PULP WAVE (9)

By: Charles Leech
December 18, 2022

We are pleased to present a 10-part series, by Canadian semiotician and HILOBROW friend Charles Leech, sampling the recombinant artwork that he sells via his Etsy shop RecombinantCulture.

I try to avoid using music posters (or music-movies) for song covers, but in this instance I simply couldn’t resist. Spend any time talking ’80s music with me and you’ll quickly learn that I think 1982 was an extraordinarily high watermark in music — perhaps the best of the decade. Whenever I research or rediscover an amazing new wave song and look up the year, more often than not: 1982.

Pink Floyd — The Wall was a hugely influential film for teenage me, and it turned me into a Pink Floyd music fan. I had this poster up on my wall — place of honour, right above my headboard.

At the time, and like many other fans I believe, I thought ‘Shout’ was about primal scream therapy, but Smith and Orzabal have since downplayed this interpretation, in favour of it being more about encouraging political protest post-Cold War. Nonetheless, when I thought about primal screaming, this specific Pink Floyd — The Wall movie scene and poster came instantly to mind — it was a great way to combine two of my favourite ’80s texts into one piece.

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PULP WAVE (9)

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