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hunter and the hunted
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Words And Music: Simple Minds
publisher
© EMI Music Publishing
background
Hunter And The Hunted was originally demoed at Rockfield in January 1982
(first as The Low Song, then under the working title of The Hunter) making it one of the first three songs written for the
album to be completed.
"If you strip out the vocal you get this fantastic theme going on - a really, really romantic theme going on.
At the time we were struggling, lyrically I was struggling, and musically we felt there was something missing.
Herbie Hancock, the jazz legend, was working next door, and he came in - and he was particularly attracted to
Derek Forbes' bass playing - and Derek to this day
is very, very proud of that, as so he should be - Herbie encouraged us not to give up on it. So much so that he went in himself - it was
only ten minutes - and sort of doodled on it. And with more luck and enthusiasm he was there. And to this day,
a lot of people mention it as being a 'dark horse' track on New Gold Dream and it's certainly one of them." - Jim, Sunday Herald interview, 2008.
"The amazing thing was the producer, Pete Walsh, he'd worked with
Heaven 17. We did Promised You A Miracle first with him. We were only in our early 20s, he
was only in his teens. He was a kid. But he and his elder brother had somewhow both worked with Herbie Hancock, and he was
at the Townhouse at the time as us. So our guys were never slow in coming forward; “Play a wee bit, Herbie!” And he rolled the track
a couple of times and, as we're finding out, it's a difficult thing to emulate. What a cameo." - Jim.
lyrics
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Shooting from the hip about our faith and love,
I see it in your faces thin as shadow.
See me as I figure in your late night plan,
See me as I'm cocooned up in Badland.
The side effects of cruising at the speed of life,
The side effects of living in temptation.
When only one star is waiting up on all of us,
You'll see me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands.
And how do I feel living in the eighties?
And do I get to see the light of day?
Kyoto in the snow but Heaven's far away,
Sending their love - passion parade.
Hunter and the hunted.
With me first times can never lie.
They were young - they were brave - they were the honest set,
The greatest show on earth is here tonight love.
See me as a figure in the late night plan,
See me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands.
The side effects of cruising at the speed of life,
The side effects of living in temptation.
When only one star is waiting up on all of us,
You'll see me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands.
And how do I feel living in the eighties?
And do I get to see the light of day?
Kyoto in the snow, Heaven's far away.
Sending their love, passion parade.
Hunter and the hunted.
With me first times can never lie.
Only with you,
Life moves so fast.
When your hear me screaming,
I'll be seeing through the eyes of love.
Tell me can you hear me?
Tell me can you see me?
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