Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards (1980) Live

Magazine
"A Song From Under The Floorboards"
Album: The Correct Use Of Soap (1980 Virgin)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin
my irritability keeps me alive and kicking
I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit
I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it

This is a song from under the floorboards
this is a song from where the wall is cracked
my force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact

I know the highest and the best
I accord them all due respect
but the brightest jewel inside of me
glows with pleasure at my own stupidity

This is a song ....

I used to make phantoms I could later chase
images of all that could be desired
then I got tired of counting all of these blessings
and then I just got tired

This is a song ...

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Stray Cats - Runaway Boys (1980)

Stray Cats
"Runaway Boys"
Album: Stray Cats (1981 Arista)

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LYRICS:

Get kicked out for coming home at dawn,
Mom and Dad cursed the day you were born,
Throw your clothes into a duffle bag
shoutin' as ya slam the door home is a drag
Who can I turn to and where can I stay ?
I heard a place is open all night and all day
There's a place you can go where the cops don't know
You can act real wild they don't treat you like a child
Runaway boys
Your hair's all greasy and you feel like a slob,
You're only fifteen and you can't get a job,
Go into the luncheonette and shoot a few games
Losing all your quarters, man it's always the same
Steal a couple of bucks to buy a new toy,
Slip into the alley with the
Runaway boys
Runnin' faster, faster all the time
You're under age and God knows, that's a crime !
Runaway boys

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The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (1980)

The Teardrop Explodes
"Treason"
Album: Kilimanjaro (1980 Fontana)


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LYRICS:


I've been living through changes
And i could swing for you
I can see the veins in my hands
Are showing through


But if you disguise what
This things are doing to me
If you criticize them
I'll know that you can see


Until you realise
It's just a story


Consequently my reaction
Was getting very strange
I can see your course of action
Leading to a change


You've got to get ready for me


Is it real
Or is it treason
Is it treason


I've been living through changes
It's not the same thing every day
I hope it's not my age
But i wouldn't like to say


Mirror hopping days of coarse reaction
Oh it's very hard to fight
I tried to find a plan of action
But i couldn't get it right


Until you realise
It's just a story.


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The Jam - Start! (1980)

The Jam
"Start!"
Album: Sound Affects (1980 Polydor)


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LYRICS:


It's not important for you to know my name -
Nor I to know yours
If we communicate for two minutes only
It will be enough
For knowing that someone in this world
Feels as desperate as me -
And what you give is what you get.


It doesn't matter if we never meet again,
What we have said will always remain.
If we get through for two minutes only,
It will be a start!
For knowing that someone in this life,
Loves with a passion called hate
And what you give is what you get.


If I never ever see you -
If I never ever see you -
If I never ever see you - again.


And what you give is what you get!


ALBUM:

Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart (1980)

Squeeze
"Another Nail In My Heart"
Album: Argybargy (1980 A&M)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

The case was pulled from under the bed
She made a call to a sympathetic friend
And made arrangements
The door was closed there was a note
I couldn't be bothered
Maybe I'll choke
No more engagements

With where have you been's
And faraway frowns
Trying to be good
By not being 'round
And here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart
And here in the bar
The pianoman's found
Another nail for my heart

That stupid old bug
That kills only love
I want to be good
Is that not enough

So play me the song
That makes it so tough
Another nail for my heart
Then play me that song
That makes it so tough
Another nail for my heart

I had excuses those little boy lies
That she computed by watching my eyes
And told me firmly

She couldn't stand it I'm bad on her heart
She dropped her makeup and I found the bar
Now it concerns me

I've had a bad time
Now love is resigned
I've been such a fool
I've loved and goodbyed

So here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart
And here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart
And here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart
And here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart
And here in the bar
The piano man's found
Another nail for my heart

ALBUM:

Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue (1980) Live 1983

Live at Royal Albert Hall (London), July 1983.

Echo and The Bunnymen
"Rescue"
Album: Cocodriles (1980 Korova)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

If I said I'd lost my way
Would you sympathise
Could you sympathise?
I'm jumbled up
Maybe I'm losing my touch
I'm jumbled up
Maybe I'm losing my touch
But you know I didn't have it anyway


Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my rescue


Things are wrong
Things are going wrong
Can you tell that in a song
I don't know what I want anymore
First I want a kiss and then I want it all


Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my rescue
Rescue, rescue, rescue


Things are wrong
Things are going wrong
Can you tell that in a song
Losing sense of those harder things
Is this the blues I'm singing?
Is this the blues I'm singing?
Is this the blues I'm singing?
Is this the blues I'm singing?


Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my rescue
Is this the blues I'm singing
Won't you come on down to my rescue


Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the blues I'm singing?)
Won't you come on down to my
(Rescue)
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the blues I'm singing?)
(Rescue)
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the blues I'm singing?)
(Rescue)
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the blues I'm singing?)
(Rescue)
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the, I'm singing)
Won't you come on down to my
(Is this the, I'm singing)

ALBUM:

David Bowie - Fashion (1980)

David Bowie
"Fashion"
Album; Scary Monsters (1980 RCA)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

There's a brand new dance
but I don't know its name
That people from bad homes
do again and again
It's big and it's bland
full of tension and fear
They do it over there but we don't do it here
[CHORUS]
Fashion! Turn to the left
Fashion! Turn to the right
Oooh, fashion!
We are the goon squad
and we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
Listen to me - don't listen to me
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
Beep-beep
There's a brand new talk,
but it's not very clear
That people from good homes
are talking this year
It's loud and tasteless
and I've heard it before
You shout it while you're dancing
on the whole dance floor
Oh bop, fashion
[CHORUS]
Listen to me - don't listen to me
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
La-la la la la la la-la

