She got Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box, flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket…a hell of a statement to open up a song. The song was written by Richard Ford and John Kilzer.
Kilzer also reached #36 on the same chart with his preceding single ‘Green, Yellow, and Red’ earlier in 1988 (the song was also recorded by Roseanne Cash on her acclaimed 1987 album ‘King’s Record Shop’. His album ‘Memory In The Making’ reached #110 on the Billboard album chart.
I was commenting with Vic at The Hinoeuma and she remembered this song and thought that Kilzer was saying Lenin in a locket and after reading the rest of the lyrics I agreed but all of the lyrics I found it is Lennon. It makes sense both ways.
Either way, it is a nice rocker from the 80s that peaked at #12 in the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs.
Red Blue Jeans
She got Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket.
Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket
Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket
Get red blue jeans, she wears a red blue jeans.
She loves Big Brother, she wants to be true
when she goes to the parties it’s in red white and
blue.
She wears a red blue jeans, (ha) red blue jeans.
Bursting at the seams, dying to be free.
Within the halls of the Kremlin she holds her Manifesto
but what really sets her trembling are the words of the
Bible.
She keeps it in bed, reads it at night
knows what’s are real she knows it ain’t right
To wear (a) red blue jeans, (ha) red blue jeans.
Bursting at the seams, dying to be free.
BRIDGE
And in the realm of the terminally blue
it’s not who you are it’s what you do.
And in the realm of the marginally free
it’s not how you look it’s what you see.
She got Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket.
Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket
Stalin on the wall, Beatles in her box
flags in the hall, Lennon in a locket
Getting red blue jeans, (yeah) red blue jeans
(such a) busting at the seams, she’s dying to be free.
(Ha) red blue jeans, (yeah) red blue jeans
(ha) red blue jeans, (yeah) red blue jeans
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I remember this one and I liked it. It was a good mainstream rocker that stood out from some of the overproduced rock of the time. I’d forgotten about it. I’m going to spotify now. Thanks.
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Thank you… you are the second person to remember it. He had another song called Memory in the Making that got a lot of play on WKDF at the time.
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Don’t know that one.
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Not too bad, don’t think I’ve ever heard it or of him before.
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It just didn’t get a lot of airplay around the country I don’t guess but here it got a lot… of course he was from Memphis.
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Lenin is in the locket at the end. But, Lennon was on her wall, too.
Things to make you go ‘Hmmm…’
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Yes and Stalin wasn’t on the wall unless I missed it.
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Heh. The words to the song don’t match the props in the video. I did catch where she had a b&w of Kilzer taped to the mirror. And, no Stalin…
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Maybe Ringo is Stalin! just kidding.
I would be hard to believe someone…being the director of the video would not know Lenin from Stalin.
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Well, they would have to CARE. “Stalin on the wall” is kind of blatant.
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I know..kind of an important detail to leave out.
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Lazy.
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I hope you can read this. His death was ruled a suicide:
https://dailymemphian.com/article/3787/John-Kilzers-death-ruled-suicide%20
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I can…that is just down right sad. I wonder if he was hooked again.
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I did happen to catch a blip, somewhere…something about “…after 20+ years of sobriety, there was more struggle…” (paraphrasing). There was an indication of relapse.
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And, this is interesting:
http://philliprauls.com/photo_9.html
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That is thanks. I’ve never read that. He didn’t even plan on it…can’t believe he didn’t start playing until he was 20. He probably wasn’t equpped to handle it.
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Not equipped to handle the guitar? Or, are you referring to something else?
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Referring to the stardom…but thinking about it more he should have.
He played college basketball and he was known…but what a different business.
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He got his ass kicked of the basketball team for drinking. It was BAD.
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Some people can handle stardom and some cannot…Brian Jones…one of the 27 club…could not….He would have been better off being a teacher.
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Speaking of, have you se
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DAMN PHONE
As I was saying, have you seen the entire 27 list?
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https://www.ranker.com/list/members-of-the-27-club/famous-celebrity-deaths-list
this one is the best list I’ve seen…I forgot about Pigpen from the Grateful Dead.
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This one is longer if you include people other than musicians:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club
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I do like this one better because you don’t have to scroll forever…
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OFF. GEEZUS.
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