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Robbie Williams Rudebox
Rudebox track by track guide by Robbie Williams, all the album's song lyrics, photographs, sheet music, Live DVD And Through It All - Robbie Williams Live 1997-2006 Added on April 8, 2006 According to the Sun, the mother of Robbie Williams said that her son will sing with Take That again. Robbie left the rehab clinic in Los Angeles in March and is back working on his music, she added. Added on February 14, 2007 On his 33rd birthday, Robbie Williams has checked himself into a rehabilitation center in the United States where he will undergo treatment for prescription drug addiction. The singer is said to be addicted to antidepressants. His latest album, Rudebox, was a flop. In 2006, Robbie Williams separated from his successful co-writer Guy Chambers. Added on October 5, 2006 Robbie Williams: Lovelight broadband clip  The album Rudebox is released on EMI Records on October 20, 2006. The single precedes it on September 1st. Order Rudebox now from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de or Citydisc Schweiz. Rudebox A track by track guide by Robbie Williams Article added on August 21, 2006 “It wasn’t till I was in the studio the other day listening to a few of the tracks back, I was with the Soul Mekanik boys and the thought hit me…Do songs like the ones you like, Im eight albums in, why didn’t I think of this before. Doh! I’ve just been scared to make this record before I think. My solo career started when the Britpop explosion did, and I thought try and make songs that sound like that, but this is now…I’m 32 years old, eight albums in, and this is the record I’ve always wanted to make. It’s the start for me. It’s reignited how I think about what I can do with music myself. I’ve always been scared to try out different things and this album I think I’ve lost the fear of where I should be in my head as a populist, as a populist artist, and it means I can just go and do wonky pop now, which is all I really wanted to do anyway. It has become something on which I’ve found myself. This is the right direction for me personally, this is what it is. I saw the whole Robbie thing coming to a close, I couldn’t make another album like the ones I’d made, and this has just opened up a thousand other doors. What I am excited about now is making more music. I love all the stuff on the album, I love Rudebox, it’s a favourite song of mine. I don’t know what’s gonna happen now, I’m excited about getting it out there, but I’m more excited about making more.” Robbie Williams, August 2006 Rudebox Danny & Kelvin (aka Soul Mekanik) sent me the very basic drum track and it just became a floor shaker with lyrics straight outta Stoke on Trent. My heads been in some strange places and taken some strange exit turns since I was 16. When we get in the studio we gel and we know where we are going, we get excited when it’s right. I think I’m/were onto something. I just think the synchronicity of where we come from and how we are as people adds its own certain chemistry in the studio. It’s a bit strange to be playing this live at the moment cos no one knows it and the venues are massive and playing something so leftfield can be quite daunting, it is something I haven't done on any other tour (played something no one knows) usually I am a big fan of give them what they want. This time I decided it is a case of give them what they don't know they want yet. Viva Life on Mars For me it is doing away with all I have been taught and instead of investing my faith in a Catholic religion, I decided that the fantasies on the internet are more interesting than the fantasies at the pulpit. I see it as 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou', meets Primal Scream when they were good; there has been 3 World Cups since then. Is this my first ever hoe down? A few hoes have bought me down before… Lovelight I wouldn’t have known about Lovelight if it hadn’t have been for Tom Middleton’s ‘The Trip’ album- he put it on there, and I fell in love with it instantly…I cant believe how big that song is and no one knows it. It is amazing to work with a white boy with a ghetto pass like Mark Ronson. He is on the cutting edge of all that is good out there and still manages to love pop. I feel honoured to work with somebody that puts cynicism aside in favour of the truth. I was concerned about singing that vocal, because its full on falsetto all the way through it and I’d only ever done that on the chorus of a track called ‘Tripping’ that I did a couple of years ago. I knew that Lewis Taylor had done such a great vocal that it would be really hard to replicate but I think I did good singing… King Of The Bongo (added on October 4, 2006: new song title: Bongo Bong / Je Ne T'Aime Plus) I didn’t pick this song, It picked me…’King Of The Bongo’ was played to me by a couple of friends of mine six years ago, and I always thought “I’ve got to cover this..” and now was the right time. ‘King Of The Bongo’ to me is like an unwritten Disney Film. How did Lily Allen end up on here? I knew about her as I had met her at the studio. The Lily Allen Phenomenon is not solely contained to the UK she seems to be doing well everywhere...good on her too. She's Madonna My life seems to be like a never ending edition of Jim'll fix it. I am truly blessed. The odds of