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Monday, March 26, 2007

Thou Shall Always Think For Thyselves



Performed by the always awesome Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip.

Via the always enlightening VSL.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That was great. The commandments for a pop-centric generation. I love the creative use of visuals to underscore / enforce the lyrics. I was a little confused about the last line though.
Thou shalt always kill?

Drew

3/27/2007 09:48:00 AM  
Blogger debbie millman said...

Yeah, that's true, I didn't get it either. Oh and the line about Nestle products...didn't get that either! Who can turn down a Crunch bar???? Never!

3/27/2007 10:25:00 AM  
Blogger Prescott Perez-Fox said...

Brilliant. Reminds me fondly of my time in England - I wonder if more than a few of the references won't be missed by those outside the UK. "Hollyoaks" and "Quote Me Happy" for example.

It seems the revolution will be televised, but only on Channel 4 after the 9pm watershed.

3/27/2007 03:38:00 PM  
Blogger Mary Campbell said...

at the risk of this being WAY too long, here are they lyrics:

Thou shalt not steal if there is direct victim.
Thou shalt not worship pop idols or follow lost prophets.
Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barret in vain.
Thou shalt not think that any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a peadophile… Some people are just nice.
Thou shalt not read NME.
Thall shalt not stop liking a band just because they’ve become popular.
Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.
Thou shalt not judge a book by it’s cover.
Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover.
Thall shalt not buy Coca-Cola products. Thou shalt not buy Nestle products.
Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend’s best friend, take drugs and cheat on him.
Thou shalt not fall in love so easily.
Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls’ pants. Use it to get into their heads.
Thou shalt not watch Hollyokes.
Thou shalt not attend an open mic and leave before it’s done just because you’ve finished your shitty little poem or song you self-righteous prick.
Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just ’cause you once saw a girl there that you fancied but you’re never gonna fucking talk to.

Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
The Beatles… Were just a band.
Led Zepplin… Just a band.
The Beach Boys… Just a band.
The Sex Pistols… Just a band.
The Clash… Just a band.
Crass… Just a band.
Minor Threat… Just a band.
The Cure… Just a band.
The Smiths… Just a band.
Nirvana… Just a band.
The Pixies… Just a band.
Oasis… Just a band.
Radiohead… Just a band.
Bloc Party… Just a band. [ed.’s note: this is debatable]
The Arctic Monkeys… Just a band.
The Next Big Thing.. JUST A BAND.

Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-english speaking countries as to those that occur in english speaking countries.
Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be.
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music.
Thou shalt not pimp my ride.
Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster.
Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness.
Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit.
When I say “Hey” thou shalt not say “Ho”.
When I say “Hip” thou shalt not say “Hop”.
When I say, he say, she say, we say, make some noise… kill me.
Thou shalt not quote me happy.
Thou shalt not shake it like a polaroid picture.
Thou shalt not wish you girlfriend was a freak like me.
Thou shalt spell the word “Pheonix” P-H-E-O-N-I-X not P-H-O-E-N-I-X, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you.
Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Bradley at the club last night by saying “Is it”.
Thou shalt think for yourselves.

And thou shalt always… Thou shalt always kill!

3/30/2007 04:52:00 PM  
Blogger debbie millman said...

Mary--this is AWESOME!!!! thank you so much!
x's
-d

3/30/2007 05:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i heard this song a few years ago and it's seriously amazing. i'm surprised it hasn't surfaced..i never just come across it, i have to search for it when i want to listen. i know this band played at coachella, where are they popular?

1/29/2009 09:13:00 PM  

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