BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been m… Read Full Bio ↴BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons. BMX Bandits were formed by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T. Stewart out of the ashes of The Pretty Flowers, a group that featured Stewart alongside Frances McKee (later of The Vaselines), Sean Dickson and Norman Blake. The group have had many line up changes throughout the years. Their songs mix melodic qualities and humour with, at times, raw and heartbreaking pathos. Stewart has written many of the group's works solo including "Your Class", "The Sailor's Song" and "Doorways" but also has collaborated with many of the other members. Stewart's most regular songwriting partners have been Francis MacDonald, Norman Blake and, more recently, David Scott.

The group's most celebrated song is the autobiographical "Serious Drugs", recorded in 1991 but not released until 1993. The song featured in the movie This Year's Love and was covered by American stadium power pop group Gigolo Aunts. Oasis did their first UK tour dates supporting the Bandits as a favour from Stewart to Creation label boss Alan McGee. BMX Bandits admirers include Kurt Cobain who was photographed wearing a BMX Bandits T shirt. Cobain claimed on a New York radio show that if he could be in any other band it would be BMX Bandits.

Stewart split with long term musical partner Francis MacDonald in 2005 but 2006 saw a new wave of live concert activity and the 2006 release of My Chain. Stewart's writing on the album was compared to Brian Wilson, Michel Legrand, Ennio Morricone and even Alan Bennett. The line up was expanded by the arrival of Stewart's friend David Scott and new female vocalist Rachel Mackenzie (now Rachel Allison). The follow up, 2007's Bee Stings, was influenced by classic girl group pop plus the mellow A & M sound of the late 1960s and early 70s. It had Allison singing lead on half the tracks including "Our Secret Life" co-written by Allison and former Bandit Norman Blake.

Gettin' Dirty
BMX Bandits Lyrics

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Стой!
Пока ещё не выключен свет
Я хочу услышать ответ
Скажи, зачем мы по кругу друг от друга
Вот и всё!
Мы доиграли роли любви
Ну почему так бьётся в груди?
И мне внутри неспокойно

Мне больно

Прощай!
Не нужно больше слов
Спасибо за любовь твою

Удержи моё сердце руками
Прошу тебя, не дай мне уйти!
Удержи моё сердце – не камень
И нас всё ещё можно спасти!
Удержи моё сердце словами
Скажи мне, если любишь меня!
Удержи моё сердце губами
Ведь я всё ещё люблю тебя

Знай, я не смогу забыть твоих глаз
Если мы исчезнем сейчас
Разбив любовь на осколки, иголки
Ну и пусть!
Значит, нам так суждено
Потерять и падать на дно
Искать в чужих друг друга
Мы по кругу

Прощай!
Не нужно больше слов
Спасибо за любовь твою

Удержи моё сердце руками
Прошу тебя, не дай мне уйти!
Удержи моё сердце – не камень
И нас всё ещё можно спасти!
Удержи моё сердце словами
Скажи мне, если любишь меня!
Удержи моё сердце губами
Ведь я всё ещё люблю тебя

Удержи моё сердце!

Удержи моё сердце!

Удержи моё сердце руками
Прошу тебя, не дай мне уйти!
Удержи моё сердце – не камень
И нас всё ещё можно спасти!
Удержи моё сердце словами
Скажи мне, если любишь меня!
Удержи моё сердце губами

Ведь я всё ещё люблю тебя
Люблю тебя

Overall Meaning

The song "Gettin' Dirty" by BMX Bandits is a powerful ballad about a relationship on the brink of ending. The singer is begging the other person to not let them go, as they are still deeply in love. They question why they are constantly going in circles around each other, and how they can save their relationship. The chorus is a plea for the other person to hold onto their heart with words, hands or lips, so that they can try one more time and make things work.

The opening lines "Wait! The lights are not yet switched off" suggest that there is still time to save the relationship, as there is a glimmer of hope left. However, the singer asks why they are going around in circles, suggesting that they have been in this situation before. They wonder why their heart is still beating so hard even though they have played out the roles of the relationship. The chorus is a repetition of the plea to not let go and to hold onto their heart, as the singer believes there is still a chance to salvage their love.

Overall, "Gettin' Dirty" is a passionate and heart-wrenching song about the struggle to save a relationship. The singer's raw emotion is conveyed through the lyrics, making it a relatable and powerful hit.

Line by Line Meaning

Стой!
Stop!

Пока ещё не выключен свет
While the light is still on

Я хочу услышать ответ
I want to hear an answer

Скажи, зачем мы по кругу друг от друга
Tell me, why are we going in circles around each other?

Вот и всё!
That's it!

Мы доиграли роли любви
We played the roles of love

Ну почему так бьётся в груди?
Why does my heart beat so?

И мне внутри неспокойно
And I feel restless inside

Мне больно
I'm in pain

Прощай!
Goodbye!

Не нужно больше слов
No need for more words

Спасибо за любовь твою
Thank you for your love

Удержи моё сердце руками
Hold my heart in your hands

Прошу тебя, не дай мне уйти!
I beg you, don't let me go!

Удержи моё сердце – не камень
Hold my heart – it's not a stone

И нас всё ещё можно спасти!
And we can still be saved!

Удержи моё сердце словами
Hold my heart with your words

Скажи мне, если любишь меня!
Tell me if you love me!

Удержи моё сердце губами
Hold my heart with your lips

Ведь я всё ещё люблю тебя
Because I still love you

Знай, я не смогу забыть твоих глаз
Know that I can't forget your eyes

Если мы исчезнем сейчас
If we disappear now

Разбив любовь на осколки, иголки
Breaking love into pieces, like shards and needles

Ну и пусть!
Well, let it be!

Значит, нам так суждено
So it's meant to be for us

Потерять и падать на дно
To lose and fall to the bottom

Искать в чужих друг друга
To look for each other in strangers

Мы по кругу
We go round and round

Удержи моё сердце!
Hold my heart!

Люблю тебя
I love you

Writer(s): барских макс

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Toñin

Geniales maestros de preciosas melodías pop, aquí suenan muy britpop, aunque pasaron muy desapercibidos por culpa del éxito de su. Banda hermana teenage fanclub, yo prefiero BMXB, y pa gustos los colores