The Adventures are a Northern Irish rock group, formed in Belfast in 1984.
The band later moved to London where they signed to Chrysalis Records and released their first single in 1984. Following their debut album released a year later the group moved to Elektra Records and scored their biggest hit, "Broken Land". The song was written by guitarist Pat Gribben and reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart, and was also the most played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988.[citation needed]
The band were actively recording and touring from 1984 up until 1993, and despite the backing of Simon Fuller, The Adventures never achieved a significant commercial breakthrough. In recent years, the band have reformed to play low key live gigs and festivals in Belfast, although no further studio recordings have been made.
Lead vocalist Terry Sharpe and guitarist Pat Gribben first worked together when in 1978 they joined punk band The Starjets. The band experienced limited success and disbanded in the early 1980s. Sharpe and Gribben then formed The Adventures in early 1984 with Gribben's wife, Eileen, Gerard Murphy, Tony Ayre and Paul Crowder. They signed to Chrysalis Records and were taken on by upcoming manager, Simon Fuller, who saw them achieve much publicity and promotion in the music press. Despite this promising start, their debut single, "Another Silent Day", released in the summer of 1984, barely scraped into the chart. Further singles were released, "Send My Heart", "Feel the Raindrops", and "Two Rivers", all of which were minor hits in the UK Chart, but no major breakthrough was achieved. Their debut album, Theodore and Friends, was released in 1985 while the group were on a world tour supporting Tears for Fears. It received much critical acclaim, but again no significant sales.
(Verse)
It's all that I wanted to stay with my voice
And this biblical always
Sunsight on your face
Wanted to breathe and you wanted escape
Now it's gone,gone ,gone
Fortify,fortify,fortify town
And again
And you're leaving the scene of the crime
Quiet aside am I comforming to type
Now it's gone,gone,gone
(Chorus)
You were saying to me different visions
Never to blame
All the love and I don't know why
You have soul ship eye
(Verse)
You want to sound different now
You look the same
And I'll fall it akward you're pushing and blame
Wonder how long you'll remember my name
Oh oh
I don't want to move you so I'm walking with you
And there isn't a catch you know it isn't true
Get it to grips is what I'm gonna do
Going on,on,on
(Chorus)
You were saying to me different visions
Never to blame
All the love and I don't know why
You have soul ship eye
You were saying to me different visions
Never to blame
All the love and I don't know why
I'm looking out
In every way
I'm searching here
For some display
I couldn't find
The hidden art
To tell me how
Adventures start
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
Adventures are
So they say
In every part
Of every day
But out of time
And out of place
It's got me here
Stuck in space
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
So how am I
Supposed to find
Adventures here
Where I'm confined
I'm in a spot
So un-exposed
To adventures' doors
That always close
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
(Dickie Peterson)
Oh, Yeah!
Ain't nobody owns me
Lord, I do just like I please
Ain't nobody tells me, baby
Cause I live my life with the greatest of ease.
Nobody helps me
I take what I need
Nobody can catch me
'Cause I'm on my good knees.
Adventures in these times so hard
Can light up the dark and they can carry you far
Adventures can change your life
Can light up the night and make you feel alright.
Nobody hurts me, baby
'Cause I know that I'm gonna win, yay (yes I am)
And everybody knows
Yeah, they all know where I been.
Everybody laughs
'Cause it's all fun
I'm just hopin' I be happy I won.
Adventures in these times so hard
Can light up the dark, can carry you far
Adventures can change your life
Can light up the night and make you feel alright.
Just like the heroes on the movie screen
We're all King so I live in our dream, Yeah!
Alright!
Said, Adventures....
hey,dude! (yeah) Do you wanna be a king? (well yeah)
And I said now, now, hey, lady!
Oh, would you like to be a queen?
But if you want to be king (whistle)
and if you, if you wanna be a queen,
well then you got to, you got to follow your dreams (well yeah, yeah!)
....in these times so hard
Can light up the dark, can carry you far
Adventures can change your life