Tag: Peel Session tracks
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Groovin’ with Mr. Bloe
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John Peel session track. Recorded on 19 February 2003. Broadcast 13 March 2003.
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The City Never Sleeps
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Lyrics Nancy Sinatra (The City Never Sleeps at Night) Old man, young manPreacher saying amenTaking up collectionPlaying on a bass drumHow come the city it never sleeps at nightRed cars, blue carsPayment overdue carsCops with indigestionBillionaires and some bumsHow come the city it never sleeps at nightHow come the city it never sleeps at nightShort…
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Numb at the Lodge
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Lyrics Numb at the Lodge (Peel Session version) XXXX Feeling Numb Post- festivities, I’m feeling numb nowFrom remedies and ProzacI’m kinda two-toneI’m feeling numb nowI’m feeling numbI’m feeling numb nowI’m feeling numbProzacDon’t touch that phone dialStick with kindredWelcome in, I’m on automationAnd family is cerebral causticI’m feeling numb nowI’m feeling numbI’m feeling numb I’m feeling…
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Faust Banana
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Lyrics (Yeah … Yeah)Doctor Faustus, horseshoes splackingSwallows hay cart, cart horse, of the peasants blocking his path(Yeah)Doctor Faustus, power showing, spits out hay cart, cart horse, hay and box (Yeah)Outside the gates of the town of Anholt (Had your chances … you’ve had your chance)(You’ve had your chances … you’ve had your chance)(Yeah)Doctor Faustus, at…
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Strychnine
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Lyrics The Sonics Some folks like waterSome folks like wineBut I like the tasteOf straight strychnine (Hey, hey)You may think it’s funnyThat I like this stuffBut once you’ve tried itYou can’t get enough, wowWine is red, heyPoison is blueStrychnine is goodFor what’s ailin’ you (Wow)Wow, wine is redPoison is blueStrychnine is goodFor what’s ailin’ youIf…
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Beatle Bones ‘n’ Smokin’ Stones
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Lyrics Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Beatle bones ‘n’ smokin’ StonesThe dry sands fallThe strawberry mouth; strawberry moth; strawberry caterpillarStrawberry butterfly; strawberry fieldsThe winged eel slither on the heels of today’s childrenStrawberry feels foreverYeah, roosters, ol’ glass roosters, stick to your raceIn a drag-queen, live-wood farmhouseTractors are clawin’; the folks are crawlin’Trees in a…
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing
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Lyrics George Whitefield etc The Fall Hark the herald angels singGlory to the new born KingPeace on earth and mercy mildGod and sinners reconciledJoyful all ye nations riseJoin the triumph of the skiesWith angelic host proclaimChrist is born in BethlehemHark the herald angels singGlory to the new born KingChrist by highest heaven adoredChrist the everlasting…
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Jingle Bell Rock
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Lyrics Bobby Helms (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rockJingle bells swing and jingle bells ringSnowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of funNow the jingle hop has begunJingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rockJingle bells chime in jingle bell timeDancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell SquareIn the frosty airWhat a bright time,…
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Job Search
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Lyrics They say the sheep’s (cool)Two menAnd cold stone booksFrom Prozac to the internetDead stopI go [ ]Somebody turns awayI get big shot inNow is the time of my recompenseMad ‘ArryLong arm with falseCloseFrom the mountains of [ ]Once were peaceful mountainsAnd [ ]They are so desperateBut the rhododendrons of the radioImitating rhododendrons to get…
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I Can Hear the Grass Grow
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Lyrics The Move (Roy Wood) See the people all in lineWhat’s makin’ them look at meCan’t imagine that their mindsAre thinkin’ the same as meI can hear the grass grow I can hear the grass growI see rainbows in the eveningMy head’s attracted toA magnetic wave of soundWith the streams of coloured circlesMakin’ their way…
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Blindness
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Lyrics Peel Session version And all humansCavalry or CalvaryAnd not a drop of water or paper, or paperJ.W. said, “walking bass, walking bass” Don’t forget, don’t forgetYou expected Aristotle OnassisBut instead you got Mr James Fennings from Prestwick, in Cumbria Down!Do you? The flat is evil, full of cavalry and CalvaryHis first appearance was on…
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Contraflow
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Lyrics Peel Session version Ouch!Hate the countryside so muchI hate the countryside so muchHate the contraflow so muchI hate the countryside so muchI hate the contraflow so muchI hate the countryside so muchHate the countryside so muchWalked up milky hillocksDown to BuxtonGot lostLost key in lockLost key in lotHad to meet JimWith the Roll -I…
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This Perfect Day
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Lyrics The Saints XXXX The Fall Don’t talk to me ’bout what you doneThere’s nothing changed it still goes onBut I’ll keep laughing to the endAnd I’ve been around this old big worldIn all your cars and sexy barsIt’s all so funnyYour perfect dayYour mummy saysYour perfect dayI can’t laughThere’s no high times, only badIt’s…
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Bound Soul One
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Lyrics Bound Soul One (John Peel Session) XXXX Bound (The Marshall Suite) And I guess you could just say itAnd I guess you just c c c couldn’t say itYou’re love boundLove boundYou’re out of boundsLike your mother in the rainPast the boundaries againAnd the operator man puts you on hold againBut you just will…
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Shake-Off
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Lyrics John Peel Session Strong pot make the bedBut plughole would not getShake-off!Shake-off to himSisters that conformMr Strong Pot fixed the bathroom where the plughole was disappearingSister would not handle itLet them haveThey require that I must go on the crisis meetingIf you deny the strong pot, says Mr Strong Pot, you will end up…
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Antidotes
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Lyrics Antidotes (John Peel Session) XXXX (Jung Nev’s) Antidotes (The Marshall Suite) XXXX Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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(Jung Nev’s) Antidotes
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Lyrics Antidotes (John Peel Session) 12345AntidotesAnd those who wroteAnd in the hoose hiddenIf chewing gum is chewedAntidotesThe wacky sports teacher and the big fat bulliesIn the class he tolerates their dads on teamsIt’s a carry on sir countryAntidotesIf chewing gum is chewedThe chewer is pursuedAnd in the back shed he’s shot, became a dog’s boneHad…
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Touch Sensitive
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Lyrics John Peel Session Heeeey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Well everyone you meetIn the pubs and the streetIs touch sensitiveDon’t frown and you’re a creepIf you smile you’re bitterIf you don’t say, “It’s bitter cold”You’re drunk or too oldHey! Hey! Hey! Hey!Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!They say what about the meek?But I think that I’m indiscreetI think they’ve…
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He Pep!
