We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall

Wrong, do it again
Wrong, do it again
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
You, yes
You, behind the bike sheds, stand still, laddy


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    I haven't read through every one of the 200-plus comments here, but wondered if anyone had noticed the blatant anti-feminine tone of the song, but more, the movie "The Wall." It's been decades since i saw it, and all i can remember is my disappointment at how the women--teachers, mothers--were made to represent conformity, civilization, tyranny; while the poor little boys just want to play and be wild and crazy, these big mean mommies are trying to make them behave. Of course we all know growing up and living in society is a compromise, and different people are comfortable with different levels of freedom and of responsibility. You can look at having to adjust to rules of social living (don't steal; share your toys; clean up after yourself; don't hit others; be nice to the doggie; make yourself presentable; eat the nutritious stuff before the junk; don't play with your wee-wee in public; etc.) as oppressive to the spirit, but then again, you can see their value in keeping a civil and healthy society. Either way, it happens, whether a government, a mob (the tribe), the family, the church, is doing it: they raise us to behave a certain way, especially in public. To associate the objectionable aspects of being educated, civilized, etc., with the feminine principle is childish and misogynistic. Seriously--i love Pink Floyd's music, but i remember when i saw that movie, thinking, "What a bunch of knuckleheads--grow up and forgive your mummies for raising you. She didn't do so badly, now did she? Oh well nowadays they'll just give the kids some ADHD medication--the mommies, the daddies, and the doctors seem to agree. Now there's a real brick wall--creating little addicted consumers out of normal, energetic, cloistered children! I suppose there's a song about that, or there ought to be. But hopefully the "drug-them-down" force isn't characterized as a woman.

    laurajion March 12, 2013   Link

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