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Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 1979
Year: 1979
"Another Brick in the Wall" is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyds 1979 rock opera, The Wall, subtitled Part 1 (work title Reminiscing), Part 2 (work title Education), and Part 3 (work title Drugs). All parts were written by Pink Floyds bassist, Roger Waters.
Part II is a protest song against rigid schooling in general and boarding schools in particular, which led to the song being banned in South Africa during the apartheid regime. It was also released as a single and provided the bands only number one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and many other countries. In addition, in the US, along with the tracks, "Run Like Hell", and "Dont Leave Me Now", "Another Brick in the Wall" reached number Read full article at wikipedia.org
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