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(Turn A) Blind Eye
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The Single
Released In: [Australia / NZ] [USA - promo]
Release Date: 1989 (Australia), 1990 (USA)
Australian Chart Position: 42
Front Cover:
Back Cover:
Promotional video screen shots:
Single Availability: Moderately rare.
Value: A$4-A$18.
All Australian single versions had "Two Roads" as a b-side, while the 12" and CD versions added
an extended mix of "Blind Eye" as a b-side.
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
Studio
 |
4:29 |
Ghost Nation album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio
|
4:28 |
Natural
Selection album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio |
4:29 |
Australian versions of Collected Works. |
Extremely common. |
| Studio |
4:29 |
Turn A Blind Eye single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Studio |
4:29 |
Sampler Ghost Nation
EP. |
Extremely rare. |
| Studio (extended mix) |
? |
Australian 12" Turn A Blind Eye singles. |
Moderately rare. |
| Live Acoustic |
3:31 |
Mark Seymour Titanic album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Live [1] |
4:55 |
Horn of Plenty
box set component Spare Parts album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Live [2]
|
4:44 |
Living In Large Rooms and
Lounges album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Live [3] |
4:44 |
Under One Roof
album and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD
and DVD. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Comments from the "Natural
Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
Stale croissants, strawberry jelly, weak tea, diesel exhaust,
cold feet, illegal aliens, Gary Glitter's sky blue g-string, silk cuts and warm
lager, New Musical Express, Thatcher, Kajagoogoo, blue pyramids, the union jack,
the British sneer, man wanted, ex-west end theatre lady with a gammy knee, Brick
Lane, skins, race riots, nuclear chaos, the clogged sink in Earls Court, stank
like rotten fry, cheating the underground, celibacy, delusions of grandeur...
Lyrics
When success is on your mind
But true direction is missing
You know the gods have lied - but you're still smitten
By the stars in your eyes
I can tell you know where you are
Smile sweetly and you'll be forgiven
You're almost free - almost free to come and go
Bed setting room for ambitious prisoner
Walk away
Don't take no for an answer
Turn a blind eye to it all
Let sleeping dogs lie
Down in Queensway
Like a bulldozer chasing butterflies
Down sad English streets you wander
Over sleeping bodies you step lightly
All the snow on the ground
Lets you pass by without a sound
One last look before you disappear
Walk away
Don't take no for an answer
Turn a blind eye to it all
Let sleeping dogs lie
Down in Queensway
[repeat much later]
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