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This is a serious song about how we might meet and talk with an alien race. It is not a novelty song OK?
punk rock folk groove celtic accordion fiddle fretless political english jigs leftwing tut tricks upon travellers knocker boys
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An eclectic collection of songs taking in most styles of music from acoustic folk to jazz, heavy rock and orchestral ballads.
TUT started in the early 1990s playing a punk folk hybrid. A politically aware band we wrote all our own material and had a good deal of critical (if not financial!) success with our first 3 CDs - "Cillataped", "The Last Fish Supper" and "Where the Skeletons Dance" - with an appearance at Glastonbury the high spot. One thing which was a constant was the need to entertain. No-one wants to be slapped round the face with a wet fish polemic so we made sure we always communicated with the audience (mind you at some gigs we could have gone round and had individual conversations although I was always disappointed the one man never brought his dog). The band lost Grahame Hobbs (singer) and Mark Knight (fiddle) in 2001 and with me the only original band member left the last CD "From another Plaice" was a real departure from the previous "in yer face" style - Much more acoustic and darker both musically and lyrically. TUT2 folded in 2003 and since then I've been writing and recording with various people and in our "virtual" band The Phobias with Richard Marris. Mostly cheerful stuff like murder and corruption. I've also been working once again with TUT's old singer Graeme Hobbs on a series of contemporary rock operas and contributing songs to a campaign to keep a London housing estate from being bulldozed by the council and replaced by luxury flats
Song Info
Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #49
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
Dick Langford
Rights
TUTsongs Ltd
Uploaded
January 08, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:31
Story behind the song
I woke up with an idea and this is what happened
Lyrics
Abducted by Aliens © Dick Langford I've been abducted by aliens, whilst I was waiting for my bus They were from Alpha Centauri, but they looked a lot like us They said that I had to show them, everything that I could show When you're abducted by aliens it would be rude to say no I knew I had to show we were more civilised by far So I said we should take a walk down to the nearest bar We started on the wheat beer and I lost count after eight And two or 3 hours later, we were all best mates Break They said you're polluting the rivers, polluting the land, air and sea With a shrug of my shoulders I said well it don't bother me When you talk to the aliens they'll show you the good they can bring Being abducted by aliens puts a different slant on things Break One said she was Sarah that's not alien to me She said they only have weird names in Hollywood movies I said I liked her perfume and it made me feel alive She said that it was made on Mars, Canal Number 5 Intergalactic relations took a further step that day I got home after midnight and fell asleep straight away And so it was the next morning when I didn't feel too bright I was abducted by aliens, at least that's what I told the wife
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