Showing posts with label song. Show all posts
Showing posts with label song. Show all posts

25.6.14

Bigger better brighter bolder bullshit now

From the bards at Seize The Day



I see they got a bigger bullshit now
I'd better get a better bullshit now
Give me a brighter bolder bullshit now
We've got a greener brand of bullshit

I'm not gullible you won't catch me
Getting had by an adman's fantasy
Of a supermodel in a talking car
With a nicotine nipple and a chocolate bra

As a jingle fingers through my soul
and I'm twitching to a rhythm that I don't control
Itching for a fix down the old arcade
Where I spent all the money that I just got paid

Bigger Better Brighter Bolder bullshit now

Am I an animal, so programmable,
A pavlov dog in a revolving door?
Or a human spirit that has got no limit
And I ain't gonna double for a dunce no more

Say that I won't but I probably will
'Cos they've got my number and they're ringing it still
Singing "Heal the hunger in your soul"
With a brand new filling for a brand new hole

And it's all for my freedom of choice
That a thousand satellites got one voice
For a TV shopper who remotely votes
Channel hopping in the cabin of a sinking boat

Titanic, what's the panic bullshit now?

Slave or citizen, same old shit again
Got a lot of what I never used to need
While all I'm cherishing is perishing
Fed to the fetish of a great white greed

Greed in the boardroom bigger than god
Using the woman as a wink and nod
And a prod to the herd that are driving by
"You can have my body if you buy my lie"

Somebody in this neighbourhood
Ought to take those billboards out for good
Ought to run them dealers out of town
Ought to take back the power and hand it around

Start planning for an insurrection now

I'm not a terrorist, maybe an anarchist,
A nice bloke, doesn't wanna hurt no one,
But if we don't stop it then our kids are gonna cop it
And how we gonna pay 'em for the damage we done?

I say 'we', what do I mean?
Just a lot of little people in a big machine
Just a lot of little links in a global chain
Where we want more pleasure so we make more pain

And it seems like nobody's in control
Just money making money and it's got no soul
And it's got no power but the power we give
When we doubt that without it we could live

Imagine - it's easy if you try

I'm an idealist - also a realist
I know it's difficult to kick that drug
But if we get clever and we give it up together
What a great endeavour when we pull that plug

I'm sick and tired of all the bullshit now
I think we're running out of bullshit now
I've had enough of all the bullshit

24.12.13

[Important Cultural J] You Have Set Me Adrift from Alamgir and Fariha Parvez

There is a lot to this production from Coke Studio, not least its human timing. 

The context, as I read it, is following the horrendous judicial murder in Dhaka, a somewhat clumsy resolution from the Pakistan National Assembly, a beautiful 6 minutes from Imran Khan and the Shahbag effigy burning.

Two songs, from two tongues flow into each other. The story of Alamgir is fascinating and counter factual for the Bengali Nationalist. Translations below.





