Us Being Us

(Andrews)

Coat of Many Cupboards

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Recordings

1. Go 2 out-take.
   Recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, in August 1978, during sessions for Go 2.
   Produced and engineered by John Leckie.
   Released on 25 March 2002 on Coat of Many Cupboards in the U.K.
   Andy Partridge - Guitar and Vocals
   Colin Moulding - Bass and Vocals
   Barry Andrews - Keyboards and Vocals
   Terry Chambers - Drums

   Barry: “Being a bile-filled exegesis of things Swindonian and working class and the accompanying necessity of buggering off as quickly as possible. Bit of a social commentator I was back then - with a strong helping of council estate visionary: Springsteen and Patti Smith smiling upon the young poet bursting through the roadblocks of society's restrictions in a borrowed Cortina. Oh yus. Gimme a break, I was still living with my Mum and Dad.”

   Andy: “Another victim of Herr Partridge's vinyl solution, see above. Bursting with great young energy, this manic ball of fury is totally infectious. When I heard this again recently, the compulsion to ‘twist’ was overwhelming, try it! Again, a very good lyric, part of what scared me no doubt. The ultra harsh guitar sound at the end was made by using a pair of Abbey Road headphones as my speaker cabinet. I shall never forget the sight of them actually jumping across the floor in their death agony. Sacrificing themselves selflessly, so that the right distortion be found. I suppose Abbey Road just put it on the bill.”

[Thanks to R. Stevie Moore]

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