![]() It finds Pink retreating from view, stung by his wife's cheating. Part 3 is Track 6 on Side 2 ( The Wall is a double album). ![]() Radio stations would sometimes play all three songs together, or start at "The Happiest Days of Our Lives." This section flows into "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)," which is Track 5. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" explains that the teachers must have it rough in their own homes, getting thrashed by their "fat and psychopathic wives," which is why they take out their frustrations on the students. This is the section that includes the lines: This segues seamlessly into Track 4, " The Happiest Days Of Our Lives," which runs 1:50. The father pushes him away quite aggressively, then leaves. In the 1982 movie adaptation, you see him at the playground with the other kids and their fathers, then one of the kids leaves with his father and Pink tries to touch the father's hand. This section, which contains many of the motifs found on Part 2, explains that because Pink's father went off and died in World War II, he built The Wall to protect him from other people. There is a Part 1 and even a Part 3 of "Another Brick In The Wall." " Part 1 is the third track on The Wall. Then it absolutely demanded that you rebel against that." The song is meant to be a rebellion against errant government, against people who have power over you, who are wrong. The teachers were weak and therefore easy targets. But the education I went through in boys' grammar school in the '50s was very controlling and demanded rebellion. He explained: "You couldn't find anybody in the world more pro-education than me. Waters told Mojo, December 2009, that the song is meant to be satirical. ![]() The bricks in the wall are the events in his life that propelled him to build this proverbial wall around himself - his school teacher was just another brick in the wall. The wall refers to the emotional barrier Waters built around himself because he wasn't in touch with reality. He hated his grammar school teachers and felt they were more interested in keeping the kids quiet than in teaching them. Roger Waters of Pink Floyd wrote this song about his views on formal education, which were framed during his time at the Cambridgeshire School for Boys. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |