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Trash the Planet
Released: November 1989 (Australia)
Label: WEA 256920-1
Tracks: 11
Peak chart position: 22 (AUS)
All songs written by Craig Bloxom, Michael Wieley, Cliff Grigg
and R Thomas
1. "Hardtimes" 2:51
2. "What the Future Holds" 4:21
3. "Take It or Leave It" 4:06
4. "Our House" 3:24
5. "Have no Fear" 3:25
6. "Clear Skies" 3:56
7. "Trash the Planet" 4:02
8. "Hooligans" 3:12
9. "Don't Fall Asleep at the Wheel" 4:17
10. "A New Start" 2:42
11. "Oceania" 2:48
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Singles from Trash the Planet
"Hardtimes" Released: November, 1989
"Clear Skies" Released: February, 1990
"Our House" Released: May, 1990
"Oceania" Released: October, 1990
Trash the Planet recorded at the Manor studios in Oxfordshire UK
with Craig Leon producing. It was the hottest summer in English
history and I got viciously bitten by "Bowser", one of Richard
Branson’s Irish Wolfhounds while doing the mix-down. I couldn’t walk
for 3 weeks after that, because the huge hound of hell took a chunk
out of my leg the size of a small volkswagen. I still walk with a
limp and have a fear of small puppies. We spent more money on this
album than any other and lived the life of rock stars by the pool
out the back of the Manor while we worked on the album. Our manager
at the time (he fleeced us, big time) brought his wife & child and
enjoyed our money while it lasted. We grossed $960,000 from live
shows in 1989 and where did all the money go? Up in smoke, thanks to
management by sharks, the timeless story of rock bands the world
over. Oh, by the way we spent 2 thousand English pounds on alcohol
while making Trash the Planet. Well done boys.
v. Spy v. Spy members
Craig Bloxom — bass guitar, vocals
Cliff Grigg — drums, percussion
Michael Weiley — lead guitar
Lyrics from Trash the Planet
Album Credits
All songs V. Spy V. Spy
Original recordings - Icelook Pty. Ltd.
All songs published by Warner Brothers Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Trading as Warner Chappell
Produced by Craig Leon
Engineered by Michael Ade
Recorded live at the Manor, Shipton on Cherwell, England
July 9 - August 21, 1989.
Russell Thomas Management
| HARDTIMES you can say your prayers but you can save your cries cause what’s done is done and i’m not here to testify so tell me why why must i stand in line tell me why why must i stand in line in the hardtimes five years older and telling yourself that you’re wiser but the mirror shows wrinkles and lines five years gone and feeling lonely and tired so will we ever find find out why why must we stand in line tell me why why why must we stand in line in the hardtimes |
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS nothing short of a brilliant weekend i’m wired and tired i must be mad insanity never so bad in my dreams i have premonitions of a new day and what’s to come friends they have come they have gone and i want to know what the future holds for you and me and what life will unfold feeling short great expectations so you take a chance and raise the flag that’s why I’m feeling so sad driving north on a rainswept highway there’s danger lurking everywhere watch for the thousand-yard stare a leaky heart will hold no water a brand new start could set you on fire you want a new start |
| OUR HOUSE you have a lot of real good times when you’re living in our house there’s ups and downs but you speak your mind when you’re living in our house just a bunch of friends we’re making ends meet and sometimes that’s hard but you’ve got to try and see the light at the end of the tunnel whose turn to do the laundry i never said that we don’t fight but we know that everything will work out fine living in our house we’ll have a party and wreck mike’s room when you’re living in our house the cops come and it ends too soon when you’re living in our house got to clean up the mess, we’re doing our best and sometimes that’s hard but you’ve got to try and have a good time and stay out of trouble whose turn to clean the bathroom i know that it’s not mine i was down on my hands and knees when i did it last time rent time is our least favourite time you have a lot of real good times when you’re living in our house there’s ups and downs but you speak your mind when you’re living in our house just a bunch of friends we’re making ends meet and sometimes it’s hard but you’ve got to try and have a good time when you’re living in our house |
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT i want to do this on my own i want to burn down the fences with fear and anger i have grown that i know and see which way it’ll take me, how could it be worse than now i want to find my own way home, don’t you know, that you can take or you can leave it now i will not stay here with this dying crowd forever will i be torn down i’ve got to leave this town there’s many ways to break you down and this i have found out too many of my friends kicked to the ground and that’s worn me out i wonder am i dreaming, but the answer is standing screaming, if we are led out of control, then who will know |
| HAVE NO FEAR can you teach me something can you show me what’s involved to help me fill the void in the land of plenty it can make a crazy world lost and all alone i believe have no fear yeah i believe have no fear listen he said don’t go there today but i went there anyway and i made a friend words wisdom and understanding from many people we are one only one blood i believe, have no fear have no fear anymore |
CLEAR SKIES i’ve got wet hair from a very wet sky found some shelter under a bridge one day the world will stop for me show me the key turn me back back to the breeze i’m tired of walking in the rain with clear skies ahead out of the darkness open-eyed clear skies ahead sliding on down slippery hill counting back through all of these years lord knows i’ve done my best show me the rest save me from all of these fears in the distance my future does lie across Hyde Park i slipped and smiled be by my side i’m tired of walking in the rain with clear skies ahead out of the darkness open-eyed clear skies ahead i’m tired of walking in the rain with clear skies ahead out of the darkness set my sights on clear skies ahead |
| TRASH THE PLANET look the rivers out there are burning fast season changing here at last but no one’s learning can’t they see trash our planet is what will be rhythm, there’s rhythm out there that lies unseen sweeping forests winter green no one’s watching they look elsewhere trash our planet and say your prayers look there’s people out there who speak unheard simple phrases say the word but no one’s hearing can’t we see trash our planet is what will be look the rivers out there are burning fast season changing here at last but no one’s learning we look elsewhere trash our planet say your prayers |
HOOLIGANS woke up this morning i’ve done it again i’ve been a hooligan on Heineken look in the mirror better put on my shades don’t want no one to know who i am slam bam wreck of a man i try to be the best that i am i’ll drink whatever is going around and i’ll drink ’em all down my sister says it’s a bad way to live my mother nags me says i’m living in sin i’m trying to drown out all of my pain i know i’m ugly, i was born that way if you like, we’ll get in a fight sore knuckles, another black eye once we down sorting ’em out we’ll drink them all down hung-over wreak havoc i remember that i had a girlfriend she used to love me, but never again i’m only happy when i couldn’t care less i like to live my life in a mess big trouble, head is a muddle bartender, make it a double then let’s go and tear up the town as we drink ’em all down "nostrovia" |
| ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL fall asleep i don’t remember the day i nearly died on your own nobody left by your side don’t fall asleep at the wheel talk to me i need to know about your history write it down everyone here will understand don’t fall asleep at the wheel seal of fate read the signs and find your way up to you to survive this drive and stay alive don’t fall asleep at the wheel |
A NEW START and if you’re strong and take the blame you can start it all again never hoped and wished away all the minutes in a day you better learn to take the pain spinning wheels, cutting deals another finger in the pie take your slice and say goodbye time is money don’t waste mine another bastard, another crime have no fear and grab some faith ’cos yo can start it all again using music, let’s begin take a stand, then dig in have no fear, have some faith you’re never alone when you’re by yourself |
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OCEANIA |