Robbie Williams making a ninth album ten years ago would have been more than long against. To be writing this album and having my heroes work with me feels phenomenal. I played Tour De France by Kraftwerk and said “I like this, Can we do something like this, but not much like this,” but then everything else came together pretty quickly. In case anyone asks…There is nothing tongue in cheek about this song at all, I have always fancied Madonna. I'd have hoped for it to be this good, but you can never tell before venturing into the studio. It is just a bonus that it worked out so well. Keep On There were 3 things I taped off the TV that I used to watch on repeat when I was a kid– Prince’s Alphabet St Tour, Public Enemy @ Brixton and The Happy Mondays at G Mex. I suppose I was interested in the Happy Mondays because they looked like psychedelic next door neighbours with faces and attitude that I understood. Little did we all know that in 2006 we would still be chasing 1989? I can't remember lyrics at the best of times, there are so many in this so I doubt I will ever do it live. It is about choosing a different kind of life and believing in the boogie and all it brings. Good Doctor Originally we had a sample from the ‘Return of Django’ by the Upsetters, but we got rid of that, but we could always do that later. Sorry The Upsetters…It came from trying to bend the rules of a sober life, I am 32 and am still trying to look for a short cut, there isn't one. Is it hard to rhyme all those medical terms? No but it is hard to find a perfect balance. The Actor Partly written on Oscars Night, ‘The Actor’ is about living in LA, and how it has given me little respect for the acting profession. I don't see this as a dance song at all; I see it as a story over Germanic electro pop. Never Touch That Switch The first records I bought were electro records and I never thought in a million years it would be something Robbie Williams could do. It only struck me in the studio as we were recording. Although I didn't write this one it just reminded me of pre-narcotics and pro-stealing your mums’ lino. What does it mean? I don't know, it is in the eye of the beholder. To me ‘Never Touch That Switch’ is all about never opening your system to the mood altering experience...you don't know what it can do to you. Louise When I was writing and recording Intensive Care with Stephen Duffy, ‘Louise’ by the Human League kept on being the centre point on what I wanted to achieve with the record. With Louise I remember when it first came out, and then I didn’t listen to it for ages until the middle of the 90’s. When I heard it again, it kind of broke my heart thinking of a period of time I had back when…I wanted to make an album that would hopefully break a few hearts in 10/15 years time. Louise was the template for the Intensive Care album, so it seemed the natural next step to play homage to it and I think we’ve done a good version of it. I’d always wanted to work with William Orbit, I love my ambient melancholy. We're The Pet Shop Boys I just love the fact that the Pet Shop Boys covered it, it is not one of their songs and I love the irony of me covering a cover. Above all that the romance for me in this song is paramount. Did I feel like a Pet Shop Boy when I was recording it? Yes absolutely (said with a big smile). Chris Heath (The person who co-wrote ‘Feel’ my autobiography with me) played it to me and I fell in love with it. I must say when I’ve listened to it back and when I get a chance to sing it, the “What have I, What have I, What have I done to deserve this” bit sends shivers down my spine, everytime it comes up. It’s a sense of history, yours and mine and those particular lyrics really affect me. It’s an honour to do it. I love the Pet Shop Boys and I was pleased to learn that amongst pop genii I can hold my own. Burslem Normals It is about an ideal of youth; It is about how in the 80's and the early 90's there were so many avenues to explore and so many gangs to be a part of. Youth Culture these days depressingly seems just about the Chav. Back then we had so much choice and the Burslem Normals was a piece of graffiti from the town I was born in, I don't know what they were into, but they sound cool as fuck.I have always liked what I like and it has always been varied and fortunately I find myself find a position where I do not have to pigeon hole myself. The sentiment in this song is the same as the sentiment in the song 'Heaven From Here' but wonkier. Kiss Me Stephen Duffy plays like he hates it; I wanted to do it as I wanted him to see how good the track is. Also when this track came out in 1981, something nice must have been happening to me at the time, because it makes me feel full of hope. Youth’s yearning for life and love and all of that. Does he like it? I don't know, I daren't ask him. Ok, so I just asked him, and yes he does. 80s I was obsessed by a track by the Mitchell Brothers called ‘Routine Check’ and also a big fan of Mike Skinner of The Streets and what he does over records, be it rapping or poetry. Its very similar to Ian Dury’s stuff to me, Im also a big fan of his, he was the first white British rapper. I’ve always always wanted to be a rapper, I’ve always been jealous of rappers because of how comfy they are and how cool they look, they’ve always got a tracksuit on and trainers and I have to dress up cos Im a popstar... I want to be a rapper but the world won't let me. The only reason I have craved my own niche is because it is not that easy. I love words and will continue to use them. It is bitter sweet about a decade where I formed an opinion, I was wrong. 