John Otway and Attila The Stockbroker – Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK – 12th April 1991

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12th Apr 2023 – I have no memory of this at all. I saw John and Attila a couple of times in Bournemouth and Southampton around this time period which I do have vague memories of. I’m surprised about this one as Salisbury Arts Centre is a quite memorable space as it is inside a church, not great for sound but as you can see from the picture the stain-glassed windows make for a nice backdrop.
Perhaps the problem with my memory is that I also saw Cardiacs here and that memory is much clearer due to it being filmed and released as All That Glitters Is A Mare’s Nest which I watch quite often.

Savages – 4th April 1991

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I’ve just started to flower
Let’s dance to celebrate
My people have come together
Across the lands they came

Our joy runs through the earth
And in return it feeds us
With all the wealth
That we could ever wish

We do not pay in money
We know we’ll pay in blood

Then the nations came
To colonise the world
The prize was clearly seen
But not so the price

Now I no longer flower
You danced across my grave

Your dividing line grows further all the time
You cannot own the land no matter your demand
You cannot own the land no matter your demand
One day you will pay – blood

The buffalo — our brother
He feeds and keeps us warm
You leave them to die
By the rights you’ve been taught
Savages — one and all
We’re savages — one and all