Killing Joke - Turn To Red Lyrics






The sky is turning grey
Bodies...

Everyday
Put on my stereo
Metallic sound...

4-minute warning
Turn to red, turn to red
Turn to red, turn to red
Turn to red

The sky is turning grey
Bodies...

Turn to red

Turn to red
Turn to red
Turn to red





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  1. I.... ....

    This is pretty advanced for 1979.

  2. J.... M....

    Jamaican Dub is awesome

  3. C.... 6....

    I was born this year with an Ascendant in Aries. Red, indeed.

  4. M.... F....

    Been years since I last listened to this! Too long!

  5. h.... F....

    Les saucisses frites sont poivrées

  6. J.... M....

    This just invented so many sub genres, holy shit.

  7. D.... e....

    Dub, no wave, dance-rock, krautrock, psychedelic rock, noise rock, industrial rock, avant-funk

    D.... e....

    Ili bolhe rečeno eksperimental

  8. A.... ....

    Thank you Rockstar Games for including this in GTA 4. I love this track

  9. w.... 1....

    Like si vinienes por la emisora de GTA 4

  10. S.... K....

    I can't stand heavy music except this group. Killing Joke isn't just heavy but the lead singer is a songwriter genius. Man I love there music.

    A very special unappreciated rock gothic group along with my absolute favourite gothic band called Bauhaus and Peter Murphy's solo work.

    Joy Division and The Cure I can't do unfortunately. Way to darkly depressing for me. But mind you I love both of there hits. Love Will Tear Us Apart Transmission, Shadowplay, Friday I'm In Love, Just Like Heaven, and Love Song are absolutely my favourite songs by both bands. I honestly love Joy Division music and voice but at the same time there lyrics get to me when it comes to New Dawn Fades.

    S.... K....

    I can't stand Joy Division, either. Suicide music. KJ are so versatile and they are not all apocalyptic doom. Take Love Like Blood and Lanterns, to name a couple.

  11. f.... ....

    now this is how you use a space echo

  12. E.... C....

    Ok so I just learned about KJ earlier this year and they've changed my mid 40's life. And I'm only really through "Revelations" so far in terms of chronology, and I hear all the influences to the favorite bands of my youth. Faith No More. Ministry. Jane's Addiction. Nine Inch Nails. Plus plenty others. But then I hear this, and realize this is what, their first release??? WTF.
    This is some wicked ass dub and I'm sure Youth had his hand in some this. Need to find this on physical media, I think. Going to hopefully see them play live in 3 weeks. F yeah.

  13. P.... B....

    for me one of the best Killing Joke tracks - and they put out some amazing stuff - one of the most intense concerts of my life in some dive in Bristol back is 1980 or 81

  14. C.... 6....

    I love the urban feel of this song.

  15. L.... M....

    Iconic song.

  16. M.... ....

    The production on this thing... fucking mental.

  17. r.... ....

    Now, Tonight, WINTER SOLSTICE. When our ancestral primal being turns from ice. To turn to red and turn to abroreal cults

  18. M.... ....

    I never quite understood what this song was doing on Electro-Choc in GTA4; it's by far the oldest song on that station and it's also the only non-electronic song on that station... not that I'm complaining, it's just an odd fit IMO

    M.... ....

    McJohnson very unique song- sounds ahead of its time and, I think, could defiantly pass as a drum and bass song. It fits pretty well in the station especially next to Optimo.

  19. T.... ....

    Great memories....

  20. E.... B....

    dub and post punk...wow...

  21. S.... C....

    I remember having this 12inch and playing it to death.pick it up years later and it still holds up

  22. S.... C....

    how clean is that sound its fuckin brilliant.

  23. S.... G....

    01:20 _"Every day, put on my stereo... _*_METALLICA!"_*

    (But Metallica hadn't even been invented in 1979?!)

    *KILLING JOKE:* Jaz can see _literally_ see tomorrow.

    S.... G....

    Sound Gardener This is a bruh moment

    S.... G....

    rabies Ventriloquist bruh momentum

    S.... G....

    I was always lead to think that it was "Metallic Sounds"?

    S.... G....

    The future is already written.

    S.... G....

    metallica are fucking shit . endae story

  24. S.... K....

    Thanks GTA IV!

  25. D.... M....

    That demon-looking thing on the right side of the cover looks like it is planing something, kind of creepy. I just like the instrumental of the song, i my opinion they shouldn't of had any lyrics or any singing. I think the singing kind of messes up the beat of the music.

  26. f.... 6....

    I sang that home from when I want home from the park

  27. f.... 6....

