Hello everyone, and welcome to another glorious Friday evening here on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice. Today, we'll be featuring the official Song of the Day, but before I do that, I just wanted to make a small announcement. For those of you who do not read regularly, or who are eagerly awaiting this information (probably not many of you), I will be playing my first ever show at Dr.Disc Records, on May 31st. Here's the information: The show is at 3pm, on May 31st, and I'll be playing until 4pm. I'm not getting paid to play, and you don't have to pay to come, seeing as it's in the back of a record store (i.e an in store performance). I'll be playing about 40% original songs, and 60% cover songs, as I haven't got that many songs written yet (I'm writing/recording my debut album this July/August/September/October, and I hope to have it out in December, but more about that later). So, if you can make it out, my appreciation would be immense. Alright, that's definitely enough about myself, let's move on to the track of the day.
Southampton Dock & The Final Cut - Pink Floyd (1983's The Final Cut)
As you can see, the Song of the Day is actually the Songs of the Day. They are two songs that bleed right into each other, and could basically be the same song, so I decided to post them both. The songs are Southampton Dock and The Final Cut, by one of my favorite bands, Pink Floyd. They are both featured on the very last Pink Floyd studio album, The Final Cut. The album has been received warmly by neither fans nor critics. I, however, beg to disagree. The Final Cut features some of my favorite Pink Floyd tracks, and I believe that it is just as good as any of their previous albums (except Animals and Wish You Were Here). The reason this album receives so much flak from, just about everyone, is because it is basically a Roger Waters album. It is overtly-political, strays very much from the original "Floydian" sound, and only features vocals from David Gilmore on one track (Not Now John). Roger Waters even fired original keyboardist Rick Wright, so this was also the first Floyd album he didn't appear on.
Despite all these things though, The Final Cut still remains very dear to me. So, here my two favorite tracks from the album
Southampton Dock - Pink Floyd
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Til' Tomorrow
