Stop (song)
| stop | |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| publication | November 30, 1979 |
| length | 0:32 |
| Genre (s) | Rock music , progressive rock |
| text | Roger Waters |
| music | Roger Waters |
| album | The Wall |
Stop is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd from the concept album The Wall , released in 1979 . It was composed by Roger Waters and is the band's shortest piece of music.
Content and music
Within the album The Wall , which deals with the life story of the protagonist Pink , who erects an imaginary wall to protect himself from emotional influences, Stop, whose appeal was heard at the end of Waiting for the Worms , marks a key point: Pink is waking up He abandons his drug- induced notions of being a fascist dictator and begins to rationally wonder what the wall has brought him and whether he is not responsible for his problems. Ultimately, these considerations lead to The Trial , which follows Stop, in which Pink accuses herself in an imaginary court.
Like most of the other tracks on the album, Stop was included in the The Wall film . This lets the song play in a toilet room . Pink has holed up in a toilet and utterly dejectedly speaks the text of the piece, but also a few other verses from then unpublished material by Roger Waters. For example, the lines " Do you remember me / How we used to be / Do you think we should be closer? " Were later published in Your Possible Pasts on the album The Final Cut . When the door of his "cell" is opened, The Trial, shown in animated sequences, begins .
The music of the piece is very reserved and quiet, in keeping with the uncertain situation portrayed in the song. Besides Roger Waters ' vocals, only a piano can be heard.
Publication and live performances
Stop was released on the album The Wall , and it is also included on Roger Waters ' solo album The Wall: Live in Berlin . Of Pink Floyd , it was only on the The Wall Tour 1980/1981 played, Roger Waters performed it after his departure from the band in 1990 during The Wall -Show on Berlin's Potsdamer Platz and built it in the The Wall Live 2010-2012 tour on which the entire album is played. During the live performance, a large rag doll representing pink is usually placed on the large wall that belongs to the stage show. After stopping , the puppet is thrown down onto the stage and The Trial begins.
occupation
- Roger Waters - vocals
- Richard Wright - piano
literature
- Andy Mabbett: The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd, London, Omnibus, (1995). ISBN 0-7119-4301-X .
- Vernon Fitch: The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia, 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8
Web links
German translation of the text to Brother Franziskus .