Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992)

Music video by Roger Waters performing Amused to Death (1992). (C) 1992 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

[@phillace]

Amused to Death , Possibly THE Most Underrated Album Ever , A True Classic .

[@jamesaitchison9478]

Amused To Death is Roger Waters' masterpiece....as quintisencial as Dark Side Of The Moon, and as lyrically biting as Animals, Amused To Death is my favourite album ever, it got me through some tough times and kept me going when i thought i had nothing else to give; this album pulled me back from the brink of suicide....i'm probably living now soley because of this album. I really can't praise it enough, just listen to it, let it grow on you, seep into your veins and enjoy.

[@ryanmartin3248]

My favorite album as well. It’s perfect. Eye opening lyrics, amazing bass, guitar, drumming and synthesizer work, ambient sounds both atmospheric and nature and awesome sound effects

[@jamesaitchison9478]

@@ryanmartin3248 I agree with you Ryan, Amused To Death is a very highly produced album. Lyrically it's powerful, thought provoking, contemporary and stands the test of time. Musically it's ambience is a mainstay throughout the album creating a somewhat sombre atmoshere with moments of extremely powerful and beautiful music; it captures your heart and mind and whisks you off on a self exploration of morality, empathy and purpose. Everyone has their own interpretation of course, though the album's themes have mass appeal in an unusual melancholic way. Brilliant album 👍

[@zooropaforever]

I'm not very much into Roger's solo career except for this album. Pros and Cons... meh... Radio Kaos... good but not excellent. Is this the life... meh again. But ATD...it's perfect. Probably my fav album ever. I bought it 3 times since it came out in 1992 by the fact that I somehow lost the first CD and borrowed to someone else the second who didn't return it to me. It's still absolutely actual almost 30 years after its release. I think that a great part of the quality comes from Pat Leonard.

[@jamesaitchison9478]

@@zooropaforever Amused To Death is arguably just as culturaly relevant as it was upon release. It's themes are so on point it could have been written yesterday and no-one would probably notice. An album for all times, and a masterpiece for the ages.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

A bad album kept you alive? Damn. Well. Don't hurt yourself, try a David Gilmour solo album. They actually sound good.

[@scottdelong1]

Roger nailed it. What a prescient album! He predicted politics as entertainment and now we have a reality TV President. This album is criminally underappreciated, as good musically, lyrically, and conceptually as anything released under the Pink Floyd brand name.

[@quinker6569]

One of the greatest joys of watching a Roger Waters clip on YT is that afterwards one can browse the comments and read some of the most interesting, poetic, inciteful and grateful expressions written on any page. That's a testament to the man and his music too. Fantastic stuff.

[@Ghostwriter78]

Did not disappoint me. Not now, as a 45 year old, and not when I first listen to it at 15. This album is certainly TIMELESS!

[@emmbee444]

The man is, and was, a visionary poet. Wish Mr Gilmour had stuck with him. With Rog's intellectual lyricism and David's immense musical capabilities they could still be blowing away both sides of the Pink Floyd/Roger Waters argument........

[@davidhaney1394]

I`m not . There would be no "pro`s and cons of hitching ", no "Radio Kaos " , no "amused to death" , what the hell are you talking about man ? Not to mention no "on an island " , "rattle that lock ", or " About face" or even "wet dream " maybe .

[@ricklewis5804]

Max Amillion Waters left PF not Gilmour.

[@KamalTalukderCaptainNemo]

It’s Roger's problem, not David.

[@clutchfloyd1716]

@@davidhaney1394 I would risk those albums to hear more original Floyd.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Lol, Roger Waters has trouble getting a long with people. He's a trash human being. David Gilmour is above all that.

[@elojorojo]

A masterpiece pure and simple, timeless. It was not a huge success when it was released. Dave and Co. were getting all the spotlight with Division bell I like the album but I knew this was miles ahead and would only grow more relevant as time went by. Thank you Roger it never wears out!

