Blink
from Palaces and Slums EP by emperor penguin
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'The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.'
Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry - '"Induction of Psychoneuroses by Conditioned Reflex Under Stress". What does that mean?'
Jock - 'It means I know now why 17 scientists ceased to function.'
Harry - 'Yes?'
Jock - 'Look again, boy -- I-P-C-R-E-S-S.'
Harry - 'Ipcress.'
The Ipcress File (1970)
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.'
Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry - '"Induction of Psychoneuroses by Conditioned Reflex Under Stress". What does that mean?'
Jock - 'It means I know now why 17 scientists ceased to function.'
Harry - 'Yes?'
Jock - 'Look again, boy -- I-P-C-R-E-S-S.'
Harry - 'Ipcress.'
The Ipcress File (1970)
lyrics
No need to act the innocent, you’re born to play the role
Someone with a power drilled a peephole to your soul
Four and twenty mockingbirds in the road ahead
Sing a song of sixpence with your pockets full of lead
Fear of almost everything buzzing in his skull
Every free conspiracy to feed until he’s full
Makes himself a ligature and says he’s short of breath
Half the world won’t understand an accidental death
Ahhhhh he’s got seven lucky numbers
Ahhhhh he can count as he goes under
In the blink of an eye
He’s almost tempted to say
The time has come to give in and walk away
Say thank you to the passer by who wrapped him in a rug
Still intoxicated by the one and only drug
In the blink of an eye
He’s almost tempted to say
The time has come to give in and walk away
Someone with a power drilled a peephole to your soul
Four and twenty mockingbirds in the road ahead
Sing a song of sixpence with your pockets full of lead
Fear of almost everything buzzing in his skull
Every free conspiracy to feed until he’s full
Makes himself a ligature and says he’s short of breath
Half the world won’t understand an accidental death
Ahhhhh he’s got seven lucky numbers
Ahhhhh he can count as he goes under
In the blink of an eye
He’s almost tempted to say
The time has come to give in and walk away
Say thank you to the passer by who wrapped him in a rug
Still intoxicated by the one and only drug
In the blink of an eye
He’s almost tempted to say
The time has come to give in and walk away
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from Palaces and Slums EP,
released August 19, 2020
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emperor penguin UK
Savage Frenzy Productions is proud to present those peerless purveyors of powerful pop: EMPEROR PENGUIN.
Nigel: guitar,
bass, vocals
JT: guitar, bass, vocals, harmonica, ebow
Rich: drums
Neil: guitar, vocals, keyboards, computer stuff
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Oct 2020
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