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| Electioneering |
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. |
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| SONG INFORMATION |
Released: |
June
1997 |
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Found
on: |
OK Computer |
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.
Thom : "We live under a world banking system and media that make it almost irrelevant
who is in power. Political systems worldwide are at the mercy of business and bullshit
economies. I can't recycle any of the polythene packaging that fills my house. Why?"
Thom was thinking of the Poll
Tax Riots as he wrote this, the
scenes were people were breaking
down the gates of Downing Street.
As well as being political, the
song is also about them, travelling
around the globe and having to
sell their records to people. |
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