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Cary Grant’s Wedding
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Lyrics Totale’s Turns (Bradford, 1980) I said shut up!Everybody go Cary Grant’s weddingEverybody go Cary Grant’s weddingChampagne hip hip hoorayThank you folks for coming todayHow much was the price on the door? Sure it’s worth a whole lot moreI said go to Cary Grant’s weddingAll you folks and fools Cary Grant’s weddingCary Grant’s weddingCary Grant’s…
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Classical Gas
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Dresden Dolls
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Lyrics “Dresden dolls take oneThis is for all you guys who work on industrial estates, sorry”Dresden dolls are back in styleWith a clockwork walk and a backward smileDresden dolls don’t hear a soundThey’re programmed to jump up and downUp and down, round and roundTapping feet to formless soundDresden dolls and Nazi boysDance arm-in-arm to formless…
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Backdrop
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Lyrics The Leicester YOP TEP instructor emerged from corridorHis state subsidised cannabis hazeMoved reptilian in its all levelling routineI said to him, it’s about time you started thinking about the black dog on your backI said, it’s about time you started thinking about the re-run which is your lifeMoveable backdropThe Leicester YOP instructor emerged from…
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Hungry Freaks, Daddy
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Lyrics Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Mister AmericaWalk on byYour schools that do not teachMister AmericaWalk on byThe minds that won’t be reachedMister AmericaTry to hideThe emptiness that’s you insideWhen once you find that the way you liedAnd all the corny tricks you triedWill not forestall the rising tide ofHungry freaks, daddy…They won’t…
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Surrogate Mirage
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Lyrics [Can you give them lights a rest, a bit of a rest for a bit…we’re sweating too much…haven’t done any work yet…hullo Karl]This regards parting, leavingBecause art of bleedingRaw pumpings of emotionYour chummy lifestyle sits on my veinAnd not that I botherSurrogates always give up, persistent cracks11pm is when those people recedeThey get you…
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Jeanie
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Lyrics Eddie Cochran (Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie) Well, Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie, come and dance with meWell, I’ll teach you every dance from across the seaYeah, first we’ll hopYeah, yeah, yeah, then we’ll bopYeah, yeah, yeah, then we’ll slop, rock and roll, well, do the strollWell, Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie, got my blue suede shoesA pink carnation and…
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Cock in My Pocket
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Lyrics The Stooges I got my cock in my pocket and I’m breezin’ down the old highwayI got my cock in my pocket, I’m breezin’ down the old highwayI’m gonna whip it on you, honey, I’m gonna whip it on you todayI’m gonna get it up, turn around, try it every way, uhI got my…
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Perverted by Language
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Lyrics A final curly boxYou have no drums to relateUnion grey vaseYou are grey vaseLook upDetractedWhat withAttractedLanguageThe mandrake runnersA final pearled vaseUnion great vase Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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Blue Christmas
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Lyrics Elvis Presley (Billy Hayes / Jay W. Johnson) I’ll have a blue Christmas without youI’ll be so blue just thinking about youDecorations of red on a green Christmas treeWon’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with meAnd when those blue snowflakes start fallingThat’s when those blue memories start callingYou’ll be doing all…
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The Love Between
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Lyrics White Fence April come and weigh a tonMany hate the alphabetYou keepInsideCan you do right?Can you be right next to me?I think it’s more about the love betweenWaking upGo to workJoin the raceTimes are badMake or takeYour time in spaceTake a restOn your plainTake a V ride you’ll never forgetAnd i think that your…
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Jack the Ripper
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Lyrics Screaming Lord Sutch (Stacy, Stacy, Haggin, Simmons) Ah-ha-ha, aaah!(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)There’s a man who walks the streets of London late at night(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)With a little black bag that’s oh-so tight(The Ripper, Jack the Ripper)He’s got a big black cloak hangin’ down his back(The Ripper, Jack…
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Werewolves of London
