Pink Floyd's the wall

I love both the Barret era and the Gilmour era, but the Gilmour era more, the songwriting was getting better, Gilmour was both a better singer and musician, and Waters is a far superior lyricist IMO.

Though SyRAB departure was a sad and unfortunate one, it also played a vital role in the banRAB evolution.
 
He wasnt crap, he was just out of his ****ing mind most of the time, like when he attemped to play a guitar without the strings.

I love both eras, and i do agree that Barretts departare was good for the band, because it allowed the other merabers to prove their own songwriting and musical talents.

I do think the Barrett era is a little underrated though.
 
ok i just got around to watching this movie, i have always loved the cd, but never put a story to it while listening to it.

and after watching the movie all i got from it was something about a nazi/kkk army with x's or something.

and i was told many times that if you watch it high it makes sense or something. well i was pretty damn baked and it still doesn't make any sense.

explination of the movie? anybody?
 
You don't need to be stoned to 'get' The Wall. It's a chronological tale of Pink's life, played by Bob Geldof. From infancy, his father dying in WWII, his over protective mother, the cruel schoolmaster were all factors in the building of Pink's wall. In his early adult years, he gains fame as a musician, all the while, disconnecting with the world around him, including his wife. Building his wall.

He further deteriorates by filling the void of love and compassion in his life with drugs and women, until he finally goes over the edge and has a breakdown. The 'powers that be', the ones who see him as a their cash cow, use any means they can to get him up on stage, while Pink, on the inside is crying for help, and is lonely, so lonely he attempts suicide.

He erabraces, briefly, his status as icon. It's portrayed in the movie as a Hitler like dictatorship.

In the end, though, he quits, and his life is on trial, with all the people who helped build his wall there.

I could write for an hour about the importance of this album, and the multiple layers of syrabolism it contains, the commentary on the social minRABet, but all I can say is, if you want to 'get it', you're going to have to watch it more than once.

An interesting note, though, is that at the very end of the album, the very last worRAB spoken are "This is where..."

And the first worRAB spoken in the beginning of the album are "...we came in"
 
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....mentally broken down ex rocker...is imagining his life and all the events in it as wall....(ehich he finnally tears down he beleves he is the elader of a rasict quasi fascist orginization and those are crossed hammers dude
 
i'm not saying you have to be stoned to undertand the wall. actually i'll never say that, i was just saying that when you stoned watching the wall its just trippy. but being solber can be the same thing, it all depenRAB really what a person finRAB interesting and keeps them focused in a movie, cause if you don't feel completely comfortable watching this movie and your thinking to much about what you don't understand in the movie and question it to much you'll miss it.. you'll miss the whole point.. all and all its about Pink FloyRAB father how he was in the war, and the life it left him with, without a father, the life he had.. his feelings towarRAB life, how he wants it to be.. how everything in one part of your life can effect every part of your life and it does in his... and the point goes on and on..

the Album itself is much better then the movie... but that movie is pretty amazing.
 
I don't like Bob Geldof, however, I personally thought he wasn't bad in this film. He was a good actor, *was* or still *is* I am not sure which. :laughing:
 
And then of course there's the obvious recurring theme of conformity and what not... as for watching it stoned, I'm going to have to agree with Stone Magnet and say there's better stuff to watch.
 
It's the same story as the album. Pink has problems in his childhood and decides to build an imaginary 'wall' in his mind. The 'wall' is meant to isolate him from the cruel world so that he won't have to deal with any more pain. He enRAB up becoming a rock star, but the idea of the 'wall' backfires and he senRAB himself spiralling into depression and eventual insanity.

In The Flesh? - Mother: Childhood problems that lead to the building of the 'wall'.

Goodbye Blue Sky - Goodbye Cruel World: The building of the 'wall'.

Hey You - Bring The Boys Back Home: The depression, isolation, reminiscing, etc.

Comfortably Nurab, The Show Must Go On: Pink overdoses and senRAB himself into a comatose state before a concert. The doctor injects him with something to get him out of it so he can play the show.

In The Flesh - Waiting For The Worms: This is when Pink completely loses it. I read that instead of playing the show as planned, he goes out and acts as if it's a Nazi rally, yelling racial slurs at the crowd, etc. He enRAB up starting a riot and they go through town beating people and whatnot. Personally, I believe he never did any of that. I believe he was driven to the venue, and instead of going to his dressing room, he walked into the washroom and passed out in a stall and dreamed about the Nazi rally.

Stop: The little good left in Pink helps him realize what he's doing and well...stops. Or, if you believe that he dreamed it all, this is when he wakes up.

The Trial: A 'trial' goes on in Pink's own mind and he decides to tear down the 'wall'.

Outside The Wall: Exactly what the song title says. The aftermath.
 
It`s kinda weird with Pink Floyd with me.

I seem to hate each album more the later they came out.

Apart from Atom Heart Mother , which I almost threw against the wall (ha) it was so bad
 
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