Songs → The State Disco
A song idea demoed by Thom and rehearsed by the full band.
Recording Chronology
May - July 1996: Ideas + Rehearsals
Recordings → I Need A Job
Full band rehearsal. Recording begins and ends abruptly, and this seems to be a sort of early extended, exploratory version allowing the band to develop the song.
Discs → MD117 → I Need A Job <aka The State Disco>
Transcription
[?] / Try to belong but it's all undone / [?] / [?] / [?] / Lend me your hand and I'll let it die / Lend me your hand, let it die / [?] something that I won't know / [?] / [?] / [?] / [?] devil's eyes / [?] / [?] I'd love to know / I want to go to the edge of the world [?] / We are the ones / We are the ones / Make it certain / [?] half way down / Tried to make sense [?] / Give me something, I need a job / I wish that I tried when I was young / [?] / [?] / [?] / [?] on a mountainside / I want you to know, I want you to know / That I've got a secret, I wish I tried when I might have died / You want to go to [?] / You want to go to [?]
Recordings → The State Disco {MD119}
Full band rehearsal. The recording ends abruptly.
Discs → MD119 → The State Disco {MD119}
Transcription
Tell me something / I need a job / I wish that I tried when I was young / Make me look / Make me see / [?] / [?] / He's gonna lose control / [?] / [?] / Useless [?] / [?] / And I've burnt your house / And I [?] all your friends so nobody [?] / [?] / You've got no fucking soul / [?] / [?] / [?] / Stay away / Stay away / Don't bother, don't bother, don't bother, don't bother / I don't care / [?] / [?] / You know not [?] / [?] / Don't ever look / Don't ever look / Don't ever look [?]
Recordings → The State Disco {MD120 take 1}
Rough demo. Thom solo, guitar and vocals. This appears to have been developed and recorded based on the full band rehearsals of the song.
Discs → MD120 → The State Disco {MD120 take 1} †
Transcription
Bet you noticed / I bet you saw / What you want to see / I bet you noticed / I bet you saw / What you want to be / Don't let it bother on your mind / Don't [?] / [?] / You don't care / So I don't too / [?] / And if I don't / [?] / Lend me hand and put it together / [?] / You're going half way to [?] / So do it now / While you can / And don't disagree with [?] / Do it now / While you can / Don't let it [?] or put him down / [?] / [?]
Recordings → The State Disco {MD120 take 2}
Rough demo. Thom solo, guitar and vocals. Shorter version than the previous take.
Discs → MD120 → The State Disco {MD120 take 2} †
Transcription
Probably wonder / Look in your face / [?] right place / You don't notice / And you don't see / Try to belong and put it together / [?] tomorrow / [?] / Did you know? / Did you see? / Never gonna see [?] / Did you know it? / Did you see? / I'm never gonna [?] / You've got it all under control / He's gonna lose himself