Pink Floyd Final Cut (4) - When The Tigers Broke Free

[GriefTourist]

peace or extinction

[tornvork1]

RIP Eric Waters and every other Allied soldier who died for our right to exist

[cammyjeee]

if you listen to this song on MDMA you can actually smell the battlefield

[SenorSpode]

@cammyjeee That's the smell of your brain neurotransmitters boiling on E.

[cammyjeee]

@SenorSpode Brain cells regrow parents don't

[ttpguy]

@jenzeppelin true floydians...and followers of Ron Paul.

[ForeverTreesGreen]

One of the best on TFC, and the two albums afterwards.

[IronTrooperMaiden]

How this song can be so perfect and painful

o right roger waters made it

[richieallport]

sick



[ShimoniDror]

the strongest piece ever made

[supar2100]

.. i... jesus... i. i cant even think straight..

[richieallport]

for some reason this song makes me think about all the kids, barely young men of legal age to fight who had to really man up and show a lot of bravery following bullshit orders facing certain death, the good old english way

[SenorSpode]

This should've been on "Band of Brothers"...

[ZuluCatsTheMispeller]

@SenorSpode Band of Brothers wasn't set in Italy unless your talking about the battle and that would've gone WAY of storyline

[SenorSpode]

@ZuluCatsTheMispeller I know that Anzio had no connection with Normandy (D-Day) or Belgium (The Battle of the Bulge); I'm simply saying that the music--perhaps sans vocal track--and the movie would've complemented one another well.

[ZuluCatsTheMispeller]

@SenorSpode It still would've been off because the song say Anzio in it and King George and all that. Wouldn't fit with the Normandy/Germany/American stuff Plus you can't put a rock band in a miniseries like that they'd had to keep it classy I'm not saying this is bad or anything but you don't put rock in a series where only classical music should be played

[Gegamel76]

Damn I Feel Roger's Pain...how can you not?? Great Song Mr. Waters

[SenorSpode]

Many famous public officers, celebrities and actors survived Anzio to tell it, led good lives and exemplified grit; James Arness was one such. A toast to all who fought at Anzio and a moment of remembrance for those who never came home from there.

[CharlesWilburPiano]

Goosebumps every FUCKING time!!!

[NintendoGuy99]

It almost sounds like this song could go straight into Comfortably Numb, just by the way it ends, the tension it creates, and that Bring The Boys Back Home ends that way too.

[piterfloyd]

Epic song !!!

[pancaikmix45]

Dear Eric Fletcher Waters, Thank you for giving us a great musician-self centered-but a great musician

[BaBYPuNCheR133]

@pancaikmix45 He can be as self centered as he wants, he's a fucking god.

[jacobthelioneater]

My favorite floyd song and for some reason it won't play on iTunes... the rest of the final cut plays fine... it sucls

[DJTNTable]

it was first in the movie the wall but not on the album

[DJTNTable]

war in africa where his dad was killed in battle the battle over the anzio bridge

[egset33]

@DJTNTable False. Operation Shingle (when the battle occured) was in Italy.

[JanesInChains1990]

RIP Jimmy Darmody

[NsmiguelCOD]

It´s all about waters..

[Sabishiikouen]

Wow, why the hell wasn't this song on my copy of the final cut CD? What a glaring omission!

[ConanGabe]

@Sabishiikouen It was on the 2004 re-release.

[Sabishiikouen]

@ConanGabe ah, no wonder, I have an older version I bought some time before then lol

[GeakGuySheldon]

u will never find a new song with this much depth and emotion in modern music

[rolieyo]

CAVU 101,

Hell no, go ahead, its wonderful!

[nmycon]

Eric Waters served in "Z" Company, not "C"

[CAVU101]

Is it bad that I'm crying?

[likkerpig]

Wonderful.

A gift to those who follow, a tribute to those who served.

[mwkoen]

R.I.P.Royal Fusiliers, company "C" . You held the germans back.But, I believe the true winner is Pink Floyd, A great bant to stand on the earth. Thumbs up if the end shocks you.(It shocked me and i listened to it 20 times) ({} <invisible Thumbs up)

[hutch1hutch]

cry every time....can listen to it back to back all day

[yatestoon]

one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard in my life time. period.

