40 Years - Then Death
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"40 Years - Then Death" is a 1986 single by Australia
n alternative rock
band TISM
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It was originally released on white vinyl in a clear plastic wrapper with no identifying labels of any kind.
Verses end with "No longer to visit the 'Palace of Love'".
Other lyrics alluding to sexuality include:
"Pubescent girls, never again to finger the curls on their head."
"Perfume! The smell of perfume of is forgotten and the shape of her room and the sheets on her bed."
"No more the sudden thrill as you dip into the 'swill'"
The single earned TISM recognition as their earlier single "Defecate On My Face
" was very infrequently played on radio, if at all; where this single was quite radio friendly.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band TISM
TISM
TISM was a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following. Their third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995...
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It was originally released on white vinyl in a clear plastic wrapper with no identifying labels of any kind.
Lyrics
The song portrays an early-twenties male's despondent view of his remaining sex life: 40 more years of "living" then "death".Verses end with "No longer to visit the 'Palace of Love'".
Other lyrics alluding to sexuality include:
"Pubescent girls, never again to finger the curls on their head."
"Perfume! The smell of perfume of is forgotten and the shape of her room and the sheets on her bed."
"No more the sudden thrill as you dip into the 'swill'"
The single earned TISM recognition as their earlier single "Defecate On My Face
Defecate On My Face
"Defecate On My Face" was the first single released by Australian alternative rock band TISM. It was originally released in 1986 and has become a mainstay of TISM's live show ever since....
" was very infrequently played on radio, if at all; where this single was quite radio friendly.