song run like hell when it is a bad day at work...RUN...RUN>> RUN>>>

[Doug]

some of those albums are out there, curious

It's OK if doesn't have the top 15-20 selling albums of all time as his favorites. He's not here to please you and be a conformist. The guy is unique, sometimes strange, but he's cool.

I could make up a list of albums using somewhat obscure bands like....

Dire straights
Talking heads
fastball
Steely Dan
george Thourogood
Kinks


instead of the biggest selling bands.

[BEANTOWNJIM]

HEY DOUG NO WONDER WHY YOUR A LOUSY GAMBLER LOOK AT THE SHIT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO.

WHAT ARE YOU THE NEW CASEY KASEM OF SBR I HAVENT BOUGHT A MUSIC CD IN 20 YEARS SURE I LIKE ROCK AND ROLL BUT NOT LIKE THE HIPPY AND WEIRD SHIT BROCK LANDERS PLAYS.

ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES WAS (ABRHAM,MARTIN, AND JOHN) REMEMBER THAT ONE DOUG I GUESS I DO LIKE THE 60'S MUSIC

EVE OF DESTRUCTION

THE LAST CD I HAD WAS SPIRIT OF THE 60'S NOW THAT HAD SOME CLASSICS

[GiveMeaBJ]

I thought it was about heroin the whole time.

[Deuce]

HEY DOUG NO WONDER WHY YOUR A LOUSY GAMBLER LOOK AT THE SHIT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO. WHAT ARE YOU THE NEW CASEY KASEM OF SBR I HAVENT BOUGHT A MUSIC CD IN 20 YEARS SURE I LIKE ROCK AND ROLL BUT NOT LIKE THE HIPPY AND WEIRD SHIT BROCK LANDERS PLAYS. ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES WAS (ABRHAM,MARTIN, AND JOHN) REMEMBER THAT ONE DOUG I GUESS I DO LIKE THE 60'S MUSIC EVE OF DESTRUCTION THE LAST CD I HAD WAS SPIRIT OF THE 60'S NOW THAT HAD SOME CLASSICS

[PittsburghPlayer]

Curious, Tales from Topographic Oceans? What a blast from the past. Steve Howe, great guitarist. The Lamb? "I see faces and traces of home..."

[blackf1re]

One of my all time favourite bands. Don't like The Wall that much, though. Prefer their other album from the 70s: Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you Were Here and Animals.

Great list btw Curious. My taste in music is somewhat similar. A few albums I love:

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Yes - Close to the Edge
Godspeed! You Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
The United States of America - The United States of America
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (but I love basically everything by them)
Dream Theater - no particular album
Procol Harum - Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Darwin!
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
The Who - Tommy
Oasis - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

[chachi]

Sorry misquoted lyrics always drive me up the wall, allow me to correct

A boring ready region upon anything we did exposing every weakness how the kid did bye the kid (laughter)

By pouring their derision upon anything we did, exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids ...

Out in the middle of nowhere they were home at night with friends, psychopathic wads would flash down with a inches of their lives

But in town, it was well known when they got home at night, their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them, within inches of their lives ....

[jjgold]