Amused to Death Track 6

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Nuuk said:
At the beginning of track 6 on the Roger Waters album, 'Amused to Death', is the sound of

A clock ticking?

Somebody tapping a finger?

Dripping water?

Something else?

It's dripping water.

From the last verse on that track:

"And in Tripoli, another ordinary wife stares at the dripping tap her old man hadn't time to fix too busy mixing politics and rhythm in the street below."

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Lots of us has the "Amused to death" album😉 I even have a 45-spin of "What God wants" on vinyl. CD; go home and lay down😀
To get back on topic, yes its water dripping (Roger's Water😀 ) but as usual with that guy, its made a bit mysterious! Did you hear the cow muuuh in the right channel? That guy is obsessed with sound-"wall-papers" with different things comming tricklin' in.
The guitar on that particular track sounds really great and crisp.
What a nice set of finely tuned and nice sounding strings🙂

Steen🙂
 
That's odd because I found the Q effects were better after moving to dipoles! Just goes to show, there is much more to all this than we understand! 😉

That guy is obsessed with sound-"wall-papers" with different things comming tricklin' in.

I don't know about obssessed! From what I can tell there are not too many albums recorded in Q sound with as many effects as on 'Amused to Death'.

I wouldn't want to see it become common place, but I've heard albums since that would benefit from Q sound treatment., one being Bugge Wesseltoft's 'Filming'. 😉
 
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Great to hear a discussion about this awesome Roger Waters CD. It is perhaps his best album and clearly demonstrates why the Waterless Pink Floyd sound so "reduced" without his creative input. The sound is fantastic with Gilmour beating guitar solos from Andy Fairweather Low. Whist we are on the subject of Mr Waters you must listen to the "Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking" all the way through without interuption or disturbance with your eyes shut and in the dark for the full effect. His soundscapes are a form of art and a way of adding a very individualistic sense of timing to his music. He does not need to rush from one track to another like so many, he creates a three dimensional and temporal space that you will be drawn into whilst listening. Good for him, he "is" a genius. Cheers everyone. ( his operatic musical is pretty interesting as well)
 
I bought the 200gm two slab LP master copy set. The second record I ever bought, was DSOTM. Should you be grooving to that when you are 10 years old? I dunno. I loved it anyway.

As for the 'Pro's and Con's'..I think that Roger managed to beat Eric's best work out of him, in a tiny little 30 second solo bit.
 
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