Just A Band

Last night while nipping down to a well known convenience shop for some bread and newspapers, I heard a tune on the radio which caused me to have an epiphanic "hey, I really like that!" moment. Unfortunately, as is often the way I didn't catch the title or the artist and had to rely on some rememberance of the lyrics and handy reference tool Google. Fortunately, the lyrics were quite distinctive...

"Thou shalt not take the name of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer... in vain...Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into a girl's pants...Thou shalt not watch Hollyoaks....Thou shalt not quote me happy..."

Without further ado, I am pleased to introduce to you, via Radio 1>Google>Myspace...

Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

The track in question is called "Thou shalt always kill". Now I don't always get 'irony' but I don't think they are actually advocating always killing. That would be quite wrong and of course I would never condone it. Maybe just sometimes in an emergency. But the tune is very catchy and the lyrics funny and clever. It has so many popular cultural references in it that it cannot help but be destined for popularity. It requires you to get up and rock slightly. If you are bound to a chair you will experience involuntary movements of the upper body -nodding your head whilst making circles with alternate shoulders. Like putting a popular jellied, sugared, fruit flavoured sweet (which thou shalt not buy) in your mouth without chewing it, I defy you to listen to this and not move.

As well as working together they also have their separate material. It seems Scroobius is in charge of the lyrics and Dan provides the beats.

Check them out at their respective 'spaces.

Dan le Sac
Scroobius Pip

But remember now, they're just a band... (this will make more sense when you listen to the aforementioned killer track)