British Lion - "Land of the Perfect People" (video)

Just a young boy all alone
And he don’t know the feeling
Of being loved in a home
Got a strange face don’t fit in
He’s not one or the other
And he ain’t got no kin
Now a schoolboy thin as a bone
Another fight in the playground
It's three onto one
Makes no difference
You’ll get the blame
Then there’ll send you away
And it all starts again
Left in the wasteland
Nobody knows where he came from
A girl all alone
A man from a far away land
That’s how he come about
They say get out, get out
Don’t come around here
We don’t need your kind
Being around here
Don’t care if you’re hungry
We don’t care at all
This is the land of the perfect people
You don’t belong around here
Life ain’t simple
Life can be tough
When your face don’t fit in
You spend your life on the run
You’re not wanted anywhere
All you want in your life is somebody to care
Left in the wasteland nobody knows where he came from
A girl all alone a man from a far away land
They say get out, get out
Don’t come around here
We don’t need your kind being around here
Don’t care if you’re hungry
We don’t care at all
This is the land of the perfect people
You don’t belong around here
You don’t belong
You don’t belong
You don’t belong around here
You’d better run
Run run run away
Run run run away
Run away
Get out, get out
Don’t come around here
We don’t need your kind being around here
Don’t care if you’re hungry
We don’t care at all
Get out, get out
Don’t come around here
We don’t need your kind being around here
Don’t care if you’re hungry
We don’t care at all
This is the land of the perfect people
You don’t belong around here
This is the land of the perfect people
And you don’t belong around here

Το 2012 ο μπασίστας των Iron Maiden, Steve Harris, κυκλοφόρησε ένα single κι ένα album, μόνος του (εκτός Maiden δηλαδή) με τον ίδιο τίτλο "British Lion". Τελικά του άρεσε το εγχείρημα και δημιούργησε το προσωπικό του σχήμα με όνομα τον τίτλο εκείνου του δίσκου.

Πέρυσι επέστρεψε δισκογραφικά με τους British Lion μετά από επτά χρόνια. Ο διάδοχος του "British Lion" φέρει τον τίτλο "The Burning" και "βγήκε" στις αρχές του προηγούμενου έτους. Όσον αφορά τα υπόλοιπα μέλη της μπάντας θα ήθελα να κάνω μία μικρή αναφορά στον drummer.

Πρόκειται για τον Simon Dawson, ο οποίος έπαιξε τύμπανα στο "μυθικό" album των Deep Switch "Nine Inches of God" που κυκλοφόρησε το 1986...

Band: British Lion
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: London, England
Formed in: 2012
Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
Years active: 2012-present

Video: "Land of the Perfect People"
Album: "The Burning"
Type: Full length
Release date: January 17th, 2020
Label: Parlophone
Format: CD, 2 12" vinyls, Digital

Track listing:
01. City of Fallen Angels
02. The Burning
03. Father Lucifer
04. Elysium
05. Lightning
06. Last Chance
07. Legend
08. Spit Fire
09. Land of the Perfect People
10. Bible Black
11. Native Son

Band members:
Steve Harris - Bass
Simon Dawson - Drums
Grahame Leslie - Guitars
David Hawkins - Guitars, Keyboards
Richard Taylor - Vocals

Miscellaneous staff:
Tony Newton - Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Steve Harris - Recording, Mixing, Mastering