Prefab Sprout - Faron Young Lyrics

So good.

To bring in Thomas Dolby as a producer sounds ridiculous, but it works especially on this track. I think that this album, but Prefab transcend fashion and even certain bits that were so of their time feel so right now 34 years later. If you have a great songwriter with great songs and a great band, then it'll work.

The Vaselines ripped this song off in 1989

Meraviglioso! ❤

There's at least 3 songs being played at the same time

classic song , classic songwriter, and if you don't know this band and this man's importance to the world of music , then i dont know what to say to you.

Country son of a gun😎

Fucking love this tune. Life affirming

Incredibly skillful songwriting. Its simply amazing how someone can create something so complicated but still sounds like a perfect pop tune.

So many great one liners

It used to be called TWO WHEELS GOOD. Then I heard desire and felt I had exhausted this genre. Truly the best it ever offered

Rockabilly

Only a million time better.

(you offer infrared instead of sun you offer bubblegum) a reference to the usual run of the mill lady gaga type rubbish of the time that other bands were singing . Forgive me Faron Young 4 on the morning a reference to The Country singer Faron Young that Paddy liked (just my take on it I may be wrong lol) still a fab song though

I love this album

Semplicemente EPOCALI!

Concordo! Uno degli album più sorprendenti del decennio (e oltre).
E uno degli album fondamentali della mia vita.

This song is like Psychedelic Blues-Art-Rock Pop

vinesauce bois

Plus de 30 années que j écoute cet album,et toujours autant de bonheur !!! Prefab sprout ,vraiment un grand merci.

Swoon and Steve McQueen are both brilliant albums.a bit like early Aztec Camera meets Smiths yeah? and yet so unique at the same time

I’d rather listen to four in the morning by Faron Young

I applaud them for writing some of the most catchy, infectious, pop melodies of that era, and always with a sentimental edge. In the U.S., they never had a huge following.

Diana Latzanich, they had club & radio play in Chicago, especially this tune. Best, dtf

One of the best albums of the 80's.

Perfect song from an incredible album.

different than most bands of the eighties

I have been outside Paddys house and I am not a super faan, but my wife is. This song is one of the PS greatast.

steve mcqueen is part of that time when music creativity reached the top. steve mcqueen is one of those albums with gold medal. nothing like this is been made years after.

Probably the best pop song written in the 80's.....pure genius, a melodic production masterpiece. "you offer paper spoons~and bubble gum"

if i ever have to hear blues music again , i will kill you, BLUES BLUES BLUES i HATE Blues Music unless it's the start of True Blood

Yin & Yang the Flowerpot Man!

one of the best albums of all time

Lolly Bell yes!

I still think this is one of the best albums of all time

Michael Welle, Yes, they keep me in the Zone too, then & now. Best, dtf

Kathy we share the same surname 😄

Yes, indeed it is in my book.

@Michael Welle I listened to same painting my first flat after a controlling relationship. It should be first stop instead of a shrink.

me too, one of the best albums ever

wake up to pop genius ...sugar sweet brilliance gifted

Fab sound

When I think I know this song because of my father, I'm happy.
Without him I would have never known Prefab Sprout.

total shame this album isnt on all track list- perfect-ART- 80s BEST decade ever..Paddy never forget your genius

You might like my 80 Alternative playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PSh8zXXHDgru1QEZVB40w?si=U3Ur0U8uT6qDhgdzwAF0xA

Great album!

yep - a great album by a great band - sad they never hit it big - they one of the more under rated bands of the 1980s.....this is one of my favorites - my other favorites are: Life of Surprises, We let the stars go, One of the broken, Goodbye Lucille, Cars & Girls, Appetite, Scarlet nights, jesse james , and Moon dog and Carnival 2000

Album immenso!

todas as faixas são boas!

this is a classic album every track a beauty ,this album never grows old , they were and are a most underrated band ,clever pop at its best

Totally agree, this album is much better than many other well known 1980s pop and rock albums.

@nicholas kobusch, get a reality check man. He's writing about an American music artist; Faron Young.  Funny how most Brit artists were influenced by American genre. From rock-ability & blues (which is so prevalent in this song, if you only knew your history) to Motown. We all benefit today because of the trade between the two. Double check your arrogance before you engage your foot in mouth!

I hope you all take an opportunity to listen to the real Faron Young. He was an amazing singer and I have to give him props for his voice, even if Country music isn't my favorite genre. And yes, there is actually a song he sang called "Four in the Morning".

Wow! Haven't heard this song in a long time! KROQ classic! Thomas Dolby rules!

Gold from our backstory..and yeah fresh as a daisy.. yea-ha!

Enjoy how my comments go off onto pdf's. Brits are best songwriters and lyricists and actors, period. These guys are living proof...

as far as a song goes of this thing its perfect......a great lost gem of a tune....i demand more people listen to this.....i mean c'mon it still sounds so fresh......you know what i mean :-)

Produced by the great Thomas Dolby, and you can tell anarl.

i have this on lp...bought it a few mths after i left school 1985...blew me away as a 16yr old kid...hearing it at 2.12 on my friends quality speakers of the day was like "what the fk" produced by the great thomas dolby...who,s album "the flat eart" has some amazing synth sounds..which he uses on "steve mcqueen"

I can still remember buying this in Record Exchange Camden Town 1985, rushed back to our Drama School bedsit in Crouch End and Danced, Drank, and generally did illegal things all day, Man they were great times .................

Relentless guitar, echoey dream sounds and great lyrics. Hey, even the banjo works. Love PS.

What a great opening track!