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Conceiving of "The Wall"

May 20, 2012 4:00 PM

Former Pink Floyd lyricist Roger Waters tells Steve Kroft how he first came up with the idea behind the band's epic rock opera.

Roger Waters rebuilds Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
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by Starchild329 May 20, 2012 10:16 PM EDT
Roger Waters is one of the greatest artist of what i consider thought-provoking music. I became a Pink Floyd fan when i heard the Animals album. I have been hooked ever since. Looking forward to seeing this concert. who is taking Pink Floyd's place in the music world??
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by gamay9 May 20, 2012 9:10 PM EDT
I thoroughly enjoyed your segment on 'The Wall' but was surprised to hear that land mines were still active before The Berlin Wall was dismantled.

In December, 1966, just before I returned to the U.S. from my military assignment in Germany, I took a military hop frm Rhein Maine to Berlin, checked into a very nice military hotel for American soldiers, donned my uniform, put my DD-214 in my pocket and headed for Checkpoint Charlie. I showed my papers, an MP took my picture for my personal Army album (a nice gesture on his part) and I strolled alone in East Berlin, first stop The Brandenberg Gate, where someone hollered at me in German.

There was no one on the streets. I stopped in a shoppe and bought an East German flag from a cute female clerk.

Was I in danger of stepping on a land mine? Who cares; it was an exhilarating experience and the flag is still hanging in my study.

As for Roger Waters, I am two years his elder and we are both young. I applaud his project, but I never bought 'The Wall.' I DO have 'Dark Side of The Moon' on vinyl, DVD and cassette. It is the greatest piece of popular music ever assembled.
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