THE WALL

The Wall was for us in the Eastern Europe definitely a symbol. I remember how we were watching the movie in illegal cellars. But music was better than the movie. To listen to PF's the Wall was something like to take a part in fighting against the communism: 'we don't need no education.' At that time, I perceived it in this way, it was a legend for me ('Pink Floyd' sounded in my ears similarly to 'Radio Free Europe'), and that's why I saw absolutely no shortcomings in the music. It was very strong and definitely one of the most important album of my youth. But then, suddenly, as a miracle, the wall of Berlin was falling down and I have started to recognize more. I see now that there was too much depression within this music, too much dark sentiment and egocentrism, but less musicality; with the best tracks definitely that where at least David Gilmour had contributed significantly in addition to Roger Waters. In other words, PF was eclipsed by RW. If it had been a RW's solo project, it would have been a real emotional intimate personal masterpiece. But in the frame of PF, it was a loss of an important branch of music. Do not get me wrong, the music is still perfect, but missing something important and vital and is slowly getting boring, and these tendencies got clear in the next RW's solo projects (final cut, kaos.). But still, the wall remains one of the most important milestones in my life.

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