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New page: ''The Wall'' is a rock opera by Pink Floyd. It is also a double album. The album was released in 1979. With the exception of "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb", and "Run Like Hel...
''The Wall'' is a [[rock opera]] by [[Pink Floyd]]. It is also a [[double album]]. The album was released in 1979. With the exception of "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb", and "Run Like Hell", all of the songs are written soly by [[Roger Waters]] (those three songs were written by both Waters and [[David Gilmour|Gilmour]]).<bp />
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The album is semi-autobiographal in nature, as some of the things that the main character goes through actually happened to Waters.<bp />
==Plot==
Pink is rock star, who has gone through many unfortunate things during his life. This album explains the events.
===In The Flesh?===
This is where Pink is telling the listener that there is a story that he is going to tell. Then, he says things like "Lights. Where are all the sound effects?", signifying that there will be a preformance. At the end of the song, you can hear a plane blowing up something, followed by a baby crying, thereby maybe showing that his dad died in the explosion.
===The Thin Ice===
At the begining of this song, we hear Pink crying as a baby. Pink's dad was killed during a war. The line "Dragging behind you the silent reproach/Of a million tear-stained eyes" signifies the total distruction done by war to the families of victims.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part I===
At this song, Pink is older than the last song and understands that his father is gone, but does not understand that his father died in the war. Pink says that his father was "Another brick in the wall", showing that Pink is angry that his father is not there, and that this was one of the main reasons of (as we will find out as time goes on) Pink's isolation from the world outside (the wall)
===Happiest Days Of Our Lives===
This is about how back in the day (when Pink was a kid), teachers used to do things to kids to hurt them (caneing them), and make them feel bad about themselves.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part II===
This is about how Pink wishes that they could've rised up against their abusive teachers. It also says "All in all/You're just a brick in the wall", saying that school is another thing that helps him build the psychological wall.
===Mother===
This song talks about how Pink's mother was exteremly overpretective. She also "helps build the wall", thereby showing that due to his mothers overbearingness, it helped him become more isolated.
===Goodbye Blue Sky===
This is all about World War II, and about one of the bombings, and how they could not see the sky through all of the planes that were there.
===Empty Spaces===
This is about how there are still empty places in the wall. At this point, Pink is married. However, Pink and his wife are having trouble because he already does not talk to her that much.
===Young Lust===
Pink has been on tour for a long time, because he is a rock star. At the end of this song, he tries to call his wife. He learns that his wife has been having an affair.
===One Of My Turns===
Devistated by learning about his wife's affair, he invites a groupie to his appartment. At first, the groupie tries to get the attention of Pink, who is too busy thinking about his wife. Then, he starts to destroy the room (Pink was probabily drinking backstage, as well as probabily doing drugs).
===Don't Leave Me Now===
During this song, Pink is very sad that his wife has cheating on him. He is thinking about her, and wants to ask her to not leave him.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part III===
Pink, so upset that his wife has left him, decides to continue the wall. He eventually builds the wall.
===Goodbye Cruel World===
This signifies that he is done with the wall, and thereby has cut himself off from the outside world.
===Hey You===
During this song, Pink realizes that he must destroy the wall. However, he cannot destroy it, despite his appearent want to.
===Is There Anybody Out There?===
At this point, Pink really wants to escape the wall that he has created. He is basically screaming to anyone that can hear him (nobody) to let him out of the psychadellic wall that he has trapped himself within.
===Nobody Home===
This is about his old relationship with his wife. It is about how he is sad of how it was ended.
===Vera===
The title is a referance to [[Vera Lynn]], who during World War II's most popular song was called "[[We'll Meet Again]]". This song might be about how Pink will never be able to see his father again, unlike what that Vera has "promised".
===Bring The Boys Back Home===
This is about how Pink will, again, never be able to see his father, and how he wants them to bring the troops home so that nobody will suffer the same fate that he did in the future.
