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« on: October 23, 2007, 07:42:27 PM »

Roger Waters - KAOS On The Road
Recorded live at Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 7. November, 1987 (FM)

Label: HRV CDR015 REV A

Audio Source: Westwood One transcription LPs

Sound Quality: A-/B+

Lineage: Original Harvested SHN-files --> FLAC level 8 --> MWP
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The original SHN file Disc 1/track 13 (The Fish Report with a Beat) has a sector boundary error, that has been fixed for this release, see the protocol file for details.

Artwork: Included

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Number of Discs: 2
Total running time: 125:08 (57:06 / 68:02)

Notes:

From a message board, "Re: KAOS in Canada, broadcast to LA in '87 ?":
Announcing that the show was being "broadcast" was just a "ploy" adding to the illusion that Radio KAOS was a REAL radio station. This was announced before every show but the only official broadcast was the edited Westwood One version (re: KAOS On The Road)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radio K.A.O.S (tour)

Radio K.A.O.S

Tour by Roger Waters
Dates   14 August 1987 - 22 November 1987
Legs   3 (4 were planned)
Shows   37
The Radio K.A.O.S tour was a concert tour performed by Roger Waters in 1987 in support of the album, Radio K.A.O.S. The shows included material from the album as well as songs from well known Pink Floyd albums such as The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon. The tour started in North America on 14 August 1987 and ended on the 22 November 1987 with two performances at Wembley Arena in London, England.
The show included designs by Mark Fisher such as circular screens, quadrophonic sounds, back projections and in some cases introductions to the show by Radio DJ Jim Ladd. A telephone booth allowed the audience to direct questions at Waters.

The Performers

Unlike The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking tour in 1984, the K.A.O.S tour established The Bleeding Hearts band, a backing band which would continue to play or be involved with Roger Waters over the next 20 years. Both Doreen Chanter and Katie Kissoon had performed on the 1984 tour.

Personnel
Roger Waters - Vocals, bass guitar and acoustic guitar.
Andy Fairweather-Low - Guitar, bass guitar and backing vocals.
Jay Stapley - Lead guitar and backing vocals.
Paul Carrack - Keyboards and vocals.
Graham Broad - Drums and percussion.
Mel Collins - Saxophone.
Doreen Chanter - Backing vocals.
Katie Kissoon - Backing vocals.
Additional Personnel
Clare Torry - Lead Vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the 21st and 22nd of November at Wembley arena
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_K.A.O.S_%28tour%29

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Radio K.A.O.S.


Radio K.A.O.S.

Studio album by Roger Waters
Released   June 15, 1987
Recorded   The Billiard Room October-December 1986
Genre   Rock
Length   41:24
Label   EMI (UK), Columbia Records (US)
Producer   Roger Waters, Ian Ritchie and Nick Griffiths

Radio K.A.O.S. is a 1987 concept album/rock opera by former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters. It is his second solo album.
Contents

Storyline

The concept is based around a 23-year-old disabled man from Wales named Billy. Waters' original concept called for a much stronger narrative element to the music, but he abandoned this as recording progressed, explaining the storyline in the liner notes instead; the storyline cannot be easily deduced from the music alone.
Billy is confined to a wheelchair and is thought to be mentally a vegetable. However, Billy is highly intelligent but has no way of expressing himself. Billy has a twin brother Benny who is a coal miner. Billy lives with Benny, Molly his wife, and their children. Unfortunately, Benny has lost his job in the mines due to the "market forces". One night, Benny and Billy are out on a pub crawl (how a wheelchair-bound presumptive vegetable can go on a pub crawl is not explained) when they pass a shop full of TV screens broadcasting Margaret Thatcher's "mocking condescension". Benny vents his anger on this shop and steals a cordless phone. Next, in theatrical fashion, Benny poses on a footbridge in protest to the closures; the same night, a taxi driver is killed by a concrete block dropped from a similar bridge. The police question Benny, who hides the phone in Billy's wheelchair. Benny is taken to prison, and Molly, unable to cope, sends Billy to live with his uncle David in L.A.. Billy is gifted and can hear radio waves in his head ("Radio Waves" track 1), so he begins to explore the cordless phone, recognising its similarity to a radio. He experiments with the phone and is able to access computers and speech synthesisers, he learns to speak through them. He calls a radio station in L.A. named Radio KAOS (hence the album title) and tells them of his life story about his brother being in jail ("Me or Him" track 3), about his sister-in-law not being able to cope and sending him to L.A. to live with his uncle Dave ("Sunset Strip" track 5), and about the closures of the mines ("Powers that Be" track 4). Billy eventually hacks in to a military satellite and fools the world in to thinking nuclear ICBMs are about to be detonated at major cities all over the world whilst deactivating the military's power to retaliate ("Home" track 6 and "Four Minutes" track 7). The album concludes with a song about how everyone, in thinking they were about to die, realises that the fear and competitiveness peddled by the mass media is much less important than their love for family and the larger community. ("The Tide is Turning" track 8 ).
The album is dedicated "to all those who find themselves at the violent end of monetarism." This and other moments in the album--such as a segment juxtaposing a Ronald Reagan campaign slogan with clips from an old western TV show and an apparent recorded plea from American hostages not to engage in "heroics" to free them--make Waters' political point of view quite clear.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Waters.
"Radio Waves" – 4:58
"Who Needs Information" – 5:55
"Me or Him" – 5:23
"The Powers That Be" – 4:36
"Sunset Strip" – 4:45
"Home" – 6:00
"Four Minutes" – 4:00
"The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)" – 5:43
There are three other songs that were written for this album, but were only played live or released on singles. "Going to Live in L.A." told of how Benny was sent to jail, his sister-in-law Molly could not cope and so sent Billy to live with his uncle Dave. "Get Back to Radio" was told from Benny's perspective behind bars about how lonely he is. "Molly's Song" (part of which is reprised on "Four Minutes" on the album) is Billy's tale of how he can hack in to government satellites to watch over Molly, his sister-in-law back in Wales.
The album stalled at #51 in the United States, failing to go Gold, selling less than half a million copies in that country.

