THE WALL

At the end of the Animals tour in 76/77, Pink Floyd was playing it's final concert before a rumbunctious crowd in Montreal. Roger Waters had grown rather tired and pissed off with the fans just at a concert for a drink and a good time. He pined for the old days of Pink FLoyd concerts where one could "here a pin drop." The event that took place in this Montreal stadium is well documented by progrock/fan sites across the web. Roger Waters was playing, and, nearing the end of their show, he spat in the face of a fan in the front row. Already before this, he had been grumbling about a wall being built between him and the audience, and how the post- dark side audiences have all been increasingly building this emotional wall.... From this unfortunate event came the best concept album of prog rock. An astounding masterpiece chocked full of hidden messages, connections between all songs, and some of the deepest lyrics packed into a perfect package. From the opening riff in "In the Flesh," to the haunting masterpiece ending "Outside the Wall," Roger Waters, with help from David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin ("The Trial"). However, some of the best songs, if you can isolate songs from this concept album, are not by David Gilmour, which give a nice popular tone to the album, but some of the overlooked songs. here are just a few: "The Thin Ice," "Mother," the amazing anti-war song "Goodbye Blue Sky," the two songs, "One of my Turns," and "Why are you running Away?" On the second album though, the true beauty of Roger Waters' lyrical and musical power shines through with "Is there anybody out there?" "Nobody Home," "Hey YOu," "Vera Lynn." Finally, this album's finale is the most amazing and climactic ending ever: starting with "The Show must go on," the main character, Pink, has been forced to play, regardless of any ridiculous walls. The result is "In the Flesh?" an offensive song, which must be listened with careful ears, otherwise one would get the wrong opinion, that is that Pink's emotional wall between him and everyone else has made him become fascist. Then comes "Run Like HEll," and "Waiting for the Worms," both of which are amazing lambasts of nazism and fascism, and are linked back to of course: the wall. "The Trial," provides some of the best speaking instruments i've heard in years because there are so many instruments, they use the right ones at the right times, you'll know what i mean when you here it. Finally, "Outside the Wall," as "Pigs on the Wing: part2," provides a hope that was pretty much smashed in the entirety of each respective album. No prog rock, rock, or music lover's collection is even close to being complete without the purchase of this collosal magnum opus of Pink Floyd. And if you're not already a fan of Pink floyd, rest assured you will be after a few listens to this double album of the century.

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