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Topic: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

do you know what the dots and dashes were saying.................i do and cant really believe it

I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair......
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Re: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

I thought I knew this sort of

I got told years ago when it first came out that it said something about nuclear war or something like that,
but I had to cheat and look it up.

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".


I got that from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_K.A.O.S.

it also says
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 bulls*** 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."


which make a lot of sense as Roger is against war more than greenpeace, more than CND more than the pope probably.


No wonder I consider Roger a god, his words of wisdom will always be with me thru my life
lol
Ken

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Hey... I've read some of your other posts, and you sure do seem to like Roger Waters...
Strange, I was listening to Pink Floyd just before I came online... smile

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Re: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

This may sound strange, but I've only ever heard one pink Floyd song. Should I give them a go?

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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Re: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

alvee33 wrote:

This may sound strange, but I've only ever heard one pink Floyd song. Should I give them a go?

Definately! In fact my username is one of their songs! Which song have you heard?

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Very Cool smile Thanks for that.
alvee33....I'm sorry but I can't believe you've only heard 1 Pink Floyd song but if you have than by all means have a go. smile

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GoodbyeBlueSky wrote:

Hey... I've read some of your other posts, and you sure do seem to like Roger Waters...
Strange, I was listening to Pink Floyd just before I came online... smile

Roger Waters and Syd Barrett are my two gods.

lol

I love floyd as well as Waters' and Barrett's solo stuff.

I have loved Floyd since I fist heard them when I was 8 years old....... a long long time ago, 30 years this December.


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upyerkilt wrote:
GoodbyeBlueSky wrote:

Hey... I've read some of your other posts, and you sure do seem to like Roger Waters...
Strange, I was listening to Pink Floyd just before I came online... smile

Roger Waters and Syd Barrett are my two gods.

lol

I love floyd as well as Waters' and Barrett's solo stuff.

I have loved Floyd since I fist heard them when I was 8 years old....... a long long time ago, 30 years this December.


Ken

I've always listened to them 'cause my parents often played them loudly so I couldn't help it xD
I only properly started listening to them when I was about 7 and I first heard 'Bike'
Nearly 8 years ago now... smile

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I love playing and singing bike on the guitar, easy and great, and when you play it to people that have never heard it, you always get a laugh at the Gerald line.
Also, effervessing elephant ( Syd's first song he wrote) is another good one but after my singing nodule I find it harder to sing so deep.



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I love 'Careful With That Axe Eugene' but it is nearly impossible to play, and to sing. Not that it's so much singing as screaming...

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lol lol
we should have a wee section of our own to discuss nothing but floyd!!! lol

that was about the 4th song i learned on the bass guitar about 1984 ish. If i remember right there is a wee bit of echo and reverb and some other effect in it for the bass. superb!!!

one of my favourites of all time though is Echoes. I just love Dave Gilmour's voice on that. And the video "live at pompei" is an experimenting fabulous experience just to watch. I do a version of this on my Youtube space. as well as a few syd songs and a few other floyd songs, all done acoustically. Upyerkilt123 or upyerkilt4fun is my user name if yer interested to see how  idestroyed them ,lol.

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Re: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8970


Ta Dahhh xD

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Re: radio kaos.....the very end.....morse code...

Ok I think it may be 2 songs I've heard. They just sounded the same lol

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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