The Writer
by UFO

Album: Mechanix (1982)
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Songfacts®:

  • Running 4:12, "The Writer" kicks off the Mechanix album. Co-written by then lead guitarist Paul Chapman, frontman Phil Mogg and Neil Carter, this uptempo track smacks of arrogance.

    Neil Carter replaced keyboard player/guitarist Paul Raymond in 1980; according to him: "Mechanix saw my first real attempts and we wrote and recorded this at Queens' studio in Montreux, Switzerland. Not a cheap exercise by any means which is why the band were always heavily in debt to the record company."

    In a March 2011 interview with Songfacts, he agreed "The Writer" sounded like a cynical comment on Fleet Street, adding: "There is no particular story behind it as far as I can remember. The general feel of the song is quite 'motoring' and it needed lyrics that had a bit of bite to them." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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