Pink Floyd-When The Tigers Broke Free

[@davidlukey5189]

Even though I know it's coming, that last line instantly makes my eyes fill with tears.

[@j.woodbury412]

Mine too, and seeing Sori's reaction really hit me.

[@gjofoxster]

Very True. I love the last line. Very emotional ❤

[@TheGodseye76]

This is one of the most powerful tunes I've ever fucking heard. Always makes my cry..

[@johnnyjohnny8636]

You can't go wrong with Waters. He just has an integrity and a finer songwriting pen that not many other writers have.

[@RigVertigo]

“The Final Cut” is one of the best anti-war albums ever made.

[@kevinohara2618]

yes, its one of the most misjudged albums ever, usually by the roger waters haters, its definitely one of my favourite pink floyd albums with the most emotional songs written by one of the greatest lyricists ever

[@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq]

This song isn't on The Final Cut. It's an outtake from The Wall album reworked for The Wall movie.

[@ramanandalaishram5746]

Actually it's from" the wall" double cassette album. Later remove from the album coz song is too personal thought by the band mates. Later , he included that song with pink Floyd's last album with him i.e. the final cut. But the final cut album was so underated but I like that album one of my fav.

[@mitaku2287]

@@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq It is actually, it was included in the 2004 remaster of the album

[@vayres7512]

When the tigers broke free is not on the original The Final Cut.

[@scottward6974]

That last line is a killer man! The use of the word "daddy" is very emotional as apposed to father and the way he let's it sit for a couple of seconds before adding "from me". Gives me goosies every time.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Roger’s father died in WWII. His grandfather died in WWI. Both when their sons were very young.

[@tresianyfb5865]

Brillent song overlooked by many !

[@j.woodbury412]

This is a great song, with very little instrumentation. Just the choir softly humming in the background, and you can feel the angst and the pain in the singer's voice and the anger when he sings "And that's how the high command took my daddy from me!" and the abrupt ending really hits you like a punch in the gut.

[@jakeg848]

A few hundred ordinary lives... Understated and devastating.

[@tibzig1]

Yup. The CEOs, of major corporations, Wealthy Wall Street boys and the rest of the ruling elites are the biggest hawks, but their children do not go to war. They go to Yale, Princeton, Harvard and the like, make upper-level contacts and money and then repeat by sending others to war. I am a combat veteran. I did not send my children to the military.

[@DHARMN00]

two suns in the sunset from this album..... that sax kicks in beautifully

[@j.woodbury412]

A perfect ending to a great album.

[@stigandrmyrardalur5208]

The postwar dream, and Two suns in the sunset was banned by british radio....

[@Morgyborgyblob]

It's been over 20 years since I first heard this song, and it still breaks me every time.

[@lemmyrichards9477]

Pink floyd 'The wall' is one of the best albums ever produced.

[@pitcherrendon]

You have got to listen to the whole album! Each song goes perfectly with the next it’s worth it.

[@silvanorossi6416]

The song hits the heart to the core. Many can relate to the impact of the loss of a loved one in war and stays with you for life

[@floydianepic3259]

Great reaction. It's all real, the anzio bridgehead was real. War is easy peace is hard. The human race can be so brilliant and so dumb at the same time. How can a song so simple be so effective on an emotional level.

[@karlshuler1011]

You can feel his pain not only in the lyrics but in his voice as well. Losing his father in the war has affected every aspect of his life. Especially in his music and his anti-war stance, which I agree with as well. The Final Cut is the album to listen to to really feel how he feels about this.

[@Baba_Yaga_87]

Phenomenal song from a phenomenal band... simply amazing

[@davidbordonaro1631]

I'm picturing the scene from the movie as I'm listening . I can remember my grandfather telling me stories of his youth playing on Anzio beach before they came to America

[@robertherring9277]

That should have been on the album. This song says so much with so little.

