‘Absolute Reality (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:43] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
Lyrics
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One, two Hey now now Hey You may be rich You may be poor You may have nothing in this world at all You may be black,you maybe white You may be a prisoner in your own times You may be lost. You may be found You may have been beaten up and knocked to the ground You may have belief, suffer from deceit Or you just might be blind Oh no no You may affect the truth You may be seen as false You may be a king or a vagabond You may be up, you may be down You may sit in judgement with the rest of the clowns You may have love You may have hate You may be the President Of The United States But even you, you can't sit and hide While the world's resources die This is absolute reality reality reality We are all the cause, The solution to reality Hey now now Hey hey hey You may be in control You may be controlled You may stay down 'till you do as you're told You may work hard You may never work at all You may be accused but you don't know what for You may be innocent or partly to blame You may just be afraid in this power mad age But there's one thing we all can find Some peace in our time This is absolute reality reality reality If I may speak the truth this is absolute reality The absolute time, the absolute place The absolute now for the absolute solution It's absolute reality now Now Now Now This is absolute reality reality reality This is absolute reality reality reality This is absolute Ah reality La la la la la This is absolute La la la la la Reality La la la la la This is absolute Reality
Notes
:Originally intended to be the title track of the album.
Recorded 29th-30th November 1984: E-Zee Hire Studios, London. Demo tape sessions recorded by live sound engineer Nigel Luby. The band sent these tapes to America in December 1984 to legendary US record producer Jimmy Iovine who agreed to record the band in January 1985. The album was going to be titled “Absolute Reality” and a tour was booked to coincide with its projected release. Unfortunately, Iovine never came to Britain to record with The Alarm, Iovine claimed an illness in his family prevented him from travelling. However, it didn’t stop him recording “Once Upon A Time” for Simple Minds. Rumour has it that The Alarm were gazumped by Simple Minds who secured Iovine’s services for a larger advance payment.
Mike Peters Notes
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Dave Sharp Notes
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Eddie MacDonald Notes
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Nigel Twist Notes
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