Magazine - Definitive Gaze (1978) reaction commentary - Post Punk

Today I listen to British rock band, Magazine perform Definitive Gaze from their 1978 album, Real Life.


Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Definitive Gaze
4:49 - My thoughts
5:42 - Who are Magazine?


Links
Original Video:    • Definitive Gaze (Remastered)  

Magazine playlist:    • Magazine  

Post-punk playlist:    • Post - Punk  


Magazine were a British rock band formed in 1977 in Manchester in England by singer Howard Devoto and guitarist John McGeoch. After leaving the punk group Buzzcocks in early 1977, Devoto decided to create a more progressive and less "traditional" rock band. The original lineup of Magazine was composed of Devoto, McGeoch, Barry Adamson on bass, Bob Dickinson on keyboards and Martin Jackson on drums.

Real Life is their debut studio album in June 1978 by record label Virgin. Real Life has received critical acclaim and is considered a pioneering post-punk record. It has also been described as new wave and art rock. It was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Definitive Gaze is the opening track, with lyrics Howard Devoto and music by Devoto and John McGeoch.


Lyrics
I've got this bird's eye view
And it's in my brain
Clarity has reared
Its ugly head again
So this is real life
You're telling me
And everything
Is where it ought to be

I like your nerve
I like watching you
But I don't watch what I'm doing
Got better things to do
So this is real life
You're telling me
Now I'm lost in shock
Your face fits perfectly