This blogpost is an introduction and an analysis of the album “The
Wall”. The Wall is the 11th album written and performed by the rock
band Pink Floyd, released on the 30th of November 1979. It’s a set
of songs that are mostly linked to intrigue, mystery and considerable
imagination. The music has a unique characteristic, since it actually tells the
story of the life of an individual called Pink Floyd. It mainly focuses on the
theme of loneliness and isolation.
The album starts by Pink losing his
father due to war and starting to develop phobia and psychic problems due to
his overprotective mother. The starting point explains how his difficult
childhood hugely affected his adulthood afterwards. The boy becomes anti-social
and rejects all forms of relationship with others so that he doesn’t get
emotionally hurt. The single “Another Brick in the Wall” explains how all
events in his childhood were like bricks participating in the development of
the wall that isolates Pink. He didn’t have to only face his father’s absence
and his mother’s presence but also a failing education system. Teachers are
described as being constantly trying to make their students all the same. Pink
becomes completely insane at some point and develops hate towards the war that
took away his boyhood and his nation’s common sense.
The first part entitled “The
happiest days of our lives” is full of violent sounds and was more of warlike
music with screaming. The production of videos was also dark to successfully
complete the music. It described for example teachers as being cruel and
hurting the children so they become disciplined like soldiers. The second part
called “Lack of Freedom and Individuality” is actually the normal succession of
indoctrination. With its calm rhythm and the lack of variation it perfectly
describes how fear cancelled freedom. Students became brainless and without
personality and it’s demonstrated by scenes of children in line listening to
the teacher’s instructions. They all wear masks with the same forms, which
represent the lack of individualism. Pink shows that students are not happy
with this situation with the lyrics “We don’t need no education; we don’t need
no thought control.” But these are the only lyrics in this part, which is a
sign to tell the listener that the speaking faculty is being shut down. But in
the end of the part, the words become repetitive and the tone changes from calm
to violent again. But this dramatic change to violence again is not like the
first part since it’s impacting the children. The third part “Rebellion”
follows; the students begin to revolt against the system represented by the
teachers and the music becomes solo. Visually speaking, the students throw
their masks and get freedom again.
The alliance between the music, the lyrics as well as the image
perfectly described the atmosphere and the philosophy meant by the story. It
mainly criticizes the use of education to implement the government’s
dictatorship.
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