The Chameleons- Paper Tigers REACTION & REVIEW

[@samstevenson5328]

SO READY for the album closer “View from a Hill”!!!! One of the most astonishing and beautifully haunting album closers I’ve ever heard. I still get chills thinking about it…. Can’t wait for that reaction

[@manhattenman6075]

He’s gonna love it. I sometimes tear up when I hear it.

[@manhattenman6075]

Can’t wait for your reaction to View From A Hill. Your going to love it. Great album. Definitely need to do more of these guys. Strange Times is their best album in my opinion

[@chinard]

All over a perfect album

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Always good to see The Chameleons get some love. Really under valued band . It would be cool to see some reactions to the offshoot bands!...The Sun And The Moon etc, they also did some killer stuff.

[@richardkolnsberg4418]

One of my all time favorite bands, The Chameleons, in my mind, improved with each successive album. Paper Tigers has always been a cautionary song for me. You can pick how deep you go - beware fake people pulling you into their orbit, or beware the outer enticements of vices like hard drugs - heroin being the easy escape of the early 80s.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

The last song you accidentally played there about 2 seconds... remind you of an American band? Interpol! View from a hill is basically early Interpol! you are in for a melancholic treat.

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Chameleons were over here about two weeks ago. New Model Army are following. 😊

[@paulcollins5586]

Post punk at its finest.

[@-sunstar9778]

Paper Tigers is my favorite from this album ❤

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

All haves came from have-nots. The leopard can't change its spots. In the war against Paper Tigers, paying their own way are the freedom fighters. Chameleons change colors. Just like politicians and their Big Brothers.Peace and Love. Good cut.😁

[@murdockreviews]

Does this album ever end?? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the music, but I thought we had been through with this already. It seems to go on forever 😄

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

🤣

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Fantastic penultimate track on this brilliant debut. Bands don’t start much better than this. ❤️

[@samstevenson5328]

The Chameleons’ 4 album discography is just as flawless if not more flawless than The Smiths’ 4 album discography. Every album is a masterpiece

[@johnmavroudis2054]

@@samstevenson5328 I agree. While I do love The Smiths... I think the Chameleons were just a level higher.

[@samstevenson5328]

@@johnmavroudis2054 Should I say a “Lever” higher😉

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

Oddly, according to Mark Burgess this song was inspired by a tour they were supposed to play with Killing Joke, who arrived several hours late to the first show and ended up starting a fight. KJ's manager apologized and asked them to play the rest of the tour, but they said no way and walked out. So it's basically The Chameleons hated Killing Joke song, though I have no idea how you could get that from the lyrics.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

No it's not.That's a lie.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

@sunstar9778 apparently it says that, but I asked him myself and he said it was about drug sellers.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

@sunstar9778 yes I guess.

[@willdrakes7445]

This is not true. Mark recently confirmed on the official fan Facebook group that the song isn’t about killing joke.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

@@willdrakes7445 Thank you.

[@grahamharley4895]

A point to make (with respect after only one listen)... That was monotone. What's happened to storylines layering towards a big chorus or emotional change-ups. It's what turns good tracks into great ones that get into your soul.

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Yeah, but the genre is almost always like that. And I like it, anyway.

[@grahamharley4895]

Each to their own I s'pose. I'm still living in the 70s. I 'switched off' early 80s and have only recently been diving into bands I'm unfamiliar with, courtesy of this channel. To be honest I'm struggling to find modern stuff I like.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

The song lyrically is about people who sell drugs. Mark Burgess founder/bassist/lyricist actually told me that! C

[@craigireland5629]

Dave Fielding, great guitarist.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Nice guy, almost got his autograph a few years back.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

influenced by The Shadows

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

@@sunstar9778 Oh wow! I kinda figured it out myself before, same guitar tone. The Beatles, The Shadows were HUGE influences.

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Wouldn't it be great if JP reacted to the Shadows? After all, they were the greatest band in the world. Before the Beatles came...

[@Sandy-dd4le]

It's both of them for me, they have an uncanny knack of dropping into and out of each others riffs.

[@Malady]

Lyrics are about heroin.

[@-sunstar9778]

It's about an incident with the band Killing Joke.

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

after a while these tracks / this LP became a trifle dull to my ears...specifically the drowsiness of the vocals. october by u2 maybe suffered the same fate - melodies somewhat repetitive and strained but i was 18! Bono was a boot wearing flag waving poseur of the highest order . who knows , had i heard the chameleons or the sound or comsat angels in 81 i would've thought yes please .... as it was i loved THE pAssions and DOLL BY DOLL associates and the triffids china crisis and erasure every day of the week but THE lilac time every saturday so now u know 56% for this but a few good acoustic breaks it must be said i couldn;t get robert smith outta my ears either diolch x

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

😂

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Another classic song off a timeless record.That is why I got it signed, it hangs proudly on my bedroom 🧱. C 16 - 12 - 23