Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its begin and end are defined using mean solar time (the legal time scale) then its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908).
The Beat Club is a mostly techno music group that was founded in the late '80s by Ony Rodriguez and Mirey Valls in Miami, Florida.
Ony Rodriguez began his career in the late 80’s as a rhythm guitarist and producer with EMI recording group, The Voice In Fashion. Even after attaining minor commercial success, Ony Rodriguez decided to pursue his personal interests and style of music more and started The Beat Club. What began as an ongoing “free-form” studio jam with friends led to the international hit “Security”, and his departure from The Voice In Fashion.
Influenced by the likes of the “Miami Bass” movement, New Order and Kraftwerk, Ony’s music relied less on his main instrument of the guitar and more on his love for electronics.
Initially on Atlantic Records, The Beat Club was offered the opportunity to become the first recording act to be signed to New Order manager and Manchester’s Factory Record mogul, the late Rob Gretton’s own personal label robsrecords. The Beat Club went on to release several recordings in the UK resulting in the singles “Security” which reached no. 92 in the UK Singles Chart (recorded by, and featuring New Order’s Bernard Sumner), “Dreams Were Made To Be Broken” and “X”.
La mattina in provincia era più fredda
Ma qualcuno sparava in città
Mio padre e mia madre crescevano in fretta
E' una grande responsabilità
Con un paese che cambia
Lo stato che mangia e licenzia
Quel mutuo chi lo pagherà
Per un figlio egoista che piange e che chiede
Il gioco che vede alla pubblicità
Ma una seconda occasione questa notte
E' là fuori per me e te
E' una rivoluzione alle porte
Non è tardi x vedere
E si la scuola è una jungla però lo si scorda
Comunque a sedici anni è una merda
Il futuro è una macchia e manco m'importa
Io vado x inerzia poi in un battito d'ali
Ci siamo trovati di colpo spostati 10 anni più in là
Un amico sparisce uno s'imborghesisce fa figli
E dispensa consigli e ovvietà
Ma una seconda occasione questa notte
E' là fuori x me e te
E' una rivoluzione alle porte
Non è tardi x vedere 1972 1972
Qui niente cambia in meglio
E non mi sento del tutto un uomo
Ma almeno adesso sono sveglio
Quasi come nuovo
Ma una seconda occasione questa notte
E' la fuori x me e te
E' una rivoluzione alle porte non è tardi x vedere
She was feeling 1972
Grooving to a Carole King tune
Is it too late, baby?
Is it too late?
That boy was always up to no good
Smoking pot and playing pool
In the afternoon
Unemployed and high
We're going through the changes
Hoping for a replacement
Until we find a way out of this hole
Spanish girl with the tattoo
Working nights at the drive through
And she asks herself
Could this be all?
Screwing in a motel room
Watching news on channel two
Victoria, tell me
Where is your dream?
We're going through some changes
Hoping for a replacement
Until we find a way out of this
We're going through the changes
Hoping for a replacement
Until we find a way out of this
A way out of this hole
Out of this hole
"Moving on from 1972 ain't an easy task," he said
Says he's been sober since she left him for dead
And the old man takes a swig of his non-alcoholic beer
And the tired man proudly takes a drag
It's been nearly 28 years
And it still blows me away how easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away how easily we're kept wounded
Anger is so real
"Didn't mean to say the things I told you," I said
Your interpretation was in your head
I guess you could chock it up to a life experience
Go ahead and live your life while it's full of bitterness
And it still blows me away how easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away how easily we're kept wounded
Anger is so real
And it still blows me away how easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away how easily we're kept wounded
"Moving on from 1972 ain't an easy task," he said
Says he's been sober since she left him for dead
And the old man takes a swig of his non-alcoholic beer
And the tired man proudly takes a drag, it's been nearly 28 years.
And it still blows me away
How easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away
How easily were kept wounded
Anger is so real...
"Didn't mean to say the things I told you," I said
"Your interpretation was in your head.
I guess you could chock it up to a life experience
Go ahead and live your life while it's full of bitterness"
And it still blows me away
How easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away
How easily were kept wounded
Anger is so real...
And it still blows me away
How easily time is wasted
And it still blows me away
How easily were kept wounded