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Libido
formed in late 1995 consists of Even Johansen (vocals/guitar), Cato
Eikeland (bass) and Jorgen Landhaug (drums). The name Libido and
the name of their debut album, Killing Some Dead Time, comes
from a detective show called "The Detective Hour/Deadly
Libido" (not sure which one). They recorded the
album in Bergen, Norway at Dokken Lyd studio where Even worked as a
sound engineer. This was where he found Cato Eikeland and Jorgen
Landhaug and they would use the studio late at night into the morning
to record their songs before the next band would have to use the
studio.
After
18 months, Libido finished their album and then moved to London,
living in a two story apartment. They toured the UK with Sleeper
and toured the US with Swervedriver
Links:
There
is a very good in depth Libido discography and concert review at this
site. There's another short (but still nice) concert review here.
Near the bottom of this
page you can watch a performance (of a song I don't know, if you
could tell me the name of the song that'd be nice. You can
listen to a crappy realaudio version I made here).
There's a nice article about them at rollingstone.com
and chunks of stuff blatantly stolen from this
site.
Lyrics:
Killing Some Dead Time
(all songs by Even Johansen)
Overthrown
Here she comes!
She's like a needle in my vein
Here she comes, and now I need her again
Here she comes, to right where she'll always be
Here she comes
She's gonna show me how to be free
And this makes me realize that she will make a compromise for me when I fall at her feet
Here she comes!
Just like a fever in my bones
Here she comes, and I'm kind of overthrown
Here she comes, she wears nothing byt a smile
here she comes!
And this makes me realize that she will make a compromise for me when I fall at her feet
Supersonic Daydream
She decided to pack all her things and run away
No it's nothing personal, just a hideous natural decay
But with this supersonic drug she'll make you dream all day
She displayed all her needs to get busy killing some dead time
So she'll collide with her righteous pride, cause her free will is too hard to kill
But with this supersonic drug she's just a daydream away
She's like this supersonic drug she'll make you dream all day
So she had good intentions, she never did anything wrong
So she was just a little horny, she'd been alone too long
But with this supersonic drug, she's just a daydream away
She's like this supersonic drug, she'll make you dream all day
Strange News
If it's a necessary evil that someone has to end up sad, boy did I hear some strange news today, so let me tell you if I may
It's about another world, where everyone is gay
It sounds like such a brilliant place if everyone is gay
We hope to be in this world where everyone is gay
Only a billion miles away lies a flower power city
If only we could all be there or maybe it could be moved to hear
So we can be in this world, where everyone is gay
It must be such a brilliant place , if everyone is gay
We hope to be in this world, where everyone is gay
Unheard of you might say, if everyone is gay
Crash Out
This little indiscretion will complicate your resurrection and stay with you until your obituary birthday
So come on down you useless clown and swallow all your doubts but a few, for all I know I might just turn on you
So just crash out on your pillow and follow your free will
I will sing a lullaby and soon you will be fast asleep
I will go with you to another solar system but only if you really, truly want me to
Cause I cannot seem to think straight
So I'm glad you're here, everyone and elsewhere
So just crash out on your pillow and follow your freewill
I will sing a lullaby and soon you will be fast asleep
In My Shadow
I'll be the first one to conceive it's getting harder to believe that this something that I'm not should be the only thing you've got
So don't' you ever stay with me, I'm a parasite you see
I will cut you till you bleed and suck you dry as I feed
The way that I am in the sun you are always in my shadow
Well it's hopeless to pretend that I'm able to repent so this sucker that is me, not till I'm dead will you be free
The way that I am in the sun you are always in my shadow
Blow
All the thoughts you thought you had are gone, and you are strung out today
I'm sure you said some things you didn't mean, but I can't recall what you said at all
When I try to tell you, you just smile at me and say, won't you leave it till some other day
Yes I've tried to tell you close to every single day, you slowly throw me away
I hear you're sad, you're sorry for the things you never really had, and never will until you let yourself slip into another dream
When I try to tell you, you just smile at me and say, won't you leave it till some other day
Yes I've tried to tell you close to every single day, you slowly throw me away
And it's really quite obscene, the time it took you to get clean
I must have been preciously mistaken
When I try to tell you, you just smile at me and say, won' you leave it till some other day
Yes I've tried to tell you close to every single day, you slowly throw me away
Remarkably Abnormal
I could be all ecstatic now, and I could be impeccable behaved but I am sad to say I'm glad to see you go, cause your capacity to hate is remarkably abnormal
You will fold yourself into stereotype behavior when this marks the turning point far past what you ever expected and I will be sad to say that I'm glad to see you go, cause the contents of your lies are like always remarkably abnormal
So I'm all in favor.
Let's just smile and say our lines cause the risk of failure, it seems like nothing compared to you
Good Intentions
I am not afraid in any way f the dark, so I turned the light off as I turned her on
But then said "If you love me truly, you would let me tie you up and whip you till you bleed. So show me your unconditional love, and give me all your unconditional love."
All well intentions good. So I couldn't bring myself to hate it
She said "True love takes true pain, time and time again. So show me you unconditional love, and give me your unconditional love."
So I gave her my unconditional love
Revolving
Escape is on our minds, god how we long to be on our way
There will be no need for those well known phrases, we will manage perfectly without
So we're heading out today to reconnect anywhere but here
We've packed out everything except this mortal coil which we'd rather leave behind
Maybe we've failed to see the point
Misjudged the writing on the wall
Maybe we've failed to see the point, but it's no excuse to feel so small
There is no second thoughts, just this revelating concept we have planned
We'll harbor anything but admitting fault if we should appear to be mistaken
Cause we are only superhuman, why should be compromise our wishful thinking
So we're heading out today to reconnect anywhere by here
Maybe we've failed to see the point
Misjudged the writing on the wall
Maybe we've failed to see the point, but it's no excuse to feel so small
In time we'll laugh about this and evaluate this chronic fiction of why we claim to run away when surely we have only made an act upon this need to be revolving
Maybe we've failed to see the point
Misjudged the writing on the wall
Maybe we've failed to see the point, but it's no excuse to feel so small
Molest Me
She smiled to me when I told her a little lie
She smiled to me as a tear left her right eye
If you go I will be sad
Molest my feelings I might add
She said "It's possible that I'm too easily led."
She said "But it's really nice to have you in my head."
If you go I will be sad
Molest my feelings I might add
Comfort
God says hello, and he wants you to shine
God sends his love, and he says he wants to you be mine
God puts on a smile, while he watches you cry
God fucks up your head if you dare to tell a lie
So what you say will come back to you, unless you cut the chord and make it show, how you really really long to go back to the comfort of your place
God's Guest List
About time, the sun turned black like cancer
This time, my dear, I'm afraid it crawls to an end
Cause you are now prepared to find a new complaint
It's about time the sun turned black
I think we better reconnect to unknown dimensions
Acquire the right frame of mind now and retaliate my direction
So what in the devil's name do you blame yourself for, after all you should know you are on God's guest list
I think we better reconnect to unknown dimensions
So despite the fact that all this was unexpected, torture will be meaningless
I think we better reconnect to unknown dimensions
Magic Mushroom Night
I think it's time we jumped in the car, and drive all the way down to Blackpool
We'll watch the funfair sky go traffic light colored on this magic mushroom night
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