    That sounds way to young for 1979 It sounds like about 2005

    f.... 6....

    Jaz can see tomorrow.

  28. P.... H....

    GTA 4,2018 listening

  29. G.... F....

    It still amazes me that an album like this could be made. I used to listen to this album every night in my parent's house in the country. I would ride my bike on the highway into the city to score $5 or $10 worth of (hash) oil then ride back and smoke it in the basement, under my parent's noses, then work on my screenplay project on the computer with this album playing. I've gone 2 decades now without anymore writing. I got side-tracked when my family had me put in an asylum. Now I'm free again and after hearing the album tonight I find that I really feel inspired to write again. My older brother Nelson was nominated at the last Academy Awards for the Oscar for the sound-editing category, for The Shape of Water. He's a GREAT sound technician but may lack the rebellion in his soul to direct or produce effectively. Anyone reading this, please remember where you came from and offer comfort to the unsettled and afflicted members of this unjust world. Trust yourself and your higher instincts. Extroverts are mostly insane.
    "Let your motto be 'I lead' strive to be best".
    "What marks the higher individual is a distance of rank......an incommunicability".
    "Love is a force that elicits' another's individuality".
    (All direct quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche)

    G.... F....

    @cunobelinusX31 Name dropper! :)

    G.... F....

    I know, but why not?

    G.... F....

    @she ldon I'm rubber, you're glue...
    What you say bounces off me and sticks to you. Do you have ANY "real" friends. You sound just like a self-centred person who puts themselves higher by seeing yourself above anything truly creative. Exhaust the diminished possibilities of your whole life and go "try" to insult someone else...

    G.... F....

    @J.J. Attempting suicide.

    G.... F....

    I have rebellious spirit. So do many, or claim to, maybe even delusional rebellious fantasies. How to trust people in this Age of Dissonance.

  30. J.... ....

    Niko It's Roman! Let's go bowling.

    J.... ....

    "Sorry roman, i can't." "Ok, mabey another time".

    J.... ....

    “DADDYS BACK YOU BITCHES”

    J.... ....

    Sure man

  31. F.... ....

    Don't mess with the Gene Genie.

  32. P.... B....

    From Aleister Crowley, Aldous Huxley, Carlos Castaneda, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Many Others.

  33. P.... B....

    That Magick Sound of KILLING JOKE

  34. P.... B....

    ©M.M.P. - CHANGE and PHOENIX - RED BEAT4th ALBUM - http://dredzilla.com/store/red_beat___change__phoenix/

  35. P.... B....

    The Revolution of the human heart. In empty Office Space.

  36. i.... g....

    Possibly the greatest piece of vinyl ever I have about 6 copies 7" signed by the band , promo copy , 10" copies , red vinyl 12" plus a few 12 " copies , it is the best record ever and holds up against anything , I cannot rate this record enough, oh and they are the best band ever

    i.... g....

    ivor griffiths I agree! Best album anywhere.

    i.... g....

    Send me a copy...!

    i.... g....

    George Ferreira Just an EP...

    i.... g....

    Jah Rastafari HAHAHAHA Jah Rastafari!!!! You're the one I'm looking for....
    My older brother was a nominee at the last Academy Awards. I want to talk musical punkrock REBIRTH. Under the sea we will go. Turn to Red. This song for opening credits. OK? OK George, go ahead..
    Something like a SUPER punk rock GREASE. But few directors are good enough so I will Direct. The best overall quickest and best teaching resource to instruct Filmmakers could probably be the gold found in every James Bond film except For Your Eyes only and a couple of short term 007's, you will find a gold-mine to teach you. The good ones are the ones that breath Europe, or America as in Live and Let Die. Who's all in? I'm 100% serious!

    i.... g....

    Id take really good care of whichever one youd send me.. lol

  37. N.... A....

    electro choc xd

  38. E.... B....

    driving a boat in LC sunset

  39. s.... g....

    i love this, great memories, bought this from Small Wonder records on Hoe Street, E17 when it was first released. first bass line i learned to play, Nervous System, kind of sounds like Bowie "lets dance" fell in love with Youth, Jaz Coleman inspired Rik Mayall,s "WRIK" from the young ones."turn to wred" and ofcourse "cwying over you" the voice of a generation, bless him.

  40. A.... E....

    Oui désolé xixi... On a échoué.

  41. R.... M....

    Na...ravens riffs carried the speed....they were brilliant.

  42. M.... S....

    Dub that's never been bettered.

  43. j.... c....

