Monday July 18, 2022 “One Thing Leads to Another” The Fixx

This week we will be doing rock & roll by the numbers so in a world of logic we will begin at the beginning with the number ‘one…thing leads to another’.  Someone count me in please…

The Fixx is a London-based new wave group that managed to have a successful career in America and the UK for several years in the mid-'80s, with their catchy, keyboard-driven pop along with the help of MtV. The band was formed by college friends vocalist/keyboardist Cy Curnin and drummer Adam Woods. 

The Fixx released their debut album, the Rupert Hine produced Shuttered Room, in 1982. The record spawned two minor UK hits, "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies," and spent a short time in the charts. In America, none of the singles were big hits even with strong radio airplay which kept the album on the US charts for nearly a year.

Producer Rupert Hine is not a household name, unless artists like Tina Turner, Howard Jones and Bob Geldof are residents. Those are just three of the many stars in addition to The Fixx that Hine has produced over the years.

Fixx band members Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram appeared in the Tina Turner music video "Better Be Good to Me" and they both contributed musically to her Private Dancer album.

Stay safe and well…and without seeming obvious, I believe The Fixx have hit on a deep philosophical truth…one thing certainly leads to another.

The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?

You've got a blank face, which irritates

Communicate, pull out your party piece

You see dimensions in two

State your case with black or white

But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth

You run for cover so discreet, why don't they:

 Do what they say, say what you mean

One thing leads to another

You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long

But then one thing leads to another.

 The impression that you sell

Passes in and out like a scent

But the long face that you see comes from living close

To your fears

If this is up then I'm up but you're running out of sight

You've seen your name on the walls

And when one little bump leads to shock miss a beat

You run for cover and there's heat, why don't they:

 Do what they say, say what they mean

One thing leads to another

You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long

But then one thing leads to another

One thing leads to another

 Then it's easy to believe

Somebody's been lying to me

But when the wrong word goes in the right ear

I know you've been lying to me

It's getting rough, off the cuff I've got to say enough's enough

 Bigger the harder he falls

But when the wrong antidote is like a bulge on the throat

You runs for cover in the heat why don't they

 Do what they say, say what they mean

One thing leads to another

You tell me something wrong, I know I listen too long

But then one thing leads to another

One thing leads to another

One thing leads to another