[@indesignkat]

one of my very favorite albums. The sound quality was amazing, in addition to the fantastic music & lyrics. I listened to this so much on my little sony discman back in the early 90s. Every few years since I suddenly remember it and listen again for weeks.

[@johnny_rook]

Definitely, one of the most underrated music album in the history of music albums

[@rezaemrani6231]

Kenneth Taylor u

[@Adrianpublandlord]

@@johnny_rook yes the message is powerful.

[@Stonera94]

One of, if not the most underrated album of all time

[@wolflair3329]

I know people that despise this man because of the whole Pink Floyd thing, me, I think the guy is a master lyricist and I'm a big fan of his music. Had to smile at his take on music videos and when you consider how many people on KZbin seem to completely ignore the music and comment instead on the visual...got to admit, the man, he don't miss much.

[@wuh-huw9950]

I don’t people DESPISE him though

[@robertoamenabar9970]

"despise" because of Floyd??????? are you imbecil?

[@michaelrohloff2841]

There can be no finer musical genius...I started at the beginning and will continue till the end...The output has been phenomenal, the lyrical content immaculate...Long may he reign

[@paristotappi]

I agree. going to see him in stockholm next month😳 wishing health for mr. Waters

[@stevenpullen922]

It was a real shame he didn't tour this album. Roger, you're the best 🤞

[@TheCrystalyne]

I do lock myself away and play it, and play it, and play it Roger....

[@Bat_Rag]

I had three days all by myself. Day one : Pros and cons of hitch hiking Day two : the final cut Day three: amused to death Best three days ever

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

@@Bat_Rag a man with great music taste is what you are.

[@robertclarkguitar]

Indeed.

[@ryanmartin3248]

Same here man. Amused To Death is my favorite album of all time. I listen to it every week

[@nicholasrosebush6182]

Same, i have played this record well over 100 times. I put it up there with the best stuff floyd ever put out.

[@escapatementalslavery8345]

One of the greatest albums of all time.And certainly the best album pink Floyd never made.

[@bastiaandebruijn3653]

It isnt Pink Floyd however.

[@RommelEGH]

your nuts

[@claudiocruzat8777]

@UnderSun yes..for you.

[@Adrianpublandlord]

@UpAndDown pros and cons is more of a seamless experience but I think amused to deaths message fits perfectly for the times we live in. Kinda more important today than when it was wrote

[@hasekdom]

I waited years for this album, and like he says, it will not dissapoint my diehard fans. They will love it and Lock themselves away listening to it. I have loved the album for Close to a quarter Century now. Man the years fly by.

[@rodneygoodwin3956]

I remember this VHS interview like yesterday.

[@adamisaac4685]

A true artists artist. A musicians musician. I too am a bassist singer songwriter. And a big improvisational artist. The idea of going into a studio and running tape and whatever comes out is epic and exactly how I play. You have to be at a certain level of craftsmanship on your chosen Instrument of creativity to be able to do this. My way is I find a good drummer first of all. You will only be as good as your drummer. If you have a drummer who can steer the boat into uncharted waters. Well that’s when things get interesting, your able to do stuff on your instrument that makes you play and sound WAY better. So get yourself a GREAT drummer. Music can literally open your heart and bring the jewels of your youth back into your eyes.

[@rigelmoon9030]

I saw Waters and band at Tweeter Center near Boston in mid 90's. They played enough from this cd to get me to go and buy it. I still love it. Waters has rarely misfired. He nailed it.

[@user-ly7ft5dm3h]

I love the beat to this song and the graphics are fantastic. Hi Roger, love Lara G. of San Diego ,CA. USA .

[@jameswoowaa479]

After what I consider the considerable lull of hitchhiking and radio chaos, this was a massive return to form for roger and includes some of his very best work. This interview is also a gem, especially hearing about his lyric writing style.

[@Adrianpublandlord]

I enjoyed hitchhiking

[@Adrianpublandlord]

I put this album on the same level as the wall and the final cut.

