Got back from yoga last night to discover that Hunchermuncher had been kind enough to post disc one of the Live 8 concert through my door. I watched the first half and the highlights so far have been U2, Coldplay, and The Kaiser Chiefs.
At the time I remember thinking that The Kaiser Chiefs were an odd choice for Philidelphia, they are so quinessentially English (English not British). Everything about them is English: the clothes, the music and especially the lyrics. I don't think you could get more English lyrics (except maybe Pulp), and I did find myself wondering how many Americans would be able to understand or relate to the lyrics of "I predict a Riot".
Watching the people get lairy
Is not very pretty
I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible either
A friend of a friend he got beaten
He looked the wrong way at a policeman
Would never have happened to Smeaton
And old Leodiensian
La-ah-ah, la la lalala la
Ah-ah-ah, la la lalala la
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I tried to get in my taxi
A man in a tracksuit attacked me
He said that he saw it before me
Wants to get things a bit gory
Girls run around with no clothes on
To borrow a pound for a condom
If it wasn't for chip fat, well they'd be frozen
They're not very sensible
La-ah-ah, la la lalala la
Ah-ah-ah, la la lalala la
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there
Watching the people get lairy
Is not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible
La-ah-ah, la la lalala la
Ah-ah-ah, la la lalala la
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
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