The Damned - Fun Factory

A song by The Damned. Fun Factory was recorded in 1983, but label Bronze bankrupted, so the release was delayed to 1991! It is one of the first (if not the first) songs recorded with BrynMerrick, who replaced Paul Gray in March that year. The song style is similar to single Lovely Money or album Strawberries.
LYRICS:
Won't you take me on a video nightmare yeah
The pictures they will play
Hey hey hey
It's Ok
We can play
Fun factory
'Cause I have been to hell and I've been back
All in the period of one day
Hey hey hey
It's Ok
We can play
Fun factory
I kneel before the one I must serve
That keeps us both alive
It's so fine it's sublime
Just take me to the fun factory
(Fun factory)
Life is not all that conjours
Just grin and turn the dial
Well it's me it's obscene
Lets scream Fun factory
Let me take you to a place that knows me yeah
A place I'm sure you've seen
Hey hey hey
It's Ok
We can play
Fun factory
The talk is cheap you know the guns are roaring now
I'm snoring though not asleep
Hey hey hey
It's Ok
We can play
Fun factory
I kneel before the one I must serve
That keeps us both alive
It's so fine it's sublime
Just take me to the fun factory
(Fun factory)
Life is not all that conjours
Just grin and turn the dial
Well it's me it's obscene
Lets scream Fun factory
I'm losing my mind
Squandering my days
They're wasting my time
Take it away
II kneel before the one I must serve
That keeps us both alive
It's so fine it's sublime
Just take me to the fun factory
(Fun factory)
Life is not all that conjours
Just grin and turn the dial
Well it's me it's obscene
Lets scream Fun factory

[@Kelly14UK]

Sometimes this sneaks its way up to be my favorite Damned song.

[@BadgerC]

Really like this song, great band.

[@alangalaxy1]

When this came out I was sure that the words were "I kneel before the one eyed monster that keeps us both alive". I still think that's what he's singing.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Yep, that’s in fact what he’s singing. The little bit right after “it’s so fine, it’s sublime, just take me to the fun factory” is a bit of a mystery though.

[@christianhartman1603]

Yep-the'Belew-ish' guitar is by Fripp himself (so technically it's Frippish)...

[@krisscanlon4051]

You can take the rock out of the progger but you cant take prog out of the rocker! Fripp having a gas with the Capt and Co.

[@wuckle]

Mr Robert Fripp on Lead/Mental Guitar Great Damned track - Their Best since Strawberries!!!!!

[@Shikta-poobah67]

This was shortly after Strawberries (the recording was anyway). Some time in ‘83.

[@christian666ize]

me g gusta mucho esta banda y me gusta mucho esta rolamsaludos desdeelima perú ami pais ECUADOR

[@ligeirinho3.028]

Saludo desde MG Brasil Hermano. 🇧🇷🍺 Bueno futebol de LDU.

[@ChristianCastro-do2yt]

Aguante v Christian Dios te bendiga

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I’ve loved this song since I first heard it as the b-side of Captain’s “Riot On Eastbourne Pier”, back in the very early 90’s… but I’ve never in all this time been able to fully understand all the lyrics. Here’s what I’ve got. If any of you can fill in the blanks (or rather the question marks), please do so in a comment. “Won’t you take me on a video nightmare, yeah. The pictures, they will play (Hey-hey-hey, it’s okay, we can play fun factory) ‘Cause I’ve been to hell and I’ve been back, all in the period of one day (Hey-hey-hey, it’s okay, we can play fun factory) I kneel before the one-eyed monster that keeps us both alive It’s so fine, it’s sublime, just take me to the fun factory Life is ??? all our pleasures, just grin and turn a dial Well it’s me you should see just scream into the fun factory So let me take you to a place ????, a place I’m sure you’ve seen (Hey-hey-hey, it’s okay, we can play fun factory) The talk is cheap, you know the guns are roaring now… ???? (Hey-hey-hey, it’s okay, we can play fun factory) I kneel before the one-eyed monster that keeps us both alive It’s so fine, it’s sublime, just take me to the fun factory Life is ??? all our pleasures, just grin and turn a dial Well it’s me you should see just scream into the fun factory I’m losing my mind, squandering my days We’re wasting our time, ?? away… take it away! I kneel before the one-eyed monster that keeps us both alive It’s so fine, it’s sublime, just take me to the fun factory Life is ??? all our pleasures, just grin and turn a dial Well it’s me you should see just scream into the fun factory” X2

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Oh yeah, and that little sampled bit at the end… it sounds like she’s saying “I’m going to go back to the danger”, but again who knows.

[@Noodles37UK]

Fuckin hell it was glorious. Bless Brynn.

[@twistedspanner]

I have the 12' version of this. It came out years later on Captain's own label Deltic Records and the B Side had some solo stuff from the Captain. The Curse of the Damned strikes again. When they should have been flying high the record company goes bust. Then they do the Young ones with Nasty. and It's not in the shops cos it was a B. Side to Thanks for the Night. A song the captain had already recorded as a solo record. They sure did have a lot of bad luck but now they're making up for it and doing better than all the others.

[@quakerkid3280]

12’ version wow that’s huge 😂

[@twistedspanner]

@@quakerkid3280 W ⚓

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I always thought Nasty should have been the A-side.

[@LeeJosephreverberationsmedia]

Robert Fripp!

[@TheBleech]

@TheBleech I stand corrected, your right mate, apologies.

[@mkiswatoo]

I have the CD single, somewhere... Wasn't R. Fripp credited as guitarist? Great song anyway!

[@richardjamieson6681]

That's definitely Fripp at the beginning.

[@mkiswatoo]

@@richardjamieson6681 This is hat i like the least in this song, sounds like an improvised part.

[@beanpunk]

@RedBryn hahahaha i did too, i still sing the same now tho!

[@Crinno74]

@zigois It is " I'm waiting to go to the dentist "

[@TheBleech]

I think you will find that Paul Gray replaced BrynMerrick in1980 ish, for the Black album...

[@richardjamieson6681]

No, Paul Gray replaced Algie Ward and was then in turn replaced by Bryn.

[@mkiswatoo]

Who can hear the guitar in this song? So buried in the mix (excellent song, nevertheless)

[@Kelly14UK]

More of a keyboard song, end result. Yeah. Top 3 Damned song. Had the blue vinyl.

[@redline2115]

Robert is doing the crazy roland guitar synth stuff, it sounds more like a keyboard…

[@mkiswatoo]

@@redline2115 ok, I see! Thanks.

[@grimlyfiendish5579]

overproduced and boring. Sorry guys lol

[@PinkLloyd88]

Why you say sorry like your OPINION is going to sway my opinion of it?

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Lol this… coming from someone whose username is “Grimly Fiendish” 🤣🤣🤣 Gotta love the irony in that.

[@anotherdamn6c]

I swear that sounds like, "I kneel before the one-eyed monster . . . " !

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Yep. That is indeed what he’s singing.

[@zigois]

I bought this on CD single when in came out in '91, never knew the story - thanks for the back story. GREAT SONG!!! I always thought at the end of the song the female voice is saying "I'm ready to do the dirty" Can anyone confirm that lyric????

[@randallkuhlmann1905]

I only heard it on the radio. I didn't know that it ever was released at all! Color me jealous.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

To me it always sounds like she’s saying “I’m going to go back to the danger”

[@cheekylou2010]

At the end the woman is definately saying "I'm going to go back to the deckchair"