[progrockcoffee]

Happy Remembrance Day, everyone.

[teegilled]

"When the Tigers Broke Free" is off "The Wall."

WTF is the matter with you?

[teegilled]

@teegilled

Not only that, it's NOT on "The Final Cut."

[colebluefearn]

@teegilled Actually this song is in the Wall movie, but not the actual album. And it was on the re-release of The Final Cut. Look it up.

[teegilled]

@colebluefearn

I stand corrected.

[thedungeondelver]

11/11 today. lest we forget.

[bearfucker32803]

hands down, one of Waters' best. truly the creative genius of PF

[eldorado61guy]

This was not on the original release of 'The Final Cut' but it does fit.

[redelden]

love this song.

[sullywully123]

Also very uplifting, if you think about it.

[tivatboys]

Pink Floyd is a music for headphones : )

[MrBigglesWorthO]

Anyone want to know why it's called 'The Final Cut'?

Roger Waters left the band, shortly after recording this album.

F%$&!

[ryanb113n]

I love this song. But it sorta ruins the flow of the original album.

[ragenFOX]

i always loved militias. always hated the military.

[D1Gr8hansGraf]

@ragenFOX They are both in the business of violence. So I don't get your point.

[ragenFOX]

@D1Gr8hansGraf shut up hippie.

militias(or at least the ones im interested in) treat each others like brothers, they follow their leader's commands out of respect, not fear, they appreciate the life of a soldier more. they all share one goal. they have a simple structure. they are organized, but not over organized... and many other reasons.

[D1Gr8hansGraf]

@ragenFOX So you're a bad ass!! Well, I am far from being a hippie. I have served in the US Marine Corps for close to 30 years and have seen my share of war for a lot longer than that.

Obviously, you have not experienced anything you are talking about and have no idea how the military works, you punk. We volunteered to join. We were not forced to do so. What have you done other than watch movies and imagine what it's like to be in a militia?

You are nothing but dog s**t to me.

[ragenFOX]

@D1Gr8hansGraf fun fact#1: many countries force people to join.

fun fact#2: the militia i was talking about worked with the US during the cold war.

fun fact#3: they usually call the military "dogs". justsaying.

thats not all what i do. i want to join a militia, i really do, but all the ways are closed(and join who?), thought about volunteering in the military, but i don't trust them, and it goes against everything i believe in, it will make me a slave for ones i dont like.

[pikie37]

@D1Gr8hansGraf thanks for your service. i am a navy vet served two tours in dessert storm. nothing is stronger than an all volunteer military.

[MrChrispy777]

Written in the style of a swelling British anthem. Waters has a keen ability to make you feel his music, in the same vein as John Williams. The strong images portrayed in the movie "The Wall," bear this out. The latest and most comprehensive documentary on "Floyd," made it clear that in the later years of their split, and after their reunion concert, that Gilmour still held a grudge. Gilmour also admitted that he and the rest of the band relinquished writing control. Waters gladly stepped up.

[nuclearjanitors]

This is the most gutwrenching thing I have ever heard.

[jenzeppelin]

only the true floydians make it here. pleased to be amongst all of you.

[heyslay]

@jenzeppelin well put

[richieallport]

@jenzeppelin very nice comment (floydians)

[mewtwo711]

@jenzeppelin *looks at name* Zeppelin? Well, sir/madam, you have excellent taste.

[BrazilskiFarmer]

@jenzeppelin That's right my friend.

[ChevyVette68]

@jenzeppelin in fact this is one of my favourites :D

[Y0UW1LLR34D7H15]

@jenzeppelin Cheers mate.

[snowbird68]

@jenzeppelin love you

[MoralInvasion]

A true Floydian here

[kmswab]

This is for any New York Yankees fans.  Song has nothing to do with baseball but I'm hoping the Tigers break free.

[jesterd14]

@kmswab And they did

[stevevegetable]

i have this song on 7" single with bring the boys back home on the b/side.the cover has the face off the wall on it and its called music from the film the wall,yet on the back it says taken from the album the final cut.and yet the final cut had not been written then.this song appeared on the film the wall but never made the album aswell as a longer version of in the flesh.they were replaced by hey you which didnt appear in the film.

