Álbum Waking Up with the House on Fire de Culture Club - Canciones
Waking Up with the House on Fire
1984 | 
Sello | Virgin
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El álbum Waking Up with the House on Fire, de 1984, es el trabajo que tenía la increíblemente difícil tarea de dar continuidad a la obra maestra que fue 'Colour by Numbers'. Por lo tanto, la banda se enfrentaba a unas expectativas estratosféricas, y el resultado es un disco que, aunque profesional y lleno de buenas canciones, no logró alcanzar la magia de su predecesor. De hecho, es el sonido de una banda que comienza a sentir las presiones del éxito masivo.
En consecuencia, la producción del álbum es aún más pulida y orientada al pop comercial, buscando repetir la fórmula de los grandes éxitos. Culture Club incorpora una mayor presencia de coros y secciones de viento, creando un sonido grandilocuente y muy característico de mediados de los 80.
Como resultado, el álbum generó el exitoso sencillo "The War Song", un himno pop con un mensaje pacifista que, sin embargo, fue criticado por su supuesta simplicidad. Por otro lado, el disco también contiene baladas de calidad como "Mistake No. 3", pero en general, carece de la frescura y la inspiración de sus dos primeros trabajos.
Además, las tensiones internas en la banda, especialmente entre Boy George y el baterista Jon Moss, comenzaban a afectar el proceso creativo. En resumen, 'Waking Up with the House on Fire' es un álbum competente y profesional, pero que marca el inicio del declive de la era dorada de Culture Club.
Listado de canciones del álbum Waking Up with the House on Fire
- Dangerous ManVer letra 4:13
[X]letra de Dangerous Man
He could word it out like a dangerous man
How could you value his intentions?
Martin had the devil just like anyone can
He spoke words they were frightened to mention
[Chorus:]
Yesterday ain't gone
We just pushed it aside
Out in the jungle
There ain't nowhere you can hide
There's a different smile on your face today
Though you wear it well there's a lot to say
There's a different mood in the world tonight
If we can do it good we can do it right
John he washed it over with a confidence tan
I know peace and love ain't prevention
Brian in the closet with his master-plan
Build them up its so sad they forget you
[Chorus]
[Repeat: x2]
Are we not men, did you save us?
Are we not men, did you try, did you try?
We have been [Repeat: x3]
We have been denied
I could word it out like a dangerous man
If they landed here we'd collect them
Yellow, black or white here in the circus of man
I don't know, I don't care, I forget you
[Chorus] - The War SongVer letra 4:14
[X]letra de The War Song
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War!
People fill the world with narrow confidence
Like a child at birth, a man with no defence
What's mine's my own, I won't give it to you
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War!
Man is far behind in the search of something new
Like a Philistine, we're burning witches too
This world of hate must be designed for you
It matters what you say, it matters what you do
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War! War! War!
After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand miles back home
You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me
You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me
War!
In this heart of mine, I'll find a place for you
For black or white, for grown-up children too
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
No more war
say no more war
say war
Senso hant-ai
Senso hant-ai
Say no more war
- Unfortunate ThingVer letra 3:08
[X]letra de Unfortunate Thing
Breaking out of school
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure I'd get my reward in time
Backing on the street
With the smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime
Hidden in the pocket
Of some unfortunate nation
Didn't have no money, sure didn't have the time
[Chorus:]
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
But I fought with nothing
But I fought with nothing
Laughing at the rumor
That you've been screwing someone
Laugh better cry
It could be your turn next time
Brother what a lover beyond the fourth dimension
He's got an ego
That's bigger than yours and mine
[Chorus]
Don't call me Bwana
Let it settle in your heart
We move from children
Into a business counterpart
Your head was shaking as I walked into the room
A spirit breaking
That's why I feel this way
Breaking out of school
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure I'd get my reward in time
Backing up a street
With a smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime
[Chorus]
Unfortunate thing - Crime TimeVer letra 2:59
[X]letra de Crime Time
Death Cab for Cutie
Sung it like a beauty
Stepped out forgetting
Danger has a duty
Lonely night
He wants to squeeze her tight
They murder for a dollar
No-one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar
[Chorus:]
Love stops knocking
Your heart stops rocking
It's crime time
Crime time
Out on the mainland
Hit him with a right hand
Stepped on his ego
Now he feels like a man
Do it right
It's a lonely fight
Playing Fats Waller
Lipstick on your collar
Back in 1950
People had their honor
[Chorus]
They murder for a dollar
No-one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar
[Chorus] - Mistake No. 3Ver letra 4:34
[X]letra de Mistake No. 3
You can't by stand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Into strange and pretty faces
I don't know
Clutching to my lipstick traces
Watch them go
Make mistake number three [Repeat: x3]
It's strange how much it changes
How they want to know
How cynical are people
That's where children go
Dragged into a conversation
They can't hold
It's so bad
But it prepares them for the mold
Make mistake number three
(repeat three times)
Why is my love like an ocean run dry?
