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[01 상반기] 96. Roger Waters - Amused To Death

by Mr.Doctor 2018. 9. 25.

[2001 상반기] 96. Roger Waters - Amused To Death 

[1992] 49. Roger Waters - Amused To Death 


Roger Waters - Amused To Death ('92, 6th) 




1. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard [4:19] 

2. What God Wants, Part 1 [6:01] 

3. Perfect Sense, Part 1 [4:16] 

4. Perfect Sense, Part 2 [2:50] 

5. The Bravery of Being Out of Range [4:44] 

6. Late Home Tonight, Part 1 [4:00] 

7. Late Home Tonight, Part 2 [2:14] 

8. Too Much Rope [5:47] 

9. What God Wants, Part 2 [3:32] 

10. What God Wants, Part 3 [4:08] 

11. Watching TV [6:08] 

12. Three Wishes [6:50] 

13. It's a Miracle [8:30] 

14. Amused to Death [9:07] 


Marv Albert - Voices 

P.P. Arnold - Vocals 

Jeff Beck - Guitar 

Graham Broad - Drums, Percussion 

John Brundrick - Organ (Hammond) 

John "Rabbit" Bundrick - Organ 

Doreen Chanter - Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

B.J. Cole - Guitar (Steel) 

Luis Conte : Percussion 

Rita Coolidge - Vocals 

N'Dea Davenport - Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

Rick DiFonzo - Guitar 

Andy Fairweather-Low - Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

Linsey Fiddmont - Vocals 

Lynn Fiddmont - Vocals (Background) 

Charles Fleischer - Voices 

Denny Fongheiser - Drums 

Bruce Gaitsch - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) 

James Haas - Vocals (Background) 

Jim Haas - Vocals 

Don Henley - Vocals 

Natalie Jackson - Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

Randy "The Emperor" Jackson - Bass 

James Johnson - Bass 

Jon Joyce - Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

Katie Kisoon - Vocals (Background) 

Katie Kissoon - Vocals 

Stan Laurel - Vocals, Vocals (Background) 

Jessica Leonard - Voices 

Jordan Leonard - Voices 

Patrick Leonard - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Synthesizer, Voices 

Steve Lukather - Guitar 

Brian MacLeod - Drums, Percussion 

John Patitucci - Bass, Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright), Guitar (Electric) 

Peking Brothers - Bass, Dulcimer, Lute, Oboe, Zhen 

John Pierce - Bass 

Tim Pierce - Bass, Guitar 

Jeff Porcaro - Drums 

Alf Razzell - Vocals 

Steve Sidwell - Cornet 

Roger Waters - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Synthesizer, Vocals 

Geoff Whitehorn - Guitar 

Guo Yi - Bass, Dulcimer, Lute, Oboe, Zhen 


14. Amused to Death 


Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me 

This supermarket life is getting long 

What is the heart life of a colour TV 

What is the shelf life of a teenage queen 

Ooh western woman 

Ooh western girl 

News hound sniffs the air 

When Jessica Hahn goes down 

He latches on to that symbol 

Of detachment 

Attracted by the peeling away of feeling 

The celebrity of the abused shell the belle 

Ooh western woman 

Ooh western girl 

And the children of Melrose 

Strut their stuff 

Is absolute zero cold enough 

And out in the valley warm and clean 

The little ones sit by their TV screens 

No thoughts to think 

No tears to cry 

All sucked dry 

Down to the very last breath 

Bartender what is wrong with me 

Why am I so out of breath 

The captain said excuse me ma'am 

This species has amused itself to death 

Amused itself to death 

Amused itself to death 

We watched the tragedy unfold 

We did as we were told 

We bought and sold 

It was the greatest show on earth 

But then it was over 

We ohhed and aahed 

We drove our racing cars 

We ate our last few jars of caviar 

And somewhere out there in the stars 

A keen-eyed look-out 

Spied a flickering light 

Our last hurrah 

And when they found our shadows 

Grouped around the TV sets 

They ran down every lead 

They repeated every test 

They checked out all the data on their lists 

And then the alien anthropologists 

Admitted they were still perplexed 

But on eliminating every other reason 

For our sad demise 

They logged the explanation left 

This species has amused itself to death 

No tears to cry no feelings left 

This species has amused itself to death 

(switch channels) 

[Alf Razzell:] 

"Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's name on the memorial to the missing at Aras[?]. And I...when I saw his name I was absolutely transfixed; it was as though he was now a human being instead of some sort of nightmarish memory of how I had to leave him, all those years ago. And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've felt happier about it, because always before, whenever I thought of him, I said to myself, 'Was there something else that I could have done?' 

[background: "I'd rather die, I'd rather die..."] 

And that always sort of worried me. And having seen him, and his name in the register - as you know in the memorials there's a little safe, there's a register in there with every name - and seeing his name and his name on the memorial; it sort of lightened my...heart, if you like." 

(woman) "When was it that you saw his name on the memorial?" 

"Ah, when I was eighty-seven, that would be a year, 

ninete...eighty-four, nineteen eighty-four." 


Roger Waters - In The Flesh ('00, Live) 



1. In the Flesh [4:41] 

2. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives [1:34] 

3. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 [5:53] 

4. Mother [5:37] 

5. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert [0:56] 

6. Southhampton Dock - [2:15] 

7. Pigs On The Wing, Part 1 [1:18] 

8. Dogs [16:26] 

9. Welcome To The Machine [6:57] 

10. Wish You Were Here [4:54] 

11. Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Part 1-8 [14:42] 

12. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [7:15] 

13. Breathe (In The Air) [3:22] 

14. Time [6:24] 

15. Money [6:11] 

16. Pros and Cons Of Hitch Hiking Part 11 [5:19] 

17. The Bravery of Being Out of Range [7:26] 

18. Perfect Sense, Part 1-2 [5:05] 

19. It's a Miracle [8:12] 

20. Amused to Death [9:24] 

21. Brain Damage [4:07] 

22. Eclipse [2:18] 

23. Comfortably Numb [8:10] 

24. Each Small Candle [9:08] 


Roger Waters - Vocal/Guitar and Bass 

Andy Fairweather Low - Guitar/Vocal 

Doyle Bramhall II - Guitar/Vocal 

Snowy White - Guitar 

Jon Carin - Keyboards 

Andy Wallace - Second Keyboard 

Graham Broad - Drums 

Katie Kissoon - Vocals 

P.P. Arnold - Vocals