    That guy PUNCH on the album cover---I was doing some reading into the gods of ASGARD and found a picture of LOKI and it was punch, always a sinister character in my mind .with that weird hump on his back, and the hideous voice.
    Also in the Wicker Man the victim who was the green man was dressed as such.Jaz obviously had meaning in this.

    j.... c....

    Good spotting: https://norse-mythology.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Loki.jpg

  44. M.... ....

    Still got all my KJ vinyl collection from day 1
    Till Death do us Part

  45. r.... k....

    this is may kind of music youth

  46. d.... p....

    Classic that needs to played back on the radio

  47. P.... C....

    Four Minute Warning....

    ....TURN TO RED!!!

  48. s.... h....

    A time when punks were loving Dub/ Reggae , but had been since ..77' ,. & these & PIL were TOP. Supported them.

    s.... h....

    Indeed!

    s.... h....

    JAH WOBBLE....Mark Lusardi engineer.....

    s.... h....

    @Steve funderburg Heh, Billy Idol is a clever guy

  49. h.... ....

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    . .) '° ` ',' ' ° ` . .) 7 . /
    . .\ . . ` ` . . ., . . .
    . .. ✔`''`✔ ./ . .
    . . . ..\✔ .

  50. H.... D....

    This is becoming one of my top songs

    H.... D....

    Nice one ;-)

  51. h.... u....

    GTA 4 s2

  52. R.... E....

    Voilà de la très bonne post-punk. Je n'ai pas accès à tout le sens des paroles, mais l'idée est de tourner sèchement en dérision la "disco" par exemple, pour montrer dans sa réversion ce qu'elle est : une beauté comme image de la mort, une niaiserie hilare et naïve qui risque de mal tourner. Le ciel va devenir rouge. The sky... turns to red.

  53. D.... A....

    🌿🚬👌😂 fuck yeah

    D.... A....

    Filtered joint ? 😂

  54. T.... ....

    Have this....Dubtastic punkalishussness..

  55. M.... M....

    Can't get this on iTunes so have ordered chaos for breakfast direct with malicious records £20, they want £80 on some sites

  56. E.... T....

    is there an original version of this or is this how it was released?
    Cause it's awesome lol

    E.... T....

    Almost Red is another version of Turn to Red.

  57. M.... B....

    Time for some good ol' Killing Joke.

  58. K.... ....

    That face to the right with the glaring red eyes is creepy as fuck.

    K.... ....

    Exactly, and at the same time the two faces on the left side show their naïvety, and they kiss the sky. Turn to red...

    K.... ....

    ...and that's the Joke ;-)

    K.... ....

    A killing Joke O.o

    K.... ....

    "Its some kynd of thing it aint us yet its in us. Its looking out thru our eye hoals" --Riddley Walker

  59. M.... L....

    this sure is advance for 1979

    M.... L....

    @Jah Rastafari
    Well for american standards it is.

    M.... L....

    @Jah Rastafari
    Holy crap did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something? Jeez calm down.

    M.... L....

    Americans make groundbreaking music as well.

    M.... L....

    Sean .Lyons
    mega production for it's day still got both 10 and 12 inch vinyl
    Happy Days knocks the shit out of most modern day tunes

    M.... L....

    Yeah, I was only a kid at the time, but it was quite an innovative time musically in the UK when this came out. Massive social change was firmly under way, as well as the technological change that was affecting the rest of the world, including music. One of the reactions to the societal change and uncertainty, as well as the political backlash to deregulated markets and the changes they caused, was a plethora of innovative music which spanned into much of the early 1980s. There was a lot of poverty at large in society as a whole and music was seen as a way out of it rather than competing with a crappily paid job with 500 other equally desperate people.

  60. S.... ....

    +Walter II Tuono Wrong. read the desctiption.

  61. C.... ....

    Waiting For the dream

  62. C.... ....

    Another Day

  63. d.... p....

    classic tune not one plays any more needs more air time If any one says about the Dub thing from the later tracks...

     You have to listen to this where they go the latter ideas from to make it to cross over audience  accessible to my friends
    What are  they industrial dub rock always found them intriguing what they were going to come with next But always brilliant 

  64. c.... ....

    Jaz Coleman used to live in Cheltenham, England. I met his Ma! He was always a really nice chap! He mite remember the Rugby Club or the Pavillion? Wurzel playing with Poacher Brown or A Band Called Bastard! Those were the days!

    c.... ....

    Red sex

  65. p.... ....

    Great piece of dub, Killing Joke style.

  66. s.... b....

    Haha, the end: "Turn to red red right right riot riot riot.."

  67. c.... ....

    sound quality is top shelf ... been a few minutes since i heard this last

  68. p.... m....

