General Bye Bye - 11 - Self-Portrait

2 - VOODOO, song from "Voodoo EP"
Lyrics by Smudie
Music by General Bye Bye

The letter said that I had crossed
when it was red
Wouldn't scissors
make a great tool for revenge?
Let's cut it up
and make some paper men
Chopping off their heads
might make me smile again
I do voodoo what do you do?
 
I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo,
so so should you!
 
Don't you dare tell me
what I need to do
what I need to do
I'll cut off your heads
if you try to
 
Nobody can make me
stop at every light
when the way is clear
No you won't stop me
Don't you dare tell me
what I need to do
what I need to do
I'll cut off your heads
if you try to

I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo
what do you do?
I do voodoo,
so so should you!

Don't dare tell me
what I need to do
what I need to do
I'll cut off your heads
if you try to
 
No one can make me
stop at every light
when the way is clear,
No you won't stop
No one can make me
stop at every light
when the way is clear,
I'll jump every lights

GENERAL BYE BYE on "VOODOO"
Philippe Beer-Gabel : Guitar & Vocals
Austin Badger : Vocals
Emmanuel Quirie : Keyboards
Etienne Gillet : Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martin Delafosse in Paris (2013)
Artwork by Facteur Q


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(FR) General Bye Bye. Un trio mi-branque mi-savant associant avec fraîcheur le tranchant des cordes en acier, la frénésie cardiaque des peaux sur les fûts, et l’envoûtement enchanteur des circuits imprimés. Les chansons de General Bye Bye laissent tantôt rêveur tantôt danseur. Un ensemble foutraque qui sent l’humus et l’écume, les vestiaires et le plastique fondu. Philippe BEER-GABEL (guitare, voix, kantélé), l’homme à 3 mains, Emmanuel QUIRIÉ (claviers) et enfin le lunaire Etienne GILLET (batterie, bugle) ébauchent les plans d’une musique nouvelle à la croisée de Kraftwerk, Michaël Nyman et Blonde Redhead.

(US) General Bye Bye A half-mad but oh-so-smart threesome that mixes the jagged edges of steel strings, the frenzied heartbeat of pounding drums and the bewitching enchantment of printed circuit boards to come up with songs made for dreaming and for dancing. A crazy group that smells of compost and froth, of changing rooms and melted plastic. A band that stands at the crossroads where Kraftwerk, Michael Nyman and Blonde Redhead never met. Following on from the release of their first EP Alphabet in 2009 and now armed with their recently-released album Girouette, General Bye Bye is heading off into battle once more.


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