FIRE - THE LORDS

Everytime someone mentions ’The Lords’, these two lines automatically spring to me mind: “Muzzer and fuzzer and son“ and “Poor boy, ze life is so hard to go-u-o-u-o-u“ - excerpts from the (hilarious) English lyrics presented with undeniable German accent in their legendary 1965 hit “Poor Boy“. In 1968 even ’The Lords’ made a slight excursion into psych-pop. I was at the tender age of 8, when “And At Night“ was one of the first 45s I’d bought from my scanty pocket money. But what in the world was this weird thing on the single’s B-side?! I hadn’t seen that one coming, for sure! But somehow this strange song “Fire“ (complete with interwoven chunks of Latin - intellectuals, those lads, eh?!) had fascinated me anyway. So enjoy it for what it is! p.s. At that time the band’s singer ’Lord Ulli’ had worked a bit on his English pronounciation - but his forced “American“ accent sounded just like what it was: Artificially put-on. ;-) Never mind - RIP, ’Lord Ulli’.