Mirror In The Bathroom Song
Mirror in the bathroom please talk freebrthe door is locked just you and mebrcan i take you to a restaurant thats got glass tablesbryou can watch yourself while you are eatingbrmirror in the bathroombri just cant stop it every saturday you see mebrwindow shopping find no.
Mirror in the bathroom song. This genre borrowed heavily from the reggae rhythms of jamaica. But certainly at the time of writing nobody had any money or any access to cocaine. A british song about isolation and narcissism that will morph into a song about cocaine in the bathroom you know this was one of the first big singles of the early 80s uk ska revival.
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Mirror in the bathroom is a single by british ska band the beat released as a single in 1980 from their debut album i just cant stop it. Mirror in the bathroom was the second single by uk skanew wave band the beat known in america as the english beat released in 1980 on the groups own independent label go feet records. Until after the song was out.
The very best of the beat 1996. Unlike the loose funkiness most commonly associated with ska mirror in the bathroom is as coiled paranoid and jumpy as joy divisions unknown pleasures only with a more danceable beat. And it wasnt that mirror in the bathroom at all it was the one on the wall and not the one on your knee.
Singer dave wakeling has since admitted that the lyrics are about cocaine addiction and its attendant paranoia making sense of the almost creepy self absorption of the song but its real power comes from. It was released again in 1995 as a cd single remix ep to promote bpm. And oddly songs can become sort of strangely prophetic though.
Watch the video for mirror in the bathroom from the beats i just cant stop it for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. It reached number 4 in the uk singles chart and consequently was their highest charting release in the uk until 1983. Cures you whisper make no sense drift gently into mental illness.