The Wall

:For the movie based on the album, see Pink Floyd The Wall (film).

Concept

The album's concept and most of the songs are by Waters. The storyline portrays the fictional life of an anti-hero named Pink Floyd, who is hammered and beaten down by society from the earliest days of his life: having lost his father (killed in Anzio during World War II, as was Waters' own), smothered by his over-protective mother and oppressed at school by tyrannical teachers who tried to crush him and the other pupils into the "right" shape for society. Pink withdraws into a fantasy world, building an imaginary wall to isolate himself into his world. Every bad experience in his life is a brick in that wall. Pink becomes a rock star and marries, but because of his coldness, his wife cheats on him. Finally, he gets to the point where he can't escape his wall and goes crazy inside it. He calls for help, but he realizes that it is too late. A doctor is brought in to give him drugs to keep him going through the forthcoming show. Hallucinating, Pink believes that he is a Nazi-like fascist, only to have his conscience rebel at this and put himself on trial, his inner judge ordering him to tear down his wall and open himself to the outside world.

Related Topics:
Anzio - World War II

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