The Fixx - Stand Or Fall -- HQ Audio - LYRICS
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2017
- "Stand Or Fall"
Crying parents tell their children
If you survive, don't do as we did
A son exclaims there'll be nothing to do to
Her daughter says she'll be dead with you
While foreign affairs are screwing us rotten
Line morale has hit rock bottom
Dying embers stand forgotten
Talks of peace were being trodden
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Is this the value of our existence
Should we proclaim with such persistence
Our destiny relies on conscience
Red or blue, what's the difference
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
An empty face reflects extinction
Ugly scars divide the nation
Desecrate the population
There will be no exaltation
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
It's the euro theatre
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
Stand or fall
I remember listening to the radio for HOURS waiting for this song to come on so I could record it with my cassette tape recorder. Good times.
Been there Mike, Rock on! 😎
I love it! Me too 😋 Rock on!
The pencil and the scotch tape
Mmmm...mmmm
ROFL. It was that good!
Just incredible that this band aren’t classed as LEGENDARY!!!!!
I remember watching The Fixx videos on MTV in the 80s. Its amazing how much great music was released in the 80s. I'm so thankful I was young in the 80s and got to enjoy all this great music on MTV. Thankfully UA-cam was invented so I can still hear and watch those great music videos.
The 80’s was pure magic.
Yep, even though I’m 53 now I wouldn’t change anything. I was 13 or so when this came out.
What a "GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE", and how I miss those days....😢
@@JaxonSmithers I am about 5 years younger than you. I'd spend hours watching MTV. The imagery of many of these videos was mystical. These artists created something that really made you use your imagination to figure out the storylines. That's something sorely missing in today's world.
Yes now where's the music? Just Taylor swift and beoncy no talent no one hit wonders just music industry garbage no talent just milli vanilla bulshit don't buy into that garbage.
The 80s were the golden age of music, romance, tolerance, sanity…
the early 80s were magical and now they seem surreal... magical......82 where have you gone...... .. .. ....
2024… “red or blue, what’s the difference” it’s not just a song, its prophetic
This song is just as relevant today as it was the day it was recorded.
Timeless in my opinion
No kidding! Gives me chills.
Way ahead of its time even now
This heavy metal headbanger is really getting into this band in 2024.
I'm an old school, raised in the 80's metal head but some of us who actually "feel" the music simply cannot deny a classic when we hear it! I jam this magnificence on the regular! Rock on my friends....
🕶✌
Hell yeah Gary
Absolute Fixx
Lol im 80s hardcore punk true metal fan accept manowar raven
Agnostic front gbh plasmatics motorhead
Etc and my friends all liked the fixx. Oingo boingo and devo
They played this one on my favorite rock-station 97X when I was growing-up. Right next to Quiet Riot and Dio
We saw them in Reno at a small bar on Grove Street in 1983 or 84. Man, they just about rocked that place to the ground. It was a special performance arranged by a local concert promoter and we lucked out, sitting in a booth 10 feet from the stage. Best concert of my life.
Damn!!! Wish I would have been there in Reno!!!!!
I saw them in 1999. I believe in little rock at some club. Maybe 200 people. Amazing band.
I was there,worked at harrahs got off at like 10,it was the grand ballroom awesome ,across from bishops!
WOW! what a great story! ❤
Great song from THE FIXX of the early eighties. The eighties will never die!
Whereisthetimemusheen.i'mredytogoback
An absolutely incredible song. These guys were so good, and so underrated.
Right U are Stevie a true classic !!!
Underrated my nut sack. There’s always some moron who posts the “so underrated” comment on here.
Every band or musician is somehow underrated. 🙄
They have a new a record out.
@@johndade6530yea and it's actually pretty damn good 👍😊❤
I bought this album, Shuttered Room I think it was called when it first came out. Absolutely great debut. There were alot of new wavish type bands out around that time but there was something about the Fixx that was above and beyond alot of others. Although you don't hear them that much on the radio anymore, you do once in a while and they've stood the test of time better then alot of their contemporaries from that time. Good music and lyrics. Perhaps reminiscent of U2 but with more of a pop sense. Not as political, but they did have something to say about current issues in Europe, at least on their early stuff.
These lyrics though! This song is timeless and so relevant!
When I first heard StandOrFall, I could nor believe my good luck! My God, the music of a lifetime....finally good music I've waited a lifetime to hear
This and Red Sky's are my favorite The Fixx songs.
You know a song is powerfully written when it is able to embody the circumstances and sentiments of people within a society with such accuracy that the lyrics themselves could be applied just as easily to the sociopolitical issues about 36 years later. Epic poetry.
very well written reply 🙂
Unfortunately so true. Perhaps now more than ever before.
