I sing this to my 2 year old daughter Zoey as a lullaby. I change "eat get laid" to "eat go to work" and she is fast asleep long before "forgive me father...."
wouldnt say i dont like this album theres a few gems like this on it but the problem is that amused, pros n cons and most of floyds albums are on a differant level. recorded by any other artist this maybe regarded a classic but hes a victim of his own genius
@seedaripper2010 "Me or Him" reminds me of my son Brendan who died as an infant a few years ago. He was beautiful and perfect , I miss him so much. This song makes me cry too. I hope your Dad is still with you. I miss mine so much.
@bigals1000 It is really good but if he didn't blow out his voice than it could have been alot better. His voice right now is much better i went and saw him at the wall live
@DavidGilmour240 I have been listening to his new tour and his voice is sounding is still sounding good i have a ticket for manchester am hoping his voice lasts lets hope
absolutely love this album, which was extremely under-rated at the time. i think mostly due to the fact that we were all still making up our minds, who's side we were on (floyds or rogers)...Ss
@angie4josh In the Radio Kaos story, two brothers Benny and Billy (wheelchair). Benny was laid off and feeling financial restraints when in anger he killed someone by throwing a cement block over a bridge onto oncoming cars. This song is about Benny saying it was him or me... all those restraints now forcing him to do a very dirty deed. The album itself, is dedicated to people near their financial ends. Sheeesh Waters was always prophetic and ahead 10 or 20 years.
@craftiestdude he wasnt laid off. It was the miners strikes and closing of pits etc. the dropping of concrete block was aimed at a scab worker, who was getting escorted to and from work. This part of the story is true. It happend in swales, just a few miles from where i live..
@angie4josh no its billy's brother its about 2 brother's growing up in south wales during the minors strike the song b4 this called "who needs information" where billy Benny climbed up on a footbridge And he teetered on the parapet He said can you see the whites of their headlights. bla bla bla is actually real life incident that happened search "David Wilkie" he was killed on the A465 by 2 miners who dropped a concrete block from a bridge the album is sort of about this.
This man i a genius its as simple as!...and they say dont sing about politics haha...this was the first roger waters album i heared,it just blew me away,so different to anything else out there..SUPERB...if you havnt listened to the Amused To Death album yet well your in for a treat...thanks for sharing..the man should be SIR .....
I don't know if I can rank his albums. I guess it depends on my mood.
For a long time the only tape I had in my car was Pros and Cons, so I've listened to it countless times and can still listen to it again. So that's a pretty good argument in its favor.
Also, the title track of Pros and Cons is one of, if not the, best Waters songs there are.
This is my favorite KAOS song, and I think Watching TV is the best off Amused to Death (even though it doesn't showcase Jeff Beck's talent).
my favorite by far . . . .Pro's and Cons. I heard it for the first time almost 20 years ago, and still love it. oddly, many floyd fans that i run into have never heard of it. The lyrics, the story it's great and to truly appreciate it you have to listen through a good set of headphones - to catch all the nuances of sounds and random background noise - conversations, oddities which are roger waters.
Ive got Amused to death and pros and cons...both brilliant. Pros and cons is the greatest story ever told in my opinion. Ive downloaded Radio KAOS before but my computer messed up and I had to get a new one. Until yesterday i had forgot all about it lol
this is slightly better than Pros and Cons, but not by much (haven't listened to Amused to death yet :( )
but basically Pros and Cons: if you want the music of The Final Cut with lyrics about sex instead of war, female singers, and Clapton on guitar...you'll love it
(and i know i'm being overly simplistic by saying "lyrics about sex" in fact i think they're great lyrics but this isn't the right song to discuss them...and lyrics about sex appeal to me at this point in time :)
Its not all about sex. Its about love and the loss of love. Its a dream sequence put to song and its a hell of a story that covers every emotion. Pros and cons is a great album.
I know, like I said I'm being overly simplistic. I agree, I love it, and can't see why the hell reviewers put it down! (Oh my God, there's a chick's ass on it, RW must be sexist!)
@1michelemichele1 Radio KAOS and Amused to Death are both amazing albums by Waters, but my favourite from all his solo works is The Pros & Cons by far. It's a lot closer sounding to the Waters-influenced Floyd albums like, The Wall or The Final Cut, which were always my preferred floyd stuff. The guitar on that album is amazing. Clapton + Waters, really high quality stuff.
