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Leaving just a memory
A snapshot in the family album
Daddy, what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, whatcha leave behind for me?
All in all it was just a brick in the wall
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone
Hey, teacher, leave the kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone
Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
The kids singing the chorus never fails to stop me in my tracks, wherever I'm at, whatever I'm doing.
During Roger Waters' concerts this chorus is sung by kids from the local area - he brings them on stage with him. Just imagine how utterly cool it is for them! Or it will be after some 20 years :)
Imagine sitting there trying to do your high school Math homework after this comes over Dad's Marantz for the first time, December of '79. No; it simply cannot be done! So you call your buddy and start partying and wait for the cool DJ to drop the next mindblower from this truly landmark record; each one a new and shiny gem in a time of incredible music...
2+2=5!!

Two listeners down voted this comment? I guess that abusers and bullies need their defenders too?
We knew folks like these in our school daze back in the 80's and would sing, "Just another D in the hall" to the chorus just for them.
This is top of mind today as yesterday as some friends were talking about a teacher they knew who just got busted for child porn. Made the news that morning.
Reminded me of a high school teacher who was a d**k to me and a pervert to two girls I knew at the time. He did get fired two years after I graduated so there's that bit of satisfaction.
People misunderstand this song because they don't pay attention to the words at the very beginning (or because the radio doesn't play Happiest Days of Our Lives and launches right into Brick Part 2, but what kind of asshole would do that?!):
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
Two listeners down voted this comment? I guess that abusers and bullies need their defenders too?
We knew folks like these in our school daze back in the 80's and would sing, "Just another D in the hall" to the chorus just for them.
That guitar solo will go through any wall !
Especially my neighbours...
Most Euro lingos use double negatives, eg
Non ho fatto niente
Je ne regrette rien
The stunted creole called English is very much the odd one out.
Germanic languages generally don't use double negation. Not sure about Slavonic languages.
Yes, the Crime of the Century... what authorities are doing to our childern these days during Covid.
I think "Grease" by Frankie Vallie was the last song I remember being overplayed on the radio. Maybe "Sailing Away" by Christopher Cross.
Here's the progression of my music mix platforms: cassette> CD> Winamp> USB> Music Bee
The album is 40 years old. The "kids" have got to be in their 50s and beyond.
Roger Waters invites local kids to play this part at his concerts (not a bait click title! :) )
"Another Grilled Cow to Go," one of the spoof songs played by Captain Ken on 'BCN, followed by the noontime lunch whistle. "Butcher, leave them cows alone."
Never heard that one so I searched Another Grilled Cow to Go on YouTube... Plenty of cooking stuff! :)
After the Berlin wall, the most famous one. Much harder to bring down.
Wasn't there a great one in China, too?
People misunderstand this song because they don't pay attention to the words at the very beginning (or because the radio doesn't play Happiest Days of Our Lives and launches right into Brick Part 2, but what kind of asshole would do that?!):
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
I do not think there is anything to misinterpret
Most Euro lingos use double negatives, eg
Non ho fatto niente
Je ne regrette rien
The stunted creole called English is very much the odd one out.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
I always hear that double negative and think that they do need an education.
Most Euro lingos use double negatives, eg
Non ho fatto niente
Je ne regrette rien
The stunted creole called English is very much the odd one out.
What made me laugh then was the confected outrage of conservatives, including my Dad, a teacher, about the double negative. Which missed the point by a country mile.

8 down to 7
Down to three and then Skip
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.
People misunderstand this song because they don't pay attention to the words at the very beginning (or because the radio doesn't play Happiest Days of Our Lives and launches right into Brick Part 2, but what kind of asshole would do that?!):
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
This song gains a lot from both parts. Never liked The Wall very much but together it's quite nice.
But that bassline...
and the guitar...
and the... well I cannot pick! It's a masterpiece!
People misunderstand this song because they don't pay attention to the words at the very beginning (or because the radio doesn't play Happiest Days of Our Lives and launches right into Brick Part 2, but what kind of asshole would do that?!):
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
Ok, we must indeed denounce and condemn the abuses, all abuses. Today, in some universities or schools, it is children who attack or socially condemn teachers. Is it really better for our children? great song, especially with the introductory part 1.
Double negatives do not always work like that. Sometimes, a double negative is used for emphasis.
Language is weird. English doubly so.
Oddly, a double positive is never a negative.
"Yeah, right."
your reference to 'bcn threw me back to Charles Laquidara aka Duane Glasscock and
the big mattress when I was first turning on and tuning in WOW!
Ten 10 dix deset dziesięć dáśa dah ده diez
The double negative "we don't need no education" translates into "we need education".
Double negatives do not always work like that. Sometimes, a double negative is used for emphasis.
Language is weird. English doubly so.
The album is 40 years old. The "kids" have got to be in their 50s and beyond.
Where are the grammar police when one needs them?
She was right. It was pretty great. Still is.
Diet pills?
Biotch please... "Wish You Were Here"

The double negative "we don't need no education" translates into "we need education".

