The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator .... ( Lyrics )
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- With two years, numerous radio sessions, and incessant gigging under their belts since their debut single, "In Shreds," the Chameleons came to the studio determined to make a great first album with Script of the Bridge. To say they succeeded would be like saying Shakespeare did pretty well with that one Hamlet play of his. Script remains a high-water mark of what can generally be called post-punk music, an hour's worth of one amazing song after another, practically a greatest-hits record on its own: the John Lennon tribute "Here Today," "Monkeyland," "Pleasure and Pain," "Paper Tigers," "As High as You Can Go," the breathtaking closer, "View From a Hill." Starting with the passionate fire of "Don't Fall," Script showcases how truly inventive, unique, and distinctly modern rock & roll could exist, instead of relentlessly rehashing the past to little effect. The scalpel-sharp interplay between the musicians is a sheer wonder to behold, the Dave Fielding/Reg Smithies guitar team provoke nothing but superlatives throughout, and John Lever and Mark Burgess make a perfect rhythm section -- while the crisp production of Colin Richardson and the band adds delicate synth lines and shadings, courtesy of early touring keyboardist Alistair Lewthwaite, and just the right amount of reverb and effects on the guitars. Add to that the words of Burgess, one of the few lyricists out there who can tackle Big Issues while retaining a human, personal touch, and it all just adds up perfectly. The best one-two punch comes from "Second Skin," a complex, beautifully arranged and played reflection on the meaning of music and fandom, and "Up the Down Escalator," an at once harrowing and thrilling antinuclear/mainstream politics slam. [An important note: avoid at all costs the original U.S. vinyl issue on MCA, which not only switches the song order but removes a full third of the songs.]
I'm gazing at faces staring blankly at me
Oh, I suppose it's just a sign of the times
They tell me tomorrow will never arrive
But I've seen it end a million times
I lost my direction while dodging the flak
Oh, give me a hint or something
If I could freeze time at the flick of the switch
I wouldn't hesitate, no
There must be something wrong, boys
Yeah, there must be something wrong, boys
Obnoxious actions, obnoxious results
Yeah, some teachers who refuse to be taught
Distorted pictures and dizzy, dizzy people
Rush by me at the speed of thought
They sit at the tables and throw us the scraps
For Christ's sake leave me something
Now they can erase you at the flick of a switch
How longer must we wait
Oh, there must be something wrong, boys
Yeah, there must be something wrong, boys
There must be something wrong, boys
They're dragging me down
Eden.. There's no Eden
Anyway
They sit at the tables and throw us the scraps
For Christ's sake, leave us something
Now they can erase you at the flick of a switch
How longer will it take
Oh, there must be something wrong, boys
Yeah, there must be something wrong, boys
There must be something wrong, boys
Dragging me down
And they're dragging me down
And they're dragging me down
You either swim or you drown...
If it weren't for the John Peel Session, I would never of heard the Chameleons and many other Great Bands from the early 80s. Thanks 👍
RIP John
Wow - fantastic. How can this have so few views - there must be something wrong boys.
Please remove this unlike
This song is so relevant today. "They sit at the table and throw us the scraps."
The unsung pioneers of New Wave, who also paved the way for a lot of 90s music. Great stuff!!!!!
Found out today the sad news that drummer John Lever died.....(the day before you uploaded this video). awesome drummer, awesome band. RIP John.
It breaks my heart that he's gone'
😐😣😢😔
Long time membre of the fan base, I just read about it now... Part of me just went.... 😒
Unlike?
That's impossible
My favorite song
RIP John Lever
Thais song is beautiful!!
Mil gracias por el video
Just amazing!!!
at 2:11 i think he says , oh there must be a way out, i’m not sure tho
Why in the bloody hell fucking Christ’s sake is the part in the middle any longer ?!!!!!
How can they be so still while playing? I'd be bouncing and thrashing all over the stage!
As if it was recorded only yesterday.... Stil a great song after all those years, a classic!!
The Bates brought me there.
ACTS 2:17-21 Lots of rock and especially new wave music is filled with prophecy and subliminal messages from GOD aimed at the Devil and it's fallen angels. OBNOXIOUS ACTIONS OBNOXIOUS RESULTS. YES, FROM TEACHERS WHO REFUSE TO BE TAUGHT: The teachers are the fallen angels. THE SONG IS CALLED UP AND DOWN ESCALATOR. AFTER SATAN LED A REBELLION AGAINST GOD. THEN HOW DID IT STILL HAVE PASSAGE BACK AND FORTH INTO HEAVEN. GOD then conveys here in the lyrics: THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG BOYS. The boys once again the fallen angels. THE CHAMELEONS IS A MODERN DAY PROPHECY BAND FROM GOD AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS LIKE "The mighty lemons drops, Echo and the Bunnymen and especially Inspiral Carpets..
I believe this. If you listen to the drums it sounds like a whip cracking. Must resemble something
@@johnhoumis275 THEY SAY THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. GOD/CHRIST ALSO HAVE A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF HUMOR. LISTEN TO THE S9NG BY ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN CALLED " HAPPY DEATH MEN". THE DEAD MEN THAT STAND IN LINE ARE THOSE WHO SOLD THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL. YOU ALSO HEAR THE SCREAM OF A PERSON FALLING INTO A PIT. OBVIOUSLY HE'S FALLING INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL.
@@Frank289100 I'm looking into them
@@johnhoumis275 HOW ABOUT THE SONG BY THE BAND THE POLICE - "SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD". LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY IS HEAVILY UNDER SATAN'S POWER. SATAN'S PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT HIGHLY HIDDEN. BUT THEY WERE MUCH LESS BECAUSE PEOPLE YEARS BACK FEARED GOD AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF BURNING IN HELL. SO THE SMALL AMOUNT OF SUCKERS THAT SATAN FOUND TO FOLLOW HIM. HE PUT IN HIGHER POSITIONS UP AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONTROL THE GOOD COPS THAT BECAME POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AND SATAN INSTITUTED THESE TICKETS AND ARREST QUOTAS TO FILL UP THE JAILS ON THEM WHICH THEY HATED. BUT TODAY WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD SECULAR AND GODLESS AND SATAN HAS FOUND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS TO FOLLOW HIM. THIS LIBERAL PLATFORM THE DEMOCRATS HAVE. IS A PLATFORM OF SATAN WHICH INSTITUTES POLICIES THAT GOD IS AGAINST IN THE BIBLE. THEY BETTER WAKE UP VERY QUICK AND REALIZE WHERE THEY WILL BE SPENDING ETERNITY DOWN IN HELL SUFFERING FOR OPPOSING THE ALMIGHTY GOD'S LAWS.
damn you crazy as hell, but i agree with you the chamaleons have songs with religous connotations
Damn, the depth of guitar sound in this remastering is incredible!
Merry Christmas everyone!