In 1984 I was "new wave", but a big Jesus Freak at the same time. There were a few bands like the 77s who were making quality music for kids like me. I bought their album "All Fall Down" and just about everything on the Exit Records label: Vector, Charlie Peacock, and Steve Scott among them. They did a cover of "Jesus" by the Velvet underground during these sessions that didn't make it on the album, but did appear on re-releases and box sets.
I will credit this song for my love of the word "lemonade", which appears in several Vlad-tunes (TM). The video is a bit cheesy, and I'm sure lead singer Mike Roe was reluctant to do the Robert Smith big hair thing since he never appeared on stage like that. But hey, it was the 80s and they were trying to get on MTV.
Welcome to the truth custom made
Come in and have some lemonade
Reality will readjust while we evade
The issues that are pressing us
And getting so depressing but
Undressing and unstressing
Makes them go away
We're tired of solid ground
We're wired up for sound
From any fool who'll keep us
Cool with all his lies
Cool with all his lies
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
We believe, we believe
Cuz we felt it burning in our hearts
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
And it's true, yes it's true
If it gets us all thru the night
For the rest of our lives
If there's a master race, we're one
And if by chance they drop the bomb
The heat will never find us
Cuz we've learned to run
No absolutes to spoil our time
So we won't have to change our minds
Just hope that we won't die
While we're still in our prime
Spoken: “Wie Schafe zur Schlachtbank geführt”
(Like sheep led to the slaughter)
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