Pink Floyd's The Wall

Wanna hear something scary? I mean, it's scary only if you're of a certain age. In less than two weeks it will be the 30th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Wall.

I know it's not jazz, but it's still good music. Sorry -- I promise more jazz posts soon. I would like to point out now, however -- in the light of my previous post about vinyl sales -- that to date The Wall has sold 23 million copies, nearly ten times predicted 2009 vinyl sales. I don't know how that breaks down between vinyl and CD. I'd be interested to know. 

Wanna hear something almost as scary? Spinner.com reports that, according to founding Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, college-age kids in the United Kingdom today can't recognize David Gilmore and Comfortably Numb. Here's a sample from that post:

"There's a [quiz show] program here [in Britain] called 'University Challenge,'" [Mason] tells Spinner. "Just by chance they happened to ask these students to name the song and the guitar player. I'm sad to say they failed. They didn't seem to know either Pink Floyd, David Gilmour or 'Comfortably Numb.'"

 Kids today.

I'm surprised I haven't posted more on jazz so far. Apologies. I'll get back to it soon.

Hat tip: New Music Tipsheet