[@2095yourstruly]

A masterpiece album - the apex of Waters artistry - one of the greatest albums of all time in rock history; and the most overlooked album of all time.

[@user-yv6fv6bf6x]

YOU ARE 1 IN A MILLION FOR SEVERAL REASONS ! SZERETLEK !!!!!

[@guiltseeker]

Fucking amazing lyricists.....he should go down in history, by the way I LOVE Pink Floyd, and David Gilmour, but he really knows how to write a thought provoking line.......

[@JayYarbroughMusic]

Allowing the energy to flow through us drives the greatest of songs. Within and without.

[@gillianforsyth6353]

I totally missed this record until a month ago. I believed I had listened and not liked. I don’t think I could have possibly have listened at all. I am locked away with both this and “Is This The Life..” right now.. ;)) xGx

[@chadhedrick5197]

amused to death is a MASTERPIECE!

[@aquavitvibes72]

I waited for this album in agony from 88 til when it came out in september of 92. Played that cd all the time through that fall and Winter of 92/93. Really the soundtrack of my life in that period because on parallell to playing this album I ate and picked quite a few mushrooms. The smell of shrooms reminds me instantly of this album, even today. I will buy the New Version on cd for the 5.1 and see if it is Worth the effort. Any difference whatsoever and I will notice because I played this album to Death. I am into vinyl but dislike double albums for the sake of inconvenince. Have thousands of LPs and I think I will preorder the Picture disc for sake of owning it. The cd though will be my listening vantage point. Cds done the right way are the best buy. Lots of Music for not too much Money and I read every Version of amused to Death 2015 will be 5.1. People who missed this in 92 really have something to look forward to. That is the best thing about this release. I didn`t miss a thing. Most other People did. I bought the single of what god wants prior to the album in 92 and back then I had the Choice of vinyl or cd for the album and history has proved that I should have bought a hundred copies of the vinyl because it sells for a thousand bucks Sealed. Had them there right in front of me in september 1992 at 20 bucks a piece.

[@bololollek9245]

"they are all copying me" I love Roger Waters ❤

[@candidagorri9239]

Artista intelligente e sensibile. Grazie per tutti i suoi Album Meravigliosi!

[@hanneszappes8256]

Roger Waters one of the most courageous and honest artists of the last and this century. Unrivaled like Beethoven or Mozart

[@cntoxiccps4941]

You got it Roger, I just love this album and as you said you don't have to tell us the story. You will get it or you won't. Never been a person to want to meet anyone famous. But to meet the MAN MR Roger Waters would be such an interesting conversation. The Wall was my number 1 album for years, Then I heard Amused To Death.

[@kellypendleton7862]

Plain and simple Roger ... Music in 92 was not as easily accessible like now.However here's the kicker.... I discovered alot on KZbin. It took YOU rolling up your sleeves and getting in the trenches (during covid 19).That's how I found alot of your music. It came to us many as comforting. We all know we're not alone and this covid affects everyone.Thats a good example for all of us though.

[@stewartwest347]

Love this album. Not sure why, when people ask questions, why does there have to be a positive answer? Sometimes there needs to be a step back.

[@norwegianzound]

Graham Broad's drums are just excellent, driving the songs forward.

[@silvanorossi6416]

Pure genius and puts his heart into his craft to give us all something meaningful to think about and enjoy the show at the same time

[@ColinTench]

Roger just gets it right every time. Let's hope the music press "get it" when this is released in 2015.

[@Hammerhead547]

Colin Tench I doubt that many of the current crop of hipster music reviewers online and at magazines will understand the meaning of the lyrics. You see most of them are painfully shallow and stupid people who need for things the be spelled out to them in the simplest way possible, which is why they heap praise on drivel like Hozier''s take me too church and Meghan Trainor's tuneless trash. Anything that speaks at a more intellectual level just goes right over their heads and they complain in their reviews about it being "too complex" or "impenetrable" and then write it off as "pretentious" or "overburdened with themes and ideas that it doesn't make understandable"

[@ColinTench]

Hammerhead547 I agree but the weird thing is that Floyd fans, ignored it too. Therefore, even they are unbelievably shallow and have no idea who Pink Floyd actually were.