90s The 90s on the other hand was, originally going to have a sample from one of my top 5 favourite songs…Wichita Lineman in it. I didn’t like it at first, but I came around to it and did some poetry on it, some comfy rapping, with very English storytelling like a modern Roald Dahl but fatter! The 90’s then on became the 90’s after we took the sample out. I look back at it now with a fondness in my heart. I think they are just two nice bookends; ‘The 80s’ – up until I’d left school, lost my virginity, done all kinds. Then there was the whole Take That story to tell which was ‘The 90’s’. It’s weird now, I’ve spunked all the best material so I’ll have to do something drastic so that we have some source material for the next one. Summertime When it was originally written it was one of the first, if not the first songs I wrote when I came out of Take That and the feel of the song is a complete juxtapose of how I was at the time. When I wrote ‘Summertime’, which is a very euphoric, up song I don’t think I could have been anymore depressed, deluded, lost. I remember I went down to London in a pair of Vivian Westwood tartan bondage trousers, a pair of black Patrick Cox and a lovely white Vivian Westwood shirt…I was skinny as, a right proper raver and I moved in with a lady on new years night, and by February I was just fat! fat and horrible and lost, all over the place. That was when I met up with Ant Genn and we wrote the song together, Ant was my indie enfant terrible; I adored him cos he was cool as fuck and Northern and funny, I wanted to be him, but drugs took their tole on both of us. At least I have a lasting memory of an amazing yet catastrophic summer, plus I love the fact that little bunnies freeze in the snow. Dickhead (Bonus Track) Dickhead was definitely leant from the Mitchell Brothers, so they are to blame for this whole thing. Conversely amongst my friends, Dickhead is the biggest compliment that can be paid, if I call you a Dickhead I like you, but it means the reverse on this record. Life sometimes seems to be a Krypton factor course of idiots, unfortunately idiots speak the loudest. This song is for everyone who thinks I am a Dickhead, I am just reciprocating, the feeling is mutual. Rudebox press release The album Rudebox is released on EMI Records on October 20, 2006. The single precedes it on September 1st. Order Rudebox now from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de or Citydisc Schweiz. Today's deals at Amazon.com. Robbie Williams will release his highly anticipated and much talked about new album ‘Rudebox’ on October 20th on EMI Records. ‘Rudebox’, recorded during the early months of 2006 see’s RW collaborating with an array of musical mavericks including his heroes The Pet Shop Boys, King of ambient William Orbit, fellow Stoke natives Danny Spencer & Kelvin Andrews AKA Soul Mekanik, disco-house icon Joey Negro and NYC-based DJ cum-Über producer Mark Ronson, on both new original compositions and covers of some of his favourite tracks by artists as diverse as Manu Chao, The Human League, My Robot Friend, Lewis Taylor and old friend Stephen Duffy, that through its 16 tracks ‘Rudebox’ marks out and charts his musical loves and life. Led off by the title track and first single ‘Rudebox’, a nasty, dirty, bass infused electro-funk-pop monster, twisted around his own unique visceral lyrical stylings, the result is the sound of our Rob jamming the electro-boogaloo on a bustling New York street corner in 1983. ‘Viva Life On Mars’ is the world’s country-space-funk-Technicolor-pop anthem. ‘She’s Madonna’ see’s Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe & RW forming their super-group and paying lovelorn homage to the first lady of pop, they also cover their Pet Shop Boys cover of My Robot Friend’s ‘We’re The Pet Shop Boys’, as we all know an imitation of an imitation is the very highest form of flattery. Mark Ronson brings his trademark horn-infused modern soul revue to four tracks on the album. ‘Lovelight’, a spectacular cover of Lewis Taylor’s criminally unknown soul-anthem, takes it from its warm soul roots, and transforms it into a building euphoric disco anthem featuring a full-on falsetto vocal performance that ranks amongst his most dynamic to date. ‘Good Doctor’ complete with its hip-hop shuffle is a full on barroom-romp-cum-block party-jam set to a tongue in-cheek pharmaceutical theme. ‘King Of The Bongo’ reinvents Manu Chao’s classic world-music original for a more decadent and debauched 2006, Whilst ‘Keep On’ (incidentally for fact fans – co-written once again with Stephen Duffy) is probably the most bombastic Robbie song ever, bustling with percussion, funk guitar licks, and exorcising the spirit of ’89 and Baggy. He is also joined here and for ‘King Of The Bongo’ on BV’s by the inimitable whirlwind that is Lily Allen. ‘The Actor’ is a stomping Germanic electro-pop anthem that fits equally as well on dancefloors, as it does lamenting Hollywood flunkeys whilst ‘Kiss Me’ takes Stephen Duffy’s 80’s classic and re-invents it as a Hi-energy electro pop anthem. Fulfilling a