Beware, muzzies. A staple at Pink Floyd shows is, of course, a flying pig.
Posted on 08/04/2010 12:20:16 PM PDT by nuconvert
A new take on the old Pink Floyd anti-authoritarian anthem "Another Brick in the Wall" blends the power of social media with political activism to raise awareness about human rights in Iran.
A pair of Iranian exile brothers have produced a distinctly contemporary remake of the 1979 Pink Floyd anti-authoritarian anthem “Another Brick in the Wall.” With the official blessing of Pink Floyd, the Canadian-based band “Blurred Vision” have released the updated version of the track that is rapidly becoming a social media phenomenon. “Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone” intersperses news footage from the June 2009 “Green Revolution” with the band’s performance in what is depicted as a mosque.
The video has been viewed over a hundred thousand times on the popular video site You Tube and word is spreading rapidly across the micro-blogging service Twitter where thousands of users have posted links to the video.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
PINK FLOYD LYRICS
“Brain Damage”
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me ‘till I’m sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There’s someone in my head but it’s not me.
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon
“I can’t think of anything to say except...
I think it’s marvellous! HaHaHa!”
Old???! Old! Gd... I was in high school... Old... Bleah!
Who exactly is “official Pink Floyd” these days? Waters? Gilmour?
Lady Gaga?
Much better....
? Did you watch the video?
wow
Great video.
And great rendition of the music.
There’s more talent in that video than exists in the entire set of MSM vidiots.
pong
How long until the Fatwa is issued for Waters and Gilmore?
Waters, Gilmour and Mason, although in this case Waters was the songwriter.
That absolutely takes your breath away. It’s one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen.
Pipe down grandpa. -ggggg-
TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!
WHAT A VIDEO!
THIS NEEDS TO GO VIRAL!!i AM FORWARDING it to everyone on my email list!.
This shames the current commie/tyranical administration—that is IF they had any shame.
EXCELLENT!!
How many songs did Roger Water write about Syd Barrett’s metal illness?
Let’s drive them nuts with music. There must be other songs that can be reworked to get their goats. Music can be an eye-opener to their sheeple and enlighten the hardcore to show them how stupid they are wasting their lives in the promotion of a slave cult. Songs can go around and around in their heads. We need to infiltrate their airwaves. Better they are all secular-godless than death cultists.
wow..I knew we could count on you for the viual effects.
good work. i don’t know how to do that : /
Great video. Well done.
Considering Roger Waters’ recent leftist moonbattery, it’s kind of surprising that he agreed to this.
well, 1/2 the money from ITunes sales is going to Amnesty Int’l - unfortunately - but that fits
Thanks!
Have another bowl of jello, gramps, and calm down. The thread’s about the Iranian people seeking their freedom, not music history.
He always seemed like a leftist moonbat, even with Amused to Death. I don’t know which one wrote The Wall, but I think its acceptance as an anthem for those wanting freedom in Iron Curtain countries was completely unintentional. Waters did his concert on the Berlin Wall only afterwards as a way of going along, but my take is that The Wall was only against western authoritarianism, and that Pink Floyd only stopped being fellow-travelers long enough to pretend to say “me too” to the cry for freedom from Soviet oppression.
Good on them.
I saw “The Wall” and it is brilliant. I bet this sparks something too.
I just spend my time waiting for the worms, personally.
Waters’ dad, was a Communist, who opposed Britain’s involvement in WWII, until the Nazis attacked the Soviet Union.
Very powerful - thanks for sharing nuconvert...
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