🎧 Pink Floyd, "The Final Cut". As much as I have come to despise Roger Waters as an adult, when I was 17 he wrote this powerful anti-war record, which for all of RW's misguided and misinformed senior moments, still resonates. He re-introduces the Teacher from "The Wall" as a tortured vet, haunted by his deeply buried memories. Pink returns as well, still just a scared little boy trapped in a rock star's body. 1/2
At Water's direction and with Gilmour and Mason relegated to supporting players, it is PF's artiest record, and could be seen as a prequel to RW's "Amused to Death". Released 40 years ago this week. Turn out the lights, put on the cans, and lose yourself in this one.
There's a great in-depth article about the record here:
@MPCavalier I bought this the day it came out, was not what my soon to be 19 year old being was expecting. At now just shy of 59, it has become one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. Seeing him perform Two Suns in The Sunset last year was quite moving to me.
@John_Ripley Same here - a favorite PF record. I NEVER liked The Wall, so I didn't have high hopes for TFC. But I think I spent an entire week listening to it. It's been years, decades even, since my last listen. Now, even with much older ears, it's still pulls at my heart and my head, and of course the muso in me is just floored by its enormity. I mean, "The Gunners Dream"....damn.