ALBUM:

The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin (1980)

The Undertones
"My Perfect Cousin"
Album: Hypnotised (1980 Sire)


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LYRICS:


Now, I've got a cousin called Kevin
He's sure to go to heaven
Always spotless clean and neat
The smoothest you can get them
He's got a fur lined sheepskin jacket
My ma said they cost a packet
She won't even let me explain
That me and Kevin were just not the same


Oh my perfect cousin
What I like to do he doesn't
He's his family's pride and joy
His mothers little golden boy


He's gotta degree in economics
Maths - physics and bionics
He thinks that I'm a cabbage
Cos I hate university challenge
Even at the age of ten
Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then
He always beat me at Subbuteo
Cos he flicked the kick
And I didn't know


Oh my perfect cousin ..


His mother bought him a synthesizer
Got the Human League into advise her
Now he's making lots of noise
Playing along with the art school boys
Girls try to attract his attention
But what a shame it's in vain total rejection
He will never be left on the shelf
Cos Kevin he's in love with himself


Oh my perfect cousin


ALBUM:

The Comsat Angels - Independence Day (1980)

The Comsat Angels
"Independence Day"
Album: Waiting for a Miracle (1980 Polydor)


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LYRICS:


A Declaration
of The Intention
to Stop Extension Into My Airspace
i'll Put The Flags Up
pull Up The Anchor
and Then You'll Know You're In A Different Place
and I Can't Stand Up And I Can't Sit Down
'cause A Great Big Problem Stop Me In My Tracks
i Can't Relax 'cause I Haven't Done A Thing
and I Can't Do A Thing 'cause I Can't Relax


you've Got Your Habits
i've Got My Customs
i'm Sure You Know It's Got To Be This Way
no Hesitation
and In The Future
we'll Celebrate On Independence Day
and I Can't Stand Up And I Can't Sit Down
'cause A Great Big Problem Stop Me In My Tracks
i Can't Relax 'cause I Haven't Done A Thing
and I Can't Do A Thing 'cause I Can't Relax
independence Day
independence Day
independence Day
independence Day


hang Out The Flags Ring In The New,
we Should Be Dancing On The City Streets
i Kmow The Tune, I Know The Words,
my Mouth Is Open But I Cannot Speak
and I Can't Stand Up And I Can't Sit Down
'cause A Great Big Problem Stop Me In My Tracks
i Can't Relax 'cause I Haven't Done A Thing
and I Can't Do A Thing 'cause I Can't Relax
independence Day
independence Day
independence Day
independence Day


ALBUM:

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam (1980)

Elvis Costello
"New Amsterdam"
Album: Get Happy!! (1980 F-Beat Records)

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LYRICS:

You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
You give me your lip after punching me silly
You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain
If I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back again

[Chorus:]
New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess

Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock
Clock all the faces that move in on your block
Twice shy and dog tired because you've been bitten
Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written

[Chorus]

Back in London they'll take you to heart after a little while
Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile

Somehow I found myself down at the dockside
Thinking of the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhide
The transparent people who live on the other side
Living a life that is almost like suicide

[Chorus]

ALBUM:

The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (1980)

The Beat
"Mirror in the Bathroom"
Album: I Just Can't Stop It (1980 Go Feet)


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LYRICS;


Mirror in the bathroom
please talk free
The door is locked
just you and me.
Can I take you to a restaurant
that's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
while you are eating.
Mirror in the bathroom
I just can't stop it,
Every Saturday you see me
window shopping.
Find no interest in the
racks and shelves
Just a thousand reflections
of my own sweet self, self, self...
Mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom...
Mirror in the bathroom
recompense
For all my crimes
of self defense.
Cures you whisper
make no sense
Drift gently into
mental illness.
Mirror in the bathroom
please talk free
The door is locked
just you and me.
Can I take you to a restaurant
that's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
while you are eating.
Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom...


ALBUM:

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (1980)

David Bowie

"Ashes to Ashes"

Album: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980 RCA)

SINGLE:

LYRICS:

Do you remember a guy that's been

In such an early song
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message from the Action Man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved all I've needed love
Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing 
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light but no smoking pistol

I never done good things
I never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom

ALBUM:

Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (1980)

Elvis Costello
"I Can`t Stand Up For Falling Down"
Album: Get Happy!! (1980 F-BEAT)


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LYRICS:


I'm the living result
I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much
and I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears
sadness is all my lonely heart can feel

I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down

simple though love is
still it confused me
why I'm not loved the way I should be
now I've lived with heartaches
and I've roomed with fear
I've dealt with despair
and I've wrestled with tears

I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down

the vow that we made
you broke it in two
but that don't stop me from loving you

I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down


ALBUM:

Joy Division - Love will tear us apart (1980)

Joy Division
"Love will tear us apart"
Album: Substance 1977-1980 Compilation (1988 Factory)


SINGLE:





LYRICS:


When routine bites hard,
And ambitions are low,
And resentment rides high,
But emotions won't grow,
And we're changing our ways,
Taking different roads.

Then love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

Why is the bedroom so cold?
You've turned away on your side.
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect runs so dry.
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

You cry out in your sleep,
All my failings exposed.
And there's a taste in my mouth,
As desperation takes hold.
Just that something so good
Just can't function no more.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.



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