‘We Are Majority (Majority) (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:26] (Macdonald/Peters), The Alarm
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
Lyrics
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We put the flowers in our dressing room We are no longer children We've all grown up now We set you up and you let us down We are majority as you can see We are one and we're all equal In the eyes of the world we're all the same We are the disco kids on Saturday night We are four in a bed and the little one said We were running so fast We didn't even know what had hit us And we were blind to the world And the world was blind to us We are majority We are the sea of faces staring out We are the sound of the terraces, the football crowds We say 'get your gear off, we want it now' And when we've had it once, we'll have it again 'Cause we're young and we're on the run And we don't know where we're going, having fun Just like you and you and you and you We are four in a bed and the little one said We were running so fast We didn't even know what had hit us And we were blind to the world And the world was blind to us We are majority We see them rise We see them fall The broken trust and the promises rust When will another one bite the dust, bite the dust We see them rise We see them fall The broken trust and the promises rust When will another one bite the dust, bite the dust We give everything thing that we have to you We buy the books and the records and the politics It was your words that saved our dreams And there were times when you made us feel like human beings You say hello, are you listing now? We say hello, we say hello, hello We are the lost generation, we're calling out We are four in a bed and the little one said We were running so fast We didn't even know what had hit us And we were blind to the world And the world was blind to us We are majority
Notes
: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.
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