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Men without Hats: The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Mercury Records
Released: 1989
Time:
 51:25
Category: Pop
Producer(s): Stefan Doroschuk
Rating: *......... (1/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.menwithouthats.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1999.05.25
Price in €: 9,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] In the 21st Century (Doroschuk) - 6:18
[2] Hey Men (Doroschuk) - 5:03
[3] You and Me (Doroschuk) - 5:43
[4] Everybody's Selling Something (Doroschuk) - 2:54
[5] Here Come the 90's (Doroschuk) - 4:51
[6] S.O.S. (Anderson/Andersson) - 3:58
[7] All We Do (Doroschuk) - 4:46
[8] I'm in Love (Doroschuk) - 4:57
[9] Intro Eloise (Doroschuk) - 1:01
[10] Eloise and I (Doroschuk) - 3:14
[11] Underneath the Rainbow (Doroschuk) - 3:29
[12] 21st Century Safety Dance (Doroschuk) - 5:03

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Ivan Doroschuk - Vocals, Electronic Sounds
Stefan Doroschuk - Bass, Guitar, Keyboard

Lenny Pinkas - Keyboards, Computer Programming. Yayas
Marika Tjellos - Keyboard, Bass
Dick Duff (Richard Samson) - Drums, Duoghnuts
Bruce Murphy - Keyboards
Heidi Garcia - Vocals
Colin Doroschuk - Vocals
The Cosmic Eugene on Accordeon - Accordeon

Mike Scott - Recording and Mix Engineering

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Following the success of 1987's Pop Goes the World LP, Men Without Hats pursued a similar stylistic direction with 1989's Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century. Aside from its unwieldy title, the album was also hampered by a lack of strong material. The Pop Goes the World album had been the Hats' most consistent effort in terms of songwriting, and Adventures... suffered by comparison. Singer/songwriter Ivan was increasingly focusing on themes such as environmentalism (before it became trendy) and feminism, but sometimes the message seemed to take precedence over the song. A perfect example was the album's first single, the Canadian hit "Hey Men." The song's pro-woman message was admirable, but the song itself was a dull rocker, particularly ill-suited to Ivan's voice and the Hats' style. The result was tepid, and much of the album was similarly disappointing. There were moments that echoed the greatness of the Pop Goes the World LP, but there weren't enough of them. (This album is noteworthy for being the first Men Without Hats record to include a cover version -- of Abba's "S.O.S."!)

Robin Platts , All-Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


In The 21st Century

When the river runs dry, what will we say
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY
In the 21st century

Oh when the river runs dry, what will we do
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA OH-HOO
In the 21st century

When the river runs dry, what will we wear
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA where?
To the 21st century

Now some people sing, Some people say
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY
Get up off your knees and pray

Pray that the earth don't tire, of the way that we're puttin her down
Hope that the universe don't say "I'm still expanding but your time is up"

Some people sing, some people sigh
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA why?
Why can't we live in peace

Some people sing, Some people say
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY
In the 21st century

Hope that the earth don't tire, of the way that we're puttin her down
Hope the universe don't say - stop spinning around
Hope the world don't say that we've got no place to go
Hope the universe don't say "I'll be expanding for a while, you? No!

In the 21st century
In the 21st century
In the 21st century
In the 21st century
In the 21st century
21st century
21st century
21st century
21st century
21st century
in the 21st century
21st century

When the river runs dry, what will we say
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY
21st century
the 21st century
the 21st century
the 21st century
Oh when the river runs dry, what will we do
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA OH-HOO


Hey Men

Hey!

Somebody told me to live is a lie
But I know better got a woman inside
Tells me things that I should understand
'Cause I know better even though I'm a man
So many things go in so many ways
Every single moment like a judgement day
Thank goodness things are gettin better for sure
I got the message
Love is the cure
Uh Huh
Oooh Yeah

Now I ain't stupid but I can't understand
Why so many things are gettin so out of hand
Think we should wonder what the problem could be?
All the world over sing "I wanna be free"
Don't really matter what you think of me now
'Cause I got the message
The message is wow
Got everything, got nothing to hide

I got.. What?
I got a woman inside
Uh Huh
Oooh Yeah

I said, hey men.
Quit knocking your children 'round
I say, hey-hey men. 
Quit mowin your women down
'Cause it's all in the way
That you look at who you are
So hey hey men
Quit looking so far
Oooh Yeah

Land of the free is a poor alibi
I learned my lesson when I learned how to fly
Sounds so silly but I think its the truth
I got the message
The message is you
Somebody told me that we live in a dream
Sounds like something that you hear on T.V.
Got everything even though I'm a guy
Feels so good
I got a woman inside
Uh Huh
Oooh Yeah

I said, hey men
Quit pushin your women 'round
I say, hey -Hey men
Quit knockin' your children down
'Cause it's all in the things
That you do with what you are
So, hey Hey men
Whatcha been doing so far?

