What it would be like if I talked to popular music # 3
Okay, so I know I should be election-blogging, but instead I've decided to have another conversation with popular music. This week, I'm talking with 'You're the Voice' by John Farnham...
We have….the chance to turn pages over
Unless you’re using finger paint, in which case it’s best to leave it to dry for a few hours.
We can write what we want to write
Defamation laws notwithstanding.
We gotta make ends meet before we get much older
And okay, this might be a vehicle that works for you. Pity the local office cleaners who use these lyrics as the basis for a fair wage case, though.
We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son
Although presumably not both at the same time.
How long can we look at each other….down the barrel of a gun?
About five minutes. Squinting like that is completely exhausting.
You're the voice try and understand it
Are you mocking my comprehension abilities? Or just being patronising?
Make a noise and make it clear
What do you mean? Can you give an example?
Whoa oh oh
So when you say “clear”, you mean “guttural noise that has no known meaning”
We're not gonna live in silence
That’s a shame.
We're not gonna live in fear
Except the fear that ‘Sadie the Cleaning Lady’ might be played on television or radio.
Whoa oh oh
Here he goes again….
This time…we know we all can stand together
But not with Liberal front-benchers, right*?
We have the power to be powerful
And also the beauty to be beautiful, the care to be careful, the laws to be lawful and the stress to be stressful.
Believing we can make it better
You know, I hate to sound like the Federal Government, but believing isn’t enough, buddy. You have to get out and actually do something. And by “something”, I don’t mean “insert bagpipe solo here”.
No, I said DON’T insert bagpipe solo here.
Well, if you can’t have a civilised conversation without resorting to aerophones, I’m off.
* In Farnham's defence - there weren't many (Federal) Liberal frontbenchers at this point....
We have….the chance to turn pages over
Unless you’re using finger paint, in which case it’s best to leave it to dry for a few hours.
We can write what we want to write
Defamation laws notwithstanding.
We gotta make ends meet before we get much older
And okay, this might be a vehicle that works for you. Pity the local office cleaners who use these lyrics as the basis for a fair wage case, though.
We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son
Although presumably not both at the same time.
How long can we look at each other….down the barrel of a gun?
About five minutes. Squinting like that is completely exhausting.
You're the voice try and understand it
Are you mocking my comprehension abilities? Or just being patronising?
Make a noise and make it clear
What do you mean? Can you give an example?
Whoa oh oh
So when you say “clear”, you mean “guttural noise that has no known meaning”
We're not gonna live in silence
That’s a shame.
We're not gonna live in fear
Except the fear that ‘Sadie the Cleaning Lady’ might be played on television or radio.
Whoa oh oh
Here he goes again….
This time…we know we all can stand together
But not with Liberal front-benchers, right*?
We have the power to be powerful
And also the beauty to be beautiful, the care to be careful, the laws to be lawful and the stress to be stressful.
Believing we can make it better
You know, I hate to sound like the Federal Government, but believing isn’t enough, buddy. You have to get out and actually do something. And by “something”, I don’t mean “insert bagpipe solo here”.
No, I said DON’T insert bagpipe solo here.
Well, if you can’t have a civilised conversation without resorting to aerophones, I’m off.
* In Farnham's defence - there weren't many (Federal) Liberal frontbenchers at this point....
posted by gigglewick at
11:43 am
3 Comments:
I may one day forgive you for getting this song stuck in my head.
Maybe. One day.
Yes. I have only the bagpipe solo stuck in my head, which is surely karmic retribution for something (global warming?)
On the other hand....
Hi Mr Farnham or similar!
* waves *
I read this last night and then I rang someone this morning and got You're the Voice as hold music and TOTALLY FREAKED OUT.
At least the guy picked up the phonebefore we reached the bagpipe solo
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