Young lust

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Young lust
Pink Floyd
publication November 30, 1979
length 4:08
Genre (s) Rock music , blues rock , hard rock
text Roger Waters
music Roger Waters , David Gilmour
album The Wall

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

content

Like all other songs from The Wall , Young Lust tells part of the story of the protagonist Pink , who erects an imaginary wall to protect himself from emotional influences.

By then, Pink has already become a successful rock star and is traveling the world. He is rarely at home, he mostly has casual sex with various groupies .

In the end, Pink tries to call his wife, but instead an unknown man answers, from which one can conclude that his wife cheated on him and cheated on him.

music

In contrast to the other songs on the album, Young Lust has little progressive rock influences , but strong blues influences. Roger Waters is also only involved in the background vocals, the majority being sung by David Gilmour.

The beginning can already be heard at the end of the previous track Empty Spaces when it abruptly breaks off.

Movie

In the film, the scene with the dialogue between Pink and the operator takes place at the beginning of the previous track What Shall We Do Now? instead, which is not included on the album. While Pink has already started cheating on the album before he found out about his wife's cheating, in the film he is out for revenge, which should bring the character a lot more sympathy.

Several groupies (one of which is played by Joanne Whalley ) try to get backstage passes. One of the groupies (played by Jenny Wright ) manages to get to the Pinks hotel room (played by Bob Geldof ).

occupation

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 .

Web links