The backstory of today’s classic rock epic reads like the front page of The National Enquirer. Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd from their landmark record The Wall but at first it was only a minute long and musically it was a little boring… it would take producer Bob Ezrin's secret mission and a fair amount of subterfuge to turn this Another Brick In the Wall to into the monster anthem it is today. With Roger Waters's prophetic lyrics and David Gilmour’s Disco guitar riff... It’s the tale of one of the most controversial songs ever to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And you’re not going to believe just how controversial it was. The story is coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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The mid to late 70s were a rough time, artistically, for rock acts that didn’t make dance records. From 1974 to 1979, the conventional wisdom was, that you either jump on the disco bandwagon, or you don’t have any hits or get major radio play. So to stay hot on the scene, many of the biggest names in rock n roll succumbed to the pressure and created music with a disco beat. Rod Stewart had a huge #1 with ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy’. The Stones had ‘Miss You’, and Kiss, the band that taught us how to Rock and Roll All Nite and Party Everyday released ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You.’

Other headliners like Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Queen also dabbled in the genre. But perhaps the most shocking, and incredulous incorporation of disco, was when the paragon of prog-rock—Pink Floyd—recorded today’s featured song: ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 Pink Floyd, comprised of guitar genius David Gilmour, bassist and conceptual genius Roger Water, drummer Nick Mason, and keyboardist Rick Wright, began the recording sessions for Waters autobiographical masterpiece The Wall in December 1978… when disco was at its peak. Disco was the sound buzzing in the streets, and the dance beat that devoured the nightclubs. Which makes the enormous success of The Wall all the more impressive.

The Wall tells the story of Waters’ semi-fictional protagonist Pink… beginning with his traumatic post-war English childhood and culminating with a harrowing psychological stand-off with all the pain he has endured in his life. When Pink was a young boy, his father died in combat during World War 2… Enough to damage even the strongest soul, Pink searches for ways to cope with this stark reality. His childhood grows darker under the care of a smothering mother and the reign of cruel and despotic school-masters. Later as an adult, Pink becomes a disillusioned, hedonistic rock star caught up in a failing marriage. Decades of mental and emotional trauma come to a head when Pink discovers his wife has been unfaithful to him… triggering a complete mental breakdown.