Games – Fly by Night
Tracks 1, 6 and 7 Produced by Craig Beyrooti and Martin Mitchell
Tracks 2, 3 and 5 Produced by Greg Georgiades and Greg Brown
Tracks 4 and 8 Produced by Greg Georgiades and Willem van Straten
Tracks 1, 6 and 7 recorded at 8th Avenue Studios by Craig Beyrooti and Andy Thomas
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 recorded at Pyramid Studios by Peter Orczy and Greg Brown
Digitally Mastered at 8th Avenue Studios by Craig Beyrooti
All tracks published by Passage One
An 8th Avenue Production for No Nonsense Music
Recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa 1990
Originally Released in 1991 under No Nonsense Music
Remastered 2024 by Craig and Jayden Beyrooti
Release Date: April 17, 2024
Beyrooti Records
Available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube
South African band Fly by Night recorded the album “Games” in Johannesburg in 1990. The record was originally released in 1991 by No Nonsense Music, the precursor to Beyrooti Records. It features the songwriting, guitars and vocals of Greg Georgiades. An exciting jazz-funk-soul record, “Games” showcases great original songs played by talented musicians.
Programming – Greg Georgiades, Willem van Straten, Greg Brown, Peter Orczy and Martin Mitchell
Backing Vocals – Steve Berliner, Chris Tokalon, Geoff Harris, Willem van Straten, Mari-Alena Joubert, Ayala Katz and Martin Mitchell
Track Listing
1. Bulk The Super Hero
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Programming
Steve Berliner – Guitars
Geoff Harris – Bass
Chris Tokalon – Saxophones
Martin Mitchell – Programming, Backing Vocals
Ayala Katz - Backing Vocals
2. Beat It On A Drum
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synth Bass, Programming
Stuart Woods – Rhythm Guitar
Willem van Straten – Saxophones
Greg Brown – Programming
Peter Orczy – Programming
3. Groove Street
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades / Greg Brown
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Programming
Greg Brown – Bass, Programming
Willem van Straten – Saxophones
Peter Orczy – Programming
4. The Dream
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synth Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Willem van Straten – Saxophones, Programming
Greg Brown – Programming
Peter Orczy - Programming
5. Mr. Dayglo
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synth Bass, Programming
Willem van Straten – Saxophones
Greg Brown – Programming
Peter Orczy – Programming
6. These Days
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Guitars, Vocals
Chris Tokalon – Saxophones, Vocals
Steve Berliner – Guitars, Vocals
Geoff Harris – Bass, Vocals
Ayala Katz – Vocals
Mari-Alena Joubert - Vocals
Martin Mitchell – Percussion Programming, Vocals
7. Games
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Vocals, Guitars
Ayala Katz – Lead Vocals
Steve Berliner – Guitars
Chris Tokalon – Saxophones
Geoff Harris – Bass
Andy Thomas – Drums
Martin Mitchell – Percussion Programming
8. You Move Me
Music and Lyrics by Greg Georgiades
Greg Georgiades – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Synth Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Willem van Straten – Saxophones, Programming
Greg Brown – Programming
Peter Orczy - Programming
Bulk The Super Hero – Lyrics
Here come Bulk the super hero
Flex his muscle to the go-go bassline (super good)
Bulk the beefcake
He can groove
When he do the stomp
The disco move right in time (right in time)
I said hey
Mister hero, schmerro, beefcake
Do you like it like this
(Do you like it like this)
I really dig that bass bolero
It gives me quite a twist
(Gives me quite a twist)
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He shrinky dinks his way across the floor
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He’s flown the coup
The crowd calls out for more
I said hey
Mister hero, schmerro, beefcake
Do you like it like this
(Do you like it like this)
I really dig your bass bolero
It gives me quite a twist
(Gives me quite a twist)
Here come Bulk the super hero
Flex his muscle to the go-go bassline (super good)
Bulk the beefcake
He can groove
When he do the stomp
The disco move right in time (right in time)
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He shrinky dinks his way across the floor
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He’s flown the coup
The crowd calls out for more
Looking for someone (who I need)
Someone to touch me (like you)
Looking for someone
Who can boogie
And to please me
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He shrinky dinks his way across the floor
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He’s flown the coup
The crowd calls out for more
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He shrinky dinks his way across the floor
Loop de loop
Scooby doop doop
He’s flown the coup
The crowd calls out for more
Beat It On A Drum – Lyrics
Somebody told me just yesterday
That you chased your dreams to ground
While it’s not easier to wait
When nobody comes around
If you think that it’s all okay
Don’t you take too long
Yes you know what they have to say
All about being strong
Keep listening to the wind
There’s a word out for you
If you find a song just sing
Cause you can do it too
Make a message in the air
It is sure to help
Keep passing on what you hear
Don’t keep it all to yourself
Gotta beat it on a drum
Gotta beat it on a drum
Gotta beat it on a drum
To get the message
To send a message through the blue
If you think that it’s all okay
Don’t you take too long
Yes you know what they have to say
All about being strong
Keep listening to the wind
There’s a word out for you
If you find a song just sing
Cause you can do it too
Make a message in the air
It is sure to help
Keep passing on what you hear
Don’t keep it all to yourself
Gotta beat it on a drum
Gotta beat it on a drum
Gotta beat it on a drum
You got the message
To send a message through the blue
Can you hear it coming through
Loud and clear
Can you hear it coming through
Loud in here
Groove Street – Lyrics
If you really wanna fly
You gotta take a little jive and tap your feet to the time
Yeah
Then you really know
How it feels to go
Hop into the bus and take a ride down onto Groove Street
And if you want to dance just let it show
You can’t help but going down Groove Street
