Timbuk3 – The Futures So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)
Timbuk3 (Pat & Barbara k. Macdonald) play this song live on The Tube in Newcastle UK in 1986.Do all crazy teachers wear dark glasses?
Timbuk3 (Pat & Barbara k. Macdonald) play this song live on The Tube in Newcastle UK in 1986.Do all crazy teachers wear dark glasses?
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:43 am
@QueenBeatlesWings Apparently they were… in America.
Look them up on We7 if you have a paid subscription – they put an album or 2 out..
January 2nd, 2012 at 1:11 am
Love this song
January 2nd, 2012 at 2:11 am
You people do get this is sarcasm, don’t you? The singer has said so publicly, look it up on wikipedia!
January 2nd, 2012 at 2:16 am
Kuffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 2nd, 2012 at 2:31 am
the two guys in the front are cool! Everyoe else has a stick in there ass!
January 2nd, 2012 at 3:01 am
Cool, great. This song was on the charts when I was in college. It was one of the musical bright spots of my study sessions in the dorm. England rocks….and I’d love to be in England right now.
January 2nd, 2012 at 3:55 am
feelin it
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:01 am
I LOVE this song
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:49 am
Some songs just pop up in your head once a year or so. This is one of them for me. Great tune, fun lyrics and I love the double voice.
See you next year
January 2nd, 2012 at 5:05 am
LOVE IT!
Still kicks butt after ALL these years!
“Words to live by”!
Thanks for posting!
January 2nd, 2012 at 5:50 am
they should’ve been more than a one hit wonder. they’re so talented and funny
January 2nd, 2012 at 6:07 am
Excellent and fun!
January 2nd, 2012 at 6:22 am
@mdpocoroba Okay, point taken.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:16 am
@hell5309 That’s not the way Pat describes it if you YouTube this title HERE: “Timbuk3: One hit wonder: Future so bright I gotta wear shades”
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:54 am
this tune is just so good…………….
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:00 am
@severedfragile It’s not about nuclear holocaust. It’s about the fact that when Pat and Barbara first married, they were starting to be successful, and Barbara said, “The future’s looking so bright, we’ll have to wear sunglasses!”, which Pat took to be ironic. Now, there is a slower version of this song featuring an extra verse that makes the song dark, but it’s not about nuclear holocaust. More or less, it’s the antithesis of the blues.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:38 am
Barbara ..KKK
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:48 am
i really like this song
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:41 am
Barbara swingin it… wow
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:46 am
slay me Barbara KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK…yahoo
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 am
Barbara Da kine all time
January 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 am
bless u 4 posting this Barbara k. hott sweet swing it shit yea
January 2nd, 2012 at 11:40 am
That’s right it was big back then, the cold war hadn’t quite ended, with a bang! It died with a whimper!
January 2nd, 2012 at 11:44 am
The future’s so bright… I gotta wear shades!
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
wayfarers FTW