Live

The KAOS tour lasted from mid August 1987 to the end of November of the same year. It was entirely in North America save for the final two shows from Wembley, England. The tour was the largest of Waters career and featured extravagant staging, props and video. The entirety of the concert was treated as a KAOS radio special; KAOS on the Road and featured Jim Ladd inbetween many songs; introducing them, conversing with Billy or simply complimenting Roger and the band on their performance. The screen used for the tour featured various video footage of Roger, Jim and various other actors playing out aspects of the songs. It also featured animations and real footage of what the songs represented. The concert was 'interrupted' by Billy at one point each night and he played the video to the debut Pink Floyd single Arnold Layne. Prior to each show commencing, Jim Ladd took calls from people in a special booth and these calls were than answered by Roger. The person in each booth was usually chosen via a competition on local radio stations, keeping in the theme of the concert. The setlist occasionally included the entire Radio KAOS album, as well as popular Waters composed Floyd songs and typically lasted more than two and a half hours

Facts

KAOS is the callsign of a real radio station, a noncommercial station that broadcasts from the campus of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Jim, the DJ that speaks to Billy at Radio KAOS, is voiced by radio personality Jim Ladd.

The Morse code on the cover decodes to "Roger Waters Radio KAOS Who Needs Information Th". On recent rereleases, the Morse code on the inside cover and underneath the CD tray reads "E Powers That Be Home The Tide Is Turning Radio Waves".

The album contains Easter eggs. The most well known of these is the morse code message at the beginning and end of the album. This is the "hidden verse" of "Tide is Turning":
Now the past is over but you are not alone
Together we'll fight Sylvester Stallone
We will not be dragged down in his South China Sea
of macho bullshit and mediocrity
This verse, expressing Waters' dislike of the way Sylvester Stallone movies glorify violent actions, is alluded to in the final spoken line of the song, "The tide is turning, Sylvester."

Waters performed "The Tide Is Turning" as the full-cast closing number at his 1990 The Wall Live in Berlin concert at the site of the Berlin Wall.

The closing song "The Tide Is Turning" was only added as a supposed "happy ending" by Waters when EMI told him that the album was too bleak to sell.

Waters was on the list of artists considered for Live Aid, but ended up being cut (Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour played, but only as the guitarist for Bryan Ferry). Watching the event on television, Waters was so inspired that he wrote "The Tide Is Turning", without knowing what album it would end up on.

In the manga series Battle Angel Alita, one of the characters, Kaos, runs a pirate radio station named after Radio K.A.O.S.

The working title for the album was "Home", and Waters has said in interviews that he considers the song "Home" to express the central theme of the album.

The producer of the album, Ian Ritchie, is currently ( 2006 and 2007 ) part of Roger's touring band playing saxophone.
Some CD presses are labelled with an incorrect Patent date of 1967 which should read 1987. Coincidentally 1967 is the year that Pink Floyd released their first album: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_K.A.O.S.

Special thanks to schnittstelle for supplying notes. Smiley


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_live_performances

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Tracklisting:

Disc 1
01 - Radio Waves 5:45
02 - Welcome to the Machine 7:20
03 - Money 5:18
04 - In The Flesh 3:38
05 - Have a Cigar 3:19
06 - Pigs 3:43
07 - Wish You Were Here 5:25
08 - Mother 7:13
09 - Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert 1:15
10 - Southampton Dock 2:34
11 - If 3:52
12 - The Powers That Be 4:11
13 - The Fish Report with a Beat 1:46
14 - KAOS Q&A 1:47

Disc 2
01 - Mollys Song 3:20
02 - Another Brick in the Wall part 1 4:13
03 - The Happiest Days of our Lives 1:24
04 - Another Brick in the Wall part 2 4:27
05 - Breathe 3:38
06 - Brain Damage 3:45
07 - Eclipse 3:30
08 - Get Back to Radio 4:45
09 - Radio Waves 12inch Remix 7:01
10 - Going to Live in LA 5:52
11 - Money 6:16
12 - Four Minutes video edit 3:26
13 - The Tide is Turning video edit 4:44
14 - Towers of Faith 6:56
15 - Folded Flags 4:45


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Torrent History: Originally seeded to Mind-Warp PaVilion by xuncat on October 23, 2007.

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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 08:10:14 PM »




The stage design for the Radio K.A.O.S Tour. Welcome to the machine...



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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2007, 08:14:45 PM »


Working the stage...



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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2007, 08:16:22 PM »



Who needs information?...
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2007, 08:21:00 PM »



Miscellaneous :
>>> All the songs from the album Radio K.A.O.S album were played live. In addition, two songs which were not on the album were introduced on stage : 'Molly's song' and 'Going to Live in L.A'. However, the song 'Get Back to Radio' (another unreleased track) was never performed in live settings.

>>> 'Pigs' (partially) and 'Not Now John' were only performed live by Roger during this tour.

>>> A surprise version of 'Outside The Wall' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky' were respectively played during concerts in L.A (09.20.87 – The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles) and in Wembley (11.21.87 and 11.22.87 - Wembley Arena, Wembley, England). Clare Torry, the main vocalist on 'The Great Gig In The Sky', appeared with Waters on stage to celebrate the end of the Radio K.A.O.S Tour.

>>> The Pros and Cons of HitchHiking song was replaced towards the end of the tour by Get your Filthy Hands off my Desert-Southampton Dock. Pros and cons was last played in Montreal, and The Final Cut medley appeared first in Quebec City.

>>> At the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Roger replaced the Final Cut medley by Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, due to technical problems, but he stopped the song after the second chorus, since the band hadn't rehearsed it.

>>> On one of the song from 'The Final Cut' album, Waters wore a jacket whose pocket contained a bulb  which Waters squeezed and then produced fake blood on his back. The act mainly traduced his difficult experience with Alan Parker (the director of 'The Wall' movie). Waters considered it as a pure 'stab in the back' from Alan Parker.

>>> The Radio K.A.O.S Tour also featured a very special film dedicated to Syd Barret '1967 - Arnold Layne Promotional Movie' which was projected on the circular screen while all the band took a tea break at a table set on the back of the stage.

>>> Some of the words of the song Folded Flags (from the soundtrack When the Wind Blows) will be pronounced by Billy during the concerts just after the song Four Minutes.

>>> Due to the fact that Pink Floyd was touring at the same time, it occasionally happened that Waters performed in front of only 3500 persons. Waters did not hesitate to qualify his formers partners as fake Pink Floyd and pretended they used the 'Pink Floyd’ name in order to ensure the financial success of the 'Momentary Lapse of Reason' album.


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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2007, 08:42:44 PM »

Grin thx again hope you were fine xuncat  Smiley  Wink
hope i could complete  it before leaving...

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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2007, 09:05:52 PM »

You're most welcome, Goa - and yes, I hope you will manage to finish it. How many hours have you got before leaving?

