Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen - Under Heavy Manners (HD)

Lyrics:
Trumpets
I can hear trumpets
Solipsism
Euphemism
Pessimism
Pointilism
Flagellism
Nihilism
Urizel o urizel
Negativism
Positivism
Legalism
Asinism
Cynicism
Terrorism
Urizel o urizel
Jurism
Tourism
Neologism
Imperialism
Cleverism
Criticism
Cataphatacism
Apophatacism
Dogmatism
Apologeticism
Schism
Schism
Baptism
Christening
Bells. I can hear bells.
Conservatism
Liberalism
Centrism
Socialism
Communalism
Leninism
Marxism
Maotseism
Communism
Trotskyism
Fidelism
Facism
Sunder here navy man
Scofistism
Kenosisism
Pneumatologism
Theandricism
Synergism
Monothelitism
Nestorianism
Sacerdotalism
Theurgism
Ecclesiasticalism
Eucharisticism
Episcopalianism
Hesychasticism
I remain in hell, without despair
O urizel
I remain in hell, without despair
O urizel
Stop!
I am resplendent in divergence
I am resplendent in divergence
I am resplendent in divergence
www.elephant-ta...
I love this song.

[@The_Schizoid_Man]

A prequel to Elephant Talk. I am so hapoy i found this album, ty.

[@LionelMartin-wx3xg]

David byrne ❤

[@thirdgengta]

Damn. Byrne's quirky singing style, a dual bass line, and only background activity from Fripp on the guitar. It's a weird song, but equally as fascinating.

[@fundiebasher]

Fripp's genius comes through not only in his music, but the people he picks to collaborate with. "I Advance Masked," with Andy Summers, is great.

[@GeraldFish]

Love David...

[@ckturvey]

Thanks for posting. I bought this album on cassette out of a cut out bin for $.99. I wore the tape out!. On difference between this and the version i had. After the "I am resplient in divergince" section was fripp saying "Continue" before the next track. Epic song.

[@wulffenstein7249]

I love the part at 3:05, wish it was used more in the song.

[@amparolemusvega2790]

wow!! great music..! progressive rock , just talented musicians, they're artists. Love them... heard them in early 80's in Mexico City.

[@AndreGWolfMN]

This is my fav Fripp track from that era

[@wordplay799]

Hey there foggy shades, thanks for putting up the lyrics, that's so cool. You do realize tho that I'm going to spend the rest of the night with a dictionary looking up all the words that I don't know😉🇬🇧✊

[@foggyshades8338]

That's a great way to pass the time, there's lots of political and religious concepts being mentioned.

[@TuxmanXP]

@@foggyshades8338 And discussed at length!

[@gurgisjones1120]

If I remember correctly from the vinyl, Byrne was credited under some silly name. And this song came first on the album side, followed by Zero of the Signified / God Save the King (picking up the pace).

[@NimrodelMirage]

Yes his pseudonym was Absalm el Habib

[@davidraymer397]

I thought this song was on "Under Heavy Mannerism."

[@royalerathcliff5703]

i Remain in Hell without Dispair!!

[@ernstvingerhoets]

great upload.

[@robinrouter2059]

"sunder hear navy man!!"

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

That was about me I think. I was in the Navy at the time, a Navy journalist in uniform, and Fripp called me a total prat at a concert for taking a photograph during a sound check. Ah... memories.

[@bonvoyeurage1592]

THs David Byrne side quest...

[@metroboliqueakameteobolik5938]

Byrne David on vocals

[@wordplay799]

I think you got front to back his name. I actually thought it was Adrian Belew to start with but I believe that you are correct 👍 it's great music anyway

[@bodoistvan895]

"ISM" :) I like it :)

[@TuxmanXP]

The outro reminds me of Lou Reed. Not sure why.

[@DerbJd]

You cut off "CONTINUE"

[@wordplay799]

David Byrne or Adrian Belew?

[@foggyshades8338]

David Byrne :)

[@royalerathcliff5703]

they both had that twangy vocal delivery....so yeah ... but this is talking heads front man David Byrne!!

[@garyhosty9874]

@@royalerathcliff5703 twangy ! Yes !

[@LaWendeltreppe]

Could anybody tell me what Urizel is (or who)? I am asking myself this since 40 years. :))

[@foggyshades8338]

I've thought that to myself too! I don't know the answer but I can theorize. It sounds like Uriel, which is the name of an angel. All angel names have -el at the end, so Urizel may be formed as "Uriz + el" Uriz might mean something in hebrew (like Uri in Uriel means ''flame') or it may just be an artistic distortion of the name Uriel.

[@foggyshades8338]

Searching for 'Urizel' also nets no meaningful results so that may be a reason to think it really just is Uriel spelled a little differently.

[@LaWendeltreppe]

@@foggyshades8338 Thank you so much. I just came to the same conclusions. Well, all in all it stills inspires me just like 40 years ago.

[@ronaldchives2486]

Could be a deliberate misspelling of Urizen, Blake?, 🙂

[@LaWendeltreppe]

@ Not even the chatbot knows. Must be a play of words between Uriel and Urizen maybe.

[@acousvnt]

Where is the "continue"? It's not in the beginning of the next track either.

[@gurgisjones1120]

Yep; Fripp saying that. That woulda bridged this with Zero of the Signified / God Save the King. This song also starts a bit further in now than originally.

[@52barney]

aural sado-masochism

[@dannyfenris7708]

Well, after 43 years of hindsight, this song.... is still fucking awful. It should have been a Thompson Twins B-side.