September 22, 2017

Supertheory on Supereverything

I am super-excited because I have tickets for Brixton Academy to see an outfit called Lucky Chops who are awesome (though I think their baritone sax player has left to concentrate on his project Too Many Zooz). Here is a taste of their stuff to get you in the groove. They're addictive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddijvwAMw0o

They are doing a tour supporting the gypsy punk outfit Gogol Bordello. I had seen Gogol Bordello on TV sometime back at a festival (probably Glastonbury). I was checking them out on YouTube, and came across this philosophical dig:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUW00Y5x1tM And for his moustachioed greatness doing it acoustic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPDFkQbNbwk There is something very appealing in their approach - music, style, appearance, lyrics. You can read a really interesting interview with the lead singer Eugene Hutz here. And here are the leftfield lyrics:First time I had read the Bible It had stroke me as unwitty I think it may started rumor That the Lord ain't got no humorPut me inside SSC Let's test superstring theory Oh yoi yoi accelerate the protons stir it twice and then just add me, 'causeI don't read the Bible I don't trust disciple Even if they're made of marble Or Canal Street blingFrom the maelstrom of the knowledge Into the labyrinth of doubt Frozed underground ocean melting, nuking on my mindYes give me Everything Theory Without Nazi uniformity My brothers are protons My sisters are neurons Stir it twice, it's instant family!I don't read the Bible I don't trust disciple Even if they're made of marble Or Canal Street blingMy brothers are protons My sisters are neurons Stir it twice dlja prekrastnih damDo you have sex maniacs Or schizophrenics Or astrophysicists in your family Was my grandma anti anti Was my grandpa bounty bounty Hek-o-hek-o-hej-o They ask me in embassy!'Cause I don't read the Bible I don't trust disciple Even if they're made of marble Or Canal Street blingAnd my grandma she was anti! And my grandpa he was bounty! And stir it twice And then just add me! Party party party party party party now afterparty