long-time ambition of a collaboration he joins forces with ambient legend William Orbit in recording two tracks here, ‘Summertime’, a fuzzy euphoric Balearic anthem that was actually one of the first songs he wrote when he went solo 10 years ago and an emotive and faithful cover of the Human League’s ‘Louise’. ‘Louise’ of course has been long documented as one of his favourite songs, and a muse in the construction of last years ‘Intensive Care’ album (which has now sold in excess of 6.5 million copies worldwide). Inspired by The Mitchell Brothers, Ian Dury and Mike Skinner and their rolling Prowse and recorded into an I-book in Rob’s bedroom in LA, ‘The 80’s’ & ‘The 90’s’, see him joined by long-term bass player Jerry Meehan to document 15 years of his life in song. ‘The 80’s’ bounces along on to a braggadier’s swagger that tips at a hat to the glorious days of early LL cool J, Eazy E, Flavor Flav in his own poetic biographical comfy-rap monologue. ‘The 90’s’ documents the Take That years in a frank, personal and open display of sonic-catharsis over an uptempo pop classic. It’s a powerful and reflective moment, and perhaps not the frenzied bitch fest that some might have liked. His rekindled song-writing relationship with Stoke’s other finest musical exports Danny Spencer & Kelvin Andrews, who back in the day contributed to the writing of ‘Rock DJ’, continues here. Alongside ‘Rudebox’ and ‘Viva Life On Mars’, ‘Never Touch That Switch’ conjures up images of 80's electro dancing, breakdancing and days gone by, the final track of their four ‘Burslem Normals’ is an incredible strung out and personal electronic ballad. This is RW stripped down to his barest vocally and musically. ‘Rudebox’ already the subject of much speculation, (“the dance album”//“the rap album” // “the Christian rock album” yada yada yada and not the two fingers to his catalogue as some might suggest!!) see’s RW on a musical journey of sorts, imbibed with a real sense of fun. Lyrically it is very broad; humorous, historical, honest and revealing, a rollercoaster that takes you from introverted to extravagant, the break up to the make up. This is perhaps the most definitive Robbie Williams opus to date, ten years down the line into his solo career, as his truest personal and musical inspirations collide to create an intimate and explorative sound that will surprise some, but after eight albums, this here is the sound of Robert Peter Williams, born 1974 in Stoke On Trent, UK. People who approach this record with the pre-conceived notion that "Robbie’s gone dance," will be very surprised by ‘Rudebox’- it is an incredibly assured electronic record, as much if not more influenced by hip hop, soul, p-funk, indie, baggy, acid house, early 80's electro house, and classic pop music as it is by contemporary 'dance' music. The sound is unmistakably fresh, yet unmistakably Robbie Williams! It could be no other. Fear not, this is pop, but not as we know it… “They might say its “dance” or it’s “electro” but it’s just what I like! It started off as a busman’s holiday this time around, but it’s become something on which I’ve found myself. I was just doing my YTS up till now,” he adds. “It has become something on which I’ve found myself. This is the right direction for me personally, this is what it is. I saw the whole Robbie thing coming to a close as it was, I couldn’t make another album like the ones I’d made, and this has just opened up a thousand other doors. What I am excited about now is making more music. I love all the stuff on the album, I love Rudebox, it’s a favourite song of mine. I don’t know what’s gonna happen now, I’m excited about getting it out there, but I’m more excited about making more.” ‘Rudebox’ is far from the end of Robbie Williams as we know it, but more a re-adjustment, a smile and a nod to the future. Rudebox tracklisting Order Rudebox now from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de or Citydisc Schweiz. 1. Rudebox - produced by Soul Mekanik 2. Viva Life On Mars - produced by Soul Mekanik 3. Lovelight (Lewis Taylor cover) produced by Mark Ronson 4. [King Of The Bongo - (Manu Chao cover) produced by Mark Ronson] October 4, 2006: new title of this song: Bongo Bong / Je ne t'aime plus 5. She's Madonna - produced by Pet Shop Boys 6. Keep On - Produced by Mark Ronson 7. Good Doctor - Produced by Mark Ronson 8. The Actor - produced by Brandon Christy 9. Never Touch That Switch - produced by Soul Mekanik 10. Louise (Human League cover) - produced by William Orbit 11. We’re The Pet Shop Boys - (My Robot Friend cover) - Produced by Pet Shop Boys 12. Burslem Normals – Produced by Soul Mekanik 13. Kiss Me - (Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy - cover) - Produced by Dave 'Joey Negro' Lee 14. The 80s – Produced by Jerry Meehan 15. The 90s - Produced by Jerry Meehan 16. Summertime - Produced by William Orbit 17. Bonus track - Dickhead – Produced by Jerry Meehan. Sheet music by Robbie Williams.   Robbie Williams. Photo shoot Intensive Care. Photo © Chris Clunn, EMI, August 2005.  