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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.
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.
"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) ".
Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” through recordings of epilepsy surgery patients’ brainwaves as they listened to the song. It is the first time a ...
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 ...
The Wall was supported by Pink Floyd's first single since "Money", "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", which topped the charts in the US and the UK. [174] The Wall was released on 30 November 1979 and topped the Billboard chart in the US for 15 weeks, reaching number three in the UK. [ 175 ]
3. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)" Roger Waters: Sax solo by Garth Hudson: 4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" 5. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" Cyndi Lauper: Guitar solos by Rick Di Fonzo and Snowy White, organ solo by Nick Glennie-Smith, keytar solo by Thomas Dolby: 6. "Mother" Sinéad O'Connor and the Band
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 ...