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10.11pm
6 December 2012
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I have been listening to The Wall recently (not more than the Beatles, of course) and I find it dark and creepy… and awesome!
What are your thoughts on the album?
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10.29pm
17 December 2012
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I first heard it around the time it was released, when I was around 12-13. It was among the most frightening things I had ever heard. And my older sister was friends was with Susan Ballion (Siouxsie Sioux), John Beverley (Sid Vicious), William Broad (Billy Idol) and George O'Dowd (Boy George). I heard lots of frightening things early on. From what I remember of my first time round with The Wall was that the dinosaurs weren't quite dead.
Three or so years later it was among the albums I would listen to when smoking illegals, and understood every word. To me it's up there with the best. When they sang that we don't need no education I disagreed, because they were part of my education.
3.32pm
3 May 2012
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mja6758 said When they sang that we don't need no education I disagreed, because they were part of my education.
I don´t know if you´re aware of this but Roger Waters didn´t mean by that that he was anti-education. He was all for it. What he was against though was bad education (specifically, the type where you're laughed at by your own teachers, instead of supported – shown in the film). There´s quite a difference.
The first time I listened to it (not that long ago, about 5 months), I was amazed at the lyrics, which really reached me. It´s hard to explain but certain songs just spoke to me, I´ve always felt like I can´t explain how I feel about certain things and yet there are songs that describe something very close. That was just amazing to me.
David Gilmour is a legend, and possibly my favourite guitarist (tho I´ll never get over my love for George).
I love the whole concept of the album. The way it takes you through some poor sods life, his childhood, education, rise to fame, the way back down, mental breakdown….. I was explaining to my mom that a film was made from the album, whereas usually an album is released with the songs from a film. I think that was unprecedented (although I don´t know).
4.16pm
17 December 2012
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fabfouremily said
mja6758 said When they sang that we don't need no education I disagreed, because they were part of my education.
I don´t know if you´re aware of this but Roger Waters didn´t mean by that that he was anti-education.
I was explaining to my mom that a film was made from the album, whereas usually an album is released with the songs from a film. I think that was unprecedented (although I don´t know).
The education reference I made was just to say how important the album was to me.
There are two obvious examples of films being made from albums, both originating with The Who. Ken Russell's mad and barmy take on Tommy (1975), and Franc Roddam's magnificent Quadrophenia (1979).
6.29pm
3 May 2012
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mja6758 said
fabfouremily said
mja6758 said
I was explaining to my mom that a film was made from the album, whereas usually an album is released with the songs from a film. I think that was unprecedented (although I don´t know).
There are two obvious examples of films being made from albums, both originating with The Who. Ken Russell's mad and barmy take on Tommy (1975), and Franc Roddam's magnificent Quadrophenia (1979).
Of course, I didn´t think. I won´t tell my mom, she´ll kill me for forgetting that! (big Who fan)
11.12pm
26 March 2012
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I've always really loathed The Wall, although I love a great deal of Pink Floyd's other work. It just strikes me as self-indulgent and self-congratulatory as a whole record, with all the overblown "wall" symbolism, the stuff about the war, the education statements, the sneeringly dark and psychological lyrics. There are a handful of beautiful songs on it, but like many concept albums that attempt to musically carve out the story of a singular character it's full of filler and tries way too hard.
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