New Neurosis

	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.
	New Neurosis
Genre	New Wave
Year	1980
Status	Unsolved
Original poster	sailorfreak
Search started	2021

New Neurosis (also known as "Padded Cell") is an unidentified new-wave song sourced from a broadcast of the radio show Rodney on the ROQ, recorded on May 31, 1980. It was incorrectly credited as "New Numerales" by The Young Executives.

Background[edit | edit source]

On October 4, 2021, the song was first uploaded to WatZatSong by user sailorfreak, who claimed that the song came from a 1980 cassette tape recording.^[1]

The OP returned to upload the full snippet on September 10, 2022, and revealed his source for the song to be a May 31, 1980 recording of Rodney on the ROQ,^[2] a Pasadena, California-based radio program on the station KROQ-FM.^[3]

Disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer incorrectly credited the song as "New Numerales" by The Young Executives, and claimed that the song was "brand new".^[2]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Presumed Lyrics

(Verse 1)

This thing is just not workin'

But I've got a mental block

But, I'm stuck to my perception

And I'm afraid of your rejection

I'll meet you in the padded cell

Strap me down, switch on the current

Oh please, give me another injection

I'm afraid of your inspection

(Chorus)

I've got the new neurosis

I've got the neurosis

(Verse 2)

This excision hurts my function

You control my behavior

Isolation with anxiety

I can’t (sublimate?) this energy