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Shutes–America: The Wall
Music transcends generations, and the music of the original album has done just that. For if we take the music and lyrics of The Wall and adapt them, remove the original metaphors from them, and map them onto a new, modern meaning, it can result in a new understanding of the world we live in. So listen along to observe how the music has transcended the physical vinyl to the digital Spotify playlist, and read along to see how the original lyrics have transcended to a modern interpretation. This is a new narrative told by the misguided politician D (comparable to the tortured musician Pink in the source material), and tale is not a reenactment of the original story from Pink Floyd, but a mirror image of it that relates to our country today. Should the original music of Pink Floyd inform our understanding of the modern country we live in , or does the society we live in give us a new understanding of the original work? I’d like to say maybe a bit of both, but either way, here is the music, here is the lyrics, here is “America: The Wall.”
Note: The lyrics are from the perspective of several different characters, and what is said in the writing is not a reflection of my personal views but rather a reflection of theirs.
Note: Songs, song titles, and original lyrics written by Pink Floyd. I do not own the rights to the music, nor am I claiming creative ownership of it. The changes made to the lyrics are my own, the lines where I have not made changes (marked with a *), I still credit to the original artist