what is the best album ever ?
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pink floyd: the wall.
overrated? only if you don't know the story behind it. otherwise its underrated.
it is what i consider the last of the great pink floyd. the final cut wasn't the same. roger waters felt disconnected from the band which is what the wall was about; a fictional character called Pink based on roger waters who, because of various experiences in his life (his father dying in WW2, his over-bearing mother, and his abusive school teachers ) starts to build a mental 'wall' in his head, separating him from society. his almost complete wall needed something to fill it in. now a famous rockstar, Pink is ignoring his wife (thanks to his almost complete wall) and later he discovers his wife cheating on him. The wall is complete.
moving on. he immediately realises his mistake in completely separating himself from society and tries to call out to those who are 'beyond the wall' but he can't reach them. no one can hear from behind the wall.
his agent. who is trying to find him as a show is about to start. discovers him in his room as emotionless as a stone and gets a doctor to use drugs on him to prepare him for the show, but the drugs did more to him than prepare him. on stage he begins to envision himself as a fascist dictator. his shows as rallies. and sends his legions of fans to attack ethnic minorities. this racist group uses the iconic logo of the marching hammers. this goes on for a while longer until finally...
STOP! pink is overcome with guilt. he starts to realise that this wall was no ones fault but his own and so begins the climax. Pink puts himself on trial in his head. his mother, schoolteacher and wife have dug their way through the wall to give evidence before the court and give their account. after doing so the judge, depicted as a giant worm, is disgusted at how pink has treated his wife and mother. and as pink has revealed his deepest fear. the judge sentences him to be exposed before his peers. and orders him to tear down the wall.
the wall is destroyed and suddenly everything seems new and fresh. and he finds himself back at the beginning again.
sorry for the overly long plot summary. but i have only posted what is about a fraction of everything the wall touches on. i have listened to the wall many times and each time i listen to it i notice something else. I'm probably wrong at a few points there but most of it is correct.
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