Playing guitar!

I said, hey men.
Quit knocking your children 'round
I say, hey-hey men. 
Quit mowin your women down
'Cause it's all in the way
That you look at who you are
So hey hey men
Quit looking so far

Epilogue:
        We got more rock and roll than we ever deserved
        Some of us were fishes, some of us were worms.

        We got more rock and roll than we ever deserved
        Some of us were fishes, some of us were worms.

Take it away


You and Me

Prologue:

        Knew you were only fooling when you turned around and said goodbye
        Please call this over I'll just roll up in a ball and cry
        The winter moon is often viewed in the eye of you

Saw a man walking on the moon on a black and white T.V.
I saw 4 lads from Liverpool in my babysitter's magazine
I saw rain shine than sun fall
Saw nobody home
Saw candles burning in the wind
I saw Lou Reed in Rome

I saw the land beyond my wildest dreams behind a willow tree
Saw naked ladies on the wall of a bathroom in a factory
Saw apples lying on the ground
Saw right through the snow
I saw women dying in an opera
Saw Lou Reed in Rome

Then I saw your face and thought how life's so good to me
We were meant to meet each other in the middle of a mystery

I saw an old man sleeping in the cold by a purple limousine
I saw the biggest canyon in the world with an angel in the stream
Saw a weary eyed 14 year old dancing all alone
I saw a needle going through a heart
Saw Lou Reed In Rome

Then I saw your face and thought how life's so good to me
And we were meant to meet each other in the middle of a mystery
Then I heard you smile and thought how wonderful indeed
Were meant to meet each other You and Me
You and Me

Then I saw your face and thought how life's so good to me
And we were meant to meet each other in the middle of a mystery
Then I heard you smile and thought how wonderful indeed
Were meant to meet each other You and Me
You and Me

You and Me
You and Me
You and Me
You and Me


Everybody's Selling Something

More 4/4s in the neighborhood
Banging on the same guitar
Dreaming of living in Hollywood
Puffing on a big cigar
Prima ballerina in a magazine
Call her on the telephone
Tell her that you're sending up a limousine
She say: I don't know...
I know where to go!

Now 4/4s in a different mood
Thinks he's gonna change the world
Making all the money that some others should
Guess it's 'cause we don't deserve
Meet a lot of people in a magazine
Tell you where not to go
Tell you that I'm living out a fantasy
You say: You don't know
They play me on the radio

You gotta walk before you crawl
Remember everybody's selling something
You gotta talk before you know
Remember everybody's selling something
There's like a racket on the ball
Remember everybody wants attention
You gotta rock before you roll
Remember everybody's selling something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!

Now 4/4s into mother earth
Hurry up and wait T.V.
Funny how your life'll take a different turn
And how you get to dance for free
See a lot of freedom in your magazine?
Does it tell you what you want to know?
Tell you once and maybe twice and maybe three times
That's all right!
We're coming out in stereo!!!

You gotta walk before you crawl
remember everybody's selling something
You gotta talk before you know
remember everybody's selling something
There's like a racket on the ball
Remember everybody wants attention
You gotta rock before you roll
Remember everybody's selling something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!

Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!


Here Come The '90s

Talk about the world
I see it everyday
Talk about your heart
And things we have to say
I can here the whales
Whisper in the trees
I can hear their hearts
Calling out to - me

I can hear the waves
Breaking through your heart
I can hear your voice
Calling from the start
I can feel the wheels
Turning up ahead
I can see your voice
Telling me what's there

And the river's not too wide heavy dreaming on the other side
In the summer we'll collide As lovers

Talk without words
We do it all the time
Talking with your heart
Melting into mine
Talk about the boys
When you talk about the girls
I can hear their voice
Ripping 'round the world
And the river's not too wide heavy dreaming on the other side
In the summer we'll be fine like two lovers with a pair of eyes
In the summer we'll collide As lovers

Here come the '90s yeah, yeah, yeah!
Here come the '90s
oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Here come the '90s yeah, yeah, yeah!
Here come the '90s
oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Here come the '90s yeah, yeah, yeah!
5 4 3 2 1 In the 21st Century
(yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
(yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
yeah! yeah! (yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
(yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
yeah! yeah! (yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
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In the 21st Century
yeah! yeah! (yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)
In the 21st Century
(yeah!, yeah!, yeah!)


S.O.S.

"I'd like to dedicate this song to mother earth"

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind
What ever happened to our love? I wish I understood
It used to feel so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, well I try, how can I carry on?

You seem so far away but you are standing nearer
You make me feel alive but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?

... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ...


