Electioneering

Tonight, we'll get the result of the second round of municipal elections in France. Mind you, a boring evening ahead! What could be more appropriate to perk you up a bit and keep you in the right mood than this noisy pushy track by Radiohead featuring Thom Yorke — I think I saw a Tweety Bird — freshly debarked from a North Sea trawler (or a yellow submarine) welcoming the audience on such a “cold wet shitty day” (sic). In the same vein, I also thought of "Disturbance At The Heron House" by R.E.M. and "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who which I'll repost some other time.

Ey@el

I will stop, I will stop at nothing.
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote.

When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
Ha ha ha

Riot shields, voodoo economics,
it’s just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F.
I trust I can rely on your vote.

When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.

Thom Yorke, 1997

About this song

Thom describes this song as being about preaching to others through a microphone. He uses the metaphor of a politician selling his party platform to critique the live promotional shows Radiohead was doing to sell its music. In its original, 1996 live form, the song ended on a very catchy note with Thom repeating the line “Doin’ it all.” Many fans were surprised and a little disappointed at the final version that made OK Computer.

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From Outer Space

A graphic I did when I was learning the basics of Paint Shop Pro with tutorials. If you'd like to try this one, it's based on Biene's "My Space" in Italian because I don't understand German — I don't speak Italian either but I understand it a bit so tutti va bene!

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With a Little Help From My Friends

I really dig you, you know!

Yum, I love tuna foot, slurp!

There, you can have some... Booooooooo! That hog took it all!

When I grow up, I wanna be a trainer... a wild cat trainer!

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The Luck of the Irish

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!

A thousand years of torture and hunger
Drove the people away from their land
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British brigands! Goddamn! Goddamn!

If you could keep voices like flowers
There'd be shamrock all over the world
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn

In the 'Pool they told us the story
How the English divided the land
Of the pain, the death and the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland

If we could make chains with the morning dew
The world would be like Galway Bay
Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns
The world would be one big Blarney stone

Why the hell are the English there anyway?
As they kill with God on their side
Blame it all on the kids the IRA
As the bastards commit genocide! Aye! Aye! Genocide!

If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you was dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!
Yes you'd wish you was English instead!

Original text by JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
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Lucky Day

“I'm on a roll! I'm on a roll! This time I feel my luck could change.”¹ Whether you're Irish or not, today is the day to go green like all the people around the world who want to brighten up their day and celebrate the imminent coming of the Spring equinox. Green is also the colour of the famous Shamrock, a symbol of Ireland which, according to an old legend, can break a spell cast by an evil spirit and bring luck. In truth, the three-leaf clover symbolises the Holy Trinity as taught by Saint Patrick (today is the anniversary of his death) to the Ancient Pagans of the Emerald Island. “Kill me Paddy!² Kill me again with love! It's gonna be a glorious day.”

Endnotes

1. "Lucky", Radiohead (1997)
2. For the occasion, I took the liberty to substitute Paddy to Sarah in the original Radiohead lyrics (see above note).

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Make Way For Youth!

Vote for me 'cos I'm worth it...

I'm gonna schmash you if you don't vote for me... Just kidding I am!

My agenda? Well, meh... dunno.

Yuuuuuuuk! Politics sucks!

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Landslide

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Til the landslide brought it down

oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
I don't know.....

Well, I've been afraid of changing
Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
The landslide will bring it down

Original text by STEVIE NICKS

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Crêpe Day

Since the Greenwood brothers and co. have failed their promise to make waffles for Candlemas, Grand-Ed and Bil-Thom from Radiohead volunteered once again to save the day by cooking some more of their yummy gluten-free pancakes made with dragon eggs to celebrate the end of Lent.

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