Don't forget the film was made available on DVD last year and you can still buy the certificate '15' disk ... the film was originally, in 1970, an X certificate.
The DVD contains -
full colour 107-minute film
trailer
38-minute suite of original music
image gallery
promotional material in .pdf
Vegetable Layne wrote:How much DID Waters contribute in this album, anyway?
According to credits Waters contributed in the eight songs.
Side One
"Our Song" (Geesin/Waters) – 1:24 "Sea Shell and Stone" (Waters) – 2:17
"Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11
"A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19
"Lick Your Partners" – 0:35
"Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35 "Chain of Life" (Waters) – 3:59 "The Womb Bit" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:06
"Embryo Thought" – 0:39
"March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08
"More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03
"Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04
I like this record a lot, I just wish they'd give it a proper remastering. I can imagine that Geesin was using fairly destructive editing techniques to create some of the sounds, but separate tracks should certainly exist for "Give Birth to a Smile". Also, what's with the two versions of that song? The one used in the film had a heavier drum beat, no guitar solos, and no Doris Troy. If Roger bothered to re-record it for the soundtrack's release, why would he dislike it enough to keep it off The Early Years? It's sort of a prototype for "Eclipse". I think it's safe to say Roger also played bass on "Mrs. Throat Goes Walking", but the vocalizations definitely sound like Ron.
"Body Transport" is a song by Roger Waters, the former bassist and primary songwriter of Pink Floyd. The song appears on his second solo album, "Radio K.A.O.S.," which was released in 1987.
"Body Transport" is a political song that criticizes the government and the military for their role in wars and the exploitation of the poor. The song's lyrics describe a situation in which the government is using body transport to send poor people to fight in a foreign war. The lyrics suggest that the government doesn't care about the people who are being sent to fight, and that they are viewed as disposable resources that can be easily replaced.
The song's chorus features the repeated phrase "Body transport taking off in the middle of the night," which emphasizes the sense of urgency and the idea that the people being sent to war are being taken away against their will.
Overall, "Body Transport" is a commentary on the themes of war, government corruption, and the exploitation of the poor, all of which are recurring themes in Waters' music. The song's lyrics and musical arrangement create a sense of urgency and unease, which reflect the seriousness of the issues being addressed