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The Penguin Discography: The Barry Williams Show




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The Barry Williams Show
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Peter Gabriel

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Date Performance 2002-00-00
Running Time 4:41
Performers Peter Gabriel (Vocals), Peter Gabriel (Reverse Strings), Peter Gabriel (Mellotron), Peter Gabriel (Organ), Peter Gabriel (Bass Keys), Peter Gabriel (Harmonica), Peter Gabriel (Chorus Telecaster), Peter Gabriel (String Samples), Peter Gabriel (MPC Groove), Manu Katche (Drums), Ged Lynch (Drums), Ged Lynch (Percussion), David Rhodes (Guitar), David Rhodes (Backing Vocals), Tony Berg (Backwards Guitar), Tony Levin (Bass), Christian LeChevretel/Le Chevretel (Trumpet), Sally Larkin (Backing Vocals), Tchad Blake (Groove Treatment), Richard Chappell (Treated Loop), Richard Chappell (Programming)
Comments(Unadulterated Radio Edit)
Appears On
Up (2002)
Peter Gabriel

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Let’s go

One man at the window
One girl at the bar
Saw that look of recognition
When they know just who you are
I seen you on the TV
I seen you on that show
Where you make the people crazy
And then you let them go

Before the show we calm them
We sympathise, we care
And the hostile folk we keep apart
‘Til the red light says 'on air’
Did you see our leather lovers
All tied up to the chair
Did you catch those child molesters
No one else goes there

What a show, the Barry Williams show
What a show,
Dysfunctional excess
Is all it took for my success
The greater pain that they endure
The more you know the show has scored
Its showtime

Got the reputation of a surgeon
Cos they cannot feel the cut
It looks so very simple
But it really is an art
They call our studio 'the hospital'
Making money from the sick
We let people be themselves
There is no other trick

'My lover stole my girlfriend'
'I keep beating up my ex'
'I want to kill my neighbour'
'My daughter's selling sex'

'My s/m lover hurt me'
'My girl became a man'
'I love my daughter's rapist'
'My life's gone down the pan'

What a show, the Barry Williams show
The Barry Williams show
Dysfunctional excess
Is all it took for my success
And when the punches start to fly
The ratings always read so high
Its showtime

That girl has got no scruples
Not a wrinkle on her face
You would not believe the plot she concieved
So they'd let her take my place
Well, no man is an island
No man is a sea
But this display of emotion
Is all but drowning me

What a show, oh what a show
On my show, the Barry Williams show
It’s my show
What a show
Dysfunctional excess
Is all it took for my success

The best tv you’ve ever seen
Where people say the things they really mean
I hear my name, I hear them roar
For the one more time I take the floor
Just one more barry williams show
We’re gonna take you where you want to go it’s showtime

Come on down
Come on down

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Running Time 7:16
Performers Peter Gabriel (Vocals), Peter Gabriel (Reverse Strings), Peter Gabriel (Mellotron), Peter Gabriel (Organ), Peter Gabriel (Bass Keys), Peter Gabriel (Harmonica), Peter Gabriel (Chorus Telecaster), Peter Gabriel (String Samples), Peter Gabriel (MPC Groove), Manu Katche (Drums), Ged Lynch (Drums), Ged Lynch (Percussion), David Rhodes (Guitar), David Rhodes (Backing Vocals), Tony Berg (Backwards Guitar), Tony Levin (Bass), Christian LeChevretel/Le Chevretel (Trumpet), Sally Larkin (Backing Vocals), Tchad Blake (Groove Treatment), Richard Chappell (Treated Loop), Richard Chappell (Programming), Peter Gabriel (Produced By), Tchad Blake (Mixed By)
CommentsThis song's CD booklet page photography (C) Paul Thorel 'Regardez Madame! L'Escargot Vola'
Appears On
Up (2002)
Peter Gabriel

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2009-08-11