Bruce Dickinson - 10. God's Not Coming Back (Live Skunkworks 1996) video free download

Skunkworks Live 1996 - Recorded in Pamplona and Gerona, Spain on May 30th and 31st 1996, during the Skunkworks world tour.

Bruce Dickinson - Vocals

Alex Dickson - Guitar

Chris Dale - Bass

Alessandro Elena - Drums

God's Not Coming Back (B. Dickinson/ A. Dickson)

[Lyrics]

Yeah, standing by the three kings and I thought I saw a star

[mumble]

I could smell the holy spirit, it was coming from the bar

[mumble]

It's magic they said, back from the dead

It's not Christmas yet, God's not coming back

[mumble]

God's not coming back [mumble]

You turn my water into wine, you fix my table, it's just fine

Two ton rocks he rolled away, Lepers cured every Sunday

[ "OK, goodnight, thank you very much,

be back next Sunday, alright?" ]

It's magic they said, back from the dead

It's not Christmas yet, God's not coming back

Hanging with Magdalene

He never dug the little queen

[ "She's a little stunner, you know what I mean?" ]

You look like Ian Gillan but I bet you couldn't scream

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!

It's magic they said, back from the dead

It's not Christmas yet, God's not coming back

God's not coming back (x3)

Oh well...

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God's Not Coming Back is a bonus track and can be found on Skunkworks album 2005 extended version.

Skunkworks Live can be found on ''Anthology'' DVD (Disc 1) by Bruce Dickinson, released on June 19, 2006.

''Anthology'' is a 3 disc compilation DVD by Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden. The DVD features three live performances as well every single promotional video made during Bruce's solo career. The DVD also includes over an hour of extras and unreleased footage.

Bruce Dickinson interview 1996:

''Skunk works is the name of the design bureau of Lockheed Aviation company that very secret and advanced aircraft. Planes that can't be seen on radar and the Blackbird which is the worlds fastest and highest flying aeroplane. They designed the U-2, Americas first jetfighter back at the end of the second world war, the F-104 Starfighter, all kinds of really very revolutionary jetplanes. Skunk Works is their nickname which became the semi-official title. So we changed it from being two words to just one word. So on the cover it says Skunkworks.

...

So we thought...hhmm..if we can make records as they make aeroplanes...he he he!''

Originally, Bruce intended for Skunkworks to be the debut album of a band by the same name. However, the label would not publish the record under any other name than Bruce Dickinson. The album sounds quite different from Bruce's other solo works. Most songs in this album have the central theme being science and/or related themes. Furthermore, the songs are relatively short, with most running around 3 minutes. The band didn't last and for his next solo project, Accident of Birth, he teamed up with guitarist Roy Z.

In 2005, Skunkworks album was re-released and the 2005 extended version included songs performed live, such as "Inertia", "Faith", "Innerspace", "The Prisoner" and other previously unreleased songs.

The intro and outro tapes that was used on the Skunkworks-tour was lifted from the obscure "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" album by Robert Calvert. The intro was the track "Catch a falling starfighter" and the outro was "The Gremlin II", which, by the way, has Arthur Brown on guest vocals.