Gig: 1/1/1986, The Alarm, BBC1 TV: “Top of the Pops”

***** (= 5 out of 5 stars) “You are hereby warned: The Alarm will become one of the leading rockbands in the 90’s. If you don’t want to sit notknowing with your beard in the mailbox you should invest in the Change – album immediately and learn all of the 12 tunes (14 on cd) by heart before advent starts. The Alarm are no longer U2-copyists. Their last LP, In [read more]

‘Reason 36’ [4:16] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: Well I’m always getting told I gotta to keep my place And to build a little house that suits my face But I can’t stand still and that is serious Then I was given the tools to help in a trade I can’t even dig with a pick nor spade And you know as well as I do That makes no sense [read more]

‘Spirit Of 76 (AOR edit)’ [6:13] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once But that was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 A friendship formed of pure innocence We first met in Mathew Street Where we heard something that would set us free A sign [read more]