Outside the wall

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The Show Must Go On
Pink Floyd
publication November 30, 1979
length 1:41
Genre (s) Rock music , progressive rock , spoken word
text Roger Waters
music Roger Waters
album The Wall

Outside the Wall is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd from the 1979 concept album The Wall .

content

After the story ended in The Trial , when the protagonist Pink finally tore down the imaginary wall he built to protect against emotional influences, Outside the Wall represents the album's denouement .

It remains unclear what will happen to Pink now that he's free. In contrast to the other songs from The Wall , this is less about pink and more about humanity in general. It's supposed to act like some kind of message: a lot of people have social barriers; when one person comes back in public, another leaves - which could explain the ending where the song ends exactly as the first began - and if no one tries to tear down the wall - so did Pink der Fall - the person must spend their life in solitude. However, to this day, Waters has refused to give an exact explanation about Outside the Wall .

After a minute and 41 seconds, the song ends suddenly ( Cold End ). At the end you can hear a voice quietly whispering the phrase "Isn't this where ...", which in the first song In the Flesh? is supplemented by “... we came in?”. This could mean that Pink's ordeal starts all over again - but maybe In the Flesh first? the end of the story, in which Pink, who has learned from his mistakes, now tells his life story.

music

Outside of the Wall is the only song that Pink Floyd members don't play instruments on themselves. In terms of melody, Outside the Wall, which was composed in C major , is the quietest song on the entire album.

The text is spoken rather than sung here.

Movie

Outside the Wall was newly composed for the film and recorded with the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pontarddulais Male Choir . This version is more than four minutes long.

Following The Trial , Pink's Wall is only shown for over half a minute until it collapses under the howling wind. At the end you can see a few children walking through the rubble, from which a little boy picks up a Molotov cocktail . The end credits will be played for the rest of the song .

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Further:

literature

  • Andy Mabbett: The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. Omnibus, London 1995, ISBN 0-7119-4301-X .
  • Vernon Fitch: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia. 3. Edition. Collector's Guide Publications, Burlington, Ont. 2005, ISBN 1-894959-24-8 .

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