All We Do

How high is the light above
Is everybody thinking 'bout a thing called love
My, my there's a light ahead
Is everybody waiting 'till the thing turns red
Hey, hey we've a while to go
Is everybody ready 'cause the thing must roll
My life ain't no ball and chain
it's a summer of forgiveness
And the fall of pain
and the money's O.K.
and the money's O.K.

Hey, hey you and I agree
They burned our rivers
And they burned our trees
My, my we've a while to go
Is everybody willing 'cause the thing must roll
My life ain't no ball and chain
it's a summer for existence and the fall again
My life ain't no given up
It's a never ending story 'bout a thing called love
and the money's O.K.
and the money's O.K.

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then?
Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking
All we do is live and die

If all we do is life and die
Then tell me about the birds that fly
Tell me about the summer rain
And evenings whispering your name
If all we did is die and live
Will springtime be there to forgive
Son of laughter, son of pain
Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything
I loved you more - than the driving rain
I loved you more - more than words can say

If all we did is life and die
Then tell me about the birds up high
Tell me about the summer rain
And evenings whispering your secret name
If all we did is die and live
Will springtime be there to forgive
Son of laughter, son of pain
Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything
I loved you more - than the driving rain
I loved you more - more than words can say

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then?
Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking
All we do is live and die


I'm In Love

Mom is talking on the phone talking to her agent
Got a big role in "The Egg & I"
Dad is in the hall checking the replacements
Got the underware in overdrive
Something's going on
I can hear the rumble getting louder on the quiet side
Call it what you want
Some will call it hunger
Some will call it everything in sight

So let the girls wear pants
Let the young boys dance in twos
And the walls? Paint 'em blue!
'Cause I'm in love with you

Summer turns to fall every single summer
It's a wonder that we're still around
Well I could build a wall, I could be a bummer
I could tell you everything's down
Oh something's going on
I can hear the grumble getting quiet on the louder side
Call it what you want
Some will call it thunder
Someone else will call it dynamite

So let the girls romance
Give the young boys dancing shoes
And the walls? Paint 'em blue!
'Cause I'm in love

I'm in love with bees & birds (I'm in love)
I'm in love with the sun (I'm in love)
I'm in love with thought of the day
When the world is one (I'm in love)

I'm in love with the boys and girls (I'm in love)
I'm in love with the rain
I'm in love with the sound you make
When you call my name
Sounds like peace again

Something's awful wrong falling down is easy
It's the getting up that's getting hard
Call it what you want it can be misleading
But it can also take you where you are
Well I can hear them all talking to their faces
This is not the way you want to be
Take it to the wall or any other place
And you will see what I've been trying to mean

So let the young girls dance
With the young boys dancing too
And the walls? Paint 'em blue!
'Cause I'm in love

I'm in love with the boys and girls (I'm in love)
I'm in love with the sun (I'm in love)
I'm in love with thought of the day
When the world is one (I'm in love)

I'm in love with bees & birds (I'm in love)
I'm in love with the rain
I'm in love with the sound you make
When you call my name
Sounds like peace again

I'm in love (I'm in love)
Yeah!


Eloise and I

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of the month of May
And the flowers & the trees were happy
'Cause everything could be this way
The following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
So Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of the month of June

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of the falling rain
And the flowers & the trees were laughing
'Cause Eloise was here again
The following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
So Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of the month of June

Call me far behind but the wind was in my way
Eloise & I were dancing
In the middle of the month of May
Eloise & I talk 'bout the summer thing
Eloise & I wonder 'bout the other thing
Eloise & I
Good bye Eloise

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of a falling down
With the mystery of life enhancing every little single sound
And then the following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of...
The middle of the month of ...
Eloise & I wonder 'bout the summer thing
Eloise & I talk 'bout the other thing
Eloise & I
Good bye Eloise

GOODBYE


Underneath the Rainbow

Oh, if I had a wish I'd fall in love
With the planet and the stars above
Isn't that what life is all about
When you're underneath the rainbow

Oh, oh if I had a wish I'd fall in love
With the planet and the stars above
Aren't angels only clouds and doves
When you're underneath the rainbow

And some were mystified that some were always dancing
All I realized is someone really cared underneath the rainbow

Some were mystified that some were always dancing
All I realized that someone really cared
And although deep inside
Hold life as so romantic
I learned to read and write, smell the summer in the air
And oh, if I had a wish I'd fill it full of love
I'm receiving from no strangers up above and when the leaves are falling
I just close my eyes and lift my head and
Oh, if I had a wish I'd fall in love
With the planet and the stars above
Isn't that what life is all about
When you're underneath the rainbow


21st Century Safety Dance

Pseudo Instrumental

You could dance if you want to

In various voices and repetitions:

        safety
        dance
        21st century
        It's one small step for
        And one giant leap for
        Take a walk on the wild side
        All you need is love
        1 2 3

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