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1. Bad News are an British, spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members are Vim Fuego [Alan Metcalfe], vocals and lead guitar (played by Adrian Edmondson); Den Dennis, rhythm guitar (Nigel Planer); Colin Grigson, bass (Rik Mayall); and Spider Webb, drums (Peter Richardson).
Their first appearance was in 1983, in the first series of The Comic Strip Presents... (written by Edmondson, and produced by Michael White/Comic Strip Productions). The episode, Bad News Tour, took the form of a spoof rockumentary, in which the incompetent band is followed on tour by an almost equally incompetent documentary crew.
Coincidentally, it was in production at the same time as the similar film 'This Is Spinal Tap', which was released the following year.
The band made numerous promotional TV appearances including Channel 4's now iconic 80's music show 'The Tube' and the BBC's primetime talkshow 'Wogan'.
They initially released a self-titled album, consisting of thrashy rock songs interspersed with arguments amongst the band. Brian May of Queen produced the album, which included a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
They also played a tour of theatres, universities and colleges as well as playing Reading Festival in 1987.They also had a suitably bad opening set at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. This performance was featured in a second Comic Strip film, More Bad News, broadcast in 1988.
2. An experimental house producer on L.I.E.S. Records.
3. Bad News are a Bulgarian, underground hip-hop group.
4. Bad News is a new duo operating in the heavy industrial and noise zones, with an awareness of vivisect-era Skinny Puppy, incorporating guitar, synthesizers and drum machines writhing like mercury under sharp female vocals.
5. Gangster Rapper out of Los Angeles
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Bad News Lyrics
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She was my heroin; she was my love and hate.
She was perfection in a pill that takes me away.
This is life as addiction.
This is love without a gun.
This is my heart in ink as bold and black as the night we ended and as weak as your skin deep smiles. And this pen digs me into holes I can't write out of, I can't climb out of.
These are the hands that will bury my face.
There's the floor I retreat to every time my world caves in.
These are the palms that capture tears; they never saw the light of day.
And it feels like we're fighting uphill and it feels like we're pissing in the wind.
The first verse of Bad News's song More Bad News depicts the singer's struggle with addiction. The imagery of nail-biting until bleeding highlights the self-destructive nature of addiction. The singer finds solace in a person, possibly a romantic partner, who they describe as their "heroin." This person brings both love and hate, highlighting the complexity of addiction and the toxic relationships it can foster. The line "perfection in a pill that takes me away" shows how addiction can momentarily provide an escape from the difficulties of reality. The final line, "This is life as addiction," is a poignant statement on how addiction can become all-consuming and define one's existence.
The second verse of the song deals with heartbreak and the pain caused by a failed relationship. The line "This is love without a gun" hints at how love can be just as deadly as a weapon. The singer expresses their emotions through writing, describing their heart as "ink as bold and black as the night we ended." Despite their attempts to write themselves out of their pain, they feel trapped in their own negative thoughts. The dissonance between their words and feelings is highlighted by the line "And this pen digs me into holes I can't write out of, I can't climb out of." The image of burying their face with their own hands and the palms that capture tears show the depth of despair the singer is feeling. The final line, "And it feels like we're fighting uphill and it feels like we're pissing in the wind," emphasizes the futility of their struggle to move on from the past.
Line by Line Meaning
I bite my nails until they bleed. I close my eyes, I disappear.
I struggle with anxiety and escape reality when it becomes overwhelming.
She was my heroin; she was my love and hate.
I had a complicated relationship with someone who I loved and resented like a drug addiction.
She was perfection in a pill that takes me away.
I saw everything I wanted in this person and used them to escape my problems.
This is life as addiction.
I see my patterns of behavior as a destructive addiction that I can't escape.
This is love without a gun.
Our relationship was intense and passionate, but without any element of violence or danger.
This is my heart in ink as bold and black as the night we ended and as weak as your skin deep smiles. And this pen digs me into holes I can't write out of, I can't climb out of.
I'm expressing my emotions through writing, but it's not enough to help me move on from this difficult breakup.
These are the hands that will bury my face.
I feel like I can't face reality and have a constant desire to escape or hide from the world.
There's the floor I retreat to every time my world caves in.
I have a physical place where I go to cope with my problems when they become too much to handle.
These are the palms that capture tears; they never saw the light of day.
I cry in private and keep my emotions bottled up, not sharing them with the world.
And it feels like we're fighting uphill and it feels like we're pissing in the wind.
I feel like the situation is hopeless and that our efforts to fix things are ineffective and meaningless.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ADRIAN EDMONDSON, SIMON TRACEY BRINT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
ClausHelge
R.I.P Colin Grigson...!!!
You were truly my hero. Bad News and the Young Ones was truly amazing ..
You will not be forgotten.
Look at 6:40... I love it.
oz1902
I've always loved this epic song by Bad News......................Queen did a copy of it but it was CRAP!!!!!!
EltonBeatles
Agree, Queen messed up big time on that one.
HellKaiserRika
My jaw still continues to drop at Rik's reading of the contract.
Fang_UK
@Opinions Vary I’ve still got my vinyl copy of the album - fully signed by the band in character too, which still blows my mind and makes me smile every time I see it! 😄
TREmBLInG
Is it his use in perpetuity across the universe?
HellKaiserRika
@Sophie W I've no idea how I should feel about that 🤨
Sophie W
I am wearing a tee shirt from 1989.. it's older than you !!😂😂
Opinions Vary
Oh ok lol. Funny as fuck audio for the car
RastaSaiyaman
They hired Brian May to produce this and he also played the solo. Who can you laugh about if you can't laugh about yourself?