Robbie Williams. Photo © Chris Clunn, EMI. Added on October 8, 2006 And Through It All - Robbie Williams Live 1997-2006 Definitive Robbie Williams Live Collection Released on DVD. Order it now from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.de. A decade after first taking the stage solo, Robbie Williams will release ‘And Through It All – Robbie Williams Live 1997- 2006’ – the definitive live retrospective from one of the world’s great performers - on November 13th 2006 on Chrysalis/EMI . From the nervous intimacy of his very first show in Paris back in 1997, to his recent record breaking ‘Close Encounters’ tour that swept through Europe this summer, ‘And Through It All’ charts Robbie Williams' rise to the superstar he is today. Along the way you’ll see his greatest performances as ‘And Through It All’ takes you to the stage at his unprecedented and epic residency at Knebworth, to the green and muddy fields of Glastonbury 98 which signalled his arrival on a global scale and to his show stealing power at the Live 8 event. This definitive collection of over 50 live tracks spans his entire solo career, that has seen millions entertained and captivated in his wake as Robbie Williams performs some of his biggest hits from the last ten years; too many to chart here from Feel, No Regrets, Let Me Entertain You to Come Undone and right through to his addictive new single, Rudebox taken from his brand new ninth album of the same name released worldwide in October 2006. This 2 disc DVD format also includes rare footage from The Forum, London (1998) exploring his earliest work, as he lays down the tracks that launched his solo career, from Old Before I Die through to worldwide phenomenon that is Angels. Elsewhere here you’ll see an intimate recording session at Abbey Road in 2003 for BBC Radio 2, Highlights from his Live In Berlin spectacular and live shows at Slane Castle, Köln and Manchester. Dipping into TV archives from the world over, viewers are also invited to experience some of his pivotal TV moments all over again. Highlights include a guest spot on David Letterman’s Late Show (USA) and Otro Rollo (Mexico), while footage from the UK includes an appearance on Later with Jools Holland, a duet with Kylie Minogue on the iconic chart show Top of the Pops’, his powerhouse ‘Full Monty’ medley with Tom Jones at the 2000 Brit Awards and a recent festive performance with Ant and Dec. Who would have guessed from those tentative first solo steps in Paris captured on just two cameras, that RW would ten years later, be performing in front of over 20 cameras at Leeds Roundhay Park live to 26 countries for the inaugural world first live to air Hi-Definition digital concert broadcast. Highlights of this ground & record-breaking ‘Close Encounters’ show and tour close disc one with a flurry of tracks that prove that he is one of the greatest live artists.  Added on October 8, 2006 Track listings of And Through It All - Robbie Williams Live 1997-2006 DISC 1 Slane Castle (1999): - She's The One - Strong - No Regrets - Ego A Go Go Manchester (2000) - Millennium - Karma Killer - Kids - Rock DJ Köln / Cologne (2001) - Rock DJ - Supreme - Angels - No Regrets - Let Me Entertain You Knebworth (2003) - Come Undone - Feel - Angels - Kids Leeds (2006) - Radio - Trippin' - Sin Sin Sin - Advertising Space - Let Me Entertain You - Rudebox DISC 2 Live at The Forum (1998) - Ego A Go Go - Teenage Millionaire - Clean - South of the Border - Old Before I Die - Angels Live at Abbey Road (2003) - Come Undone - Me and My Monkey - No Regrets - Feel - Phoenix From the Flames Live in Berlin (2005) - Feel - A Place to Crash - Tripping - Make Me Pure - Sin Sin Sin - No Regrets - Advertising Space Other performances - Life Thru A Lens - Elysée Montmartre 1997 - Old Before I Die - Elysée Montmartre 1997 - Come Up and See Me/Leave Your Hat On - The Brits 1998 - Millennium - The David Letterman Show 1999 - Angels - Glastonbury 1998 - It’s Only Us - Apocalypse Tube 1999 - Kids - Top Of The Pops 2000 - Better Man - Later With Jools Holland 2000 - Angels - Live 8 2005 - Advertising Space – Otro Rollo 2005 - White Christmas - Ant and Dec's Christmas Takeaway 2005 |
 Sheet music by Robbie Williams. Lyrics of all the songs on the album Rudebox added on October 4, 2006 RUDEBOX Do the rudebox, Shake your rudebox x4 Ok then back to basics grab your shell toes and your fat laces A little hand clap for some funk faces and make your body move in the following places goes up your back and then down your spine and when it hits your head… Ok then back to baseheads dance like you just won at the special Olympics I got the rudebox of the back of a spaceship, so sick I just had to take it The R.U.D.E.B.O.X. up yer jacksy, split yer kecks sing a song of semtex, pocket full of durex body full of mandrex. Are we gonna have sex (yes) will you wear your knee socks (ohh) back to the rudebox Got this double fantasy where we just never stop, ive got one design and that’s to funk you to the top. Know whats on my mind there’s only one thing you will find, I got one design and that’s to bump you til you drop Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty Rudebox, do the rudebox, cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty Wow how When I take um I don’t feel sound And I look rather… Round You alright star No star You alright star No star You alright star Five star I don ‘t feel proper You alright star No star Are you five star No star You alright star Five star I don ‘t feel proper
