No Song Too Long, No Beat Unsweet.
MESSENGERS
Formed in the early eighties, out of the New Wave Rock band Modern Man, this electronic duo toured globally with the band Ultravox and released 3 singles on Midge Ure's MusicFest Label.
After a lengthy break, and in response to some enthusiastic requests, they began laying down some unrecorded songs from their 80's catalogue to form their first CD.
This online version features four new recordings and was finally completed in 2004.
This album "It's Been Twenty Years, Let's Try Turning Up The Volume"
is distributed through Soundrop, to all good streaming sites, or listen on YouTube, just click on the links below.
ALBUM CREDITS
1. Woman In The Dunes.....read the book (Kobo Abe) see the film (Hiroshi Teshigahara) hear the song (Messengers)
2. (did you) Take Me For A Ride.....just because it's in the media, it doesn't mean it's true.
3. Strawboy.....Heinrich Mann showed us the man, and we showed the child.
4. Art.....Blakey (b.1919 d. 1990) the inspirational drummer and leader of The Jazz Messengers.
5. You'd Better Go.....all the way from Ireland to Iraq and Afghanistan the song remains the same.
6. The Dancing Bear.....do all politicians have hands that feel like dead fish, probably.
7. Departure.....a song about hunger strikes, really.
8. Send That Letter Home.....one night, on my way home from the recording studio, a young child asked me if I wanted a blowjob.
9. The Three D Men.....Terry, Barbara and Al. Gawd Bless 'Em.
10. T.D.P......a fly on the wall song.
11. The Scars.....bruised and scarred, but still beautiful, Rose.
12. A Song From A Cage.....Is it the state of Holy Matrimony? Is it just a bad contract? You decide!
13. Nighttown.....James Joyce visits The Pollok Inn.
14. Nomad.....We Are The Sheeple.
15. Serious Colour.....I really don't like flags.
16. The Reformation Waltz*....."Like a shark from a wave, like a hand from a grave". We'll be back!
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Lead and Backing Vocals by Colin King recorded at Carlton Studios, Glasgow.
Instrumentation, Recording, Mixing and Some Backing Vocals by Danny Mitchell at DBS, Hillington.
* Spoken word epilogue by Alex Norton.
All songs by Messengers. 2004.
-FURTHER READING-
"There's a rumor going 'round town", that there may well be some noise emanating from this venerable duo.
In the form of a new album, rather obviously entitled........
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"....It's Been Forty Odd Years, Let's Try Surviving...."