আমায় ভাসাইলি রে
آمائے بھاشائلی رے
aamaay bhaashaaili re
You have set me adrift
আমায় ডুবাইলি রে
آمائے ڈوبائلی رے
aamaay ḍoobaaili re
You are causing me to drown
অকুল দরিয়ার বুঝি কূল নাই রে
اوکول دوریار بوجھی کول نائی رے
okool dauriaar boojhi kool naai re
The river seems endless as if there were no shore
কূল নাই কিনার নাই
کول نائی کنار نائی
kool naai kinaar naai
No border, no shore
নাই কো দরিয়ার পারি
نائی کو دوریار پاری
naai ko dauriaar paari
The river has no limits
সাবধানে চালাইও মাঝি
شابدھانے چالائیو ماجھی
shaabdhaane chaalaaiyo maajhi
Steer it most cautiously, boatman
আমার ভাঙ্গা তরি রে
آمار بھانگا توری رے
aamaar bhaanga tori re
This boat of mine with a broken rim
অকুল দরিয়ার বুঝি কূল নাই রে
اوکول دوریار بوجھی کول نائی رے
okool dauriaar boojhi kool naai re
The river seems endless as if there were no shore
چاہے آندھی آئے رے
chaahe aandhi aaye re
Whether a storm rages
چاہے میگھا چھائے رے
chaahe megha chhaaye re
Whether rainclouds rumble
ہمیں تو اس پار لیکے جانا ماجھی رے
hamen tu us paar leke jaana maajhi re
Take us across to the other end, boatman
چاہے جتنا شور کریں یہ ندیا کے دھارے
chaahe jitna shor karen ye nadiya ke dhaare
However loud these river torrents roar
ساتھ میرے لگائیو ماجھی ناؤ مری کنارے رے
saath mere lagaaiyo maajhi naao miri kinaare re
Help me get my boat to the shore, boatman
ہمیں تو اس پار لیکے جانا ماجھی رے
hamen tu us paar leke jaana maajhi re
Take us across to the other end, boatman
(sargam)
نہ میں مانگوں سونا چاندی
nah main maangoon sona chaandi
I don’t ask for gold and silver
مانگوں توسے پریت
mangoon tose preet
I ask you for love
بلما مئیکا چھاڑ گئے
balma maeeka chaaṛ gaye
My lover has left me and gone
یہی جگت کی ریت
yihi jagat ki reet
This is the way of the world
سئیاں بنا
saiyaan bina
Without my beloved…
سئیاں بنا
saiyaan bina
Without my beloved…
سئیاں بنا
saiyaan bina
Without my beloved…
سئیاں بنا گھر سونا
saiyaan bina ghar soona
Without my beloved, my house is desolate
سئیاں بنا گھر سونا
saiyaan bina ghar soona
Without my beloved, my house is desolate
ساوریا نہ آئے
saawariya na aaye
My handsome love did not come
ساوریا
saawariya
My handsome love
یاد تہاری
yaad tihaari
The thought of you…
یاد تہاری
yaad tihaari
The thought of you…
مئیکا جلائے جیارا
maika jalaaye jiyaara
Makes my heart burn with longing
سئیاں بنا گھر سونا
saiyaan bina ghar soona
Without my beloved, my house is desolate
نہ آئے
na aaye
…didn’t come
نہ آئے
na aaye
…didn’t come
سئیاں بنا گھر سونا
saiyaan bina ghar soona
Without my beloved, my house is desolate
جیارا جلائے مورا
jiyaara jalaaye mora
…makes my heart burn in longing
ہو راجا چین جیا ناہیں آئے
ho raaja chain jiya naaheen aaye
O dearest, my heart gets no peace
چین جیا ناہیں آئے
chain jiya naaheen aaye
My heart gets no peace
چین جیا ناہیں آئے
chain jiya naaheen aaye
My heart gets no peace
چین جیا ناہیں آئے
chain jiya naaheen aaye
My heart gets no peace
سونا
soona
Desolate
سونا
soona
Desolate
سونا
soona
Desolate
ساوریا نہ آئے
saawariya na aaye
My handsome love did not come
سئیاں بنا گھر سونا
saiyaan bina ghar soona
Without my beloved, my house is desolate
- See more at: http://www.pmm.net.pk/2013/12/coke-studio-season-6-episode-4-alamgir-fariha-pervez-aamay-bhashaili-rey-videoaudio-download/#sthash.8emNS5Mo.dpuf

9.5.13

My, My, My Sultana




I saw the fight of the right as I passed her N-GO 

I smelt the smog of confounding developmentshire 
She was The Guardian  (of the liberation narrative)

As she deceived you I watched you and made up new lines

My, my, my, Sultana 
Why, why, why, Sultana 
I could see that that game was no good for me 
But you were lost like a slave that no one could free 

That dreadful time, when she crossed that red line, she was stating 
That human rights were only for people like her 
She blea-ted whiteous indignation
We felt the pulse of the truth and then she lied some more 
My, my, my Sultana
Why, why, why Sultana
So before they come to break down the door 
I tell you Sultana you're a civilisational flaw 

She blea-ted whiteous indignation
We felt the pulse of the truth and then she lied some more 
My, my, my, Sultana 
Why, why, why, Sultana
So before they come to break down the door 
Retraction Sultana we just will not take any more 
Retire Sultana we just will not take any more