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Beat Manifesto

by Superturtle

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1.
Down Down Down You disappeared without a trace disappeared from the human race your going down down down forever You disappeared into the night caught the plane and your outta sight your going down down down forever down down forever Your going down Forever Your going down down down forever bridge You leave behind a trail of hate You start again then you relocate Your going down down down forever down down down forever down down down forever Your going down Forever Your going down down down forever Your going down Forever Your going down down down forever A new mistake A heart that breaks
2.
And then you turned You just come back but then you go You heard the song , you angled on back but then you go And then you stay and you go and then you come back again And then you go And then you stay and you go and then you come back again And then you go Yeah Is it a bird , or is it a plane ? Its just a cow that’s lost in the herd again And then you turned You just come back but then you go You heard the song , you got it all wrong but then you go And then you stay and you go and then you come back again And then you go And then you stay and you go and then you come back again And then you go Yeah Is it a bird , or is it a plane ? Its just a cow that’s lost in the herd again From what I’ve seen we all look the same Is this like something that you’ve never heard before Is this like something that you’ve never heard before
3.
theres a time and a place theres a time and a place theres a time and a place and you say you’d better sit still now I’m not earning my keep You go to work and I sleep Oh No Sit still now Sit Still Now you got me pinned to the ground you’ve got me moving around and I’ve got nowhere to run or to hide I’d better sit still now Like the hairdressers chair Its getting close to my ear Its getting to close to stay and you say you’d better sit still now Sit Still now Theres a time and a place Theres a time and a place Theres a time and a stay still now
4.
Were all the same Were heading for the highway you made your choice and then you went the wrong way You went right back And did the same thing again today were all the same were running on a treadmill were all the same were racing but we stay still were all the same we’ll do it all the same again today You’ve got to talk like you wanna And walk like ya wanna And be who you want to be disco bit were all the same were running on a treadmill were all the same were racing but we stay still were all the same we’ll do it all the same again today You’ve got to talk like you wanna and walk like ya wanna And be who you want to be you did the same thing again today you’ll do it all the same again today you did the same thing again today you’ll do it all the same again today
5.
Happy Pills 03:10
Its all in your mind The grit and the grime Just take some happy pills you’ll be alright gotta plastic spoon take you to the moon just ride the midnight train and you’ll be there soon Just take a happy pill Just take a happy pill Just take a happy pill Just make it happy Its all in your mind The grit and the grime Just take some happy pills and you’ll be alright Its taking its time For things to unwind The breakdowns breaking down so you’ll be alright Just take some happy pills Just take some happy pills Just take some happy pills And you will be allright now just take some happy pills
6.
Fear Factor 02:59
There’s a fear fact there’s a fear factor Theres a wave and its coming right at ya Theres a place that shes never been to Theres some things that shoulda be seen to Theres a place that shes never been to You gonna go and I’m telling you not to There’s a wave and its coming right at ya Its gonna blow like a nuclear reactor There’s a fear fact there’s a fear factor There’s a fear fact there’s a fear factor There’s a wave and its coming right at ya I don’t know you and I don’t want to but your not safe standing there , your not safe anywhere I don’t know you and I don’t want to but your not safe standing there , your not safe anywhere There’s a fear fact there’s a fear factor There’s a wave and its coming right at ya There’s a fear fact there’s a fear factor Its gonna blow like a nuclear reactor
7.
A strange sense, a strange sense of foreboding it made sense, it just kept on downloading Oh No! I was in a park lying under a tree I was in the sky looking back down at me It wasn’t quite where I wanted to be today Oh No A strange sense, a strange sense of foreboding A strange sense, a strange sense of not knowing Oh no A double dosage from my own pharmacy A product recall , they didn’t tell me those bunch of fuckers yeah they nearly killed me today-no way A strange sense, a strange sense A strange sense, a strange sense A strange sense, a strange sense A strange sense, a strange sense A strange sense, a strange sense A strange sense, a strange sense A strange , strange, strange , strange , strange sense has got me
8.
you know you never would’ve known if you had seen them yesterday hey hey you know you never would’ve known if you’d seen them today OK away hey hey you know you never would’ve known if you had seen them yesterday hey hey but now it seems that bird has flown its up and gone away away away hey hey you may be right he’s walking away thats sound advice just a speck on the ground you may be right he’s walking away thats sound advice well it turned him around you know your never gonna know forget about it your never never gonna know so just forget about it you know your never gonna know so live another day
9.
Because you said so Because you said so Your on the air and its 24/7 cause you said so We need more guns so we don’t shoot each other cause you said so Because ya Because you said so Because you said so The war on drugs is a war against crime Because you said so The three strikes out is doing just fine Because you said so Instumental bridge Because you said so All the studies are wrong Because you said so Because you said so Its just common sense Because you said so Because ya Because you said so X5
10.
Look at the papers , look at the papers, look at the papers Its telling you something, selling you something Its telling you what you should know Look at the neighbours , the crooks and the saviours , the quick and the dead and the slow There telling you something, selling you something telling you what you should know Look at the papers , the crooks and the saviours , the quick and the dead and the slow Look at your neighbours , the pin headed ravers , the house full of drunks you don’t know Look at the papers telling you nothing Look at the papers Its telling you something , selling you something , telling you what you should know Look at the papers look at the papers look at the papers Its telling you something , selling you something , telling you what you should know Look at the neighbours look at the neighbours look at the neighbours There telling you something , selling you something , there telling you what you should know Look at the papers telling you nothing Look at the papers Its telling you something ,selling you something , telling you what you should know
11.
You can wander into space When you feel outta place You can wonder Yeah Its all right and the words just get stuck and your down on your luck you can wonder yeah its allright and you gotta , use your head Don’t believe what you’ve seen and read you can wonder Yeah Its allright dont fall for the traps just sort the fiction from the facts you can wonder yeah its all right and you can wonder just how everybody seems so self assured that their always right when their often wrong And you can wonder how the status quos been set in stone so long that its always right when its always wrong I wish I was so self assured that I thought I was always right when I was always wrong I wish I was so self assured that I thought I was always right when I was always wrong
12.
Come along for the ride you know were gonna get there too weve got nothing to hide were happy with the things that we do were gonna get there to were gonna get there to you know were happy with the things that we do were gonna get there to were just travelling through time you never know which dreams will come true anyway is just fine you only do the things that you do your gonna get there to your gonna get there to you know your happy with the things that you do your gonna get there to and as the universe unfolds before us the minions take shade from the beckoning light what will it be what will you see what can it be when you get there to cause thats what you do what will it be what will you see what can it be when you get there to cause thats what you do

