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A brilliant slab of white boy funk Numan's love of old B-movie imagery litters the track. The programmed rhythm track is the star of the show & rides high over Numan's vocals! Palladino performs one helluva bass line throwing in all kinds of syncopations & hammer on/off techniques.
Chris Nelson saw the potential of the interplay between bass & percussion & mixed them to the fore on the U.S remix 12".
At this stage, Numan's lyrics held up the good guy image of 30s/40s film noir. He would later revisit the theme from an alternate angle on Strange Charm's "The Need". White Boys And Heroes made it to No 20 in the UK
charts.
White Boys And Heroes
Lyrics
White Boys And heroes
(Single from 'I, Assassin' album, 1982)
We're in the movies
We're heroes
We sparkle at night
Love among puppets
And one day
I'll pull all the strings
White boys and heroes
White boys and heroes
See boys say I'm mayhem
Was my wife the doctor
The patient or something obscene?
A history of nothing
Like a see-through song in disguise
Heroes are tough
And have no time
For women and boys
I won't cry till this thing is over
And someone agrees
White boys and heroes
White boys and heroes
See boys say I'm mayhem
White boys and heroes
We have no time for celebration
We have no time left at all
White boys and heroes
War Games
(B-side, 'White Boys and Heroes' single, 1982)
Stone shapes and me
I'll stay now
Nothing's forever
This time there's no goodbye
Female son
But I won't change again
One of these days
I lose it all in sleep
You are slow poison young friend
Just give me time to reply
What am I saying
There's nothing left to steal
One of these days
Glitter and Ash
(Bonus track on 'White Boys and Heroes' 12" single, 1982)
