# Pink Floyd lyrics question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542 "2003-02-21T15:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/1 "2003-02-21T15:58:04Z")
The song: Another Brick in the Wall Something is shouted during the helicopter sounds at the beginning of the song. Does anyone have any idea what the words are? ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/2 "2003-02-21T16:03:41Z")
Do you mean when the headmaster (I think) is shouting? I think he shouts something like, “You! You behind the benches! Stand still, laddy!” At least, that’s what I hear. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/3 "2003-02-21T16:22:02Z")
Rather than “benches”, it could be “bike sheds”. Or “bandstand”. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/4 "2003-02-21T16:36:18Z")
I’ve watched the movie and listened to the tapes time and time again.It sounds like “Bike shed” to me too.BUT I could be wrong. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/5 "2003-02-21T16:52:53Z")
I always thought that he was saying bedstand. I always pictured little Pink hiding in the fetal position behind his nightstand. I figured they called a bedstand in England. I believe that it is his teacher saying it so would make more sense if the scene took place at school but I figured his emotional past was sort of mixed together. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/6 "2003-02-21T17:03:28Z")
FYI, after doing a search of Pink Floyd The Wall “stand still laddy” there were numerous hits with most of them referencing bikestand as the lyric. I didn’t post any cites because a) there were too many to choo-choo-choose from and read and b) I don’t know if any were official lyrics. Do a search and you can find them yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/7 "2003-02-21T17:04:20Z")
It’s “You, yes you behind the bikesheds, stand still, laddie!” [http://www.allfloyd.com/lyrics/Wall.html](http://www.allfloyd.com/lyrics/Wall.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/8 "2003-02-21T17:39:06Z")
You know, this has bugged me for YEARS, and I kept forgetting to start a thread. Just learning “stand still laddie” helps, even though there’s some debate over “bikeshed”. **Rubystreak** , unless that site has been personally endorsed and checked by Roger Water, I wouldn’t take what it says as scripture. I’ve found lots of wrong lyrics on the web. But “bikesheds” does sound correct, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/9 "2003-02-21T17:42:06Z")
If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?! Yep. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-lyrics-question/156542/10 "2003-02-21T19:46:24Z")
Actually, I believe it’s “Stand still with it.”