Taro T Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 The Final Cut through the fish eyed lens of tear stained eyes i can barely define the shape of this moment in time and far from flying high in clear blue skies i'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where i hide if you negotiate the minefield in the drive and beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes and if you make it past the shotgun(s) in the hall dial the combination. open the priesthole and if i'm in i'll tell you what's behind the wall there's a kid who had a big hallucination making love to girls in magazines he wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith could anybody love him or is it just a crazy dream and if i show you my dark side will you still hold me tonight and if i open my heart to you and show you my weak side what would you do would you sell your story to rolling stone would you take the children away and leave me alone and smile in reassurance as you whisper down the phone would you send me packing or would you take me home thought i oughta bare my naked feelings thought i oughta tear the curtain down i held the blade in trembling hands prepared to make it but just then the phone rang i never had the nerve to make the final cut Not Now John ###### all that we've got to get on with these got to compete with the wily japanese there's too many home fires burning and not enough trees so ###### all that we've go to get on with these can't stop lose job mind gone silicon (stop bomb) what bomb get away pay day make hay break down need fix big six clickity click hold on oh no brrrrrrrrring bingo! make em laugh make em cry make em dance in the aisles make em pay make em stay make em feel ok not nah john we've got to get on with the film show hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow who cares what it's about as long as the kids go (so) not now john (we've) got to get on with the show hang on john we've got to get on with this i don't know what it is but it fits on here like ........... come at the end of the shift we'll go and get pissed but not now john i've got to get on with this hold on john i think there's something good on i used to read books but it could be the news or some other abuse or it could be reusable shows ###### all that we've got to get on with these got to compete with the wily japanese no need to worry about the vietnamese got to bring the russian bear to his knees well, maybe not the russian bear maybe the swedes we showed argentina now let's go and show these make us feel tough and wouldn't maggie be pleased nah nah nah nah nah nah! s'cusi dove il bar se para colio pou eine toe bar s'il vous plait ou est le bar oi' where's the ###### bar john! Two Suns in the Sunset in my rear view mirror the sun is going down sinking behind bridges in the road and i think of all the good things that we have left undone and i suffer premonitions confirm suspicions of the holocaust to come the (rusty) wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in gives way and suddenly it's day again the sun is in the east even though the day is done two suns in the sunset hmmmmmmmmm could be the human race is run like the moment when the brakes lock and you slide towards the big truck you stretch the frozen moments with your fear and you'll never hear their voices and you'll never see their faces you have no recourse to the law anymore and as the windshield melts (and) my tears evaporate leaving only charcoal to defend finally i understand the feelings of the few ashes and diamonds foe and friend we were all equal in the end © 1983 pink floyd music publisher Truth be told, the last 3 tracks on side 1 are pretty copacetic too. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 So, how are we feelin' this morning, Taro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I still have the vinyl. I ended many a night in high school with that record, my friends all passed out on the living room floor and my parents away for the weekend. I'd be hard pressed, though, to choose between The Final Cut or Animals if I could only take one to a desert island. I know what I'm doing tonight. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braedon Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I still have the vinyl. I ended many a night in high school with that record, my friends all passed out on the living room floor and my parents away for the weekend. I'd be hard pressed, though, to choose between The Final Cut or Animals if I could only take one to a desert island. I know what I'm doing tonight. :thumbsup: Animals for me. My favorite song after Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ftOC_KxmM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Animals for me. My favorite song after Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ftOC_KxmM Weird video. It may have been the same concert but that wasn't the song they were playing. Anyway, this is neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braedon Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Weird video. It may have been the same concert but that wasn't the song they were playing. Anyway, this is neat. I agree, either the sync is off or they spliced in segments in which they aren't playing the song. However there are definitely parts when Waters is singing Sheep and Gilmour is on the right chord. Love that building. When we make our pilgrimage to Scotland in a few years, I need to stop in London to catch an EPL game and see the power station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Waters is a god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Waters is a god. True. I'm not sure what that makes Syd and this tribute to him, but it is up there as well. Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught in the cross fire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for far away laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond. Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the steel breeze. