mp3 : Associates - Club Country (extended)
The fault is, I can find no fault in you
Assault is say it or I'll say it for you
If we stick around we're sure to be looked down upon
What better way or should I say?
Alive and kicking
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're old and sickening at the Country Club
A drive from nowhere leaves you in the cold
Refrigeration keeps you young I'm told
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're old and sickening at the Country Club
Your limitations are our every care
Every breath you breathe belongs to... someone there
At all's two words could they be soldered as one
Therein lies the perfect pseudonym
To think you've learned to know someone and find
That you don't know don't know them at all
Alive and kicking
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're always sickening at the Country Club
A drive from nowhere leaves you in the cold
Refrigeration keeps you young I'm told
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're old and sickening at the Country Club
Your limitations are our every care
Every breath you breathe belongs to... someone there
Sad to see that you're suffering
Work hard at being a something
Sad to see that you're suffering
Work hard at being a something
Sad to see that you're suffering
Work hard at being a something
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're old and sickening at the Country Club
A drive from nowhere leaves you in the cold
Refrigeration keeps you young I'm told
Alive and kicking at the Country Club
We're always sickening at the Country Club
Your limitations are our every care
Every breath you breathe belongs to someone there
Quite.
Bonkers but brilliant with a bass-line unlike any other. 6 mins and 57 seconds of perfection. And unbelievable to think that its 29 years of age........and listening to it again earlier today brought back loads of great memories of dancing at Level 8 at the student's union of Strathclyde University. Where have the years gone????
Here's yer b-sides:-
mp3 : Associates - A.G. It's You Again
mp3 : Associates - Ulcragyceptemol
Both are magnificent. The former is a remix of the instrumental track Arrogance Gave Him Up which can be found on the LP Sulk, while the latter has Billy singing, yelling and screaming all sorts of gibberish over a tune that I think would make a tremendous goth anthem........(ie it reminds me of The Cure)
Oh and here's something a wee bit different for you:-
mp3 : Associates - Club Country (demo version)
Happy Listening.
6 comments:
An annoying voice, I think you meant.
Ctel
How can anyone says that Billy's voice was annoying? He had one of the most expressive, uplifting, meaningful, demonstrative, suggestive voice of the Twentieth Century. This can be heard well on his version of God Bless The Child and Gloomy Sunday.
But back to Club Country. It was bought for me by a girlfriend when it first came out (before I first came out) and it didn't leave the turntable. AG It's You Again was the first I heard of Arrogance..., I wrote my own lyrics to it (the chorus was something about chewing pieces of paper that were emitting Q data!!!). Once again Alan Rankine at HIS best.
When I bought the CD release of Sulk I was saddened that the version of Club Country used was the single version (the original LP version had a longer middle instrumental), but it was great to hear it again as I had first done in 1982 (29 years ago is too long).
Thanks JC for bringing back the memories again.
Love ya!
C
Fantastic! I was making my young daughters watch this only the other day on YT, trying to ween 'em off JLS. Didn't work but have got 'em yelling along wit Party Fears Two.
Billy Was God. In a hot air balloon.
What ximeremix said!
What nudespoonseuphoria said!
To paraphrase the dad in the The Commitments (played by Colm Meaney):
"Billy. Is. God." (must be said in thunderous tone).
hey man thanks.
been looking for a.g for ages.
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