Kids from Pink Floyd's "The Wall" the focus of BBC special

The BBC aired a special last night (October 3rd), called The Brick In The Wall Kids, which examines the involvement of schoolchildren on the classic Pink Floyd album The Wall.

The kids, who attended a progressive school that was the antithesis of the strict '50s schooling Roger Waters wrote about on the song "Another Brick In The Wall," were fortunate to be part of Alun Renshaw's music class, which was decidedly unconventional. When he was approached by Pink Floyd's manager and sound recordist about having kids sing on their album, he marched them around the block to the studio.

The kids initially sang like a choir, until they were told to sing like they were in the playground. Their chorus, "We don't need no education," went on to become a classic rock track from the legendary band. The documentary focuses on what has happened to the children, their teacher and the school since the track was recorded 28 years ago.
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