===Comfortably Numb===
Pink has overdosed in his room. His manager comes into Pink's room to take him away to a show that he has to do, to find him overdosed. A doctor comes (voice of Gilmour) and tells him not to worry. He injects Pink with something to "Keep him going through the show". They then, drag him out of his room, as he transforms into being exteremly out of it.
===The Show Must Go On===
This basically states that although Pink is out of it, the show must go on.
===In The Flesh===
Pink is under the impression that he is a [[neo-Nazi]] leader, with [[England]] being the country that is under control. Pink asks if there are any [[Homosexuality|queers]] in the audience. Then, he begins to point out people simply by the way that they look ("That one looks Jewish/That one's a coon").
===Run Like Hell===
In this song, Pink sends his "minions" to go and to hurt people that he would not like, and that are not tolerated in a neo-Nazi society.
===Waiting For The Worms===
This is basically about Pink making a rally speach, about how if they want to restore England to it's former glory, they must go under the rule of Pink ("All you have to do is follow the worms").
===Stop===
Pink is scared by the thoughts that he has just had. He asks for the madness to stop.
===The Trial===
Pink is put on trial in his mind for "Was caught red-handed showing feelings/Showing feelings of an almost human nature." Then, the schoolmaster, Pink's wife, and his mother testify at the trial. The judge orders Pink to "expose himself" as a punishment, by tearing down the wall.
===Outside The Wall===
This is not part of the main plot. This song rather serves as an ending song, as opposed to the plot.
==Track Listing==
===Record Track Listing===
This is a double album, meaning that it has two discs to it, bringing the sides up to four sides.
====Disc One====
=====Side A=====
1. In The Flesh? (3:19)<br />
2. The Thin Ice (2:27)<br />
3. Another Brick In The Wall, Part I (3:21)<br />
4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (1:46)<br />
5. Another Brick In The Wall, Part II (4:00)<br />
6. Mother (5:36)<br />
=====Side B=====
1. Goodbye Blue Sky (2:45)<br />
2. Empty Spaces (2:10)<br />
3. Young Lust (3:25)<br />
4. One Of My Turns (3:35)<br />
5. Don't Leave Me Now (4:16)<br />
6. Another Brick In The Wall, Part III (1:14)<br />
7. Goobye Cruel World (1:13)<br />
====Disc Two====
=====Side A=====
1. Hey You (4:40)
2. Is There Anybody Out There? (2:44)<br />
3. Nobody Home (3:26)<br />
4. Vera (1:35)<br />
5. Bring The Boys Back Home (1:21)<br />
6. Comfotably Numb (6:24)<br />
=====Side B=====
1. The Show Must Go On (1:36)<br />
2. In The Flesh (4:13)<br />
3. Run Like Hell (4:19)<br />
4. Waiting For The Worms (4:04)<br />
5. Stop (0:30)<br />
6. The Trial (5:13)<br />
7. Outside The Wall (1:41)<br />
===Eight Track Tape Track Listing===
====Program 1====
# In the Flesh?
# The Thin Ice
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)
# The Happiest Days of Our Lives
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (Shortened)
# Mother
====Program 2====
# Goodbye Blue Sky
# Empty Spaces
# Young Lust
# One of My Turns
# Don't Leave Me Now
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3) (Shortened)
# Goodbye Cruel World (Shortened)
# Hey You (Introduction)
====Program 3====
# Hey You (Conclusion)
# Is There Anybody Out There?
# Nobody Home
# Vera
# Bring the Boys Back Home
# Comfortably Numb (Shortened)
# The Show Must Go On
====Program 4====
# In the Flesh
# Run Like Hell
# Waiting For The Worms
# Stop
# The Trial
# Outside the Wall (Shortened)
===Total Length===
The album's total length is 1 hr, 21 minutes, and 27 seconds.
