Flashback by Wud

Words by Simon Miller and George Davies. Music by George Davies, Simon Miller and Ken Staple. Recorded and produced by Ian Dent at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton. Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1985 Wud Records. Copyright ℗ 1982 Explicit Music/Pok Songs.

Performers: Ken Staple – voices George Davies – guitars

FLASHBACK Hey Mandy won’t you come out and touch me Hey babe, won’t you ride on high It’s getting harder to see the sunshine You make love right through my eyes

It’s not the same without you We can’t make the same heat without you It’s just a fading memory You stay away from our kind

Waking up in a wasted body The slightest fear had ‘sturbed my fears I feel low and I need a good friend To help me laden through these years

It’s not the same without you We can’t make the same heat without you It’s just a fading memory You stay away from our kind

Hey Mandy won’t you come out and touch me Hey babe, won’t you ride on high It’s getting harder to see the sunshine You make love right through my eyes

It’s not the same without you We can’t make the same heat without you It’s just a fading memory You stay away from our kind

Fun Facts: This song is in fact Flashback Part 1. Flashback Part 2 is a song called Hard Times that was also played by Wud. Flashback Part 3 is the original lyrics to Flashback Part 1 with new music, a song that never made it to a band format. The words written by Simon were initially “Hey Judas won’t you come out and touch me”. George at that time felt uncomfortable with the religious connotations and changed “Judas” to “Mandy” and a couple of small things. An older, wiser George regrets doing that. These lyrics were a perfect fit for the original melody of the vocal line. The form and structure of the solo were Simon’s, and came from a few moments of inspiration during a Fooog Dinboffin and the Release jam session. As luck would have, we still have that recording of Fooog Dinboffin and the release and will be sharing it online at some time in the future. Ken’s contribution to the writing of this song was the harmony vocal in the final chorus - a small, but splendid contribution. The various tempo changes caused Ian the engineer some extra work, but he managed to press all the right buttons at the right time, so credit is due for a great job on his part. Ken’s performance is again admirably restrained. Guitars used on this song were the same Westone Paduak as used in That’s No Way to Pay a Bodyguard and Ken’s Flambeau acoustic, of which he was very proud indeed and never inclined to hold back when it came to bragging about it. The distortion comes from Simon’s ancient MXR Distortion pedal, which was borrowed for the day. It was mustard yellow and had just two knobs. As dirt pedals go it was the business, although it sounds slightly odd plugged straight into the desk via a pre-amp. This song subsequently evolved and gathered extra writers and performers. It became part of the sets of Laughing Sun, The Addled Eggs, The Subterraineans and Rough Terrain.

See also: www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/wudtheband www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/wud/daylight-demo/flashback https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/daylight-demo https://twitter.com/WudRecords