@1michelemichele1 Oh man... UNREAL album... Clapton is unreal... "sexual revolution" is a great guitar jam... And roger's patented voice remained intact.. .Rumor has it, he totally shot his voice during the pros and cons tour... so enjoy it simply for a farewell to roger's magnificent howl!
@heyaidkwhut AMused to Death is right up there with the wall and the final cut in my top 5 albums ever, waters puts it in his big 3 with dsotm and the wall.
Just like in the good old...days.
fcrim 1 month ago
WOW! What a song!
Stinkerstien 1 month ago
already in my faves haha
claire25679 2 months ago
this is totally going to favorites
manzadrogada 2 months ago
Hey, only 1 fuckstick - still one too many...
sullywully123 3 months ago
the tories are back & so are all the strikes,arthur nearly had the revoution going in the 80s.its a pity more didnt listen to him
celticpride67 3 months ago
I sing this to my 2 year old daughter Zoey as a lullaby. I change "eat get laid" to "eat go to work" and she is fast asleep long before "forgive me father...."
MrWill9739 8 months ago 3
wouldnt say i dont like this album theres a few gems like this on it but the problem is that amused, pros n cons and most of floyds albums are on a differant level. recorded by any other artist this maybe regarded a classic but hes a victim of his own genius
1888vance 8 months ago 2
entire album was so underrated
geraldramone 8 months ago 2
@geraldramone exactly...was going to be my comment,gerald
captdave08 2 months ago
it wouldn't matter who was president
useless584 9 months ago
"do you really think third rate military dictators would laugh at America and burn our flag in contempt...if Ronald Reagan were president?"
olofpalme63 11 months ago 2
@olofpalme63 Well, It Might Work.... not
gurulimbo 3 months ago
@gurulimbo ...lol...go figure
olofpalme63 3 months ago
Always, reminds me of my dad, and always makes me cry.... :'(
seedaripper2010 1 year ago
@seedaripper2010 "Me or Him" reminds me of my son Brendan who died as an infant a few years ago. He was beautiful and perfect , I miss him so much. This song makes me cry too. I hope your Dad is still with you. I miss mine so much.
MrWill9739 8 months ago 4
@MrWill9739
My deepest sympathy. I know how you feel and I also know, for me, things are getting worse not better. I hope you're coping better than I.
Nacho66 1 month ago
One of my favourite solo Rog songs despite feeling that Amused to Death is his greatest solo record with practically no weak numbers.
icecreamscuseme 1 year ago
Timeless.
kiltedkelt 1 year ago
gilmour make people listen when roger make them think
abdelfetah24 1 year ago 2
Just amazing lyrics,,Love RW..
redwhitch17 1 year ago
It al it always touch my soul whenever I listen to it
ZIDAN8888 1 year ago
this is my favourite waters song, brilliant.
4009elfie 1 year ago
what a tune
martincamal 1 year ago
i love this miserable fucker sublime
TheMusicnut1970 1 year ago
God bless Reagan.
AtoZor0through9 1 year ago
This roger waters at his very very very BEST !!!!!!!!!!!
bigals1000 1 year ago
@bigals1000 It is really good but if he didn't blow out his voice than it could have been alot better. His voice right now is much better i went and saw him at the wall live
DavidGilmour240 1 year ago
@DavidGilmour240 I have been listening to his new tour and his voice is sounding is still sounding good i have a ticket for manchester am hoping his voice lasts lets hope
bigals1000 1 year ago
"forgive me father for i have sinned" it is always a matter of me or him
to all of these people tuned to Radio Kaos
kozanecki2 1 year ago
pros n cons is one of his best , reminds me of hitch-hicking across europe , how i long for those carefree days again......
josker12 1 year ago
es el tema mas hermoso que escuche de waters !!!!
DJCARLOSDIM 1 year ago
absolutely love this album, which was extremely under-rated at the time. i think mostly due to the fact that we were all still making up our minds, who's side we were on (floyds or rogers)...Ss
smokestacks71 2 years ago
I'm a Iranian and i grow up listening to pink Floyd,roger was always was deeper and
more sensitive compared to David,David was more of a poster boy in 60's but undoubtedly a
great artist,in Roger's work you can sense that
he had a difficult chilhood,anyways love their works
hamic13 2 years ago
i remember i couldn't understand the lyric back than,but i still enjoyed the music,and listening to it now takes me back to my childhood
hamic13 1 year ago
I kiiled my old man so my new inner man in Messiah could live...it was either me or him.
