THE WALL

I can remember being knocked out the very first time I heard The Wall when one of the older kids got on the middle school bus had his tune box cranked. Just another color introduced in a life under change. Years later, another close friend (and prog rock expert) complained to me about The Wall. He said, "They had everything going for them after Animals. It was their moment of opportunity to do something for the ages. Instead, they laid this big piece of sh....." He hated the album and its negativity. Lots of people feel that The Wall is too dark, too disturbing, too bitter. Hmmm..Lots of great rock music has been built on derision, pain, and outrage. Others miss the great long instrumentals and there I can sympathize completely. True there are no epic jams here like Shine On or Dogs.

In its defense, the best songs on this album are some of the least known: The Thin Ice, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, One of my Turns, Is There Anybody Out There, The Show Must Go On, Nobodys Home. The only lesser tracks are Young Lust and perhaps Run Like Hell which can get pretty old hat after a while. But then you have fan favorites like Hey You, Mother, and Comfortably Numb. I do like some of these songs, but I have to agree that the Floyd was in serious decline by this point. Waters suffocating ego had driven the others away to some extent. I get the feeling they felt like session players at that point. The Wall was really the end of the Floyd for all intents and purposes. The Final Cut has some nice moments, too, but is essentially outtakes from The Wall.

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