Poison Girls Songs Of Praise

Poison Girls song lyrics collection. Browse 46 lyrics and 31 Poison Girls albums. Songs of Praise. 1981: Bristol, UK. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Songs of Praise - Poison Girls on AllMusic - 1985. By the 1983 EP I'm Not a Real Woman, the band had virtually abandoned its punk roots in favor of Celtic folk singing and cabaret-styled pop; 1985's Songs of Praise even found elements of funk creeping into the mix. In the late '80s, the Poison Girls called it quits.

Poison Girls Songs Of Praise
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Desperate days. Nothing on the airways
People just standing around
Talking on corners
Waiting for the end to come
Jezebel for a hand to hold
Everywhere’s the same, no-ones to blame
The escalator
Everyone’s running up and down
At the same time
Who could have guessed the end of the line
Would look like this
Jezebel signs of praise
She never sang before
Desperate days. Nothing on the airways
People just standing around
Sitting on fences
Waiting for times to change
Jezebels kneels in the rain on the runaway
Crying for love that’s gone
No-ones to blame, ain’t it a shame
The escalator jammed
Theres nowhere to go-nowhere left to go
The destination failed
We aimed for the sky. We aimed to high
Now we’ve gone to ground
Jezebel sings songs of praise
She never sang before
Desperate days. Nothing on the clock face
People drifting around
Taking no chances
Waiting for the bang to come
Jezebel waves goodbye on the runway
Trying hard to understand
Empty paper empty pages
The indicators blank
Theres nothing to say nothing left to save
It’s far too gone
The planes were in the sky
When the fuel ran dry
We were forced to land
Jezebel sings songs of praise
She never ever sang before

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Background information
Poison Girls performing at the squatted Zig Zag Club in London, 18 December 1982
Origin	Brighton, England, UK
Genres	Anarcho-punk
Years active	1976–1987
Labels	Crass Records X-N-Trix Records
Past members	See members section

The Poison Girls were an English anarcho-punk band from Brighton. The singer/guitarist, Vi Subversa, was a middle-aged mother of two at the band's inception, and wrote songs that explored sexuality and gender roles, often from an anarchist perspective.^[1]^[2] The original Poison Girls line-up also included: Lance D'Boyle (drums); Richard Famous (guitar/vocals); Nil (tapes/bass/electric violin); and Bernhardt Rebours (bass/synthesiser/piano).

History[edit]

Poison Girls formed in Brighton in 1976, before moving to Burleigh House in Essex, near to Dial House, the home of fellow anarchist band Crass, with whom they worked closely for a number of years, playing over 100 gigs with the band. In 1979 they contributed to the revival of the peace movement by playing a number of benefit gigs with Crass and paying for the production of the first CND badges since CND's heyday. Again in 1979, and again with Crass, they proved influential to the establishment of the short lived Wapping Autonomy Centre by contributing the track 'Persons Unknown' to a split single with Crass (who contributed 'Bloody Revolutions') and raising over £10,000.^[3] Their song 'Bully Boys', an attack on violent machismo led to the band being attacked by members of the National Front.^[4] The band also set up the label X-N-Trix alongside a publishing arm for the Impossible Dream^[5] magazine and recording studios for other artists.

Though their last studio recording to date was in 1985, a number of Poison Girls compilations have since been released, and their songs frequently appear on punk anthologies.

Poison Girls were involved with the production of Aids — The Musical, through a company called The Lenya Hobnoobs Theatre Company. They did another show called Mother Russia was a Lesbian in 1992, and reunited for a show at the London Astoria II in 1995, celebrating the 60th birthday of Vi Subversa. Currently, Richard Famous works as a painter and decorator. The pair have performed as That Famous Subversa, until Subversa's death in February 2016.^[6]