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When Pink Floyd needed a few more voices for their antischool anthem, Another Brick in The Wall Part Two, their engineer called on some kids from a local school And with the help of the school s head of music who got them to the local studio, 23 teens turned into a choir, heard if not seen, backing up the Brit band on its bestselling album. For the amateur adolescent singers of the Islington Green School, rocking out to the rebellious lyrics was a laugh. The album was a hit, selling 23 million copies. But when the band sang the song on Britain s Top the Pops and when The Wall was made into a music video, something was missing. The kids were left out in the cold, replaced by students from a local drama school who lipsynced the lines. Pink Floyd pocketed a pile of money from the album. The school got a 1, 000pound donation to its music program. That s about 2000. And the singing school kids Well, they got a copy of the album and tickets to a Pink Floyd concert and not a penny in compensation.