Are You Red..Y Lyrics

[Marky Dread]

Are you ready for...

Are you ready for...

War war war!

High above the satellites
Rule the earth on cold blue nights
Europe switches of those lights

Are you ready for...
War oh don't be sentimental
War wanna go with the regimental
War that's intercontinental
Are you ready...

Oh-oh-oh-oh!

Are you ready for...

War war war!

There's no use runnin' a mobile home
Everywhere is a target zone
Bell is ringing on the red red phone
Are you ready for...

All that won't be futuristic
War that is realistic
War that will be ballistic
Are you ready...

Oh-oh-oh-oh!

Are you ready for...

War war war!

Are you ready for...

Are you ready for...

Vodka seal on the Kremlin bar
And Rye on the rock in Omaha
Raise my glass and bang it on the bar

Are you ready for...
War oh don't be sentimental
War wanna go with the regimental
War that's intercontinental
Are you ready...

Are you ready for...

War war war!

[matedog]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

[Marky Dread]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

[Heston]

All sounds good here. Sterling work.

[laxman]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

[Marky Dread]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

I always heard it as "cobra nights" but that made little sense unless cobra is the name of a satellite.

[Marky Dread]

All sounds good here. Sterling work.

Cheers boss.

[laxman]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

I always heard it as "cobra nights" but that made little sense unless cobra is the name of a satellite.

"Cobra nights" I think is a night on the booze (Cobra lager).

Stick with your lyric!

[Heston]

I always thought it was “vodka chilled on a Kremlin bar”

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

I always heard it as "cobra nights" but that made little sense unless cobra is the name of a satellite.

"Cobra nights" I think is a night on the booze (Cobra lager).

Stick with your lyric!

I've been to a few Cobra meetings. No members of the cabinet were there though.

[Marky Dread]

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

I always heard it as "cobra nights" but that made little sense unless cobra is the name of a satellite.

"Cobra nights" I think is a night on the booze (Cobra lager).

Stick with your lyric!

I've been to a few Cobra meetings. No members of the cabinet were there though.

[laxman]

So did I until I slowed down the vocal earlier. But it's definitely "seal".

Be your own judge. Here's that part of the vocal isolated and slowed down.

https://mega.nz/file/3uwSWDaS#NBN97lfUg ... QflvTwiX6s

It didn't sound like vodka seal to me either until I heard your slowed down extract.

The only bit I'm not sure about is

"Rule the earth on cold blue nights"

It sounds to me like "Rule the earth with ..". I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it could well be what you have. Maybe "cobalt" rather than "cold blue"?

I always heard it as "cobra nights" but that made little sense unless cobra is the name of a satellite.

"Cobra nights" I think is a night on the booze (Cobra lager).

Stick with your lyric!

I've been to a few Cobra meetings. No members of the cabinet were there though.

Ha ha, I did nearly originally post that it was a Heston night out!

[JennyB]

Jesus fucking Christ.

[Stefano1972]

Song written at the height of the Cold War when NATO was installing the so-called Euromissiles in Western Europe.
I remember the demonstrations for Peace we held in Italy in front of the US/NATO military bases. When Joe came to Italy in September 1984, on the tour organized by the Italian Communist Party, he spoke to us about similar demonstrations in Great Britain, about the Greenham Common activists and how the English media tried to discredit them.
"Are You Red..Y", as well as CTC, in my opinion is very valuable from the point of view of sociopolitical commitment.
From a musical point of view, it was a shame that it fell apart on almost all sides.
Thanks Marky for this special work of reconstructing the lyrics. If I remember correctly, there were only two or three lyrics on the LP.

[Marky Dread]

Song written at the height of the Cold War when NATO was installing the so-called Euromissiles in Western Europe.
I remember the demonstrations for Peace we held in Italy in front of the US/NATO military bases. When Joe came to Italy in September 1984, on the tour organized by the Italian Communist Party, he spoke to us about similar demonstrations in Great Britain, about the Greenham Common activists and how the English media tried to discredit them.
"Are You Red..Y", as well as CTC, in my opinion is very valuable from the point of view of sociopolitical commitment.
From a musical point of view, it was a shame that it fell apart on almost all sides.
Thanks Marky for this special work of reconstructing the lyrics. If I remember correctly, there were only two or three lyrics on the LP.

Yeah just Dictator, Three Card Trick and Movers and Shakers on the inner.

Interesting you mention the Greenham Common base and the protests there. GC is just outside my old home town of Reading so that hit home hard at the time. I've made some twelve inch mixes for the new box set and ironically on the sleeve to "Are You Ready For War?" there's a picture of an anti cruise missile march taking place in the Oxford Road in Reading a march I joined.

[Stefano1972]

Song written at the height of the Cold War when NATO was installing the so-called Euromissiles in Western Europe.
I remember the demonstrations for Peace we held in Italy in front of the US/NATO military bases. When Joe came to Italy in September 1984, on the tour organized by the Italian Communist Party, he spoke to us about similar demonstrations in Great Britain, about the Greenham Common activists and how the English media tried to discredit them.
"Are You Red..Y", as well as CTC, in my opinion is very valuable from the point of view of sociopolitical commitment.
From a musical point of view, it was a shame that it fell apart on almost all sides.
Thanks Marky for this special work of reconstructing the lyrics. If I remember correctly, there were only two or three lyrics on the LP.

Yeah just Dictator, Three Card Trick and Movers and Shakers on the inner.

Interesting you mention the Greenham Common base and the protests there. GC is just outside my old home town of Reading so that hit home hard at the time. I've made some twelve inch mixes for the new box set and ironically on the sleeve to "Are You Ready For War?" there's a picture of an anti cruise missile march taking place in the Oxford Road in Reading a march I joined.

It will certainly be a job well done and I can't wait to hear it. Cheers Marky!