Our Daughter's Wedding
A prototypical early-'80s synthesizer act, New York trio Our Daughters Wedding is best remembered for the 1981 disco crossover hit "Lawnchairs." Motivated by the punk revolution, the band formed as a standard guitar/bass/drums rock unit in 1977. Taking their group's name from the section divider in a greeting card display stand, members Layne Rico (synthesizers), Keith Silva (vocals/synthesizers) and Scott Simon (saxophone/synthesizers) kept the outfit running with its original instrumentation until 1978. Read Full BioA prototypical early-'80s synthesizer act, New York trio Our Daughters Wedding is best remembered for the 1981 disco crossover hit "Lawnchairs." Motivated by the punk revolution, the band formed as a standard guitar/bass/drums rock unit in 1977. Taking their group's name from the section divider in a greeting card display stand, members Layne Rico (synthesizers), Keith Silva (vocals/synthesizers) and Scott Simon (saxophone/synthesizers) kept the outfit running with its original instrumentation until 1978. In 1979, the three decided to re-form the band, using rhythm machines and synthesizers.
Much like the group's most obvious sources of inspiration -- electronic trailblazers Kraftwerk and Suicide -- Rico, Silva, and Simon viewed their band as coming firmly from the rock tradition. In interviews, they claimed to have little in common with then-contemporary synth-driven acts like Depeche Mode and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who they decried as gimmicky fluff.
On their own Design label, Our Daughters Wedding made their vinyl debut in the summer of 1980 with "Nightlife," a three-song 7." In November of that year, the band released its second single, "Lawnchairs," which quickly gained attention on college radio and in the dance clubs in major U.S. cities. Based on the strength of the record's showing, EMI America signed the group and re-released "Lawnchairs," which reached Number 49 on the British charts and peaked at Number 31 on the Billboard disco chart. The group followed up with a 12" EP., "Digital Cowboy" (1981) and an album, Moving Windows (1982). Unable to recapture the chart success of "Lawnchairs," the band broke up in 1983.
Much like the group's most obvious sources of inspiration -- electronic trailblazers Kraftwerk and Suicide -- Rico, Silva, and Simon viewed their band as coming firmly from the rock tradition. In interviews, they claimed to have little in common with then-contemporary synth-driven acts like Depeche Mode and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who they decried as gimmicky fluff.
On their own Design label, Our Daughters Wedding made their vinyl debut in the summer of 1980 with "Nightlife," a three-song 7." In November of that year, the band released its second single, "Lawnchairs," which quickly gained attention on college radio and in the dance clubs in major U.S. cities. Based on the strength of the record's showing, EMI America signed the group and re-released "Lawnchairs," which reached Number 49 on the British charts and peaked at Number 31 on the Billboard disco chart. The group followed up with a 12" EP., "Digital Cowboy" (1981) and an album, Moving Windows (1982). Unable to recapture the chart success of "Lawnchairs," the band broke up in 1983.
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Lawn Chairs
Our Daughter's Wedding Lyrics
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me
As you screen out the light that colors your skin
Can you just wear protection?
Are you having some fun?
Some fun
And are you sleeping with someone special tonight?
Does she drink tall drinks
Just to make it feel right?
Feel right
Because lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me
And it's a holiday in the middle of the week
As you leave from your job
Just like a holiday
And it's a holiday in the middle of the week
As you leave from your job
For only two weeks
She's a boy that we like and gonna go far
She's a boy that we like
And he's gonna go far
Well, she's got to and he's got to and we got to
She's a boy that we like and gonna go far
She's a boy that we like
And he's gonna go far
Because lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
And my mind describes them
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h8jf1
Finally, the only version of this song you need. Thank you for posting the original 45 version!
Mike Shelnut
Real talk I was going bonkers looking for this version lol
Jeffrey Ealy
They sound British but I believe they're american
Paul Sheehan
Huge difference. I knew there was something off about the other version I just tried. This, THIS is a masterpiece.
PUFFYTACO
finally...
lol
William Lyons
yaasssssss
SUSAN MYERS
best dance song ever....i miss the 70's & 80's alternative. :(
rex racer
A fave on WLIR radio , Long Island NY....and the clubs of course..
Zephaniah 3:17
1981 totally different!! Right up there with "Out Come the Freaks" and "I can't get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes" (both on YT, well worth listening to).
BLUE HORIZON
Brilliant ! I bought the 12" Version on vinyl :)