Parents by Budgie - Songfacts

Album: Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)

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Running to well over 10 minutes, this group composition is intensely personal, and described by one reviewer as "a near-perfect scene of romantic despair."

Bass player Burke Shelley handles the vocals, while lead guitarist Tony Bourge takes a single riff and expands on it, playing on the octaves rising in intensity and finishing with some fascinating overdubbing. Or is that really a flock of seagulls and the sound of the sea as the track fades out? >>>
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Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments: 3

Marcin from SotonActually Budgie was very popular in Poland. I would say more popular than in the UK. My English and Welsh friends, who grew up in 70 never heard of Budgie.
I strongly reccommend Bandolier album.
Just to add Bands like i.e. Iron Maiden or Metallica covered some Budgie's song, although i.e. Nicko McBrain- Maiden's deummer never heard of them before.
Ken from Dublin Ireland One of the greatest songs ever written re growing up and the generation gap
Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandBudgie were one of the most underrated 70s hard bands & this epic number should be better known than it is. One of the greatest ever album closers. Its a shame that (at the time of writing) the only version on Soundflavor is a live version, which cuts out that classic ending with the seagulls.

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