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Shine on you crazy diamond. Pile on many more layers, and I'll be joining you there. Shine on you crazy diamond. And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumphs, and sail on the steel breeze. Come on you boy child, you winner and loser, come on you miner for truth and delusion and shine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 So many great Floyd songs out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 soo many good pink floyd songs... for those who haven't seen it, this song sounds just as beautiful (if not more so) on acoustic guitar... and this echoes acoustic version is killer as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKB63Z7CbOM i play a little guitar and i'm a sucker for acoustic guitars. love the sound of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 True. I'm not sure what that makes Syd and this tribute to him, but it is up there as well. Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught in the cross fire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for far away laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond. Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the steel breeze. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Shine on you crazy diamond. Pile on many more layers, and I'll be joining you there. Shine on you crazy diamond. And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumphs, and sail on the steel breeze. Come on you boy child, you winner and loser, come on you miner for truth and delusion and shine! Great lyrics and it pretty well sums up Syd and his spiral into madness. There's a great vid of Syd on youtube called Syds first trip that is probably a good indication that the lsd became more important than the creative process instead of just enhancing it. I'm currently teaching myself wish you were here on guitar. Love that song too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Great lyrics and it pretty well sums up Syd and his spiral into madness. There's a great vid of Syd on youtube called Syds first trip that is probably a good indication that the lsd became more important than the creative process instead of just enhancing it. I'm currently teaching myself wish you were here on guitar. Love that song too. Wish you were here is one of my favorite songs of all time! It was also the first song I learned on guitar. There are several good video lessons on youtube if you get stuck! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 The final cut is a great album to pass out to after a long night of recreation. Seems like we are missing an OT thread - there might be one or two more vices we haven't discussed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Wish you were here is one of my favorite songs of all time! It was also the first song I learned on guitar. There are several good video lessons on youtube if you get stuck! :thumbsup: We got my 12 yr old a guitar for his birthday this year and I keep asking him if he thinks he can play that song (or any other one that comes on the radio w/ Gilmour working the Stratocaster) and he keeps coming back with 'I don't think so.' Now that he can lay out kids 40 lbs bigger than him on the ice and it's fun to watch that, I'm really looking forward to him learning how to work the guitar as well. Actually if he could play anything off Gilmour's 1st solo album I'd be horribly impressed. That was a truly awesomely understated record. There's no way out of here, when you come in you're in for good. There was no promise made, the part you played, the chance you took. There are no boundaries set, the time oh yet you wasted still. So it slips through your hands like grains of sand; you watch it go; there's no time to be lost, you'll pay the cost so get it right. There's no way out of here, when you come in here you're in for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frissonic Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 We got my 12 yr old a guitar for his birthday this year and I keep asking him if he thinks he can play that song (or any other one that comes on the radio w/ Gilmour working the Stratocaster) and he keeps coming back with 'I don't think so.' Now that he can lay out kids 40 lbs bigger than him on the ice and it's fun to watch that, I'm really looking forward to him learning how to work the guitar as well. Actually if he could play anything off Gilmour's 1st solo album I'd be horribly impressed. That was a truly awesomely understated record. There's no way out of here, when you come in you're in for good. There was no promise made, the part you played, the chance you took. There are no boundaries set, the time oh yet you wasted still. So it slips through your hands like grains of sand; you watch it go; there's no time to be lost, you'll pay the cost so get it right. There's no way out of here, when you come in here you're in for good. I read an article the other day that "definitively" stated that Jimmy Hendrix is/was the greatest guitarist of all time. While I'm willing to give him his due, I will always think of Gilmour as being light-years ahead of Hendrix. Hendrix was great technically and wow-y, but Gilmour's guitar work is just so emotive. His solos are ridiculously intense, and maybe that's a by-product of being in such a phenomenal band ... let me put it this way: I've been emotionally drained by some of his work. Hendrix never does that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 http://www.youtube.c...h?v=uLJ_QVfT_wM http://www.youtube.c...Y0&feature=fvsr One of the few fond memories of my early high school years was Pink Floyd ... Such talent ... RIP Syd and Richard ... a heck of a bank in Rock N' Roll heaven. My later high school years were much better after I discovered The Clash ... it then became "Rock and Roll Highschool" for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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