| KoЯn – Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1, 2 and 3 (Pink Floyd cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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korn fucker, not only is it not about "the war" of the 60's and 70's, it is also not about the berlin wall. i would recommend listening to the entire album of 'the wall' and learning about real art. the wall is a personal wall built with each brick symbolizing another fear or another thing from which he wants to hide himself. the first part is about the emptiness he feels because he never got to know his father. his father was in the british military and was killed at anzio (a battle in italy in ww2). he's expressing his grief and anger because he feels his father gave him nothing from which to build a good life. each one of these regrets is another brick in his personal wall that he's building around himself to protect him from society and responsibility. the second part shows how he's pulled away from society's teachings and developed his own sense of necessity. he feels that he doesn't need, and certainly doesn't want, anyone telling him how to think. and each time he pulls away further, it adds bricks in the wall. the third part is located a bit further in his story. he's grown up a bit and has built his wall all around him. he's made up his mind from all the things he's seen and done and is ready to fully retreat behind his personal wall. each song on 'the wall' tells a story, and each one goes from the one before it and leads into the one after it. none of these songs were meant to be singles, and this one in particular only sounds the way it does because the recording company wanted to pace it up a bit with a rather upbeat chorus beat. 'the wall' represents a musical concept that is all but lost on today's popular musicians in that each song on the album means very little by itself, but together serves the meaning of the entire album. as for korn's version, i'd say it's about par for the course as far as what i'd expect korn to do to a classic. jon's voioce does go very well with this song as he can't sing any better than roger waters. it's not about being able to sing, it's about being able to express yourself through your voice, and jon does do well in that regard. everything else gets a thumbs down though. obviously, i'm a pink floyd purist and don't believe any of their songs should be remade. by the way, head might be a decent guitarist for korn, but he couldn't hold a candle to david gilmour. |
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