Oh, and I'm OK... even more so for seeing the great pics, and reading the misc. info. Many reasons to thanks SS today! Smiley
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enough hours I think ...if not, there a lot of folks in MWP  Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2007, 09:51:51 PM »

Thank You For Another Great PF Related Up.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2007, 09:52:53 PM »

ss gave us the following infos:


 Wink No problem brother!

That's the DJ. (Remember the song by The Smiths that goes. "Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ..." ?)

http://www.rogerwaters.org/laddint.html



He also wrote a book besides doing a lot of talking on the airwaves...



Radio Waves Book Reviews:


"Radio Waves is a shocking, uproarious, and ultimately sad look at and entertainment medium that once had a vision of a better world. It is a book that a generation of Americans who grew up on FM radio has long been waiting forÑ a startling, remarkable story of the birth, blazing success, and tragic demise of FM free-form radio through the eyes of legendary Los Angeles DJ Jim Ladd.
Beginning in the mid-1960s with the revolutionary uprisings in Haight-Ashbury, Radio Waves follows, saga-like, the outrageous trials and tribulations of radio station KAOS, a station that for over a decade waged a guerrilla war against the "format-driven" entertainment medium of conventional radio. Eschewing playlists and programming consultants, the bizarrely funny yet defiantly committed radio jocks at KAOS beat the odds and rose to number one, despite bitter feuds with conservative station managers. Teeming with controversy, filled with never-told-before stories about performers and producers of the '60s and '70s music world, and awash with the familiar song lyrics of a generation, Radio Waves is also the story of an idealistic man who put his soul on the line in pursuit of an elusive dream. Ladd's narrative is so revelatory that many of the true-life characters appear in roman-ˆ-clef form, and the book ranges the political and social battlefield from marijuana and the White House to the raunchy sexual exploits of the All-Girl Harmonica Band. Ultimately, the brilliant and idealistic visions for FM radio were killed off by the corporate "format" machine of the 1980'. Although the KAOS DJs refused to surrender their ideals for ratings, the visions of a generation were finally squelched, censored, and destroyed when the station came under the not-so-benign tutelage of corporate America.

Jim Ladd's Radio Waves vividly recreates the unforgettable era of American counterculture, allowing you to feel, through radio's rich language Ñthe sweet twang, the late -night call-ins, the ever-so-glib absurditiesÑ as if you're listening to the radio once again. Jim Ladd, also known as "The Lonesome L.A. Cowboy," has been a DJ since 1967 and has recently reemerged as a major player on the California radio scene."

"Jim's book Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the FM Dial is truly a good book. It chronicles much of the history of the rise and fall of free form FM radio and also contains interviews by John Lennon, and Roger Waters, as well as an introduction by Don Henley, and reviews by Henley, Ray Manzarek, Bill Graham, Danny Sugerman, and Danny Goldberg."

Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the F M Dial, by Jim Ladd (ISBN 0-312-05952-3) was published in 1991 by St. Martins Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. It is currently still in print and can be ordered at most fine book stores.
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AUDIO

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Colisee de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, November 7 1987 (78m) partial show aired on Westwood One, USA radio
Wembley Arena, London, UK, November 21 1987 (71m) partial show broadcast on Capitol Radio, UK on April 17 1988



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It was in 1979 that Waters met Jim Ladd for a radio documentary on The Wall album. It was the beginning of a friendship which remains today. Jim Ladd was an inspiration as he brought some light into Waters dim view of LA life, initially through listening to the bizarre Fish Report from KMET. Waters became increasingly interested in Ladd's plight with his radio station KMET and his eventual sacking in order to change the programming format of the station in search of market researched profits. In 1985 Waters wrote a song called Get Back To Radio, which seemed to stem from partly based on the experiences of Ladd, and partly from the memories of childhood where Waters fondly remembers listening to Radio Luxembourg well into the night as a child.

An event from the 1985 miner's strike in England where a striking worker threw a concrete block off a freeway bridge, killing a taxi driver who was taking a working miner to his job, seemed to register in Water's subconscious, emerging in the second song written, Who Needs Information and later, Me Or Him. With this example of how far people will go to pursue their monetary goals, Waters began to formulate the ideas for his first full solo album since leaving Pink Floyd. The album, with a working title of Home, took only three months to record, developed from 16 songs throughout 1986 and was worked into a now familiar Waters concept album.

Recording was done with the aid of his Bleeding Heart Band. Eight songs were used on the album, with two more appearing as B-side demos (Get Back To Radio, and Going To Live In LA) and another being performed live (Molly's Song). Waters even once said in an interview that he might even release an EP with some unreleased songs from this project for those who might be interested, but this never appeared.


On April 6 1987, a press release announced the emergence of the Radio KAOS album and subsequent tour. Like The Wall, the Radio KAOS concept was perceived as a record, stage show and movie. Mention of these aspects are mentioned in the press release, but like the proposed live album and video, it never eventuated. Radio Waves, the first single, was released on May 11 in the UK, and June 6, 1987 in the USA, but Waters was to become incensed at the lack of airplay it received. The album made an appearance on June 15. In hindsight, Waters is not overly fond of the album where, due partly with his own insecurities and the pressure he was under with the Pink Floyd dispute, he attempts to tread a more contemporary musical line: "Between Ian Ritchie [the high tech co-producer] and myself, we really fucked that record up. We tried to hard to make it sound modern." He added, "I allowed myself to get pushed down roads that were uncomfortable for me. I should never have made that record." Waters used drum machines both for the demos and in the recording stages for the first time. 


The dominance of market forces causing radio depersonalisation and the misuse of satellite technology did not generally go down too well with the critics. The reviews of the record were often not very impressive although most saw it as an improvement on The Pros And Cons Of Hitch-Hiking. The album deals with the preoccupation, as Waters sees it, of the politicians to spend a lot of time entertaining the public in search for popularity and votes, with foreign policy being contrived as entertainment in the "soap opera state".

The paraplegic character of Billy is based on Christopher Nolan, a severely handicapped young boy who was deemed a vegetable. No hope was given but with the persistence of his mother he was able to astound everybody and create poetry and prose by typing with the aid of a conductor's baton taped to his forehead. Waters based this character in Wales where the character is linked by his humanity and triumphant spirit to the Pontardoulais Male Voice Choir who Waters met in Wales when they were used on the re-recorded film version of Bring The Boys Back Home and Outside The Wall.

