Lyrics by P. Greatorex. Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe. Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991. Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Performers: Peter Greatorex – vocals George Davies – guitars, Boss DR220A drum machine, organ, Wasp Jeff Willmot – bass
CRASH No more candid picture shows Just soap bubble opera’s shallow glows They tell me it’s a story about my life To just ignore what I don’t like It’s so real I must live like that Script in my pocket and a ticket in my hat
We gotta stop We’re gonna crash Life is money you can’t pay back Life is money you can’t pay back
No more cracks in the temple walls Next week’s episode will save us all Your mirror becomes a TV tube What was reflection now is a view The face you see is not your own It spends its time in someone else’s home
We gotta stop We’re gonna crash Life is money you can’t pay back Life is money you can’t pay back
No more thoughts in a lazy way They scream from the glass: “We’ll make your day!” I believe it’s true because it’s on the screen But you can only see what they have seen We’re all plugged in to one beating heart Life don’t begin until the programme starts
We gotta stop We’re gonna crash Life is money you can’t pay back Life is money you can’t pay back
Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) Wud Records 2010, (p) Pig Pen Music 1990.
This song was Alien Heat’s set opener, although sadly no recordings of the Alien Heat version still exist. The key for this is Bm, and when George went to entertain the folks of Plymouth with his acoustic guitar he used to play this sliced together with another Dark Company song called Ulysses (which later became an Ug Brothers song called Paperchase). This was the first song that Jeff played bass on for Dark Company. All the guitar dirt is natural Marshall overdrive. George had just had the thing revalved and spent around 45 minutes playing strictly feedback, until Pete appeared and asked him politely to stop as the neighbours were having palpitations. The guitar parts were recorded shortly after that. George and Richard wrote the organ part in George’s Haldon Road bedsit one day when Richard came to visit with his keyboards. Whatever contributions Marc and Graham made to the writing of this song are now lost in the mists of time, although they receive a small credit here nevertheless.
See also: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/crash https://twitter.com/Dark_Company https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/ https://twitter.com/WudRecords
"Crash sounds like the Who, Talking Heads and Yes all jamming together." - https://twitter.com/prosperousmu