Why is my love
Such a struggle with life?
You can"t by stand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Make mistake number three [Repeat: x3]
Make mistake number three - The DiveVer letra 3:47
[X]letra de The Dive
When I wake up feeling victimized
There is nothing
That can stop my eyes
From crying
When you put the pressure
Down on me
Cause I don't quite fit
You imagery
I'm trying
Baby I'm no superman
[Chorus:]
Eyes like a deep blue sea
To dive in
Love that you give to me
We're surviving
Surviving
When love is gone
I can't carry on
When you know that love
Is on my mind
It's a perfect chance
To be unkind
You do it
Being sly you take a chance
On crime
But the master has a new design
On loving, living
Out and in the enemy
[Chorus]
Eyes that open wide
Do you do
Love you give the child
Do you do
Why do you do that to me?
When I wake up feeling victimized
There is nothing
That can stop my eyes
From crying
When you put the pressure
Down on me
Cause I don't quite fit
Your imagery
I'm trying
I'm no superman
[Chorus] - The Medal SongVer letra 4:15
[X]letra de The Medal Song
Sun go east, sun go west
Sun go east, sun go west
You used to say love and be loved all the time
'Til you discovered feelings were a failure sign
When it rains, it rains so hard
The tears begin to show
Now it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
Beneath the sea of Hollywood where Frances used to reign
They trade their deepest wishes for a part in someone's game
Spirits die alone at night
For life they cannot hold
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
Sun go east, sun go west
Will I wear a medal again
Sun go east, sun go west
We can dance and bring on the rain
Now I say love for love, not a space in time
The strangest things can shatter kings and take away what's mine
When it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
We are just everyday people, not a theatre company
Everyone wants to join us, there's no fear in us you see
It's me for you and you for me
Sun go east, sun go west
Will I wear a medal again
Sun go east, sun go west
We can dance and bring on the rain
- Don't Talk About It 3:17
- MannequinVer letra 2:53
[X]letra de Mannequin
He's the mannequin of your dreams
You designed him
Nothing will stand in your way
A punch in the heart
Won't tear him apart
Neither will the things they say
'Cause he's a beggar, lover, believer
You are just an innocent reader
He's the mannequin of your dreams
Step inside him
Look at the world his way
Laughter is loud
From the fool in the crowd
You'll crack his smile one day
Every dream must follow where we go
Don't let them shatter your ego
Mannequin, lover mannequin, lover mannequin [Repeat: x2]
I gave you every bit of my time
You lied and you committed a crime
To present my feelings
With shallow meanings
How could you tear me apart?
He's the mannequin of your dreams
You denied him
Laughter and political sway
People are sweet
But the primitive beat
Is always getting in my way
I can give you nothing but me though
It isn't what you want to see
[Repeat: x3]
Oh Mannequin, lover mannequin
My lover mannequin, whoa - Hello GoodbyeVer letra
[X]letra de Hello Goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
The rhythm of the jungle
A temperamental beast
Makes the mountain tremble
Brings giants to their knees
If I ask you to stay
You might leave anyway
But the situation´s fallen from my hands
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
I feel exasperation
Get down on your knees
I called the operator
But this is where I freeze
I said hello
I said hello
I said hello
I´ve got to go
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
Do you love me?
Do you love me? No
Do you love me?
Do you love me? No
I´ve got to go
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye - La Cancion De Guerra
- Love Is LoveVer letra
[X]letra de Love Is Love
You don't have to touch it to know
Love is everywhere you go
You don't have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
You don't have to touch it to be
Wrapped up in emotion like me
Everyone must feel how I do, yeah
Love is just to be close to you
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
And you know that love is love
It's written in black and blue
And everything you say
Must bring her closer, closer to you
Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba
You don't have to touch it to know
Love is everywhere you go
You don't have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
- The DreamVer letra
[X]letra de The Dream
Like Alice in Wonderland
The dream takes you by the hand
Inside emotions that you might not feel
If by some notion the dream was not real
The dream, the dream, the dream
Watching the colors as they run
Figures you mold like the sun
Lovers can dream, devils can dream
You may be nowhere until you have seen
The dream, the dream, the dream whoa
Oh what have I done?