[@ColinTench]

+Amused 2Death There is a 3rd camp. People who just love music and that's that! I do, so am in the 3rd camp. Haters of this guy or that guy are a bit silly in my view.

[@x8BitRain]

this has been out since 1992

[@indesignkat]

it was re-released

[@PeterBDSBDS]

My alltime favorite album!

[@ravensmythe1]

Had the pleasure of seeing Roger Waters in Portland post COVID. I wish enough of his fans could get him into politics.

[@justanothermonkey6887]

Like an old friend this album 👌

[@kalliopidananaki5498]

In Addition to his amazing personality and musical Genius, he still looks great. And he's got such wonderful Hair!

[@bobbob-qm2yi]

He really grew into his looks in this era, by contrast David Gilmour who was impossibly good looking aged terribly and looked much older.

[@kalliopidananaki5498]

@@bobbob-qm2yi No, David did'nt age terribly.... he's absolutely charming and sexy to me (now) Just he has not got this ultra cool Look of Roger. But as He was midlaged he did'nt look so great... Now he's a beautiful (elderly) man ... again

[@secondchance6603]

Totally underrated album EVER!

[@barbaradziudziel5500]

Świetnie pokazany wywiad! Szkoda tylko, że jeszcze niewiele zrozumiałam! Kocham PF!!!

[@mr.zitro09]

with jeff beck on guitarra ;)

[@markthompson2770]

Genius 👍

[@frommetoyou1981]

Amused to death is so good, i rank it alongside the wall, dark side of the moon and the final cut.

[@Bi_scotti_5]

I didn't realize that I have the same writing method as Roger Waters! That must be why I love his lyrics so much haha

[@gerhardbauer6592]

If this album had been released as a Pink Floyd Album it maybe has been as successful as The Wall or Darkside. In the whole discography of Pink Floyd for me there isn't such a great Album than Amused to Death. And for sure it was the best thing in Rogers' solo career.

[@joaoypsilon]

Great artist

[@texaludo]

Semplicemente RogeR Waters, Magia.

[@nixco4894]

Puntuación a este álbum: 10/10 (perfecta, tienes que escucharla)

[@phillace]

Roger Waters , The Greatest Lyricist Ever To Put Pen To Paper , Thank You Roger For The Most Meaningful Records I Have Ever The Pleasure Of Listening To .

[@TheSWA2011]

Such an amazing album. I wish he would have done an epk for "Pros and ConnOf Hitchhiking"

[@thefdvproduction]

Is the interviewer the same dude who voiced Jim in Radio K.A.O.S?!

[@peterbustin2683]

Certainly sounds like it ! I was just thinking the same ….

[@user-xc9fi1rc5q]

да очень похоже что это DJ Radio K.A.O.S.

[@Michael-xl2vf]

Jim Ladd, radio personality.

[@ryanmartin3248]

Yes it is.

[@dazlee2639]

Amused to Death is up there along side Dark Side of The Moon ...If not better !...my favorite album of all time.

[@manelbq]

excellent video.

[@joecampos5179]

And The Monkey Looked Up At The Stars... And He Thought To Himself, Memory Is A Stranger, History Is For Fools 🥰💜🇲🇽🌹

[@charlesdickinson7470]

Roger Waters your The Greatest . GOD

[@DogCatchersBand]

Jeff Beck was the one that made this record exceptional.

[@Bisman963]

His best album since the Floyd

[@jfayiii]

He looked very old then to me - now he looks very young :D.

[@gittehedegaardlund1532]

Tak, Roger Waters ♡

[@jodyb3491]

Not that you will ever read it, this album is my life soundtrack

[@homeofcreation]

"A Brazilian grew a tree". This album could have been written today.

