Stiff Little Fingers – Barbed Wire Love

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  General Comment:Actually, Gordon Ogilvie, according to Jake Burns, simply provided the merest scrap of lyric which got Jake writing and building on it.

  Flag wednesdayaddamson August 02, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:Bearhunter is right - lyrics were written by Gordon Ogilvie, who was a journalist with the Daily Express

  Flag gsleithon October 21, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:I really dont think it's mocking the 50s and 60s bands, i think it more of an homage, with a slightly comical, exagerated sound, to show that without bands like the beach boys, there would be no rock n' roll, so there would be no deep purple, so there would be no STIFF LITTLE FINGERS!!, who started out as a deep purple tribute band, so we should all be thankful for the 50s, or there would be no punk rock! I mean, look at the ramones, so many of their compositions are built the same way that 50s rock songs were made, same chord structure( check out sheena is a punk rocker, or, rockaway beach, and you'll see what i mean.)

  Flag shenlong152on June 28, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:according to my brother this song is actually mocking the beach boys and bands like that. If you really listen to the song it does make sense. making Jake Burns even more of a genious

  Flag nouuseforaname16on June 14, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:Brilliant song, but SLF didn't so the lyrics, they were done by a journalist, whose name i forget. Love the doo-wop breakdown in the middle just before the guitar solo.

  Flag bearhunteron March 23, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:"Caught when not suspecting vice
  The night was rife with wasteland life"
  
  Sounds like "suspect device" and "wasted life", two songs on the album before this track. Even more evidence Jake is a genius.

  Flag MattieCampon January 20, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:best slf song ever. love the way it has war language the whole way through. if u get what i mean. sort of play on words like "arm alight".
  JAKE BURNS YOUR A GENIUS!

  Flag just_insaneon September 19, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:At first, I didn't like this song as much as the others...but I grew to love it. Descibing love as barbed wire? Genius!

  Flag the_roadon May 06, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:yeah, this was the first stiff little fingers song i had heard, and it's still one of my favorites.

  Flag speraticalon June 16, 2003   Link

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  General Comment:first stiff little fingers song i heard, and it's fucking great, too.

  Flag hippie_trashon October 14, 2002   Link

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