I saw L&R on this tour in San Francisco in the mid eighties, it was my first venture into something other than metal at the time, it was fucking incredible, they were so great then…
As for the meaning, I believe that, yes, it’s about attending a rock show at a young age, maybe a first and how it changes you forever. There’s definitely a sexual charge in the air at shows, so many beautiful people movin’ and groovin’ in the heat, the loud volume, smoke filled air and the colored lights as they strobe through darkness and then the girl or guy you’ve been checkin’ out all night goes just as crazy as you do when the band finally starts playing your favorite song, you share a smile and move closer and maybe more…ah, sweet memories!
It seems that all the other lyric sites out there have done the same slaughter job to the last verse…
I don’t know why, those words have always been clear as day for me, go figure…
Ok, this is correct...
Put all down to chemistry
Put it all down to the heat
The seminal spark of sexuality
Put it all down to the beat
There was magic in the air on a Saturday night
It was tragic, it's there on the street
The quicksilver stud and the warm jets
Make your leopard-skin dream complete
Intrigued by alcove whispers
So you tore off your old good tie
Fascination found in strangeness
And your sister's alien sigh
Your sister's alien sigh
Put all down to chemistry
Put it all down to the heat
The seminal spark of sexuality
Put it all down to the beat
To awake on Sunday morning
With a rubber stamp blue tattoo
Still there on the back of your skinny white hand
Souvenir of the brave and the new
Souvenir of the brave and the new
I saw L&R on this tour in San Francisco in the mid eighties, it was my first venture into something other than metal at the time, it was fucking incredible, they were so great then…
As for the meaning, I believe that, yes, it’s about attending a rock show at a young age, maybe a first and how it changes you forever. There’s definitely a sexual charge in the air at shows, so many beautiful people movin’ and groovin’ in the heat, the loud volume, smoke filled air and the colored lights as they strobe through darkness and then the girl or guy you’ve been checkin’ out all night goes just as crazy as you do when the band finally starts playing your favorite song, you share a smile and move closer and maybe more…ah, sweet memories! It seems that all the other lyric sites out there have done the same slaughter job to the last verse… I don’t know why, those words have always been clear as day for me, go figure…
Ok, this is correct...
Put all down to chemistry Put it all down to the heat The seminal spark of sexuality Put it all down to the beat
There was magic in the air on a Saturday night It was tragic, it's there on the street The quicksilver stud and the warm jets Make your leopard-skin dream complete
Intrigued by alcove whispers So you tore off your old good tie Fascination found in strangeness And your sister's alien sigh Your sister's alien sigh
Put all down to chemistry Put it all down to the heat The seminal spark of sexuality Put it all down to the beat
To awake on Sunday morning With a rubber stamp blue tattoo Still there on the back of your skinny white hand Souvenir of the brave and the new Souvenir of the brave and the new
It's the seventh dream of teenage heaven