A Song for Guy (Debord)

From the short film, Drifting with Debord.

Written and Directed by David Archibald and Carl Lavery
Shot and edited by Holger Mohaupt.
Recorded and Mixed at La Chunky Studio.

Vocals: David Archibald, Jen Cunnion and Carl Lavery
Bass Guitar: Joanne McCafferty
Drums: Bob Anderson
Guitar: Tim Barker and Simon Whittle
Harp: Sophie Askew
Keyboards: Sophie Evans

Lyrics
All my life I have seen only troubled times
Spectacle, crises, riots, demonstrations and war crimes
Mediated images they operate as reification
But in life, what to do? Well, hell, have another libation


All my life I have seen only troubled times
I was Right to be Lazy, rejecting the lure of the bosses’ dimes
Drifting through letters, situational retribution
Drafting manifestos for socialist revolution


I am always troubled by our sorrows (Great Federation of Sorrows)
Every time we meet we sing defeat (We sing defeat)
I am always drowning in our sorrows (Great Federation of Sorrows)
Every time we meet we sing defeat


Gonna Burn it Down
Gonna Burn it Down
Gonna Burn it Down

Why Burn it down?
Why Burn it down?
Why Burn it down?

Gonna Burn it Down
Gonna Burn it Down
Gonna Burn it All Down

Gonna Burn it Down (Don’t Burn it Down)
Gonna Burn it Down (Don’t Burn it Down)
Gonna Burn it Down (Don’t Burn it Down)


Your sorrows are a source of strength, the dead please don’t deny
Their memory an open wound from histories gone by
Raise their spirits from the Earth for struggles we’ll enjoin
Your mourning for the past fuels your fight and your battle song


And I’m waiting
I’m thinking
I’m hoping
I’m fighting
We’re flying
We’re soaring
We’re winning
Yes, we’re winning
We’re flying
We’re soaring
We’re winning
Yes, we’re winning


The leap into the open sky of history is the dialectical one
The leap into the sky of revolution.

[outsiderart]

Excellent! Necessary. Gutsy. Dangerous. Catchy...very 'Debordian.'

[eleanoroliver]

the art school experience is finding out the person who’s article inspired your work this semester wrote and starred in a glam rock song about guy debord: i wouldn’t have it any other way

[paulphilemon]

Ppulsations of Hhappiness, subversive joy ... Guy-Ernestian !! ❤❤❤❤