Nick Griffiths, who also co-produced the album along with Ian Ritchie and Waters, takes some credit in the album's positive ending, which surprised many who were familiar with the work of Waters. He claimed he encouraged Roger to provide some glimmer of optimism, which he did with The Tide Is Turning, a song based on the positive use of global communication technology through 1985's Live Aid.


 Court cases with his former band mates continued through 1987. Despite press reports that he had dropped the legal challenge, the April 6 press release claimed that Waters is continuing his court action to resolve the rights to the name and assets of Pink Floyd. It was only a few months after the release of Radio KAOS that direct competition would appear with the Roger-less Pink Floyd resurrecting themselves with a new album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Tension would continue through the media-hype, not helped by the fact that they were touring America at the same time. Waters made the trek through the arenas while Pink Floyd battled the stadiums. He won a small victory when he obtained the services of Mark Fisher and Jonathon Park to design the concert. Bob Ezrin, the co-producer of The Wall went the other way, when he finished up producing the new Pink Floyd after entering into talks with Waters. 


While Waters was despondent with the lack of recognition he was getting, as opposed to his former colleagues, he seemed to enjoy the tour even though there was little support at the box office and the venues were rarely full. The show was designed to give Waters more contact with the audience, especially with the phone-ins from the hall. Yet, he cancelled tour dates in Australia and Japan, and played only twice in Europe because of the lack of demand. While getting a lot of press coverage, the reporters seemed more interested in the dispute than the tour, with mixed reviews of the shows which was made to represent a live radio broadcast of the Bleeding Heart Band.

After seeking a ruling over the distribution of past and future royalties, it was only at the end of the year, on December 23 1987, that Waters and Gilmour signed an agreement ending the legal disputes. The remaining members of Pink Floyd were given the rights to the name but had to pay Waters a royalty for trademarks like the flying pig concept. Waters also retained the rights to The Wall. This was fortuitous as Waters was soon to embark on his most adventurous project yet.

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Transcript of the KAOS Show

Transcribed by Gerhard Den Hollander

Jim Ladd : Thank you for your call, allright, since we have the guy here who brought us, we might as well do something, now before we gonna do that, let me introduce you to one of the intrinsical parts of the bleeding heart band. This is a gentleman who has a solo album out on his own , which is doing quite well. He is the keyboardist for the Bleeding Heart Band, he was in a group called Ace on time, also Squeeze and most recently Mike and the Mechanics. Will you please welcome the keyboard player of the Bleeding Heart Band, Mr. Paul Carrack

(TEMPTED :: Paul Carrack)

Ladies and gentleman Paul Carrack

[band enters the stage]

So for the very last time, we are about to link up with the satelite , we will begin the last show of the Radio KAOS tour with one more telephone call, this one from outside london

B:-   Hello, I'm Billy
J:-   Yes
B:-   I hear Radio Waves in my head
J:-   You hear Radio Waves in your head, Ok. Is there a request that you have tonight for KAOS?

[RADIO WAVES]

J:-   That was a song called Radio Waves by RW & TBHB

(Jingle :: "K.A.O.S. Radio")

You're listening to a live satelite broadcast, from KAOS on the road and we've got Billy on the line

B:-   I'm from the valley's
J:-   You're from the Valley ?
B:-   No Jim you schmuck, the valleyS
J:-   Aahh, The Valleys
B:-   Wales, Male voice choires
J:-   Ah whales England, now is this sperm or bluetip ?
B:-   Ha Ha Ha Ha very funny Jim
J:-   Sorry, but obviously when you were put together batteries were not included, is that why your voice sounds like eh.
B:-   I'll show you Jim

(Bleeps, intro from Welcome To The Machine)

J:-   Look all of that aside, I'm just glad that you're with us tonight, Welcome To The Machine

[WELCOME TO THE MACHINE]

KAOS on the road,

(jingle)

Let's go back to the telephones now, while you were listening to that last song, Billy and I were having a conversation and he was explaining me how he was able to call me here at the station

B:-   I was able to use the cordless phone Jim, otherwise I would be completely incommunicado
J:-   Ahah, yeah
B:-   I can hack my way into anywhere I choose
J:-   Let me get this straight, you can hack your way into...
B:- See that light bulb next of you
J:- Yes ?

(BANG lightbulb explodes)

B:-   Information is power Jim,
J:-   Information is power, I like that.
But let me get this straight, you've just moved out to LA and you're living with you're great uncle david You're a long way form home pal

(Music of Who Needs Information starting)   

B:-   I miss the male voice choires and Molly
J:-   Who's molly
B:-   Benny's wife
J:-   Who's benny
B:-   [Talking]Me and Ben went out

[WHO NEEDS INFORMATION]
(News Flashes:
   Further Conflicts in Northern Ireland, two man have been shot
   dead by undercover securirty forces [oh]
   
   Australia has protested against Ethiopea about the seizure of
   a ship from Australia carrying relief aid from australia, part
   of its cargo was destined for the rebel controlled area of
   eritrea and Tigre Confisques
   
   ...... about weapons.
   Obviously if we are producing things that we cannot need,
   that we cannot even justify to our own people, the we are
   going to supply them to others
   And when that happens then we're fuelling war
   
   20% of the worlds scientists are involved in weaponsresearch
   25%of R&D worldwide goes on weapons
   50 off all british government R&D is on weapons
   more financial and intelectual recources are devoted to
   (chime) weapons worldwide

(Babbling continues during the chime of the cash registers)

[MONEY]

(jingle)
A nice version of money and Paul Carrack on vocals by the way
And now a word from one of our sponsors:

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R:- "Einz, zvei, drei, alle"
[IN THE FLESH]
[HAVE A CIGAR]
[PIGS III different ones]
[WISH YOU WERE HERE]
Mel Collins
[MOTHER]

J:- Wembley I give you the words and the music of Roger Waters! Unbelievable set of songs. Doesn't matter which side of the Atlantic you're on. In that set we heard :

'Mother' from an album entitled The Wall
The title track from Wish You Were Here
'Pigs' from the Animals album
'Have a Cigar' also from Wish You Were Here
and we began with 'In The Flesh, Part II' also from The Wall
You & I are listening to Radio KAOS

(jingle)

OK' let's get back to Billy. Billy....., Yoohoo, Billy?

