This song doesn't make as much sense if you haven't seen the movie. Beware of SPOILERS: The album and the movie are both named the wall. The first part of Another Brick in the wall along with the movie basicly sets the theme. Pink's father goes off to war and dies and this places the first brick in the wall of Pink's life. The general idea being that we all build these walls to keep out the cold world. Which seems like a great idea as Pink goes through his life relatively normal-like except for that whole, becoming a rock star bit. That's when Pink first starts to experience the other side of the wall. The wall keeps out the cold world, but what we often forget is that, there are people who love us in that cold world, warmth as well is kept out by the wall. What goes up must come down. Anyways I think the important part of this song is a kind of solemn thank you to all those people who help us break down the walls that keep us from happiness. Also serving as a warning to people that we should appreciate those people as well because it isnt't easy "beating your heart against some poor buggers wall" especially when you think about how they must be trying to tear down walls of their own.
@Dojindog I like your interpretation, but you are forgetting probably the most important brick in the wall: His overly protective mother who shields him off from any external dangers. I actually think that his father's death may have caused his mother to be overly protective, and this has played a bigger role on the main character's life than his father dying.
@Dojindog I like your interpretation, but you are forgetting probably the most important brick in the wall: His overly protective mother who shields him off from any external dangers. I actually think that his father's death may have caused his mother to be overly protective, and this has played a bigger role on the main character's life than his father dying.
More generally, I believe over-protectionism plays an important role in this song, not only by this mother, but by society in general. This comes back in many songs, for instance in "Another brick in the wall 2", where the...
More generally, I believe over-protectionism plays an important role in this song, not only by this mother, but by society in general. This comes back in many songs, for instance in "Another brick in the wall 2", where the teachers are overprotective and obsessively controlling.
All these things are metaphors, I believe, for our society. Our lives are increasingly being dominated by fear. Modern technology has made us aware of all the possible dangers and everything that goes wrong in the world, which many people project on their social world. Parents are scared to let their children play outside, society is being controlled by fear.
In my eyes, this song is still extremely relevant!
This song doesn't make as much sense if you haven't seen the movie. Beware of SPOILERS: The album and the movie are both named the wall. The first part of Another Brick in the wall along with the movie basicly sets the theme. Pink's father goes off to war and dies and this places the first brick in the wall of Pink's life. The general idea being that we all build these walls to keep out the cold world. Which seems like a great idea as Pink goes through his life relatively normal-like except for that whole, becoming a rock star bit. That's when Pink first starts to experience the other side of the wall. The wall keeps out the cold world, but what we often forget is that, there are people who love us in that cold world, warmth as well is kept out by the wall. What goes up must come down. Anyways I think the important part of this song is a kind of solemn thank you to all those people who help us break down the walls that keep us from happiness. Also serving as a warning to people that we should appreciate those people as well because it isnt't easy "beating your heart against some poor buggers wall" especially when you think about how they must be trying to tear down walls of their own.
Excellent interpretation. Only recently started listening to the band's music after ignoring it in the 70's. VERY talented group of guys...
Excellent interpretation. Only recently started listening to the band's music after ignoring it in the 70's. VERY talented group of guys...
@Dojindog I like your interpretation, but you are forgetting probably the most important brick in the wall: His overly protective mother who shields him off from any external dangers. I actually think that his father's death may have caused his mother to be overly protective, and this has played a bigger role on the main character's life than his father dying.
@Dojindog I like your interpretation, but you are forgetting probably the most important brick in the wall: His overly protective mother who shields him off from any external dangers. I actually think that his father's death may have caused his mother to be overly protective, and this has played a bigger role on the main character's life than his father dying.
More generally, I believe over-protectionism plays an important role in this song, not only by this mother, but by society in general. This comes back in many songs, for instance in "Another brick in the wall 2", where the...
More generally, I believe over-protectionism plays an important role in this song, not only by this mother, but by society in general. This comes back in many songs, for instance in "Another brick in the wall 2", where the teachers are overprotective and obsessively controlling.
All these things are metaphors, I believe, for our society. Our lives are increasingly being dominated by fear. Modern technology has made us aware of all the possible dangers and everything that goes wrong in the world, which many people project on their social world. Parents are scared to let their children play outside, society is being controlled by fear.
In my eyes, this song is still extremely relevant!