Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction play an ultra sleazy style of commercial hard rock featuring big riffs and big choruses, as was the trend in the band’s heyday of the mid-to-late 80s and early 90s. The outrageously camp lyrics are intended as self-parody, and can be seen as either humorous (by those who "get the joke") or offensive (by those who take them at face value) for their often lascivious and misogynist tone. Song titles like "Back Seat Education," "Feed My Frankenstein," "High Heeled Heaven" and "Trash Madonna" illustrate Zodiac’s tongue-in-cheek approach. Lyrical content also exhibits a send up of cult worship, often of Zodiac Mindwarp’s self proclaimed raging libido, with the frontman claiming the titles of "sex führer," "love dictator" and "high priest of love." Songs such as "Holy Gasoline," "President of the United States of Love," "Messianic Reprise," "Planet Girl" and "Elvis Died for You" are similarly inclined.
The video for the band's track "Prime Mover" was directed by Comic Strip actor/comedian Adrian Edmonson. Featuring explosions, scantily-clad young women and the band as alien invaders it immaculately captured the band's nasty, posturing style.
Occasionally referred to as "biker rock," the band’s style of hard rock is reflected in their outlandish attire, which tends to parody the post-apocalyptic "Mad Max" biker look. However, they have adopted a more common "street look" in recent years.
Zodiac co-wrote the track "There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" on the Voice of the Beehive album Let It Bee. He also co-wrote the track "Feed My Frankenstein" which appeared on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid. Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction recorded their own version of the song which appeared on the album Hoodlum Thunder.
In 1992 Zodiac appeared on the album 456 by The Grid, singing lead vocals on the album's final track "Fire Engine Red." Love Reaction guitarist Cobalt Stargazer also appeared on the same album, performing on the tracks "Face The Sun" and "Leave Your Body".
In recent years Mark Manning has established himself as author penning books entitled Bad Wisdom (with Bill Drummond), Crucify Me Again, Get Your Cock Out, Fucked By Rock, Collateral Damage and The Wild Highway (again with Bill Drummond).
Prime Mover
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction Lyrics
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Well I Love TV And I Love T. Rex
I Can See Through Your Skirt
I've Got X-Ray Spex
I Came From The Sky Like A 747
I'm The Bad Boy Baby I Fell Out Of Heaven
Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Cool Dominator
P-R-I-M-E Prime Mover
Baby You're M-I-N-E I'm The Groover
Well I'm Christ In Shades I'm A Napalm God
Your Lipstick Flickers Round My Lightning Rod
You Fever Pitch Bitch You Love To Tease
Well I'm A Hot Dog Daddy Up On Your Knees
Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Living Detonator
P-R-I-M-E Prime Mover
Baby You're M-I-N-E I'm The Groover Yeah
I'm The Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
You're A Disco Reptile A Funky Alligator
P-R-I-M-E Prime Mover
Baby You're M-I-N-E I'm The Groover
The lyrics to "Prime Mover" by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction are essentially an ode to the singer's own badassery, delivered in a brash and swaggering style that's equal parts rockabilly and punk. He proclaims his love for both TV and T. Rex (referencing the iconic British glam rock band), boasts about his ability to see through skirts with his "X-Ray Spex," and claims to have fallen from the sky like a plane, earning him the title of "the bad boy baby." The repeated refrain of "Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm a Love Dictator" reinforces his alpha-male persona, while lines like "Your lipstick flickers round my lightning rod" suggest a sexual dominance over women.
The chorus emphasizes his dominance even further: "P-R-I-M-E Prime Mover / Baby you're M-I-N-E I'm the groover." The singer positions himself as a Christ-like figure ("Christ in shades") with godlike powers of destruction ("napalm god," "living detonator"). The women he addresses are reduced to objects of desire: "fever pitch bitch" and "disco reptile."
Taken as a whole, the lyrics to "Prime Mover" are a celebration of rock and roll excess and sexual bravado, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek. While they may come across as crude or even offensive to some listeners, they also represent a certain strain of rebelliousness and non-conformity that's often integral to the rock ethos.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Expressing excitement and enthusiasm
Well I Love TV And I Love T. Rex
I have a passion for TV and the music of T. Rex
I Can See Through Your Skirt
I have X-Ray Spex that allow me to see through clothing
I've Got X-Ray Spex
I possess special glasses that enable me to see through objects
I Came From The Sky Like A 747
I arrived on Earth like a Boeing 747 airplane
I'm The Bad Boy Baby I Fell Out Of Heaven
I am a mischievous individual who was sent down to Earth from heaven
Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
I am a powerful, dominant force in the realm of sex and love
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Cool Dominator
I am a forceful presence in romantic situations
P-R-I-M-E Prime Mover
I am the primary driving force behind everything
Baby You're M-I-N-E I'm The Groover
You are mine, and I am the one in control
Well I'm Christ In Shades I'm A Napalm God
I am like Jesus Christ, but with sunglasses, and I bring explosive energy
Your Lipstick Flickers Round My Lightning Rod
Your lips move seductively around my erect penis
You Fever Pitch Bitch You Love To Tease
You enjoy teasing and provoking sexual desire in others
Well I'm A Hot Dog Daddy Up On Your Knees
I am a dominating and powerful sexual partner who demands submission
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Living Detonator
My romantic energy is explosive and intense
I'm The Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
I have complete and total control over sex and love
You're A Disco Reptile A Funky Alligator
You are a reptilian and funky creature who enjoys disco and dancing
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARK STEPHEN MANNING
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elena assad
I’m 56 and when I bought this everyone around me thought this was awful…I still listened to it then and all these years later! What a fabulous record!!!
c j
Same thing. I loved this song.
Mario!!!
God I loved them,back in the good old days. 51 and still rocking it.🤘🤘🤘
TheMundusvultdecipi
I don't think there is another album that I listened up and down as many times as Tattoed Beat Messiah! Haven't listened to Zodiac Mindwarp for a long time now but I still totally dig their epic classics and I still own this CD. MTV's Headbangers Ball had Prime Mover, Backseat Education and Planet Girl on rotation for a long time, their label must have invested a shitload of money in this band yet somehow they never made it in the US.
DMSProduktions
Too 'British'?
James Ian-Allen
@DMSProduktions That and too anti establishment.
TheFissionchips
@James Ian-Allen im so offended lol
EgoShredder
One of the best music videos ever! Pure entertainment!
Oki Watashi
I’m pretty sure it would be banned these days
Johnny Corelli
They were the 1st band I ever saw live in concert...They opened for GNR who opened for Maiden....Great times....\m/ \m/ Rock On!!!