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Lyrics Warren Zevon I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his handWalking through the streets of SoHo in the rainHe was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’sGonna get a big dish of beef chow meinAh-hoo, werewolves of LondonAh-hooAh-hoo, werewolves of LondonAh-hooYou hear him howlin’ around your kitchen doorYou better not let…
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Walk Like a Man
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Lyrics Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Ooh(Walk, walk, walk, walk)OohWalk like a manOh, how you tried to cut me down to sizeTellin’ dirty lies to my friendsBut my own father said, “Give her up, don’t botherThe world isn’t comin’ to an end”(He said)”Walk like a man, talk like a manWalk like a man my…
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Jet Boy
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Lyrics New York Dolls Who’s so fly high in the skyFaster than any boy could ever describeWho’s got that love so deepWith everything alive, I saidJet Boys fly, Jet Boys goneJet Boy stole my babyFlyin’ around New York City so highLike he was my babyThis the kinda place where no one caresWhat your livin’ forAnd…
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Tunnel
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Countdown
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Lyrics < Instrumental > Commentary A chirpy little instrumental with a surf/garage type beat. The slower bit is infectious and almost nursery rhyme like. “Countdown” was the title bestowed on this “hectic, bubbly instrumental” when a live recording from Irving Plaza, New York City (1 March 1986) was included on disc 5 (“Live Rarities”) of…
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Brand New Cadillac
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Lyrics Vince Taylor Well my baby drove off in a brand new CadillacOoh, my baby drove off in a brand new CadillacWell she looked at me, daddy, I ain’t never comin’ backI said baby-baby-baby won’t you listen to meCome on sugar, come on hear my pleaWell she looked at my Ford, we’ll never agreeCadillac car!…
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Interferance
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Only known performance: Bierkeller, Bristol, 28 January 1997. Credits: Mark E. Smith and Julia Nagle.
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Pop Stickers
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Lyrics We like pop-stik stickersWe like weak tea[ ]We like pop-stik stickersWe like weak tea[ ]We eat pop piggiesPopsiclesIciclesWe like pop stickersWe like weak tea[ ]Why are you laughingWhy are you smilingAt or with this songIt’s not like your scene[ ]No matter how bad it isLittle plastic (animal)They are [ ] We like weak teaLet’s…
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My Condition
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No studio recording. Two official live recordings available. Performed live in November-December 1978 by Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah, Karl Burns, Yvonne Pawlett and Marc Riley.
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Session Musician
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Lyrics The singer thinks, “One day I’ll be recognised for the great cool prophet that I am”The band think one day they’ll be seen as the geniuses they amOne day they’ll get complacence and they’ll have to take a chanceGo back to the family and become their old manAnd, and leave the press and stick…
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Black Night
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Lyrics Deep Purple Black nightIs not rightI don’t feelSo brightI don’t careTo sit tightMaybe I’ll find on the way down the lineThat I’m freeFree to be meBlack night is a long way from homeI don’t needA dark treeI don’t wantA rough seaI can’t feel,I can’t see.Maybe I’ll find on the way down the lineThat I’m…
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Town Called Crappy
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Lyrics Hammersmith Palais, London; 25 March 1982 Got to get out of that city called CrappyNow, I don’t like MaggieAll the money I made out of mods has made me feel guiltyTown called Crappy! Nightmoves, Glasgow: 1 April 1982 < not yet transcribed > Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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Dropout Boogie
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Lyrics Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band You wanna do what?, you wanna do what?I told you what, I told you whatYou wanna do what?, you wanna do what?I told you what, I told you whatGo t’school, go t’schoolGo t’school, go t’schoolJust cain’t, just cain’tJust cain’t, just cain’tDropout, dropout, dropout, dropoutCain’t get a job, cain’t…
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Hey! Fascist
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Lyrics When I’m walking down the streetIt’s always you I seem to meetCar coat on and steel boots on your feet And write your letters to the Evening News I pick up a knife and sing this tuneIt goes, Hey fascist! Hey fascist! Hey fascist!You’re gonna get it through the headI said Hey fascist! Hey…
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Louie Louie
