"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

21 August 2021

All.


GLOBAL-A-GO-GO

World service bulletin
From the nightshift D.J., 
To all wavebands on earth 
Reconnoitre on the killahertz

This tune is going out to Marconi, 
To all corners of the globe, 
There is no hut in the Serengeti, 
Where my wavelengths do not probe
If a rocket went to Saturn
We sure hope a D.J. is on board, 
For some anti-gravity mixing, 
With two dub plates of U-Roy

Stray Cat strut in Bulawayo, 
Buddy Rich in Burundi, 
Quadraphenia in Armenia, 
Armenia City of the sky, 
Big Youth booming in Djkarta, 
Nina Simone over Sierra Leone
Wild sound of Joujouka in Nevada
Everywhere, everywhere 
Bob's bringing it all back home

I let the boogie woogie rumble, 
In the back of Bangalore, 
I get complaints from Bondi Beach, 
What? No longboard surf hardcore? 
Send the rock steady out to Freddy, 
Who juggles plates in Tsing Tao City

Bo Diddley's in Finland Station
Sun Ra's in Omaha, 
The Skatalites in New York City, 
The Stooges rule over Havana
The Bhundu Boys rock Acapulco, 
Good hip hop in Islamabad, 
Ali Farke Toure's in Oaxaca 
N'Baaba Maal's all over Stalingrad

While some are waking some are sleeping, 
From Kamchatka to the Gabon, 
Above the tradewind wingtips beating, 
We calling out for Ronnie, 
And da do Ron Ron Ron 

We call the Cumbria to tumble, 
Across the peaks of the Himalayas, 
We send the funk into the jungle, 
To the last outpost of the bass player

Joe Strummer

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