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The Wall de Pink Floyd

Álbum de Pink Floyd

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 30 de Noviembre de 1979
  • Sello Discográfico: Harvest
  • Compositores: Roger Waters, David Gilmour
  • Productores: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, Roger Waters

Valora este álbum

The Wall es un álbum de Pink Floyd, publicado en 1979 por Harvest. El disco incluye 26 canciones, entre ellas «In The Flesh», «The Thin Ice», «Another Brick In The Wall Part 1» y «The Happiest Days Of Our Lives».

The Wall es el undécimo álbum de estudio de Pink Floyd, lanzado en 1979, es una de las obras conceptuales más ambiciosas y famosas de la historia de la música. Esta monumental ópera rock, concebida casi en su totalidad por Roger Waters, narra la historia de Pink, una estrella de rock ficticia que, a raíz de los traumas de su vida, construye un muro mental y emocional a su alrededor, aislándose del mundo. Es un álbum doble denso, teatral y profundamente personal, que explora temas como el abandono, la opresión del sistema educativo y la locura. Con su sencillo número uno mundial "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", su espectacular gira teatral y su posterior adaptación cinematográfica, "The Wall" se convirtió en un fenómeno cultural que trascendió la música.

Cómo nació el disco

La idea de "The Wall" nació de la creciente alienación que Roger Waters sentía hacia el público durante la gira de "Animals". En un famoso incidente, escupió a un fan que intentaba subir al escenario. Horrorizado por su propio acto, comenzó a fantasear con la idea de construir un muro entre la banda y el público. Esta idea se convirtió en la metáfora central del álbum.

La grabación, que tuvo lugar en Francia y Los Ángeles, fue un proceso extremadamente tenso y conflictivo, el más difícil de la historia de la banda. El dominio creativo de Waters fue casi absoluto, lo que generó constantes enfrentamientos con el resto de los miembros, especialmente con David Gilmour. La figura clave en la producción fue el productor canadiense Bob Ezrin, quien actuó como mediador y ayudó a dar forma a la narrativa del álbum. Las tensiones culminaron con la expulsión de Richard Wright de la banda por parte de Waters durante las sesiones, aunque Wright fue recontratado como músico de sesión para la gira.

Estilo y contenido temático

Musicalmente, "The Wall" es increíblemente diverso, abarcando desde el rock de estadio y las baladas orquestales hasta el disco y el music hall. A diferencia de sus álbumes anteriores, no hay largos pasajes instrumentales; en su lugar, hay una sucesión de canciones, muchas de ellas cortas, que funcionan como escenas de una obra de teatro. El álbum tiene un sonido grandioso y cinematográfico, con un uso extensivo de efectos de sonido y fragmentos de diálogo que ayudan a construir la narrativa.

Temáticamente, es una obra semi-autobiográfica que explora los traumas que construyen el muro de Pink: la muerte de su padre en la guerra (como el padre de Waters), una madre sobreprotectora, un sistema educativo opresivo y la infidelidad.

Repaso a las canciones

El álbum contiene algunos de los temas más famosos de Pink Floyd. El sencillo "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", con su ritmo disco y su icónico coro de niños de escuela cantando "We don't need no education", se convirtió en un himno de rebelión juvenil y en el único sencillo número 1 de la banda en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos.

"Comfortably Numb" es una de las canciones más aclamadas de su catálogo. Es un diálogo entre un médico y un Pink catatónico, famoso por sus dos monumentales solos de guitarra de David Gilmour, considerados entre los mejores de todos los tiempos. "Hey You" es una melancólica balada acústica que se transforma en un poderoso rock, mientras que "Run Like Hell" es un rock de estadio paranoico y agresivo. El álbum culmina con el juicio operístico de "The Trial", donde Pink se enfrenta a sus demonios y finalmente derriba el muro.

Gira y película

La gira de "The Wall" (1980-1981) fue uno de los espectáculos teatrales más ambiciosos jamás montados. Durante la primera mitad del concierto, un muro gigante de ladrillos de cartón se construía gradualmente en el escenario, separando a la banda del público. El espectáculo culminaba con el derrumbe del muro. Debido a su enorme coste, la gira solo se representó en cuatro ciudades. En 1982, se estrenó la película "Pink Floyd – The Wall", dirigida por Alan Parker y protagonizada por Bob Geldof, que adaptaba visualmente la historia del álbum.

El álbum en listas

"The Wall" es uno de los álbumes dobles más vendidos de la historia, con más de 30 millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo.

Lo que dijo la crítica

El álbum recibió críticas mayoritariamente positivas, siendo elogiado por su ambición y su poder conceptual, aunque algunos lo criticaron por ser pretencioso y autocompasivo. Con el tiempo, se ha consolidado como una creación notable del rock conceptual y un punto de inflexión cultural de finales del siglo XX.

