FF & the F's eco-anthem dedicated to the late great Monsieur Cousteau & featuring a pollution battle between Mr. Clean & Mr. Filth. The winner decides the future of the planet earth!(Full lyric sheet included)- Dungeon Studio, 1986.
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frank fish
mick clack
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Story behind the song
Frank Fish: Lead vocals, voices
Mick 'Stickle' Clack: Guitars, vocals
Jerry Opah Soffe: Bass, vocals
Simon 'The Sarge' Mills: Drums, vocals
Special guest: Simon Field: Vocals ("It's like a boxing match in the sea....referee")
Recorded by Rich Haines at Dungeon Studio way way back when beer was cheaper and Radiohead were still at school and called 'On A Friday'!
Lyrics
I am a Frenchman
I investigate the ocean
with my crew
They are French too...sacre bleu je t'aime
I squeeze into my rubber suit
And dive into the sea
But I get caught in an oil slick
It makes me so angry
The sea is full of chemicals
and radioactive matter
Now when you eat your cod and chips
You can taste it in the batter
Oh what an ugly sight
Using the sea as a dustbin
can't be right
I know
I'm Jacques Cousteau on an ocean mission
They're filming it for a television show
I'm Jacques Cousteau...
Oh what an ugly sight
Using the sea as a dustbin
can't be right
I know
I'm Jacques Cousteau and I sail the sea
They're fiming it for a documentary
I'm Jacques Cousteau
It's like a boxing match in the sea
Let's hand you over to the referee...
Good evening ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to the big fight - the winner decides the future
of the planet earth. In the white corner looking healthy
and fit - Mr. Clean. How're ya feeling champ?
"I want to make the sea clean"
OK. In the black corner we have Mr. Filth himself.
How're ya feeling then monster?
"Yeaah! pollution is the answer! Suffocate,
annilihate, saturate the deep blue sea!"
Round one.
"Oh but you're fouling you're own nest"
Oh yeah, destroy the nest, destroy the fowl!"
"But chickens have feelings!"
Huh - break it up lads, break it up...
How can we be so juvenile?
Using the sea as a cesspool is so vile
It's disgusting, it's monstrous, it's terrible,
it's horrif....it's evil!
It's a television show - hah ho
I'm Jacques Cousteau
I'm Jacques Cousteau...
Stop repeating my name