“You're all corrupt, you're all depraved...”
June 5, 2023 2:04 PM Subscribe
Einstein a Go-Go (alternative link) was a 1981 UK #5 song by Landscape (formed in 1975). A live performance, some background in this post and comments, and a 1979 feature on Tomorrows World. The extended mix. Also by Landscape: (My name is) Norman Bates.
That is *very* 80s. Possibly into “none more 80s” territory.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:17 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:17 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
long time fan of that Landscape album. In fact, I just played the nicely chill title track the other night.
posted by philip-random at 2:28 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by philip-random at 2:28 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
You better watch out you better beware
Albert said that E equals M C squared
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Bible says we must pay
I am the judge for the judgement day
There'll be no warning no alarm
I'll be the one who's saved
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
I've got facts I know the truth
You're all corrupt you're all depraved
A few devices around the place
I'll blow you all away
God does not play dice with the world
But things aren't right in the outside world
But still there's vice in the world
I'll put things right
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out
posted by Wordshore at 2:35 PM on June 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
Albert said that E equals M C squared
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Bible says we must pay
I am the judge for the judgement day
There'll be no warning no alarm
I'll be the one who's saved
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
I've got facts I know the truth
You're all corrupt you're all depraved
A few devices around the place
I'll blow you all away
God does not play dice with the world
But things aren't right in the outside world
But still there's vice in the world
I'll put things right
Einstein a go go
Einstein a go go
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out you better beware (Einstein a go go)
Albert said that E equals M C squared (Einstein a go go)
You better watch out
posted by Wordshore at 2:35 PM on June 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
Another *famous person*-a-go-go from 1979. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3erBndoww
posted by bitslayer at 2:53 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by bitslayer at 2:53 PM on June 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
Bought this when it came out and I thought then, and still think now, that it's let down by the very weak vocals. The rest of the music was terrific though.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 4:45 PM on June 5, 2023
posted by thatwhichfalls at 4:45 PM on June 5, 2023
Thomas Dolby's 1982 hit She Blinded Me with Science
Which was a non-album track that was later included on re-sequenced, remade versions of the album because that song completely overshadowed everything else on the album as far as charting goes.
posted by hippybear at 7:57 PM on June 5, 2023
Which was a non-album track that was later included on re-sequenced, remade versions of the album because that song completely overshadowed everything else on the album as far as charting goes.
posted by hippybear at 7:57 PM on June 5, 2023
Wow this is a real nostalgia hit - I think this is the first record my brother and I (then about 9 and 10) bought with our pocket money. We were obsessed with it and probably played it incessantly to the great annoyance of our parents.
posted by crocomancer at 2:52 AM on June 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by crocomancer at 2:52 AM on June 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'd forgotten about this ... and yet I hadn't. The "Norman Bates" song has been lodged in my brain for 40 years now.
posted by Dr. Wu at 12:49 PM on June 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Dr. Wu at 12:49 PM on June 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
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