Agreed
N E W W A V E
WOW how succinctly said , I was in my 20's when this and other songs of the same ilk were penned,music is the wondrous bridge between yesteryear and now 🤘🏼 Rock on
Summer of 83, we were high, happy and loving this band...
They truly were the best years of my life.
Yep, i was in the 3rd grade. It was just a simpler time
3rd grade lol...I was 20, and life was grand!!!
we had time...time still felt like it was somewhat on-our-side, tho we 'knew better' even then, didn't we?
I wish I could go back ❤
I had just been stationed at DLI in Monterey, CA. I remember driving around Asilomar Beach at night listening to this. Getting out of my car, I could smell the ocean and garlic from Gilroy.
Edit: Look at the words and apply to 2024. Prophetic much? Wow.🤯
I was 19 starting a new life in America when I first heard this track and it BLEW ME AWAY. Just awesome from start to finish.
man this song was prophetic.....it accurately describes America today!
lol no it doesnt, america is already dead, and im voting for trump again. Its over. You leftist were suckerd by corporate america to let in 80 million immigrants. War and redrawn boundaries is the only thing that fixes this.
Liberals are trying to destroy this nation, but they will not succeed.
@@attackroflchopter4403 It's so weird that you don't see the NYC trust fund baby as part of real American's problem.
@@attackroflchopter4403 When did your ancestors arrive?
Yes it does. Look what Biden has done in just 4 months. If you voted for him, it's all your fault.
Saw these guys in 1983 at holender stadium rochester ny .they opened ,flock of seagulls ,then the police syncroniscity tour .they blew those other 2 acts out of the stadium 15$ a ticket 80s were great
One of the Fixx's better songs from the early '80s. this band was really under appreciated. Thanks for posting this!
You're welcome !
Why didn’t this band make it in a huge way in the UK? Same with the Comsat Angels.
you must be young because back when they came out when i was a teen they were huge and very much appreciated. when i went to the concert it was fully packed.
They were big in the USA. Not so much in the UK and Europe. Saw the Fixx twice in Holland, in 1982 en in 2012.
Here in the USA they blew up big. I mean huge because they we're that dam good. Sounded good in concert.
This song needs to played on the radio more instead of the stuff they play over & over!
This song brings fond memories from back in school. This is another band that's UNDER APPRECIATED. Just listen to the lyrics, melody
Jack FM is the absolute worst station ever.
Joe Berger ESKE.
Height of the cold war.
Currently listening to it on the radio, hence why I had to search it here 😭✊
Released in October of 1982 which landed me about 7weeks into the 7th grade. New school, the new kid, MTV was in the stage of infancy...what a great time to be alive.
For sure 👍
omg i was 12 😮😮😮
Hauntingly prophetic ... I listen to them every day and have for years!❤️💜
A timeless masterpiece!!! The Fixx still tours and rocks hard as ever, man!!!
This band really had a unique sound. It was all their own, this is a great one to show that.
Such an overlooked band.
TIMELESS
Listening to this music almost, at least for a little while allows me to forget I'm an "essential employee" up all night at work during this corona virus bullshit! Missing simpler times.. thanks for posting!
yeah what happens they decide you are no longer 'essential'
I always thought this song sounded so apocalyptic. An athem from the survivors. One of the best album covers of all time.
Lp vinyl records, with gate fold double and even triple albums, were so artistic and visually kool, like then what happened?! why do we demand so much constant change?! Why do we so obsessively gotta keep shrinking everything down more and more?!
@@michaelbruns449 Hence, why my favorite musical items to collect, since 2008, have been Japanese (and, when available, American) mini-LP cardboard sleeve Hi-Def CDs. The best of both worlds.
FIXX - listen to the lyrics. Fabulous!!!!!!! Great and so underrated. Love Them.
The 80’s music is so underrated. I grew up in the 80’s thank god. We didn’t have cell phones and these incredible video games, and I had a great childhood because we didn’t.
The Fixx gave a fixx in the 80’s, a way no one else can full fill!
Another one of their hits. The Fixx recorded some really good songs.
The Voice, the Music, Stand or Fall... I Love it in 2020!
Im standing in 2020 and state my peace in jesus christ
Great song. I was raised on 80's music. I keep this on my playlist. I was a teen in the 80's. 🙂
I agree. Great music was made in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s ... And then gradually music died. What is called music today is essentially noise pollution!
@@jeff3921 You are so right!
Ditto!!🎼
Such a Kool band saw them way back. And they are still going strong in the States ,,,, brilliant sound. Great albums. And equally good live. Gx
Gold!! 80’s was beyond any doubt, the greatest decade for music!!!
One of the best songs ever!!
Reminds me of the Cold War years.Sad,the lyrics almost relate to today’s America
Okay, this is the fourth song I know just looking them up. The Fixx still has songs in rotation today, yet I feel like no one talks about them. "Underrated" get thrown around, but I think this applies to The Fixx 100%.
