Talk:Bring the Boys Back Home

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[edit] "Unity"?!?

The following paragraph seems problematic:

According to Roger Waters, the song contains the main, unifying theme of the album- that is, unity. At this point in the album, Pink begins to realise that only unification can save the world, and ultimately himself. Although he realises the solution to his mounting problems, he is unable to set it in motion, and succumbs to his deteriorating mental health, collapsing in the hotel room--which is the cause for the Doctor's presence in "Comfortably Numb".

Where does this "unity" interpretation come from? I've read a lot of interviews and quotes from Roger Waters, and I've never heard him say anything like that. True enough, he does call this song the "central" song, or "unifying theme", that does not mean it's a call for unity. Here's a good quote:

. . . it's partly about not letting people go off and be killed in wars, but it's partly about not allowing rock and roll, or making cars, or selling soap, or getting involved in biological research, or anything that anybody might do . . . not letting that become such an important and 'jolly boy's game' that it becomes more important than friends, wives, children, or other people.

--Roger Waters

Interview by Tommy Vance, "Interview With Roger Waters",

broadcast November 30, 1979, BBC Radio One

Actually, I think the whole article needs to be reworked. As it is, it's mostly a description of the relevant scenes in the film. --63.25.9.29 (talk) 12:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I decided to be bold in updating. I think the first paragraph still needs re-drafting. I hope the specific musical descriptions are useful. I also hope nobody minds that I killed the "unity" stuff. Really . . . It's Pink Floyd, not U2. While Roger Waters has indeed written a lot of explicitly political songs, this isn't one of them (except in the sense of being anti-war.) It's mostly about psychology, emotions, and relationships.

--63.25.109.1 (talk) 12:21, 22 March 2008 (UTC)