‘SIDEWALKING’ By JESUS & THE MARY CHAIN (With Bobby Gillespie On Drums) – Released 35 Years Ago

20 June 2023

Band: THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN
Active: 1983–1999, 2007–present / 7 studio LP

Song/clip: SIDEWALKING

Released 35 years ago (March 1985) as a stand-alone single.
Bobby Gillespie, who later co-founded Primal Scream,
played the drums.

Chilled to the bone and five miles to home
I’m messing in the dark and feelin’ all alone
I’ve got ice in my fire got the heat in my wire
inject a little heat, I’m burnin’ up the tires

Sidewalking, sidewalking, sidewalking, sidewalking

Talking like I’m on and I’m the only one
I’m making like I’m done and staring like a gun
and I gotta get a call and I gotta get a ride
gonna get a car got Jesus on my side

Sidewalking, sidewalking, sidewalking, sidewalking
Messing in the dark and walking all alone
alone in the streets and I know just where I’m goin’

Sidewalking, sidewalking
Chilled to the bone, chilled to the bone
hot wired heat and all the way home

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Significant Singles Turning 30 In 2018 – Here Are TURN UP THE VOLUME’S 10 Picks…

Going back in sonic history…

1988 was a year of versatile vibes and kicks
Here are TURN UP THE VOLUME’S ten picks…

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1/ ‘Fiesta’ by THE POGUES
Ultimate party cracker…
Album: ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’

2/ ‘Wrote For Luck’ by HAPPY MONDAYS
Eight miles high…
Album: ‘Bummed’

3/ ‘Sidewalking’ by THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Psych pop pearl…
Album: ‘Barbed Wire Kisses’

4/ ‘People Have The Power’ by PATTI SMITH
Sing it loud, maybe it’ll help…
Album: ‘Dream Of Life’

5/ ‘Gigantic’ by PIXIES
Kim Deal on a roll…
Album: ‘Surfer Rosa’

6/ ‘Hit The North’ by THE FALL
You can dance to The Fall…
Album: ‘The Frenz Experiment’

7/ ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’ by PUBLIC ENEMY
Just believe Public Enemy…
Album: ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’

8/ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ by GUNS N’ ROSES
Massive rock and roll riffs…
Album: ‘Appetite For Destruction’

9/ ‘Orange Crush’ by R.E.M.
R.E.M. becoming a big alt act…
Album: ‘Green’

10/ ‘Christine’ by THE HOUSE OF LOVE
Pure pop melancholia…
Album: ‘The House Of Love’