Em 1983, Jim e William resolveram gravar uma demo com duas músicas e em 1984 convidaram o baixista Douglas Hart e o baterista Murray Dalglish para montarem um grupo. Nascia assim o The Jesus and Mary Chain, nome provavelmente tirado de um antigo filme de Bing Crosby, versão jamais confirmada pelos irmãos Reid.
Uma cópia dessas demos acabou chegando até Alan McGee, que estava montando a Creation. Jim se lembra do primeiro contato com Alan: "é uma estória bizarra.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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Halfway To Crazy
by William Reid and Jim Reid performed by The Jesus and Mary Chain on the album Automatic
Intro: BF#EF#
BF#EF# Crazy, I'm halfway to
BF#EF# crazy Suicide could
BF#E save me
F#BF#E Oh but that is too extreme
F#BF#E It's such a sad and sorry scene
(Same chord riff as 1st verse (I'm tired))
Lovers, tongue tied and tied to the tongue Making deals going bad the dawn Every dawn must have it's day And then it's got to pay and pay
E That's me being torn at the seams
B Going mad in the middle of a dream
E Catch me getting it wrong from the start
F#7E Catch me 'cause I'm falling apart
F#7
(Same chords as first verse)
Crazy, I'm halfway to crazy Suicide would waste me Homicide would break me Tongue tied and tied to the the tongue Oh is life as bad as dreams I guess that's just the way it seems