B:-   I'm sorry Jim, I was miles away, keeping an eye on Molly
J:-   You were keeping an eye on Molly, I thought Molly lived in Wales
B:-   I had hacked my way into a surveillance satelite I can see whole wales from 500 Miles high Jim
J:-   Let me get this straight, You're trying to tell me that you can keep an eye on Molly by hacking into a government satelite come on
MOLLY'S SONG


Hold tight Baby, baby dear in the starlight
There is a glow in the stars tonight
It's moving
It could be your satelite

Is it burn deep
Then will it bring me closer to thee
Oooh Two hearts
Ohh will it keep us apart

Whooooo

Billy,Billy,Billy
When you're coming home
Cause I need you back
And I want you back
Right now, right here

Whooooooo

Billy,Billy,Billy
Where did we go?
And it's not all that bad
And I now your hearts though
And I want you to know
I'm here for you

Whoo Whoo Whoo
Billy,Billy,Billy
When you're coming home
And it's not all that bad
And I know your hearts through

Goodbye little spy in the sky
They say that camera's don't lie
Am I happy, am I sad
Am I good , am I bad

Oh Billy, Billy, come home
Ooooh I need you, Yeaheahheah
Lady's and gentlemen miss Doreen chanter

Well Billy, if you really are as clever as you say, perhaps you can close the door

(KA-CLANK)

thank you

[ME OR HIM]

And now for some live rock'n'roll at K.A.O.S. where rock'n'roll comes out of chaos in a song called The Powers That Be

[THE POWERS THAT BE]

R:-   Thank you we're gonna will take a break for about ten minutes and the we'll be back to do some more
J:-   Thank you 10 minutes is exactly 10 minutes, we'll turn it over to our local station Radio KAOS will return in just a moment

(Break, the movie, some russians (sound alikes), interrogating someone about UFO sightings)

Sound man : OK, welcome back. The people out in the audience truck say you didn't do half bad for an english audience. You were nice and loud and you woke everybody up in LA who were trying to sleep into this...so we don't have to do the first half again. So we'll do a few new ones this time. So will you welcome back once more the voice of Radio KAOS, Mr. Jim Ladd


J:- Welcome back to part 2 of the radio KAOS show. This is the part of the show where we take a couple of telephones calls from the audience to find out what you find from the first part of the show, or generally what is on your mind. Hello Roger how are you?

(crowd getting crazy)

Rog:   Hello there
   [Phone in:]
J:-   We have out first caller here
R:-   Speak to me
   --Roger Will you run for president?
   What a horrible thought, no                         
   --Do you believe the tide is turning?
   Yes and NO (at 2:00 not at the end of the show yes)
   --Where WYWH, the Wall, TFC personal?
   Yes
   --Do you think of Maggie, in the 2nd verse of Pigs?
   Occasionally, also on others
J:- I like to continue with the second half of Radio KAOS, but first a word from one of our sponsors.

(goof up, tape doesntt start)
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[GOING TO LIVE IN LA]

(jingle)

J:- We think of it as main street, but to the rest of the world it's known as the Sunset strip...

[SUNSETSTRIP]

(jingle)

J:- We've all been wondering how this next bit was going to play in London. You see it's kind of a combination of sexual innuendo and sportsfishing so...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN the fish report with a beat. Featuring paraquat kelly and his fishing companion Cinthy the fox. Allright, it's time now for the fish report with a beat

85 red rockhard rocca
35 Naughty bits
Marina dildo
And that'll do it for this edition of the fish report with a beat

?-   They liked it
J:-   Ladies and Gentleman on Gtr, Andy The HAt fairweather low this one for our great leader Huh?? in the south Atlantic.

[GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OF MY DESERT]
[SOUTHHAMPTON DOCK]
B:-   Hey Jim I've been listening to your show
J:-   Billy?
B:-   Look what I have found
J:-   Billy, I appreciate your magician with the cordless telephone and all but we're on the air live and you cannot just cut in any time you want
B:-   You'll like this
J:-   Billy...(sigh)
B:-   I found this in the files on Abbbey Road Studios

(Billy takes control over the video display and shows a video of 'Arnold Layne')

Rog:   The grat Syd Barrett, he shouldn't be forgotten
J:-   Well Billy I don't know how you did that
J:-   Well, just try to Huh?
J:-   Have you come up with a solution yet?
B:-   I'm getting closer
J:-   Well we let our young computer genius work on his particular problem, while we continue with a sonc entitled "If"

[IF]
[5:06 AM]

(jingle)

J:-   Allright let's get back to Billy and found out how he is coming along
B:-   Just getting through some data it must look good

(News flash about hacking trees)

One third of the Amazon rain forest has been mostly for cattle to supply the USA with hamburgers. For each westerner, two to three tress die each year, representing an area the size of England and Scotland.

[NOT NOW JOHN]

('Fuck all that' chanting turning into 'tear down the wall')


You will remember at the beginning of the show we had a call from the hall from a guy by the name of Sean who wanted to hear more music from   The Wall. Well, Sean this one's for you it's called "Another Brick in the Wall"

[ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PART I]


J:- Allright Wembley, there's a fine voice tonight. Since we're on the subject of education, in America one goes to school for 12 years. Cramming your mind full useless facts called homework, try to please your parents, try to please your teachers, and when you come out at the end of these 12 years the lights are on,   but there's nobody home...


[NOBODY HOME]
B:-   I'm finished Jim
J:-   You're finished Billy?  Have you solved the problem?
   Have you come to some sort of decision yet?
B:-   It's later than you think
J:-   It sure is later then I think, but what's the point
B:-   There's still some time. (Franatic bongo drums start)
   I heard that
   Now the question is what should be done?
B:-   It's time to go home
J:-   Easy maestro
   What do you mean it's time to go home
   (more drums)
   Billy, Easy Billy
B:-   It's time to go home
[HOME]
   (bongo's, war room sounds)

   Bearing Zero, Six, Zero range
   Nuke analyzer
   This is the SPO confidence report now,
   Mid confidence is high
   Confidence high inform missile warning in form sentence
   Hello we have an IRBM in the system and our confidence is high
   Missile warning informed sir,
   Thank you
   (and some more of this)

B:-   4 minutes and counting
B:-   I've decided to stop the pain
B:-   I'm going to push the button
B:-   I'm sorry Jim, it's the bottom of me

[4 MINUTES]

(black out)
   There must be more to life
   Then lucky strikes and some unlucky ones
   And folded flags and pipes and drums
   I wanted everyone to know what it felt like
   You me and The Powers That Be
   Will you forgive me Jim?

