Back in the 70s, when there was no MTV, real music fans went underground digging for gold, and found bands like String Driven Thing. Fronted by Glaswegians Chris & Pauline Adams, they were part of the famed Charisma stable, alongside Genesis, Lindisfarne & Van Der Graaf Generator and by the time they split in 74, theyd released three cult albums, the last of which, The Machine That Cried was hailed at the time as a staggering achievement by the Guardians rock critic, Martin Walker. The 90s saw occasional String Driven reunions, one of which was recorded for posterity [$uicide Live in Berlin]. while Chris rare German solo album [The Damage] also surfaced on the esoteric Ozit label. But behind the scenes, his sons were growing up, infected by the same old music bug, and gradually he was drawn back into performing. Now comes the Things first studio album in 30 years. Entitled Moments of Truth, it features ex Zydeco Ceilidh Band rhythm section Andy Allan and Dick Drake, guitars from sons Robin and Mervyn and banjo mandolin and bottleneck from George Tucker of the Berlin lineup. During the pre launch period, theyre doing a series of warm up gigs. The shows will feature material old and new, but anyone lucky enough to catch them will soon realise that acoustic folk this is definitely not..
Lyrics
It's all right pinning your faith in youth
Cos you there's one saving grace
It buds and it blossoms and it flies for a while
And then it starts to fade away
You're looking at beauty but all that you're seein' is skin
The machine, the machine that cried
The machine, the machine that cried
It's all right facing your life own truth
If everyone believes what you say
The beggar and the tycoon and the honest man
All you need for a day
We're dealing in fiction cos the truth's gonna drive us insane
The machine, the machine that cried
the machine, the machine that cried
There's a man at the bus stop standing by you
You've seen him and he's seen you
You've seen each other so many times before
It's the bitch on the TV that reads the news
The singers singing that can't sing the blues
The soldier who died but he's still too young to choose
It's the girl you met when you were sixteen
You fell in love but in between
Found that she did not really love you
