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: As one of the writer's of the song I feel
: compelled to clear this up...first the
: lyrics;
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: THE WORLD IS ON FIRE TONIGHT
: AND THIS FLAME THAT GLOWS
: IS TOO HARD FOR ME TO FIGHT
: DANCING FLAMES
: TWISTING TURNING OUT OF SIGHT
: SMOKE FILLED EYES
: CRYING HOLD ME HOLD ME TIGHT
: TEARS OF JOY AND SAD SMILING FACES
: WILL MAKE THE SPARK OF LOVE
: BURN BRIGHT TONIGHT
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: THE WORLD IS ON FIRE TONIGHT
: AND THE FLAME THAT GLOWS
: IS STILL BURNING OH SO BRIGHT
: BLAZING ARMS WITH A HEAVY APPETITE
: THE SWIRLING FLAMES
: FLAMING EVERYONE IN SIGHT
: SWEAT FILLED TRACES IN COMMON PLACES
: THE PRICE WE PAY TO LIVE
: THIS LIFE OF FIRE
: FIRE FIRE FIRE
: WE'RE ON FIRE TONIGHT
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: The song was originally called
: "Colours" (on The Wall) They're
: here today and tomorrow they're gone...
:
: That was a song about acid!
: Those lyrics and most of the music were
: written by Fred Schwartz who did not receive
: credit.
: Long story short...Fred said the SAC could
: not have his song but we had already
: recorded the music. Our manager, Bill Holmes
: decided he would write his own set of lyrics
: for the song...which he did. The result -
: World's On Fire
: Fred was in the band that Randy Seol, myself
: and Steve Bartek were in prior to joining
: SAC called Waterfyrd Traene. After Randy and
: I left SAC we rejoined that band and the
: name was changed to Buffington Rhodes.
:
: Oddly enough, Bill Holmes didn't give
: himself a song writing credit. Maybe out of
: guilt for stealing a couple of songs from
: Mark Weitz and Ed King going back to Thee
: Six Pence (the other prior SAC band).
:
: Bottom line...It was a love song. Bill never
: did acid...as far as I know.
: Dick Clark chose the song for Psych Out
: because it fit the scene.
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: --Previous Message--
: The "sweat filled traces of common
: places" could represent the physical
: effects o heat and work exhaustion that band
: members as well as the heat generated by the
: large crowds and electricity from strobe and
: other lights,combined with the electricit
: from the electrical amplifiers.The
: "common places" may represent all
: the LA Strip clubs they all shared doing
: gigs at."The price we have to pay to
: hear this type of fight" could stand
: for that fact that the inconvenience of all
: the crowds and heat were well worth
: tolerating if it were for the objective of
: hippies' pursuit of hearing the
: countercultural messages perpetrated by the
: many psych and folk-rock artists.Also,part
: of the "price we have to pay"
: could partially include all the madness
: created by the inevitable craziness of LSD
: trips.All in the name of stopping the
: senseless war in Vietnam and vehemently
: calling for worldwide love,peace and
: understanding and,of course,the human right
: to be free.Many had a price to pay in the
: form of being suppressed by the police at
: they many peace demonstartions of the times
: as well as the counterculture movement felt
: that anyone not of high government of
: business rank was being "kept in line'
: by these co-ordinating forces.That's MY take
: anyway................
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: --Previous Message--
: Hmmm, marquee lights, interesting way to
: look
: at it, earle. Then I assume you don't think
: of it as an 'evil' tune as well, right?
: However these words from the song always had
: me stumped:
:
: ''Sweat-filled traces In common places
: The price we pay to hear this type of
: fight''
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