[net.records] REVIEW OF THE NEW PINK FLOYD ALBUM, THE FINAL CUT.

psuvm%kf4 (04/21/83)

   It seems as if Roger Waters has completely taken over the group, and
rites all the lyrics, most of the music, and sings almost all of the
ongs. Still, the album is very good, very INTENSE. His singing is
ery much like The Wall, yet more expressive, more powerful. This album
s more than a sequel to The Wall, more like a backround to it. Waters
s unafraid to attack anyone, and successively cuts down Reagan, Haig,

reshnev, Thatcher, and even good old ex-president Nixon.
   Waters contemplates nuclear holocaust, the loss of his father in
orld War II, and a vision of 'The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable

emale backround vocalists, with his own that shout 'Fuck all that, Fuck
ll that. '. He cuts down the Japenese, but at the same time sympathizes
ith them, 'But it can't be much fun for them, ... With all their kids
ommitting suicide.'.

   With grand visions, and moving vocals, Waters makes this an album
nderlying feeling of The Wall, but extends it, sort of coming out from
ehind the wall. A must album for all Floyd (i.e. Roger Waters) fans, it
an best be described, in Waters own terms, as a 'Requiem for The Post
ar Dream.