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Lyrics Richard Berry and The Pharoahs Louie Louie, me gotta go Louie Louie, me gotta goFine little girl, she wait for meMe catch the ship for cross the seaI sail the ship all aloneI never think I’ll make it homeLouie Louie, me gotta goLouie Louie, me gotta goThree nights and days, me sailed the seaMe…
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Stepping Out
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Lyrics I used to believe everything I readI used to believe everything I readI used to believe everything I readBut that’s all changed and now I’m stepping outThat’s all changed and now I’m stepping out, stepping out, stepping outI used to stay in the house and never go outBut now I’m stepping out, stepping outI…
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Last Orders
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Lyrics Everybody’s telling me do this do that They’re trying to run my life for meI’m gonna tell, I’ll tell ’em, their time’s up They’ve just given me their last orders Last ordersLast ordersEveryone’s in prison or in the armyAll sincere, all phoneyReading all the books, taking in the newsThey’ve just given me their last…
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Crew Filth
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Lyrics From the valleys of Leicestershire and all over Came mystic crew filthThe first, the first was Dave Bush-babe The second was Graham ponytail They were mystic crew filthCrew filthThen from the land of the accordion came Dave Kiwi He was crew filthHe had the shirtsHe wouldn’t meditate on his monitor roomMystic crew filthHey mystic…
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He Talks
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Lyrics They are my carsIndestructible, black He talksHe talksHe talksHe talksWell, sit down on my wheelsWell, sit on my wheels[ ] He talks feet, on his feetAnd he talks feet[ ] … with a black cape A video on his backAnd, night thoughtsIndestructible [ ] no rhyme, he just talks[ ] Commentary As far as…
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Ben’s Instrumental
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Lyrics < Instrumental > Commentary “Ben’s Instrumental” is the fan-bestowed title for what The Track Record describes as “a fairly repetitive instrumental, mainly featuring guitarist Ben Pritchard”, which opened The Fall’s gig at the Cartoon Club, Croydon, on 15 March 2006. It is not known whether this was a nascent song idea, or Pritchard noodling…
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Roll The Bones
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Lyrics <No lyrics available> Commentary We know of five performances of “Roll The Bones”, between August and November 1977. It’s first documented appearance is on the setlist for the gig at the Electric Circus, Manchester, on 21 August 1977. No recordings have emerged, and there is no known studio version. However, it does appear in…
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Sten Gun Rock
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Lyrics <No lyrics available> Commentary We had a few crap songs to start with. “Sten Gun Rock” was a Clash-type track that we were sensible enough not to record. … “Sten Gun Rock”, like the German machine gun. “Sten Gun Rock, did it cock?” Ha ha ha. Mark was a little Nazi and he couldn’t…
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You Don’t Turn Me On
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Lyrics Another day stuck here with youBored with you babyAnd don’t know what to doYour beard don’t hideYour ugly mindI’m going down town See what I can find, ‘cosYou just don’t turn me onYou can’t tell right from wrongYou just don’t turn me on <incomplete> Commentary Lyrics by Una Baines. Music by Martin Bramah. One…
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Race Hatred
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Lyrics What yer gonna do when the blacks get you What yer gonna do when the Pakis get youWhat yer gonna do when the chinks get you What yer gonna do when the commies break throughYeah, race hatredYeah, race hatredWhat yer gonna do when the Yanks get youWhat yer gonna do when the Klan get…
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Weeds of Evil
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Lyrics < No lyrics available > Commentary The song appears on two setlists which came up for auction via Omega Auctions in September 2023 and April 2024: the Marquee Club, London, 22 November 1977, and Eric’s, Liverpool, 17 December 1977. No recordings of these gigs have emerged, and there is no known studio version of…
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1969
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Cover of The Stooges’ “1969”, from their eponymous debut album. Lyrics inserted into The Fall’s performance of “Hot Cake” at Casa de Musica, Porto, Portugal, 17 January 2009. Full cover version performed by The Fall at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1 October 2009.
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Reece Stick
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Lyrics Reece Stick Reece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece StickReece Stick Commentary Frankly, there isn’t much I can offer by way of in-depth commentary on this one. Writing credits are unknown. “Reece Stick” was played live six times in…