Second Solution/Prisoner of Society

Single infobox
Name = Second Solution/Prisoner of Society


Artist = The Living End
from Album = The Living End
Released = 1997
Format = Single/EP
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Rock
Length = 16:29
Label = Rapido
Producer = Lindsay Gravina
Chart position = *4 ARIA Singles Chart
Reviews =
This single = "Second Solution/Prisoner of Society"
(1997)
Next single = "Save the Day"
(1998)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = The Living End
Type = EP
Last album = It's For Your Own Good
(1996)
This album = "Second Solution/Prisoner of Society"
(1997)
Next album = Four on the Floor
(2003)

"Second Solution/Prisoner of Society" is the first radio single/EP from The Living End, following after the group's second EP. It was the best selling Australian single of the 1990s, and spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the ARIA Top 50. It provided a breakthrough for the band, bringing them to the attention of the Australian Rock scene. Boosted by the success of this EP, they subsequently went into the studio to record their debut full-length album, The Living End on which they re-recorded both of the title songs and the B-side "Strange".

Music videos

"Prisoner of Society"

The music clip for "Prisoner of Society" was released first and features the band simply playing the song in a schoolroom intercut with scenes of young people in the same classroom who are rebelliously presenting "essays" to the class (though the essays they're reading are the lyrics of the song).

"Second Solution"

Following the release of the video for "Prisoner of Society", the band filmed and released the followup with "Second Solution." This video uses live clips from old performances where they play the song and shows all three members play their respective instruments in tune to the song at the same time.

Track listing

"All songs by Chris Cheney unless otherwise noted."
#"Second Solution" - 3:09 Recorded at Birdland Studios, Melbourne in August 1997.]
#"Prisoner of Society" - 3:54
#"Prisoner on the Inside" - 2:28 (Cover of the theme song from "Prisoner", originally by Lynne Hamilton)
#"Misspent Youth" (Live) - 2:52 Recorded an Triple J's Live at the Wireless 1997.]
#"Strange" (Live) - 4:06

Personnel

*Chris Cheney - guitars and vocals
*Scott Owen - upright bass and backing vocals
*Travis Dempsey - Drums and backing vocals

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prjVGQWNyE4 Prisoner of Society music video]