Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)

(Partridge)

Go 2	Recordings XTCfans interview with Andy Partridge Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

"Brian" is Brian Eno, who briefly considered joining the band in 1980.

1. Album version, 4'35.
   Released on Go 2.
2. Live version, 6'42.
   Recorded live 17 September 1978 at The Rainbow by The Manor Mobile.
   Sound Balance: Steve Warren.
   Engineered by Pete Greenslade & Dave Chapman.
   Remix Engineer: Steve Prestage.
   Released on 10 October 1980 as the A-side to the bonus single included with the Towers of London doublepack 7" single in the U.K.
3. Live version, 7'18.
   Released on BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert.
   Also available on Transistor Blast.

   Andy: “Attempting to summon up Philip Glass through the gentle robotic hypnotism of ‘Battery Brides’ always relaxed me. It sounds oddly psychedelic now. Contains Colin's onomatopoeic bass line ‘Bjorn Borg’.”

Art

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Lyrics

Battery brides, ha ha have you ever tried
To break out of your waiting room
And find yourself a waiting groom
Ba ba ba ba battery brides
Ba ba ba ba battery brides

She left school with a million others
And worked in a store part time
She dreams of a husband and a lover
Doesn't realise shes on the production line of ...

© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

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