==Pink Floyd The Wall==
In 1982, [[MGM/UA]] released a movie called [[Pink Floyd The Wall]]. This is the movie version of the album. It stars [[Bob Geldof]] as Pink. It was directed by [[Alan Parker]]. The film contains 15 minutes of elaberate cartoons by [[Gerald Scarfe]]. The movie was written by [[Roger Waters]]. It is highly metaphorical in nature.
<bp />
The album is semi-autobiographal in nature, as some of the things that the main character goes through actually happened to Waters.<bp />
==Plot==
Pink is rock star, who has gone through many unfortunate things during his life. This album explains the events.
===In The Flesh?===
This is where Pink is telling the listener that there is a story that he is going to tell. Then, he says things like "Lights. Where are all the sound effects?", signifying that there will be a preformance. At the end of the song, you can hear a plane blowing up something, followed by a baby crying, thereby maybe showing that his dad died in the explosion.
===The Thin Ice===
At the begining of this song, we hear Pink crying as a baby. Pink's dad was killed during a war. The line "Dragging behind you the silent reproach/Of a million tear-stained eyes" signifies the total distruction done by war to the families of victims.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part I===
At this song, Pink is older than the last song and understands that his father is gone, but does not understand that his father died in the war. Pink says that his father was "Another brick in the wall", showing that Pink is angry that his father is not there, and that this was one of the main reasons of (as we will find out as time goes on) Pink's isolation from the world outside (the wall)
===Happiest Days Of Our Lives===
This is about how back in the day (when Pink was a kid), teachers used to do things to kids to hurt them (caneing them), and make them feel bad about themselves.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part II===
This is about how Pink wishes that they could've rised up against their abusive teachers. It also says "All in all/You're just a brick in the wall", saying that school is another thing that helps him build the psychological wall.
===Mother===
This song talks about how Pink's mother was exteremly overpretective. She also "helps build the wall", thereby showing that due to his mothers overbearingness, it helped him become more isolated.
===Goodbye Blue Sky===
This is all about World War II, and about one of the bombings, and how they could not see the sky through all of the planes that were there.
===Empty Spaces===
This is about how there are still empty places in the wall. At this point, Pink is married. However, Pink and his wife are having trouble because he already does not talk to her that much.
===Young Lust===
Pink has been on tour for a long time, because he is a rock star. At the end of this song, he tries to call his wife. He learns that his wife has been having an affair.
===One Of My Turns===
Devistated by learning about his wife's affair, he invites a groupie to his appartment. At first, the groupie tries to get the attention of Pink, who is too busy thinking about his wife. Then, he starts to destroy the room (Pink was probabily drinking backstage, as well as probabily doing drugs).
===Don't Leave Me Now===
During this song, Pink is very sad that his wife has cheating on him. He is thinking about her, and wants to ask her to not leave him.
===Another Brick In The Wall, Part III===
Pink, so upset that his wife has left him, decides to continue the wall. He eventually builds the wall.
===Goodbye Cruel World===
This signifies that he is done with the wall, and thereby has cut himself off from the outside world.
===Hey You===
During this song, Pink realizes that he must destroy the wall. However, he cannot destroy it, despite his appearent want to.
===Is There Anybody Out There?===
At this point, Pink really wants to escape the wall that he has created. He is basically screaming to anyone that can hear him (nobody) to let him out of the psychadellic wall that he has trapped himself within.
===Nobody Home===
This is about his old relationship with his wife. It is about how he is sad of how it was ended.
===Vera===
The title is a referance to [[Vera Lynn]], who during World War II's most popular song was called "[[We'll Meet Again]]". This song might be about how Pink will never be able to see his father again, unlike what that Vera has "promised".
===Bring The Boys Back Home===
This is about how Pink will, again, never be able to see his father, and how he wants them to bring the troops home so that nobody will suffer the same fate that he did in the future.
===Comfortably Numb===
Pink has overdosed in his room. His manager comes into Pink's room to take him away to a show that he has to do, to find him overdosed. A doctor comes (voice of Gilmour) and tells him not to worry. He injects Pink with something to "Keep him going through the show". They then, drag him out of his room, as he transforms into being exteremly out of it.