Know what doc, it’s not like I’ve been doin’ any research or anything But if you can give me any of the following pills I’d be very very greatful cos I feel poorly So that’s Codeine Morphine Opium Methadone Menocrabedene Hydroanoxycodeine Anolodene Buprenopheine ButroPhenol Adorel Dorel Work with me antidepressants But not Saint Johns Wort Cos I can get that at Boots! THE ACTORPrincipal actors to the stage please, Act One is about to begin in 8 seconds. VERSE ONE: First you can't act, now you can't stop, (What's my motivation?) I used to like you... a lot, (I was the class nerd) Exactly who I'm s'posed to be, (I'm totally Strasberg) You play a doctor on TV, (What you're doing is SO brave) VERSE TWO: Deep down you're dirty but you try, (I'm a good person) The truth would break you so you lie, (I want my work to matter) It's in the choices that you make, (I want to inspire) No talent, just fate. CHORUS: I don't know where you begin, I end, we start Again, They need, you love, We all watch The Actor Acting. VERSE THREE: Good from far but far from good, (All I have is my instinct) You love to act, I wish you would, (It's not acting, it's re-acting) Act like you're not from out of space, (When I'm on stage I feel alive) You know ambition isn't grace, (For me it's the craft) VERSE FOUR: Made of Sex, Maida Vale, (Would I do better in New York) You are the Alpha Male, (I'm just too pretty for that role) You are the good, you are the great, (The words have power) Now let me fill you with my hate. (CHORUS) MIDDLE 8: Monroe, (Monroe) Barrymore, (Barrymore) Mansfield, (MANSFIELD) D-d-d-d-Dame d-Dame d-Dame Judi Dench, (Judi Dench) Madonna Ritchie, (Ritchie) Ritchie, Ritchie, Ritchie. Streep, Close, Hepburn, Burt Reynolds. Niven, Danson, Bundy, BARDOT. Joaquin, Joaquin, Joaquin, Joaquin, Joaquin, (Joaquin) Joaquin, (Joaquin) Joaquin, (Joaquin) SWANK. (CHORUS) OUTRO SPEECH: In the future, Everybody will be anonymous for fifteen minutes, You are, we all are a test card, The stars of CCTV, We ARE the nature of the beast. NEVER TOUCH THAT SWITCHSize of which is paradoxic the only way you’re gonna stop this In the vessel there’s a switch in the middle, you really shouldn’t fiddle cause its toxic. Listen up ‘cos it’s a red light, and the pressure’s blowing up tight There’s a skism in the time mechanism, there’s a skism in the time mekanism Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. See the futures in the distance I know I’m facing some resistance Getting back within the blink of a bubble, time machine never gives us any Trouble. There’s a riot down in Shelton, only minutes after Brixton but this city never made it on the telly. Or the rumble of the nations underbelly Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. You know you’re heading for a meltdown, and you’re living in a tin town Thinking that you’re gonna be somebody, living in the land of milk and honey Listen up ‘cos it’s a red light, and the futures blowing up tight There’s a skism in the time mechanism, there’s a skism in the time mekanism Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. Never touch that switch, even if you want to. You don’t know what it can do. LOUISEWhen he saw her getting of the bus It seemed to wipe away the years Her face was older, just a little rough But her eyes were still so clear He drank his coffee and he hurried out Across before she walked away Then he approached her like a little child Too scared for what he had to say "hello, louise, Remember me? Now should we part Or stay awhile? As if we were still lovers" She took a moment just to recognise the man she'd known so well before And as he started to apologise Lose any bitterness she bore She gently put her finger on his lips To let him know she understood And with her suitcase standing on the floor Embraced him like a lover would He told louise "you look so good It's just you see You make me feel As if we were still lovers" It's not always true that time heals all wounds There are wounds that you don't wanna heal The memories of something really good Something truly real, that you never found again And though they talked for just a little time Before she said she had to go He saw the meeting as a tiny sign That told him all he had to know And so louise Waved from the bus And as she left She gave that smile As if they were still lovers WE'RE THE PET SHOP BOYSSuburbia's a slipstream to a memory of a time when you were close to me I pretend I'm there again I close my eyes and see you better than before then I feel you touch me and it's 1984 I know what you will say before you start in my heart We're the Pet Shop Boys We're the Pet Shop Boys Every thought's a fashion or a crime and every boy is just a waste of time but I pretend it was different then Maybe it's a habit Maybe it's a sin But I find out when I try it on it crawls beneath my skin Once it gets inside me it won't go Now I know We're the Pet Shop Boys We're the Pet Shop Boys Rent Shopping Being boring It's alright It's a sin I'm not scared In denial I want a dog I want a lover Can you forgive her? Do I have to? What have I? What have I? What have I done to deserve this? BURLSEM NORMALSIn your face there’s nowt left. They have defaced the marks you left upon the wall The writing’s now not there at all, can you stand what you stood for, are you more normal than before? Goodbye to the normals x 2 In your place there’s just chavs. The kids aren’t alright. They know they’re born today Reaching out to feel the sun at the time it seemed like fun. I