I bought this album back in the day because Kevin Seal would end Headbangers Ball with this vid back in the day. I didnt care that I couldnt understand half the lyrics. Dead End kicked ass. LOVE them
@DanteSteel Just finished watching my copy of a Headbangers Ball from '87! :) This was one of the last songs of the evening. The last song of the night was EZO "Kiss of Fire" - that was the first time I heard both songs and they stuck with me all these years.
Saw it on MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" and "Metal Music 1/2 Hour" only a couple of times. I thought doing the lyrics in Japanese and the chorus in English was a neat touch.
TOTALLY agree. Great album and the next one, Shambara, was also very good. I always liked that I couldn't understand the lyrics because the sheer emotion of the voice as an instrument comes through along with the rest of the band. Criminally underrated...it's a shame that they really had no chance in the US because the live footage I've seen shows that they were total pros...and also pioneers of visual kei. I think Kevin Seal was the Headbanger's Ball host at the time and for 3 or 4 weeks he ended the show with this vid. \m/
Came across the cassette of this album in the import section of my local record store, back in the late 80's. Great album. Not quite glam and great musicianship.
I honestly don't know a Western band in their era that mixed atmospheric post-punk with metal-style instrumentals the way Dead End did. (If you know such a band please tell me, really please).
This is my humble phonetic interpretation of the lyrics. If someone see any imperfection, feel free to correct it. kawaretsu wa/natsu shiro maga toki ni kuru/mino tonai/tatoware iwate wakana yori yeah///////sakamaite/yoru no na kimi wa itonde yume wo kurau/hitaigi kagerou/kame noto kaya te kai kurushi///////iwo kaishita/kiochi indo kaze ga/odori ma kureba/midare kara kui///////dance on the shadow/until sunrise/dance on the shadow/until the shadow disappear/////// (continues in the next comment)
gyouretsu wa/nashikuzusi oumagatoki ni kuru/nido to nai/tasogare iwatte wakagaeru/// sakamaita/yoru no ake midaretonde yume wo kurau/kikai jikake no/kami goto karitate kaigoroshi/// nioudachi sita kyojin no kagega/odorimakureba midarekarakuri/// dance on the shadow/until sunrise/dance on the shadow/until the shadow disappear/// ochite kita/naimononedari no shinigami ga/inochi wo motome/kami no shikabane matsuriage/// obitadashii youkaihenge/iromekitatsu kuruisaku yume/// dance on the shadow/until sunrise/dance on the shadow/until the shadow disappear///
ochite kitte/naimono nerai no shin mingauwa/imochi wo tokube/kami no shika mana matsuri age///////obitaga shiriu/yo wo kai hegude/imode kii tatsu/kurui taku yume///////dance on the shadow/until sunrise/dance on the shadow/until the shadow disappear///////(forget control) x6/(forget control) dance with me tonight