[UltimateSteevil]

sullywully? well put- FINAL CUT is possibly the BEST album from one of the most inspiring and artistic bands IN HISTORY. MUSIC is supposed to be an ARTFORM- pink and lady gaga top 40 crap? thats just tomorrow's ringtones. Pink Floyd? IS TIMELESS ART. rock on. :)

[sullywully123]

God Bless KMrakaKat! Outstanding effort! How anyone could dislike this is far beyond me. So many haters that have no clue. I'm so sick of people not liking P.Floyd because they think it is depressing or whatever. Just because a song isn't "upbeat" doesn't mean it doesn't kick ass. I truly feel sorry for closed minded fucksticks who don't get it. Pisses me off. It's actually quite inspirational. Have a clue.

[vikingbush]

I really really like this song, but I don't like how it is so personal with Waters. It makes me think of Water's attitude and feud/split with the band.

[andythrash]

very beautiful song filled with emotion... makes me slip a tear almost every time!

[marcusdolby1]

And thats how the high command took my Daddy from me !!

[TheSmokey815]

Roger Waters,describing the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, during the Second World War's, The song was written at the same time as The Wall, and was originally intended to be part of that album, but was rejected by the other members of the band on the grounds that it was too personal... R.I.P Eric ♥

[LondonLanguageLounge]

Dreary album, their worst by far

[marcusdolby1]

@LondonLanguageLounge Dreary happens to be very beautiful to me. Not everything has to upbeat and pop like.

[TheMEGATRENT]

It's actually company Z. There's no C company in the Royal Fusiliers.

[kbnaan]

this is the most power-fullest songs roger ever wrote , it,s on the wall but was broken up into different parts, roger revealing how his dad Eric Fletcher Waters died ,

[JefJef7Jr]

wasn't this on The Wall?

[derekcamTV]

@JefJef7Jr yes its in the film because Waters thought that it fit the story well

[silentwulfsfan]

@JefJef7Jr its was on the film, but roger thought it should be avaliable on an album

[lio543]

@JefJef7Jr it was, but it's still pink floyd :)

[silentwulfsfan]

@lio543 of course

[billyBk91]

5 people ran like hell when the tigers broke free

[NickellNo1]

War,......."A situation created by old men , were young men die."

[jnorwooddds]

(fletcher memorial home)

[jnorwooddds]

Royal fusiliary company z, Eric fletcher waters was killed then.

[wiz9496]

Roger Waters is the greatest songwriter of all time. That's MY opinion.

[nikanakta]

this is so sad :/

[FaLEDirefulGnome]

Pink Floyd is amazing! I get goosebumps when I listen to this song. Those guys were brilliant!

[leonardbullhock]

Deep as fuck tune. Classic though.

[Dannystevo100]

this gives me goose bumps and makes the hairs on my neck stand up.

absolutely brilliant song.

[Belgarath98]

Ignore the 'have'

[Belgarath98]

@markusd13 - Perhaps you're right, but on all of the interviews with Roger Waters I've listened to, he has said Company C. Perhaps the big man himself is mistaken? (No offence intended)have

[TheRockgodicus]

Love this song! It's so powerful and Waters' singing makes it even more powerful! This should've been on the Wall album!!!

[mrhitt06]

I don't remember this on The Final Cut albums I have had.

[h3py]

@mrhitt06 it's from the wall :)

[Polterguist]

This is the most depressing song of all time.

[ravenouscolonelhart]

@Polterguist awesome as this song is I think Joy Division - The Eternal is literally more depressing than any other song could ever get.

[pancaikmix45]

@Polterguist It almost brings tears to my eyes ): My great uncle who fought in WWII died in 2006 and I met him once...): I have seen hos Jacket from the war and I shot a gun that was just like-not his the gun in the war

[moarcowbell585]

when this song comes on the radio. I pull over and think for a few minutes about how people die so i can drive my car on a "free"way

[STimo95]

@moarcowbell585

Damn, what radio station do you listen to...

[moarcowbell585]

@STimo95 100.3 The Sound, its also on the interwebs for live streaming

[STimo95]

@moarcowbell585

I have never heard this song on the radio :(

thanks for the tip

[juegas]

@moarcowbell585 What station are you talking about? They don't play this one the radio.