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

  1. In The Flesh

    Letra

    So ya Thought ya might like to go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow I've got some bad news for you sunshine Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel And they sent us along as a surrogate band And we're going to find out where you fans really stand Are there any queers in the theatre tonight? Get 'em up against the wall (against the wall)! There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me Get 'em up against the wall (against the wall)! That one looks Jewish and that one's a coon Who let all this riff raff into the room? There's one smoking a joint and another with spots If I had my way I'd have all of you shot
  2. The Thin Ice

    Letra

    Momma loves her baby And Daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you Babe And the sky may look blue Ooooh Babe Ooooh Baby Blue Ooooh Babe If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear stained eyes Don't be surprised, when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet You slip out of your depth and out of your mind With your fear flowing out behind you As you claw the thin ice
  3. Another Brick In The Wall Part 1
    vídeo del tema Another Brick In The Wall Part 1
    Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory A snap shot in the family album Daddy what else did you leave for me? Daddy what d'ya leave behind for me? All in all it was just a brick in the wall All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
  4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives

    Letra

    When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids But in the town it was well known When they got home at night, their fat and Psychopathic wives would thrash them Within inches of their lives
  5. Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
    vídeo del tema Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
    We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teacher leave them kids alone All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall [chorus at end by pupils from the Fourth Form Music Class Islington Green School, London] We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teacher leave us kids alone All in all you're just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall
  6. Mother

    Letra

    Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb? Mother, do you think they'll like this song? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Ooooh aah, mother, should I build the wall? Mother, should I run for president? Mother, should I trust the government? Mother, will they put me in the firing line? Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time? Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing She won't let you fly but she might let you sing Mama's gonna keep baby cosy and warm Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall Mother, do you think she's good enough? Mother, do you think she's dangerous? Mother, will she tear your little boy apart? Oooh aah, mother, will she break my heart? Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you Mama won't let anyone dirty get through Mama's gonna wait up till you get in Mama will always find out where you've been Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe You'll always be a baby to me Mother, didn't need to be so high
  7. Goodbye Blue Sky

    Letra

    [Childs voice:] Look, Mummy. There's an airplane up in the sky. Oooooooo ooo ooo ooooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs Did you ever wonder Why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky Oooooooo ooo ooooo oooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs The flames are all long gone But the pain lingers on Goodbye blue sky Goodbye blue sky Goodbye Goodbye
  8. Empty Spaces

    Letra

    [backwards message:] Hello, Luka [hunters]... Congratulations. You have just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the Funny Farm, Chalfont... Roger! Carolyne's on the phone! Okay What shall we use To fill the empty spaces Where we used to talk? How shall I fill The final places? How should I complete the wall
  9. Young Lust

    Letra

    I am just a new boy A stranger in this town Where are all the good times Who's gonna show this stranger around? Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl Will some woman in this desert land Make me feel like a real man Take this rock and roll refugee Oooh Babe set me free Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl. Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl.
  10. One Of My Turns

    Letra

    Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man Night after night, we pretend it's all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as razor blade Tight as a tourniquet Dry as a funeral drum, Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left You'll find my favourite axe Don't look so frightened This is just a passing phase Just one of my bad days Would you like to watch T. V.? Or get between the sheets? Or contemplate the silent freeway? Would you like something to eat? Would you like to learn to fly? Would you like to see me try? Would you like to call the cops? Do you think it's time I stopped? Why are you running away?
  11. Don't Leave Me Now

    Letra

    Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now Don't say it's the end of the road Remember the flowers I sent I need you Babe To put through the shredder In front of my friends Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now How could you go? When you know how I need You To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night Ooooh Babe Don't leave me now How can you treat me this way Running away Ooooh Babe Why are you running away? Ooooh Babe!
  12. Another Brick In The Wall Part 3
    vídeo del tema Another Brick In The Wall Part 3
    I don't need no arms around me I don't need no drugs to calm me I have seen the writing on the wall Don't think I need anything at all No don't think I'll need anything at all All in all it was all just bricks in the wall All in all you were just bricks in the wall
  13. Goodbye Cruel World

    Letra

    Goodbye cruel world I'm leaving you today Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye all you people There's nothing you can say To make me change My mind Goodbye.

Disco 2

  1. Hey You

    Letra

    Hey you ! out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me Hey you ! Standing in the aisles With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me Hey you ! don't help them to bury the light Don't give in without a fight. Hey you ! out there on your own sitting naked by the phone would you touch me Hey you ! with your ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me Hey you ! would you help me to carry the stone Open your heart, I'm coming home But it was only a fantasy The wall was too high as you can see No matter how he tried he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain. Hey you ! out there on the road Always doing what you're told, can you help me Hey you ! out there beyond the wall Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me Hey you ! don't tell me there's no hope at all Together we stand, divided we fall.
  2. Is There Anybody Out There?

