Another Brick in the Wall
Part 2 - Pink Floyd
By: ______________
Another Brick in the Wall
Part 2
Title: Another Brick in the Wall part
2
Year: 1979
Genre: Rock
Publisher: Warner/chappell music
Facts #1
● The single, as well as the album The Wall,
were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the
song was adopted by supporters of a
nationwide school boycott protesting racial
inequities in education under the apartheid
regime.
● Adopted song as anthem
● Started riots
Fact #2
● Roger Waters wrote this song about his views
on formal education, which were framed during
his time at school.
● Waters was for education but the education he
went through was very controlling
● Song was meant to rebel against people who
have power over you
Fact #3
● To make this album, Pink Floyd came up
with the idea of the character “Pink”. They
worked the songs around the character The
story was made into the movie The Wall with
Bob Geldof as “Pink”.
Fact #4
● Roger Waters spray
painted “we don’t
need no thought
control” on the Israeli
apartheid wall while
visiting the West
Bank City of
Bethelehem
Composer, Lyricist, Artist
● Composer: Roger Waters
● Lyricist: Roger Waters
● Artist: Pink Floyd
Video
Analysis of Lyrical Text
● “We don’t need no education.”
o Clause is a double negative. “Don’t” and “no” cancel out.
The outcome is “We DO need education”. This means that
we do need education to develop well-rounded individuals.
Emphasizes the point that we don’t need THIS type of
education
● “We don’t need no thought control”
o Schools mold the children’s into mindless drones of
society. Make them into faceless, social clones who know
the definition to many things but can’t produce an original
imaginative thought
Analysis of Lyrical Text
● “Teacher leave them kids alone”
o
Going against oppressive teachers/system who, like
in the video, ridicule an imaginative child for writing
poetry
● “All in all you’re just another brick in the wall”
o
The wall signifies a mental wall that Pink built to
isolate himself from the world. He was oppressed by
abusive teachers making this trauma another brick
in the wall. He needs to destroy this wall.
Overall Song Meaning
● Pink speaks out against the cruel teachers of his
childhood and blames them for contributing more
bricks to the “wall” which is his wall of mental
detatchment.
Symbols
● Hammer: Same hammer has the power to
construct a house and destroy it. Creates ideal
members of society while destroying each child’s
individuality
Music Vocabulary Terms
● Song is more energetic when compared to part 1
and 3. Demonstrates Pink’s adoloscence and
developing artistic imagination. Guitar solo shows
outburst of individual expression
Musical Interpretation and Response
● Purpose: Portray the oppressive school
system in the UK and how it creates ideal
members of society but destroys each child’s
individuality
● Personal Experience: