Comments on: PINK FLOYD : WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE (1983) https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/ To singularity, οι πολιτικές του virtual, μέσα αντι-κοινωνικής δικτύωσης, η μουσική στην εποχή των ringtones…• Singularity, the politics of virtual, anti-social media, music in the age of ringtones… Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/#comment-27788 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:22:06 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=99758#comment-27788 In reply to Ken Powell.

I’m not a huge Barrett-era Floyd fan, but I am a huge solo Barrett fan
(check https://oannes.gr/syd-barrett-late-night-1970/ …and two others).

My Floyd favorites are A Saucerful Of Secrets (1 Barrett song included), Atom Heart Mother and Wish You Were Here.
Strangely, their most celebrated albums : The Wall …and The Dark Side of The Moon, are the ones I never liked much.

]]> By: Ken Powell https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/#comment-27787 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:22:50 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=99758#comment-27787 In reply to Oannes.

Ah, Pink Floyd definitely bring out the polarised groups! Many, like you, are in the Syd Barrett group, I openly confess to being a Gilmour/waters era guy. A much smaller group is the post-Waters fans. I don’t know any of them and the thought makes me shudder! 😀

]]> By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/#comment-27712 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:18:04 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=99758#comment-27712 is the reason why I cut these ties: I didn't like The Wall at all (I still don't like it that much...) being absorbed into punk/new wave at the time of its release. I was lucky (?) to be a huge Floyd fun almost since childhood (albums like 'Piper At The Gates Of Down', 'A Saucerful OF Secrets', 'Ummagumma', 'Atom Heart Mother' and so on) That said, I agree the track should be on The Wall, after all it was recorded in this context. Thanks for the correction!]]> In reply to Ken Powell.

You’re right of course about the song being exclusively on the reissues of The Final Cut.
I stand accused : I never bought the album on vinyl, having cut ties with Pink Floyd all over during that period. Even more chilling 😇 is the reason why I cut these ties: I didn’t like The Wall at all (I still don’t like it that much…) being absorbed into punk/new wave at the time of its release. I was lucky (?) to be a huge Floyd fun almost since childhood (albums like ‘Piper At The Gates Of Down’, ‘A Saucerful OF Secrets’, ‘Ummagumma’, ‘Atom Heart Mother’ and so on)
That said, I agree the track should be on The Wall, after all it was recorded in this context.
Thanks for the correction!

]]> By: Ken Powell https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/#comment-27710 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:55:54 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=99758#comment-27710 Ah this is a song that brings me to tears every time I hear it (or better still, see it – in the film). Your details are not ‘quite’ accurate… You led me down a very happy but long rabbit hole of checking to make sure I wasn’t going mad! I have The Final Cut album on vinyl and When the Tigers Broke Free is definitely not on it. For a long time you could only hear it at all by watching The Wall movie. It was released as a single in 1990 (I have that somewhere too!) and then was part of the compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. Finally – and this is where your info comes in – it was inserted into the re-released version of The Final Cut but that was in2004, long long after the original release of the album. It is a hill I will die on that it has no place in The Final Cut and should be on The Wall (along with the FULL version of Empty Spaces). I know the band felt it too personal for Waters to include in The Wall but it is clearly and obviously a match for the story and in line with Brick in the Wall part I. It’s perfect in the movie. I know The Final Cut is often considered the outtakes of The Wall, but it really isn’t. The feel and themes are very different. Anyway, rant over! 😀

]]> By: Liz Gauffreau https://oannes.gr/pink-floyd-when-the-tigers-broke-free-1983/#comment-27706 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:17:11 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=99758#comment-27706 I hadn’t heard this Pink Floyd song before. It’s absolutely gut-wrenching.

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