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| | Amused to Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Amused to Death is a solo album by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). | | | Featuring Jeff Beck on guitar, Amused to Death further explores Waters' disillusionment with modern western society, focusing specifically on the influence of TV and the mass media, and was inspired by the book Amusing Ourselves to Death, a critique of television and its related culture, by Neil Postman. | | | In typical Waters fashion, Amused to Death is a concept album--this one organized loosely around the idea of a monkey randomly switching channels on a television--but explores numerous political and social themes, including a critique of the first Gulf War in which Waters has a choir sing the "global anthem" : "Can't you see? |
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| | allmusic ((( Amused to Death > Overview ))) |
| | Amused to Death is a solid album both conceptually and musically, showcasing Waters as an artist who, like his work with Pink Floyd, conveys his thoughts and ideals with pinpoint accuracy so that they are engraved within his audience's mind. | | | With this album, Waters touches heavily on the dangers of capitalism, the insensitivity of the human race, the ridiculousness of war, and the onslaught of mindless entertainment that encroaches on mankind on a day-to-day basis. | | | Ending with the title track, a song that sums up the whole of the album with it's subtle yet hard-hitting demeanor, Waters proves that he can still reveal his conceptual ideas with pristine clarity, only on Amused to Death, the music is as equally entertaining and effective. |
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| | Floydian Slip(tm) : The Pink Floyd Experience > Albums > Roger Waters > Amused to Death |
| | With a tentative release date of 1989, the album was to be named "Amused to Death," and even had an album cover design already in the works. | | | There was speculation that Roger Waters would created a sequel to his 1987 album "Radio K.A.O.S." During breaks in his "K.A.O.S." tour, he recorded some material at Nassau's Compass Point Studios and The Billiard Room, the recording studio in his Barnes, West London, house. | | | A few years later, 1992, the album would finally be released. |
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| | Amused To Death Discography |
| | The working title for this album was Amused To Death (the title coming from Neil Postman's 1986 book Amusing Ourselves To Death), and a Gerald Scarfe album cover was purported to include a huge martini glass with three bodies lying in it. | | | The UK release of the album came on September 7. | | | The title Amused To Death was dropped at one stage with Waters claiming it was "too final". |
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| | Discuss: Amused to Death parallels - www.ezboard.com |
| | It is an analysis of the ending of "Amused to Death" from the album. | | | Amused to Death was released in 1992, this happened in 1989. | | | Roger does not leave any hint of promise in AtD, he is leaving it up to the listener to come up with their own conclusions. |
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| | ROGER WATERS Amused To Death reviews and MP3 |
| | "Amused To Death" finishes the album, and although not bad, is certainly not a great song. | | | The final song, Amused to Death, is a great rocker as well. | | | — Amused to death, is definitely a masterpiece lyrics and music. |
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| | Progressive Ears Album Reviews |
| | Amused To Death is Waters third CD of all original music. | | | Of the three solo albums he has released, Amused is my favorite for a number of reasons. | | | Well, Amused is a concept album and that offers a lot of opportunities for thematic unity. |
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| | Roger Waters' Amused to Death |
| | With Amused To Death, surely one of the most provocative and musically dazzling records of the decade, Roger Waters has fulfilled his part of the bargain. | | | However, it must be stated that, from the near-tactile quality of its musical fiber to the epic scope of its theme, Amused To Death is a masterful rock parable that ranks with or surpasses the Floyd's finest work. | | | Give this record your full concentration for one listening and be riveted to the point of palpable distress. |
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| | Amused to Death Review in Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 92392 It takes a lot more t |
| | Amused To Death, Waters' third solo outing since leaving the popular group, is, in some ways, his most satisfying work outside the band. | | | When Waters' narrative worked, as on 1979's The Wall, one was willing to overlook the often overly s-l-o-w tempos and assorted lyrical gaffes (must the Japanese always be referred to as Nips or Japs in his songs?). | | | And Waters is still covering the same ground he trod when he recorded The Final Cut with Pink Floyd in 1983. |
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| | ATD Analysis |
| | Amused to Death starts starts with the song "The Ballad of Bill Hubbard", which is a monologue by Alf Razzell. | | | Roger Waters's "Perfect Sense" from the album, Amused to Death, questions why we view the world in terms of profit instead of human life. | | | The final monologue of Amused To Death is a message of hope. |
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| | Ground and Sky review - Roger Waters - Amused to Death |
