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Track: Dead Or Alive
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Album: Good For Your Soul

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Name: Oingo Boingo
Spotify Genres: new wave
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American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a surrealist musical theatre troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, that Elfman had led since 1976 and written material for in the years previous. Oingo Boingo were known for their high energy live concerts and experimental music, which can be described as mixing rock, ska, pop, and world music. The band's body of work spanned 17 years, with various genre and line-up changes. As a rock band, Oingo Boingo started as a ska and punk-influenced new wave octet, achieving significant popularity in Southern California. During the mid-1980s, the band changed line-ups, and adopted a more pop-oriented style, until a significant genre change to alternative rock in 1994. At that point, the name was shortened to simply "Boingo" and the horn section was dropped. The band retired after a farewell tour in 1995, for which they reverted to the name Oingo Boingo and readopted the horn section. [b]Line-up:[/b] Danny Elfman (1979-1995) - composer, music director, lead vocals, brass, violin, guitar, percussion Steve Bartek (1979-1995) - guitar, vocals, percussion, horn arrangements, accordion Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez (1979-1995) - drums, percussion Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (1979-1993, 1995) - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, percussion, backing vocals Leon Schneiderman (1979-1993, 1995)- baritone & alto saxophones, flute, instrument design and construction, percussion, backing vocals Dale Turner (1979-1993, 1995) - trumpet, trombone, percussion, guitar, backing vocals Dan Schmitt (1979-1980) - keyboards Jeff Breeh (1979) - bass Kerry Hatch (1979-1984) - bass guitar, vocals, bass synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (1980-1984) - keyboards, synthesizer, trombone, percussion, backing vocals David Eagle (1980) - drums Michael Bacich (1984-1987) - keyboards, backing vocals John Avila (1984-1995) - bass guitar, bass synthesizer, percussion, accordion, backing vocals Carl Graves (1987-1993) - keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals Warren Fitzgerald (1993-1995) - guitar, backing vocals

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Release: Oingo Boingo - Boingo Alive
Year: 1988
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, New Wave

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LYRICS

There in the shadows, looks like a hand
Without its owner, to give it a command
It's got a purpose but I don't know what it is
I'm in trouble
There in the streets, looks like a man
But something wrong that I don't understand
His eyes are open but he don't see a thing
His skin is peeling off, his bones are sticking out
I'm getting scared

Oh my god (Is it dead?)
Is it living? (Is it dead?)
Is it dead or alive?
(Is it dead?), Is it dead? (Is it dead?)
Is it dead? (Is it dead?)
Is it dead or alive?

Hiding in the cupboards, like little mice
Hiding in the frigerator, that isn't nice
It's not an animal, it don't have legs
No one else can see it

It moves so fast, corner of my eye
Look again it's gone, it's hiding
Won't somebody help me, doesn't anybody care?
It waits so patiently, for me to lose my guard
I'm getting scared

Is it dead, is it
(Is it dead)
Is it dead
(Is it dead)
Is it dead or alive
(Is it dead)
Is it dead
(Is it dead)
Is it dead, is it

I remember there was a time
When dead and buried meant just that
Underneath the cold dark ground
Things stay put!

Oh them bones they make them bodies walk
Them bones, them bones
If they could only talk!

Is it dead (Fade)