===The Show Must Go On===
This basically states that although Pink is out of it, the show must go on.
===In The Flesh===
Pink is under the impression that he is a [[neo-Nazi]] leader, with [[England]] being the country that is under control. Pink asks if there are any [[Homosexuality|queers]] in the audience. Then, he begins to point out people simply by the way that they look ("That one looks Jewish/That one's a coon").
===Run Like Hell===
In this song, Pink sends his "minions" to go and to hurt people that he would not like, and that are not tolerated in a neo-Nazi society.
===Waiting For The Worms===
This is basically about Pink making a rally speach, about how if they want to restore England to it's former glory, they must go under the rule of Pink ("All you have to do is follow the worms").
===Stop===
Pink is scared by the thoughts that he has just had. He asks for the madness to stop.
===The Trial===
Pink is put on trial in his mind for "Was caught red-handed showing feelings/Showing feelings of an almost human nature." Then, the schoolmaster, Pink's wife, and his mother testify at the trial. The judge orders Pink to "expose himself" as a punishment, by tearing down the wall.
===Outside The Wall===
This is not part of the main plot. This song rather serves as an ending song, as opposed to the plot.
==Track Listing==
===Record Track Listing===
This is a double album, meaning that it has two discs to it, bringing the sides up to four sides.
====Disc One====
=====Side A=====
1. In The Flesh? (3:19)<br />
2. The Thin Ice (2:27)<br />
3. Another Brick In The Wall, Part I (3:21)<br />
4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (1:46)<br />
5. Another Brick In The Wall, Part II (4:00)<br />
6. Mother (5:36)<br />
=====Side B=====
1. Goodbye Blue Sky (2:45)<br />
2. Empty Spaces (2:10)<br />
3. Young Lust (3:25)<br />
4. One Of My Turns (3:35)<br />
5. Don't Leave Me Now (4:16)<br />
6. Another Brick In The Wall, Part III (1:14)<br />
7. Goobye Cruel World (1:13)<br />
====Disc Two====
=====Side A=====
1. Hey You (4:40)
2. Is There Anybody Out There? (2:44)<br />
3. Nobody Home (3:26)<br />
4. Vera (1:35)<br />
5. Bring The Boys Back Home (1:21)<br />
6. Comfotably Numb (6:24)<br />
=====Side B=====
1. The Show Must Go On (1:36)<br />
2. In The Flesh (4:13)<br />
3. Run Like Hell (4:19)<br />
4. Waiting For The Worms (4:04)<br />
5. Stop (0:30)<br />
6. The Trial (5:13)<br />
7. Outside The Wall (1:41)<br />
===Eight Track Tape Track Listing===
====Program 1====
# In the Flesh?
# The Thin Ice
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)
# The Happiest Days of Our Lives
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (Shortened)
# Mother
====Program 2====
# Goodbye Blue Sky
# Empty Spaces
# Young Lust
# One of My Turns
# Don't Leave Me Now
# Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3) (Shortened)
# Goodbye Cruel World (Shortened)
# Hey You (Introduction)
====Program 3====
# Hey You (Conclusion)
# Is There Anybody Out There?
# Nobody Home
# Vera
# Bring the Boys Back Home
# Comfortably Numb (Shortened)
# The Show Must Go On
====Program 4====
# In the Flesh
# Run Like Hell
# Waiting For The Worms
# Stop
# The Trial
# Outside the Wall (Shortened)
===Total Length===
The album's total length is 1 hr, 21 minutes, and 27 seconds.
==Pink Floyd The Wall==
In 1982, [[MGM/UA]] released a movie called [[Pink Floyd The Wall]]. This is the movie version of the album. It stars [[Bob Geldof]] as Pink. It was directed by [[Alan Parker]]. The film contains 15 minutes of elaberate cartoons by [[Gerald Scarfe]]. The movie was written by [[Roger Waters]]. It is highly metaphorical in nature.