14 December 2007

"Got You In A Corner"


No pussyfooting around

Wire's version of "12XU" was a direct blast of arty proto-punk, clocking in at a lean 1 minute, 56 seconds, and consisting of the following lyrics:
saw you in a mag
kissing a man
saw you in a mag
kissing a man
smoking a fag
kissing a man
saw you in a mag
kissing a man yeah

saw you in a mag
kissing a man
saw you in a mag
kissing a man
smoking a fag
kissing a man
saw you in a mag
kissing a man yeah

got you in a corner
got you in a corner
got you in a corner
got you in a corner
got you in a cottage
got you in a corner
got you in a corner
oh no no no

1-2-X-U
Minor Threat's version, faithfully reproduced in the above live performance, lasts 1 minute, 4 seconds, according to the running time listed on the Complete Discography CD; the last four seconds of the track are silence.