KONGOS - Kids These Days

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Track 4 on 'Lunatic'

by Daniel Kongos

Oh kids these days
They dont have respect
They just talk on those cellphones
And listen to their tape cassettes

It's what that teacher said
With disgust in every breath
His students listened carelessly
They were easily unimpressed

He said it with such conviction
Whether truth or fiction
And it went
Round and round

They'd reinvent the wheel
Watch it spin and marvel
At the breakthrough
They had found

Another war to end all wars
Depressions are no more
Gravity works on occasion
It won't always bring you to the floor

A Spanish questionnaire
Conquest through love affair
A trillion here or there
I'm sure it'll work with a little prayer

[robinmartz]

they harmonize really well, and they are flawless with their delivery.  What a gift they have!!

[netflixandjeager]

"...said it with such conviction..." Mmm, I love the sound of the instruments right after that.

[Kamakazi]

Just heard you guys for the first time on the radio (Come With Me Now), now I'm a fan =)  great job guys.

[Raingirl]

First time I ever found something good with a Vevo ad!

[maferbarrera]

Another war to end all wars, depressions are no more, gravity works on occasion, it won't always bring you to the floor.. I love you so much KONGOS <3

[adeGuitarMan]

Proud South African here. Much respect guys. 

[LaLaKait]

song reminds me of queens of the stone age

[geoffpeters]

Love this band & love this song!  I find myself listening to it on repeat quite often, it reminds me of Queens of the Stone Age circa Lullabies to Paralyze - but with an accordion!

[hermesdungeon]

No one's gonna talk about how solid that outro was 🤯🤯 come on

[Yammenkow]

Cellphones AND tape cassettes? I guess this song is set in the mid-nineties?

[ColibriEnLlamas]

this song played in direct it sounds harder. Kongos in direct are awesome..

[xtrasprinklz]

this song is pure unfiltered inspiration. This is coming from a 12 year old.

[stellouu]

I love your music! Saw you guys live at Cape Town Stadium 2012! Just awesome :)

[PredatorRex]

Teacher's these days, they don't have respect.
They just sit on those spiny chairs and smoke their cigarettes...

*Don't take offense, some teachers are epic tbh.* :)

[mattrick]

It's what that teacher said
With disgust in every breath

[jnich]

This has a very Jimmie's Chicken Shack feeling to it. I like it.

[rebeccakmaccommons]

So I take a Humanities course at National American University, but the man who pays every other student an insurance statement for this particular class, has my textbook stolen from my house, and the new HP TouchSmart computer that is supposed to be from my school funds. I don't appreciate the threat to my life in everything I do, for my own education and health and wellbeing. Everyone there has such deceptive motives.

[CesarForeroNevermind]

kids these days don't listen to this kind of music

[TheBardbarians]

The accordion is a nice touch, basically a fuck-you to baby boomers. If only there was also gin involved.

The rest it sounds way too modern though, like something that kids these days would listen to.

[Adamdidit]

Great song. Still weird that they pretend to be brothers.