Lost Gem: "Breadfan" - Budgie (1973)


"All the money in this world
And I don't need it."
~ Budgie ~


Budgie was a blistering power-trio heavy metal hard rock band out of Cardiff, Wales that should have broke large.

Sounding like the best parts of Rush, Purple and Sabbath, Budgie pounded out creative riffs...trippy lyrics...and tight, confident playage. But for whatever unfair reason, Budgie could never gain more than cult status in the States.

Newbies, who have never heard Budgie, will have a field day exploring the bands loaded catalog.
Ray Phillips (drums), Burke Shelly (bass & vocals), Tony Burge (guitar)

Lost Gem:--> "Breadfan"...the opening track from..."Never Turn Your Back On A Friend" (1973) is a wrapped-up package of heavy metal riffage with an acoustic break that screams classic. 
A signature track and a perfect starting point.

Have you heard this one?


Breadfan open up your mind
Open up your purse
Never never never gonna lose it
Breadfan take it all away
Never give an inch
Gonna make a mint gonna make a million
Breadfan you've got it all, song
Long time friend
Gonna lose it in the end,who's a fool?
See girl give it all away
Stay a bird stay a man stay a,
Just stay what you wanna be

Loser give it all away never stay
With the widow of the man with the money
Sailor, wrapping up the town
With a gown and a record
On the top of you're gonna be a bad boy
Breadfan finger in the pie in the sky
For a shilling on the nose of a gee gee
Come on keep it all aside
We will ride on a boat to the middle of an island

Loser give it all away,
'cause I'm never gonna stay
'cause i don`t need it
Don't you feel it in your veins
All the money in this world
And i don't need it.

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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Comments

WZJN said…
Never knew the band but I'm always glad to be turned on to something I don't know. Thanks
August 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM
Casey said…
WZJN...put in context with the time...Budgie were as creative as the other big 3 or 4 heavy metal bands. Just didn't work out for them.
Noticed your moving your blog. Looks like it was successful. That's something I've been considering myself.
August 9, 2010 at 10:12 PM
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