Gang Of Four — Shrinkwrapped
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I don't walk, I always take the car
Tune to talkshow talk about the stars
I don't speak, I got nothing to say
I'm a Capricorn anyway
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
Fate's barcoded in my DNA
I've been living someone else's day
Doppleganger is my nemesis
Stole my luck and made my planets miss
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I, I don't need, I don't need to see
I could catch a green and drive blind
I could catch a green
Everything's the same, called by different names
I don't decide, I just do
Roll loaded dice, cross my fingers and trust
I hold my breath
I am turning blue
I hold my breath
I am turning blue
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
Tune to talkshow talk about the stars
I don't speak, I got nothing to say
I'm a Capricorn anyway
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
Fate's barcoded in my DNA
I've been living someone else's day
Doppleganger is my nemesis
Stole my luck and made my planets miss
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I, I don't need, I don't need to see
I could catch a green and drive blind
I could catch a green
Everything's the same, called by different names
I don't decide, I just do
Roll loaded dice, cross my fingers and trust
I hold my breath
I am turning blue
I hold my breath
I am turning blue
I don't act, I react
Live as if, then I will be
Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
I'm Shrinkwrapped
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wow ... I had no idea this was Gang of Four. I'm still thinking "Damaged Goods" and "At Home He's a Tourist."
Scrolling through the Wiki's on RPs offerings today.. interesting stuff.. Andy Gill's death was suspected to be an early case of Covid. Rockers of a certain age were/are in the age group of susceptibility. RIP
Stephenater wrote:
I definitely thought this was VAST!
Doesn't sound like the Gang of Four I remember from my college days:)
Gang of Four had a wide variety of sounds over the years. Really hard to pin down.
I definitely thought this was VAST!
Doesn't sound like the Gang of Four I remember from my college days:)
my 80s
ziggytrix wrote:
I was thinking it was new VAST...
I definitely thought this was VAST!
Doesn't sound like the Gang of Four I remember from my college days:)
I was thinking it was new VAST...
I definitely thought this was VAST!
Doesn't sound like the Gang of Four I remember from my college days:)
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
more like early R.E.M....
I was thinking it was new VAST...
more like early R.E.M....
I was thinking it was new VAST...
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Funny you should say that; I saw R.E.M. open for Gang of Four in 1981. Gang of Four sounded very different than this back then.
more like early R.E.M....
Funny you should say that; I saw R.E.M. open for Gang of Four in 1981. Gang of Four sounded very different than this back then.
Echo and the Gang of Four Bunnymen
Gang of Four will be performing later today (Oct 2 2015) in Hamden Conn.
Album tour?
All good.
Album tour?
All good.
what a nice surprise! reminds me of a dear friend that loved Gang of 4 back in the day. I didn't get it then. Now....
Alexandra wrote:
so, did you dive in?
Whoa. Where has this band been all my life? A little of QotSA, a sprinkle of Psych Furs.....oh yes. Must get.
so, did you dive in?
Very cool - don't know this album.
MM_Prague wrote:
UP WITH PUNK!!
C'mon Bill - lighten up (or get pissed off) and play some!
I know what you mean, but I've tried to get older Gang of Four and Buzzcocks stuff onto here that's not very blistering punk at all, in fact pretty darn poppy, really, and still no luck. The whole late 70s/early 80s punk/alternative era is woefully under-represented on RP. The closest we get is The Pretenders and Elvis Costello :-/ That being said, I did almost get some Minutemen on last year...!
UP WITH PUNK!!
C'mon Bill - lighten up (or get pissed off) and play some!
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
more like early R.E.M....
Oddly enough, I saw R.E.M. open for Gang of Four around 1982 when R.E.M.'s "Chronic Town" came out. Gang of Four has been around since the late 1970's; their earlier stuff is much better (IMO).
more like early R.E.M....
Oddly enough, I saw R.E.M. open for Gang of Four around 1982 when R.E.M.'s "Chronic Town" came out. Gang of Four has been around since the late 1970's; their earlier stuff is much better (IMO).
From what I've heard and read, the Gang of Four were very influential on bands that came after them, including REM and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. They certainly had a tight and distinctive sound and wrote strong, thoughtful radically-political lyrics.
For those under 40, the title likely refers to the "Gang of Four" in Maoist China who were ousted in an internal power struggle and put on show trial, and who included Mao's wife.
For those under 40, the title likely refers to the "Gang of Four" in Maoist China who were ousted in an internal power struggle and put on show trial, and who included Mao's wife.
earthbased wrote:
You must be deaf. Johnny Mar sounds nothing like Andy Gill.
