Feb 2022 fawmtronica pop synthpop metal growl angry political
Recently @popmythology wrote some fantastic spoken-word lyrics as an alternate version of F*ck Your Money, but wasn't able to record them. So I was delightfully surprised when I saw this email from @sapient that he had taken it on. Behold!
sapient:
Behold indeed... behold the sound of someone taking a giant leap out of their comfort zone!
But these lyrics needed to be heard.
I love the original version of this song.
I love the differnt layers of venom that Popmythology added.
And I love that @robynmackenzie and @popmythology were willing to let me try and bring this to life :)
V1
Every day I wake up and read the news and what I see just makes me want to fucking vomit
It’s like Don’t Look Up, y’all too blind to look at the sky and see the path of an oncoming comet
Too busy chasing money, power, status, fame, or some other bullshit that you think actually matters
Well I got news for you, it’s just a matter of time before your little fake ass reality’s gonna shatter
V2
Y’all make me sick, I can already see you bitchin and cryin about the future end of our democracy
Yet here we are, no amount of facts or data can make you shake off the strands of your hypocrisy
You just want to go back to brunch and $10 lattes and talk about your stupid portfolios
Yeah, keep it up, pretty soon you’ll have hungry mobs shoving revolution up your cornholios
CHORUS
But I'm still not having a good time
And I'm still not satisfied
Yeah I'm just not having a good time
So fuck you and this party, I'm not dancing anymore
Because I don't like your friends and this scene is such a bore
I hear your voice on the airwaves, catching flies with poisoned honey
But fuck your lies, fuck your bombs, fuck your money
V3
Don’t call me a “liberal,” I am your worst anarcho-communist nightmare and I ain’t here to fuck around
Killmonger was right, you just gotta light and burn the whole system down to the fucking ground
Covid proved to me that your comfort and bullshit are more important to you than my life, safety, or sanity
Now a hard rain’s a-gonna fall while you’re on your comfy asses watching Fox and Sean Patrick Hannity
CHORUS
But I'm still not having a good time
And I'm still not satisfied
Yeah I'm just not having a good time
So fuck you and this party, I'm not dancing anymore
Because I don't like your friends and this scene is such a bore
I hear your voice on the airwaves, catching flies with poisoned honey
But fuck your lies, fuck your bombs, fuck your money
BRIDGE
Sell me something inspirational, celebrational, not too radical
(my head's on fire, fire, my head's on fire, fire)
Wish I could make you wait and see what it means to be me, but you don't even see
(This world's on fire, fire, this world's on fire)
Yeah
CHORUS
So fuck you and this party, I'm not dancing anymore
Because I don't like your friends and this scene is such a bore
I hear your voice on the airwaves, catching flies with poisoned honey
But fuck your lies, fuck your bombs, fuck your money
Fuck you and this party, I'm not dancing anymore
Because I don't like your friends and this scene is such a bore
I hear your voice on the airwaves, catching flies with poisoned honey
But fuck your lies, fuck your bombs, fuck your money
Fuck your lies, fuck your bombs, fuck your money
@wobbiewobbit Mar 2022
wow what a great chorus! this is a great collab, love the back story. such a cool club groove and sooooo catchy. fantastic lyrics and the whole production is so good. love the hit into the last chorus, so many tasty little extras like the spoken backing at the end... lovely collab indeed!
@sph Mar 2022
Hell yes! So relatable.
Great version
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
wow- this is powerful and intense and entertaining as hell, and sadly, has alot of truth to it! The one little thing I'd say about the recording is that i wish the vocals on the verses (the ones sapient talks/sings) were mixed louder, as loud as the chorus vocals. Minor little point, really - this hits hard and takes no prisoners! nice!
@ampersandman Feb 2022
Holy shit, that was unexpected. Indeed far out of the @sapient realm, but that’s what FAWM is so awesome for. How could I not love this, being already a fan of @robynmackenzie’s version 1?
@richaaaay Feb 2022
Perfect.
@marthie Feb 2022
Brilliant!
@nadine Feb 2022
Wow this is something very unexpected from you three. I dig @robynmackenzie low register voice, and wait what @sapient in a badass electro pop arrangement? These lyrics from @popmythology oufz. And it works damn good.
@rshakesp Feb 2022
I really like the relentless drive of the backtrack - that ostinato is really hypnotic and the musical variety you manage over the top is great. The chorus is killer and so well delivered - great song
@tunecat Feb 2022
Love the deep bass. And love the ‘ sweet dreams are made of this’’ bassline - I like everything about it really. The chorus is great. Just goinfmg back in for a second listen and read
@popmythology Feb 2022
The magic of FAWM strikes again, am I right? Much love and gratitude for these two artists. I feel like one of the little kids being allowed to play with the big kids!!!
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Popmythology's words hit with a tremendous amount of percussive force, and you've really brought out the instrumentality of them. Something to celebrate in every line, but Shatahhhhhhhhhhh was particularly awesome.
Your voice is an excellent foil to Robyn's in the chorus: hers being smooth and flutey, sweetly defiant - and yours being the blunt club or sharp knife of naked fury. Hearing them both at once was an absolute treat.
I've just gone through parts I, II and III in succession, and it's been wonderful seeing this thing evolve as more people get on board with the sentiment and share their own wisdom, experience and skills. Soon the entirety of FAWM will be joining in, like 'We are the World' for an age that has given up on the softly-softly approach.
@candle Feb 2022
Damn.
Yeah, that's all I can say about this epic f'n song. What a combination of talents all brought together in one place. @popmythology, @robynmackenzie & @sapient.
Damn.
See You In The Shadows…
@jamesstaubes Feb 2022
Pretty epic. I'm on board with this message. This line, yes - Don’t call me a “liberal,” I am your worst anarcho-communist nightmare and I ain’t here to fuck around.
@skyezor Feb 2022
Say whaaaaaaat! This is giving me big Flight of the Concords vibes! Oh wow when the chorus dropped I threw my hands in the airrrr!! Love the unfiltered nature of this!