[@luansol]

This album is timeless, just replace 'TV' for 'cellphone', and he is talking about today.

[@ApocalypseKurtz]

Best solo album by PF member hands down. Sorry Dave, I love you, but a single Rog song is frankly better than any solo Gilmour album.

[@charliecutter3078]

The version of Amused to Death that I am hearing on iTunes and most other platforms is not the same as the original issue which was much better.

[@jonoggy6179]

ya songs are amazin big fan please do one last one together and sum it all up

[@pietrozaffutomusic]

❤

[@mujin70]

Man, now in the era of the Trump, I hope his upcoming tour can wake some people up. God, it is so much worse now than in 1992. Hard to imagine that I look fondly back in many ways to that era, beyond the homophobia and racism (yes, it was worse).

[@markrago5024]

mujin70 How is anything worse man? That's such BS. I'm not a big Trump fan, but you do understand that the other primary candidates were just as fake,corrupt and dangerous as he is? The world will always be polluted by a certain amount of hate and ugliness man. That's just the nature of a planet full of societies that each have a different perspective on life. It doesn't make me happy that it exists either, but does it always come down to blaming certain political parties or ideas? It may be true that there are hateful ideas out there, but let's take a look at sectarian violence in the middle east, Assad against his own citizens, inner city violence and black on black crime in America. Left and right wing groups have been responsible for wars and all kinds of bad ideas. I'm not pulling for either, but what I am saying is you do yourself a disservice by believing a president is some evil monster that will destroy mankind. That is silly propaganda spread by bias media. Right wing media did it to Obama, left wing media does it to Trump. Everything is partisan bias now, the truth is seldom what we are being told by both politicians and the out of control free press. It just drives me crazy, Obama was a dangerous dictator that was going to institute Martial Law according to right wing activists. What happened? Nothing. Trump isn't Hitler, he's just a rich old windbag constrained by checks and balances like each president before him.

[@george.s.8491]

Mark Rago thank you. You nailed it.

[@RommelEGH]

mujin70, what a moron you must be. MAGA 2020

[@stefanpiechel1269]

Roder jest wielki

[@josecontreras4525]

Parece que el mensaje de esta canción era para hoy 2021 ... sólo un genio pudo advertirnos asi ... Amused to death ... ¿tendremos una oportunidad más como especie? ...

[@webvan94]

Apparently this interview was done on February 21, 1992 ? Strange since he talks about the "early 90s" at the beginning, still ongoing really, and also because I remember buying the album in September 1992, didn't remember it being delayed like that? Although as someone pointed out in a comment below it was more or less first announced in late 1987 in Rolling Stone Magazine when they said he'd gone to Nassau to cut "Radio KAOS II"...and then a book came out in 1991 where they mentioned the title "Amused To Death" with a cover of three gentlemen (PF of course) sipping cocktails...

[@Brendonrhall006]

cool story

[@FloydianSinan]

Where did you get the date of the interview?

[@luansol]

The interviewer got that lyric all wrong. He was not crying to ignore history, what he was saying is that the religious monkey doesn't give a shit about history. It is a criticism to creacionist views and the contradictions of religion, at least those who think "I don't have common ancestry to apes/monkeys". All the monkey has to do in order to wash his sins is to clean his hands in holy writing, and then he can turn his back to the garden (of eden) and go to the nearest town, filled with sins, polution, corruption... The way Roger writes is perfect, the acid critics on religions is superb done in this lyrics.

[@charlesdickinson4173]

GOD

[@mr.zitro09]

Roger waters bought Neil Young's album Rust Never Sleeps because he loved the song Thrasher

[@vrossi2596]

Pulling the wings off a butterfly Lol..

[@StevePlutte]

Thrasher IS a great song.

[@MK-nn7gm]

Roger was so damn fine during this era

[@radmilajevremovic1736]

Anbeliwbol

[@pucca517]

駿台模試のこれ？

[@theoremes4597]

Why didn't this get so big compared to other albums from waters and pink floyd?

