Pink Floyd's the Wall is arguably one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. Since its release in 1979, and the subsequent movie of 1982, the Wall has become synonymous with, if not the very definition of, the term "concept album." Aureally explosive on record and visually explosive on the screen, the Wall traces the life of the fictional protagoinst, Pink Floyd, from his boyhood days in war-torn England to his self-imposed isolation as a world-renowned rock star, leading to a climax that is as questionably cathartic as it is destructive.
From the outset, Pink's life revolves around an abyss of loss and isolation. Born to a war-ravaged nation that takes his father's life in the name of "duty," and an overprotective mother who lavishes equal measures of her love and phobias onto her son, Pink chooses to build a mental wall between... (continua)
14-nyŭtig, sūn nă harnyātāi, gegŏn in Galyīce. Vesā ingestrhăn in eno tunyū go gelād sŭn miedlāi ŏll nă bŭndāi ad to lagēr nă Pusycău, inhog vesā gestăs. To grāsto părgehāies păr to hĭol gebarblāde vesā gegăist păr eno harnyāt go gedād la to gŏndārai nă to bŭnăd.
Mān gŏndārai gelĕive,
Mar to silăs vere pabŭr go ōl dalāsāi nă to hiere veră āngost, nă cenderram vām năgrābestāi mān kopŏnāi go ōl, ton dārkăm inhandŭr mă. To lāger sī in eno kruhto. Ekap to prōyto intavanuar nă la dŭilo in to drīz. Mān pādāi urblă părto nām eur ekgesangăr to spadenāi. Păr to dyāv ōlig dŭilăin insyĭn ān syeyēdăin go păr to nāk dārdăin ap to gvyē – nām eur ekgesangăr gome to prastānāin.
Ōl nāk soldātāi syegŏr dŭlenă nă konyestāi sŭn bagādlāi ek kahēle, go mān drŭb sī geliant ko eno sōhdako nă kahēle gevŭrtikōaz. Nătonyer nām adsattă nōge saynūra rāe, eno brietāfe go to sī giskānda:... (continua)
La traduzione della lettera di Chaim è stata rivista e rifatta da Daniel Shalev.
בן 14. בן אכרים מגליציה שבפולין. נרצח יחד עם אלפי ילדים יהודים אחרים במחנה השמדה פוסטקוב.
הורי היקרים,
אילו כל השמים היו נייר לבן וכל הימים דיו שחור, לא הייתי יכול לספר לכם את כל כאבי ואת כל מה שאני רואה סביבי. המחנה נמצא בקרחת-יער. על הבוקר מובילים אותנו לעבודה ביער. רגלַי מדממים כי לקחו לנו את הנעליים. אנו עובדים כל היום, בלי לאכול, כמעט, ובלילה אנו ישנים על הרצפה. לחקו לנו גם את המעילים.
כל לילה, חילים שיכורים באים להכות אתנו עם מקלות עץ, וגופי שחור ומכוסה חבורות, כמו חתיכת עץ חרוך. לפעמים זורקים לנו גזר אחד, סלק אחד, וזה מחפיר: אנו נלחמים ואפלו על חתיכה אחת של עלֵה. שלשום שני בחורים הצליחו לברוח, ואז פקדו עלינו לעמוד ברבוע, וירו על כל חמישי בשורה. לא הייתי החמישי, אך אני יודע שלא אצא מכאן חי.
Pink Floyd's the Wall is arguably one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. Since its release in 1979, and the subsequent movie of 1982, the Wall has become synonymous with, if not the very definition of, the term "concept album." Aureally explosive on record and visually explosive on the screen, the Wall traces the life of the fictional protagoinst, Pink Floyd, from his boyhood days in war-torn England to his self-imposed isolation as a world-renowned rock star, leading to a climax that is as questionably cathartic as it is destructive.
From the outset, Pink's life revolves around an abyss of loss and isolation. Born to a war-ravaged nation that takes his father's life in the name of "duty," and an overprotective mother who lavishes equal measures of her love and phobias onto her son, Pink chooses to build a mental wall between... (continua)