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Songs of My People
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Vostok Lake is folk music for the 22nd century
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Melodramatic electroclash with a few Keith Emerson solos thrown in
VOSTOK LAKE is an exponent of "portable techno-folk for the 21st century" hailing from Auckland, New Zealand. VOSTOK LAKE is a culturally revolutionary organisation aiming to supersede and replace guitar-based rock music altogether. VOSTOK LAKE's musical style is a careful balance of 80's-style beats, prog-rock inspired keyboard pyrotechnics and carefully crafted lyrical hand-grenades. Some songs deal with contemporary politics. Others tell stories of angst, comedy and high weirdness. Kelkaj estas en la internacia lingvo Esperanto.
Song Info
Genre
Electronic • Electro
Charts
Peak #344
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
Daphne Lawless
Rights
2008
Uploaded
May 02, 2008
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MP3 5.0 MB • 128 kbps • 5:26
Story behind the song
There are cotton-picking songs, coal mining songs, car factory songs... no dull white collar office songs. This is a first step to remedy this. When the revolution breaks out and the bosses are hanged by their ties, they'll be singing Vostok Lake songs.
Lyrics
We spend our spare time watching crappy TV Or swapping cute pictures of cats We work for far less that we thought we were worth But we try not to dwell upon that We work in a whitecollar office based world It’s harder to do than you’d think I’ll sing you the songs of my people And maybe you’ll buy me a drink. History’s past generations All had their manner of song They kept up their spirits in mines and plantations In rhythm the working day long The rhythm today is the clack of the keys And the groans as computers break down I’ll sing you the songs of my people And maybe you’ll buy me a round. We are the anonymous legions Who keep the whole show on the road In retail, we handle the money The call centres handle the load They keep us so far separated But Telecom keeps us all joined I’ll sing you the songs of my people And maybe you’ll throw me a coin. In every era, the subjects Portrayed in the popular song Are similar – sex, drugs and violence And how that mean ex did you wrong And what you would do to the people in charge If ever you got off your knees - I’ll sing you the songs of my people On topical themes such as these. We’re growing our own secret culture Distributed over the Net Don’t tell them we’re planning a breakthrough We don’t want to spill the beans yet The media don’t tell our stories The papers won’t say we exist So I’ll sing you the songs of our people And maybe you’ll give me a kiss.
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