Hello Pop Tart

1997, 05:00

2 Voices, Violin, Bass Recorder, Trombone, 2 Synthesizers, Contrabass and Percussion (also version for Flute and without Recorder)

Written for Tomoko Mukaiyama and Maarten Altena Ensemble

Programme notes

Hello Pop Tart was written for Tomoko Mukaiyama and was originally performed by the Maarten Altena Ensemble. Its one of the songs that we’ve played over the years a lot, I suppose because it lends itself to a lot of different arrangements and because the future is still holding out for a better deal.

Lyrics

Well, it goes in one ear and out the other
Every new sound sounds just like another
Your machine was on but you missed the message:
We shoved up the fader ’cause we love the wreckage
From Bratislava to Java to Petticoat Junction,
we’re flying true to form now that we tossed the function.
From Chicago to Morocco to the Brigadoon dale,
since we got satellite feed, we don’t check the mail.
Goodbye to the young at heart
Goodbye to modern art
This fin-de-siécle was doomed from the start
Yeah.
Nail your body to VW Bug
your next big thing was met with a shrug
your future was bright ’til it got unplugged
it’s a banquet of leftovers so pass the ketchup
the future’s holding out for a better deal
the future’s holding out for a easy meal
we lost the thread of the story in the last reel
the future’s losing its mind, so it’s going on feel
a good time was had by all while we were being had
your body looks respectable but your mind smells bad
Well, it goes in one ear and out the other
Every new sound sounds just like another
Your machine was on but you missed the message:
We shoved up the fader ’cause we love the wreckage
Goodbye to the young at heart
Goodbye to modern art
This fin-de-siècle was doomed from the start
Goodbye Genius, Hello Pop Tart
Goodbye Genius, Hello Pop Tart
Goodbye Genius, Hello Pop Tart, Hello Pop Tart, Hello Pop Tart

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