Song: Who Knew? (Recession Mix)

Yet more rejection from NR and Treason. Still, it's one of those songs you don't realise you know until you hear it and then go 'Ah! *That* one!'

(Here it is, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJmghwq7k2I in case you want it playing in the background whilst reading)

Dan
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Who Knew?
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(Originally by P!nk)

Duet: Alastair Darling & Gordon Brown

A (TO G):
You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said to me
Yeah huh
That's right

(BOTH) If someone said one year from now
The banks'd all but gone
We'd stand up and bail them out
For a trillion pounds
We didn't know better
Thought easy credit lasts forever
And ever
Who knew?
(G) Remember jobs were quite abundant
Instead we're making all redundant
Oh no
(A ) Oh no!
(G) I wish interest rates would stop their drop
The only way I'll avoid the chop
Is give out EVERYTHING!

(BOTH) When someone said Iceland had drowned
We knew something's wrong
Then HBOS and Lehman fell down
They were all gone
Now we're in Recession
Deeper than The Great Depression
Sub-prime?
Who knew?

(A ) No no
(G) All in administration
(A ) Get out via liquidation
(G) Get out via
(A ) Get out via liquidation
(G) Now we head for deflation
(BOTH) What happened?

If someone said one year from now
Woolies would be gone
The euro is soaring and how!
One's worth a million pounds!
(G) There's no jobs!
(A ) There's no cash!
(G) Just imminent housing crash!
(A ) And now it's
(G) Much harder
(BOTH - ROCKING IT UP!) To avoid foreclosure!
(A ) And I left
Our money
Entrusted in Landbankski!
(G) Our Darling!
(A ) Who knew?
(G) Our Darling!
(G) Our Darling!
(A ) Who knew?
(G) Our Money
(A ) I miss you!
(G) Our Darling!
(A ) Who knew?
(BOTH) Who knew?

END

Original lyrics:

Who knew

Does no-one love P!nk anymore???

Dan

Don't know this song at all I'm afraid. I'm sure what you've done is very clever though. Why don't you find a copy of the instrumental and record your own version for us?

Right!

<storms off, dyes hair pink, comes back and scares everybody to death with attitude. Still no comments, though know from fear rather than ignorance>

Dan

Trust me, if you do that you'll get comments. All sorts of comments.

Can you hum it Dan?

'fraid I don't know the song either but probably would if you could even whistle it or something

By popular demand then, play this in the background and read the lyrics I wrote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJmghwq7k2I

Dan

Yeah now I geddit!

Nice one Dan very good - but perhaps it suffers from the song that it's using not being well enough known.

I knew the chorus - of chorus - but the verses are a bit blander and rather forgettable.

That old Filker, Baumski, might be able to comment as Filking's his thing, but I guess for a song parody to really work then the original needs to have a high profile.

Probaly the only reason that this didn't hit the target with NR & Treason

Yeah, thought so. I guess it was quite the chart hit, but the demographic for people who go to/write for News Revue/Treason is very different (I'm guilty for one).

Still, I thought it was the best/most apt song I've written!

Next one is going to be to the tune of Cockles and Mussels!

Cheers for comments, Blenks

Dan

Quote: swerytd @ February 26 2009, 4:30 PM GMT

Next one is going to be to the tune of Cockles and Mussels!

View original

Did someone say my name?

Oh.

Makes more sense with the song to refer it to but I'd still like to see you in a pink wig shaking your money-maker.

Oi! Once a month is your lot, Bussell. No extras!

Dan