And if you dig it you can take it home
There’s no time to feel bad
Just feel the heat
Move your feet
If you really wanna fly
You gotta take a little jive and tap your feet to the time
Yeah
Then you really know
How it feels to go
Hop into the bus and take a ride down onto Groove Street
If you wanna move let it rip and go
Turn it loose going down Groove Street
And leave that hassle hanging on the phone
There’s no time to feel bad
Just feel the heat
Move those feet
No time to feel bad
Just feel the heat
Move your feet
Take it take it one step at a time
If you dance on Groove Street you will fly
Take it take it one step at a time
If you dance on Groove Street you will fly
The Dream – Lyrics
Seems we’ve met where time just sleeps
And the call comes afar
Like an echo from the deep
Blue morning star
You hear the people laugh and play
It’s happening everywhere
And do you think it’s ever gonna end
Twist the wrist, kaleidoscope
Moments fall like leaves
Blown through the air
Then you look around
A crowd of friends make rain
Throwing it on the ground
Walk the night
Through the light
Moving downstream quietly there
I sense your presence like a bird
Before it takes flight
Was it you
Was my guess right
Then it all just fades to grey
Lying in the dark
Where forever seems to wait
Before you get too far
And do you think it’s ever gonna end
Twist the wrist, kaleidoscope
Moments fall like leaves
Blown through the air
Then you look around
A crowd of friends make rain
Throwing it on the ground
Mr. Dayglo – Lyrics
Mr. Dayglo
He’s got everything that you need
And the world that lies at your feet
Let him show you the way to believe in love
Dayglo
He’s got a smile
If that’s what you want yeah
Just a moving along all a go-go
How many people know what you know
I said do you
Do you wait alone at night
Don’t you
Have the time to feel all right
Or do you
Wait alone at night
Don’t you wait
You don’t really have to capture
Every moment passing by
With the summer that seduces
Not a cloud up in the sky
Season is a lady
Warm sometimes cold
The season of the summer is the one you love to hold
There really is no reason you can’t have it all your way
The day burns the picture in and the night just lets it fade
Green pastures
Covering the cold
The season of the summer is the one you love to hold
Season is his woman
The queen of night and day
Season is his woman
Who never fades away
Do you
Do you wait alone at night
Don’t you
Have the time to feel
Or do you
Wait alone at night
Don’t you wait
Do you
Do you wait alone at night
Don’t you
Take the time to feel all right
Or do you
Wait alone at night
Just you wait for
Mr. Dayglo
He’s got everything that you need
And the world that lies at your feet
Let him show you the way to believe in love
Dayglo
Got a smile
If that’s what you want yeah
Just a moving along all a go-go
How many people know what you know
These Days – Lyrics
These days
The songs are so predictable
The songs are so predictable
These days
The songs are so predictable
I wonder who’s responsible
It really is despicable
So totally predictable
Hey diddle diddle
Won’t you answer this riddle
What kind of music makes you hot
If the deejays satisfy you
We’ll just walk on right by you
And head towards the melting pot
These days
The songs are so predictable
I wonder who’s responsible
It really is despicable
So totally predictable
Not just pop as in goes the weasel
But with a bang cows jump to the moon
While three blind dogs were running up the rhythm
The cymbal turned into a dish
Rolling about
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Now wasn’t that predictable
Now find out who’s responsible
It really is despicable
So totally predictable
Hey diddle diddle
Won’t you answer this riddle
What kind of music makes you hot
If the deejays satisfy you
We’ll just walk on right by you
And head towards the melting pot
Not just pop as in goes the weasel
But with a bang cows jump to the moon
Three blind dogs were running up the rhythm
The cymbal turned into a dish
Rolling about
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
Ooh rolling about
Sound that moves inside and out
The songs are so predictable
The deejays are responsible
Predict predict predictable
So totally predictable
Games – Lyrics
All just games
Playfully tumbling through the back behind the blues
We have a good time
Cause we always play these games without the rules
Throw away the dice
No need to spin the wheel
No time to win
No time to leave or lose
When you play the game of games it’s all for real
Moments that move
Catch your attention in a lacy wind blown web
The time invites us to please have another day it’s all you’ll get
Throw away the dice
No need to spin the wheel
No time to win
No time to leave or lose
When you play the game of games it’s all for real
We always chase the things we need
Just to see them slip away
Only to come back again
When the moon’s the other way
We always chase the things we need
Just to see them slip away
Only to come back again
When the moon’s the other way
For us there’s only now
Cause now’s the only time we feel
Think and do and feel again
The pinch to keep us all awake
All just games
Playfully tumbling through the back behind the blues
We have a good time
Cause we always play these games without the rules
Throw away the dice
No need to spin the wheel
No time to win
No time to leave or lose
When you play the game of games it’s all for real
Cause we always play these games without the rules
Throw away the dice
No need to spin the wheel
No time to win
No time to leave or lose
When you play the game of games it’s all for real
You Move Me – Lyrics
Do you ever wonder why
Things move so slowly
Just when you’re speeding on ahead
Well, just maybe it’s the car you drive
Maddeningly crawling
With the needle in the red
Can’t hold it
Can’t stop it
Just feels good
Meeting up along the way
Just like you said
If it takes a long time to get it
I’ll be waiting up in the shade
You know I will
Ooh that’s how you move me baby
What I tell ya
Woah that’s how you move me baby
Ooh that’s how you move me baby
Yeah that’s how you move baby
Ooh that’s how you move me baby
Do you ever wonder why
Things move so slowly
Just when you’re speeding on ahead
Well, just maybe it’s the car you drive
Maddeningly crawling
With the needle in the red
Ooh that’s how you move me baby
What I tell ya that
That’s how you move