CONFUSION IS SEX

also appears on:

• Sonic Death (live '83)
• Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr Idols CD
• Live in Venlo (live '83)
• Live in Texas (live '86)
• Live in Columbus video (live '85)
• The Walls Have Ears (live '85)
• Hits Are For Squares
• Battery Park NYC July 4th 2008
• Rarities 1 (live '82)
• Rarities 2 (live '07)

• You Bet We've Got Something Against You (live '85)
• Hits $ Corruption (live '85)
• Life Would Be Grim Without Humour (live, unknown)
• From the Kitchen Archives No 3/Amplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986 (live '82)
• Free Yr Radio 2007
• 08/22/07 "DAYDREAM NATION LIVE IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 2007"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Jim Sclavunos - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Push it away
The world looks red
People with fish eyes
The ground sucks
Walk on my fingertips
Displacing the fog
The weight of my body
Is too much to bear
The memory drained
The life from the doll
An ocean of insects
Worked like a sheet
The immovable fact
Buried my mind
In a horsehair coat
In a pile on the floor

[REPEAT FIRST VERSE]

Some live versions feature an additional "People with fish eyes" sung at the end, followed by "No it is, yes it isn't" repeated over and over fanatically.

NOTES:

• Lyrics written by Michael Gira.
• Before joining 'Shaking Hell' in the 'Rather Ripped' tour sets in 2006, this song was last performed on 11/19/95.
• "Dig This!" contains a sample of a live performance of this song from the Speed Trials festival, May 4th 1983.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• On "From The Kitchen..." - LIVE - ?

  Recorded live on 12/27/82 in NYC, NY.

• On "Live in Venlo" - LIVE - 4:18

  Recorded live on 11/27/83 in Venlo, Holland.

• On "Walls Have Ears" - LIVE - ?

  Recorded live on 4/28/85 in London, England at the Hammersmith Palais. I believe this same version appeared on the "You Bet We've Got Something Against You" and "Hits $ Corruption" compilations.

• On "Life Would Be Grim Without Humour" - LIVE - ?

  Unsure when this was recorded, possibly same version as "You Bet We've Got..."

• On "Live in Columbus" - LIVE - ?

  Recorded live on 8/1/85 in Columbus, Ohio @ Stache's. Steve on drums.

• On "Live in Texas" - LIVE - 2:47

  Recorded live on 4/12/86 in Austin, Texas @ the Continental Club.

• On "Free Yr Radio 2007" - LIVE - ?

  Recorded live on 07/21/07 in Santa Monica, CA @ Urban Outfitters.

• On "Battery Park NYC July 4th 2008" - LIVE - ?

  Recorded live on 07/04/08 in NYC, NY @ Battery Park.