[@jjmateosd]

@Eirik Rødberg Bad taste on the part of the vast majority ... as usually happens, because this work, like all´s Roger´s, is a true piece of art.

[@DonIntiRosso]

Also there wasn't a promotion tour. I think Waters must have been tired after two solo albums that hadn't been commercially successful.

[@danwilliams1920]

Amused to Death is Pink Floyd's last album. I think Beck was a fine replacement for Gilmour.

[@danwilliams1920]

@@jtlampsu2 floyd doesn't have an official website. The website you're thinking of is a fraud

[@mr.zitro09]

Rust never sleeps!

[@jonoggy6179]

soz had to say it born 74

[@thefdvproduction]

It IS Jim! Lmao

[@ultimate_savage190]

Jeff Beck's contrbution to this album was and will be key in the ultimate success of Amused to Death. without his stunning performance on the LP it would be quite dull and boring. i think Roger knows that, he owes any future success to the LP to Jeff Beck no doubt. Unbelievable Guitarist.

[@chadhedrick5197]

I rote A Song for WATERS IF He WANt's it.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

It would be nice if this video were listed with some information about what we are watching: Who is the interviewer? Where and when was this interview done? Where was it published?

[@scottdelong1]

I believe it's Jim Ladd, an LA dj who toured with Roger, playing the dj on Radio KAOS.

[@esca4ever]

Sounds like Jim Ladd indeed

[@Kewary]

Who is the questioner? Jim Ladd or not?

[@fwalters4045]

Yes, Jim Ladd from KLOS and 'Radio KAOS' fame.

[@druidus]

Frank Wolbert Not 'yes, Jim Ladd' surely? "Ah-har Jim Ladd!" sounds much better

[@jonoggy6179]

the word cant see harmony ,,and thats a bigger pitty

[@lukahmad5683]

That hair tho

[@earlgrey3660]

This is his ‘Conan the Barbarian’ years on the haircut side…

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

It's funny to see Roger with long hair but all grey. If he dyed or cut his hair, he would be 50x better in the 80's to the 90's.

[@FloydianSinan]

Look at Radio Kaos videos and The Wall Live In Berlin ;)

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

love that hair...

[@segmentkings]

Who is the interviewer?

[@jjmateosd]

Jim Ladd

[@mabelmabel5145]

The dark side of the moon part 2...

[@ricklewis5804]

Half the songs on ATD are great, the other half aren’t very good. Same goes for the Wall. Gilmour did all the guitar parts including the bass on the studio recordings of Animals and The Wall. The great Jeff Beck plays guitar parts on some of the ATD songs.

[@jonoggy6179]

a clean fight far from it... untill roger and dave are back together...im fond of both ,its a pitty when the best fall to politics

[@rachmaninov47]

what exactly is he saying about music videos, where he makes the other people laugh? "generaly, i think there are very bad.... ???"

[@rachmaninov47]

is it that he just stops his sentence in the middle?

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

That's it, Roger hates music videos(when he is doing them) in all.

[@indesignkat]

it's just the idea that a guy who makes music and music videos saying they're bad seems counter-intuitive. I agree completely, though. Some music videos really enhance the song, but for the most part I feel it's better to let the listener conceptualize their own imagery, to interpret the song as it pertains to their life/mood. And specifically to Roger's point, when they're all back to back it's just fluff. Just another product.

[@Bi_scotti_5]

I feel like he wanted to say he hates MTV. Not like he has anything to worry about now!

[@Bi_scotti_5]

I feel like he wanted to say he hates MTV. Not like he has anything to worry about now!

[@Terri_MacKay]

Why was it filmed like this? So frustrating trying to see him behind that stupid fencing. He's pretty hot here...I just want to be able to see him clearly for the whole interview! 😠

[@tayojb]

I find it funny that this video has a copyright claim on it from himself 😂

[@hootman_hawk]

Tripe..

[@jonglassmusic5813]

Interviewer got blown up in a nuclear accident, didn’t he?