    Letra

    Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there?
  3. Nobody Home

    Letra

    I've got a little black book with my poems in I've got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on Got those swollen hand blues. Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from I've got electric light And I've got second sight I've got amazing powers of observation And that is how I know When I try to get through On the telephone to you There'll be nobody home I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm And I've got the inevitable pinhole burns All down the front of my favourite satin shirt I've got nicotine stains on my fingers I've got a silver spoon on a chain I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains I've got wild staring eyes I've got a strong urge to fly But I've got nowhere to fly to Ooooh Babe when I pick up the phone There's still nobody home I've got a pair of Gohills boots And I've got fading roots.
  4. Vera

    Letra

    Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn Remember how she said that We would meet again Some sunny day Vera! Vera! What has become of you Does anybody else in here Feel the way I do ?
  5. Bring The Boys Back Home

    Letra

    Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Don't leave the children on their own Bring the boys back home
  6. Comfortably Numb
    vídeo del tema Comfortably Numb
    Hello, Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well, I can ease your pain And get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts? There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb I have become comfortably numb O.K. Just a little pin prick There'll be no more aaaaaaaah! But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good That'll keep you going through the show Come on, it's time to go. There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone I have become comfortably numb.
  7. The Show Must Go On

    Letra

    Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Must the show go on Oooh Pa take me home Oooh Ma let me go There must be some mistake I didn't mean to let them Take away my soul Am I too old is it too late Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Where has the feeling gone? Oooh Ma Oooh Pa Will I remember the songs? Oooooh aah the show must go on.
  8. In The Flesh

    Letra

    So ya Thought ya Might like to go to the show. To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow. Tell me is something eluding you sunshine? Is this not what you expected to see? If you wanna to find out what's behind these cold eyes? You'll just have to claw your way through this Disguise
  9. Run Like Hell

    Letra

    Run, run, run, run [repeat line four times] You better make your face up in Your favourite disguise With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters As the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down your door You better run Run, run, run, run [repeat line four times] You better run all day And run all night And keep your dirty feelings Deep inside. And if your Takin' your girlfriend Out tonight You better park the car Well out of sight 'Cos if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box You better run
  10. Waiting For The Worms

    Letra

    Ooooh you cannot reach me now Ooooh no matter how you try Goodbye cruel world it's over Walk on by Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come In perfect isolation here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come Waiting to cut out the deadwood Waiting to clean up the city Waiting to follow the worms Waiting to put on a black shirt Waiting to weed out the weaklings Waiting to smash in their windows And kick in their doors Waiting for the final solution To strengthen the strain Waiting to follow the worms Waiting to turn on the showers v And fire the ovens Waiting for the queers and the coons And the reds and the Jews Waiting to follow the worms Would you like to see Britannia Rule again my friend All you have to do is follow the worms Would you like to send our coloured cousins Home again my friend All you need to do is follow the worms.
  11. Stop

    Letra

    Stop I wanna go home Take off this uniform And leave the show And I'm waiting in this cell Because I have to know Have I been guilty all this time
  12. The Trial

    Letra

    Good morning Worm your honour The crown will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you Was caught red handed showing feelings Showing feelings of an almost human nature This will not do CALL THE SCHOOLMASTER I always said he'd come to no good In the end your honour If they'd let me have my way I could Have flayed him into shape But my hands were tied The bleeding hearts and artists Let him get away with murder Let me hammer him today Crazy toys in the attic I am crazy Truly gone fishing They must have taken my marbles away Crazy toys in the attic he is crazy You little shit, you're in it now I hope they throw away the key You should talked to me more often Than you did, but no you had to Go your own way. Have you broken any homes up lately? "Just five minutes Worm your honour him and me alone" Baaaaaabe Come to mother baby let me hold you in my arms M'Lord I never wanted him to get in any trouble Why'd he ever have to leave me Worm your honour let me take him home Crazy over the rainbow I am crazy Bars in the window There must have been a door there in the wall When I came in Crazy over the rainbow he is crazy The evidence before the court is Incontrovertible, there's no need for The jury to retire In all my years of judging I have never heard before of Some one more deserving The full penalty of law The way you made them suffer Your exquisite wife and mother Fills me with an urge to defecate Since my friend you have revealed your deepest fear I sentence you to be exposed before your peers Tear down the wall
  13. Outside The Wall

    Letra

    All alone, or in twos The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall Some hand in hand Some gathering together in bands The bleeding hearts and the artists Make their stand And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall after all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers Wall