[@Phished123]

agreed, its such an emotional point, a key piece for both Waters and by extension Pink. One of the best things the movie did was include When the Tigers Broke Free. It was a gross disservice to the story that it wasnt included on the album.

[@Blitzwing1912]

It was on the record of the wall, my brother is a huge pink floyd fan and I grew up listening to them and I remember he bought the original record and this song was included just like the movie

[@frankdc7386]

Dad = irreplaceable

[@BigSurJay]

Lt. Eric Waters, Royal Fusiliers Company Z killed in action at Anzio in close quarters combat. You can find the after action report online. It describes the battles that morning. They repelled the Germans a couple of times, but were eventually overrun It turned into hand to hand fighting. Lt. Waters was most likely killed in the third attack, but their position was obscured by smoke, so witnesses were unsure. But he was last seen fighting in close quarters, along with a couple others, in a trench position.

[@coyote4237]

So glad you're doing this one.

[@marct9808]

Shout out from Canada. Thank you for sharing your humanity with us. We all want Peace. Hoping we can work toward it.

[@trip354]

I cried when i heard this after 20 yrs. Power

[@wordsleydave]

Powerful !!!!! I leave it there!

[@seancasey4646]

Roger Waters father died during WW2. The Wall, and specifically this song, describes his father death.

[@TheMkamix]

This is such an emotional song.

[@martincummings7886]

In the WW2 the General's would stay miles away from the front line sending soldiers forward to certain death pretty much the same as in WW1 in the trenches only difference in WW2 it wasn't in the trenches it was going forward against Tanks, that's why the title of the song has Tigers in it cos that's what the German Tanks were called Tiger Tanks..!! Roger Waters is the best lyricist ever born and also the biggest Humanitarian, Anti-War Actavisit

[@moridin462]

ayyy i sing this in the shower a lot, for some reason... lol. more Type O please!

[@jorgearanda8129]

Escuché esto cientos de veces. Cada vez me emociona hasta las lagrimas. Que coraje de parte de Roger Waters, escribir una cancion tan cruda y al punto, hablando de su Papá...

[@philshorten3221]

Tigers are both the "feared enemy" represented by the animal and the most feared German Tiger Tank.

[@alexfrank6534]

Are you guys ever gonna sit down and do The Wall, front to back? Seems long over due?

[@krugh1246]

The "tiger" was the German 60 ton tank. It was such a killing machine the British coined the term "Tiger-phobia" high command would not put tigers in action reports, because of the fear factor it brought

[@leonhaley5920]

this song was only released on a single i still have the 45 record ty for this song

[@rukamukus]

I do too 👍

[@alanpeterson4939]

This is a great, overlooked album. It is very different from most Pink Floyd albums. It is very much lyrics driven, because of the deteriorating relationship between Waters and the others.

[@rhwinner]

These guys promote too much for my liking. ❤️

[@davidtaylor7242]

Oh just noticed you did Watching TV a year ago, going to watch it now, All the best.

[@portableportal]

The Final Cut most underrated Pink Floyd album

[@rhwinner]

💯 - I personally place it ahead of Animals and The Wall. Ymmv.

[@damienyoung751]

One of the best.. its a heartbreaking album.. Probably my favourite

[@brandonbailey8318]

Absolutely

[@antoniogiangregorio7101]

Roger Waters è SPECIALE . The final cut capolavoro snobbato e un po' sottovalutato .

[@serukun76]

@@antoniogiangregorio7101 hai ragione Antonio. The final cut per me è un po' controverso, nel senso che è una meravigliosa poesia, opera contro la guerra, un album unico e impareggiabile. Però forse troppo personale, forse un album che sarebbe stato meglio come solista di Waters. Un grande messaggio all'umanità, ma senza la musica che ha sempre contraddistinto i Pink Floyd, o almeno con molta meno di prima

[@YouMustWhipIt]

One of their best, but most over looked tracks. Thanks for doing this reaction.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Now, from the same album… The Gunner’s Dream. It is a song about the last thoughts of an airman falling to his death when his plane is shot down and his parachute fails to open. He has a few minutes to think before he hits the ground.

