Pink floyd are there any queers in the audience

Much of his own feelings of alienation sprang from the way his audiences treated him and the band more as gods rather than the talented musicians that they are. Western pop culture tends to relegate superhuman status to celebrities, detailing their every exploit in every facet of the media.

Psychologists have long noted how we tend to live our lives vicariously through our favorite actors, musicans and politicians, defining ourselves by their music, movies and actions. That mainstream newscasts often contain a bit of celebrity gossip is testament to this fact, not to mention the proliferation of voyeristic celeb magazines and a paparazzi culture founded entirely on simultaneous public scrutiny and idolotry.

We look to Celebrity to define culture, and in a way, ourselves. And so Waters turns the critical mirror back onto us, the audience, asking which side is more to blame for this singular monster: the rock star who becomes like a dictator because of his isolation, or the fans who blindly follow his insane commands?

Ultimately, the blame lies with both. He enters the arena and makes his way through the crowd in true political form, kissing babies and shaking hands.

Banners bearing a crossed-hammer emblem litter the rafters and the stage. The minorities are torn from the crowd, their faces never shown reducing their humanity in the eyes of the spectators , their colorful clothes setting them apart from the rest of black-clad crowd. The scene is far from that of an ordinary rock concert. This is a political assembly.

More specifically, with crossed hammers replacing the swastika and skinheads lining the aisles, this is a hate rally. Whether the concert depicted in the song is actually taking place or is merely another of his hallucinations is almost beside the point. As mentioned before in the lyrical analysis, the actual narrative of the song seems secondary to the more important satirical message conveyed. The celebrities we choose to adore become our models, our leaders, and our gods.

As soon as Pink commands and points to a crowd member, the mob erupts into action, pulling the unsuspecting individual from the audience and leading them to an uncertain fate. No one questions. No one objects. The crowd simply performs what is commanded of them. Much like the school children from earlier in the film, it is the ultimate loss of individuality with Pink a representative of pop culture molding the crowd into whatever shape he desires.

Like Hitler, he commands them to adore him and they do so. He commands them to follow his rules and they obey. He commands them to hate and they hate accordingly. Or so he thinks. One further note about the movie sequence: The crossed hammer logo, as seen on the arm bands and flags during this scene, was later adopted by the white supremacist group known as the Hammerskins around The symbol was created to evoke feelings of aggressive, fascist power.

It is a symbol of both destructive and negative creative powers within the album and movie. As ignorant as they are in their racist beliefs, it appears the Hammerskins are just as ignorant when it comes to social commentary, considering that the crossed hammers symbol is used entirely for satirical means, mocking the very mob mentality by which hate groups like the Hammerskins operate.

I have misplaced my own copy, but in it Dallas touches on a few things as a journalist it would be impossible for you or me to dig up, having the oppertunity to interview Waters and Gilmour themselves. One thing Dallas mentions in musing on The Wall is that Waters and Parker deliberately staged the events in the second section of "In the Flesh" on real events on the pre-war fascist movement in England.

The name escapes me who the name was of the person who gave these rallies -- I have heard of the 'Hammerhead' group you mention but I believe this was seperate from them -- but the tactics were specific to what happens in the song. At rallies speeches were given that, while not looking like Nuremburg, had an established tradition where the speaker would identify minorities in the crowd, a spotlight would focus on them, and security personnel would descend on the man, roughing him up and tossing him out into the street.

These rallies were known at least on one occasion to be held in Albert Hall itself, I believe, the same location that Pink Floyd would hold its first live performance of The Wall some 40 years later. Also of note: Dallas was able to dig up larger plans for the second 'In the Flesh' sequence, which was supposed to combine live action and animation and was accomplished earlier in the film when Pink is attacked by an animated version of his wife.

