Strange Operators

  • Astrid

    Hoi hoi,

    Ik loop me de hele dag al suf te verzinnen van wie het nummer strange operators (ik denk dat dat de titel is) is. Het is volgens mij uit de jaren 80. Het is een beetje Yes achtig maar die had volgens mij maar 1 nr….

    Stukje tekst,

    strange operators,….., …. alligators, schiet niet op, daarnet wist ik meer maar hoor nu UB40 erdoorheen :0)

    Wie weet het, het is een apart nr.

    Thnx!

    Knufs Astrid.

    PS privemail is nog beter :0) javdlinde@home.nl!

  • Alf

    Hoi Astrid,

    Ik denk: Godley & Creme - An Englishman in New York

    Groeten,

    Alf

  • Jan.S

    Alf heeft gelijk.

    Godley&Creme

    Hier even de lyrics voor je.

    Godley And Creme - An Englishman In New York Song Lyrics

    Demented New York athletes staggering round the block

    Deforned Chicanos pour in, Chicago's rolling stock

    Digital bathrooms drilling for furs

    Surgical stockings marked his and hers

    Guggenheim attitudes back to back

    With Jewish Baroque

    No way street

    No way street

    Happy to see you, have a nice day!

    Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints

    Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red

    From the land of blue rinse

    They boggle at menus in Olde English verse

    “Ode to burger” by Keats at his worst

    The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs

    Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs

    The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs

    Strange apparatus

    You've never seen

    Strange apparatus, even stranger theme

    Street alligators

    Big Anglophile

    Will navigate us through a change of style

    I came, I saw, what manner of beast is this

    New York, you talk a little bit left of centre

    A scream, a shout

    New York is throwing its weight about

    Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye

    The stranger the wood the straighter the arrow

    Dismembered hopeful My-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze

    “Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees”

    Sexual athlete applies for audition

    Willing to make it in any position

    Just one of the extras with blood on their faces

    In snow-white and the seven basket cases

    I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places

    No way street

    No way street

    Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!

    Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock

    Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch

    of a crucifix clock

    Two miniature romans, running on rails

    Appear every hour and bang in the nails

    I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be the first

    on our block

    Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news

    They're picketing synagogues and claiming that

    Hitler was King of the Jews

    Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls

    A men's room attendant is flapping his jowls

    Ssshh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels

    Strange apparatus

    You've never seen

    Strange apparatus, even stranger theme

    Street alligators

    Big Anglophile

    Will navigate us through a change of style

    Strange apparatus

    You've never seen

    Strange apparatus, even stranger theme

    Walk straight, walk tall, spit the world right in the eye

    The stranger the wood, the straighter the arrow

    No way street

    No way street

  • kalyl

    The song may not be widely known or buckshot roulette well documented online. If the song is similar to the sound of '80s Yes, you might consider looking through their discography, even if they may only have one song that comes close.