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"Another Brick in the Wall" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall, written by the bassist, Roger Waters. "Part 2", a protest song against corporal punishment and rigid and abusive schooling, features a children's choir. At the suggestion of the producer, Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd added elements of disco.
"One of My Turns" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, [1] appearing on their 1979 album The Wall. The song was also released as a B-side on the single of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)". [2]
The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records.It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation.
During the transition to "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", the key shifts from D minor to the relative major, F major, with dramatic drum rolls and harmony vocals. The helicopter sound effects were captured by engineer and record producer Jack Douglas on location at Edwards Air Force Base. Douglas explains, "One of the guys in the band, I can ...
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3" Re-recorded completely [37] with a slightly faster tempo. "Goodbye Cruel World" Unchanged. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Classical guitar re-recorded, this time played with a leather pick by guitarist Tim Renwick, [38] as opposed to the album version, which was played finger-style by Joe DiBlasi. "Nobody Home"
Finally, the song changes into a minor-key musical theme: root, major second, minor third, major second—that has recurred throughout the album, as the main theme to "Another Brick in the Wall", the instrumental section of "Hey You", and will be heard in the album's climax, "The Trial". The riff is repeated in E minor, with E minor and D Major ...
A 12" single of "Run Like Hell," "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" peaked at #57 on the Disco Top 100 chart in the U.S. [3] To date, it is the last original composition written by both Gilmour and Waters, the last of such under the Pink Floyd banner, and the last composition recorded by all four members of the 1970s ...
Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" is used as a protest song by some opponents of Israel's barrier in the West Bank. The lyrics were adapted to: "We don't need no occupation. The lyrics were adapted to: "We don't need no occupation.