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Lyrics Peel Session This style is identical to none, the style is identicalGo delve elsewhere, more mature, courseGo delve, delve elsewhere, hex, gitStop clogging my system up, go elsewhere British new found voyeurCan’t even point a film camera straight, or get a telephone number correctGet the girl, you can’t, you’re a crusty stick-up You pep!You…
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C’n’C-Hassle Schmuck
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Lyrics Three months, three yearsThree months, three yearsMore lecturesYes it’s them againYou’ve heard Blob 59We’re gonna move on three yearsMusic centre irritantGet yer suits off, get yer jeans onI can see, I have dreamsI was by the fireplace at home The date was two O one OAll England was a university town, all you could…
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Words of Expectation
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Lyrics These are the words of expectationThese are the words of success expectationFrom a pleasing mugFrom a pleasing pan Every now and then I would like to try something like thisIt is a modicum of my career I would like at the bottom of my [ ]These are the words of expectationThese are the words…
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Kimble
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Lyrics Lee Perry XXXX The Fall I’m hot!I warn yaHe’s out!Rrrrrrrr tch tch tch tch tch tch tchYou never knew I was aroundThat’s why you tried to climb on my backYou step on my toes and pretend you never knewBut you mess with this catBut let me warn you my friend, never do that again…
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Whizz Bang
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An early version of “Butterflies 4 Brains”. Whizz Bang was recorded for a Peel Session on 17 December 1989, but not transmitted. It was released many years later.
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Squid Lord
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Lyrics Squid Lord Good man, lend a hand, help me kill some scumI hate their existenceThey think three on one a normal thingNetwork Seven encouraged them But today they picked the wrong manSquid Lord, just, vastHis intelligence spreads Number One squat with grey turn-up jeansStuck-up white hairstyleObviously sheep-shag mill townSquid lord, revenge, justHis intelligence vastThe…
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Mess of My
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Lyrics A note of your own choice, boys and girlsInadequate writers, methadone stubbiesYou got energy vampiresMore hands on the tranquillisersAn unholy allianceAnd jokes about faithOh, give me another drinkYou’re as strong as your weakest linkA mess of my ageA mess of my youthA mess of our radioI remember the times this was a beginning of…
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Gut of the Quantifier
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Lyrics I’m telling you now and I’m telling you thisLife can be a onward, downwardChip-chit chip-chit chip I’m not saying they’re really thickBut all the groups who’ve hit it bigMake the Kane Gang look like an Einstein chipChipN.Y.C. ChipA place to liveChipThis is the Thule groupThis is a cool groupI’m telling you now and I’m…
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L.A.
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Lyrics OdeonSkyUncannyBushes are in disagreement with the heatL.A.UncannyPersonThey have filled boulevards with white snow, scum-ballL.A.This is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me outThis is my happening and it freaks me out Commentary < Post in progress > Footnotes Sources / Links
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Spoilt Victorian Child
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Lyrics Past trees the fairies are flying Past trees with rose bushes inChild was spoilt VictoriaChild was spoilt VictoriaSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSugar and cakes appear mean, sitting at the tableTigers pop-up from booksSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childSpoilt Victorian childLet’s take it ten years onYou’re looking back from thenUnder rough grey blanketsThread loose…
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Put Away
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Lyrics Album Version Ba da ba da ba da ba da!Late twentieth century was late and just said “yes” or “no”And was mistaken for sarcasm, even belligerentNoun, ‘to fight’Putting me away but I’ll be back somedayPutting me away but I’ll be back somedayPrisoner for a year and a dayPutting me away but I’ll be back…
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Like to Blow
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Credits: Mark E. Smith / Martin Bramah. First appearance on record: Live at the Witch Trials (1979). Last known performance: Stowaway Club, Newport, Wales, 4 April 1979.
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No Xmas for John Quays
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Lyrics The “x” in Xmas is a substitute crucifix for Christ One, two, one, two, three, fourNo Christmas for John QuaysNo Christmas for John QuaysNo Christmas for John QuaysNo Christmas for John QuaysWell, the powders reach you and the powders teach youAnd when you find they can’t reach youThere is no Christmas for John QuaysHe…
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Futures and Pasts
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Lyrics I was in a sleeping dream When a policeman brought my mother homeBy the window I didn’t scream I was too old for thatI was in a drunken dream The pubs were closedIt was three o’clock At the bottom of the street it seemedThere was a policeman lost in the fog I understand but…
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Mother-Sister!
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Lyrics “Er, what’s this song about?” “Er, nothing” NoneNo recipesIt was like a see-sawNoIt was like an up-and-downBye byeMother, sister, mother, sisterWhy did you put your head in?Reach or preach It’s all a diminished return NowFloorboard creaks[ ] Mother, sister, mother, sisterWhy did you put your head in? AstrayOur friendsAnd the fathers are underground Your…