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Anna
Anna
@mothninja@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

KAJ are my favourite type of songwriters: genre-spanning, lyrics full of subtle, complex, and very silly word-play, and with the delight in detail and hyper-specificity which is the essence of good comedy. Also, the lads can properly sing.

TEXT-TV is a glory of 80s-style synth mixed with melodic rap and a banging chorus, about the wonders of Teletext, and I've chosen a live version to link here, because the staging goes much, much harder than a song about Teletext has any right to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9GrbrduuN8

Lyrics:

(In a world of disinformation,
There is one last reliable outpost:
Teletext)

Eight hours a day I sit and wait for the day to end,
Work finishes at 2, and there's something that I'm waiting for,
Eight hours a day I sit and long for the moment when I can go home,
As soon as I clock out, I hasten home where delights await

I just want to sit on the sofa
And be the boss of the remote control,
Now I can take charge,
Push the button and dive right in

Teletext is my second home
And the things you read there are the truth,
There is sport and weather
And the font is easily legible and clear
(Teletext doesn't lie
Read the news in 8-bit)
Teletext is a paradise
You get all your info in a simple way
We've got 899 pages of top quality
On teletext

Eight hours a night, I'm hitting that button,
Flipping through the pages,
Check out 302, the programme guide for Channel 2,
Eight hours a night I'm riding an analogue wave that never ebbs away,
Checking the Formula 1, something went wrong for Bottas in the curves,
I just want to sit on my throne
Of low-res information,
It warms the heart to be allowed to be
In the virtual boiler room

Teletext is my second home etc.

Go to page 488, those the right numbers if you've got a lottery ticket,
761, the wind is blowing from the north, the same numbers on Maikkari* will get you porn,
866 I think will suit you if you like pixelated cats,
Just navigate to 403 if you're a fan of the shipping forecast

Teletext is my second home etc

*Maikkari is another name for the Finnish TV channel MTV3

#SmallCheeringThings #KAJ #Music

KAJ - TEXT-TV live (Vasa elektriska arena)
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