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Pink floyd's The Wall

) Each song has its own little film that accompanies it and these short films make up one large picture. The picture is Water's creation pulled from his childhood and his life. The video brings a clearer picture of the band was trying to convey in their 1979 album. .
             The film begins in a dimly lit room where a man loads his revolver while the sounds of exploding artillery can be heard in the background. The song "When the Tigers Broke Free, part one," begins and the words black 44 are mentioned. These words along with the scene and the man's army uniform reference a WWII scene. The man in the uniform is Pink's (the main character) father. .
             The film then jumps to the present where an adult Pink stares mindlessly at a TV set positioned in the middle of a hotel room. A maid tries to enter the room only to find that it is locked. The song "In the Flesh," begins to play as the scene changes to angry youths trying to knock down a gate. The song is a simple one driven by slow metal sounding guitar riffs and an over emphasized bass drum beat playing mainly on the backbeat. The lyrics are very short, consisting of only 5 lines placed in the middle of the instrumentals, and our sung by Pink on a balcony in a Nazi-like setting. The song ends with a clip of Pink's father being killed by a bomb in a bunker.
             As the next song, "The Thin Ice," begins the war has ended and the wounded are recovered. The beginning of this song is far from our standard rock and sounds similar to the Beatle's "Yesterday," containing mainly a piano and one voice. When the film turns from war to a scene of Pink's room the song picks up a Motown sounding background beat that lightens the mood. Ironically, the lyrics at this point change from love to danger as Pink is shown floating in a pool. As the last lyric is spoken a metal guitar and heavy bass drum explode into the spotlight. The floating Pink begins to thrash as the pool water turns to a blood red (presumably his own blood) while Pink floats motionless in a corner.


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