J:-   If you'll swear you'll never fly again

[THE TIDE IS TURNING]

Rog:   The bleeding heart band
   Mr. Mel Colins
   On the drums, Graham Broad
   Jay Stapley
   Mrs. Doreen chanter
   Miss Katie Kissoon
   Mr. Paul Carrack
   The inevitable Andy Fairwqeather Low
   And from southern California, the voice of Radio KAOS, Mr Jim Ladd
   Thank you

Someone: Roger Waters

Rog:   Thank you, thank you all for calling,
   we'll see you all again very soon, in about a minute

(encored)
Rog:   We've eh...OK, we've got eh we've got a friend whose coming to night,
   you, most of you, will know her voice from an album from a long time ago,
   Dark Side of The Moon, and she's coming here to do some songs with us,
   Mrs. Clare Torey
[BREATHE]
[THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY]
[BRAINDAMAGE]
[ECLIPSE]

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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2007, 09:56:31 PM »


K.A.O.S. On The Road
By Vernon Fitch


*** originally published in The Amazing Pudding, issue 26, November 1987 ***
copyright 1987


Roger Waters is back! He has taken to the road with his Bleeding Hearts Band which consists of Graham Broad on drums, Paul Carrack on keyboards and vocals, Doreen Chanter and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals, Mel Collins on Saxophones, Andy Fairweather-Low on guitars, Jay Stapley on guitars, and Jim Ladd as DJ and host. The U.S. tour began in Providence, Rhode Island on August 14, 1987 and I was fortunate enough to be able to catch this amazing show at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia on September 2, 1987.
After making the drive from Florida to Georgia, we arrived in Atlanta in the afternoon and made our way to the Omni. On the way, we turned on the radio and tuned into the local FM rock station that was promoting the concert. At the station, the DJ was joined by Paul Carrack of the Bleeding Hearts Band. He talked about his career and how he linked up with Roger Waters. He also related the story of how they were in the studio recording when they decided to record a new version of Money, and Roger asked him to sing it. (This version has been released as the B-side of the new American single Sunset Strip). After hearing more from Paul Carrack about the tour, we were amazed to find out that this incredible show was not sold out! What is wrong with the music-buying public? People constantly complain about not having been able to see The Wall concerts, but when Roger brings his show to their home town they don't bother to buy tickets.
We arrived at the Omni about 4:30 and I headed backstage to say hello to Roger. Not long thereafter Roger Waters appeared. He was very polite and also very quiet. He autographed a number of records for me and even signed a promo photo of himself "To Vern, From Pink, Roger Waters." Needless to say, I was overwhelmed. Roger then posed for some photos with me and then politely bid me farewell. It was an experience that I will never forget. And the concert was yet to happen!
The doors to the Omni opened to let in the crowd an hour before showtime. Once inside, I headed to the souvenir stand. On sale were four different Radio K.A.O.S. T-shirts (really excellent designs, two of which had tour dates on the back) and a fantastic tour folder. After purchasing all these great souvenirs I made my way into the auditorium.
Upon entering the auditorium I immediately noticed the familiar round screen above the stage that was flanked with P.A. speakers. Additional speakers were hung from the ceiling and a radio booth was set up on a third tier above the stage. Also, at the rear of the main floor was a booth with the words RADIO K.A.O.S. in neon lights above it and three telephones inside. I had heard about this interesting concept in advance and I couldn't wait to see how it worked.

On the Air
The show began with the M.C. introducing the crowd to the Radio K.A.O.S. DJ, Jim Ladd. Jim took his place in the radio booth above the stage and welcomed the crowd by telling us that Radio K.A.O.S. was on the air. He said that they were beaming the show by satellite to Houston, Texas, which seemed to excite the crowd. He then proceeded to play the Doors Texas Radio and the Big Beat over the P.A. system. When that song ended, he asked the crowd if any of them liked ZZ Top and then played one of their songs. This gave us the impression that we were listening to a real radio station. The crowd was excited when Jim Ladd announced at the end of the song that they were going to take calls from the hall. Two callers talked live to Jim via the phones set up at the rear of the main floor. One girl asked whether we would hear any Pink Floyd songs and Jim assured her that, indeed, we would be treated to some. He said that we were in store for one incredible show.

Club Nowhere
After the callers finished, we listened to a Radio K.A.O.S. advertisement. But this was not an ordinary ad. This was an ad for Club Nowhere, "the night club that is so exclusive that nobody knows where it is. That's right, you'll never get in, but at least you wont have to stand in line at Club Nowhere. The club that stays one step ahead of the public by changing location every night of the week. And, don't forget, Tuesday night, it's the boss sounds of Jazz Meister Baheata Plankton and the Standard Broadcast Band. Wednesday night is Wet Wolverine night at Club Nowhere. Thursday night is Gun Night, bring an oozi, get in free. Friday night we're closed. Saturday and Sunday night we're closed for repairs. And remember, there's no cover, no minimum, no waitresses, no tables, no parking and no pets at Club Nowhere, the night club so exclusive, no one knows where it is. Visa, American Express, Master Card not accepted. There's no club like Club Nowhere."

Radio Waves
After a station ID for Radio K.A.O.S., Jim Ladd introduced us to Paul Carrack who took the stage solo and performed his song Say You Will. This was a bit too mainstream for my tastes, but it gave him a chance to be seen for himself by the public. At the end of the song, Jim Ladd announced that Radio K.A.O.S. was now going live, on the air, and that there was one more telephone call, this one from an outside line... It was Billy in his metallic, synthesized voice. To coincide with Billy's voice on the P.A. system, there was a giant digital printout in lights across the back of the stage which spelled out exactly what Billy was saying. This made it perfectly clear what was being said as it was sometimes hard to understand Billy's voice. Billy said "hello" to Jim and told Jim that he hears radio waves in his head. With that introduction, Roger Waters and the Bleeding Hearts Band appeared on stage playing the song Radio Waves in quadraphonic sound (there were speakers throughout the auditorium in addition to the ones in front of the stage) with film accompaniment on the large circular screen. Roger was in fine form and the band was tight. The Radio Waves film showed various radio towers and depicted radio waves, along with digital circuitry. At the conclusion of Radio Waves, Jim Ladd announced it's title, ran a Radio K.A.O.S. ID and then got back on the line with Billy. Billy announced that he was from the valley, Wales, to which Jim replied "sperm or blue-tip?." Billy then explained why his voice sounds the way it does and Jim told Billy that he was glad that he was with us today and, all that aside, welcome to the machine.