Close my eyes and I dream of some world
It could be magic, it could be tragic
Hee, dream
The dream, the dream, the dream whoa - Don't Go Down That Street
El álbum Waking Up with the House on Fire, de 1984, es el trabajo que tenía la increíblemente difícil tarea de dar continuidad a la obra maestra que fue 'Colour by Numbers'. Por lo tanto, la banda se enfrentaba a unas expectativas estratosféricas, y el resultado es un disco que, aunque profesional y lleno de buenas canciones, no logró alcanzar la magia de su predecesor. De hecho, es el sonido de una banda que comienza a sentir las presiones del éxito masivo.
En consecuencia, la producción del álbum es aún más pulida y orientada al pop comercial, buscando repetir la fórmula de los grandes éxitos. Culture Club incorpora una mayor presencia de coros y secciones de viento, creando un sonido grandilocuente y muy característico de mediados de los 80.
Como resultado, el álbum generó el exitoso sencillo "The War Song", un himno pop con un mensaje pacifista que, sin embargo, fue criticado por su supuesta simplicidad. Por otro lado, el disco también contiene baladas de calidad como "Mistake No. 3", pero en general, carece de la frescura y la inspiración de sus dos primeros trabajos.
Además, las tensiones internas en la banda, especialmente entre Boy George y el baterista Jon Moss, comenzaban a afectar el proceso creativo. En resumen, 'Waking Up with the House on Fire' es un álbum competente y profesional, pero que marca el inicio del declive de la era dorada de Culture Club.
[X]
He could word it out like a dangerous manletra de Dangerous Man
How could you value his intentions?
Martin had the devil just like anyone can
He spoke words they were frightened to mention
[Chorus:]
Yesterday ain't gone
We just pushed it aside
Out in the jungle
There ain't nowhere you can hide
There's a different smile on your face today
Though you wear it well there's a lot to say
There's a different mood in the world tonight
If we can do it good we can do it right
John he washed it over with a confidence tan
I know peace and love ain't prevention
Brian in the closet with his master-plan
Build them up its so sad they forget you
[Chorus]
[Repeat: x2]
Are we not men, did you save us?
Are we not men, did you try, did you try?
We have been [Repeat: x3]
We have been denied
I could word it out like a dangerous man
If they landed here we'd collect them
Yellow, black or white here in the circus of man
I don't know, I don't care, I forget you
[Chorus]
[X]
War war is stupid and people are stupidletra de The War Song
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War!
People fill the world with narrow confidence
Like a child at birth, a man with no defence
What's mine's my own, I won't give it to you
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War!
Man is far behind in the search of something new
Like a Philistine, we're burning witches too
This world of hate must be designed for you
It matters what you say, it matters what you do
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
War! War! War!
After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand miles back home
You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me
You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me
War!
In this heart of mine, I'll find a place for you
For black or white, for grown-up children too
Now we're fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And love means nothing in some strange quarters
War war is stupid and people are stupid
And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
No more war
say no more war
say war
Senso hant-ai
Senso hant-ai
Say no more war
[X]
Breaking out of schoolletra de Unfortunate Thing
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure I'd get my reward in time
Backing on the street
With the smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime
Hidden in the pocket
Of some unfortunate nation
Didn't have no money, sure didn't have the time
[Chorus:]
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
Unfortunate thing, such an unfortunate thing
But I fought with nothing
But I fought with nothing
Laughing at the rumor
That you've been screwing someone
Laugh better cry
It could be your turn next time
Brother what a lover beyond the fourth dimension
He's got an ego
That's bigger than yours and mine
[Chorus]
Don't call me Bwana
Let it settle in your heart
We move from children
Into a business counterpart
Your head was shaking as I walked into the room
A spirit breaking
That's why I feel this way
Breaking out of school
Ain't really fooling no one
I was sure I'd get my reward in time
Backing up a street
With a smell of sweet sensation
Didn't want to be another dime
[Chorus]
Unfortunate thing
[X]
Death Cab for Cutieletra de Crime Time
Sung it like a beauty
Stepped out forgetting
Danger has a duty
Lonely night
He wants to squeeze her tight
They murder for a dollar
No-one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar
[Chorus:]
Love stops knocking
Your heart stops rocking
It's crime time
Crime time
Out on the mainland
Hit him with a right hand
Stepped on his ego
Now he feels like a man
Do it right
It's a lonely fight
Playing Fats Waller
Lipstick on your collar
Back in 1950
People had their honor
[Chorus]
They murder for a dollar
No-one hears you holler
Wrap up your baby
Then you'll be a scholar
[Chorus]
[X]
You can't by stand all the peopleletra de Mistake No. 3
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Into strange and pretty faces
I don't know
Clutching to my lipstick traces
Watch them go
Make mistake number three [Repeat: x3]
It's strange how much it changes
How they want to know
How cynical are people
That's where children go
Dragged into a conversation
They can't hold
It's so bad
But it prepares them for the mold
Make mistake number three
(repeat three times)
Why is my love like an ocean run dry?
