Last Tango in Vietnam
1984 · All the Madmen MAD 7 · Bristol, UK: England
- Artist
- Flowers in the Dustbin
- Title
- Last Tango in Vietnam
- Release
- Freaks Run Wild in the Disco
- Year
- 1984
- Label
- All the Madmen # MAD 7
- Format
- 12" · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- Bristol, UK: England
- Genre
- Punk · Anarcho Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Anarcho-Punk group, Flowers in the Dustbin, formed in 1983 in London, UK, featuring: Gerard Evans (vocals), Simon Barry (guitar), Chas Loft (bass), Bill Mahoney (drums), Antje Klaehn (guitar), and John Howells (keyboards). The song "Last Tango in Vietnam" (All the Madmen Records # MAD 7), took an anti-war position, looking back at the conflict in Vietnam, described as " a third world war torn country".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Have an orgasm in oslo bay-bee / Take a trip the the ussa / We’re dancing on a timebomb baybee / We might be gone tomorrow but we’re here today / Dancing in the decadence – your perfume smells / Not paying any pittance – and your complex tells / In open wounds of countries – they’re staring at your make-up / Dancing in the disease – wild, huh? / See you feel so happy / Dancing in a third world war torn country / Drop all your chains – let yourself go / Claw out your brains – leave them at home / Pull a stupid face – don’t work, get a tan / Lets leave the human race – in Vietnam / Make up for years of being trussed / For all those boring years get one year sussed / Dancing with maleria, dancing with polio / Dancing in your wheel chair, go go go
About the artist
Flowers in the Dustbin is a UK anarcho-punk band based in London with a mixed male/female line-up (vocalists Claire Taylor and Gerard Evans); 'Last Tango in Vietnam' was recorded at Goldust Studios, Sidcup in December 1983 and issued on the 'Freaks Run Wild in the Disco' 7" EP (All The Madmen Records, mad 7, 1984). [Source: Discogs]