IQ 55 - Livet ar en bluff 7″
June 20th, 2006 at 5:27 am
Togheter with WBT this was the first local band I saw in 1979. Bought their 7inch the same year but was so dissapointed cause it didn’t sound as punk as their incredible live gigs. IQs singer Leif Larsson or Ensam Leif(Lonely Leif) as his nick name was where one hell of an entertainer. Quick, witty and smart.
When the TV Eye drummer and I started to play togheter in 1983 we moved into a place called “Gamla Busscentralen” where I found an old military bag that Ensam Leif used to have. IQ 55 used to practice there too. Can’t find the bag now but I wish I keept it. Ensam Leif later killed himself in the 80s running against a train. His lyrics where clever but somewhat depressing. Emo. From “Livet ar en bluff”: “Why should one live a life that is meaningless. When my dreams are so good.” a shitty translation that sounds better in swedish. The b-side is more close to how I remember them live.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Slam
Format: 7″
Songs:
Livet ar en bluff.mp3
Bara svarigheter.mp3
June 20th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
the second track makes my head bop. GREAT!
July 6th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 am
Leif Larssons’s nickname was not “Ensam Leif” or “Lonely Leif”. He was very friendly and he had a lot of friends who appreciated him a lot.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Hi Andreas!
I didn’t mean to offend the memory of Leif. I’m sure he had a lot of friends. My mother even worked with him at the hospital in Linkoping and told me what a nice guy he was.