Oh Death

from VOLUME 1: The First Time Is The Best Time by HIT MACHINE 1980 :vol. 1 "The first time is the best time"

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

This was our very first session. Someone had brought a pair of "walkie-talkies" and by playing with the buttons, a series of "Beeps" filled the room. I was thinking about death on the battlefield and how walkie-talkies were used by soldiers. The track starts with the voice of a soldier, who is surrounded by his dead comrades. He is saying his last words. Then Death arrives. And Death talks to him about controlling all life on the planet. Death has the final say.

lyrics

(soldier speaking)
Dead, Dead, Dead
I say they are all dead
I think its all over now
I see you are all dead now

(death speaking)
We go all over many places
I can travel..I know many faces
When I fly over your town
Things fall down...many people go round
I am called Death
They call me Death
When I travel by wagon or go by plane
People all run away..they go insane
They call me Death
Death's in town.
When I was younger I caused many wars
I had many people turning into whores
People would die of plague and disease
They call me Death...get on your knees
They call me Death
I can be mean...I will melt them down
I take many people..I make them drown
All around the world I see them fall
Who kills them...I...one and all
Call me Death
They call me Death
If I see you in the street
I will come around and wipe you off your feet
I will take you down..I will take you home
No-one escapes me when I roam
I go Death
I am called Death all round.

(soldier speaking)
Rodger...Rodger...I am dead
I am dead now....Dead, Dead, Dead.

credits

from VOLUME 1: The First Time Is The Best Time, released February 27, 2017

license

about

Hit Machine 1980 California

contact / help

Contact Hit Machine 1980

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Hit Machine 1980, you may also like:

Introducing SVIN
by SVIN

Danish avant-garde crew SVIN explore far-out new lands on their latest, the sound of a galaxy folding in on itself in cut time. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 16, 2022
go to album
Call & Response
by Compilation

All proceeds from this hefty compilation of psych, surf, prog, and experimental bands will be donated to racial justice mutual aid funds. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 5, 2020
go to album
Sunless
by Floating Room

Portland shoegaze that plays, as the best representatives of the genre do, with huge, hollow atmosphere against intimate observations. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2016
go to album
Gasa Gasa Live
by Lost Bayou Ramblers

Fiddles fly and accordions grind out party-time, rhythmic melodies on this Bayou bust-up, recorded live in New Orleans. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 25, 2014
go to album
Mammoth Waltz
by Lost Bayou Ramblers

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 20, 2013
go to album
priestess of vibrations, pt 2
by drea the vibe dealer

The genre-bending singer offers up experimental soul, dream pop, and jazzy inspired tracks in her latest release. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2020
go to album
Bless
by Bless

Reverbed-out garage rock from the fertile contemporary DC punk scene; MC5-influenced without being a tired rehash. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2016
go to album