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From: quint@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Amqueue)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: The Wall
Message-ID: <4132@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 07:56:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 07:56:45 1985
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Keywords: About Syd or Roger?

Sorry about that last message, I goofed when exiting emacs and I cant 
seem to cancel it. Here is my *real* reply:

In article <236@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes:
>> I concur with you, Amqueue; The Wall was Water's (et al)
>> tribute/memorial to everythging that combined to push Sid Barrett over
>> the edge.
>
>> Steve Harris		| {allegra|ihnp4|cbosgd|ima|genrad|amd|harvard}!\
>
>In the movie, whose poetry does the school teacher make fun of?  Not
>Syd's.
>
>			"Think I'll buy me a football team"
>
>			 Doug Alan
>			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)

     Did Waters write that in his childhood? (does anyone know?) or did
the group simply put something in that is identifiably theirs? (isnt money
their biggest selling song or something?) Also, if Waters was going through
and egomaniacal phase, I could see where he (or anyone) would insert something
of thier own rather than someone else's... To me, the Wall seems to be a more
complete and elaborate retelling of the tale that the Album Wish You Were Here
tells, and I beleive that the general consensus is that WYWH is about Syd...
(btw, does anyone know what has happened to him? I heard he was released...).

     While we are on the topic of The Wall, can someone enlighten me as to 
the symbolic meaning of the walking hammers? Is this some symbol from Nazi
Germany? Or a hallucination by whomever the movie/music is about? Or just 
some nifty looking stuff?

/amqueue