In case anyone wonders what the sample in the beginning is, I can tell you it's from a swedish reciting of the Corinthian Letters, 13:3. They're chanting "Och om jag gåve bort allt vad jag ägde till bröd åt de fattiga, ja, om jag offrade min kropp till att brännas upp, men icke hade kärlek, så vore detta mig till intet gagn."
The 1984 international standard translation of this is; "If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."
I saw the Blue Orchids support The Birthday Party in 1981 at the then Terratorial Army Centre in York. It was in a room lined with (muzzled!) howitzers. They were as great as this debut single suggested they would be. The second time was at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in Stoke-on-Trent where they headlined..must have been about 1982 because it was around then that their lp "The Greatest Hit" was released. You can hear echoes of his apprenticeship in The Fall in Martin Bramah's guitar.
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Martin Bramah is making music again with Factory Star. They have an album out called "Enter Castle Perilous". Please have a listen.
CDDUTTON 1 month ago
Thanks for sharing.
aileenmistretta 3 months ago
Thirty years on, and I can sing along to every word of the lyrics- symbolscrash indeed.
tigerboy1966 3 months ago
In case anyone wonders what the sample in the beginning is, I can tell you it's from a swedish reciting of the Corinthian Letters, 13:3. They're chanting "Och om jag gåve bort allt vad jag ägde till bröd åt de fattiga, ja, om jag offrade min kropp till att brännas upp, men icke hade kärlek, så vore detta mig till intet gagn."
The 1984 international standard translation of this is; "If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."
Rainborn 7 months ago
i saw them with nico at nite moves happy days
The2yung2die 9 months ago
@The2yung2die you went with nico to see them? that's pretty cool!
glarpspooge 1 month ago
I'm glad my friend sent me this song, it reminds me of something I can't quite remember right now.
halfcabdisaster7 1 year ago
I saw the Blue Orchids support The Birthday Party in 1981 at the then Terratorial Army Centre in York. It was in a room lined with (muzzled!) howitzers. They were as great as this debut single suggested they would be. The second time was at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in Stoke-on-Trent where they headlined..must have been about 1982 because it was around then that their lp "The Greatest Hit" was released. You can hear echoes of his apprenticeship in The Fall in Martin Bramah's guitar.
Thejimbobs 1 year ago
can Mayo Thompson be considered of Pere Ubu?
lexotaniscool 2 years ago
yes, sure..
maelstone 2 years ago
"The Flood" was released in 1980, he was still the leader of the Red Crayola more than a member of the Pere Ubu , that's what I've meant!
lexotaniscool 2 years ago
ok, i didnt know that - only heard of him in connection w. pere ubu...
maelstone 2 years ago
Nice one just after beer o'clock.
hottapper 2 years ago