The Song(s) You Always Skip

ICBM

How did I forget… the last two tracks (Not Now John and Two Suns In The Sunset) on Pink Floyd's 'The Final Cut'. Perhaps because I deleted them from my iTunes library.

The odd thing is that back in the day, I possibly liked these two tracks best - but unlike the rest of the album, which went through a period of sounding dated but then gained increasing resonance with the years, these two now just sound out of place and spoil the album, which should end with the title track.

Also, if you've got the remaster with When The Tigers Broke Free on it, skip that and put it where it belongs - as a prequel to The Wall, not stuck between One Of The Few and The Hero's Return, where it doesn't fit.

mart

ICBM said:

How did I forget… the last two tracks (Not Now John and Two Suns In The Sunset) on Pink Floyd's 'The Final Cut'. Perhaps because I deleted them from my iTunes library.

The odd thing is that back in the day, I possibly liked these two tracks best - but unlike the rest of the album, which went through a period of sounding dated but then gained increasing resonance with the years, these two now just sound out of place and spoil the album, which should end with the title track.

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Quite ironic that as, having long since got rid of my vinyl copy, those are the only two tracks that I've downloaded. I love them both.

Mind you, I guess I agree with you that they don't fit on the album, but that's mainly because they're good, and the rest of the album is one long tedious meandering whinge in desperate need of editing.

ICBM

mart said:

Quite ironic that as, having long since got rid of my vinyl copy, those are the only two tracks that I've downloaded. I love them both.

Mind you, I guess I agree with you that they don't fit on the album, but that's mainly because they're good, and the rest of the album is one long tedious meandering whinge in desperate need of editing.

I used to think that too, but now it's one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums, and in my opinion Roger Waters' greatest writing. (If not as strong as some of the others musically.)

You're in good company though, Gilmour didn't like it either .

Teetonetal

The ones that spring to mind:

Vera and Bring the boys back home on the Wall

Get in the ring on Use your Illusion 2

Territorial Pissings on Nevermind