Name: Another Paradise Lost
Duration: 3 min 7 s
Channel: Jesse Jacobson
Description: Recorded either June or July, 1981 at Quad-Tek Studios (24-track). Lineup: Jerome Faulkner/Jesse Jacobson/David Letwin/Eddie Sena/Robert Teegarden. Produced by The Trend. Engineered by Pat Burnette.

Another Paradise Lost

The Trend

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Recorded either June or July, 1981 at Quad-Tek Studios (24-track). Lineup: Jerome Faulkner/Jesse Jacobson/David Letwin/Eddie Sena/Robert Teegarden. Produced by The Trend. Engineered by Pat Burnette.

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The Trend

Wacky Post-Punk New Wave 70s & 80s Music performed by a bunch of guys who looked like Physics Majors.

The Trend was a unique but, alas, unknown post-punk/new wave rock band from 1979-1981 around the L.A. and Southern California area. Having risen from the dead (well, a prolonged middle age stupor anyway), various ex-members got together three times for a 20 year reunion in 1999, 2000 & 2001 with the plan of producing/releasing a CD retrospective/oral history of their greatest hits that never were, as well as recording songs for a reunion CD! This has yet to be completed a decade later but may yet see the light of day before the end of this decade! Numerous mp3 song downloads, additional vintage and recent photos, fliers, used condoms (just kidding) and inane commentary will be added soon. So stay tuned (not that our guitars ever did)!

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Post Punk

Charts

Peak #58

Peak in subgenre #3

Author

Jesse Jacobson

Rights

1981 & 2014, BMI

Uploaded

March 20, 2014

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.6 MB • 160 kbps • 3:07

Story behind the song

Written 7/14/1980. From the final 4-song Trend demo finally recorded in ideal 24-track studio/circumstances in the course of a day. Robert Teegarden (Lead Vocals), Jerome Faulkner (Keyboards, Vocals), Jesse Jacobson (Guitars, Vocals), David Letwin (Bass), Barry Sauerwein (Drums).

Lyrics

i see it in your eyes you’re running on reserve
you want to cut me loose but you haven’t got the nerve

another paradise lost, another slap in the face
another burning bridge crossed, another fall from grace

i feel it in my heart it’s running in reverse
it’s throbbing in a vacuum and hurting like a curse

another paradise etc.

now you wish me well, 
now i must return
to my private hell 
though my blood runs cold
patiently i burn

i’d brave a million hells contrived by heart and mind
to be here by your side again to knot the ties that bind

another paradise lost, another lesson retained
back here it’s heaven on earth, this is paradise regained
paradise regained

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