BORN OF FRUSTRATION
First released 1992
First played at the Paris Locomotive secret gig in March 1991, Born of Frustration was the song that really got the critics backs up, fuelling comparisons with Simple Minds and stadium rock bands. The video was big-budget and set in the desert outside Los Angeles. Larry was replaced by tour manager Richard for the video shoot as he had been mugged on arrival in LA and took the next flight home.
Born of Frustration was the band's first US release. It later appeared in a commercial for Western Hotels, the proceeds from which paid the massive tax bill that formed part of James' infamous Black Thursday in 1995.
WHERE TO GET
Album Version : Seven LP (510 932-1), CAS (510 932-4), CD (510 932-2), 4 from Seven promo (4FRM7)
Album Version : The Best Of CAS (536 898-2), CD (536 898-4), 2CD (558 173-2)
Album Version : Take 7 Canadian promo (PCD 197)
Album Version : Now And Then promo (JIMCJ1)
Album Version : Seven reissue CD (548-786-2)
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)
Single Edit : 7" promo (JIMDJ 10), CD promo (JCDJ 10), US CD single (866 495-2), US CD promo (866 495-2A)
Single Edit : A Taste Of The Best (TASTE 1) with 1998 calendar
Single Version : Born of Frustration 7" (JIM 10), 12" (JIM 1012), CASS (JIMC 10), CDS (JIMCD 10)
Single Version : I Know What I’m Here For Mexican promo (CDP 337-2)
Live Version : Seven The Live Video (083 804-3)
Live Version - Getting Away With It Live CD (SANDD119), VHS (0927451603), DVD (0927451602)
Live Version : Live in 2008
LYRICS
All this frustration
I can't meet all my desires
Strange conversation
Self-control has just expired
All an illusion
Only in my head, you don't exist
Who are you fooling
Don't need a shrink but an exorcist
La la la la la la la la........
Show me the movie
Of who you are and where you're from
Born of frustration
Caught upon the webs you've spun
Where's the confusion
A vision of what life is like
Show me the movie
That doesn't deal in black and white
Stop stop talking about who's to blame
When all that counts is how to change
Stop stop talking about who's to blame
When all that counts is how to change
La la la la la la la la.......
All this frustration
All this frustration
Who put brown owl eyes on a butterfly's wings
All this frustration
All this frustration
Who gave the leopards spots and taught the birds to sing
Born of frustration
Born of frustration
I'm living in the weirdest dream
Where nothing is the way it seems
Where no one's who they need to be
Where nothing seems that real to me
What can we build our lives upon
No altar stone, no solid ground
The world is spinning endlessly
We're clinging to our own beliefs
Born of frustration
Born of frustration