Young Lust

It also fits into the storyline of the wall -- the young isolated artist has to turn to some floozy b/c his wife is in bed with another man

This song isn't simply Pink heading to a new town and indulging in sex with some random groupie. The album tells a story, and at this point Pink is trying to fill in the "empty space" left behind from his wife leaving him(note the phone call where his wife is with another man) This technique proves ineffective as shown in the next song "One of my turns"

ya u guys are right he needs to turn to a groupie cuz his woman is w/ another dude! Just sayin how evreryone needs a dirty girl sometimes

Personally I think that this song shows young pink, not having had proper guidance in his life and having little to no life experience outside of his protected comfort zone, looking for a lady to fills his emptiness (which is already wrong) , specifically looking for a lady that fits the requirements of his desires.

only to find out later (now married, with the epithet mr. and mrs.) that the wild and dirty lady of his naive desires, ended up doing him dirty in the long run by having an affair.

had he had proper guidance, he would have known that filling his emptiness comes from the inside, not from someone else on the outside. he also wouldve picked a lady he could trust, a clean lady if you will, that wouldnt end up doing him dirty, but alas, the blind and naive wee young lad had to learn the hard way.

this is exactly why parents shouldnt shelter their children and allow them to fail, make mistakes and learn from them on their own, otherwise they end up in situations like these.

It is a brazen and honest lok at a rock stars reluctant embrace of grouie culture. The guitar work is outstanding.

this song makes me swoon for some reason. my best friend always envisions herself smoking pot to this song and passing the pipe around or something. she wants to do that.

Kafziel, I think you're wrong about something - Pink doesn't realize that empty sex won't help him. He's just turning to whatever he can find to distract himself, trying to forget his troubles. "Would your next thought be 'I need a dirty woman'?" His would be - or alcohol or drugs etc.

I also disagree with Kafziel. The women arent empty spaces at all. They are bricks in the wall, just another thing in life that causes him to put up this protective boundary around himself. Hence the line "How can I complete the wall in the previous song" just as it breaks into this. This is his way of distancing himself further from his family and his emotions, by sleeping with women he doesn't care about instead of spending time with his wife, therefore he's completing the wall. You aren't thinking within the context of the wall.

by far my favorite Floyd song. Excellent song, excellent song, but you really have to listen to Empty Spaces before you listen to it to get the whole effect.

I agree entirely with what mahakala said.. I couldn't exactly articulate what I wanted to say, but yes. picking up groupies/"dirty" women is just one way to distract him from the thought of his wife with another man, and a way to keep adding bricks to the wall.