about
This song is about the Monty Hall paradox and the end of the world. It also introduces a fictional character named the Minister of Funk, a randy afroed minister who preaches the virtues of funk and getting down. In this song he foresees the inevitable end of the world brought about through a nuclear apocalypse and believes that the best way to deal with this is to write nonsense rhymes, party and boogie on down.
The song is musically inspired by earth shattering beats of The Prodigy and strangely enough, the Egyptian themed music of Nile, although the song ends up sounding more Latin American than anything else. Electric Six was also a major influence. In the first stages of the album I wanted to introduce rap music into mix having been totally amazed by lyrical dexterity of ICE T's early albums, in particular The Iceberg, so while this song is not directly influenced by his music, it’s an indirect outcome of that early intention.
lyrics
Goats or cars, you could get far
Make the switch and strike it rich
Fight the war, settle the score
Militant moves, nuke the dancefloor
Indoctrinate them to build a new Rome
Rule the world with a microphone
Witness the beauty of a cosmic membrane
Travel to it on a tank of methane
Its the future I see,
See with clarity
So I ask of thee
to get down and get funky!
It is the future that I see
So ask of thee
to get down and get funky yeah!
You desire an empire
Through the dust in madness we trust
Parasites on the political scene
Rely on war to maintain the machine
Party like its 99,
In nuclear bunkers, have a good time
Eat a buritto, with a taco,
Lets set the world on fire yo!
Its the future I see,
See with clarity
So I command thee
to get down and get funky!
credits
from
Filler,
track released March 17, 2012
Vocals, guitars, lead guitar, bass, drums: Alex Mc Donnell,
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