Townshend, Pete - Sister Disco Lyrics






As I walked out that hospital door
I was sewn up like a coat
I got a smile from the bite of the wind
I watched the fresh fall of snow

I knew by then that my life took a turn
I felt strong and secure
With adhesive tape over my nose
I felt almost demure

Goodbye sister disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye sister disco
To your thugs and your tramps

Goodbye sister disco
Now I go where the music fits my soul
Where the music fits my soul
And I will never let go
Till the echo of the street fight has dissolved

I will chase nightmares and cold stormy seas
I will take over your grief and disease
I'll stay beside you and comfort your soul
When you are lonely and broken and old

Now I walk with a man in my face
A woman in my hair
I've got you all looking out though my eyes
My dancing feet are a prayer

Goodbye sister disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye sister disco
To your thugs and your tramps
Goodbye sister disco
My dancing's left you behind
Goodbye, now you're solo
Black plastic deaf dumb and blind

Goodbye
Goodbye sister disco

Ha ha ha...

Goodbye sister disco
Goodbye sister disco I got to go
Goodbye sister disco
Goodbye sister disco with your flashing, your flashing
Trash lamps
Get out of here





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  1. r.... ....

    Los demos de Peter tienen una magia y encantos únicos, que no son iguales a cuando cantan todo el grupo

  2. g.... ....

    Pete is a legend.

  3. A.... H....

    Much greater than the "official" version on "Who are You?" What would have been the most interesting would have been
    The Who, Moon and all, playing this arrangrment.....

  4. a.... ....

    5:10, The complete Pete goes mad! 😋

  5. e.... e....

    Double tracked or flange delay lead vocal.

  6. d.... j....

    From this to the version on who r u. Trippy the difference. Not really a fan of this tune but Pete Townshend rules!!!

  7. D.... M....

    Everything that is right about music

  8. D.... M....

    D's D's D's demos are the bomb

  9. B.... S....

    it's like baba o' riley

  10. m.... ....

    Is this the ARP 2500, or one of Pete's other synths using some kind of external sequencer? Also curious how he got all the separate synth parts to sync up in this pre-MIDI era.

    m.... ....

    Pretty sure it's the 2500 although the patches are so simple it could have been any of his synths (probably not his VCS3, however, this doesn't sound like it). There was probably some kind of time code or sync pulse recorded on one of the tape tracks, fed into the synth to fire the sequencer, envelope generators, etc.; since it's all just voltages I'm pretty sure it would have been easy to convert taped pulses into gate and trigger signals that the synth could work with. It's also possible that Pete had gotten his hands on a Roland MC-4 or some other early microprocessor-controlled hardware sequencer that could be programmed with multiple on-the-fly-selectable sequences. He probably would have had to do some punching in as well for the different synth patches in any case.

    m.... ....

    My ex brother-in-law, Dennis Colin, created the ARP 2600. He worked for ARP from 1969-1971. He is now deceased. A couple of UK documentary film makers met my niece on a plane from San Fran Freako, CA, USA, to Boston. They befriended her when they found out who her father was and asked to film Dennis. He agreed to be filmed at his home in rural NH. I was there when the film makers arrived. I heard part of the interview live before stepping out of the small attic interview room. Dennis lit up a cigarette and I am very alergic to smoke. I am still awaiting to hear the full interview! Dennis Colin has been nearly erased from sound technology history. I hope that documentary got produced.

  11. L.... H....

    lifehouse evolved as the years and pete got older so there would of course be many more songs but it's all part of pete's vision he's conception of the lifehouse.

  12. B.... L....

    Does anybody know what he's using for percussion?

    B.... L....

    maybe an Arp synth?

  13. k.... ....

    The intro is arguably the most brilliant thing in the song, but it was cut!    And the doubling up of the synth at the end is simply transcendent.    Though the synth may be the same in the studio version, it sounds much more stunning here, maybe because it is more prominent in the mix.   I also love the dual guitars at the end.     Absolute musical genius, as far as I'm concerned.

    k.... ....

    This was still the age of the LP. songs had to be shortened to fit on the limited time of vinyl.

  14. t.... ....

    Pete's voice sounds very weird on this -- not quite like himself...

  15. G.... g....

    sounds like a violin

  16. B.... B....

    i love the ending

  17. M.... H....

    Made the mistake of using this as a ringtone once. Every time I hear it now, I think some idiot's trying to interrupt my day.

    M.... H....

    Ahahahaaaaa! 😄

  18. H.... ....

    Call me crazy but I don't think this song was intended for Lifehouse I... Possibly it would have been intended for Lifehouse II.

    H.... ....

    Ya, no shit. Disco wasn't even a thing when Lifehouse was conceived. I love Pete, but he has a way of restructuring the past to suit his present. But then again, he's Pete, he can do whatever the fuck he wants and I'll still be listening.

    H.... ....

    Well, you know the Hypnotized Never Lie. He can spit out like a sewerhole, and still receive your kiss.

    How can he measure up to anyone now, after such a love as this? ;-)

  19. J.... K....

    it is really interesting to see the song in the producing states, it shows how much the band and producer contribute to the song

  20. M.... L....

    it's so baroque

  21. c.... ....

    I can't believe The Who's version cut out this amazing intro.

    c.... ....

    Makes it "music" as opposed to being merely as song.. ...

  22. D.... ....

    Yup, just because those songs are on lifehouse chronicles, it doesn't mean that they all were written around 1970-1971.

    D.... ....

    Are there detailed liner notes by Pete on 'Lifehouse Chronicles'?