Worst song from this era

The Wall was the last real Pink Floyd album. "The Final Cut, a requiem for the post-war dream by Roger Waters and performed by Pink Floyd." No tour. No non-Waters writing credits. Even a session drummer taking Nick's place. What more convincing do you need? It's even less of a Pink Floyd piece than "Give Birth to a Smile."

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what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME . . . .

who kidnapped Floydwright . . . oh wait, you were the Artist Formerly Known as Floydwaters werent you, this makes some sense now, but you still are loopy and wrong

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Dizzy in the head And I'm feelin' blue
The things you said, Well maybe they're true Gettin' funny dreams
Again and again I know what it means, but Can't explain I think it's love Try to say it to you, When I feel blue, But, I can't explain.
-The Who

Wrong on which count--the first or the second?

As for TFC--it IS in my top five albums. Even though I'd rank it as the #5, it had to be very good to get there (even if I DO have an irrepressable need to "fix" the piano work when I play it)!

1) Broken China
2) Meddle
3) Amused to Death
4) The Division Bell
5) The Final Cut

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My guess would be...


There's no way out of here

off the album 'David Gilmour'



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Money, its a hit!

Although I don't find it deserving of worst song by any means...there's always something I've wondered about that song. I wonder if I'm the only one this thing seems so obvious to: I notice his background singers have a very different accent from him, and it's almost a bit abrasive.

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i dont believe it!
u voted for dont leave me now?
y? its agreat song
maybe its not typical for PF but its still a great song!
ohhh babe,
y r u running awwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyy?
babe!
and then the guitar begins.
a great song!

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1st: I don't agree with Don't Leave Me Now being in the poll. I really like the piano, Roger's "despair" and the final part.

2nd: I don't agree with FloydWright. The Final Cut, "a requiem for the post war dream", has songs which in their majority are remains (rejected songs) from The Wall. Okay, the lyrics aren't bad, but IMO aren't very good either. Roger says the same thing again and again, just changing the words. The musical part makes me feel sad... so poor. The old Floyd style, the true progressive rock that brought success and appreciation, is lost in this record that shows the point of domination that Roger reached over the group.

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Amen!

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I know this has nothing to do with this topic, but whatever is that little smiley doing? By doing the 'pelvic thrust', just how is that litle thing agreeing with us?!?

Well, I don't think of TFC as a Floyd album. I think of it as an RW solo--and his second best, at that.

And I'm sure you're understand I am guilty of a certain project where I try to "reconstruct" certain songs on the piano...believe me, I CAN hear what's lacking. One of the most telling parts is the Hammond on "Your Possible Pasts". It's FLAT. I mean positively DEAD. I can't explain it...but it doesn't "talk".

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Shane: good point about that smiley. I think its supposed to be nodding but it looks very rude, especially the way you've just lined them up!

FWr: I'd agree (but I refuse to use that smiley!) that TFC is definitely lacking, particularly in instrumentals. I mean, what happened to the long moments when it was just the music flowing from quiet to explosive then going back to quiet at the outro? The moments when you could enjoy the ebb and flow of the music and feel so relaxed afterwards, when you could visualise whatever came to mind and let your imagination fly to far off places and only come back when it had ended......

Is it my imagination or did that part sound similar to FWr? I think I've read too many of your posts FWr!

Red Bull gives you wings but music gives you room to fly........


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My time is coming. Do not mourn my passing. For it is the beginning of my life...

Yes...that smiley is rather strange, isn't it?

Although I find the sound effects at the beginning and end to have an interesting, relaxing effect--it's definitely not what the Floyd used to be. Even in The Wall, I found myself searching for a "true" Floydian instrumental, and "Is There Anybody Out There" was the closest I could come. I knew it immediately, even before knowing the history of the Floyd, that something was missing.

"Is it my imagination or did that part sound similar to FWr? I think I've read too many of your posts FWr!"

Awww...that's a bad thing???

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Thanks, Red Bull, for pointing out my 'lining up'. It's probably the first time I've actually laughed out loud while reading a post in a while!

Yes, I think he is nodding. But, with no neck, he looks simply indecent.

Where the artist failed was in not keeping the legs and arms stationary.

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