Stream tracks and playlists from scritti politti on your desktop or mobile device. To do what i should do to long for you to hear i open up my heart. The rest i could live without listening for the rest of my life. Initially a leftwinginspired postpunk british rock group, scritti politti developed into a more mainstream pop music project in the early to mid1980s following two heavy lineup changes. Scritti politti the word girl official music video the song was written by scritti politti members, green gartside and david gamson. To do what i should do to long for you to hear i open up my heart and watch her name appear a word for you to use a girl without a cause a name for what you lose when it was never yours the first time baby that i came to you. To do what i should do, to long for you to hear i open up my heart and watch her name appear a word for you to use, a girl without a. Licensed to youtube by beggars on behalf of rough trade. Beginning as a punkinspired collective of art students and squatters, scritti politti released several early postpunk recordings on rough trade records before transitioning. The release continued frontman green gartsides embrace of commercial pop music stylings and stateoftheart studio production, while its lyrics reflect his preoccupation with issues of language and politics.
Scritti politti s white bread, black beer, nominated for mercury music prize, presents an original mixture of pop of the 80s, post punk and hiphop with green gartsides unique vocals sounding as young and fresh as at the beginning of his career. The word girl lyrics verse 1 to do what i should do, to long for you to hear i open up my heart and watch her name appear. Official scritti politti word girl lyrics at cd universe. Hypnotize call me up when you thought of somethin new for me to do girl hypnotize call me up when you thought of somethin new for me to do girl how could your nothings be. Woodbeez cd yes, provision cd yes, black bread cd yes.
The word girl was the biggest hit single from the album in the uk and harked back to scritti politti s 1981 single the sweetest girl in its reggaebased rhythm and its attempt to deconstruct the use of the word girl in everyday language and in pop songs. Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. Scritti politti tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including 28878, perfect way, the word girl. Scritti politti are a british band, originally formed in 1977 in leeds, yorkshire, england. Discover all of this albums music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows. Back with his first album in seven years, back on rough trade after 24 nonesuchrough trade in north america, back on stage after. My copy which i got used, so hey, potentially a mix up has the square sticker on the cover as this, but the back lists the bside as the word girl flesh and blood version and the catalog number vs747.
Scritti politti with ranking ann the word girl flesh. Scritti politti absolute live the lexington london 2012 by mosaiclawns. Scritti politti with ranking ann the word girl 1985. Scritti politti tinseltown to the boogiedown mp3 flac album. Scritti politti word girl live at laugharne festival 2017 by country mile. The instrumentals are scritti politti s the word girl, but i abused the. To do what i should do to long for you to hear i open up my heart and watch her name appear a word for you to use a girl without a cause a name. Scritti politti word girl top of the pops 1985 full track, redubbed. Tinseltown to the boogiedown ali shaheed muhammad variation by scritti politti feat. Scritti politti dont work that hard lyrics genius lyrics. Scritti politti are a british band, originally formed in 1977 in leeds, yorkshire, england, by the welsh singersongwriter green gartside. To do what i should do to long for you to hear i open up my heart and watch her name appear a word for you to use oohoh a girl without a. Released on the rough trade record label, sweetest girl became scritti politti s first song to.
Green gartside of scritti politti at the late night chameleon club in dalston, london. Scritti politti the word girl official video youtube. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Green gartside is back, having been away, once again, for some time. I do love scritti politti, but, if this was the first cd to come out today, i would download, sweetest girl, and skank. Playing via spotify playing via youtube playback options. Vinyl 7 scritti politti the word girl 1985, vinyl discogs. Scritti politti is the primary vehicle for welsh singersongwriter green gartside.
Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Few figures in pop music can claim gartsides distinctive credentials. The word girl is a song by the britishamerican group scritti politti. For onehit wonderssecondbest songs, veteran music writer maura johnston recommends the sweetest girl by the band scritti politti. Scritti politti the word girl lyrics genius lyrics. Download scritti politti mp3 songs and albums music. Prefab sprout when love breaks down official video. Find the song lyrics for scritti politti top tracks.
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