The Primitives are an alternative rock/indie pop band from Coventry, UK for… Read Full Bio ↴The Primitives are an alternative rock/indie pop band from Coventry, UK formed in 1985. Original singer Keiron McDermott was soon replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Cattell in Australia), whose blonde good looks and distinctive voice helped the band to achieve great success for a brief period. The rest of the band consisted of PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court, on 27 July 1965) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (bass) and Pete Tweedie (drums). Their career was also boosted when The Smiths singer Morrissey named them as one of his favourite bands. After a successful first album, which presented them with their UK Top 5 hit single "Crash" (which also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart), their career began to fade in the early 1990s. They split in 1992 following the commercial failure of their final album, 1991's Galore. Their major rivals within the 'bubble pop' scene were Transvision Vamp and The Darling Buds, both of whom bore a similar sound.
In 2009 The Primitives reformed, releasing their first album for 21 years, Echoes and Rhymes, in May 2012. The album features covers by lesser-known female fronted bands from the 1960s.

There are other bands called The Primitives:

2. A band from the United States with Lou Reed and John Cale
3. A garage rock band from the United Kingdom
4. An alternative country band from the United States

2. The Primitives were a band from New York formed in 1964, they released one 7" that year; "The Ostrich/Sneaky Pete. The band was fronted by Lou Reed and featuring John Cale, both later of the Velvet Underground. Ostrich guitar tuning, the all-D tuning particularly credited to the Velvet Underground, originated from the Primitives single the Ostrich. They disbanded in 1965.
The ostrich guitar or ostrich tuning is a type of trivial tuning. It assigns one note to all strings, e.g. E-E-e-e-e'-e' or D-D-D-D-d'-d'.
The term "ostrich guitar" was coined by Lou Reed in 1965 after the song "The Ostrich" by Lou Reed and the Primitives, on which he first used this tuning. John Cale, a collaborator with avant-garde composer La Monte Young, recognised the similarity between Reed's guitar tuning and Young's work involving drone music when he was hired to play Reed's song 'The Ostrich' as part of a fabricated touring group.
Reed and Cale (who would play viola, keyboards and bass) began to collaborate and investigate the connections between ostrich tuning and drone music, as the band introduced new members (such as guitarist Sterling Morrison and percussionist Angus MacLise, another student of La Monte Young) and became known as The Velvet Underground. Cale had composed and recorded 'Loop' in 1964, but which became the first EP released under this band name, composed of drones played on an electric viola, and the combination of both Cale's viola and Reed's guitar tunings would be an early hallmark of their work. Reed used ostrich tunings on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico on the songs "Venus in Furs" (appearing at the end of the song) and "All Tomorrow's Parties", which also included Cale playing drones on viola.
According to an interview with drummer Maureen Tucker in What Goes On? No. 4, Reed's ostrich guitar was a guitar that had its frets removed, and was stolen shortly after the album sessions.

3. The Primitives, from Northampton UK, were also known as Mal & the Primitives. They released their debut (Help Me) in November 1964. They released a couple more 45's before relocating to Italy where they released 3 more albums.

4. The Primitives were an alternative country group formed in 1987. Upon discovering the existence of the British band of the same name, they changed their name to Uncle Tupelo.

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The Primitives Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Primitives:

All the Way Down falling down again I’m spinning round again I’m going down a…
Amoureux D'une Affiche J' suis un' affiche bleue Qui a un amoureux Blonds sont se…
Buzz Buzz Buzz I was waiting for the sky to rain Thinking everything would…
Can't Bring Me Down some people don't have any soul some people havn't got a…
Carry Me Home I can't help just falling down My eyes rolling in the…
Crash Here you go Way too fast Don't slow down Gonna crash You sho…
Crash (The '95 Mix) Here you go way too fast Don't slow down, you gonna…
Dizzy Heights Walk up here with me I'll show you how it…
Don't Want Anything to Change Used to find troubles at every door But I don't have…

Dreamwalk Baby guardian angel, broken halo dreamwalk baby where will you go…
Earth Thing moving easy in the pale moonlight follow stars across the…
Empathise Earth and sea, wind and flame You and me, we're the…
Gira Gira Now if you feel that you can't go on Because…
Give This World To You I would swim a million miles Of emptiness to get…
Hello Jesus Your walking in the sky Your just about to fall You know…
I Almost Touched You and then I see you sucked into the city the…
I'll Be Your Mirror I'll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you…
I'll Stick With You Noise from the city drives me off my head Wish I…
I'm Not Sayin' I′m not sayin' that I′ll love you I'm not sayin' that…
Keep Me In Mind Time and seas Just meaningless divides Think of me And l…
Kiss Mine There is no time to decide Hear my plea Take a one…
L'incidente Tu... Come un treno corri e vai Tu... Stai correndo verso me…
Lazy I just want to sit here doing nothing Everybody's talking s…
Lead Me Astray Come on, come on, come on, come on Come on lead…
Lonely Streets (Ooh) (Ooh) (Ooh) Waiting for the sunshine Waiting in …
Never Tell One foot in the cradle With the light inside Angel shy of…
Noose Hands over my eyes Skid into disaster Life screeches on by…
Nothing Left Crawling round my room on a wasted afternoon Passing time a…
Ocean Blue What's the rush, just take it slow Ease your mind, let…
Out of Reach i just had the strangest dream walking barefoot on the beach…
Outside Open the window wide Can you see way up high What do…
Panic Nothing like you ever happened to me before I know what…
Primitives I was sticking to the script when I lost the…
Really Stupid i see no feeling in your eyes no love no meaning…
Run Baby Run Time to move along Everything's gone wrong Better catch th…
Secrets Ba ba ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba bu ba…
Shadow Hold the shadow. breathe the shadow. Hold the shadow. breath…
Shine Morning sunlight Clears the darkness out of my mind Warmin…
Sick Of It don't say you're having fun there's no fire in…
Slip Away I want to jump right out into the moon light…
Smile Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba…
Spacehead Who's that boy with the vacant stare Walking round like he…
Stop Killing Me yesterday I was smiling everything seemed alright but today …
Summer Rain don't want to go home don't mind being alone stay out in…
The Ostrich Okay, I want everybody to settle down now, we got…
Thru the Flowers Feel the sun burning bright I'm cut loose, out of sight Slip…
Thru' the Flowers Feel the sun burning bright I'm cut loose, out of sight Sl…
Turn Off The Moon Turn off the moon It’s much too bright Turn off the moon …
Way Behind Me I don't remember what you said I'm gonna leave…
Where Will You Be? Where will you be when the leaves fall And the summer…
Yeeeeeeh! Yeeeeeeh I tuoi occhi sono fari abbaglianti Ed io ci sono da…
You Are The Way You are the way You are the light and you're here…

You Said You said you loved me All the while You said our love…

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