[newman61]

Hi, I was listening my college radio station the other day in NFLD, and they were playing a song with nothing but electric guitar and a singer, and I could have SWORE the singer was Gordon Downie. But I'd never heard the song before on a Hip album, or, as far as I know on a Gord solo album.
The lyrics started off "I cut my arms open, and it was all red and blue and gold like a chinese parade", and the chorus said something about "the sound of the guns like steel drums".
What was really distinct about the song was that the beginning and end of the song were spoken word as if it was a recorded message on someone's answering machine, and at the end of the song you could hear the beep of the message being erased.
Does anybody know what the heck I'm talking about? Because I didn't get the name of the song, and I'd really like to get a hold of it for a project that I'm working on. Maybe it wasn't Gord at all and I was hearing things. Thanks!

[Stephen Dame]

Wow. Doesn't ring a bell, perhaps somebody may know if it was a rare cut from an indie film soundtrack or something... I can't seem to place it on any of the solo releases, could be wrong though.

Did you call the station?

[newman61]

I did, and they were lazy and didn't have a clue, because they were playing reruns of old shows. I have a feeling it was probably just some indie band and the singer happened to sound like Gordon Downie to an uncanny degree... but I remember the lyrics being very weird and poetic, and I was convinced at the time it was Gord.