Underwaterboys - Shriekback

Underwaterboys - Shriekback (Big night music 1986)

We all know fata morgana
She keeps herself to herself
She likes the sound of explosions
You know - some people need nothing else
She has a volatile nature -
Moves in a dangerous way
All the creatures around her:
They keep quiet, or she blows them away

They sing:
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...
Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...

Theres always fast talking Jonny
He used to get so ill
He spent a while in the country
Now he's clean and serene but he can't stand still
Little Nick wasn't happy -
He felt sick inside
One day he jumped from the window
Into the arms of a Wagnerian bride

Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...
Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...

And then there's old Uncle Charlie -
He don't speak any more
He lives one side of a mirror,
A refugee from the chemical wars
A critical disposition -
He likes to eat his own hands
His principle motivation
Is a special secretion from a secret gland

He sings:
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...
Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...
Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...
Singing
WHA DIDDLE IDDLE I DOH
DOWN HERE - THE UNDERWATERBOYS...

with pictorial extracts from the movies ABYSS / A.I. / BAD EDUCATION / BEACH (THE) / BIG BLUE / BLUE LAGOON / MILK / PIANO (THE) / READER (THE) / SWIMMING POOL (THE)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Underwaterboys
• Shriekback
• (Big
• night
• music
• 1986)
• with
• pictorial
• extracts
• from
• the
• movies
• ABYSS
• A.I.
• BAD
• EDUCATION
• BEACH
• (THE)
• BIG
• BLUE
• LAGOON
• MILK
• PIANO
• READER
• SWIMMING
• POOL

[divavee1]

this song made me a fan for life

[cloud74buster]

@divavee1 that's good for both, you n' shiekback ;-)

[101Volts]

I like it. I think some Shriekback albums should be on my "To buy next" List.

[cloud74buster]

@101Volts Do so! "Oil & Gold" and "Big night music" are superb.

[RainPoetry]

Beautiful. Who can write lyrics like this? Profound and poetic. Had to look up fata morgana.

[cloud74buster]

@RainPoetry as far as i know, it's a weather phenomenon at the south, seas quite dangerous for the sailing ships.

[SoundslikeLucyfer]

Shriekback! For God's sake one more world tour please. Way ahead of the times guys

[TORVENIUS]

from which movie is the first video clip?

[amjabs69]

I bought this in 1987 (cassette), and lost it eventually. Thank you for posting this- one of my all time favorite night chill out songs.

[dester007]

Any free mp3 download out there for this song?

[xxtiaan]

nevermind at 4.35!

[thorazine666]

1 OF MY FAV BANDS,DARK,OMINOUS,HAUNTING,ME­LODIC!

[dorothea41008]

this is a masterpiece!feels like swimming with dolphins..

[Rufusgold]

@SonOfLancereto68 Thank you so much for your kind words. The world needs more people like you! :)