The Wall [Columbia, 1979]For a typical dumb tribulations of a rock star epic, this isn't too bad--certainly unlikely to arouse much pity or contempt, anyway. The music is alright, too--minimalist-maximalist kitsch complete with speech fragments. But the story is muddled, "mother" and "modern life" make for unconvincing villains, and if the recontextualization of "Up against the wall" is intended ironically, I don't get it. B-
He was 3 years younger than Fantano is today if he wrote this review when the Wall came out