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Album version, 3'05.
Released on Mummer.
Promotional video, 3'05?.
Recorded in July, 1983.
Broadcast as part of XTC Play At
Home on 16 October 1984 on Channel 4 (C4).
Not commercially released.
“Funk Pop a Roll” promo video, from XTC Play at Home, Channel 4, 1983 |
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Funk pop a roll beats up my soul
Oozing like napalm from the speakers and grill
Of your radio
Into the mouths of babes
And across the backs of its willing slaves
Funk pop a roll consumes you whole
Gulping in your opium so copiously from a disco
Everything you eat is waste
But swallowing is easy when it has no taste
They can fix you rabbits up
With your musical feed
They can fix you rabbits up
Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need
They can fix you rabbits up
With your musical feed
They can fix you rabbits up
Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need
Funk pop a roll for fish in shoals
Music by the yard for the children they keep
Like poseable dolls
The young to them are mistakes
Who only want bread but they're force-fed cake
Funk pop a roll the only goal
The music business is a hammer to keep
You pegs in your holes
But please don't listen to me
I've already been poisoned by this industry
Funk pop a roll beats up my soul
© 1983 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:17:05 -0800 From: "Darrell C. Harvey" <Darrell (at) TheHarveys dot net> Subject: Funk Pop A Roll Intro/Verse Parts Message-ID: <20070109201705.qtty9ein3xcgo8wc (at) webmail dot theharveys dot net> FUNK POP A ROLL [Intro/Verse Parts] by Andy Partridge © 1983 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Transcribed for the XTC Forum by Jeff Truzzi ANDY'S PART (on electric 6-string): string/fret - note xx5xxx G xxx0xx G xx5xxx G xxx2xx A xx5xxx G xxxx2x C# xx5xxx G xxxx3x D xx5xxx G xxxx2x C# xxX0xx G xx0033 (G5 - fast high to low) DAVE'S PART (on electric 12-string): note - string/fret G xxx12xx G xxxx8x G xxx12xx A xxxx10x G xxx12xx C# xxxxx9 G xxx12xx D xxxxx10 G xxx12xx C# xxxxx9 G xxx12xx G xxxx8x (Drum Fill) INTRO / VERSES [in a simple chart, all this would be called an "A" chord] Andy Guitar: Repeating 2 bar phrase beat - tab - note 1 rest 2 xxxxx7 B & xxxxx5 A 3 xxxx8x G & xxxxx5 A 4 & 1 xxxxx7 B & xxxxx5 A 2 xxxx8x G & xxxxx5 A 3 & xxxxx5 A 4 & xxxxx5 A Dave Guitar: Repeating *4* bar patern beat - tab - chord 1 rest 2 x0222x A 3 rest 4 x0222x A 1 rest 2 x0222x A & x0203x A7sus4 3 & x0222x A 4 & x0222x A 1 rest 2 x0222x A 3 rest 4 x0222x A 1 rest 2 x0222x A & x02032 Em9/A 3 & x02030 A7sus4 4 x0203x A7sus4 & x0200x A7sus2 Colin Bass: Repeating 2 bar phrase beat - tab - note 1 3xxx G 2 x2xx B 3 x0xx A & x4xx C# 4 & 3xxx G 1 & x2xx B 2 & x0xx A 3 & x4xx C# 4 hold &
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:43:07 -0800 (PST) From: Duane Day <Duane.Day (at) Sun dot COM> Subject: suggestion on Funk Pop a Roll chords Message-Id: <200203112040.g2BKeOH23277 (at) phys-hanwk14-1 dot ebay dot sun dot com> One minor suggestion, though, regarding Tim Augustyn's comments on the bridge chords for "Funk Pop a Roll": Tim wrote: > But a small suggestion on the tab for Funk-Pop-a-Roll - > Flip the E7 and F7 - > That is, F7 on 'It'll fix you rabbits up', and E7 on 'feed'. > Then F7 again and E7 on 'really do not need'. I think that's almost but not quite right. Try playing a B7 on "feed" and see if that doesn't sound a little more "correct." Thus: F7 They can fix you rabbits up B7 With your musical feed F7 They can fix you rabbits up F7 E7 Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need Thanks and best regards, Duane -- **************** http://www.duaneday.com ****************
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:17:08 -0400 From: "Tim Augustyn" <taugusty (at) customnet dot net> Subject: Funk-Pop-a-Roll Message-ID: <000a01c0cc53$e84a28e0$a1b7c4d0 (at) uskihnktaugusty> John, Incredible web site! But a small suggestion on the tab for Funk-Pop-a-Roll - Flip the E7 and F7 - That is, F7 on 'It'll fix you rabbits up', and E7 on 'feed'. Then F7 again and E7 on 'really do not need'. Try it - it sounds better. Keep up the great work! Tim Augustyn Royal Oak, MI, USA
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:21:55 -0400 From: Kevin Brunkhorst <KB305 (at) aol dot com> Subject: here's Mummer, plus some B-sides Message-ID: <960726182155_246529032 (at) emout08 dot mail dot aol dot com> Get your guitar, cue up the CD. Proud to be on the website, looks good there. What's next? Funk Pop a Roll A Funk pop a roll beats up my soul Oozing like napalm from the speakers and grill D Of your radio E Into the mouths of babes A And across the backs of its willing slaves Funk pop a roll consumes you whole Gulping in your opium so copiously from a disco Everything you eat is waste But swallowing is easy when it has no taste E7 They can fix you rabbits up F7 With your musical feed E7 They can fix you rabbits up F7 E7 Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need Funk pop a roll for fish in shoals Music by the yard for the children they keep Like poseable dolls The young to them are mistakes Who only want bread but they're force-fed cake Funk pop a roll the only goal The music business is a hammer to keep You pegs in your holes But please don't listen to me I've already been poisoned by this industry! Funk pop a roll beats up my soul
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