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Song 2 - Refugee - Damn The Torpedoes - 1979
It's 1978 and TPATHB with Jimmy Iovine and Shelly Yakus have bunkered down in Sound Studios laying down live take after live take after live take (over 100 were recorded) in pursuit of capturing the true spirit of this song. Stan Lynch is getting frustrated, Ron and Mike walk out of the studio, Tom sings his throat raw and Benmont's organ knew no other tune. Fortunate for the band they never gave in and this song ended up being Refugee one of their most significant recordings of their career.
Mike came up with the riff initially and took it to Tom who's lyrics were in responses to his battles with the record company. The song became a hit and helped propel Damn the Torpedoes up the charts and has been played at virtually every gig since. The song rocks and has attitude and feeling and captures these young men in their prime. The drums still sound great and the song still hits you between the eyes all these years later.
The original video
Still going strong in recent years
It's 1978 and TPATHB with Jimmy Iovine and Shelly Yakus have bunkered down in Sound Studios laying down live take after live take after live take (over 100 were recorded) in pursuit of capturing the true spirit of this song. Stan Lynch is getting frustrated, Ron and Mike walk out of the studio, Tom sings his throat raw and Benmont's organ knew no other tune. Fortunate for the band they never gave in and this song ended up being Refugee one of their most significant recordings of their career.
Mike came up with the riff initially and took it to Tom who's lyrics were in responses to his battles with the record company. The song became a hit and helped propel Damn the Torpedoes up the charts and has been played at virtually every gig since. The song rocks and has attitude and feeling and captures these young men in their prime. The drums still sound great and the song still hits you between the eyes all these years later.
The original video
Still going strong in recent years