Biography:
The Motels are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for Only the Lonely and Suddenly, Last Summer, both of which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively.*
First incarnation
Formed in 1971 in Berkeley, California, the band (then called The Warfield Foxes) moved to Los Angeles by 1973 seeking a record deal. The band consisted of Martha Davis on vocals and guitar, Dean Chamberlain on lead guitar, Chuck Wada on 2nd lead guitar and others.
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So L.A. – The Motels
[Intro]
(Guitar with heavy phase shifter, then add synth)
A
[Verse]
A
Walk of the town on a sun burned night
A
Keep in mind the dream so nice
G
Walk of the night that seemed so new
A
All of it is up to you
[Verse]
A
Jimmy cracked when he came out her
A
Precious dream was never clear
G
Now he practiced it a thousand times
A
The city that should have been his that night
[Chorus]
E
And the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Verse]
A
Walk of the woman that came to say
A
She come and walk there every day
G
Her specialty was you, and she
A
Dream the same but incomplete
[Chorus]
E
And the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Instrumental break]
A G A G
[Verse]
A
Walk of time as time goes on
A
Walk of pain as pains prolonged
G
And the dream and the woman and the time and you
A
Are all very welcome to Hollywood
[Chorus]
E
Cause the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G
Oh, oh, it's so so
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Outro]
A
[Intro]
(Guitar with heavy phase shifter, then add synth)
A
[Verse]
A
Walk of the town on a sun burned night
A
Keep in mind the dream so nice
G
Walk of the night that seemed so new
A
All of it is up to you
[Verse]
A
Jimmy cracked when he came out her
A
Precious dream was never clear
G
Now he practiced it a thousand times
A
The city that should have been his that night
[Chorus]
E
And the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Verse]
A
Walk of the woman that came to say
A
She come and walk there every day
G
Her specialty was you, and she
A
Dream the same but incomplete
[Chorus]
E
And the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Instrumental break]
A G A G
[Verse]
A
Walk of time as time goes on
A
Walk of pain as pains prolonged
G
And the dream and the woman and the time and you
A
Are all very welcome to Hollywood
[Chorus]
E
Cause the man on the corner got something new
E A
And something new is good for you tonight
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G
Oh, oh, it's so so
D G A D G A Bb F G Bb F G A
Oh, oh, it's so so L.A.
[Outro]
A
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