Welcome to the Machine
Immediately, the video screen came to life with the accompanying film as the band played Welcome to the Machine. To me, the film seemed different than the one used during previous Pink Floyd tours. It had the same images, but the colors looked different in parts. Perhaps sections had been redone or restored. It still had the insect creature at the beginning, the head being sliced off in the middle, and the sea of blood with groping hands at the end. Every time I have seen this, I have been amazed at how well the Dali-esque scenes fit so well with Roger's musical landscape. Of course, the crowd loved it.

Who Needs Information
Next up was a conversation between Jim and Billy wherein Billy explained how he could hack his way into any system. Jim didn't believe him so Billy showed his technological abilities by causing the light bulb hanging over Jim in the control booth to explode. Jim stared in disbelief at the broken bulb as the band began playing Who Needs Information. This was a powerful number live and I was impressed with the vocals of Roger, Doreen and Katie, as well as the excellent sax work of Mel Collins, all of whom complimented each other very well.

Money
After the song Who Needs Information came a news report about fueling wars. "Twenty percent of the world's scientists are involved in weapons research. Twenty-five percent of all research and development worldwide goes on weapons. Fifty percent of all British government research and development is allocated to weapons. More financial and intellectual resources are devoted to worldwide weaponry than is spent on ... " At that point, cash registers began to ring throughout the auditorium. Roger's message was clear as the band broke into Money. Roger was using his music to comment on the current state of affairs in the world. The band really jelled on this number with Paul Carrack on lead vocals and Jay Stapley providing an excellent lead guitar break. The song was also accompanied by a film, which was definitely different than the old Pink Floyd footage used for the song. The theme remained the same, though, as we were treated to various scenes of all the things money can buy.

The Professional Bimbo School
Money ended with another Radio K.A.O.S. ID followed by an advertisement. "Girls, are you tired of your boring job? Driven crazy by your boss who has you running for coffee all day? Well, here's the answer. The Professional Bimbo School. From the Rosemary Woods technique to the fine art of shredding, we'll teach you everything you need to know: How to frost your hair. How to respond to a Senate Subcommittee. How to stab your porcelain fingernails into your palms to induce a teary-eyed look when telling almost all about your heretofore unimpeachable employer. We will arrange for scantily-clad photos of you to appear, unauthorized, in sleazy magazines. And find a former best friend to rat on you. We'll even arrange for you to find God, write a book, and do lecture tours in your declining years. You don't have to know how to type letters. You don't even have to know how to turn over letters. The time is right for American women. Enroll now. Become a Bimbo graduate. Just call 976-BIMBO now."

Pink Floyd Medley
At the end of the commercial, Roger reinforced the idea with a musical statement. The spotlight came on and the band played In the Flesh. This "event" is one that has to be experienced live to fully appreciate the impact of the performance. It was Roger shouting his rage at the audience as Pink did in the Wall movie. This song immediately segued into Have a Cigar, which had a powerful guitar intro and Paul Carrack on lead vocals. This was a shortened version of the song, which merged into the next one, Pigs (Three Different Ones). This version of Pigs lasted only three-and-a-half minutes, with Roger singing only the first two verses (but with as much venom as on the Animals tour!). I really enjoyed seeing this song performed live again, in spite of the abbreviated instrumental section, and it was one of the highlights of the evening. Again without interruption, Pigs blended into another classic, Wish You Were Here. This beautiful ballad is always a concert favorite, and Roger's vocals with Mel Collins' sax solo made this a special moment in the show. The final song in this Pink Floyd medley was Mother. The audience acknowledged this classic song with a round of cheers and Roger added some audience participation to the tune by letting us sing the line "Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?" The crowd loved it. The arrangement of Mother was new, with a drum machine providing the basic rhythm over which the song developed. Jay Stapley added a nice lead guitar part and Doreen Chanter sang the chorus with emotion. When Mother ended, Jim Ladd announced the song titles of the medley and made a point of stating that these were "the words and music of Roger Waters."

The Powers That Be
Another Radio K.A.O.S. ID was played and Billy was back on the line talking about hacking his way into a government satellite. Doreen Chanter then sang Molly's Song, an unreleased song about spies in the sky. This led into the song Me or Him, which featured a Mel Collins sax solo and some nice quadraphonic effects. Accompanying this song were pictures of Ronald Reagan on the screen. Me or Him segued into The Powers That Be, a powerful song with grimly humorous visuals showing various world leaders interspersed with scenes of starvation, death and destruction. This was a strong statement about Roger's opinion of our world leaders (remember the Fletcher Memorial Home?). When The Powers That Be ended, it was announced that the band was going to take a short break and then come back for another set. What could have been an entire show for most bands turned out to be just the first half of Roger's show!



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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2007, 09:57:10 PM »

Part 2:



Calls From the Hall
After a brief intermission, Jim Ladd appeared in the radio booth and introduced a DJ from an Atlanta FM station, who joined him in the booth. She made announcements about some local upcoming events and Jim thanked her for her participation. Next, he announced that they were going to take some more calls from the hall. Just before the first caller went on, Roger Waters appeared from the side of the stage and joined Jim in the radio booth. This gave the callers the opportunity to speak to Roger Waters directly (talk about making contact with your audience!). The first caller asked Roger about his feelings on the current movement to censor music. Roger replied that he considers it extremely childish. When asked how he thought we could stop it, Roger answered by saying that we should make a lot of noise about it, and that if you are in a band, just go on writing what you want to write. And if you are a consumer, go on buying what you want to buy. The first caller thanked Roger for his comments and a second caller got on the phone.
The second caller began by making a statement against a local ordinance prohibiting the right to assembly. Roger's reply to this was that you should stand up and be counted, that's all you can do, and eventually they'll get it together. The caller then made another statement against the local police by saying "The police are not here for your protection. They are here for your correction." This got a reaction from the crowd (as would be expected of any comment against the establishment), but Roger didn't fully agree with the idea. He stated that "You can't tar everybody with the same brush. Not all policeman are bad. There are some good cops out there who are trying to do a proper job." He summed it up by saying that "you can't generalize about any group of people. There are some good guys out there and that's what Radio K.A.O.S. is all about."
The third and final caller got on the phone and put THE question directly to the man himself. The caller said, in no uncertain terms, "When is the video from the Wall concert coming out?" He followed this question by telling Roger that "you have a lot of fans out here that were a little too young to fly off to New York or Los Angeles to see the concert." This hit a nerve with the crowd as everyone cheered. Roger could do nothing but say "I'll see what I can do." (Let's all hope that this question is presented to Roger throughout his tour so that he is impressed enough to do something about it).
With that, Roger thanked the three callers for their questions and left the radio booth. Jim Ladd also thanked the people for their participation and followed this with a Radio K.A.O.S. ID and a word from one of the sponsors.

