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An old friend of mine had the original 12 inch single in his vinyl collection. Sometime in 2021, him and his wife got drunk one night and decided to play their entire record collection. They were so drunk they played the original 12 inch at the wrong speed. Shortly afterwards he got in touch with me and asked if I'd ever played our single at wrong speed.
"No." I said.
"Do it," he said.
So I did. And I'm glad he told me to.

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Alright listen up.

Now some of you people listening to this may be too cool to be moved by anything that you see or hear in the world today. You may think you're too clever or too hard to be taken for a ride or have your weaknesses exposed. You may feel you have to be at least one step ahead of everyone else in order to demonstrate that you're not a sheep or a fool. So you play games to hide those parts of yourself that you feel are vulnerable or worthless. I'm talking about you journos, you anti-vaxxerss, you hard men. Well I'm not that kind. You see, I'm naked.
I came into this world naked and I'll go out stripped of all my pretensions, so while I'm alive I'll not perpetrate those mind games that just screw up everyone who comes across them. What you see is what I am; hurt me and I'll cry, love me and I'll rejoice. I'm completely transparent, exposed, naked.

I see a hard man walking down the street Iike a killer and I know what he's fighting for - to be baby naked. I see a proud woman deny her true feelings for a man and I know what her secret desire is for - to be stripped naked. I see a politician on the TV hungry for power and I know what his lust is for - to be seen by millions naked.

Ah, what’s that? Naked. Naked. Naked. Naked. Naked. Naked.

Alright, I want everyone to join in now, and I don’t mean clap your hands or sing along - I mean naked. I want everyone out there to start taking off their clothes. You don’t need to be embarrassed. We’re all friends here. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. There’s nothing to be afraid of. We can feel clean and we can feel pure and we can be sure that there’s more to life than a body. Be naked and be free. We can join together and walk the streets naked. And we can look upon our bodies and feel no shame. We can be children again, like little children, pure and innocent. Give up your games, your clothes. Give up. Be naked.

Who’ll be the first to take off their clothes?

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from Take the Stage EP, released December 12, 2021

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Gentle Ihor's Devotion Leeds, UK

Formed in the 1980s. Their 12 inch single 'Naked' was single of the week in Melody Maker. Signed to TUG REC in Germany. Lead singer Gentle Ihor is solo now collaborating with various musicians.

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