Listen To The Radio - Tom Robinson / Pukka Orchestra

I'll be honest, I'm not familiar with the original on this song ( or at least wasn't), and didn't know Tom wrote it in 1983. He has a few decent songs though and I'll try to get to one next week. The version I'm familiar with is Toronto's own Pukka Orchestra. I dunno what to say about this song : it's Canadian, it's new wave, and it's pretty awesome. It's a guilty pleasure but definitely one of those catchy 80's songs that you'll find yourself singing for days. ( I include the first part in the video to show how lame the 80's were and how big tapes used to be, I mean "coming up right next"?....classic). Both versions are worth a listen, Robinson's is far slower and is excellent in it's own way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2q2yQnHP-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9qz_bnJVlw&feature=related


Listen To The Radio


Leave the bureau in the snow
Catch a tram to Onkel PO
Early evening ring around the moon
Slip in by the concierge
By the bikes and up the stairs
Snap the latch and creep into the room

You throw off your coat, pick up the post
And put a coffee on
Lie down on the bed, lay back your head
And smoke a cigarette

And listen to the radio
Listen to the radio

In the city late tonight
Double feature, black and white
"Bitter Tears" and "Taxi to the Klo"
Find a bar, avoid a fight
Show your papers, be polite
Walking home with nowhere else to go

You throw off your coat, pick up my note
Put another coffee on
Lie down on the bed, lay back your head
And smoke a cigarette

And listen to the radio
Listen to the radio

Atmospherics after dark
Noise and voices from the past
Across the dial from Moscow to Cologne:
Interference in the night
Thousand miles on either side
Stations fading into the unknown:

So throw off your coat, we'll butter some toast
And put a coffee on:
We'll lie down on the bed, lay back our heads
Smoke another cigarette

And listen to the radio
Listen to the radio

All night long...