was there when you got done. There for two weeks by the surf, you used to know what we were worth before the normals fell to earth Goodbye to the normals x 2 Whatever happened to, the Meir mortals crew, the fine young casuals blew a fuse and all the Burslem lads now that they’re all dads it meant so much to me, it makes me sad In your wake, there’s nowt left KISS MEIn my young life I have received Callers as though they were Christmas Eve Disappointed and I don't know why She gave me laughter and hope And a sock in the eye (A love like this is sealed with a kiss) In my young life and I know something now I've never tried to create a wow Wows are few frustration more common Now I can feel it in my soul That's why I gave the come on Kiss me with your mouth Your love is better than wine But wine is all I have Will your love ever be mine? Faces fall before my feet. Like blood onto a clean white sheet When I grow old I won't forget To innocence my only debt (A love like this is sealed with a kiss) Wow I feel so fresh today Barefoot in the snow to make love in the hay The stars are bright in the abyss Now I can feel you in my arms I explode inside your kiss. THE 80’SVerses 1 I smoke consulate and Park Drive drank newky brown learned how to skive polo mints to hide my breath from my mum did a little weed cos’ it felt like fun did a little speed if my friends had some nicked volkswagon badges I’m a Beastie boys son me so horny me so young and I still get my washing done Auntie Jo died of cancer God didn’t have an answer rhythm was a dancer any room for a chancer that’s me in the corner thanks sir wore a troop track suite british nike shoes kangol hat like LL Cools before I was having it having it large they nicked the BMX from out my garage and I new it was Tire from off the estate cos every time I saw him he smiled like we were mates from then on in, I’d have to walk to me nan’s and I’ll dream my dreams for a sea of prams let a hooligan on the football stands and I threw the Vs to Leeds and West Ham And then I ran, I ran so far away Down Scotia road to a taxi bay Then I ran again, cause I couldn’t pay Young muslim didn’t get his fare that day… I apologize today Chorus Things look better when they start That’s how the 80’s broke my heart Verse 2 And who are you calling poff You like Wham, man I hate that stuff And then my granddad died and left a hole in the family And lots of women there to nanny me School was a laugh, they didn’t have ADD Thick was the term they used for me Over and over, repeatedly… over and over Take my breathe away pass the bidley bidley bidley bidley bong Pass it on the left hand side Right turn, Clyde That girl in the fourth year got pregnant She was raised Catholic, brilliant I cried, she cried, we cried, her youth died Drank cider in the cemetery The year above us had discovered E And I said it won’t for me Twelve pounds fifty I could rob my mom’s purse and buy one off chalky Met a girl on Monday, drank fizzy pop on Tuesday, Fingered her on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Friday Saturday Dumped by Sunday Chorus 2 Things look better when they start That’s how the 80’s broke my heart The wonder years I’ve played my part That’s how the 80’s broke my heart Verse 3 I lost my virginity to a girl called Anne Marie\ Well she said she fancied me And then she said fuck me and I thought fuck me And I’m all talk and it’ll be over too quickly And it was but I couldn’t care less I’d seen a girls part made a mess on her dress Ohh yes you’re now rocking with the best Second person in my year that had seen the breast I’m in my 30’s now and I’m still impessed Why the Falklans Mum and what have they done where do girls come, where do girls come where do girls come It’s the 80’s what you looking at you mong So youg so Long So youg so Long Too short so long what you’looking at you mong Too short so long Too short so long So long THE 90’S Picking up the story from where I left off It’s 1990 now so school can fuck off I got no GCSEs, nothing higher than a ‘D’ I couldn’t tell me mum because she’d batter me Me and Tate sat on the bowling green, life was a shitter We had five quid between us and bought six cans of bitter I took me ten Benson home and I smoked through the sorrow If I could just avoid me Mum, maybe I’d tell her tomorrow I stumbled through the door I said "Mum it’s like this" She said “That man’s been on the phone and you’ve made the list You’re in that boy band son, come and give us a kiss” Phoned up Martin and Rich and carried on getting pissed Boys I don’t believe it, I’m goin’ to be famous Pick you up in a Porsche and buy you lots of trainers I met the other guys, one seemed like a cock I think it’s going to be like New Kids On The Block I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) I adopted four brothers, some I liked more than others One was like a brother from another mother But the lead singer made it hard to like him And I still loved him, despite him The first three months, you know I nearly quit I played snooker with my Dad, he said “Don’t be a dick Unload the bullets, you’re mind is a gun You’re gonna shoot yourself when they’re number one” I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) Now it’s dinner with Versace lunch with Princess Diana And I’m gonna get battered if I go out in my manor ‘Cause as much as we were loved we