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Track: Back In Flesh
Artist: Wall Of Voodoo
Album: Dark Continent

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Name: Wall Of Voodoo
Spotify Genres: new wave, synthpop, post-punk
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Formed: 1977 // Los Angeles, CA, United States Disbanded: 1988 Members: [a=Stan Ridgway] (vocals, 1977-83) [a=Andy Prieboy] (vocals, 1983-88) [a=Marc Moreland] (guitar, 1977-88) [a=Bruce Moreland] (bass, 1977-82, 1985-88) [a=Bill Noland] (bass, 1982-83) [a=Chas T. Gray] (keyboards, 1979-88) [a=Joe Nanini] (percussion, 1979-83) [a=Ned Leukhardt] (drums, 1983-88) Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks, a film score business started by Stan Ridgway, who was later the vocalist and harmonica player for Wall of Voodoo. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from the Hollywood punk club The Masque and Ridgway was soon drawn into the emerging punk/new wave scene there. Marc Moreland, guitarist for local group The Skulls, began jamming with Ridgway at the Acme Soundtracks office and the soundtrack company soon morphed into a new wave band. In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members Bruce Moreland (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with Joe Nanini (who had been the drummer for Black Randy and the Metrosquad) the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born. The band was named Wall of Voodoo before their first gig in reference to a comment made by Ridgway's friend, bassist Joe Ramirez. Ramirez was listening to some of the Acme Soundtracks music Ridgway and Moreland had created in their studio. When Ridgway jokingly compared the multiple-drum-machine-and Farfisa-organ-laden recordings to Phil Spector's legendary "wall of sound" production style, Ramirez commented it sounded more like a "wall of voodoo", and the name stuck.

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Release: Wall Of Voodoo - Dark Continent
Year: 1981
Genres: Electronic, Rock
Styles: New Wave, Post-Punk

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LYRICS

Someone smashed my alarm
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over

And I'm back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh

You better sign your time card now
They don't care about you anyhow
Sign in, your minimum cut
You're late again, your salary's cut!

Someone smashed my alarm
It's got me on the edge
You know it's so sharp
(Uhhhh...)
And you know I won't go
You know I won't go
I don't wanna go
(He won't go)
The corporation's boiling over
Everybody's taking over

And I'm back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh
Back in flesh

I won't go
(He won't go.)
I don't wanna go
(You must go!)
Is it time to go?
(The orders are in!)
Well, I'd rather go bowling!
(The lanes are closed!)
Maybe a little tennis?
(Your racket's got a hole.)
How about some baseball?
(The field's rained out.)
Maybe a little fishing?
(The fish are on vacation.)
Well, how about some golfing?
(The greens are overgrown.)
Well, what about some swimming?
(I don't think so!)
Well, what about this--and that--
(No, no, no, no, no!)
Well, you can't tell me what to do!
You can't tell me what to do!
(Hey, fuck you!)