Song cited by the guitarist was composed by Roger Waters and has verses that even demanded his author’s later explanation
Considerable part of the trajectory of the Pink Floyd It was marked by conflicts. With the exit of Syd Barrett and the arrival of David Gilmourthe band tried to operate as a democracy, but only became a great success when Roger Waters began to assume creative control, from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) – Which generated today’s irreconcilable differences between him and Gilmour.
The situation reached the point of David not playing, in a solo career, one of the most famous songs of Pink Floyd. It is about “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”. Album flagship The Wall (1979), the track composed by Waters continued to be performed by the band after its departure in 1985. However, when it comes to Gilmour Solo, nothing done: does not enter the setlist.
According to the Setlist.fmthere was only one occasion when the guitarist agreed to play the song outside the group. It was on July 10, 2010, when he held a brief charity presentation in England with Roger, in favor of a Palestinian charity.
But what is Gilmour’s scolding with “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”? In an interview with BBC (via Igor Miranda website), he reveals to disagree with the letter written by the former colleague and today disaffected, especially the parts “We Don’t Need in Education” (“We don’t need education”) and “Teacher, Leave the Kids Alone” (“Teachers, leave children alone”).
“Roger would say that everything is in the context, and suspicious now that I’m not sure how good was the idea of releasing something like a single. We need teachers. Roger was talking about the type of teacher who was quite common in schools in this country when we were children, but I think I wouldn’t release it as a song now.”

What Roger Waters says about “Another Brick in the Wall”
In fact, Roger Waters has already said in interviews that this song is not anti -education and belongs to a context. According to him, saying “we do not need education” represents a satirical passage within the conceptual narrative of the album – and the film, released in the early 1980s.

David Gilmour’s top 5 at solo shows
The repertoire of David Gilmour’s solo career shows is mostly composed of songs from Pink Floyd. The top 5 of the most executed songs – with a draw in fifth place – are:
- Comfortably Numb (played 192 times)
- RUN LIKE HELL (125)
- Wish You Were Here (122)
- High Hopes (117)
- Breathe (replay) and team (107 each)
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