Noises has a reference to waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett but mostly there is a great deal of word play throughout. It started as a poem and without Mick Jones producing Ian has said the song might not have seen the light of day. He arranged the start-stop at the beginning whereas for Hunter he wrote the song with Tommy Morrongiello (guitar, bass). They had a great deal of fun with it but the two cents of former producer Guy Stevens was to cut off the pretentious intro.
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Noises
(Ian Hunter/Tommy Morrongiello)
Noises are taking away my freedom.
Noises seem to rob me of myself.
Noises are the sound of mediocrity.
Noises ... to take that ... from out of myself.
Noises are taking away my casualness.
Noises are making me scared.
Big noises are made by big shots.
Some noises should never be heard.
Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises,
give me noises!
Noises are looking over my shoulder.
Noises are the sound of the herd.
Noises make the planet colder.
Noises are noises that should never be heard.
Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises will destroy me.
Noises ...
Why not join some junky jewels, who wreck the clines on canvas fools
Who take the vapours from the mind. Neo nothing. Shallow kind.
A ritzy Nazi owns the game, he plays at God but that was fame
And music masturbates his mind, and stones get rolled up in the slime
A New York butch becomes a blond, while changing gears while from beyond
Agree to consecrate the music makers have gotta take
Owls with trowels as big as spades, dig down among those sequined graves.
Work out their ages, turn the pages, caught in cages, locked in ages
Media momenta, who can prevent her.
Noises, Noises, Noises, Noises
Did you find a certain street,
they're looking for thoughtless thoughts to preach
The street, the street, they're not your drain,
while waiting in the pouring rain
For your old lady out of work, brought the baby, bet your shirt
Waiting for Godot did it, then what's happening the other end -
Rewards And gallant knights with blunted swords
Locked away in isolation, trying to figure out why they wanna die
And that's the state of the nation.
Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises, oh, oh, oh.
I love noises!
| Waiting for Godot | |
|---|---|
 En attendant Godot, staging by Otomar Krejca, Avignon Festival, 1978 | |
| Written by | Samuel Beckett |
| Characters | Vladimir Estragon Pozzo Lucky A Boy |
| Mute | Godot |
| Date premiered | 5 January 1953 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre de Babylone, Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | Tragicomedy (play) |
Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh)[1] is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives.
| Noises | 5:52 | Originally issued on Short Back and Sides, and on the compilations From The Knees Of My Heart, Shades of Ian Hunter and The Singles Collection 1975-83. |
| Noises (live 11th September 1981) | 5:44 | This live version (recorded Dr. Pepper Music Festival, Pier 84, New York NY) was originally issued on the Ian Hunter Rocks video (VHS/Laserdisc only). The video (DVD) can also be found on It Never Happened (box set only); the audio can be found on From The Knees Of My Heart (not on the box set). |