THE WALL

What a perfect album. Ever since I listened to Dark Side of the Moon for the first time, I loved Pink Floyd. The Wall was the next album I listened to by them. Man-it was glorious. It is perfect. The songs are rocking, but they are cutting at the same time, and they drill the story into your head very clearly. The story: a burned-out rock star, named Pink Floyd coincedentially, sits in a hotel room. He examines the wall he has built around his life, including his childhood and the death of his father(which leads me to think this is semi-autobiographical for Roger Waters-his father died in WWII as well.), his overbearing mother, the cruel schoolteachers which terrorize him, his wife who is seeing another man, and so on and so forth. Too many shows, too many drugs, too many bricks in the wall of his life eventually cause him to break completely down and he leaves reality and imagines himself as a world-ruling dictator, not unlike Adolf Hitler, and I think the Hammer Army(just a name I like to call Pink's army) is a representation of something like the Nazi Regime. Finally, Pink is confronted by a court of his own mind, which leads to the destruction of the wall. This album has so many emotions, so many foundations, that it's impossible to analyze. In my opinion, this is the greatest concept album of all time and should be a title in any Floyd fan's library. This album has just hit in me in so many places. It is truthful, provocative, excellent story, and of course rocking music from one of the greatest guitarists ever, David Gilmour, and written by one of the greatest songwriters ever, Roger Waters. Suggested Songs: 1. Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) 2. Comfortably Numb 3. Goodbye Blue Sky 4. One Of My Turns 5. In The Flesh 6. Waiting For The Worms 7. The Trial If you are new to Pink Floyd, I would suggest listening to Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here first.