The Wall/Trivia

"Michael Ensign: He's a maniac! Bob Hoskins: He's an artist!"
 * Banned In South Africa: The album and movie were banned in South Africa due to anti-apartheid protesters' use of lyrics from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" to criticize racially biased propaganda and curricula employed by the nation's education system.
 * Doing It for the Art: Pink Floyd's tour promoting The Wall ended up costing more money than it took in partially as a result of Waters's refusal to play in stadium venues. Roger Waters' 2010 tour, which reproduced the original, was the most expensive concert tour in music history, costing approximately $1 million U.S. per performance.
 * Subverted in the second instance; Waters has stated he was only persuaded to do the tour when it looked like he could make money off of it.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!


 * And, of course, Joanne Whalley as the groupie who gets assaulted by Pink.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: On "The Show Must Go On", the backup vocals are done by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys and Toni Tennille.
 * Throw It In: This was the reaction of director Alan Parker to Bob Geldof's accidental cutting of his hand while filming the destruction of the hotel room for the song "One of My Turns."
 * Troubled Production: Both the album (homesickness due to recording outside the UK, going behind schedule, Waters becoming even more of a Control Freak that fought with producer Bob Ezrin and eventually fired Richard Wright) and the movie (Waters, Alan Parker and Gerald Scarfe were constantly into each other's nerves; Waters snarked on Hollywood in The Final Cut, and Parker described the movie as "the most expensive student film ever made".)
 * What Could Have Been: The Beach Boys were scheduled to add backing vocals to "The Show Must Go On", but on the day of the session, Waters inexplicably cancelled and settled for just Bruce Johnston and Toni Tennille.
 * Word of Dante: It's widely believed by fans that Pink's name is actually "Floyd Pinkerton", and that "Pink Floyd" is a stage name. His page on Wikipedia even states this. This is never explicitly stated, but the plaque in the church gives his father's name as "J.A. Pinkerton".
 * Word of God: Roger Waters commented on the beginning of "Waiting for the Worms" that he was the one who shouted, "Eins, zwei, drei, Anger!"