Inspiral Carpets Uniform Meaning

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Inspiral carpets uniform meaning.

Inspiral carpets were an english rock band that was formed in oldham in 1983. The band s most successful lineup featured frontman tom hingley drummer craig gill guitarist graham lambert bassist martyn walsh and keyboardist clint boon. Inspiral carpets uniform. Father it s time to leave tears on my face and on your sleeve and on your shoulder i m going down in uniform i m going down i m going down in uniform mother it s time to go the days will be long and go too slow.

Simply put it was the first of their many songs to make it onto the top 40 in their homeland of the united kingdom. On the original album version of the track the lyrics of the second verse are slightly different than what most fans are familiar with via the single version. This was the inspiral carpets original hit. Father it s time to leave tears on my face and on your sleeve and on your shoulder i m going down in uniform i m going down i m going down in uniform mother it s time to go the days will be long and go too slow but i ll think of.

Formed by lambert and singer stephen holt who departed the band before they signed with mute records the band had a sound characterised by the use of organ. Produced by pascal gabriel. Father it s time to leave tears on my face and on your sleeve and on your shoulder i m going down.