Dub Housing is the second album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in… Read Full Bio ↴Dub Housing is the second album by American rock band Pere Ubu. Released in 1978 by Chrysalis Records, the album is now regarded as one of their best, described by Trouser Press as "simply one of the most important post-punk recordings."
The title is an allusion to the visual echoes of blocks of identical row houses in Baltimore, presumably reminiscent of the echo and reverberation that characterize dub. "Dub" is also a reference to Jehovah's Witnesses, who refer to themselves as "Dubs". Lead singer David Thomas was a Jehovah's Witness. On a 1979 concert bootleg recording, during the song "Sentimental Journey," David Thomas ad-libs the line "I live in a dub house!" The photograph on the cover shows the apartment building at 3206 Prospect Avenue near downtown Cleveland in which members of the band lived when this album was recorded.
The title is an allusion to the visual echoes of blocks of identical row houses in Baltimore, presumably reminiscent of the echo and reverberation that characterize dub. "Dub" is also a reference to Jehovah's Witnesses, who refer to themselves as "Dubs". Lead singer David Thomas was a Jehovah's Witness. On a 1979 concert bootleg recording, during the song "Sentimental Journey," David Thomas ad-libs the line "I live in a dub house!" The photograph on the cover shows the apartment building at 3206 Prospect Avenue near downtown Cleveland in which members of the band lived when this album was recorded.
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu Lyrics
Blow Daddy-o I blow my horn. It goes, Me! Me! Me! I blow my…
Caligari's Mirror What do you do with a drunken sailor Who do you…
Codex I think about you all of the time I did this And…
Drinking Wine Spodyody I see her nearly everyday Just a girl but she's OK I…
Dub Housing Have you heard about this house Inside, a thousand voices ta…
Navvy I've got these arms & legs that flipflop flip flop I've got…
On the Surface I heard the radio sun Made the day like a beach Lost…
Ubu Dance Party I did not see the darkened sky I did not feel…