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Track: Why'd We Come
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Album: Nothing To Fear

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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 - Nothing To Fear
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, New Wave

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LYRICS

Everyone says
We've come such a long long way
We're civilized
Isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to tear the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together?
HA!

Why'd we have to come all this way?
Is anything easier to understand?
Why'd we have to come all this way?
Are we at the start of the brink of man?

We shouldn't fall in love for we know better
Anything that moves can stay together
STOP! Wasting all my time

Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?

Why'd we have to come all this way?
We could have quit while we were way ahead
Why'd it have to end up like this?
We should have just stayed at home instead

The road was long and the journey was hard
We'd never even dreamed that we'd come so far
STOP! Wasting all my time

Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?

It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this

Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?

It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this
It didn't have to end up like this

Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?
Why did we come all this way?