Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons of Going Solo - Progressive Rock Music Forum

^^ a nice bit of knowledge and information here, fellas. I had no idea “give birth to a smile” existed.

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

1992: Roger Waters - Amused to Death - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ka1U3tes8Atdy1A_8oxGbPw7qVyg2qhIQ

Roger gets all romantic, which makes a nice change from carrying the troubles of the world on his shoulders. Smile

I go there, sometimes twice a year now, sometimes only once

And sometimes when I feel like crying, I just go there...

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 26 2023 at 14:58

2010: Roger Waters - The Wall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAtusYxDlaw

Not wishing to be typecast as a Jew-hating anti-Semite, Roger dresses in a black leather Gestapo-style trenchcoat with red and black Neo Nazi symbiology acting as a backdrop, which is strongly reminiscent of the Nuremberg rallies. Just another day in the life of Roger Waters. Tongue

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 28 2023 at 15:15

Floydoid wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Floydoid wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Roger Waters - Give Birth to a Smile

, from the soundtrack album, Music from the Mind & Body (1970), featuring Ron Geesin & the other three members of Pink Floyd on this final song from the album.

I've always considered this to be a 'lost' Pink Floyd song, and as such include it in my spreadsheet of every song/track the band recorded together.

You're right! Give Birth to a Smile would have been a perfect closing song for the Meddle album. Thumbs Up

I've always thought that 'Biding My Time' which was released on the collection 'Relics' earlier in 1971 would have been perfect for Meddle (fitting in with the overall romantic theme of the album), but due to the strictures of 2 sides of vinyl they would have had to have had to drop the jaunty cocktail hour number 'San Tropez' and the hilarious 'Seamus'. [on a CD that wouldn't be a problem]

Well, I wouldn't have cared if they dropped those songs. Though I'm not a fan of Biding my Time either... it sounds rather similar to San Tropez, or at least that was my impression. However, as with many of their early songs, I did like well enough the live version of the song from the Early Years Boxset.

1990: Roger Waters - The Wall: Live in Berlin - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGHs2yXwu1Sg4DXha46hfqGs6LarGe8w

Is There Anybody Out There? No, there's Nobody Home. Well, apart from the massive crowd of 350,000 people, making The Wall: Live in Berlin one of the largest concerts in rock music history at the time. Cool

moshkito wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

...

Roger Waters - Give Birth to a Smile

, from the soundtrack album, Music from the Mind & Body (1970), featuring Ron Geesin & the other three members of Pink Floyd on this final song from the album.

...

Hi,

Disgraceful ... that you would ignore the best song in there ... "Our Song" ... making all the others sound silly and shmoozy!

It was "Music from the Body" the mind was somewhere else, probably. It's a soundtrack of a documentary entitled "The Body" that I was lucky enough to see on TV a life ago. I have a vinyl copy.

"Our Song" has nice instruments, but Geesin's piano is better than the others

I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution

2023: Roger Waters - This is Not a Drill: Live in Prague - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXojvpCl2I

Roger Waters - Doing his bit for the Middle East Peace Process in Prague. Whatever next!?? Tony Blair as Middle East Peace Envoy? No, that would be ridiculous!! Tongue

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1990: Roger Waters - The Wall - Live in Berlin - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGHs2yXwu1Sg4DXha46hfqGs6LarGe8w

Roger Waters, Sinead O'Connor and The Band in the Mother of all collaborations. Smile

Sinead O’Connor loathed him, really an intense dislike, to the extent that I believe she didn’t show up for the re-recording of the first part of the show after the technical issues which dogged it.

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1990: Roger Waters - The Wall - Live in Berlin - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGHs2yXwu1Sg4DXha46hfqGs6LarGe8w

Earlier today, I was the only PA member online in the entire world, which begs the question, Is There Anybody Out There? Ermm

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ Nothing compares to Sinead O'Connor's bitterness, especially when it comes to Roger Waters, the Catholic Church and The Pope. Tongue

I actually agreed with her. Then she sung "Breakthrough" on Broken China. Sooner or later I'll dig her music more.

I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution