Via Eagle Rock Entertainment Album Of The Week: Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) Today in 1980, Pink Floyds The Wall started its 15-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart. The groups third US chart-topping album, it went on to sell over eight million copies. As with Pink Floyds previous three albums, The Wall is a concept album and explores themes of abandonment and personal isolation. The album is a rock opera that follows Pink, a character whom bassist and lyricist Roger Waters modeled after himself and the bands original leader, Syd Barrett. Pinks life begins with the loss of his father during the Second World War and continues with abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the breakdown of his marriage; all contribute to his eventual self-imposed isolation from society, represented by a metaphorical wall. Waters conceived the album during Pink Floyds 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when his frustration with the audience became so acute that he imagined a wall between the audience and the stage. Watch the band perform album track Run Like Hell below. https://youtube/watch?v=_KZz-NYpqJs #AlbumOfTheWeek #RunLikeHell #PinkFloyd
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:31:58 +0000
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