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Rating: "Everything Falls Apart" from 1982 is a medium-length record, released at the time as a 45 RPM too long to be considered an EP too short to be defined as an LP. The Hüsker had already released some singles here included as bonus tracks (hence the title "And More").
EFA contains some episodes of pure hardcore essence like "Bricklayer", "Blah Blah Blah" and "Punch Drunk". The speed of execution is crazy, the vocals are furious but the lyrics help in understanding the content. "From The Gut" is the opening song of the record, a stunning proto-hardcore song with a truly unique circular saw sound.
Something was being born, the seeds were planted, and here are already the first sprouts that once grown will lead the three from Minneapolis to historic albums like "Zen Arcade", "New Day Rising", and "Warehouse". The DNA of Hüsker Dü was already clear and is manifested in the title track "Everything Falls Apart" a true masterpiece of noisy melody that would have fit perfectly in "Zen Arcade".
This edition includes "In A Free Land" a great piece by Hart that reveals his pop vein and a torrential version of "Statues" lasting 8.45 minutes. A total of 19 tracks to (re)discover an album not much celebrated by a band that paved the way for American rock and beyond. Not bad the CD booklet with photos of old singles' covers, the lyrics, and a brief history about the band's formation.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 From the Gut (01:36)
The gut From the gut
It hurts Hurts so much
The same Quite the same
You know Know too much
It's yours Yours no more
It's mine For the time
That I'm Without you
02 Blah, Blah, Blah (02:09)
Got something to say
Like something to me
Well just go ahead and spit it out
It's all the same, you see
What's that, it doesn't make sense
Are you talking in tongues
Or is your brain out of gear
I can hear it rattle in your head
I can see your lips move
BLAH BLAH BLAH
But all I hear is
Got something to say
Like something to me
Well just go ahead and spit it out
It's all the same, you see
It's coming out better
But it doesn't make sense
Is that a head on your shoulders
Or something you use for ornamentation
04 Bricklayer (00:31)
Brick on the head from the top of the ceiling
Urban sniper, urban killer
Won't be finished until you're dead
Urban sniper, urban killer
Brick out the window, top of the head
Brick on the head 'cause you're a fuckhead
Brick at the window, top of my head
You're a fuckhead
05 Afraid of Being Wrong (01:21)
Don't speak unless spoken to
And then you don't say much
You think you're so self-righteous
But your mind is out of touch
You're afraid, you're afraid of being wrong
Always be the passive one and go along
You're afraid, you're afraid to speak your mind
That's not for me, not for me, not for me
Living in a crystal maze
Fucked, you can't get out
Never be the agitator
Unless you know what it's all about
08 Everything Falls Apart (02:15)
If I listened to the things that you said
Everything would fall apart
If I did all the things that you do
Everything could fall apart
Let's not listen to the things that they say
Everything can fall apart
Let's think about our actions before we do them
Everything will fall apart
I got nothing to do
You got nothing to say
Everything is so fucked up
I guess it's natural that way
Everything falls apart
If I did all the things that you do
Everything could fall apart
If I listened to the things that you told me
Everything would fall apart
Let's think about our actions before we do them
Everything will fall apart
If we do all the things as we say
Everything can fall apart
I got nothing to do
You got nothing to say
Everything is so fucked up
I guess it's natural that way
I got nothing to do
You got nothing to say
Everything is so fucked up
I guess we like it that way
If I listened to the things that
You said everything
09 Wheels (02:08)
On a date with Sharon Tate
I'm gonna pick her up in my new crate
Well we go to the movies, we go to the drag
The highway patrol puts us both in a bag
Wheels, wheels
Statue of Mary sitting on my dash
Mother, please protect me
Help me avoid the crash
I've got a really big engine
And it goes vroom, vroom
Could be a cradle, could be a tomb
10 Target (01:45)
You've seen it all before
You think it's passe
But you listen to the same fucking records
Every single day
You don't like the people who caught on late
If they're having fun,
Don't participate, be lethargic
You're a hypocrite, you're the target
11 Obnoxious (01:53)
Tell us we're obnoxious
You can't sell our product
Who asked you to?
Say we play too fast
The music's not gonna last
Well, I think you're wrong
You don't like the way we look
Obnoxious
You don't like the way we talk
Obnoxious
You can all go get fucked
Obnoxious
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