Outside View
Outside View
In March 1977 the punk band Eater released their first single, Outside View, which I bought, and still have. Last week I bought a t-shirt featuring a picture of the cover. I felt obliged to do this.
Why was I obliged to buy this t-shirt, you may ask? Well, oddly, there was an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Oz was wearing a t-shirt with this picture on it. I was very surprised at the time. I wouldn't have thought anyone in Hollywood would even have known what the picture was. Eater were quite a well known punk band in Britain for a short while around 1977 but I don't think their first single ever achieved global recognition.
But there it was, in Buffy. Ever since then I've had the vague feeling that if there had been a t-shirt in Buffy featuring a punk single I owned, then I really ought to have that t-shirt too. So I have a pleasant sense of completion having now bought this, from a 'Camdens Burning t-shirts' on Ebay.
I still listen to this single, though on itunes now rather than vinyl. It strikes me that after thirty years or so, I still can't make out all the lyrics. Some of them have defeated my best efforts at interpretation. Though generally I'm quite bad at understanding lyrics, and liable to comic misunderstandings. Here is the song on youtube, and here is my version of the lyrics. If anyone can fill in the gaps, I'd be pleased.
A Saturday night in the street
looking through the plate glass windows
outside view
There's a television standing on the floor (?)
??????????? ????????? ???????? ?????
?????????? no more (?)
I wanna come in cos I've got the blues
All that I am stuck with is this outside view
Oh! I'm running about (?)
Got my feet on the ground
??????? ????????? ?????????
Nothing to give (?) and nothing to gain
A cop comes along and says what's your name
(?) Said I am a girl and my name is Germaine (??!!!!)
He says you'd better come along I want (?) a word (?) with you
I will stay out here with my outside view
Oh! I'm running about (?)
Oh! Got my feet on the ground
Oh! ??????? ????????? ?????????
Nothing to give (?) and nothing to gain
In March 1977 the punk band Eater released their first single, Outside View, which I bought, and still have. Last week I bought a t-shirt featuring a picture of the cover. I felt obliged to do this.Why was I obliged to buy this t-shirt, you may ask? Well, oddly, there was an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Oz was wearing a t-shirt with this picture on it. I was very surprised at the time. I wouldn't have thought anyone in Hollywood would even have known what the picture was. Eater were quite a well known punk band in Britain for a short while around 1977 but I don't think their first single ever achieved global recognition.
But there it was, in Buffy. Ever since then I've had the vague feeling that if there had been a t-shirt in Buffy featuring a punk single I owned, then I really ought to have that t-shirt too. So I have a pleasant sense of completion having now bought this, from a 'Camdens Burning t-shirts' on Ebay.
I still listen to this single, though on itunes now rather than vinyl. It strikes me that after thirty years or so, I still can't make out all the lyrics. Some of them have defeated my best efforts at interpretation. Though generally I'm quite bad at understanding lyrics, and liable to comic misunderstandings. Here is the song on youtube, and here is my version of the lyrics. If anyone can fill in the gaps, I'd be pleased.
A Saturday night in the street
looking through the plate glass windows
outside view
There's a television standing on the floor (?)
??????????? ????????? ???????? ?????
?????????? no more (?)
I wanna come in cos I've got the blues
All that I am stuck with is this outside view
Oh! I'm running about (?)
Got my feet on the ground
??????? ????????? ?????????
Nothing to give (?) and nothing to gain
A cop comes along and says what's your name
(?) Said I am a girl and my name is Germaine (??!!!!)
He says you'd better come along I want (?) a word (?) with you
I will stay out here with my outside view
Oh! I'm running about (?)
Oh! Got my feet on the ground
Oh! ??????? ????????? ?????????
Nothing to give (?) and nothing to gain
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