Why is my love
Such a struggle with life?
You can"t by stand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Make mistake number three [Repeat: x3]
Make mistake number three
[X]
When I wake up feeling victimizedletra de The Dive
There is nothing
That can stop my eyes
From crying
When you put the pressure
Down on me
Cause I don't quite fit
You imagery
I'm trying
Baby I'm no superman
[Chorus:]
Eyes like a deep blue sea
To dive in
Love that you give to me
We're surviving
Surviving
When love is gone
I can't carry on
When you know that love
Is on my mind
It's a perfect chance
To be unkind
You do it
Being sly you take a chance
On crime
But the master has a new design
On loving, living
Out and in the enemy
[Chorus]
Eyes that open wide
Do you do
Love you give the child
Do you do
Why do you do that to me?
When I wake up feeling victimized
There is nothing
That can stop my eyes
From crying
When you put the pressure
Down on me
Cause I don't quite fit
Your imagery
I'm trying
I'm no superman
[Chorus]
[X]
Sun go east, sun go westletra de The Medal Song
Sun go east, sun go west
You used to say love and be loved all the time
'Til you discovered feelings were a failure sign
When it rains, it rains so hard
The tears begin to show
Now it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
Beneath the sea of Hollywood where Frances used to reign
They trade their deepest wishes for a part in someone's game
Spirits die alone at night
For life they cannot hold
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
Sun go east, sun go west
Will I wear a medal again
Sun go east, sun go west
We can dance and bring on the rain
Now I say love for love, not a space in time
The strangest things can shatter kings and take away what's mine
When it's raining in my heart
I want the world to know
I would rather dance with you
Than have a medal to show
Life will never be the same as it was again
Life will never be the same as it was again
Through my anger and my joy, my tears and pain
Life will never be the same as it was again
We are just everyday people, not a theatre company
Everyone wants to join us, there's no fear in us you see
It's me for you and you for me
Sun go east, sun go west
Will I wear a medal again
Sun go east, sun go west
We can dance and bring on the rain
[X]
He's the mannequin of your dreamsletra de Mannequin
You designed him
Nothing will stand in your way
A punch in the heart
Won't tear him apart
Neither will the things they say
'Cause he's a beggar, lover, believer
You are just an innocent reader
He's the mannequin of your dreams
Step inside him
Look at the world his way
Laughter is loud
From the fool in the crowd
You'll crack his smile one day
Every dream must follow where we go
Don't let them shatter your ego
Mannequin, lover mannequin, lover mannequin [Repeat: x2]
I gave you every bit of my time
You lied and you committed a crime
To present my feelings
With shallow meanings
How could you tear me apart?
He's the mannequin of your dreams
You denied him
Laughter and political sway
People are sweet
But the primitive beat
Is always getting in my way
I can give you nothing but me though
It isn't what you want to see
[Repeat: x3]
Oh Mannequin, lover mannequin
My lover mannequin, whoa
[X]
Hello hello goodbyeletra de Hello Goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
The rhythm of the jungle
A temperamental beast
Makes the mountain tremble
Brings giants to their knees
If I ask you to stay
You might leave anyway
But the situation´s fallen from my hands
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
I feel exasperation
Get down on your knees
I called the operator
But this is where I freeze
I said hello
I said hello
I said hello
I´ve got to go
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
Do you love me?
Do you love me? No
Do you love me?
Do you love me? No
I´ve got to go
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Hello hello goodbye
Goodbye
[X]
You don't have to touch it to knowletra de Love Is Love
Love is everywhere you go
You don't have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
You don't have to touch it to be
Wrapped up in emotion like me
Everyone must feel how I do, yeah
Love is just to be close to you
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
And you know that love is love
It's written in black and blue
And everything you say
Must bring her closer, closer to you
Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba
You don't have to touch it to know
Love is everywhere you go
You don't have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
[X]
Like Alice in Wonderlandletra de The Dream
The dream takes you by the hand
Inside emotions that you might not feel
If by some notion the dream was not real
The dream, the dream, the dream
Watching the colors as they run
Figures you mold like the sun
Lovers can dream, devils can dream
You may be nowhere until you have seen
The dream, the dream, the dream whoa
Oh what have I done?
Close my eyes and I dream of some world
It could be magic, it could be tragic
Hee, dream
The dream, the dream, the dream whoa