"The road to hell" 1989 Christopher Anton Rea, né le 4 mars 1951 à Middlesbrough, est un auteur-compositeur anglais à succès. Son plus grand succès date de 1989 avec l'album The Road to Hell. Son père, Hugh Rea, était glacier dans la proche banlieue de Middlesbrough, à Guisborough. Dans cette banlieue, "Aller chez Rea's" (prononcer "Rias") signifiait aller manger une glace. Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, instantly recognisable for his distinctive, raspy voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. ~~~~ Well I'm standing by a river But the water doesn't flow It boils with every poison you can think of And I'm underneath the streetlight But the light of joy I know Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows And the perverted fear of violence Chokes the smile on every face And common sense is ringing out the bell This ain't no technological breakdown Oh no, this is the road to hell And all the roads jam up with credit And there's nothing you can do It's all just bits of paper flying away from you Oh look out world, take a good look What comes down here You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway Oh no, this is the road Said this is the road This is the road to hell