[moarcowbell585]

@juegas 100.3 the sound

[moarcowbell585]

@juegas 100.3 the sound

[TheSmokey815]

@moarcowbell585 Roger Waters,describing the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, during the Second World War's, The song was written at the same time as The Wall, and was originally intended to be part of that album, but was rejected by the other members of the band on the grounds that it was too personal... R.I.P Eric ♥

[ThePinkfloyd1969]

@atruamerican i can agree.. not going to lie im only 17 i did a 3 yr stint in the army cadets, and every year i did my rememberance day parade through my local area, i can say i have never been so proud to represent those who gave their lives to defend england and those who are still dying to defend what freedom the english have left

[atruamerican]

to bad the youth today do not know what sacrifices for their freedoms

[mully176]

@Andrew598895 I stand corrected, it has been added to a re release. It was not on the original version,

[mully176]

Probably been said but this song is not on the Final Cut??

[DyingPulseProduction]

Wasn't it company Z?

[Belgarath98]

@DyingPulseProduction No, Company C

[DyingPulseProduction]

@Belgarath98 but, wasnt his dad in company Z?

[Belgarath98]

@DyingPulseProduction NO!!!! Company C

[markusd13]

@Belgarath98 - According to the history I've read, it is Company Z. Companies W, X, Y, and Z were part of the 8th Battalion. Companies X and Y were wiped out on the first day (Feb 16th) of that part of the German attack. Companies A through D were part of the 9th Battalion, which did not see combat during that particular offensive.

[K1ttheGreat]

@DyingPulseProduction yes company C, company Z is wikilies.

[DyingPulseProduction]

@K1ttheGreat i fuck men for money

[aytee54]

@DyingPulseProduction wot iz it got do wid dis song ?

[DyingPulseProduction]

@aytee54 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­L

[KrispIsKarma]

this song is not on this album..

[DrDead99]

@KrispIsKarma It's on the 2004 remastered edition :)

[epicpwnr1]

If it's that important for powerful people to fight they should go to war themselves.

[EyeHawk777]

I'm confused, this is on The Final Cut, but I thought I heard it in the movie?

[Belgarath98]

@EyeHawk777 Waters originally intended to place this track on 'The Wall' album, however Gilmour objected as he thought it was too personal. During the making of the film, Waters had even more input to the tracklisting, and this song fitted perfectly.

[EyeHawk777]

@Belgarath98

Thanks!

[xenoghost1]

thousands died in ww2, it doesn't matter what anyone says, but we'll be talking in German if it wasn't for those soldiers between them eric waters, who faught for the allies and gave their ultimate tribute for freedom

[t008er]

3/5 Pink Floyd are dead......... My head sinks...... cd's and mp3's of my time will never amount to the analog version of such music.

[Belgarath98]

@t008er What do you mean, 3/5?

[GtForLife123]

@decerto78 are they referring to tiger tanks? You seem to have lots of info on this.

[Decerto78]

@GtForLife123 Yes they were the Tiger 1 tanks, the line was held only through superior artillery power from the Allies as Company Z was surrounded by the tanks and infantry.

[GtForLife123]

@Decerto78 I see...

[italiaboy1123]

YES!

i didn't cry that time! =D

[danielspital]

The final cut has got to be my second favorite after the wall. So much emotion and perfectly sums up an era. Waters is a genius

[jgraz42]

It's Company "z"............. damn good tune

[Ascerus]

@jgraz42 If it were Z then I think it would've been said as Zed.

[Decerto78]

@Ascerus It is Z, his father was in Z Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. X and Y company were wiped out in the first stages of the breakout and Z was the last line which held but some were taken prisoner. His father's body was never found.

[Ascerus]

@Decerto78 Where did you find that out?

In the Wall (Movie) with Roger Waters commemtary he does say C.

I've seen the film lots of times; Watched with commentary twice, and subtitles. It's C.

[Decerto78]

@Ascerus Lots of places. Search for Eric Waters, and there are a few articles around that detail what happened and what is true in the song and what isn't. There is a good article about it on rogerwaters org. Just search "roger waters org eric" and click the "royalfusiliers1" link since it won't let me post the link

[Ascerus]

@Decerto78 Awesome, thanks.

