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Handphones On The Dancefloor

by Etc. + The Pinholes

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about

Arranged & recorded by Famie Singapura
At his old place in Bukit Batok, 2007

Ben Harrison / Etc. : voice & harmonica
The Pinholes: voices & instruments

lyrics

HANDPHONES ON THE DANCEFLOOR

She's upwardly mobile
Downward we spiral to the mainfloor
"Hi! Who's spinning?"
Well, who is?
We got chicks with lightsticks
And if you're surrounded by all your friends
Then who is left to call?

Handphones on the Dancefloor
Handphones on the Dancefloor
Handphones on the Dancefloor
Did you come here to dance?
Or to talk?

I heard it ain't over
Until the large lady's singing
But right now she's busy
Messaging ...

That someone laughed at her fat
Well, you should know that
It takes practice to dance
Like that

With that thing in your ear
Bottle of beer
and your handbag

Handphones on the Dancefloor
Handphones on the Dancefloor
Handphones on the Dancefloor
Did you come here to dance or to talk?
.....

Ooo you send me
And ooo you send me a semi-colon; capital P
"What's does it mean?"
It means you're sticking your tongue out at me

Means: there's a whole other language
I don't understand
No, I don't get a word
But I know I don't want to be with people
People who use "Party" as verb

Do you do the Mambo?
Do you do the two-step?
Seen you do the drinking
Never see you the dancing
You just text, text, and text instead

Baby, you can save the last dance for me
If only ...
If only we know what it was
See the DJ he's gone off
To wander the club to score
Leaving us with nothing more
Than the pulse of handphones
on the dancefloor

Let's go!
Unscene!
Unherd!
Under the Radar
Let's go, Majulah la la la, lah

La-la-lah ... (etc.)
Beats being bored
In an opposition ward

Handphones on the dancefloor
Handphones on the dancefloor
Handphones on the dancefloor
Did you come here to dance?
Or to talk?

Or...

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NB: "Majulah" can translate as: Onward! Or: Go ahead.
"Maju"(adj): advanced (progressive), etc.

credits

released August 7, 2020
Originally recorded for The Pinholes "Acoustic Sessions" EP, Straits Records, 2007

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Etc. Cork, Ireland

“A cut above the rest” — The Guardian, UK

“Spankingly good” — BBC Global Top 10

“An ecstatic moment” — The Wall Street Journal

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“Etc. wears their heart on their sleeve and keeps their music off-the-cuff as they deliver bittersweet and supersonic ‘psychopop’ that's earned them enthusiasts across the world” — The Straits Times, Singapore
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