The Slab (Betty's Worry)
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
The Single
Released In: [Australia / NZ]
Release Date: 1984.
Australian Chart Position: [Did Not Enter].
Front Cover:
Back Cover:
Promotional video screen shots (The Slab):
Single Availability: Extremely rare.
Value: A$6-A$26.
Comments: Double A-sided single The Slab /
Carry Me.
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
| Studio |
3:55 |
Non-CD versions of The Jaws Of Life
album. |
Moderately common. |
| Studio |
3:55 |
Australian sampler The Jaws Of Life
EP. |
Extremely rare. |
| Studio |
3:55 |
Australian The Slab/Carry
Me single. |
Extremely rare. |
Studio (remix)
 |
3:58 |
CD versions of the The Jaws Of Life album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio (remix) |
3:56 |
Natural
Selection album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio (remix) |
3:58 |
Australian Collected Works
album. |
Extremely common. |
| Studio (living daylight remix)
|
3:56 |
US/Canadian Living Daylight EP. |
Moderately rare. |
| Live acoustic [1] |
3:58 |
Living Single in Large Rooms and
Lounges single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Live acoustic [1] |
3:53 |
Living in Large Rooms and
Lounges album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Live Acoustic [2] |
2:50 |
Mark Seymour Daytime
and the Dark album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Live Acoustic [3] |
3:47 |
Best of Acoustic
video. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia. |
| Live [1] |
4:55 |
The Way To Go
Out album and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Live [2] |
4:54 |
20th Anniversary edition version of Human Frailty
album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on CD/DVD. |
| Live [3]
|
5:18 |
Under One Roof
album and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD
and DVD. |
| Live [4] |
3:16 |
Mark Seymour From
Bondi to Bedlam video. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on DVD. |
Recommended Version(s).
Commentary
An alternative name used for The Slab early on was "Betty's Worry".
Comments from the "Natural
Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
Drinking, oral sex fantasy, Jon Archer's strident bass run.
1983, in Germany and we were revelling in the idea that we didn't have to be
artistically pretentious anymore. Doing the autobahn in a hired Mercedes, 225
kmh. Totally legal. The first Hunters road stories were written then. There was
a sense of relief. We were writing the album we would tour with. In Australia.
The band was smaller. The energy was simple and direct.
Lyrics
(Jigga Jigga!)
I was looking to see some dreams drip from your fingers
I was working in that lonely place where memory lingers
If there were words, if there was hair that I could drag you back with
If there was one single little hook that I could break your back with
Here we go
Oh yeah
Better get my head down there
Oh where?
Down there in that cavern where heaven grows
It's somewhere down there between daytime and the dark
And I'm gonna sweat beneath the light of a warm world
Oh yeah
Better get my head down there
Oh where?
Down there in that cavern where heaven grows
Out here in the street, naked in front of God and everyone
I'm beginning to see daylight yawning down there
And I'm just sitting here waiting for things to come
Cram that page baby, you know I'm marvellous
You think I'm sweating like this just for fun?
And hey I know it's true but I just can't say it
Say it, say it
Hey I know it's true but I just can't say it
Say it, say it
All right, all right!
Just one touch
And everything will be all right
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