Guess the Politician

One main version:

* (1981) Only Dreaming (3:27), Ancient Daze (3:10), Ancient Daze CD-R (3:20)

The seven-second instrumental lead-in is cut off in the "Ancient Daze" CD mix, and so is seven seconds of the fade out. The "Ancient Daze" CD-R mix is almost complete.

Instruments: Single drum machine pattern; three melodic keyboard melody tracks; keyboard bassline; single vocal track with varying reverb.

What It's About:

A sketch of British politicians who treat people terribly and are outright fascists. Basically a big, angry, but sad howl about Great Britain in the early '80s, though what the girl has to do with it I don't know.

Lyrics (adapted from the Cloud-Zero archive):

When the fireworks start where will they be?
They'll be warm in their bunkers watching TV.
Stemming tears for the smoke that was once you and me.
Such a shame, such a waste. Solves a few problems.

Like unemployment.
Like immigration. This screwed-up nation.
Think I'll go back to cleaning floors.

And a-looky over there by the perfume stand,
there's a made up girl with a messed-up hand.
Thought she'd look distressed, she looks just grand.
Kind of chic, what a chick. It's a (sicken?) and they got her.

It's so appalling
to touch, a mauling, a crazy morning.
Only pleased he was so prepared.

Did those feet in future time walk upon this land of mine?
Land mine will get him!

See the queer with a leer. Got his chin on a lead,
knew him back in the past, knew him intimately.
Got a house up in Hull, a mole on his knee.
Really liked me for a while 'til I shot his spaniel.

This indecision
here in Late Britain, I hate Britain!
Kind of wish I'd been born a fish!

Just annoy him now and he'll shriek "Sieg heil!"
See him quaking on the floor, see him quiver and how.
Took a blue, made a plan, joined the Ku Klux Klan,
bought a bag full of boot boys waiting for his orders.

It's quite intriguing
to hear them squeaking while flames leap in.
He's a tiger when he's aroused.

Rule Britannia.
Brittania rules the waves.
Britain never, never, never, never will be slaves.
Alles zusammen now.
Never, never.

Trivia:

"Alles zusammen" is German for "all together." In the final lines the fascist politician is rousing us all to sing "Rule Brittania."

Why you should care:

One of many songs about Ka-Spel's dislike of England. Shades of the future song "Evolution" in the line about being born a fish.