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Track: Talking In Code
Artist: The Boomtown Rats
Album: V Deep

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Name: The Boomtown Rats
Spotify Genres: new wave
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Irish rock band, formed in 1975 in Garry Roberts' kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, the group originally took the name The Nightlife Thugs. They changed it during the interval of their first gig on October 31st 1975 to The Boomtown Rats, after [a=Woody Guthrie]'s term for oilfield workers. The original lineup was [a=Bob Geldof] (vocals), [a=Garry Roberts] (lead guitar), [a=Johnnie Fingers] (keyboard), [a=Pete Briquette] (bass), [a=Gerry Cott] (rhythm guitar) and [a=Simon Crowe] (drums). They recorded six studio albums and a string of successful singles. Cott left the band in 1981. The group remained together until just after the 1985 Live Aid concert of which Bob Geldof, KBE, was the organiser. The group reformed in 2013, with original members [a=Bob Geldof], [a=Garry Roberts], [a=Pete Briquette], and [a=Simon Crowe] joined by [a=Alan Dunn] and [a=Darren Beale].

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Release: The Boomtown Rats - V Deep
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave

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Why are you talking in code? You talk so loud sometimes we don't understand C'mon give us a sign Wave us a flag or flash me an eye Cos I need you tonight I need you right now I got sweat on my mind But you're taking your time Yeah kiss where it stings c'mon show me a time But when you talk in code and you talk in signs Wave those hands And you flash those eyes I don't understand when you blind me with science You talk in code Talking keep talkin' Decipher me now Describe me an arc with a low point or two Ah cough me a code Astonish me dear with a new point of view Yes it's all in your hands The Wristwatch Frisco is in action again Ah well I like you I think It varies so much sometimes it really depends on If you talk in code...etc. And then if A = B Sometimes what you say isn't all that it seems And if C = 3 Inscrutable view with a new slant on things Ah semaphore girl I love the taste of you dressed up in green But you're talking in code I don't understand but I won't make a scene Cos when you....etc.