Talk:When the Tigers Broke Free

message: Eh… about the first CD appearance. I have Orchestal Maneuvers by David Palmer and The Royal Philharmoic Orchestra, which has it as well, and from 1989… Takumi Murayama 08:08, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
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message: Hi, I removed the alternate listing as you'd previously said you thought "Tygers" may have been the original spelling which it isn't.  I just thought it over complicated things but fine, I'll leave it.
NH 79.121.143.143 (talk) 17:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Above copied from my Talk page SilentC (talk) 21:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I think that it's also spelled 'Tigers' on Echoes in many cases too. The track listing on Amazon.com for example. I really don't know why my copy (purchased in Australia) has it spelled 'Tygers'. I've searched the web for an explanation but couldn't find one. I found a few that support it as an alternate listing though: , , . There are also a few posts to fan forums that use the spelling. It's probably just another one of those things they did to create mystique. Who knows? :) SilentC (talk) 21:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: When the Tygers Broke Free

message: In the song, Waters pronounces 'Z' as the American "Zee", hence the unit sometimes gets incorrectly referred to as "Company C".
:As an American, I find this part a bit confusing. Is the letter 'Z' pronounced differently by the British? Is it meant to be read as a Roman numeral? (I can't remember if Z is used as a numeral.) It would help if someone could add a "rather than the British [...]" or something to clarify for those of us living across the pond. --Crimson Bleeding Souls (talk) 01:17, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm an American, as well, but my experience is that all of the English speaking world outside the USA (and possibly Canada) habitually pronounces that letter as "zed".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.124.171.68 (talk) 04:03, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article refers to Z Company, but then when it quotes the lyrics it says, "As Waters tells it, the forward commander had asked to withdraw his forces from a German Tiger tank assault, but the generals refused, and "the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price / Of a few hundred ordinary lives" as the Tigers eventually broke through the British defence, killing all of Company C, including Eric Waters."  So the question becomes what does the lyrics say?  According to the article, it was Z Company, so why would the lyrics say Company C?  Perhaps someone with knowledge of the Royal Fusiliers would know this.  Fanra (talk) 23:41, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Us Brits always say ZED and never ZEE.  Before reading this article I always assumed Roger sang "Company C".  You sent me to find this reference which confirms Company Z: https://web.archive.org/web/20100714031842/http://www.rogerwaters.org/34/royalf1.html  And as a Pink Floyd fan I can point out a good reason why Roger sings "Company ZEE".  It is because it rhymes with "When the Tigers Broke Free" in the preceding line.  Artistic licence.  Zee rhymes with Free. 82.8.178.206 (talk) 12:38, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mispronunciation?