Interesting. Though I think I have this at the shop, I'd never actually listened to it until now. At first, I completely understood why. I probably tried to listen to it once or twice and turned it off exclaiming loudly that it was total shit. This time around, I was contemplating starting a thread where I discussed how much I fucking hate when DT tries to sound like U21. While composing that post, the song continued playing, and it turns out that after the first 2 minutes is over, it's actually a good song. Once they get out of the U2 mold and start doing their own thing, it gets better and better. It seems like the entire song is linear. It just evolves from beginning to end with no section being dominant or repeating. It's a shame it didn't get more treatment.
1To be fair, I'm not sure it was as much U2 as A Momentary Lapse of Reason era Floyd, but as it turns out, there isn't really any difference.
Regardless, when I get some time tomorrow I'm going to listen to the entire 2 disk set and see what else I've overlooked. After reading MP's thoughts on FiI, I'm not sure I agree with him about some of it. BMS-HK-LitS is monumental, and I gather that never would have existed. It'll be interesting to compare his idea and the finished product.