in these times of contention it's not my intention to make things plain i'm looking through mirrors to catch the reflection that can't be mine i'm losing control now i'll just have to slow down a thought or two i can't feel the future and i'm not even certain that there is a past i believe in the worker's revolution and i believe in the final solution i believe in i believe in i believe in the shape of things to come and i believe in i'm not the only one yes i believe in i believe in when i poison my system i take thoughts and twist them into shapes i'm reaching my nadir and i haven't an idea of what to do i'm painting by numbers but can't find the colours that fill you in i'm not even knowing if i'm coming or going if to end or begin i believe in the immaculate conception and i believe in the resurrection and i believe in i believe in i believe in the elixir of youth and i believe in the absolute truth yes i believe in i believe in there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore i've fallen from favour while trying to savour experience i'm seeing things clearly but it has quite nearly blown my mind it's the aim of existence to offer resistance to the flow of time everything is and that is why it is will be the line i believe in perpetual motion and i believe in perfect devotion i believe in i believe in i believe in the things i've never had i believe in my mum and my dad and i believe in i believe in there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore i'm skippin' the pages of a book that takes ages for the foreword to end triangular cover concealing another aspect from view my relative motion is just an illusion from stopping too fast the essence of being these feelings i'm feeling i just want them to last i believe in original sin and i believe what i believe in yes i believe in i believe in i believe in the web of fate and i believe in i'm going to be late so i'll be leavin' what i believe in there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore there is no love in this world anymore
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these guys are fucking awesome and this song is proof.
This came out in 1979!!!Talk about ahead of their time.The Sex Pistols might have come first,but these guys were better.(in my humble opinion)
I'm sure MANY agree with you, the Pistols did change rock n roll but lets not forget they only had 1 true album out. I love the Pistols but The Buzzcocks are simply sublime.
I'm sure MANY agree with you, the Pistols did change rock n roll but lets not forget they only had 1 true album out. I love the Pistols but The Buzzcocks are simply sublime.
Not so much ahead of their time as setting new trends... I can only imagine the number of bands that would not exist if the Buzzcocks didnt decide to play music.. Let's just say the music scene today could be totally different.
Not so much ahead of their time as setting new trends... I can only imagine the number of bands that would not exist if the Buzzcocks didnt decide to play music.. Let's just say the music scene today could be totally different.
Yeh Buzzcocks rock
eight minutes of pete shelley and co at their best
Fantastic song, both charmingly witty and horribly sad.
The "triangular" bit sounds like it's referring to an unusual book. But no, it's his life that he's trying to unravel. I know this from an old interview in Trouser Press, which Shelley gave right around the time he released his first 2 solo LPs, Homosapien and XL-1.
He wrote this song after taking LSD; I think the pill (or windowpane?) was a triangle. The obvious giveaway is, "I'm seeing things clearly but it has quite nearly blown my mind."
Clearly the world-shattering experience led him to realize he didn't believe in anything anymore, not even love.
The repetition of "There is no love in this world anymore" is so simple and effective. Who'd ever guess the boys who started with "Boredom" (w/its 2-note solo!) would come up with a classic which takes as long to play as this one?
BTW the cover art for the group's last singles before the breakup (i.e. long before they rejoined so much later) was brilliant. Especially "Are Everything".
Almost needless to say, the bad parts of his trip were the genesis of the song "Strange Thing". Words and melody are awfully dark.
Almost needless to say, the bad parts of his trip were the genesis of the song "Strange Thing". Words and melody are awfully dark.
Simply sublime.