DDT777 2 years ago 3
i think he didnt want us to know,that part was only for him and maybe few ppl to know
peace
hamic13 2 years ago
a voice said billy, u've fucked the whole thing up.
cutterschoicenotmine 2 years ago 4
lol
angie4josh 2 years ago
one of Rogers best Song I Love it very much!
MoonRubicon 2 years ago
um, I'm just curious...
the "Benny" that Roger is refering to wouldn't by chance be that maniac preacher Benny Hinn?
just a thought? : )
angie4josh 2 years ago
ok ok, sorry...now i understand the album. has nothing to do with Benny Hinn.
XD
angie4josh 2 years ago
I'm sure Benny was his brother, could be wrong
xAmnesiac1 2 years ago
I like sandwiches.
angie4josh 2 years ago
Cheese n ham?
xAmnesiac1 2 years ago
Bread sandwiches.
Its simply three slices of bread with butter in bettween to be honest.
Its somthing about the sheer 'thickness' of the bite that is positively breath taking.
Therfore I require no meat and no salad.
angie4josh 2 years ago 2
Haha that was pretty good and unexpected
xAmnesiac1 2 years ago
@angie4josh. microbiotic stuff...marmelade...i like marmelade...
diztanguy 1 year ago
@diztanguy hmmm... I cant be bothered with that its so fiddley...scrambled eggs and bacon..I like all cereals.
angie4josh 1 year ago
Benny was Billy's brother
njnivek 2 years ago
@angie4josh In the Radio Kaos story, two brothers Benny and Billy (wheelchair). Benny was laid off and feeling financial restraints when in anger he killed someone by throwing a cement block over a bridge onto oncoming cars. This song is about Benny saying it was him or me... all those restraints now forcing him to do a very dirty deed. The album itself, is dedicated to people near their financial ends. Sheeesh Waters was always prophetic and ahead 10 or 20 years.
craftiestdude 10 months ago 2
@craftiestdude he wasnt laid off. It was the miners strikes and closing of pits etc. the dropping of concrete block was aimed at a scab worker, who was getting escorted to and from work. This part of the story is true. It happend in swales, just a few miles from where i live..
TheGhosty78 7 months ago
@angie4josh no its billy's brother its about 2 brother's growing up in south wales during the minors strike the song b4 this called "who needs information" where billy Benny climbed up on a footbridge And he teetered on the parapet He said can you see the whites of their headlights. bla bla bla is actually real life incident that happened search "David Wilkie" he was killed on the A465 by 2 miners who dropped a concrete block from a bridge the album is sort of about this.
Are they coming yet
anthonyfilter 1 week ago
booya
rustedtractor 2 years ago
quality song
bigals1000 2 years ago
shame they not together any more!
hamic13 2 years ago
Work of a Maestro.
Peace.
rockaires 2 years ago
Great song..great album...........
redwhitch17 2 years ago 3
im in to my hiphop n garage ... but radio kaos is the shit , roger is DON
lilthun 2 years ago
Thanks Roger For the Awsome tunes from Ireland, Please come back soon!
Derry266 2 years ago 2
excellant by the mastermind. If you can handle the truth listen to the final cut
floydianify 2 years ago
i had the biggest crush on him as a kid hehe i have mum to thank....her influence lol
nyssahra 2 years ago
Oh my gosh I'm 15 and I have the biggest crush on him now...
TheMadcapPiper 2 years ago
Luck you! I'd wish to come back to my 80's to feel it on him again
lorenzettomuran 2 years ago
OMG I just love this music why wasn't it ever played ALL the time. I'M IN HEAVEN. thanx MICHELLE...
jonathandavidmateer 2 years ago
lol...i did literally 'fuck things up'
seedaripper1973 2 years ago
Haven't we all at some point dude?! :o)
TheLegend313 2 years ago
nice one M.
great tunes.
stevennewton08 2 years ago
This has a similar theme with his song "Perfect Sense" in that it goes back and forth between Caveman and Modern day man, absolute Genius
coldcomfort79 2 years ago
This man i a genius its as simple as!...and they say dont sing about politics haha...this was the first roger waters album i heared,it just blew me away,so different to anything else out there..SUPERB...if you havnt listened to the Amused To Death album yet well your in for a treat...thanks for sharing..the man should be SIR .....
paulgh1968 2 years ago
I love all Floyd music, and I have all the albums. This is the only other album that shares space with them. This stuff is so good. I love it all.
leftyjcw 3 years ago 3
I like Pros and Cons best of his solo work, but I still find this hypnotic. Waters' wordsmithing is second to none IMO.
wesmatron 3 years ago 2
I don't know if I can rank his albums. I guess it depends on my mood.