| | Actually, the closing quartet of "Watching TV" through "Amused to Death" are probably the strongest music Waters ever did on any solo effort, getting a bit denser instrumentally and a bit more focused lyrically, and a lot more tasty melodically. | | | I find Amused to Death to be the album that The Final Cut should have been - it's in the same vocal-heavy, sparse-instrumental style, only done a whole lot better. | | | I usually find it difficult to sit through the entire album, it being so long and so windy, but for me those last four tracks are worth the price of admission; the closing title track never fails to give me chills. |
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| | Kill Your Television-Amused To Death |
| | Roger Waters, former bassist/singer/songwriter for the British supergroup Pink Floyd, answers this question in his album Amused To Death. | | | The album begins and ends with an old man telling the story of the death of Private William Hubbard of the Royal Fusiliers. | | | Released in 1992, this elegant and beautiful 72-minute musical work takes the listener on a journey through Waters' mind as he examines the images shown nightly on television. |
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| | [Audiophile Asylum] CD Reviews: Roger Waters |
| | The sound quality of the album is fairly good, although nowhere near as good as Amused To Death or many of the Pink Floyd albums that came before this album. | | | In fact, within the album most of the songs are actually announced as being songs played on Jim Ladds "K.A.O.S" radio station, although parts of the story are contained in some of the songs, such as Me or Him. | | | I think any time an album has to explain the concept to you in the liner notes before you can fully understand it, the album has failed to deliver its conceptual message. |
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| | Halifax Herald Article |
| | His guest list on Amused to Death includes ex-Eagle Don Henley, Rita Coolidge, and guitarist Jeff Beck, who is featured on seven of the album's 14 songs. | | | I think I've made another one." While Waters still bristles at any mention of his former colleagues, who still record and tour as Pink Floyd, he's determined to let his music prove he was the creative force behind the band. | | | The 73-minute concept album, released in Canada last week, is Waters' view of the world as seen through television. |
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| | Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage Unsung Reviews Roger Waters - Amused To Death |
| | In a word no. Amused to Death couples Floydian musical sensibilities (as he of all people has the right to do) with Waters hard hitting lyrics and its the perfect marriage. | | | So to Amused to Death I'll lift my comment straight from the Still Waters thread here "The Amused to Death" album itself articulates Waters views on the stupidity of armed conflict much more effectively than he did on "The Final Cut", and with far stronger songs. | | | So if you like the Floyd and you haven't heard this or you feel the need to own one Roger Waters solo album then its an essential release, I'm afraid. |
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| | G D K Zen: The Final Cut - Not Quite |
| | All of these albums contain veiled or explicit references to the death of Waters' father at Anzio, focus on a single character (with the exception of "Amused To Death"), and convey an incredibly bleak world view. | | | Amongst all of these lyric elements is a complete lack of musical subtlety. | | | The original Gulf War and the bombing of Libya are both pointed targets in the first half of the album. |
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| | Amused to Death - UK Prices and Reviews |
| | Amused to Death is an experience not to be missed; I rarely listen to individual tracks but set aside sufficient time to listen to the complete album. | | | Oh, and this is a much better album musically that The Cut, just in case you thought this was the Final Final Cut. | | | GeoReviews UK Home > Music > Rock > Pop_Rock |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Books: Roger Waters: Amused to Death |
| | Amused to Death; Audio CD ~ Roger Waters (Artist) | | | He has always been a master of the song concept and the concept album, but here he ties together the problems of our ninties world in media scams and self-centredness. | | | He hits the nail on the head with 'Watching T.V.' - remember the death of Princess Diana yearsafter this album's release! |
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| | Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Amused To Death - Roger Waters at Epinions.com |
| | While shopping around for this album on Amazon, I came across a comment that Amused To Death is best listened to by yourself, the whole way through, in bed, in the dark, on earphones. | | | A beautiful finale to the album that is guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes. | | | At the end of the album, Alf Razzell, the old man from the opening track, returns. |
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| | It's a Brave New World |
| | It's apparently common knowledge now that Roger Waters derived the title of the album 'Amused to Death' from that of the book 'Amusing Ourselves to Death', by Neil Postman. | | | I say that this is common knowledge because it's in the Echoes FAQ. | | | (see Foucault, and panopticism) "They're watching you..." It shouldn't arouse too much confusion to say that Huxleyian themes were present in the music of Pink Floyd, long before Waters did 'Amused to Death'. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: Amused to Death |
