Pink Floyd - When the tigers broke free (Film version) + Lyrics

[xReikaxNatsumax]

My favorite freaking movie all of the scenes are awesome

[joho0]

It's company "Z", not "C".

[NietzschesFreund1]

OH, SHIT! BLARE THIS SHIT!!! YESSS!!!!!

[seanpower97]

thank god that the tigers broke free otherwise we would not have had half of the good music that they made

[Gunfighter1b]

Eric Fletcher Waters, father of Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters, who wrote the song "When the Tigers Broke Free" about the attack. (A common misconception is that the company Eric Waters served was called "C" when in reality he was in company "Z", 8th Battalion. There is no Company C in the 8th Battalion.

[ev0lve]

@Gunfighter1b

"In 1988 C Company joined 8th (Volunteer) Battalion The Queen's Fusiliers on its formation as one of three rifle companies and is now titled C (City of London Fusiliers) Company, The London Regiment."

[nmycon]

@ev0lve this song was written for The Wall in '79, released as a single before '83, well before your "C Company" joined the Fusiliers.

The song does indeed speak of "Z Company" not "C"

[Gunfighter1b]

@ev0lve Was Eric Rogers serving in Company C when he was killed at the Anzio Bridgehead? Or was he assigned to Company Z? I think the point was quite clear, it was not Company "C" at Anzio.

[Gunfighter1b]

Rogers father Eric Waters was in company Z of the Royal Fusiliers and was killed when the company was ordered to hold a bridgehead that German Tiger tanks were assaulting.

[todd5524]

Pink Floyd !!!!!! Makes the hair stand on end,...incredible song

[movieman104]

i unfortanly know what its like not to have a dad. i lost mine last year died pretty young and its really hard.

[marcwitham]

Oh so very well done.

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[slatejob11]

amazing!!!!!

[YARBLES1969]

Very Moving. I have to admit, I get teary-eyed every time I watch Pink putting on hism daddy's cap with Waters mournful wailing of how the high command "took my daddy from me". Having lost my father, it is especially moving. One of a few damn songs that as Bowie said can make me "break down and cry".

[rareluck]

Wow!!! Talk about moving!!!

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[YARBLES1969]

@AbsoluteZeroMusic Justin Bieber gives me the chills!!...... haha,,

[bughead3]

Chills.

[Jangocat]

This might be the best song Waters ever wrote because it is a true story of how his father and every other man in his company were killed in a no win situation in WW2 due to high command incompetence.

[snow1snow1]

I played guitar in a band that played original songs for well over 7 years, in a town that wanted to hear covers. I played Fender Stratocastor for most of those years. The single best, most infatuating compliment I ever received was, I sounded like David Gilmore. I LOVED hearing when people would compare me to Mr. Gilmore. Long live the Floyd

[thedeadliest]

which song is he squealing at the beginning?

[ev0lve]

@grozde.... it's C

were it company Z, they would pronounce it "zed"

[Grunts4Hire]

@ev0lve it is Z, look up Eric Fletcher Waters (Rodger Waters Father) in Wikipedia , he served in company Z. Company C did not see any action that day.

[ev0lve]

@Grunts4Hire

lol wikipedia



[Gunfighter1b]

@ev0lve No, it was company Z, the song is about how Roger Waters father was killed in the war, He served in the Royal Fusiliers, company Z. They were ordered to hold a bridgehead against an advancing column of German Tiger tanks, (When the Tigers broke free.) The letter would be spoken as zed. But for the song the letter Z rhymes with the line, "No one survived from the Royal Fusiliers, Company Z." The person who put the lyrics up made a mistake, and also spelled Fusiliers wrong.

[ev0lve]

@Gunfighter1b

i know full well what the song is about. my guess is that you got your information from Wikipedia. it's not sourced there, and you are wrong. there was no company "Z" which you can see for your trite little self on the british army's website.

[Gunfighter1b]

@ev0lve If you have the DVD of The Wall, you can listen to the commentary, and hear Roger Waters talk about how the death of his father in February 1944 that's where I heard it.

[grozde]

2:43 - I believe it is actually "Company Z" [zi:]

[nmrobhen]

Hoping for a live version in Stockholm may 5th

[hvyfnmetalman1031]

"and the anzio bridgehead was held for price of a few hundred ordinary lives"

[anidoodler]

A few bits varied between the album and the movie... to me, to the detriment of the album... but then, that's just me maybe?

[bostonboyo]

I vivdly remembered this song and this scene when I saw the movie in theatres way back when and was wildly disappointed when it wasn't included on the album ...It has since been added to the The Final Cut (Longer version than in the movie and is just AWESOME btw)...but it was an integral song to the theme of The Wall and it still amazes me that it was left out ...The pain is just palpatable ..."That's when the High Command took my Daddy from me." ....Amazing!!!! Thanks for the post...

[PsychedelicScrubTurk]

What I want to know is...

What was the boy whistling at the start of the clip?

[johnwoffice]

if it wasnt for pinkfloyd i would of killed my self a long time ago.long live almighty satan

[femmemina]

love this band,song,film.

[BERNIE6164]

this song really touches me,its really from the heart,brings a tear to the eye.

[goldiejames]

Nice one mate ;-)

[modsrockershippies]

Wow. 

[bruno35bpm]

BEST MOVIE EVER !!! FUCK THE REST !

[PrinceVegeta1973]

There must be some miss take! I don't mean to let them take my soul am I to old is it to late

[FrickenJoey]

The Wall is such a masterpiece of great music and a story of pain and loss.....a simply amazing film

[JumLizardKing]

pink floyd the best....

[paganini799]

most of them dead,the rest of them dying.

[m3rktokes]

Do you have TIGERS part 1?... "it was just before dawn, one miserable morning in black '44..."

[m3rktokes]

yes, it was at the beginning of the movie, and explains what happened to Pink's father. "It was just before dawn, One miserable morning in Black '44, When the forward commander, was told to sit tight, when he asked that his men be withdrawn. And the generals gave thanks as the other ranks, held back the enemy tanks, for a while. And the Anzio Bridgehead, was held for the price, of a few hundred ordinary lives..." Then, Tigers part2 starts a little later in the movie, which is this clip.

[gordonwasted]

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[BHNick1]

@gordonwasted I was born in 1966 and as I grew up there were a couple of kids in my neighborhood that didn't have dads. I asked them where they were and they said they died in Vietnam. I was around 8 years old and didn't understand at the time. Now I have a 4 year old son and I will die of cancer very soon. I can only imagine my son getting older and being angry that "someone took his daddy from him". I love this powerful and emotional song, but it hurts me to listen to it.

[misslibs100]

@BHNick1 You are a very brave man, I'm sure your family are incredibly proud of you. I have had relatives I am incredibly close to who i have lost, and that have been of huge inspiration to me to this day. Music also is a great help and can bring huge comfort. God bless you.

[framorga]

one of the best song ever...

[nigee008]

Zee

I agree.

Fuckin' classic.

[jearimon]

i wait for too much to hear this song thanks for put it

[92baldi08]

such a powerful song

[FalconKPD]

High Five!

[bigals1000]

fucking awesome song!!!!!!!!

[maidensuncle]

awesome!!!!!!!!

[brandtus]

bonus points for actual movie scenes and quality  long live floyd

[PsychoBitch0127]

Thank you all for your imput!!!!!!!! Such a sad song, but, yet, the truth speaks for itself. It is on the ECHOES cd by PINK FLOYD