[@rohandunt3537]

Different album...

[@alanpeterson4939]

Actually, the same album. When the Tigers Broke Free was intended to be on The Wall. At least, Roger Waters wrote it for The Wall. But the group decided to not include it on the album. It WAS included in the movie, The Wall. Their next album, The Final Cut, was sort of a follow up to The Wall. On the original releases of The Final Cut, the song was not included either. But, in later releases of The Final Cut, When the Tigers Broke Free is included. So, the only two places the song exists as a studio production of The Wall movie and The Final Cut album. Again, it was not on the studio album, The Wall.

[@michaelharden1388]

Very much hope vin will be introduced to Al Stewart's "roads to Moscow" song. Absolute masterpiece from Russian peasant soldiers perspective of German invasion of russia.

[@brucer2152]

Watch PInk Floyd's "The Wall" and this song is in the movie...and it is a "piece" of the wall being built by the albums main character.

[@dadoleyna]

The last line, "took my daddy from me" is brutal and makes me want to cry, but the line about "signed with his own rubber stamp" makes me want to throw up. The latter doesn't just cover death, but the calloused reaction to death. Death is nauseating, but brushing off death is dehumanizing.

[@giovannifiorini7195]

Beautiful parallelism between tiger as ferocious animal and tiger as Nazi tanks, as they were called. A poignant piece that strikes a deep chord.

[@timm2428]

I have my dads field jacket from nam, funny thing is it fits me perfectly.

[@BogeyCDogRosey]

If you want to see war from a survivor’s perspective watch The Grave of the Fireflies. It’s about two Japanese kids trying to not starve after the fire bombing of their city. It’s adapted from a book written by a Japanese survivor whose sister did starve. Very good. Very sad. About 90mins long and we’ll worth it.

[@jameslinton6424]

Maybe they should replace Patton's line with making officer candidates listening to this song and writing an essay about it.

[@Betogalvsn]

eu já ouvi várias versões dessa música mas voz do rggers é perfeita demais

[@elrat6668]

The bitterness he has in this song shows

[@alexfrank6534]

….i think i was the one who showed you Hardcore History back in the day Vin!

[@skipwilliam5639]

The whole album is so under rated .. This song compares itself to War Pigs by Black Sabbath,.,. Where they send the poor off to war to die for them

[@rohandunt3537]

Princess Elizabeth (later to be known as Queen Elizabeth II) volunteered to serve in the war effort against the express wishes of her father, King George VI. She served by repairing and driving trucks for the war effort against Germany.

[@matthias3032]

Today I have seen a bunch of reactions related to "When the tigers broke free". I must say yours is the best. In regards of this I would like to recommend the German song from Reihard Mey und Freunde (and friends) "Nein, meine Söhne geb' ich nicht". Don't worry, the original is with English subtitles 😉. I am keen to see a reaction video from you on that song. Grüße aus Deutschland 😊

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

I think this song wasn’t on the original album but, it was always in the movie. I think… If I’m correct?

[@pinkbeatle2012]

I love this album don't understand the hatred

[@jagdeepkaul1261]

The thumbnail for this video needs updating from a picture of a tiger to a picture of a German tank

[@joekidd1057]

The Tiger tanks almost turned the war around.

[@erickzuraharo6763]

The final cut - pink floyd react please

[@psychedeliccodfish]

Anzio was a terrible battle where the Allies were pinned down for a long time. much lost of life. A prelude to what was to happen on the D-Day landings.

[@jc5247]

Rogers father dad die in WW1 at he age of 2 . 2 generation of son with no father. You can understand why his lyrics are very anti war. just listen to "amused to death". you 2 did on song " yellow rose" . Roger wrote all the of the album after see the Iraq War on TV. yellow rose is an actual happening with her been run over on TV.

[@joekidd1057]

Floyd talks about leaders fighting but look how long it took Waters and Gilmore to make peace.

