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"Stop"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
PublishedPink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd
Released30 November 1979 (UK)
8 December 1979 (US)
RecordedApril–November 1979
GenreArt rock
Length0:30
LabelHarvest Records (UK)
Columbia Records (US)/Capitol Records (US)
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie and Roger Waters

"Stop" is a song from the 1979 Pink Floyd album, The Wall. It was written by Roger Waters.[1][2]

Plot

Pink is tired of his life as a fascist dictator and the hallucination ends. Also tired of "The Wall", he accordingly devolves into his own mind and puts himself on trial.

Film version

After "Waiting for the Worms", Pink screams out "stop", where we find him sitting at the bottom of a bathroom stall. He seems to be reading the lyrics from a sheet of paper where a few of the lines come from, at the time, unreleased material written by Waters. The line "Do you remember me / How we used to be / Do you think we should be closer?", comes from "Your Possible Pasts". Other lines come from "5:11AM (The Moment of Clarity)". As Pink finishes the lyrics to "Stop", the security guard seen in the segment for "Young Lust" slowly pushes open the stall door, which leads to the animated intro of "The Trial".

Personnel

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). New York: Canongate U.S. p. 1177. ISBN 1841956155. OCLC 56977197.
  2. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus. ISBN 071194301X. OCLC 32740297.
  3. ^ Fitch, Vernon; Mahon, Richard (2006). Comfortably Numb: A History of "The Wall" 1978-1981 (1st ed.). St. Petersburg, Fla.: PFA Pub. p. 109. ISBN 9780977736607. OCLC 77117708.


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