Cold War Babies
61Cold War Babies
Lyrics to the Original Composition "Cold War Babies"
At the end of the seventies and into the early eighties I took one last shot at putting together an original rock band. I had been in many others but this one was my baby. It was, sad to say, stillborn. Although we wrote, performed and recorded a number of decent tunes we never made the connections that were needed to land a contract. Something that wasn't easily done from the little city of Danbury, Connecticut. Had we packed up and moved to NYC or LA, who knows.
There are a few tunes, recorded at different times and under various conditions, on my website: http://coldwarproductions.blogspot.com/The first track, Socially Acceptable Behavior, has a long fade-in so don't think the player isn't working.
Another persona of the schizophrenic CWB is been revealed.
Written in 1980 by Richard W. Posner, AKA ColdWarBaby
We are the children of the hydrogen bomb,
raised in the shadow of nuclear war.
We don't remember where it all began,
we never knew what you were fighting for.
We are the children of the air raid drill,
hiding under the desks in our first grade class.
Cover your head. Curl up in a ball.
Don't look up at the window glass.
We are the children of the fallout shelter.
We were told it would be safe inside.
To this lie there is only one answer.
There will be no place to hide.
There is no way to Peace. Peace is the Way.
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CW- Thought the blog was cool and bookmarked it, thanks, and I liked the song Weasel
Hi William. It's interesting to note that you remember "Hat City". When my family got there in the mid fifties that was already pretty much history.
As to the band, we were a power trio. Bass, drums and guitar. Just like Cream or Jimi Hendrix. Unless you can play bass keyboard with your feet, like Geddy Lee, three pieces in a rock band is a tough row to hoe.
goldentoad, thanks. Glad you liked it. I haven't touched that site in months. Maybe I should take some time and bring it up to date.
Weasel Factory was a bitch of a song. The bass line used to give me cramps in my fretting hand if we had to do a bunch of takes when recording.
Thanks for listening! That stuff is almost thirty years old. It's great to get feedback from the present.
Groovy tune, CWB :) Clearly ahead of its time...
Thanks Melissa. It actually was a bit after its time. Those were the air raid drills I was required to practice when I was a child. When I wrote the song as an "adult" I was looking back at the beginnings of the nuclear insanity that still holds the world hostage.
Hi there CWB. So we DO have Danbury in common! My CT relatives are from Brookfield Center! This adds to our kindred spiritedness!
I'm sorry your band never took off. Who can say why some "conscience" bands do and some don't. Well, I think we can safely say that the appetite for fluff is much greater than the appetite for substance.
I remember those duck and cover drills like they were -- well, like they were 45 years ago:-)!!! The thing is, Boomers are a huge population and we still like our music. Maybe you should pull out your songwriting pen and write some more!
Thank you MM.
Do you or your CT relatives remember a pottery shop in Brookfield Center? I apprenticed with the potter there, Norman Aufrichtig. I remolded his shop and studio for him and worked with him for a few years. He now lives out here in Taos.
I think the viability of those bands depends largely on when and where. We may be coming into a time when they’ll become resurgent.
I’ve got a couple albums worth of songs I wrote back in the early eighties. I have the copyrights in an old briefcase that’s sitting out in my garage. I’ve got seventeen on a CD that was dubbed from original recordings of 29 years ago. I’m ready whenever they want to offer me a contract!
CWB - Well well, a new side of you emerges! Or maybe not, this sounds like the you I know, just ahead of time, if you know what I mean! The music part is news and cool news at that!
Thanks Elena. I was addicted to music for years. It's very potent stuff. I still pick up an acoustic guitar once in a while but its not quite the same as the excitement of electric instruments, on stage and an appreciative audience. Those days were, for me, very cool indeed.
Well, it was pretty much the same on the other side of the iron curtain. Rings many bells...
Hi Misha. Don't see you very often. Thanks for dropping in.
I have no doubt that you're totally correct about that. The soviet faux communism is just the flip side of amerikan faux democracy.
shit sorta dark. but oh well.
I get up. I get down.
Dark and Light. Components of contrast dodger.
CWB - yet another fascinating facet? Loved the songs - especially All going Nowhere!
Sometimes I think I have too many facets for my own good Shalini. I think I qualify as a dilettante.
I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the music. Thank you very much for taking the time to listen. I think I better start updating that website of mine. I haven't been there in months! Maybe I'll add some more tunes to the player.
William F. Torpey says:
12 months ago
The lyrics bring back lots of memories, CWB. But I think I know why your band didn't make connections: A band in the Hat City without a hat, and a trio with no musical instruments? LOL All kidding aside, I enjoyed this hub. Thumbs up.