[@soultraveller5027]

It's on the first intro on The Wall album

[@ThomasSchulz-y3k]

It's not on the album, it is only in the movie version. The title appeared as a sinle in 1982, rigt after the release of The Wall, and is the first song in the movie.

[@soultraveller5027]

@@ThomasSchulz-y3k Correction to my post yes the song ""the anzio landing 1944"" it's not on the the ""The Wal Album"" I was referring to the there final album ""The final cut" with "Roger waters" which it is on there, since I have the whole pink Floyd collection I'm 100.% sure it's on the final cut album which was released 1983, The story was it was originally planed the Wall alum, but after a disagreement from the rest of the group who considered it too personal it was not included, the final cut was dedicated to his father"" 2nd lieutenant Eric Fletcher Waters " who was claimed to be a conscientious objector at the time who served in the Royal Fusiliers regiment that landed on onzio beach 1944 ,which was counter attacked by German forces and t tiger tanks and was killed in this action, Waters searched high and low for many years in search of he's fathers war grave in Italy in was eventually found, at the allied war grave site at monte i casino a few years back with assistance from a British war veteran who was there around that time, and knew how his father was killed hope that helped nobber 😁

[@davidtaylor7242]

Hi just came across this reaction, so don't know if you have done a reaction to Roger Walters album AMUSED TO DEATH? it basically tells the story of the demise of the human race by war. Amazing album and very thought-provoking. All the best.

[@stevebellyman]

the tigers are the names of the type of tank used by the military

[@billhiggins1882]

Patton said its not your going to die your job is to make the other man to die

[@waynenash6008]

Incedentley the royal fusiliers had to hold there position because some American units to there front had broken

[@Chewable396]

Anzio wasn’t meant to be a bogged down stalemate on the beach, the plan the British general Harold Alexander wanted was for the Anzio landings to be a lightning operation to land behind the Germans facing the Canadian/British troops and encircle them by surprise. The American general Mark Clark was pessimistic about the plan and did not like Alexander, or British soldiers in general. He ordered the general in charge of the landings, John Lucas, to be slow and cautious and disregard Alexander’s directives. So we waited on the beaches, unopposed, the road open to surround the entire German army in Italy, and waited some more until the Germans realized what was happening and surrounded the Anzio beachhead. So Canadians and British soldiers had to land at Anzio to reinforce the surrounded Americans, while they were also themselves smashing head on into the main German defence at the Gustav Line. Mark Clark may have been the worst American general of the war, maybe the worst Allied officer period. Between Anzio and letting the Germans escape so he could be first in Rome, these were absolutely criminal acts. He was so hated in Texas after the war from the massive casualties Texan units suffered from poor planning and bungling that he never set foot in the state again during his life.

[@Chewable396]

There has never been any doubt in my mind that had General Clark held loyally to General Alexander's instructions, had he not changed the direction of my attack to the north-west on May 26, the strategic objectives of Anzio would have been accomplished in full. To be first in Rome was a poor compensation for this lost opportunity. -General Lucian Truscott, US Army 20,000 dead at Anzio for one man’s arrogance. The Italian campaign was not the US army’s finest hour.

[@rephaimog4186]

This song is brilliant.

[@joekidd1057]

Who knows what kinda albums they could of come up with.

[@1234schiele]

This is how waters lost the dad he never met

[@RoadDoug]

To me, this isn’t the most profound song by Roger Waters. Pure emotion and anger. Nice reaction.

[@pardefaut6131]

Hello, where is Anzio?🤓🤓🤓

[@strangelyjamesly4078]

Roger Waters never saw his father who died in WW2. Rogers Waters father never saw his father. He died in WW1. The Patton quote is "You dont win a war by dying for your country, you win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his"

[@paulr935]

"My father died in war" Vin: but the military industrial complex is good cause I talked to someone in the military industrial complex

[@michaelwoods9005]

The miltary itself and it's personnel aren't the "miltary industrial complex". The MIC is private industry defense contractors- and the politicians who are connected to them- that profit monetarily off of war. Companies like Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, etc.