[Decerto78]

@Ascerus No problems :)

[marco29a]

This song is in the movie Pink Floyd the Wall, even before the Final Cut record was released.

[phineasgauge69]

@marco29a And I always wondered why it didnt make the soundtrack.

[202nate]

there was frost "in" the ground

[pace1one08]

And no one survived from the royal fusiliers company z

[202nate]

@pace1one08 its company C

[pace1one08]

@202nate your wrong

[pace1one08]

@Problemization actual tigers yeh?

[phineasgauge69]

@pace1one08 German Tiger tanks from WW II

[blasterskv]

@Problemization jebala te srebrenica.... vise ste zla ucinili nama nego mi vama. svi su krivi sto su uvukli narod u rat! ali prestanite da nas blatite vise i time da sebe velicate! to je licemerno!

[JustURAverageGamr]

*Insert slightly cheezy saying about war here*

[cristopherkloeess]

kind old King George and his own rubber stamp.......

[Mr80grit]

Sorry, wasn't on the final cut....



[ilikeblondie]

@Mr80grit This song??? it was a single but released on the 2004 re release but is considered to be apart of the album much as Not now john was.

[celonsus]

My dad didn't die or anything... He just never comes by to visit me... Always off with women when he has a son and wife at home...

[freethetech]

The first verse (up until Roger sings about King George sending the letter to Mrs.Waters) never really made sense to me. But when I studied WWII, I realized it was all fact. It's amazing how intent he is on the death of his father and The 8th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, Company C.

[brainiacgames]

I absolutely hate the sentiment of this song - that a whiny kid can disparage his father's willing sacrifice and salvation of the free world from fascism - but man it is a well-written and performed song.

[HuxleyWasRight]

@brainiacgames what did he sacrifice for in the end though ? 400 thousand British solders died for the stalinisation of half of europe.

ww2 was triggered by Germany's invasion of Poland to reclaim the port city of Danzig (it was stripped from Germany at Versailles after ww1), a city which 90% of it's inhabitants wanted to be part of Germany, what happened to Poland after the war ? The soviets occupied it for 40 brutal years.

Germany could never have invaded the UK, they didn't have the Navy.

[JeffBend]

@HuxleyWasRight too many idiots know too much about the second world war, and are thus able to draw their own offensive, arrogant opinions from it. you seem to be making 3 unrelated points here.. the Stalinisation of Europe, the ethnic German majority in Dansig (which by the way, we call Gdańsk now) and the short comings of the Kriegsmarine.. what do these have to do with one another ??? why are you sharing all this world war 2 knowledge ? we're not thick - we Dont need the lesson.ENJOY THE SONG

[HuxleyWasRight]

@JeffBend the first two lines of my response are directed at the person i quoted, the rest is just some musings in general (hence the full stop and beginning of a new paragraph). YT comment sections aren't really the place to go in depth on any subject, not least WW2, so i just threw a few thoughts out there.

[JeffBend]

@HuxleyWasRight i thank you for your reply, which is well tempered and kind.. I'm still not sure about 400 British soldiers dying for the Stalinisation of half of Europe. It sort of sounds like Communism was the Goal of the whole thing... yet, it is a fair statement (as a philosophical, hind-sight based musing) Still, to concede your point, i guess the road to hell is paved with good intentions ..

[HuxleyWasRight]

@JeffBend It is true that we have the benefit of hindsight, but everyone talks about churchill as some sort of master tactician and great war leader, but if that's the case then how come he could not foresee what the consequences of declaring war on Germany, and allying with Stalin, would be ?.

For me, there's no real great leaders from that era, all of them were too willing to go to war, sure some were qualitatively more evil than the others, but non of them covered themselves in glory imo.

[whitediesel266]

@brainiacgames open your eyes ffs every war has been a lie

[mikecreed22]

@whitediesel266 So are you insinuating that every wars motives have been a lie? In which case, drawing on this singular element, is tantamount to saying the Holocaust was a lie and never happened? C'mon you can't be that cynical surely man. And to make that comment on a Pink Floyd song, just is out of context. Now Rage Against The Machine I would understand it. Trying not to flame on this but it's mainly a curiosity than an irritation of intellect.

[whitediesel266]

@whitediesel266 no you muppet the reasons we went to war were on lies not that it did not happen and you know that you tit