Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak success with the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd โ The Wall (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd also composed several film scores.
Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright. They produced two more albumsโA Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)โand toured in support of both before entering a long hiatus. In 2005, all but Barrett reunited for a one-off performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River (2014), was based on unreleased material from the Division Bell recording sessions. In 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" in protest of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
By 2013, Pink Floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and these albums and Wish You Were Here are among the best-selling albums of all time. Four Pink Floyd albums topped the US Billboard 200, and five topped the UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's hit singles include "See Emily Play" (1967), "Money" (1973), "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979), "Not Now John" (1983), "On the Turning Away" (1987) and "High Hopes" (1994). They were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music.
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Studio albums
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Division Bell (1994)
The Endless River (2014)
We Don
Pink Floyd Lyrics
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We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher, leave them kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave the kids alone
Hey! Teacher, leave us kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
Wrong! Do it again
Wrong! Do it again
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bike shed
Stand still, laddie
You! Yes, you behind the bike shed
Stand still, laddie
The lyrics of Pink Floyd's song 'We Don't Need No Education' describe a narrative that is common to many academic institutions where the students are expected to adhere to certain rules and regulations that suppress their individuality and creativity. The song questions this notion of suppressive education by stating that education cannot be forced on an individual, rather it should be something that is desired and pursued by the student. The lyrics mention "no thought control" which implies that students should have the freedom to think for themselves and not be subject to the whims of their teachers.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the idea that individuals are being molded into something that they do not want to be, that they are only "another brick in the wall." This line has become synonymous with education systems that suppress individuality in favor of conformity. The song also states that teachers ought to "leave them kids alone" and allow them to develop on their own instead of forcing them into a mold.
The song also features a repetitive chant of "Wrong! Do it again," which mimics the regimented and monotonous environment of some educational institutions. It shows the frustration that students feel when they are expected to follow orders blindly, and the negative impact that this kind of education can have on them. The lyrics conclude with a reference to corporal punishment, where a student is called out to stand still behind the bike shed.
Overall, the song's lyrics highlight the oppressive nature of traditional education and the need for freedom of thought and individuality in the learning process. It is a call to educators to provide students with more freedom in their learning and for students to take responsibility for their own education.
Line by Line Meaning
We don't need no education
We don't require traditional schooling or institutionalized learning
We don't need no thought control
We don't require the influence of authoritative figures who impose their own beliefs and opinions upon us
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
We don't want teachers to belittle or ridicule students in classroom settings
Teacher, leave them kids alone
We are asking teachers to not interfere with students' ability to learn on their own terms
Hey! Teacher, leave them kids alone
We are demanding that teachers do not intrude on students' self-discovery and education
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
Collectively, the regimented and structured school system is only creating more drones and uniformity in society
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
As an individual student, you are simply being molded to fit into the larger structure of societal norms and expectations
Wrong! Do it again
Students are being chastised and criticized for not conforming to the narrow expectations set by the education system
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding
Students are being forced to comply with arbitrary rules and regulations that have little to do with actual learning, such as finishing their food in order to receive rewards
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
We are pointing out the absurdity of these rules and how they have no relation to actual learning or self-discovery
You! Yes, you behind the bike shed
This line is addressed to a specific individual and implies that they are doing something they shouldn't be doing, such as skipping class or smoking
Stand still, laddie
The artist is taking on the role of an authoritarian figure, demanding obedience and conformity from the person they are addressing
You! Yes, you behind the bike shed
The singer is calling out the same person again, emphasizing the level of surveillance and control being exerted by the education system and society as a whole
Stand still, laddie
The authoritarian tone is emphasized once again, as the singer demands obedience and conformity from the individual they are addressing
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Teddy Parham
I was teaching school AT ALL LEVELS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
BUT it started when I was young in elementary school that should of been a place of joy and happiness, turn into a living hell, and each and every day in elementary school I was bullied by my school teachers, my classmates and I looked different and I spoke differently, but they made my life a living hell.
This is why I started teaching in the schools, to keep this from ever happening to anybody else's child or children...
Right to this day I would have been a murderer etc. starting with my wicked, life destroying, teachers and classmates...
a murderer? because this is how badly these people can treat you, and hurt you and say things to you that can mess with your mind or the child's mind the child becomes damaged in those schools, that are being taught by these Wicked people and I understand what Pink Floyd was saying: Leave those kids alone, they know what is happening and it is still happening and the children are being raped, sodomized, sold, etc.
