Ricky's Hand

About Ricky's Hand

"Ricky's Hand" is a song by Fad Gadget, released as a single in 1980. It was the second Fad Gadget single, following "Back to Nature" the previous year. The track was not included on any studio album, predating a debut LP by several months, but does appear on several compilations. Mute Records founder Daniel Miller collaborated on the writing, playing and production. Lyrically the song was a sardonic cautionary tale on the perils of drink driving: "From the pocket it pulled five pound / Ricky bought another round… Ricky contravened the highway code / The hand lies severed at the side of the road". The cover of the original vinyl single showed the hand in question being burnt by drops of beer in the fashion of a corrosive warning symbol. The music was in a predominantly industrial style with an insistent electronic beat. A plaintive motif opened the track and recurred during the chorus, occasionally augmented by a distinctive 'choir girl effect', as it was described in the credits. An electric drill was also listed among the instruments; it can heard on the recording punctuating each mention of the song's title. more »

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1985

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Scratched his head, then pulled his ear
Reached out for a glass of beer
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x1]

From the pocket it pulled five pound
Ricky bought another round
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x1]

In the dark it found his zip
Wiped his mouth when he was sick
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x3]

Six pints later he waved goodbye
Picked his nose and squashed a fly
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x1]

Slamming the door it grasped the wheel
Now Ricky's full of man appeal
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x1]

Ricky contravened the highway code
The hand lies severed at the side of the road
Ricky's hand [Repeat: x3]

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Fad Gadget

Francis John (Frank) Tovey, also by his stage name as Fad Gadget (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both New Wave and early industrial music. more »

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