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Badass Boogie

from Red Rug Demo by Alien Heat

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about

This song is partly in the key of E and partly in the key of F#m.
This was the second song by Alien Heat and the earliest surviving one.
The guitar parts were written last and make little sense if the song is played with just guitar and voice.
Graham and Marc wanted to play a drum’n'bass solo, so there is one of sorts in this.
Jake never erased the guide guitar track for the final mix. D’oh!
All the keyboard sounds were created by Richard from scratch on the DX7.
Marc plays his Aria bass and George plays Nicodemus.

lyrics

BADASS BOOGIE
I got backlash action
Make a living staring at walls
Need rock’n'roll for my poor soul
Go funkin’ round the floor

I got high-heeled sneakers
High-ride blues for boots
Need love and stuff to make me tough
Gonna go back to my roots

I ain’t Peaceful Patti
Gonna fire up my rocket car
Go bustin’ down the freeway
Makin’ like a movie star
Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
Take the whiskey from my jar
It’s all backlash action, black flash action
Gonna shine like a shooting star

I got freeze frame dinners
Use my TV for a tub
I need rhythm and blues and blue suede shoes
And alcohol, massage and rub

I got speeding tickets
Lost my job down out the store
Need a rolling stone so the moss don’t grow
And I can jive right out the door

I ain’t Peaceful Patti
Gonna fire up my rocket car
Go bustin’ down the freeway
Makin’ like a movie star
Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
Take the whiskey from my jar
It’s all backlash action, black flash action
Gonna shine like a shooting star

I ain’t Peaceful Patti
Gonna fire up my rocket car
Go bustin’ down the freeway
Makin’ like a movie star
Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
Take the whiskey from my jar
It’s all backlash action, black flash action
Gonna shine like a shooting star

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) Pig Pen Music 1989.

credits

from Red Rug Demo, track released May 31, 1991
Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe.
Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitar
Richard Holloway – keys
Marc Greatorex – bass
Graham Barbe – drums

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