    Best song ever.....
    Peter M. Belgium

  69. f.... ....

    GTA IV

    f.... ....

    what radio station ?

    f.... ....

    @Calum Paterson Electro–Choc

  70. S.... ....

    Magnificent.

  71. p.... s....

    wow cant believe that this is the same band that made "Death And Ressurection Show"

  72. A.... H....

    this is from 1979? thats fucking awesome

    A.... H....

    I think that this is a remix, not the original at all

    A.... H....

    Dean McInerney Sounds like the original to me...I've been listening to this since it first came out; though didn't this originally end in an endless loop?

    A.... H....

    it's not a remix. it's on the nervous system ep.

    A.... H....

    @ Jah Rastafari - yes you're right, endless loop, but cut to repeat in the vinyl pressing.

    A.... H....

    My birth year. I hope England was flooded with magick at this time.

  73. W.... B....

    Gita IV I love this track

  74. c.... j....

    thanks for the likes
    killing joke are the dogs ? No the donkeys bollox!!!!!!!!!!!!

  75. K.... K....

    thanks for this man - seeing the JOKE tomorrow night in NYC - stoked!


  76. A.... ....

    Wouldn't upload it if the quality wasn't good enough ;) That would be an insult to great music! Cheers

  77. s.... ....

    early public image or the damage manual with the guitarist in killing joke with jah wobble- and martin atkins of pil- its very dubby - though not quite as much as this

  78. s.... ....

    thanks, man. these are really great tracks, but i need time to listen to them more than once. i think my need for dub has now been satisfied.

  79. y.... ....

    King Tubby is my favourite dub artist. Factory floor sound pretty different but they have the same kind of apocalyptic disco thing going on. ESG and Luiqid Liquid were around at this time and play kind of dancey minimal dubby music that you might like. You might also like HTRK and maybe Talking Heads - Remain in Light. Hope this helps!

    y.... ....

    Killing Joke are "punk rock"... not a "disco dub band"

    y.... ....

    yakadouloo cheers

  80. O.... ....

    PIL - Death Disco

  81. s.... ....

    thanks for recommending it, i've been listening to pil recently, coz others recommended it too. sort of stuff i was looking for...has a very distinctive atmosphere

  82. B.... B....

    Some of Public Image Ltd's stuff; especially Death Disco/Swan Lake.

  83. s.... ....

    i'm not really optimistic about that, however, i managed to convert a girl :D
    btw, do you happen to know the significance of that jester figure that frequently appears on kj artworks?

  84. A.... ....

    That's nice to hear man. Hope your friends develop a proper taste in music soon ;)

  85. s.... ....

    that's cool. i wish more people liked kj around me (i.e. where i live) they're like "what is this shit you listen to?" or "here's some GOOD music", and they show me some crappy popular mainstream band.
    kj had a big impact on me, my thinking, my attitude etc, they inspire me. i don't know about you or the others, but i gotta i say i'm thankful to the band and to you for the uploading. it's nice to know fellow kj fans

  86. A.... ....

    Feels good that my upload has broadened the music taste of some listeners!

  87. s.... ....

    thanks, man. will check it out later...someone has uploaded that album, sounds cool after random short listetings. happy new year!

  88. I.... L....

    The Metal Box Album of Public Image Limited was very Dub style

  89. s.... ....

    yep, i know them, but they're not what i'm looking for. this song has a unique atmosphere and vibe for me. maybe i should write kj a letter to write more music like this

  90. A.... M....

    The Clash?..

    A.... M....

    Well you would think but killing joke was first! I think they were all on the same page but the joke got it out faster. If you look at the timeline The Clash were still working on London Calling the dub reggae didn't come about till Sandinista. Pil was right in there for their metal box album

  91. s.... ....

    thx. ok then i have to press the repeat-song button in winamp. just found this song today (though i'm a hardcore kj fan), and it blew my mind. i checked this scientist guy, and i realized immediately that i know him from gta 3 (your teeth in my neck)

  92. A.... ....

    Don't really know anything that is similar to this, but Scientist is an amazing dub artist.

  93. s.... ....

    hey ppl! can you recommend me similar tracks to this? i wanna hear more dub songs. thx.

  94. L.... ....

    as killing joke command you - turn to red!

  95. c.... j....

    thanks for this pal !!!!!!! ive still got the ep with all the bits
    think i was nine years old when i got it !!!! killing joke are the world to me !!
    and ravens gone but never forgoten!!!hail the raven king !!!!
    thanks for posting this pal!!!!!!!!!!

  96. A.... ....

    My pleasure.