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Grey Unpleasant Wasteland

from Senses Collide by Misapprehension

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about

The band are tight and driven on this rock track - growling bass, Copelandish drums, retro guitar textures, spacious synthesizer and vocal harmonies propel the song through a blistering snapshot of neoliberal England as relevant to post-Brexit Tory Britain now as to post-Thatcher Tory Britain then.

Here we have the extended version with an additional verse, extended intro and longer ending.

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LYRICS:

Monolithic slabs scar the skyline
office workers type and file away
Middle managers give flip-chart presentations
As though they really have something to say
and mile after mile stretch the ruins
of enterprise and vanity or fraud
increasing tax demands
and eroded pension plans
so many of us want to live abroad

In this grey unpleasant wasteland...

Gridlocked lanes and vast car parks
at weekends we try to escape
from our bullying bosses, stock market losses
and boredom and red tape
So many channels on TV
our brains don't have time to think
We bury our emotions and
we down another drink

In this grey unpleasant wasteland...

We can't spell or do math
Can't carve wood or turn spanners
We're a service economy with no wit
nor good manners
It seems people with money
bribe all the town planners
in this grey unpleasant wasteland...

Statistics govern everything
no matter how bent or how flawed
Regardless of the measures
we all want to know who scored
Living up to expectations
of those who live in glass houses
Bottling up and bubbling under -
the anger this arouses!

In this grey unpleasant wasteland...

A lover with no name
A compensation claim
Cars and clothes and fame
Jacked up on cocaine
An alcohol-soaked brain -
anything to dull the pain
But then Monday comes again...

in this grey unpleasant wasteland...

credits

from Senses Collide, released November 30, 2022
Recorded and mixed by Daryl Quincy
Vocals and guitar: Daryl Quincy
Bass: Dave Sturt
Guitar: Mark Beeston
Backing Vocals: Craig Roper
Drums: Will Barber
Synthesizer: Brian F Melville
Produced by Daryl Quincy and Mark Beeston
Mastered (Hi-Res 96kHz / 24 bit) by Mark Beeston

Written by Daryl Quincy. Published 2022 Daryl Quincy
© Daryl Quincy 2008 All Rights Reserved. Unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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Misapprehension UK

Misapprehension is an independent record label. The Senses Collide album began in 2004. Its a collection of diverse ideas & meetings of remarkable musicians - captured over 30 years & presented in one album.

Influences: Neil Finn, Richard Thompson, Justin Currie, Mark Knopfler, The Police, NPG, EWF, Chic, Del Amitri.
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