Where's the millions of views for this song? Which it rightfully deserves. 🤔
Jonathan Strauss That’s Right!
It isn't what utube deems 'trend worthy'. Basically it's not trash and holds value so they will not offer it to young people. They will never see it unless a compassionate relative suggests it.
Videos always grab more views
Over 1 million views currently..It takes time when there are 50 other videos playing the same song
Been blasting this lately!
Roxy The Rebel you are such a sweetie, this rocks and the words so relevant. Cheeky 1980s chick.
Heard it today for the first time in a long time, and I keep wanting to hear over and over again. Forgot how good this song was.
great tune,im 54 back in my time wowwwww
As it was meant to be!
Yes You Go Foxy Rebel
Damn ! Here we are in the Year 2020 .... Remembering the 80’s . What an awesome generation it was . Reflections of the Music, the Fashions and who ever thought . The Evolution of What are we all in today the Tech World . Crazy !
One of my fav tunes ever! ‘80s will always be the best. 🤙🏻
So many excellent Fixx songs. This just moved to number 1 for me.
I loved The Fixx, they were a great group when I was in college. They gave me many hours of enjoyment.
They opened for The Moody Blues back in Chicago in the mid 90's.........greatest $18 bucks I ever spent !!!
I saw The Fixx on July 26, 2018 at The Rose in Pasadena, CA, and they were in top form. I was especially fixated on Jamie West-Oram on guitar and Dan K. Brown on bass during the entire set. Great musicians in a great band. Cy Curnin is a true frontman.
Listening from MEXICO 💙
Had a room mate back in the 80's who introduced me to theFixx, funny how a generation or 2 go by and this song now sounds
as fresh as it ever did. Sounds like some new innovative style to me . . . beautiful stuff
It still actually sounds like the future. Today's music is flat and boring.
@@camouflage81 - i do like 'we are the people' and a few other new' music . . .
The fixx was my saving grace through highschool
Saw them mid 2k's in a park Virginia Highland Fest Atlanta Ga. Missed them during the 80's. Friends and I had a blast. The band appreciated it since at one time they were playing arenas.
Its like always Stand Or Fall for every new generation of people and so this haunting and hypnotic song will always sound relatable and be lyrically forever relevant, reaching out into the past the present and the future.
a truly sincere statement - wisdom is in your outlook on life*
Man this brings back memories of the 80's. The Reagan years were absolutely awesome.
this was an anti Cold War song; it was anti Reagan
zimriel
You mean the guy who single-handedly befriended the leader of the Soviet Union and ended the Cold War? Okay...
Zimriel is right. I’m grateful that President Reagan fought to end the Cold War and tear down the Berlin Wall, but it didn’t happen until the end of his second term. From 1981-88, great songs were being written all over the world, but especially in Europe (99 Luftballons by Nena, Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran {which included the great line “You’re about as easy as a nuclear war”}, and many more) about the fear of a nuclear conflict breaking out between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Also, a lot of people were suffering because of recessions and high unemployment, especially in the U.K. under Margaret Thatcher. It led to British bands making great timeless punk and pop and new wave and New Romantic music. The Fixx really honed in on the issues of the day and made music filled with angst and disturbing images that still resonate today. And I think, like Midnight Oil in Australia, they didn’t necessarily aim for hits, but the songs became hits all the same because they sounded great and made a statement too.
So you’re both right, but in different ways. And I just saw them live in 2017 and they still sound great, which cannot be said about every 80s band!
@@whyiotter exactly. Everyone likes to act like Reagan was so great as a president when in reality he was terrible. He is literally the reason why the US is where it is today (poverty-stricken, the ever increasing wage gap, the ending of the middle class family, homelessness running rampant, mental illness going untreated for many, etc etc). There’s a reason why “reaganomics” is a term. It seems like only the New Wave kids were aware of how damaging his presidency would be. Several New Wave band wrote at least one song that criticized him in some way (The Psychedelic Furs wrote several).
To get more on track, however, he is the reason so many great songs were written in the 80s.
@EricaFlipped you are delusional.
Such a great band to see live.
I remember being at the coast guard base in Gloucester city NJ watching all the great videos on mtv
I've always loved this song. Takes me back to when I was 16.
Me too those were the good old days and life was good then
Coincidentally, "One Thing Leads to Another," and "Saved By Zero" are one of the other songs by The Fixx that also rocks just as good as this one. Ah.. memories of the MTV era. 😎
cant leave Red Skies out 😌
@@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974 Agreed.
Less cities, more moving people is also a good 'un
Deeper and Deeper
Secret Separation
Big Wall
Don't Be Scared
The whole "React" album is fantastic
Thank you God for letting me experience this era 🙏 man take me back
Dammit these guys are good!!!! Underrated is an understatement when it comes to this band.
