John Cale - Dead or Alive (1981)

From the LP "Honi Soit" in 1981.

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• Cale

[SadLisa777]

Lovely

[ForARide]

This was the first Cale song I heard. It must have been 1980 or 81. They played it on the radio (when do you ever get to hear Cale on the radio?). The next day I got the album.

Since then, Cale has been the heaviest musical drug I´ve had

[TobinHolz]

I have always loved this song. I just wish it was louder. This song needs to be played loudly and with reckless abandon ;)

[zapspace]

Love the brass (??? synthesizer) section ...

[LilianaVonK]

I still have cassettes of music I taped off the college radio station KDVS from 1981-1983 & treasure them immensely; this was one of my favorite tracks, and not having heard it for years, it suddenly popped into my head tonight--listening to it now, I'm a teenager in love with college radio all over again. Songs like this were the reason why.

[taariqtaariq]

@REMedici those kick / snare flams you did on this track are very cool.

[Johan191969]

i'm not too proud eighter, but, 8888 great song anyway, been searching , the .... oh wrll, nevermind, djeee i just watchtecd Tron, the sequal ...

[imonlyyou]

@sturgis58 You and Cornell, on the mark for sure. I was a DJ at a college radio station in 1981 and everyone loved this record.  I remember the Music Director writing "aka Mr. Kick-Ass Drummer" next to Medici's name on the back cover.

[warhols25]

charming & enchanting piece...

[taariqtaariq]

'inimical' means unfriendly ..... yes I had to look it up.

[jackducky]

worked at record distibutor in buena park ,ca in 81 got a free demo of this.always loved this song

[elgrovez13]

@ForARide That's funny, I was already a big Cale fan, but I found out about this album when they played it on the radio in Connecticut and my first thought was not, wow John Cale has a new album out, it was Oh my god, they're playing John Cale on the radio!