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Songs We Sing

from OLEKA MONDAY by Oleka Monday

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This is a song about intolerance, narrow-mindedness and aggressive behaviour as it is sadly displayed again and again by certain insecure people across various scenes and subcultures.

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So we go down to the club, it was a Saturday night
There is a party going on at the bar
I get some drinks for my friends, I feel that something is wrong,
When suddenly that face comes along

He says: I wonder, who do you think you are?
Have you looked around, because this is not your bar
This is a place for cool cats with a certain sense of style
But you’re a ticket, you’re a seven and six, oh yes, you are.
There are some songs you sing that are not nearly cool enough
I reckon you should better get lost

So I slowly turn around, I keep my thoughts to myself,
Let’s hope that aggro guy will slowly back off
But when I turn away from him, another bloke comes along
Hey you, what are you looking at, now?

He says: I wonder, who do you think you are?
Have you looked around, because this is not your bar
This is a place for people like us, but you’re a fraud
With your hair and your shoes and your shirt, but that’s not all …
There are some songs you sing that are not nearly cool enough
I reckon you should better get lost

Luckily my friends are here, I leave him alone.
We grab our gear and make our way to the front.
Turns out those jerks were really that, ‘cause no-one else seems to care,
And everyone is singing along.

They sing: I wonder, who do you think you are?
Have you looked around, because we’re all just having fun
Are you too insecure? Are you afraid to let it show?
If you don’t like it here, that is fine, but you should know
If for the songs we sing you are not really cool enough
Just open up your mind or get lost

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from OLEKA MONDAY, released November 1, 2019
"Songs We Sing" (written by L. Hemmerich) was arranged and performed by Oleka Monday. Additional backing vocals by B. Sonnenberg. Produced in 2019 by B. Sonnenberg, L. Müller-Wallraff and J.-N. Jansen with Oleka Monday @ Bear Cave Studio / Cologne. Mixed by J.-N. Jansen. Mastered by Nicolas Epe.

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Oleka Monday Köln, Germany

Upbeat indie pop songs inspired by well-known 60s classics and 80s Mod Revival Power Pop - upliftingly catchy melodies, a jangly rhythm section, vocal harmonies and a brass section and organ that bring in some vibes of Vintage Soul & Ska...

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