Ball of Confusion

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Ball of Confusion by Love and Rockets

About Ball of Confusion

Cover of the Temptations classic from 1970. Astoundingly, for a white-bread '80s minimalist operation, the band matches the power of the original. Seemingly like every other cover, the Rockets feel the need to change the line "the Beatles' new record's a gas," in this case to say that the "Rockets'" new record is -- dumb when so many other lines in the song are period specific ("cities aflame in the summer time," among a dozen others). Still, recommended. .

Ball of Confusion Lyrics

[00:15.24] People moving out, people moving in
[00:16.89] Why? Because of the color of their skin
[00:19.62] Run, run, run but you just can't hide
[00:24.74] An eye for an eye
[00:26.08] A tooth for a tooth
[00:27.25] Vote for me and I'll set you free
[00:37.63] Rap on, rap on brother
[00:42.53] Rap on
[00:47.78] Well, the only person talking about love today is the preacher
[00:52.15] And it seems nobody gets just all the learning but the teacher
[00:58.55] Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
[00:59.07] Aggravation, humiliation, devastation of our nation
[01:03.12] Ball of confusion
[01:05.72] That's what the world is today
[01:07.92] Hey, hey
[01:10.84] Ball of confusion
[01:13.36] That's what the world is today
[01:15.42] Hey, hey
[01:21.22] The sale of pills at an all time high
[01:23.23] Who put the filling in the primus sky?
[01:26.01] The city's a flame in the summer time
[01:30.17] And the beat goes on
[01:32.82] And the beat goes on
[01:35.23] And the beat goes on
[01:37.73] And the beat goes on
[01:41.48] Economics, reaganomics, birth control, the status quo
[01:43.85] Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon
[01:46.59] The Politicians say and the band plays on
[01:52.04] So, round and around and around we go
[01:56.69] Where the world's heading
[01:57.97] Nobody knows
[02:05.08] Ball of confusion
[02:08.38] That's what the world is today
[02:10.40] Hey hey
[02:12.03] Ball of confusion
[02:14.38] That's what the world is today
[02:16.96] Hey hey, hey hey
[02:20.86] Fear in the air, tension everywhere
[02:23.51] Unemployment rising fast
[02:26.14] Rockets new record's a gas
[02:30.02] And the band played on
[02:31.87] And the band played on
[02:34.21] And the band played on
[02:36.96] And the band played
[02:38.18] Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors
[02:40.64] Solid gold in demand, population out of hand, suicide
[02:44.79] Too many bills, everyone movin' to the hills
[02:46.65] People all over the world are dying in the war
[02:52.46] And the band played on
[02:54.91] And the band played on
[02:57.28] And the band played on
[02:59.97] And the band played
[03:00.89] Ball of confusion
[03:03.41] That's what the world is today
[03:05.70] Hey hey
[03:08.62] Hey, ball of confusion
[03:12.09] That's what the world is today
[03:13.36] Hey hey
[03:16.42] Ball of confusion, ball of confusion
[03:19.03] That's what the world is today
[03:21.25] Hey hey
[03:24.20] Hey, ball of confusion, ball of confusion
[03:26.81] That's what the world is today
[03:29.04] Hey hey
[03:35.00] Ball of confusion, ball of confusion
[04:07.54] Ball of confusion, ball of confusion
[04:09.82] That's what the world is today
[04:11.97] Hey hey
[04:14.81] Ball of confusion
[04:16.33] That's what the world is today
[04:19.53] Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey
[06:39.33] Ball of confusion
[06:40.51] That's what the world is today
[06:42.64] Hey hey
[06:45.58] Ball of confusion
[06:48.00] That's what the world is today
[06:50.08] Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey
[06:57.78] Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey
[07:05.75]

From the album: Tribute: The Finest Cover Songs by Kid Loco, Vol. 1