CD of Breaking News in a four-panel wallet with a 6-page booklet of song descriptions written by band members Glenn Dallender and Martin O'Keefe-Liddard.
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Cassette + Digital Album
Normal-bias cassette recorded in real time by Floating Mill Records. Includes a 4-panel j-card and booklet of song descriptions written by band members Glenn Dallender and Martin O'Keefe-Liddard.
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Cassette + Digital Album
High-bias cassette recorded in real time by Floating Mill Records. Includes a 4-panel j-card and booklet of song descriptions written by band members Glenn Dallender and Martin O'Keefe-Liddard.
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Original Press "Prisoners / Hour of Light" 7" w/ Modern Jacket
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Original 1981 pressing of "Prisoners / Hour of Light" 7" with a freshly printed jacket assembled by FMR. Also includes a lyric insert that wasn't a part of the initial release.
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"Inspired by lots of dance music and funk, especially Parliament and Funkadelic, the dance sounds of Chic —you can notice it a lot on the rhythm guitar chops and patterns. Martin Grant, the bass player, was from a more jazz-influenced background —we’d often write and jam together to grab some ideas. I loved the dance stuff that the rest of the band did, but I wanted to protest against the Thatcher regime. In a discussion, one member of the band said 'but I just want to dance!,' to which I replied 'how can we dance with our backs up to the wall,' referring to the many cases of stop and search going on at the time, hence the line ‘imprisoned on the street’, and it became a song. There are influences from Bill Nelson, the Au-Pairs and The Clash in there as well."
-Glenn
lyrics
Burning in the street,
Confusion all around
Soft shoes on our feet
But our ears down to the ground.
There’s fire in the grooves
But chains down on the floor -
We’re fighting with our shackles
But our heart cries out for more.
Spending all our time
Dreamin’ of romancin’
But our music’s got no rhyme
And our bodies should be dancin’
But how can we all dance
When we’re imprisoned on the street?
We’ve got to have a chance
To get up
On
Our
Feet.
[chorus]
How can we dance to the music
With our backs up to the wall?
How can we dance to the music
With our backs up to the wall?
How can we dance to the music
With our backs up to the wall?
How can we dance to the music
With our backs up to the wall?
Calling out your names
To go collect our money.
Everything’s the same
And nothing turns out funny.
We just want to get down
And party all the night,
But how can we go crazy
When living’s such a fight?
They keep selling us some jive
About building a new country
But how can we stay alive
When we’ve all got to go hungry?
We’ve got our backs up to the wall
And we want to lose it all
And dance
The night
Away.
[chorus]
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat verse 2]
[repeat chorus until fade]
credits
from Breaking News,
released November 5, 2021
Written by: Glenn Dallender
Glenn Dallender - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, EBow, Keys, Backing Vocals
Martin Grant - Bass
Rupert Sweeney - Vocals
Vince Brown - Drums
Chris Homewood, Mark Brandon, & Paul Brandon - Backing Vocals
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