In recent years Waters fans respond loudest to the line: 'Mother, should I trust the government?' To millions of listeners, though, the song is a universal part of the questioning process as one enters adulthood. One of the earlier Pink Floyd songs to feature Waters on lead vocals, this one about battling inner demons is from 1973's 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' the first Floyd album featuring Waters as the sole lyricist.Īs part of 'The Wall' the song is about a depressed rock star's alienation starting with his overprotective mum. The album opener to the 1979 Pink Floyd double-disc rock opera 'The Wall' is a smart send-up of fascism and bigotry that also serves as a potent show starter on two of Waters' current century tours/live albums. Waters' biggest hit single as a solo artist features lead guitar by another guitar god, Jeff Beck, and comes from 1992's 'Amused to Death,' an album Waters called his best as a solo artist, placing it on a level with his Pink Floyd masterpieces 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and 'The Wall.'ĭisplaying his dark sense of humor in all its combative glory, Waters opens the song with the lines: 'If I had been God, I would have rearranged the veins in the face to make them more resistant to alcohol, and less prone to aging.' It's off his compelling new album 'Is This the Life We Really Want?' The title track from his first solo album - released in 1984 shortly before he announced his departure from Pink Floyd - finds Waters singing over a bluesy, bouncy beat with a chorus of women belting out the chorus and solos by guitar god Eric Clapton and saxophone star David Sanborn. '5.01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. The songs span Waters' solo and Pink Floyd work from the past four decades, and all appear on his solo studio and live albums released from 1984 to 2015.ġ0. George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer.When Waters returns to Amalie with his 'Us + Them' tour attendees can expect the classics he wrote or co-wrote with Pink Floyd as well as songs from his new album 'Is This the Life We Really Want?' In advance of Tuesday's show, here's a list of essentials songs the bassist wrote or co-wrote and contributed lead vocals. Van Morrison & The Band)Ĥ.37AM (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)Ĥ:56am (For the First Time Today, Part 1)Ĥ:39am (For the First Time Today, Part 2)Ĥ:39 am (For the First Time Today, Part 2)Ĥ:56 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1) The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes (Live)Ĥ:37 am (Arabs With Knives and West German Skies)Ĥ:37am (Arabs With Knives and West German Skies)Īnother Brick in the Atlantic Wall, Parts I, II, IIIĬomfortably Numb (feat. Every Stranger's Eyes) - LiveĪnother Brick In The Wall (Part 3) - Live VersionĪnother Brick In The Wall (Part 1) - Live Version The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Part 11 (aka 5:06 a.m. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-8) - Live Is There Anybody Out There - Live Version 5:06 AM: Every Stranger's Eyes)ĥ:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking HIKING Part 10)

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Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert (Live) 10)Ĥ:30 am (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)Ĥ:30am (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)Ĥ.30AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)Ĥ:56AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1)Ĥ.56am (For the First Time Today, Part 1)Ĥ.37am Arabs With Knives and West German Skiesĥ:01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10) Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert - Liveĥ:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. 10)Ĥ:39 AM (For the First Time Today, Pt. 10)ĥ:01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Pt. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - Liveĥ:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking HIKING, Pt. 5:01 Am (The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)

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