You are more amazing today then the day I bought you.
In the late 90s, picking up my dad as he was released from prison, he graciously offered (on my behalf) to give a ride to 4 also-being-released-thugs (and I mean THUGS with affection) to Tacoma, about a 30 minute drive, in my little car with the badass car stereo, and as we pulled out of the DOC lot we absolutely BLASTED this track for all to hear. It was classic, what with 4 active PIRU members, all making my 6ft 200lb self look small, bumping to Pink Floyd. Of course we switched to Rap (NWA's Fuck the Police of course!) before long, and that was one of the best rides I've ever given to 1-too-many in my compact car (outside of the time when it wasn't all dudes.)
Long Live RP and kilowatt powered subwoofers!!
Wow bro that's crazy! Sending peace to all of you
After googling it I found out I was not the only one.
http://www.kissthisguy.com/no-dogs-are-handsome-in-the-classroom-pi-misheard-52106.htm
That's what I like about Google. No matter how stupid your ideas, beliefs or assumptions, Google will assure you you're not alone out there.
In the late 90s, picking up my dad as he was released from prison, he graciously offered (on my behalf) to give a ride to 4 also-being-released-thugs (and I mean THUGS with affection) to Tacoma, about a 30 minute drive, in my little car with the badass car stereo, and as we pulled out of the DOC lot we absolutely BLASTED this track for all to hear. It was classic, what with 4 active PIRU members, all making my 6ft 200lb self look small, bumping to Pink Floyd. Of course we switched to Rap (NWA's Fuck the Police of course!) before long, and that was one of the best rides I've ever given to 1-too-many in my compact car (outside of the time when it wasn't all dudes.)
Long Live RP and kilowatt powered subwoofers!!
Wow.
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
Yes. He is also a railing against a system that permits that kind of abuse.
I was born in 1960 and have been blessed with a son later in life - he's now 13 and right in the middle of it all. What creeps me out is that this song still stands up today. When will the education authorities in the UK weed out the sadists? Or do they think they are still needed?
This is my era too. I went to public school. The cane was phased out, there were no psychopathic wive that I met. This is from the highly productive, imaginative mind of Roger Waters shaped by his own experiences. We greeted this song with a wry smile seeing playful half truths.
Down to three and then Skip
Entire school assemblies devoted to explaining to us how we shouldn't be influenced by the evil lyrics, music teachers doing hour long sympathetic break downs of the song.
The thing is, it was basically just the truth and everyone knew it.
I was born in 1960 and have been blessed with a son later in life - he's now 13 and right in the middle of it all. What creeps me out is that this song still stands up today. When will the education authorities in the UK weed out the sadists? Or do they think they are still needed?
The lyrical highlight will always be:
But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives
The sense morale of the song remains true today as back then in many areas unfortunately.
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
Entire school assemblies devoted to explaining to us how we shouldn't be influenced by the evil lyrics, music teachers doing hour long sympathetic break downs of the song.
The thing is, it was basically just the truth and everyone knew it.
The Wall in its entirety certainly - as was the original live show/performance that went with it!
Couldn't agree more. I saw Roger Waters doing the Wall tour about two years ago, and it was an amazing experience. We were in the 5th row, and all I could think was "Wow, that is the guy who wrote The Wall standing right there."
The Wall in its entirety certainly - as was the original live show/performance that went with it!
Eye A Greee
BillG would for sure do that IF big brother (aka the FCC) didn't have their say (no more than 3 album tracks in a row in an hour...did I get that right BillG?) Long Live RP!!
I'm so sorry


Halt ! Hammerzeit !
When I went to Philly and saw the metal sculpture below, all I could think of was the animation above:

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You are in the 3 percentile on this one.