| | Bookended by the poignant tale The Ballad of Bill Hubbard it is a remarkable work that saw RW in the album top ten for the first time (and he still has not realeased a follow up, despite this album being thirteen years old). | | | Not to say that the first two solo albums didn't have their moments, they DID, but this album achieves an overall excellence worthy of "Wall" and "Final Cut". | | | Here we have what I believe is the perfect fourth segment in Waters' Lyrical Masterpieces, namely "Animals" (1977), "The Wall" (1979), "The Final Cut" (1983) and THIS album: "Amused To Death" (1992). |
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| | Death Albums and CDs |
| | The Best of Phil Hendrie 2003: The Death of Talk Radio (disc 1) | | | Death Valley Days - Lost Songs and Rarities 1985 to 1995 | | | Death Of The Italian Film Star: (Bonus Disc - Two) |
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| | Roger Waters Lyrics - Amused To Death |
| | Most of the lyrics in rlyrics.com are submitted/provided by individual hobbyist and are for educational use only. | | | rlyrics Home /R /Roger Waters Lyrics /Amused To Death Lyrics |
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| | Franz Schubert: String Quartet, D 810 (Death And The Maiden) Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Werner Aderhold. | | | Britten B /Death In Venice(Full Sc) Published by Faber Music. | | | P.O.D. - Payable on Death Performed by P.O.D. Guitar Recorded Versions (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). |
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Amused to Death |
| | Roger Waters's third solo album allowed a faint but perceptible return to the sound of his estranged former band, Pink Floyd. | | | Whether you agree with him or not is irrelevant - some of the lyrics are simply too well written to get mad about, even if you do not agree with him overall. | | | High points include "It's a Miracle" and the title track, "Amused to Death". |
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| | The story goes like this: Waters had asked Stanley Kubrick if he could use some lines and "breathing effects" from his "2001: A Space Odyssey" film on the album. | | | Specifically, a book by Neil Postman, called "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business." | | | Specifically, Waters wanted to include the part about HAL's shutdown [from the ATD song book]: |
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| | REG NEWS 98-2000 |
| | His last solo album, the darkly ironic "Amused To Death"--considered by many fans and critics alike to be an achievement comparable to "Dark Side Of The Moon" or "The Wall"--was released in August 1992. | | | Doyle Bramhall II is a Texas blues-funk guitarist who's been playing professionally since he was 15; as a teenager, Bramhall was one of the few musicians the late Stevie Ray Vaughan would invite to sit in with him and, at 19, was invited to join Jimmie Vaughan's Fabulous Thunderbirds. | | | Bramhall is a Texas blues-funk guitarist who's been playing professionally since he was 15; as a teenager, Bramhall was one of the few musicians the late Stevie Ray Vaughan would invite to sit in with him and, at 19, was invited to join Jimmie Vaughan's Fabulous Thunderbirds. |
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| | Electrostatic Amused To Death Guitar tab |
| | Song: Amused to death By: Electrostatic Album: Lost Confussion This song is great... | | | Home » E » Electrostatic » Amused To Death Guitar tab » | | | All content Copyright © Teijo Aulin 1998-2005 Copyright & Terms of use - Advertising - Contact |
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| | amused to death roger waters |
| | Amused to Death is based on a book by Neil Postman, called "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business." | | | Ten years ago this month one of the greatest rock and roll song writers released this clever, wartime masterpiece. | | | As chance would have it, it is as relevant now as it was ten years ago...when another Bush was, "laying on the federal building steps" |
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| | Amused To Death - Special Vinyl Edition [From Tor Hulbakviken +lt;torhul@isi.uio.no+gt; Da |
| | Amused To Death - Special Vinyl Edition [From Tor Hulbakviken +lt;torhul@isi.uio.no+gt; Da Amused To Death - Special Vinyl Edition [From Tor Hulbakviken +lt;torhul@isi.uio.no+gt; Da Amused To Death -- Special Vinyl Edition [From: Tor Hulbakviken | | | Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 15:15:26 +0100] OK, here's a little bit about the Amused To Death vinyl. | | | I bought it on Thursday, and got it for approx. |
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| | Brett R. Emmons, In The Flesh |
| | A deluxe DVD version of "In The Flesh"--featuring a Hi Definition live concert video with 5.1 Dolby Digital and LPCM Stereo music mixes, a 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, band biographies, still photographs, projected images, lyrics, and more--is currently in the works with a release date TBA. | | | On December 5, Columbia Records released the eagerly anticipated "In The Flesh," a two-CD recording of the entire live show (drawn from performances in Phoenix, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada, Irvine, California, and Portland, Oregon) and Waters' first full-length release since 1992's "Amused To Death." | | | Amused To Death [from "Amused To Death"] (Waters) |
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