The sequence was originally supposed to contain much more violence and the first solid appearance of the animated hammers, with bombs being thrown from the stage and giant hammers marching through and crushing Pink's audience with the audience cheering it all on even as they died. This was Water's depiction on how bad stadium rock could get, becoming sadistic and masochistic which he didn't understand, and compared it as seen at the beginning of the film with fighting wars like WWI and II, with the exception as he notes in his interview with Dallas that, to paraphrase, "those soldiers had clear motivation, they've been bloody well ordered to do it and it had nothing to do so much about choosing to be there or not.

And I don't understand that with big audiences. It can be masochistic where it seems the more it hurts the better they like it. Pink with his fisted arms crossed. Obviously it can represent the hammer logo, but more importantly it can also represent the wall. In the final seconds of the song in the movie he puts his arms across his face, as if blocking something, or protecting his face. Author's Addendum: Crossing your arms is also a self-defense technique used to both separate you from your aggressor as well as to minimize damage to yourself.

So in a way, it's a physical representation of Pink's defense mechanisms, distancing himself from his family, his audience and the world. In light of that, I find it interesting that Fascist Pink commands his minions to "get 'em up against the wall".

It's like there's a double-mindedness in Pink, since the people who are outcasts or different ignored his pleas from inside his wall, he now commands that they be forced up against the same wall. You turn your back on the original to rip off and make copies of shall cause a rift in the system. Can I get a system without robberies please? Real robberies. I might go insane, but I've kinda been putting this song on repeat for hours at a time. Why it's everyone so offended by this song i think it's one of the best its so stupid.

Get them up against the Wall!! Is anyone offended in the comments tonight? They play this before the rocky horror picture show at the midnight showings and when he said "are there any queers in the audience tonight? There are more people complaining about people who complain about people who get offended than people who get offended Wtf.

GET UP! In the flesh Better don't go further away by psychedelic stuff. Stop it here I have heard this song at least a thousand times in my life, and every time I hear that opening line it blows me away. They just don't make bands like this anymore. I was rocking out to this song at 9 years old! Had The Wall on 8-Track. There's liberals in comments, it doesn't look right to me. Get em up against the wall. You know out of every rock band, when I think of intensely political left-wing music, I think of the Waters-led Pink Floyd.

Dude, I love the first few seconds, what does he say before they start playing? Irony is a bitch. I've decided to do a major pink Floyd theme for my father's funeral as he was a massive fan!

I grew up listening to this type of music as a kid. I will pass it onto the next generation and that's my kids! One of the best songs ever made. It was a song for the album. Still an amazing song from one of the best albums of all time, though.

We did a classic Rock Halftime show my freshman year and that Riff starting at was the opening full band riff of the show after using Time as a percussion only intro We actually wound up playing Time, In The Flesh, and Another Brick in the Wall in that show as well as a bunch of other iconic classic rock songs. This song was written around the Berlin Wall and is outing the evil who are against devine living souls, love to all brothers and sisters, part of the song is true I'm sure sid was in the hotel room, first heard this at age 8yrs old.

Does anyone know what the guy at the very beginning is shouting? It's nice to see nazis in the comments because it only proves this songs message :. As a transgender pansexual individual, there is no reason to get angry at these lyrics. Like, the message behind "Are there are queers in the theater tonight? Get them up against the wall" and literally every other lyric like that is trying to show how that fascistic outlook is harmful and just horrible in every way, not to actually say that's a good way at looking at things.

Its a concept album so think about what the message is before you get angry at this song. Soldier soldier soldier,I just wanted you to know that I am alive and not Dead,I am breathing and so alive but I wanna die I am broken in pieces for my country will I survived. Get em up against the wall! Young People who aren't as intelligent as required to enjoy ' Floyd. This comment really proves who the immature one is, as if you were really that mature you wouldn't engage in such a childish argument, and make such an uninformed generalization that young people can't appreciate the true meaning of the lyrics in a Pink Floyd song.

You should get out of your house and meet some young people before generalizing and stereotyping on how bad they are. So ya thought ya might like to go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow I got some bad news for you sunshine.

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