Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ)

mongchilde · 569.9M views · 2010-07-05 · 6:01

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Overview

The music video for Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall from the 1982 film The Wall, combining The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Part 2. It includes the schoolchildren and meat grinder imagery.

On Hacker News

Mostly used as a cultural reference or joke in threads about schools, students and surveillance.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2012–2023

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Music performance & songs Film & TV clips

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CPLX · 2023-05 · Joke / meme
I'm here to tell you that in 1989 we really didn't have any trouble with critical thinking on the topic of going to high school on any given Wednesday. Guided by key 20th century American[0] and British[1] thought leaders we were developing and refining these theories of "immutable necessity" in suburban cars and convenience store parking lots on a regular basis. [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO]
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latexr · 2023-04 · Reference
You mean the meat grinder[1]? You can click stuff for their reference, for that one it’s the teacher spanking the student. [1]: [VIDEO]
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15__characters · 2019-12 · Joke / meme
Show me someone who seeking power over others and I will show you someone who themselves is a slave to someone or something. [VIDEO]
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Video by mongchilde, played through YouTube.

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