Name: Dawn Of A Decade [1980]
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: A multicultural conglomerate of cool, Aviation Medicine introduced the sound and attitude of the 2 Tone movement from Coventry, England, to the banks of the mighty Ohio River. “Dawn of a Decade” is their best-known song, providing a commentary on many noteworthy local, national, and international events leading into the then nascent 1980s.

Aviation Medicine - Dawn Of A Decade [1980]

from Jude Hayden Presents Lost and Gone: Independent Music from Greater Cincinnati 1978-88 (Volume 1) by Jude Hayden

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A multicultural conglomerate of cool, Aviation Medicine introduced the sound and attitude of the 2 Tone movement from Coventry, England, to the banks of the mighty Ohio River. “Dawn of a Decade” is their best-known song, providing a commentary on many noteworthy local, national, and international events leading into the then nascent 1980s.

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so now we’ve bid goodbye to the 70s
and all the useless things we did and said
while race relations burned, we watched a river freeze
but surely only good times lie ahead

mt st helens blew, and disco did, too
so many died just trying to see the Who
don’t want to hear those moldies played
we’re at the dawn of another decade

a laughable election, life’s a comedy
I cannot tell the actor from monkey
he’s practicing voodoo with the economy
but why’d he have to make a doll of me?

Lennon was shot, tell me for what
our summer games were banned by boycott
they won’t police streets where we played
we’re at the dawn of another decade

a blizzard of snow, where did it go
all melted down in a three mile glow
Iran is not so far away
this is the dawn of another day
mayors paying for sex with personal checks
I’m not sure I want to know what happens next
adding up all the mistakes we made
we’re at the dawn of another decade

somebody cut me some slack
impossible to relax
so put me on SolarMax

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from Jude Hayden Presents Lost and Gone: Independent Music from Greater Cincinnati 1978-88 (Volume 1), released December 5, 2023
horns: Declan Hayden

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