[@Chetverikov]

Late, but a very brief explanation: While I can't speak to the very specific engagement that led to the death of Roger Waters' father, the broad outline of the Battle Of Anzio is that the Allied forces were staging a series of Amphibious assaults along the Italian peninsula to leapfrog around the defensive lines across the Italian Peninsula and head straight to Rome, capture Mussolini, and knock Italy out of WW2 completely. At Anzio, the terrain was very poor for the assaulters: They were landing on flat, marshy ground surrounded on most sides by rocky hills and low mountains. This made getting the assaulting force consolidated and pushed forward and out from the initial landing area as quickly as possible VITAL. Push forward and you can get into good positions up in those hills and mountains. Wait too long, and the Germans and Italians can set up on those hills and pour fire onto you while you're stuck down in the flat, open marshland and beach. It's debated to this day whether the Allied commander was too timid and waited too long, and thus allowed the forces to get pinned on that flat ground, or whether the entire plan was bad, and the commander was right to be timid because he had too small and too lightly equipped a force to really make a proper go of the planned assault, but either way the Germans and Italians dug in and it turned into a multi-month slugging match where thousands died and tens of thousands were wounded on both sides for very little gain. They landed in late January, but it wasn't until May that they were finally able to break out of the initial landing area and push towards Rome.

[@floydianepic3259]

Yes we must learn to become humane. The human race as a whole ha never achieved this but it is within us and some of us can look beyond ourselves and see it. One more thing. If You ever get a chance Listen to Roger Waters Solo Album " Amused to Death" it will rip your heart out but somehow make you more enlightened . You will relate to what you have said about people dying on a TV screen.

[@BoganDoleBludger]

Fun facts, Roger hates Maggie Thatcher. 😀👍

[@martincummings7886]

This difference in the 1st and 2nd World Wars was the General's never went anywhere near the trenches and kept sending men over the top to almost certain death as it was a battle of attrition, by sending that many troops to overwhelm the enemy's position and trenches..Absolute futile deaths, their would be mass public outrage if wars were fought like that now..!! Spending men to certain death just like the Legend Roger Waters father 😢😢

[@血まみれの赤ちゃん]

As long as there are humans there will be war come on vin it's the Christian way

[@tresianyfb5865]

We don't have in compare the ruins of war times on our land .. At same we have a latta messed up people who've seen much. I myself never woke to a blitz n c my across street niebors place in rubble

[@1234schiele]

Officers leading from the front is what changed Britain after the First World War because these sons of the upper class did lead from the front

[@cbo9090]

Company Z not Company C

[@damienyoung751]

There is no Company C

[@michaelwoods9005]

I believe the correct lyric in the liner notes is 'company Z'. Whoever made the lyric video just fucked it up.

[@Hollow78One]

So sad to see such broad minds being limited by ideology. Great reaction, but I would love to see your real feelings.

[@RicardoGouws]

Tigers were German tanks

[@frankdc7386]

A grown man crying for his daddy!

[@matthewkirkey2716]

880,000 UK military deaths WW2 . Stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp stamp...

[@adennagruetzmacher6076]

The tiger was the NAZIs largest open field tank

[@CarazyDiamond]

Sorry Roger Waters ❤ Thank you Roger Waters ❤

[@johnp5351]

Yeah unfortunately Roger Waters dad was lost in The Anzio bridgehead , yet another pointless loss of life , is there anything other in war? And we dont learn we are supposed to be sentient beings ? Not so much i dont think .Our base instinctts still hold sway

[@antoniocarlin5026]

Yesterday YOU SUCKS!! with King Crimson....NOW? well see....

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

This original scene from the movie is much harder to watch. 🫡

[@davidferrara1105]

Whatever you do, don't watch The Wall on acid. Just....trust me on this one. You'll be fit for Royal Fusiliers Co. C by the time this part rolls around.