The Wall
"Another Brick in the Wall" was Pink Floyd’s title for the three songs variated for the same basic theme. It was on their 1979 Concept Album, "The Wall", subtitled Parts 1, 2 and 3 respectively that all of which were written by Roger Waters, Pink Floyd’s lead songwriter and bassist.
"We Don’t Need No Education" was the popular line for the Part 2 version and was released as a single, and the band’s only hit in the UK, US and Germany and some parts of Europe. A Protest Song however was their first single since 1968 entitled "Point Me at the Sky". It was about the fixed schooling and boarding schools which eventually were banned in some countries.
A Choir was needed for Pink Floyd’s Part 2 and was instructed by Alun Renshaw from Islington Green School. Choir members were not permitted to hear the entire song and were let down as they wanted to hear more from Gilmour’s solo from the song. The Choir’s sound was overdubbed 12 times to have its impression larger and was paid £1000 though there were no royal contract arrangement.
Though Bob Seger won the Grammy for Best Performance by a Rock Group, and Pink Floyd had only its nomination, black students adopted their song as a protest anthem during the uprising in South Africa that was against the racial propaganda in 1980 and were eventually banned by its government on May of the same year.
The Music Video version of Part 2 featured students beginning their protest against the teachers and causes them to become more isolated from the society. Where a student imagines his classmates walking towards a machine and seeing them to the other end with masks, sitting at their chairs, with the teacher seen dressed in a gown, giving commands to students, while at the same time the students were singing the chorus of the song. A total chaos where in the end the students hammered all the walls and surprisingly led to an enormous bonfire.One of the most Interesting part in the history of Classic Music. The Wall by Pink Floyd.
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