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Celebrity Mourning is the New Rock 'n' Roll (Produced by Scatabrainz)

from Need the Character (s) by Jackal Trades

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lyrics

Celebrity mourning is the new rock n roll
raise your depths of despair to the death of a soul
it`s prime time for the last A list to flat line
build a shrine to the past to help you pass time

marketing the average man to super-stardom
all your heroes are dead now or about to die soon
they were beaming human beings through invisible flooms
off the back of payola to the front of your room
bust and boom must consume the vacuum grows bigger
till the kid in the street wants an inaction figure
they made a killing off the gigging, made a million off the touring
but it killed them deep inside as the machine kept roaring
were you party to this circus? well be a part of the mourning
if you`ve not woke up yet let me wish you good mourning
bean counter, arse kisser, drug dealer and a groupie
blame it on the Seventies , blame it on a roofie
don`t blame it on the boogie , better blame it on the bogie man
blame it on the Eighties, better blame it on a roadie man
big bucks propaganda wiznay all big tobacco corp
it could make you rock proper like proper rock
P.R murdered on the dance floor the beat don't stop
the beat goes on in sales when the heart does not
often tops it in the case where tributes were sought
and publicity like that just cannot be bought
or maybe it can now there`s food for thought
pop charts chock a block with pop stars who popped their clogs
(Pop corks)
in the Sixties big business bought into music industries
they minimised the risk and monopolised the fees
they morphed open mic hopefuls to global infamy
propelled average Joes into Television personalities
temptation and strange days made them cane K`s
to numb adrenaline and pain from the pressures of stage
the ideas were popular when pop remained vague
nowadays no-one will ever be that famous again

yeah no-one will ever be that famous again
nobody ever hears your cries in cyberspace
you`ll never get that famous out-with your niche
nobody cares if you live or die out-with your clique
public outpouring of grief? gee us peace your not unique
even David Bowie only got about a week
imagine 2040 when all 15 minute famers
and 1 hit wonders all hit the same ages
they'll wake you up with a roll call of the daily dead
transmitted to an I-chip inserted in your head
2,000 dead celebs on the list from Q to Zed
have a very good mourning then get ejected from your bed
by a burly robot sent from G4S
who will escort you to your voluntary position in Gregg's
who bought over Google in 2034
when Fukushima sea people won world war 4
because monsters love pasties and always need more
or so I'm told fay the folk who fought through folklore
but that`a then this is now ,not all rock stars have passed
so embrace the nostalgia and enjoy while it lasts
i would say we have about another twenty something years
of newscasters reporting twitters crocodile tears
from fully grown adults captured in cults
the R.I.P's whizz past like the football results
scrolling across your smart screen that`s recording your grief
and it`s the last time anyone ever sees peace
coz the mortality of icons steals limelight and priority
if the penny's just dropping then i am truly sorry mate
conveniently colludes with corporate interests
the pantomime of austerity whats good for business
is that the plan? was it the plan all along?
maybe that`s a stretch but I`m stretching out a song

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from Need the Character (s), released November 5, 2016
Produced by Scatabrainz
Recorded by Soundthief

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