The Trial - Pink Floyd - The Wall - 4K Remastered

“The Trial“ (working title “Trial by Puppet“) is a track from Pink Floyd’s 1979 rock opera/concept album The Wall. Written by Roger Waters and Bob Ezrin, it marks the climax of the album and film. The song centres on the main character, Pink, who having lived a life filled with emotional trauma and substance abuse has reached a critical psychological break. “The Trial“ is the fulcrum on which Pink’s mental state balances. In the song, Pink is charged with “showing feelings of an almost human nature.“ This means that Pink has committed a crime against himself by actually attempting to interact with his fellow human beings, defying the mission towards self-isolation that defined much of his life. Through the course of the song, he is confronted by the primary influences of his life (who have been introduced over the course of the album): an abusive schoolmaster, his wife, and his overprotective mother; in the animated sequence, they are depicted as grotesqu