were also hated The boys got jealous ‘cause the girls got plated And now we’re famous and that, and we’re dancing and that And I’m thinking I can sing why am I stood at the back So fuck the band give me Sambuka and gak I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) And now it’s breaking my heart because the dream’s turned to shit It ain’t broke but I’ll break it in a little bit And I’m always in trouble but I’ve stopped saying sorry Everybody’s worried “What the fuck’s wrong with Robbie He not answering his phone, he’s not talking to me I saw him on the telly at Glastonbury” And now I’m running away from everything that I’ve been And I’m pissed and I’m fucked, and I’m only nineteen I can’t conform no more, I can’t perform no more But the boys know I’m fucked and so they show me the door And if the truth be told I wasn’t fit enough to stay So I put my head down and walked away That was the 90's, 90 to 95 I can’t be bothered ’cause I’m lazy I hate those that hate me I can’t forgive and it’s crazy, baby Now I’m a video star Baa baa baa, ba baa baa Do you know who you are, baby (I only wanted to get down I’m making trouble in this town For the five of us) SUMMERTIME This is how I pray in the summer time, this is how I pray in the summer Got my glass of shandy now I feel fine, this is how I pray. Yeah The more you say, the more you pray, the less it’s getting you down The more you pray, the more you stay, the less it’s getting you down Autumn time, leaves falling all around Winter time, follows suite Little bunnies freezing in the snow Winter’s such an ugly brut Mid city blues, getting ya down Take a break from the strain Get out your car, drink a glass of wine Admit it, you feel great It’s the summertime This is how I play in the summer time, this is how i pray in the summer Got my glass of shandy now I feel fine, this is how I pray. Yeah This is how I pray in the summer time, this is how we play in the summer Got my glass of shandy now I feel fine, this is how I pray. Yeah And if your love has met its sad refrain Believe me you will love again And all the best laid plans of mice and men go wrong You can here it in this song This is how I break for the summer time, this is how I play in the summer What’s mine is yours, yours is mine This is how I pray. Yeaaaahhhhhhh. Ooooooooohwoowo You got the funky drummer in ‘89 This is how I play. Yeaaaahhhhhhh. Ooooooooohwoowo Wooooohhhooooooo The Mondays, the roses, blocking all your noses Wearting baggy clothies in your buffalo poses Bank tellers, dropping little fellas Loved up in the clubs with football fugs No malice I dig your dreadlocks, buzzing off your socks Big fish little fish, cardboard box So give me French kiss, I love you voodoo ray I dream of santa anna on the road to Mandalay In the summertime Where the weather is hot In the summertime Where the weather is hot On my mind, on my mind In the summertime Where the weather is hot In the summertime Summertime When the weather is hot Summertime On my mind In the summertime On my mind I got shivers down my spine On my mind The summertime On my mind On my mind DICKHEAD This is “T” to the mother fucking “Ofty” What’s you’re problem Dickhead 1st Verse Don’t kick my dog dickhead Don’t beep at me dickhead Why d’you mug me off in my car dickhead Why you disrespecting my bra dickhead Theres a dickhead in you’re mouth A dickhead on parade Do not have kids Don’t want dickheads to be made dickhead Why you disrespecting my bra dickhead Why d’you piss me off in first class dickhead I’m not sitting here to be treated like a dickhead Bumba Clart, kin’ Raas Clart Where’s the Chorus dickhead Chorus Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends They say you’ve gone off me, don’t be so sloppy..baby Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends I know you still want me, cos I’m so lovely…baby 2nd Verse If you diss me you’ll sell copy dickhead What d’you expect dickhead Radiohead dickhead This is pop dickhead Size tens dickhead break you’re shins dickhead My security are a viscious crew They’ll kick fuck out of you Only if I ask them to, but They’ll kick fuck out of you You’re going home in a Stafordshire Ambulance I wasn’t looking at ya’ bird dickhead She was looking at me dickhead Who do I think I am dickhead Who the fuck are you dickhead You must have me confused With someone who gives a shit I’ve found the dickhead of the year And you are fucking it dickhead Where’s the chorus…no chorus.. dickhead Chorus 2 Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends They say you’ve gone off me, don’t be so sloppy..baby Isn’t it Lovely, that we can still be good friends I know you still want me, cos I’m so lovely…baby The Tofty Rap I’ve got a bucket of shit Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shit I’ve got a bucket of shit Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shit Not, horse shit, cow shit dog shit no real shit I’ve got a bucket of shit Ohh Yeah I’ve got a bucket of shit Verse 3 Why d’you cut me up in my car dickhead Why d’you say bad things ‘bout my bra dickhead I’ve got nothing for you dickhead Go to bed dickhead Don’t wake up dickhead Who gives a fuck dickhead No one gives a fuck about you cos you’re a dickhead true
See your mate over there in the corner he’s a dickhead too like you, dickhead |
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