For a long time the only tape I had in my car was Pros and Cons, so I've listened to it countless times and can still listen to it again. So that's a pretty good argument in its favor.
Also, the title track of Pros and Cons is one of, if not the, best Waters songs there are.
This is my favorite KAOS song, and I think Watching TV is the best off Amused to Death (even though it doesn't showcase Jeff Beck's talent).
SingleWhiteMale 3 years ago
What a grate track!thats what i say
ScottB1690 3 years ago 3
my favorite by far . . . .Pro's and Cons. I heard it for the first time almost 20 years ago, and still love it. oddly, many floyd fans that i run into have never heard of it. The lyrics, the story it's great and to truly appreciate it you have to listen through a good set of headphones - to catch all the nuances of sounds and random background noise - conversations, oddities which are roger waters.
trailrx 3 years ago
Great song. I like Roger's shakuhachi playing here. Its brilliant.
donredguitar 3 years ago 6
what a top solo album waters brought out brings some memories this:)FORGIVE ME FATHER FOR I HAVE SINNED. BRILLIANT LYRICS 5/5
carlstivy 3 years ago 3
One of the greatest song writers ever!
huwsbach25 3 years ago 8
@huwsbach25 great taste
kozmikburd 1 year ago
Waters continues to amaze me. Every week i find another amazing song by him.
heyaidkwhut 3 years ago 4
You are really liking him, aren't ya?
Two recommendations for you, my friend:
Radio KAOS
Amused to Death
Me, I never got into "Pros & Cons" -- but that's me.
Waters is a genius.
1michelemichele1 3 years ago
Ive got Amused to death and pros and cons...both brilliant. Pros and cons is the greatest story ever told in my opinion. Ive downloaded Radio KAOS before but my computer messed up and I had to get a new one. Until yesterday i had forgot all about it lol
heyaidkwhut 3 years ago
You really think Pros & Cons is up there with the other two then
Hm. I have it, I just remember not being terribly fond of it.
...Time to dig it up and really listen to the thing.
1michelemichele1 3 years ago 4
Well alls i know is that when roger waters teams up with Eric Clapton its bound to kick some ass ;)
heyaidkwhut 3 years ago 2
this is slightly better than Pros and Cons, but not by much (haven't listened to Amused to death yet :( )
but basically Pros and Cons: if you want the music of The Final Cut with lyrics about sex instead of war, female singers, and Clapton on guitar...you'll love it
(and i know i'm being overly simplistic by saying "lyrics about sex" in fact i think they're great lyrics but this isn't the right song to discuss them...and lyrics about sex appeal to me at this point in time :)
1theflame 3 years ago
Its not all about sex. Its about love and the loss of love. Its a dream sequence put to song and its a hell of a story that covers every emotion. Pros and cons is a great album.
heyaidkwhut 3 years ago
I know, like I said I'm being overly simplistic. I agree, I love it, and can't see why the hell reviewers put it down! (Oh my God, there's a chick's ass on it, RW must be sexist!)
1theflame 3 years ago
@1michelemichele1 Radio KAOS and Amused to Death are both amazing albums by Waters, but my favourite from all his solo works is The Pros & Cons by far. It's a lot closer sounding to the Waters-influenced Floyd albums like, The Wall or The Final Cut, which were always my preferred floyd stuff. The guitar on that album is amazing. Clapton + Waters, really high quality stuff.
tyedyeflower 1 year ago
@1michelemichele1 I agree, love amused to death and KAOS. Never really stuck with pros and cons
cockywatchman1976 1 year ago
@1michelemichele1 Oh man... UNREAL album... Clapton is unreal... "sexual revolution" is a great guitar jam... And roger's patented voice remained intact.. .Rumor has it, he totally shot his voice during the pros and cons tour... so enjoy it simply for a farewell to roger's magnificent howl!
PringDaddyPring 5 months ago
@1michelemichele1 Amused To Death will blow your mind
njnivek 1 year ago
@heyaidkwhut AMused to Death is right up there with the wall and the final cut in my top 5 albums ever, waters puts it in his big 3 with dsotm and the wall.
izbo10 1 year ago
all i can say is 'wow'
heyaidkwhut 3 years ago
One of the most under-rated songs on Radio KAOS, but also one of the most interesting.....
Thanks.
subcoolman 3 years ago