Tom Hodgkinson's ukulele singalong, at 5x15

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Tom Hodgkinson's ukulele singalong, at 5x15

17 Jan 2011

Speakers: Tom Hodgkinson

A self-confessed idler, Tom Hodgkinson’s philosophy is of a relaxed approach to life. Here he proceeds to share his love for 1970s anarchist punk music, a genre he admires for its attack on the protestant work ethic and its inevitable boredom. What follows is a singalong with a ukulele. Covering anarchist punk anthems and a ballad of hobo heaven where ‘hens lay soft boiled eggs’ and there are ‘cigarette trees’, Hodgkinson urges his audience to join in the chorus of System, System, System and Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Poor little school boy, poor little lad,
They’ll pat him if he’s good and they’ll beat him if he’s bad.
Poor little kiddy, poor little chap.
They’ll force feed his mind with their useless crap.
They’ll force feed his mind with their useless crap.
System, System, System…
He’s grown into a man.
System, System, System
Taught to fit the plan.
System, System, System
Forty years of jobs.
System, System, System
Pushing little buttons, pulling little knobs.