Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti are a British new wave band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, by Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside. He is the only member of the band to have remained throughout the group's history.
Beginning as a Leftist post-punk group led by art school student Gartside, Scritti Politti transitioned into a mainstream pop music project in the early to mid-1980s, enjoying significant success in the record charts in the UK and the US. The group's most successful album, 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85, spawned three UK Top 20 hits with "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)", "Absolute", and "The Word Girl", as well as a US Top 20 hit with "Perfect Way". The band's 1988 album Provision was a UK Top 10 success, though it only produced one UK Top 20 hit single, "Oh Patti". After releasing two non-album singles in 1991, as well as a collaboration with B.E.F., Gartside became disillusioned with the music industry and retired to south Wales for more than seven years.
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ALBUMS
- Absolute released: 2011
- White Bread Black Beer released: 2006
- Early released: 2005
- Anomie & Bonhomie released: 2000
- Provision released: 1988
- Cupid & Psyche 85 released: 1985
- Songs to Remember released: 1982
Absolute
Released 2011- Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
- Absolute
- Word Girl (Flesh and Blood)
- Perfect Way
- Hypnotize (short version)
- Oh Patti (Dont Feel Sorry for Loverboy)
- Boom There She Was (US mix)
- Umm
- Tinseltown to the Boogiedown
- Die Alone
- Brushed With Oil, Dusted With Powder
- Skank Bloc Bologna
- Sweetest Girl
- Asylums in Jerusalem
- Jacques Derrida
- She's a Woman
- Day Late and a Dollar Short
- A Place We Both Belong
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First Boy In This Town (lovesick)
by: Scritti PolittiI was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
Come back baby I know it's over
I was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
Come back baby I know it's over
I could be new...for you...again
I was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
The one cute cookie who beat the boredom
Stay for a day ...or...two... again
I was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
And you know 'bout it (know 'bout it)
Only negation's gonna last forever
And the good girls get to know 'bout it
Ch: Lovesick...and I've taken too much
And I'm lovesick ...never taken enough now baby
Lovesick and baby I don't wanna be
Lovesick ...anymore, let me tell you 'bout it
I got your number you know I got your number
I got your number you know I got it
Come back baby I know it's over
I'd love you to look...me up...someday
I was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
Hot shot sugar returns to toytown
You got to do ... the world ... your way
I was the first boy in this town to love you little
girl
And you know 'bout it (know 'bout it)
This repetition's ...gonna last for ever...
And the good girls get to know 'bout it
Ch: Lovesick...and I've taken too much
And I'm lovesick ...never taken enough now baby
Lovesick and baby I don't wanna be
Lovesick ...anymore, let me tell you 'bout it
I got your number you know I got it/Br:
And you know 'bout it (know 'bout it)
Only negation's gonna last forever
And the good girls get to know 'bout it
Ch: Lovesick(I want ya)...and I've taken too much
And I'm lovesick (I want ya) ...now I've taken enough
now baby
Lovesick (I want ya) and baby I don't wanna be
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