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Going to Live in L.A.
Jim Ladd announced that we just got another message from Billy as the band began playing Going to Live in L.A. (this was the b-side of the Radio Waves single). This song started slowly but built into a real rocker, with the band in fine form. The next song, Sunset Strip, was accompanied by a film showing the streets of Los Angeles. Doreen and Katie provided some nice vocal harmonies, and Roger was clearly enjoying himself as he rocked back and forth with the music. This was the most relaxed I had seen Roger in a long time.
Next on the agenda was The Fish Report With a Beat. This consisted of a video report by various Los Angeles DJs about fishing (with strong sexual connotations). Accompanying this video on the stage was Andy Fairweather-Low playing a solo guitar improvisation. This worked well as it set a carnival-type atmosphere.
Jim Ladd then introduced the title track from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, which the band proceeded to play accompanied by the video to the song. For some reason, this version of The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking seemed slower than usual and dragged a bit. Perhaps it was due to the difficulty of playing to a click track to keep it in synch with the video.

The Great Syd Barrett
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking ended and Billy cut in to tell Jim that he had found something interesting while hacking his way through various records in computers. Jim acted annoyed at Billy for forcing something on his radio show, but Billy took control and the video screen came to life with the original Arnold Layne promo film from 1967! It was great to see this film and I felt that it was Roger's way of showing the fans his beginnings. At the conclusion of the film, Roger paid tribute to Syd by stating to the audience, "The great Syd Barrett." The crowd, as ever, loved it.
Meanwhile, Jim showed his displeasure at Billy's messing around by telling him "Are you done pal? You little mutant. Are you done screwing up my show? What the hell was that? Some bizarre acid flashback, Billy?" Billy didn't answer, whereupon Jim asked him if he had found a solution to the problem he had been working on. Billy hadn't, so Jim left him to work on it and introduced the song If. Roger's vocals were desolate, setting the perfect mood, and Jay Stapley's guitar solo was exceedingly metallic, perfect for the song. The crowd appreciated the excellent rendition of this old Pink Floyd classic.
The next song they played was Every Strangers Eyes from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking album. This is my favorite song from that LP and I was pleased that Roger still included it in his live performances. Every Strangers Eyes was accompanied by the film that Roger had used on the Pros and Cons tour and Andy Fairweather-Low provided some excellent lead guitar work during the song.

Not Now John
Following Every Strangers Eyes was a Radio K.A.O.S. ID and Billy was back on the line. He told Jim that what he had found didn't look good. A news report told us that "Two-thirds of the Amazon rain-forest have been destroyed, mostly for cattle to supply the U.S.A. with hamburgers. Rain-forests contain one-half of the world's wild creatures, yet one species becomes extinct every day. For each Westerner, two trees die each year representing an area the size of ..." With that, the band exploded into Not Now John, giving us Roger's feelings about the situation. Fuck all that! It was fantastic to see this song performed live for the first time and it was definitely one of the highlights of the whole show. Roger was in fine form, and the band really took off on this number (although David Gilmour's guitar break was sorely missed).

Another Brick in the Wall
With the crowd partially standing, Jim Ladd got everyone on their feet with the announcement of Another Brick in the Wall. These were the most powerful renditions of Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 that I have ever heard. First Jay Stapley rendered an intense echo guitar lead and, not to be outdone, Andy Fairweather-Low cranked up the echo guitar for a powerful climax to one of Roger's most powerful songs. Roger enjoyed himself on vocals and a tape provided the children's chorus. It was great!

Nobody Home
At the conclusion of Another Brick in the Wall, Jim announced "As so often happens in the chaos of today's educational system, after twelve years of homework, hemorrhoids for teachers and headaches, you graduate, only to find that the lights are on, but Nobody's Home. Roger appeared in his easy chair next to a lamp and a television to sing Nobody Home. I couldn't help thinking that this has become one of Roger's live trademark songs. It always seems to provide an unusual change in the concert setting. The crowd knew all the words and sang along with Roger, who would occasionally stop singing and let us fill in the gaps. Mel Collins added a moving sax solo making the song a real crowd pleaser.

Four Minutes
After Nobody Home, Billy was back on the line telling Jim that he was finished. The song Home was played followed by Four Minutes. These two songs were the climax of the Radio K.A.O.S. stage show. During Four Minutes, a clock ticked off the seconds as scenes on the video screen showed a mobilization of armed forces, planes taking off, rockets launching and a nuclear attack in progress. As missile warnings echoed throughout the auditorium, the quadraphonic sound system put the audience in the center of the attack. The sound level built up to a deafening roar when, suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light, all sound stopped, and the auditorium was plunged into pitch blackness. It was a frightening experience.
This spectacular climax ended with Billy announcing over the phone to Jim that it was not real, and the band played The Tide is Turning. This was Roger's statement of hope. The whole band joined in to sing the refrain at the end and it came off similar to the end of the Live Aid concerts which were, of course, the inspiration on Roger to write this song. The Tide is Turning ended the second set and Roger introduced the band to a rousing chorus of cheers and a standing ovation.

Brain Damage
When Roger returned minutes later and announced that they were going to do damage to our brains, we all knew what the encore would be. Brain Damage and Eclipse were accompanied by the old Pink Floyd film for the song and a great crowd sing-along, which was a fantastic finish to a great show.
Looking back on this concert experience, I must say that, considering all the technology that went into putting on such a show, it was amazingly flawless. Roger has brought the art of live performance to a new high. The setting was comfortable, the show was paced perfectly and Roger was in fine form, relaxed and enjoying it all. Once again he has given his fans pleasure with his unique musical visions. Thanks, Roger, for an experience I'll never forget. Your fans appreciate all the effort you put forth. I hope you will be back soon (and I hope your snooker game was a winner). Until next time, Shine On...

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« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2007, 09:57:47 PM »

Re: KAOS in Canada, broadcast to LA in '87 ?

Announcing that the show was being "broadcast" was just a "ploy" adding to the illusion that Radio KAOS was a REAL radio station. This was announced before every show but the only official broadcast was the edited Westwood One version (re: KAOS On The Road)

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> just thought I'd toss this out; I saw the KAOS show at Canada's Wonderland in '87, and definitely remember Roger saying the show
> was being broadcast to the west coast (LA?) for radio. or maybe taped for a later broadcast.
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> does anyone know anything about this? was it ever aired? if so,
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