https://youtube/watch?v=Y_NbRHkpsTMThe song is approximately 1 minute, 46 seconds in length, beginning with 24 seconds of a helicopter sound effect; followed by the schoolmaster shouting (in a helicopter) You! Yes, you! Stand still, laddie!. Roger Waterss lead vocal is treated with a reverse echo. The lead instrument is the electric guitar with an added delay effect, playing roots (mostly D, G, and A over a melody in D minor). The bass and guitar figure heard during the verses, G to A, is similar to the one in Waiting for the Worms, heard much later in the album. During the transition to Another Brick in the Wall, Part II, the key shifts from D minor to the relative major, F major, with dramatic drum rolls and female harmony vocals. On the album, The Happiest Days of Our Lives segues into Another Brick in the Wall, Part II with a loud, high-pitched scream by Roger Waters. Because of this segue, many radio stations play one right after the other, and subsequent Pink Floyd compilation albums (both Echoes and A Foot in the Door) use this song as the extended intro to Another Brick in the Wall. In the film based on the album, the sound at the beginning of the song is depicted as coming from a train entering a large tunnel, rather than a helicopter heard on the album. According to Gerald Scarfe, there was supposed to be a puppet of the teacher at the end of the tunnel in the film. Alan Parker made shots of it, but it didnt work out, so they used Alex McAvoy, who played the schoolteacher, to do the scene instead. Before the cut in the middle for the Schoolmaster to mock Pink, somewhat quiet hysterical laughter is heard, extremely similar to the Schoolmasters voice. Plot[edit] The Wall tells the story of Pink, an embittered and alienated rock star in retreat from society and personal relationships. The Happiest Days of Our Lives concerns Pinks youth, attending a school run by strict and often violent teachers who treat the pupils with contempt. According to Waters, the lyrics were a reflection of his own negative experience in school. He described this in an interview with Tommy Vance of BBC Radio One.[3] Film version[edit] Pink and his two friends go down to a railway track to lay bullets on the rails and watch them explode under the passing train. Pink, putting himself up against the tunnel wall, sees that the train cars are packed with faceless people. He sees his teacher at the other end of the tunnel yelling at him to stand still. In the next scene, in Pinks school, the teacher discovers Pink writing a poem (which contains lyrics from Money) and, as punishment, ridicules Pink by reading his poem out loud to the entire class then slaps his hand with a ruler. The following scene shows the Schoolmaster in his own home, being forced to eat a piece of tough meat during dinner at his wifes silent command. To relieve himself of his humiliation, the teacher spanks a child with a belt the next day. Personnel[edit] David Gilmour — guitars[4] Nick Mason — floor tom, snare and kick drum[5] Roger Waters — bass with delay,[5] lead vocals,[5] backing vocals[5] Richard Wright — clavinet[6] (bridge) with: James Guthrie — hi-hat and choke cymbal[5]
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