Solos From Olympus, Part I

This song contains two of my favorite guitar solos. The first solo especially, seems to express the character's emotion and mental state so well, as to make the lyrics almost superfluous. David Gilmore is indeed a gifted guitarist, and for me this is his high water mark. The Wall is Pink Floyd's finest hour. Critics will point to Dark Side Of The Moon, but The Wall is as good as any fine book or film. The story begins to unfold with the first notes and the melancholy main character spirals progressively further into madness, until the wall is finally broken down, and he finds some degree of freedom. you feel the character's anxiety and madness grow, until it becomes unbearable, and you feel relief when the wall is torn down, and he is reluctantly exposed. The final moments of the album are as if a painful, puss-filled boil has been lanced. It's not a good feeling and you're happy, but you're glad it's done. You feel relief that the character is to some degree free.