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Article: Fresh faces, veteran voices: The long-in-the-rock-tooth Alarm rent young guys for the video and score a hit.
(taken from http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/music/) Even if it never sells a million copies, “45 RPM,” the debut single from a band called the Poppyfields, deserves a place in the history books – as a caustic commentary on the youth-worshiping state of current rock-and-roll. The song, which last week reached No. 28 on a U.K. singles chart, was written and sung by Mike Peters, guitarist and lead singer of veteran Welsh rockers the [read more]
Albums
Strength : The Alarm (1985)
Tracks: Knife Edge (Single / Strength album version) Strength Dawn Chorus Spirit Of 76 Deeside Father To Son Only The Thunder The Day The Ravens Left The Tower (Strength album version) Walk Forever By My Side Description: (without “Absolute Reality) UK LP and cassette left of Absolute Reality and were only 9 tracks, UK CD added the song back on. Versions The Alarm: LP, ‘Strength’ cat #:IRS MIRF1004, country: UK [read more]
Songs
‘Sold Me Down The River (short edit)’ [3:36] (Macdonald/Peters), The Alarm
‘Sold Me Down The River (short edit)’ [3:36] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s a fire beneath my skin There’s a fever that makes me ill Got a love, a love that kills I’ve got twenty four hours to live Comeback, I’m begging you please Comeback, I’m down on my knees Comeback, I’m begging you please I don’t know why and I don’t understand How you sold me down the [read more]