More in the tone of the song rather than the sound of the voice. Okay?
You must be deaf. Johnny Mar sounds nothing like Andy Gill.
More in the tone of the song rather than the sound of the voice. Okay?
Whoa. Where has this band been all my life? A little of QotSA, a sprinkle of Psych Furs.....oh yes. Must get.
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
Hm, I can't hear that at all.
more like early R.E.M....
Hm, I can't hear that at all.
horstman wrote:
more like early R.E.M....
Smiths Sounding
more like early R.E.M....
MM_Prague wrote:
I know what you mean, but I've tried to get older Gang of Four and Buzzcocks stuff onto here that's not very blistering punk at all, in fact pretty darn poppy, really, and still no luck.
The whole late 70s/early 80s punk/alternative era is woefully under-represented on RP. The closest we get is The Pretenders and Elvis Costello :-/
That being said, I did almost get some Minutemen on last year...!
Agree with this — would love to hear more of Minutemen, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and less of Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, etc. Especially since you can hear the latter every second on any Clear Channel radio station.
I know what you mean, but I've tried to get older Gang of Four and Buzzcocks stuff onto here that's not very blistering punk at all, in fact pretty darn poppy, really, and still no luck.
The whole late 70s/early 80s punk/alternative era is woefully under-represented on RP. The closest we get is The Pretenders and Elvis Costello :-/
That being said, I did almost get some Minutemen on last year...!
Agree with this — would love to hear more of Minutemen, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and less of Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, etc. Especially since you can hear the latter every second on any Clear Channel radio station.
i'm pretty sure my doppelganger listens to this on repeat.
"I don't have much to say...
I'm Capricorn anyway."
What the heck? He obviously don't know me then. All the Caps I know are very vocal and talky!
I'm Capricorn anyway."
What the heck? He obviously don't know me then. All the Caps I know are very vocal and talky!
Shrink wrapped Bailout Bill?
horstman wrote:
Smiths Sounding
You must be deaf. Johnny Mar sounds nothing like Andy Gill.
...i remember back in 1991 i rushed out to buy the wall - live in berlin and just -blech- i didn't like it at all!..well, thirty dollars was a lot for a double CD back then when minimum wage was still in the range of $3.35 per hour, so i really wanted to return it, but any legitimate record store at the time would never even consider accepting a return on an opened longbox compact disc...
...so, after deftly glueing the box back shut, CD pristinely re-inserted in its original packaging, i trekked to a nearby office depot and bashfully sashayed to the back printing services counter to ask if i could pay to have the longbox re-shrinkwrapped...the counterman just laughed merrily, "oh, we do this all the time!", with a nudge-nudge-wink-wink to what was an apparently not-uncommon college student practice of buying, taping, and returning compact discs, sort of the proto-peer-to-peer-piracy of its day, and shrinkwrapped my longbox gratis...
...heart pounding, i returned the album to the original store where i'd purchased it, and they didn't bat an eye at returning my purchase price...so much trepidation! - i think i bought a realworld compilation instead...
horstman wrote:
Smiths Sounding
Unfortunately I don't like the Smiths either.
macasaurus wrote:
...exactly...I saw the other "sorries" in the LRC library for GoF and decided to keep in mind that RP is basically a mid-tempo kinda thing. It worked!
I know what you mean, but I've tried to get older Gang of Four and Buzzcocks stuff onto here that's not very blistering punk at all, in fact pretty darn poppy, really, and still no luck.
The whole late 70s/early 80s punk/alternative era is woefully under-represented on RP. The closest we get is The Pretenders and Elvis Costello :-/
That being said, I did almost get some Minutemen on last year...!
Happy to see this in the library.
Smiths Sounding
dionysius wrote:
At least it's some Go4, and that's good. Shame about the good stuff being repeatedly sorried when uploaded, but this late period blah is still better than nada.
I never thought I'd hear ANY of their stuff here. But, yeah.
kazuma wrote:
It's a start!
...exactly...I saw the other "sorries" in the LRC library for GoF and decided to keep in mind that RP is basically a mid-tempo kinda thing. It worked!
It's a start!
dionysius wrote:
At least it's some Go4, and that's good. Shame about the good stuff being repeatedly sorried when uploaded, but this late period blah is still better than nada.
I couldn't agree more; I was shocked to hear Gang of Four here, I didn't think any existed....
At least it's some Go4, and that's good. Shame about the good stuff being repeatedly sorried when uploaded, but this late period blah is still better than nada.