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Porky Prime Cuts craighaggis.wordpress.com
Rock’n'reelin’in Auckland New Zealand
May 22, 2013 by craighaggis
Super is indeed a super suffix for a band .. think of Supergrass and the Furry Animals in particular, acts whose names match the quality of their output. To this ever-expanding list add Superturtle from Auckland, Aotearoa, who have followed up 2010′s About the Sun with Beat Manifesto on Sarangbang records.
Porky wrote back then that he was “knocked to the floor when a burst of guitars hit me. About The Sun lasts an ideal 33 minutes and the longest track is 3:04, the sound of perfect pop songs.”
craighaggis.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/lowdown-on-the-new-17-superturtles-and-nuns-that-fly/
But Beat Manifesto is more post-punk, less power-pop, although the songs fail to extend beyond an orderly timeframe of up to three and a half minutes. The opener Down Down Down reminds me a little of The Cure with its grim, lost in a forest at nightime, bass but the rest is a curious mixture of late 80s B-52s and Flying Nun. Cause Ya Said So is gloriously direct, Happy Pills has a delicious and bewitching chorus, and there’s no shortage of dreamy hooks and riffs on Lost in the Herd Again.
They’ve also released this on fantastic vinyl, all details here: www.sarangbang.co.nz

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released April 20, 2013

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Superturtle Auckland, New Zealand

Superturtles debut LP was released in August 2008 and now 12 years later the fifth album " Wait For It " has been released. The band have amassed a stellar catalogue of critically acclaimed releases.

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