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346:, during the ominous opening to the song, Pink is standing in front of the completed wall, and throws himself against it several times as if trying to escape. Then, during the acoustic guitar section, it cuts to Pink laying out all his possessions on the floor of the hotel room in neat piles. At the end of the song, it cuts to the bathroom where Pink shaves off his eyebrows and body hair, and tries to cut off his nipples with the razor, severing them. 1264: 232: 324:
The Wall tells the story of Pink, an alienated young rock star who is retreating from society and isolating himself. At this point in the plot, the bitter and alienated Pink is attempting to reach anybody outside of his self-built wall. The repeated question "Is there anybody out there?" suggests
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The second half of the song is an instrumental classical guitar solo. In interviews, David Gilmour has said that he tried to perform it, and was not satisfied with the final result ("I could play it with a leather
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excerpt is from the episode entitled "Gomer Says 'Hey' to the President" (first aired: 20 October 1967); Dialog starts at 1:45 of the show; the dialogue is as follows:
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excerpt is from the episode entitled "Fandango" (first aired: 11 February 1967); Dialog starts at 32:54 of the show; the dialogue is as follows:
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Marshal Dillon: It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. Your father's gonna pick up our trail before long.
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Marshal Dillon: He'll have to ride. Lorca, time to go! Chengra, thank you for everything. Let's go.
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Marshal Dillon: Well, we got only about an hour of daylight left. We better get started.
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Sgt. Carter: She was Miss Armoured Division of 1961. And she was still growing.
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Sgt. Carter: But there's somebody else that needs taking care of in Washington.
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Sgt. Carter: She's a waitress now; she dropped out of nursing school.
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Cpl. Chuck Boyle: Yeah, but you still didn't tell me, who is she?
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with the guitar and output leads plugged in the wrong way round.
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Sgt. Carter: All right, I'll take care of him part of the time.
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Sgt. Carter: 36-24-36. Does that answer your question?
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The first half of the piece has the same concept of "
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Is there anybody out there?
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
Is There Anybody Out There? (album)
Is There Anybody Out There
Song
Pink Floyd
The Wall
1979
Genre
Progressive rock
psychedelic folk
Label
Harvest
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Roger Waters
Producer(s)
Bob Ezrin
David Gilmour
James Guthrie
Pink Floyd
The Wall
original research
improve it
verifying
inline citations
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Hey You
Echoes
David Gilmour

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