The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (1984) TV Promo

The Style Council
"My Ever Changing Moods"
Album: Café Bleu (1984 Polydor)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Daylight turns to moonlight - and I'm at my best
Praising the way it all works - gazing upon the rest
The cool before the warm
The calm after the storm
I wish to stay forever - letting this be my food
But I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Bitter turns to sugar - some call a passive tune
But the day things turn sweet - for me won't be too soon
The hush before the silence
The winds after the blast
I wish we'd move together - this time the bosses sued
But we're caught up in the wilderness and an ever changing mood
Teardrops turn to children - who've never had the time
To commit the sins they pay for through - another's evil mind
The love after the hate
The love we leave too late
I wish we'd wake up one day - an' everyone feel moved
But we're caught up in the dailies and an ever changing mood

Evil turns to statues - and masses form a line
But I know which way I'd run to if the choice was mine
The past is knowledge - the present our mistake
And the future we always leave too late
I wish we'd come to our senses and see there is no truth
In those who promote the confusion for this ever changing mood

ALBUM:

Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen (1980) Live (2006)

 

Live-Charlotte, NY (USA) 12/8/2006

 Steely Dan
"Hey Nineteen"
Album: Gaucho (1980 MCA) 

SINGLE:



 LYRICS:

Way back when in 'Sixty seven
I was the dandy of Gamm Chi
Sweet things from Boston so young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale where the hell am I?

Hey Nineteen
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

Hey Nineteen that's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen the sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy I'm just growing old

Hey Nineteen
No we got nothin' in common
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

[solo]

ad libbed lines
nice, sure looks good,
hm hm hmm, skate a little lower now

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
[say it again]

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

We can't dance together
No we can't talk at all.

ALBUM:

David Bowie - Modern Love (1983) Live

David Bowie
"Modern Love"
Album: Let's Dance (1983 EMI America)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

I know when to go out
And when to stay in
Get things done [spoken]

I catch a paper boy
But things don't really change
I'm standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye

But I try
I try

There's no sign of life
It's just the power to charm
I'm lying in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye

But I try
I try

Never gonna fall for
Modern Love walks beside me
Modern Love walks on by
Modern Love gets me to the Church on Time
Church on Time terrifies me
Church on Time makes me party
Church on Time puts my trust in God and Man
God and Man no confessions
God and Man no religion
God and Man don't believe
In Modern Love

ALBUM:

Squeeze -Tempted (1981)

Squeeze
"Tempted"
Album: East Side Story (1981 A&M)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

(I bought a toothbrush)

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face
Pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case
I said to my reflection, let's get out of this place
Passed the church and the steeple, the laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings, memories of it still keep calling and calling
But forget it all, I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another, tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on, now that you have gone
There's no other, tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I'm at the car park (ooh) the airport, the baggage carousel (Ooh ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh ooh) (The people keep on grabbing)
(Ooh ooh ooh) (And wishing I was well)
(Ooh ooh ooh) I said, it's no occasion (Ooh ooh ooh) (it's no story I can tell)
At my bedside, empty pocket, a foot without a sock
(Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)
Your body gets much closer, I fumble for the clock
(Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)
Alarmed by the seduction (Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)
I wished that it would stop (Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)

(Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
What's been going on, now that you have gone?
There's no other (ooh, ooh ooh ooh) tempted by the fruit of another
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)

I bought a novel, some perfume, a fortune all for you
(Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)
But it's not my conscience that hates to be untrue
(Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do)
I asked of my reflection, tell me what is there to do
(Do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do-do, do, do, do, do, do, do)

(Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
What's been going on, now that you have gone?
There's no other (ooh, ooh ooh ooh) tempted by the fruit of another
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
Hah! (Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted by the fruit of another (ooh ooh ooh)
[What's been going on?]
(Ooh) Tempted but the truth is discovered (ooh ooh ooh)

ALBUM:

Aztec Camera - Oblivious (1983) TV Promo

Aztec Camera
"Oblivious"
Album: High Land ,Hard Rain (1983 Sire)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Words and music by Roddy Frame

From the mountain tops down to the sunny street,
A different drum is playing a different kind of beat.
It's like a mystery that never ends.
I see you crying and I want to kill your friends.

Chorus:
I hear your footsteps in the street,
It won't be long before we meet,
It's obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
I'll be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious...

Met Mo and she's okay, said no-one really changed,
Got different badges but they wear them just the same.
But down by the ballroom I recognized that flaming fountain
in those kindered caring eyes.

Chorus

I hope it haunts me 'til I'm hopeless,
I hope it hits you when you go,
And sometimes on the edge of sleeping
It rises up to let me know it's not so deep,
I'm not so slow.

