That Stupid Club

Just bought the “new” Kula Shaker album Strange­folk. It was released June 2007 and I’ve not heard a peep about it any­where. I’m not sure about it yet, espe­cially the two reworked tracks from the Revenge of the King EP which I loved, but their Christ­mas 2007 sin­gle (which I have also just found out about) is face-meltingly awe­some. The absolutely men­tal video makes it dou­bly so.

Lyrics:

As we reach the end of our civil­i­sa­tion, it is per­haps a sign of the times that tea-drinking in our fair land is sadly on the decline. The byways are void of any tea, and all you can get is that dis­gust­ing drink, cof­fee. The sit­u­a­tion is very grave. Some­thing must be done.

Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on

Tea is a mar­velous drink; every­one loves a nice cup of tea. It breaks through the bar­ri­ers of class and sta­tus, from the worker in the fac­tory can­teen to Her Majesty the Queen. Every­one loves a nice cup of tea.

Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on
Put them on

Sixty-two bil­lion cups of tea were drunk in Britain alone last year. That’s not bad, but we can do bet­ter than that! Tea offers a moment of tran­scen­dence away from the mad and fran­tic world. Tea is a gift from our creator.

Tea comes from God in Heaven
No stink­ing fac­tory
Drink tea in the morn­ing
Drink tea all day long

Come on every­body, sing it to the world!

Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on
Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on

Drink tea for the love of God
Drink tea, put the ket­tle on
Put them on

Lyrics cour­tesy of drykid from the Kula Shaker Forum, some minor cor­rec­tions by yours truly.