Halt ! Hammerzeit !
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Brilliant transition as always, BillG, if not an obvious one.
And for me two 10 ratings in a row!
Nice
Reminds me of taking my 14-year-old daughter to the Australian Pink Floyd show last time they were in town. She thoroughly enjoyed the show, although she thought the crowd looked like a checkout line at Costco. She was definitely one of the youngest there. Before the show began she remarked to me, “Looks like you’re the only parent that brought their kid”. The 30-year-old next to us must have overheard her and laughed, and then pointed at the guy with the grey pony tail next to him “That’s my dad!”.
Reminds me of taking my 14-year-old daughter to the Australian Pink Floyd show last time they were in town. She thoroughly enjoyed the show, although she thought the crowd looked like a checkout line at Costco. She was definitely one of the youngest there. Before the show began she remarked to me, “Looks like you’re the only parent that brought their kid”. The 30-year-old next to us must have overheard her and laughed, and then pointed at the guy with the grey pony tail next to him “That’s my dad!”.
A rating of 8.7 confirms that I’m one of the few people who doesn’t care for this album. It may have been partly due to the line “we don't need no education”. Like many others my route out of poverty was education and, to me, saying kids don't need it is thought disordered.
However each to their own, I’m glad so many people get pleasure from this song, but its ‘not my cup of tea’.
I'm shocked that you're only a few years younger than me, in Scotland, and you don't get it. They were critiquing how education was delivered to the working class. I was born in Glasgow 1955 and by the time I was 11 had been streamed by my social class to a lesser education. No exceptions allowed. The delivery of education not the quality was complete crap. Most teachers and headmasters were borderline sadists and excessive physical and emotional punishment was the norm. Fortunately for me we escaped to Canada in 1966. While not perfect, I was actually tested and given the opportunity to try. I was allowed to choose an advanced high school course which in turn led to post secondary education. The first in my family to do so.
I firmly believe that had I stayed in Scotland, I'd be dead or in jail. If not I would have continued the generational dance of under employment and unemployment as the system was designed to do. I'm not suggesting people can't beat the system but the deck was stacked and I had no role model. Maybe you were lucky or just very good.
You completely miss the point of these songs and the theme of the album IMO.

Edit; BTW this dopey stoner got an education while having a lot of fun. Some severely uptight folks here.
I would never judge any genre by the fan base. To do so would preclude my enjoyment of outlaw country, metal and Mozart. However, Pink Floyd themselves throughout their career have denigrated a certain subset who just happen to be their fan base!. They float a giant Pig yet they are a huge commercial enterprise. They excoriate the mindless hedonist yet their fans are the ones screaming "Fuclin Aye!" and swigging brewskis at their shows. Their catalogue is indeed artless, bombastic and yet extremely pretentious. The endless overplay of their stuff was a real annoyance and it continued way beyond the period when they might have once been relevant. It continues today.
All fair points and I won't argue them with you (though I don't agree with them all). But I was addressing the statement that The Wall is an album for dopey stoners. It's not. It may be an album for self-righteous armchair psychiatrists, I won't get into it with you on that one either though I think you could make a better argument for that if you wanted to.
I just wanted to point out that there was a lot going on in The Wall, a lot that the dopey stoners missed (and that some of us have been pondering for decades). You don't have to like it, I am not so arrogant as all that, I'm just sayin', if you hate it, hate it for the right reasons.
The dopey stoners are always with us, and their tastes are whatever they are. Why should we judge The Wall by the quality of their fans? Do we judge Jimi Hendrix that way? Late Beatles? Cypress Hill? (okay maybe Cypress Hill) Did the stoners listen to Another Brick In The Wall Part 3? (which you really should do, by the way, if you haven't, it puts the whole thing in context). Any album (and its component songs) stands alone and means what it means (mostly what the artist intended, but great art is often smarter than the artist).
Edit: I chased down the lyrics to Part 3 (which is basically one verse and the chorus of the song as a whole)
"I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I'll need anything at all
No, don't think I'll need anything at all..."
I would never judge any genre by the fan base. To do so would preclude my enjoyment of outlaw country, metal and Mozart. However, Pink Floyd themselves throughout their career have denigrated a certain subset who just happen to be their fan base!. They float a giant Pig yet they are a huge commercial enterprise. They excoriate the mindless hedonist yet their fans are the ones screaming "Fuclin Aye!" and swigging brewskis at their shows. Their catalogue is indeed artless, bombastic and yet extremely pretentious. The endless overplay of their stuff was a real annoyance and it continued way beyond the period when they might have once been relevant. It continues today.
Interesting insight. Did you live through these times? Where I grew up, Suburban New York City, this stuff really struck a chord with the dopey stoners who hung out in the 7 Eleven parking lot and never amounted to much.
The dopey stoners are always with us, and their tastes are whatever they are. Why should we judge The Wall by the quality of their fans? Do we judge Jimi Hendrix that way? Late Beatles? Cypress Hill? (okay maybe Cypress Hill) Did the stoners listen to Another Brick In The Wall Part 3? (which you really should do, by the way, if you haven't, it puts the whole thing in context). Any album (and its component songs) stands alone and means what it means (mostly what the artist intended, but great art is often smarter than the artist).
Edit: I chased down the lyrics to Part 3 (which is basically one verse and the chorus of the song as a whole)
"I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I'll need anything at all
No, don't think I'll need anything at all..."
and a great big American F YOU to trump the dump
just say NO to orange facists
People misunderstand this song because they don't pay attention to the words at the very beginning (or because the radio doesn't play Happiest Days of Our Lives and launches right into Brick Part 2, but what kind of asshole would do that?!):
"When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could"
He isn't railing against education, he's railing against abuse.
And pointing out how the abused become abusers:
"For in the town it was well know that when they got home at night their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives!"