- The Final Cut (song)
Song_infobox
Name = The Final Cut
Artist =Pink Floyd
Album = The Final Cut
Released =March 21 1983 (UK)April 2 1983 (US)
track_no = 11
Recorded = July-December1982
Genre =Progressive rock
Length = ~4:45
Writer =Roger Waters
Label =Harvest Records (UK)Capitol Records (US)
Producer = Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Michael Kamen
prev = Southampton Dock
prev_no = 10
next =Not Now John
next_no = 12"The Final Cut" is the title track fromPink Floyd 's1983 's album "The Final Cut". It has never been performed live. The video depictsRoger Waters (with eyes blacked out, possibly referencing that this man "is" Pink) singing to a psychologist and utilizes old film footage of 1930s and 40s life intertwined. It contains a short guitar solo played byDavid Gilmour .The orchestral motif is similar to that found on "
Comfortably Numb ", which was also scored byMichael Kamen .Personnel
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Roger Waters – Vocals, bass, and tape effects
*David Gilmour – Guitar
*Nick Mason – Drumswith:
*Michael Kamen – Piano, Harmonium and orchestrations
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