Gig: 2/7/1990, The Alarm, BBC Radio 1 Nicky Campbell session

cLOSE Tracks Close Alone Together In The Beauty Of My Surroundings Right Back Where I Started From The Rock And Roll Contenders All Seeing The Life You Seek Does Not Exist With Friends Like You Swan Song

‘Reason 41’ [3:20] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: I used to wonder why that When it’s black there is no white And why that when it’s day There is never any night I got talking to a soldier and he tried to put things right He said, “If you want peace them you will always have to fight” Hey Now I went searching in the desert Where it just began [read more]

‘Rain In The Summertime (Live Boston Wang Centre, 1988)’ [6:12] (The Alarm), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: “Do you wanna feel the rain in the summertime?” Under the anvil of the sun Sweat, like a train I come, I come, My body adust Scorched by the might of the sun Burning light, burning white heat Like wildfire I sweat a fever My body screams Disintegrates in the heat Our love is [read more]