Chumbawamba - The Land Of Do What You're Told Lyrics

God I miss this band

Punker that Punk ..... 😘😘😘😘

Bloomin eck, why can't these bozos fxxx off?

And to think the first song I ever heard by this band was "Tubthumping" incessantly over the radio waves in the late 90's... all of the music and themes just hold up nicely even decades later.

So sad. It has been going on for so long.

Not quite America yet, but who's to say maybe tomorrow is when Colin Kappernick and Muslim go to jail and the KKK is rationed as the good on both sides, but if I'm a socialist. It is the artist that will save us it is the sensitivity which he hopes to wild in action. It is the canary in the coal mine left to it's primordial element the canary it's unknowing song submits its breath , so we live to see another day.

in my humble opinion this is one of the most powerful tunes ever, musically, artistically, and the Chumbas were always 100% historically accurate in their output..sorry I'm just another anarchist from Leeds is all ..oh and god bless Maggie for her cuntribution to humanity, what a darling, so gladly missed ;-) ..... COME BACK YOU CHUMBAS!

shut it you heepies! ;-

this is my fave ditty from the chumbas, brings a happy tear to my eye every time.."smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold" is a reference to what the slave masters made the slaves do to make them a more attractive product to the punters

This is the start of the end of coal.

8th february 2018 VIENNA 5 p.m. VIENNA REUMANNPLACE
NEVER GIVE UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPtDOwso-pM

great lyrics

Have a word with your Patron Saint
Cover up the cracks with a lick of paint
All the exits are double-locked
Because st Sebastian sways but doesn't rock

Here's to you, you put up a fight
You're the last to leave, now turn out the light
You danced to the devil and the feathery wife
Now the ordnance survey is mapping out your life

Look at the small print, it's what we agreed
Sign your name before we teach you how to read
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
The land of the free, if you don't leave the fold
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told

I'm a celebrity, let me in here
One last jump from the end of the pier
We breached the wall but I was too tired to run
My get up and go got up and now it's gone

Look at the small print, it's what we agreed
Sign your name before we teach you how to read
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
The land of the free, if you don't leave the fold
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told

This is the land, the land of Do What You're Told
With a little lip service to breaking the mould
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the Land of Do What You're Told

We're going on strike for twelve percent
We're not downhearted yet
They're filming it all for a reality show
So twelve percent we'll get

This is about the end of coal in the UK . Unions failed to stop the inevitable demise of burning carbon rock. The USA today is in the same position.

Fracking is taking over, we need to end wind farms and shitlib anaerobic digesters

Suilven Mountain I’m honestly hyped for climate change to kill us all. Then I’ll be dead and not have to listen to your bullshit

I was asked to evaluate the video
excellent, does not dtract from their best song

like the loony doctors?

It used to the the land of 'do what you're told'
it used to be until June 23rd.

Suilven Mountain 50 years of freedom on paper for African Americans & the system is still broken

It's probably worse for many than when the white man ruled. I took my daughter to the Fitzwilliam museum to see an exhibition on the Ancient Egyptians: I thought that Africa was more civilised under the ancient Egyptians than it is now.

Suilven Mountain lol

Another great song!

I need to listen it....often...

been awhile since I was able to listen to this song. was one of my favorites thanks for making it available.

For those who need help understanding this... it is pretty much all about the destruction of Trade Unions in UK and how Thatcherism destroyed them... we kept allowing them to be weakened until they are pretty much useless... The last lines are those who still believe that the unions hold power, but long ago they lost all power... and those who hold on to this belief do not see the reality, they are nothing and have become a reality show for the rich. There protests meaningless...

You forgot how we had the fucking nerve to blame Thatcher for the consequences of our own inaction against her.

so what should we have done? ...kill the witch or what?

Vernon Swain-Nisbet
No not a super - optimistic song. But 12% ain't bad.

Kind of similar here in the U.S. Like the land of "Do as I say and what you're told at the same time" kind of gimmick that gets used here. Only more unsettling here though!

@petrichor is that the royal 'we?' ;-/

què bien suena!

Show me the contract of consent to authority that I signed at birth and I will gladly accept your authority. Until that point, GTFO!

Your birth certificate

You _can_ leave, you know that right? So if you continue to stay, guess what? That means you do agree. You cannot just utilize the services and access the benefits that goes along with being part of a civilization without chipping in as well.

CML

@Dinosaur Store There is no 'you can leave'. There is no choice whatsoever.

@Guppy Only death. Although he didn't consent to authority, he didn't consent on many things in this world, honestly we didn't even consent to exist.

I do believe in anarchist and socialist causes, but I don't think this logic in particular would get us far.

@Dinosaur Store moving is hard.... This is none of what I want for this shit show.

And barely 4116 plays? Excuse me, but f*ck you tube.

Video uploaded in 2010. OP made in 2013. That means the video averaged 1372 views per year for the first 3 years.

It's currently 2017 and the video has 60,971 views. That means it has averaged 18,952 views per year over the last 3 years.

Is that hope that I spy through those numbers?

following petrichor's post though I'd give you an update for 2019. 145k views so since 2017 that's 42.5k views per year?

BIEBER SUXX

very cool

loooooove it!!!
one of my favorite songs from chumbawamba.
makes me feel happy and sad at the same time :)
one of those bands who are really touching me!

Amazing, so true.

The more I see and hear of this band, the more impressed I am. When the history of politically important pop groups is written, Chumbawamba will be among the most influential.

If we lived in a world with any culture, this is the song Chumbawamba would be known for and not, you know, that other one.

"culture" is the problem, actually

Yeah.... I cant even fucking listen to that song.

Qué bueno encontrar esta canción! Me encanta!