Chorus

They're calling all the shots, they'll call and say they phoned,
They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone.
And like a funny film, it's kinda cute
They've bought the bullets and there's no-one left to shoot.

Chorus

ALBUM:

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 ...

ALBUM:

The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow (1980)

The Chords
"Maybe Tomorrow"
Album: So far away (1980 Polydor)


SINGLE







Lyrics:


Sometimes I just get a feeling
Crazy dreams inside
People hiding wearing uniforms
Screams of laughter shouts you lied
Pointed fingers and questions why
Scared scared people with their lives all torn

Imgination
A real sound
From the streets
From the towns

Sometimes I watch and wait
Signs of voices and screams
Dreaming now is this just a funny joke
Can this all be just a dream
Oh no it can't be it's to obscene
Thats when I see you staring at me

Imgination
A real sound
From the streets
From the towns
Silent Footsteps
Whispers all about
It's too late
The deadly underground

Cause we saw you
Surely not this time
Yes we saw you
You were wearing the uniforms
Yes you were wearing the uniforms
But it ain't no crime

Sometimes I go all silent
And lose all sense of time
Your hating mind eyes with thought
Where and when the sun don't shine
When the dogs don't bark or whine
Thats when I see you stare around

Reality
Or just lies
From those who
Talk with lead
Be good now
And don't do nothing
Cause if you do
Bang bang
Bang bang
Your dead


ALBUM:

New Order - Ceremony (1981) Live

Live at the Ukrainian National Home in New York on November 19th 1981.

New Order
"Ceremony" (1981 Factory)

SINGLE:





LYRICS:

This is why events unnerve me
They find it all, a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she ask's the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
World will travel, oh so quickly
Travel first and lean towards this time

I'll break them all, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Watching her, these things she said
The times she cried, too frail to wake this time

I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching for ever
For ever, watching love grow
For ever, letting me know
For ever

Graham Parker - Stupefaction (1980) Live

Graham Parker
"Stupefaction"
Album: The Up Escalator (1980 Stiff)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

The sun is burning, it never changes, the people look up with nothing in

their eyeballs,

They stare at billboards, as if for guidance,

There's something wrong here I can't put my finger on

Same thing, same way, every day, stupefaction (oh yeah)


Drive out on Sunset, well nothing's moving,

The lights are green or is that my imagination?

The people sit there, cameras without action,

I can't see the point but I see the attraction

Of the same thing, same way, every day, stupefaction (oh yeah)


We're gonna get clear out of this someday,

Because the comfort's so appealing, the bodies so revealing

Just get to feeling like a wheel without traction, stupefaction


I asked the landlord, "How much you making? Don't you get tired of just

taking and taking?"

I asked the neighbor, "Why are you so stupid?

Giving us those dirty looks and trying to murder Cupid?"

It's the same thing, same way, every day, stupefaction (oh yeah)


We're gonna get clear out of this someday,

Because the comfort's so appealing, the bodies so revealing

Just get to feeling like a wheel without traction, stupefaction


Turn up the TV, turn up the radio, turn up the volume, nothing seems to matter,

Lay back and slumber, ring up the number, ask the operator what spell we

are under

It's the same thing, same way, every day, stupefaction (oh yeah

ALBUM:

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (1979) Live 1983

Talking Heads
"Life During Wartime"
Album: Fear of Music (1979 Sire)


SINGLE:







LYRICS:


Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway,
a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstore, lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town


This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now


Transmit the message, to the receiver,
hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, a couple of visas,
you don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, the trucks are loading,
everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime,
I might not ever get home


This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.,
I ain't got time for that now
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peant butter,
to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no
headphones, ain't got no records to play


Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard,
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
I'd like to kiss you, I'd love you hold you
I ain't got no time for that now


Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
we blended with the crowd
We got computer, we're tapping pohne lines,
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don't know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender,
we make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving,
you ought to get some sleep
Get you instructions, follow directions,
then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day,
whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are
notebooks? They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness,
don't want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don't take no chances,
you better watch what you say


ALBUM:

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding (1982) Live TV

Robert Wyatt
"Shipbuilding" (1982 Rough Trade)

SINGLE:





LYRICS:

Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding

Well I ask you
The boy said, "Dad they're going to take me to task
But I'll be back by Christmas"
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed
in the result of this shipbuilding

With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

It's just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture-postcard
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyard
And notifying the next of kin - once again

It's all we're skilled in
We will be shipbuilding

With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls

The Imposter (Elvis Costello) - Pills and Soap (1983) TV Live 1983

The Imposter / Elvis Costello
"Pills and Soap"
Album: Punch the Clock (1983 F-Beat)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

