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Track: Ricky's Hand
Artist: Fad Gadget
Album: Fad Gadget By Frank Tovey

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Name: Fad Gadget
Spotify Genres: new wave, cold wave, post-punk, synthpop, darkwave, ebm, industrial, deathrock
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Fad Gadget ([a27963], born 8 September 1956, London) was the first artist signed to [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/26391-Mute]Mute Records[/url]. His groundbreaking 'Back To Nature' was released as Mute's second single, in October 1979. His live shows were known for being far more physical than those of many other electronic acts of the time, often featuring Tovey injuring himself. Following the album [i]Gag[/i] in 1984, he dropped the stage name and in favour of his real name. The release of [i]The Best of Fad Gadget[/i] in 2001 and his supporting [a=Depeche Mode] on their [i]Exciter Tour[/i] looked set to help his relaunch as Fad Gadget, but he died, aged 45, of a heart attack on 3 April 2002, at his home in London.

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Release: Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand / Handshake
Year: 1980
Genres: Electronic
Styles: New Wave, Synth-pop

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LYRICS

Scratched his head, then pulled his ear
Reached out for a glass of beer
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand
From the pocket it pulled five pound
Ricky bought another round
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

In the dark it found his zip
Wiped his mouth when he was sick
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Six pints later he waved good bye
Picked his nose and squashed a fly
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Slamming the door it grasped the wheel
Now Ricky's full of man appeal
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Ricky contravened the highway code
The hand lies severed at the side of the road
Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand

Ricky's hand
Ricky's hand