I saw them in concert in 1984. It was a very good show as I recall. I was a big fan.
I had the honor of witnessing The Fixx open for Flock of Seagulls in '83.
I loved these guys in the 80s, bought all their CDs, then time passes and in 2012 we wanted to move, left northern MN and came to check out Bend, OR and heard about a free concert along the river, attended and it was....The FIXX for 2 hrs!! Made the move decision sooooo easy!
Very good times my friend
Takes me back to 1982 being a 21 year old kid just moved to Topeka Kansas making minimum wage damn it was a good times
The FIXX was a tremendous band, one of my faves of 80s. ROCK ON!
I was 17 when this came out. Now more than ever this song is relevant to the United States and those of us that served proudly in the military. I fear all we protected is lost on the generations behind us....
Thank you for serving my friend….. and I pray for all those who paid the ultimate price for our country. It’s a shame all of your sacrifices seem to have been in vain with the path our country has taken. God bless you.
I don't think many people recall this song. but it's def a massive hit.
AMEN JS
1986 Arlington Tx, the Best time... cheers
Love this band so much hello from dublin Ireland
Thnx Miami Vice for bringing me here.
It just doesn't get any better than the 80's baby!!!
I love the Fixx! Definetly one all time favorite new wave alternative band, and very underrated! They're awesome! I still have They're albums in cassette!!👌😎👍
Still touring 2017 USA. ...That speaks for itself. People say that they didn't like New Wave music, well, when they stop to think about it, they realize that they still know all of the words to the songs...This band was very underrated. I loved New Wave, and I grew up in with the late sixties and early seventies music..
Cindy Barfield I was about 12 when this came out I think or 13 but it reminds me of the good old 80s...fashion not cool but music was nice ..new wave ,the police,oingo boingo,erasure ,reggae bands like steel pulse ,and many good movies too
I taped this off of MTV back when It was Popular.. The Videos there were great ..this song was excellent..
Love this tune. I noticed a lot of music from the eighties had a "seriousness" to it, like this song, but totally lacking in most of today's music!
1982: young, wild, and free. I remember.
Saw them at the Malibu Inn about only 10 yrs. ago as I never caught them in their heyday; lotta bands I missed in the '70's, '80's & caught up w/ later, some were still smokin' hot & had some or all of the original members, these guys had the singer & 1 or 2 of the original guys but they were really, really good, singer took care of himself, voice was still all the way there, great show ! Always loved the Fixx !
I don't think the music today will ever catch up to the 80's & 90's music in my opinion.
Cliff Herren Or the 60s and 70s for that matter.
It doesn’t have to. It’s ever evolving.
God, I F’n miss the 80s! For so many reasons!
.....a teenager... listening to her transistor radio at night...gotta go to school in the morning...." State your Peace tonight ..🎧🎆
Long Live the BIG 80's !!!!!!!!
Great stuff
Blood stirring song, one of a kind throughout time
Still after all the years this is still a great song its one of my favorite songs
Excellent Beautiful Sublime Inmortal the 80 Amazing Rules 🎼🎙️🎵🎶🎶🎵🛸
Love this song and band. The Fixx represents just how good the 80's music was. And the only Fixx i needed.
From the first guitar chord this song rocks. Great tempo, guitars and vocals. The FIXX deserved more credit for their great songs. Hope to catch them in concert sometime!
1980s had great music and this a great song! Thumbs up people👍
Relevant right now.
the fixx ...totally unique ... this song is awesome ...
please let me recommend another fixx song ...red skies at night ...
agreed!
Driven Out is a Great Song that kicks the piss outta the usual suspects!
yes yes!!!
And yet another......"Saved by zero". Love The Fixx!
The Fixx is in my rollodex of listenable music for good reason!
I still have this record, I bought it back in 1982...
boy i miss TAMPA Jai ALAI...they used to play great 80's and Paul Hardcastle during intermission!!!! THESE songs take me bake to my teen years!!
TTOWN TAMPA It was nice in Tampa at MacDill Air Force Base was there in the early 80's left for Germany in 86
The entire album is a musical masterpiece! One of my favorite bands.
Always liked these guys don't hear them on the radio too often but when I do the volume goes up
i have this cd 1950 old man. love this .thanks ..
Even though I’m a metalhead The Fixx’s music still appealed to me in the 80’s. Great band, great times!! 🤘🏻
Up to this day when I actually read the lyrics, I thought it was "It's the year of fear," but rather "it's the euro theatre." They both kinda work lol
GREAT song. One of my favorite 80s bands
Tremendous song with totally its own feel. Band kicked out some gems
PopSynth at its best
We choose to sit quietly, ever watchful.