They talked to the sister, the father and the mother
With a microphone in one hand and a chequebook in the other
AND THE CAMERA NOSES IN TO THE TEARS ON HER FACE
The tears on her face
The tears on her face
You can put them back together with your paper and paste
But you can't put them back together
You can't put them back together
What would you say?
What would you do?
Children and animals two by two
Give me the needle
Give me the rope
We're going to melt them down for PILLS AND SOAP
Give me the needle
Give me the rope
We're going to melt them down for pills and soap

Four and twenty crowbars, jemmy your desire
Out of the frying pan into the fire
The king is in the counting house
Some folk have all the luck
And all we get are pictures of LORD AND LADY MUCK
They come from lovely people with a hard line in hypocrisy
THERE ARE ASHTRAYS OF EMOTION FOR THE FAG ENDS OF THE ARISTOCRACY

The sugar coated pill is getting bitterer still
YOU THINK YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU BUT YOU KNOW IT NEVER WILL
So pack up your troubles in a stolen handbag
DON'T DILLY DALLY BOYS RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
Give us your daily bread in individual slices
And something in the daily rag to cancel any crisis

ALBUM:

The Cars - Touch and Go (1980) Live TV, ABC's "Fridays"

Ric Ocasek and band on ABC's "Fridays" , Sept, 19th , 1980.

The Cars
"Touch and Go"
Album: Panorama (1980 Elektra)

SINGLE :



LYRICS:

all i need is what you've got
all i'll tell is what you're not
all you know is what you hear
i get this way when yo come near

[Chorus:]
then I know it's gone too far
oh, oh, I touched your star
and it felt so right
like the hush of midnight
until you said
with me it's touch and go

all i need is you tonight
i'm flying like a cement kite
in your headlock on the floor
who could ever ask for more

[Chorus]

all I want is you tonight
i guess that dress does fit you tight
and how that look does make me shake
it almost looks too good to take

[Chorus]



ALBUM:

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)- 1983-Live

Thin Lizzy

"The Boys Are Back in Town"

Album: Jailbreak (1976 Mercury)

SINGLE:

LYRICS:

Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy

They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy

The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
I said
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town

You know that chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming

And that time over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her

The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
I said
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town

Spread the word around
Guess who's back in town

You spread the word around

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them

That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
Won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again

The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
Spread the word around
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boy's are back, the boys are back

The boy's are back in town again
Been hangin' down at Dino's
The boy's are back in town again

ALBUM:

PHIL LYNOTT

The Sound - Sense of Purpose (1981) Live

The Sound
"Sense of purpose"
Album: From the Lions Mouth (1982 Korova/WEA)

SINGLE:


LYRICS:

Look in my eyes 
See the lust and the love 
Look in my eyes 
When I'm talking to you 

I'll take my life 
Into my own hands 
I'm the one that I will blame 
I'm the one that understands 

What are we going to do? 
While we still got the strength to move 
What are we going to do? 
I'm asking, I'm asking you 

A call to arms, a call to use arms 
A call to brains, a call to use some brains 
A call to the heart, a call to have a heart 
To have a sense of purpose again 

Are we where we want to be 
All wrapped up in our safety? 
Comfort and complacency 
It hurts me, it hurts me so 

What are we going to do? 
While we still got the strength to move 
What are we going to do? 
I'm asking, I'm asking you 


ALBUM:

Elvis Costello-Man out of time (1982)

Elvis Costello 

"Man Out of Time"

Album: Imperial Bedroom (1982 F-Beat)

SINGLE

LYRICS:

So this is where he came to hide

When he ran from you
In a private detective's overcoat
And dirty dead man's shoes

The pretty things of Knightsbridge
Lying for a minister of state
Are a far cry from the nod and wink
Here at traitor's gate

'Cause the high heel he used to be has been ground down
And he listens for the footsteps that would follow him around

[Chorus:]
To murder my love is crime
But will you still love
A man out of time

There's a tuppeny hapenny millionaire
Looking for a fourpenny one
With a tight grip on the short hairs
Of the public imagination

But for his private wife and kids somehow
Real life becomes a rumour
Days of dutch courage
Just three French letters and a German sense of humour

He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge
He stands to be insulted and he pays for the privilege

[Chorus]

The biggest wheels of industry
Retire sharp and short
And the after dinner overtures
Are nothing but an after thought
Somebody's creeping in the kitchen
There's a reputation to be made
Whose nerves are always on a knife's edge
Who's up late polishing the blade

Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning
You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning

[Chorus]

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