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A DFFRNT WRLD

by TV Smith & Richard Strange

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TV Smith, frontman of The Adverts and Richard Strange, frontman of Doctors of Madness release “A DFFRNT WRLD”, another fist-pumping, toe-tapping rant by two of Britain’s finest songwriters.

The two met in 1976, and were firm fans of each other’s bands.
They started writing together in 1977, and Record Store Day 2021 saw the release of their sell-out vinyl album 1978, a collection of songs written by the two when their respective bands hit the buffers in that year.

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A DFFRNT WRLD


Well I just woke up from suspended animation
And I think I must have slept right through an alien invasion
Cos everything I’ve loved has been destroyed or damaged
And everybody’s speaking in a strange new language

This is a Dffrnt Wrld
We know it’s hard to be heard
When every speech is slurred
By those whose vision is blurred
Who weaponize the word
According to the howl of the herd
Above the cry of the bird
But we are undeterred

This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld



I woke up to a world on the edge of disaster
Where everyone’s mistaking the slave for the master
I can’t tell the difference between real and simulation
Is this now? Is this then? Is this just imagination??

This is a Diffrnt wrld
This is the shock of the new
And we’re at the back of the queue
But we just gotta get through
We’re led by a renegade crew
We’re trapped in a wire canoe
There’s no-one else to turn to
it’s just me and you

This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld
This is a Dffrnt Wrld

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released June 10, 2022
Written by TV Smith & Richard Strange
Produced by Richard Strange
Mixed by Tom Gillieron

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TV Smith & Richard Strange UK

The Adverts and Doctors of Madness were two seminal bands of the mid 70s.

TV Smith wrote three of the most iconic songs of the punk era, One Chord Wonders, Bored Teenagers and the hit single Gary Gilmore’s Eyes,

Richard “Kid” Strange went on to work with artists as varied as Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, The Nightingales and Marianne Faithfull,

Their friendship dates back 45 years,
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