Remembering Forgotten Songs!
Doug & The Slugs - Too Bad
TOO BAD
Too bad that you had to get caught,
That's not like you to lose face.
So sad that you're not as smart,
As you thought you were in the first place.
Baby, I could use some of your persuasion,
(Too bad, persuasion, too bad, persuasion)
To wipe away (wipe, wipe, a-wipe, a-wipe a-wipe away)
the taste of your machinations.
(Too bad, machinations, too bad, machinations)
It's over,
Kaput except for the tail spin.
(Too bad, for the tail spin, too bad, for the tail spin)
Save the dialogue (baby set your dialouge)
for the old men in the pool room.
(Too bad, such a cool room, in the pool room, such a cool room)
Try it once, well I'm not so sure,
Try it twice and you're by my door.
Too bad that you had to get caught,
That's not like you to lose face.
So sad that you're not as smart,
As you thought you were in the first place.
The money, no more than insulation.
(Too bad, insulation, too bad, insulation)
The getaway, (get get a-get a-get a-get away)
I watched with fascination.
(Too bad, fascination, too bad, fascination)
The hideway, Woooo! such imagination.
(Too bad, 'magination, too bad, 'magination)
Ah, the 45! Goodbye!
I used it with no hesitation
(Too bad, hesitation, too bad, hesitation)
Too bad that you had to get caught,
That's not like you to lose face.
So sad that you're not as smart,
As you thought you were in the first place.
Doug and the Slugs were a Canadian pop music group formed in 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band hit pay dirt on the Top 40 charts with their popular single Too Bad released in 1980.
The band built a solid following in the Vancouver area through constant live performances. Determined to exert control over their own music and artwork, the band founded their own record label, Ritdong Records, and worked out a distribution deal with RCA Records for their recordings (Bennett chose the name "Ritdong" because he described it as the sound produced by an out of tune guitar).
Their debut 45 single Too Bad was issued on Ritdong in February 1980, and became a substantial hit in Vancouver, rising to #2 on local Top 40 station CKLG. Shortly thereafter, the track entered the Canadian hit parade, becoming a top ten hit. The song would also be used in the late 1990s as the theme song to the sitcom The Norm Show. That same year, Doug and The Slugs' manager, Sam Feldman mortgaged his house to make The Slugs debut album, Cognac & Bologna, that was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.
"The band's popular album, Cognac and Bologna, is a combination between the silly and serious to a jumpy brand of rock & roll that has echoes of Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, and Graham Parker, although, of course, not as good as any of them. Still, Doug Bennett's a pretty good singer, even though the Slugs' backing sounds fairly anonymous throughout." (All Music)
