KISS - Keep it simple (and) stupid - is an acronym invented by an engineer of the US airforce in 1960; nowadays it is the inofficial motto of the Swiss advertising agency GOAL, renowned for its propaganda work for the Swiss populist party SVP. White sheep kicking black sheep, minarets standing like missiles, martial marching boots on Swiss flags – you name it, GOAL made it. Often copied, not always in licence, by right wing parties all over Europe.
lyrics
ASK THE CLOWNS
Hey, baby,
here we are
watching people drown
on our tee vee sets
build another wall
between east and west
trying not to care
trying not to care
send them anywhere
send them anywhere but here,
baby,
anywhere but here.
who said life was a picknick?
who said life was a bag full of jokes.
ask the clowns,
ask the clowns,
ask the clowns,
they know.
[SVP Song]
Hey, du bisch öisi Schwiiz
liäbed dich genau wied bisch
Wänd dich gar nöd andersch ha
schwarzi Schöfli ihr mönd ga.
(MEGAPHON-Zwischentexte von HC Strache, Björn Höcke, Marine Le Pen, Ueli Maurer)
Bittebitte flüchten Sie weiter.
Hier gibt es nichts zu wohnen.
Bittebitte flüchten Sie weiter.
Hier gibt es nichts zu holen.
Bittebitte flüchten Sie weiter.
Wir die Autochtonen
Brauchen diesen Ort für uns
Brauchen diesen Staat für uns
Brauchen dieses Land für uns
Für Euch gibt es nichts zu holen
Ask the clowns.
Heimat ist wo du wohnst
Keep it simple stupid
Deine Freunde keiner sonst
Keep it simple stupid
Daham statt Islam
Keep it simple stupid
Mo-mo-moschee baba!
Keep it simple stupid
Stupid stupid stupid stupid
Keep it simple stupid...
who said life was a picknick?
who said life was a bag full of jokes.
ask the clowns,
ask the clowns,
ask the clowns,
they know!
credits
from JAMES BOMB - Das Konzert live @ Bogen F,
released August 25, 2016
words: Brigitte Helbling
music: Johannes Geisser und Felix Huber
Performed and Produced by Mass & Fieber/JAMES BOMB - the band
Mass & Fieber ist ein Kollektiv mit Sitz in Zürich und hat seit 1999 achtzehn Theaterabende, Performances und Clubabende
produziert. Originalsongs und Covers sind ein integraler Teil ihrer Shows. Seit 2011 gibt es die Deutsche Filiale Mass & Fieber OST mit bislang drei Produktionen. Mit JAMES BOMB vereinigen sich die musikalischen Kräfte beider Kollektive auf einer Konzertbühne....more
...listen to "Qui m’aime me suive" which we sort of glide into in our "The Queen Takes a Smoke" (then gliding into "Rage against the Machine" which is where La Gale goes with her song) JAMES BOMB - Das Konzert
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