Why are these horrible things continually happening to the children, little people and it's really is our job, our job to help save them...
the color of a child should not matter, the fact that these little people were and are in trouble every day, that get on that bus, it might be their bus driver, the bus assistant, that's assaulting and insulting them and doing wicked things.
it could be the security officer when they walk in the door of school, it could be the school teacher, it could be the Principal etc.
I have seen these things happen to children of all colors and because I had my own television show for 15 years "WHAT'S NEW" *ON YOU TUBE "TEDDY PARHAM", THEME SONG: MARVIN GAYE'S SONG, 'WHAT'S GOING ON".
LANDED ME ON THE TOP OF THE HATE CHART and I'VE talked about this wickedness ETC.
I have become a target of the city of richmond and the wicked state of virginia FOR ALMOST ALL MY LIFE, but I must hold my own WITH THE HELP AND GUDIANCE FROM: PASTOR ARNOLD MURRAY, REV RHODES, YAHWEH & YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH. INTERNAL GUDIANCE FROM ABOVE!
I KNOW THAT all of those babies in those schools, NEED OUR HELP...
It's time for you parents to put down the liquor bottle, the pill bottle, the dope, etc
I have all kinds of certificates and plaques and awards and volunteers of the Year Awards.
I became the protector of all children that I come in contact with.
I was the NURSE, I WAS THE COUNSELOR, I WORKED IN THE CAFETERIA, I WORKED ON THE PLAYGROUNDS, I KISSED THEIR LITTLE SCAPES AND BO BO'S...
I was excellent at everything I did for them. I never wanted them to experience what happened to me throughout my life, including being brutally RAPED in broad day light, outside in front of about 8 people, nobody lifted a hand, or made a call.
by a total stranger and being impregnated by this animal at age 16 in high school and was still a virgin.
I became a real SUPERWOMAN, underneath I was a real, invisible, badass for the children... I WAS THE BEST AT EVERYTHING BECAUSE I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH MY OWN CHILDREN and THE children at SCHOOL WERE AN EXTENSION OF MINE... when I first heard this song and I fell in love with it because I had seen some of the wicked things that had been happening to the children RIGHT BEFORE MY VERY EVES. I ALWAYS VOLUNTEERED BECAUSE AS A VOLUNTEER THEY COULD NOT FIRE ME, AS AN EMPLOYEE THEY COULD GET RID OF ME...and I started reporting it to school officisls many years ago fo over 20 years and by the time I finish reporting everything I was the target by the wicked school system and everyone else in richmond in the state of Virginia and they have helped destroy many children of all colors and now I must tell this because not enough parents take enough interest in their children like they should and their children are being killed and destroyed right before their very eyes and a lot of them just don't care they have these children but they never care what happens after they have them the children.
I use the a check in the
* All my life, I HAVE USED THE KNOWLEDGE, POWERFUL HEALING, LOVE, COMPASSION SYMPATHY, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, FREEDOM FIGHTER for all SENIORS, HANDICAPPED, YOUNG ADULTS, VETERANS, ANIMALS, ABUSED AND MISUSED, etc. I HAVE BECOME ONE RIGHTEOUS, BRIGHT, EDUCATED, *BAD ASS KICKING*ACTIVIST I've been an advocate for the ALL, and let me get this straight black lives are not the only lives that matter I know that according to my father God Yahweh that all lives matter.
I'm 71 years young and children help keep me young and I love children, all colors, shapes and sizes.
that's the way it should always be, Because we don't need no education that's right stop making them go to the wicked unsafe and deadly schools especially in the poor neighbors. IN ALL OF THESE YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED EXPECT THE STATISTICS.
ALMOST EVERY FREAK ON THE UNIVERSE IS TARKETING ALL MY CHILDREN...THEY ARE AND HAVE BEEN FOR CENTURIES. PLEASE HELP ME STOP THE MADNESS!
I love you I love this music and I love you for caring and sharing your the TRUTH! WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION...
Daniel 1999
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey, teachers, leave them kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave those kids alone
Hey teachers, leave those kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
"Wrong, do it again! Wrong, do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You, yes, you behind the bike sheds, stand still, laddy"
Zebra Lady
I am a teacher...and I approve this message!
John Malcolm
les goa
Animus Anemone
Then quit your job! Please!
Ceff
@Animus Anemone i am sure this is a joke lol
R.I.P THUNDER CAT
That's metal
Aaron Johnson
I use to be a student and we donโt give af what you teachers think
Laurae Steele
This song is more relevant than ever before right now. Leave The Kids Alone
NeXvA
One of my most favorite and nostalgic songs of all time!
ืืื ืืชืื
We are eggs ๐
Proteus4
When I was a kid back in 76 my teachers took away my cassette recorder. They never gave it back. The song I played was This one.