Europe, I Love You, by Eccentronic

Europe, I Love You

by Eccentronic

supported by

Leo Stableford For three and a half years I have never been able to find a single, tangible benefit of Brexit. Now, at last, Eccentronic deliver this EP and it stands as the only thing about the ghastly mess that has improved the world or enriched it culturally in any way. Bravo! Favorite track: Is EU Is Or Is EU Ain't My Baby?.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£3 GBP or more

1.	Europe, I Love You (Transition Mix) 03:22	lyrics	buy track
Cyprus will vote for Greece again Belgium The Netherlands Andorra and Portugal vote for Spain Turkey, Azerbaijan Russia and Belarus And no-one will vote for us Europe, I love you Zim-zum-bang-a-ding-dong Laugh as we wonder why we watch it each year Europe, I love you Ich liebe dich,( je t'aime), ti amo Europe, I love you Do you love me too? Four thousand years of racist names Better the hell of stupid games Nations and states are growing fast We need a big trading block Let’s have a contest so we can Have house parties and act like cocks So for a night we say We're a “united” UK Europe, I love you Zim-zum-bang-a-ding-dong Laugh at the gibberish they use for the words Europe, I love you Szeretlek, (je t'aime), te quiero Europe, I love you Do you love me too? The ones wearing sequins, singing songs They aren't the ones who're dropping bombs With so many nations it’s not strange When costume and lights and borders change THEREMIN SOLO Europe, I love you Zim-zum-bang-a-ding-dong Europe, I love you Do you love me too? Europe, I love you Zim-zum-bang-a-ding-dong Europe, I love you Do you love me too? Europe, I love you Zim-zum-bang-a-ding-dong Europe, I love you Do you love me too?
2.	Boom-Bang-A-Brexit! 01:51	lyrics	buy track
It was a beautiful day but I wanted more And a man said "Let me take you for a ride! Step this way for my mystery tour!" And he led me to a bus with words on the side It had something to do with how my money was spent "Ach! Vandals again! I didn't write that! Ignore it! That isn't what I meant!" He seemed a trustworthy sort so I sat. He said "Take a seat! Is the future too scary? Does the world make you wary? We'll help you escape it! Boom-bang-a-Brexit!" So I'm waiting to move and he said "Hold tight! There's a magical land and it's called 'The Past' But this bus will only steer to the right So we may not get there especially fast," Now, I was chatting to some folks, we were getting along But the driver wrapped them up in a Union Jack And he pulled it away and Boom! They were gone "There's no room for them here - they were holding us back" I started to worry - I thought what if This bus is really heading off a cliff? But then I heard cackling and I saw the driver Running off with a beer and a bag full of fivers Maybe the wrong choice but let's see it through It was a bus full of people and now it's just me The wheels are stuck in a rut, but that's Britain for you The Past’s going nowhere and neither are we So take a seat! The world is scary, can you take it? We'll help you escape it! (Although we might fake it) Boom-bang-a-Brexit Even if the bus wrecks it We'll pretend we can make it It's not our fault if we miss it We could half-bake it Would you risk it for a biscuit? Boom-bang-a-Brexit
3.	Battle Of Waterloo 03:16	lyrics	buy track
Mon Ami– they used to come here to talk of a revolution! Now the Hague is filled with empty chairs and empty tables Wellington, Napoleon, Adolf and Winston The Treaty of Paris in 51 Comrades, a new union has begun ….But first the results of the referendum Waterloo – I was defeated you won the war Waterloo – Promise to love you forevermore Waterloo – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you Sleepwalking into a Federal State? Climbing butter mountains, swim in wine lakes The Eurocrats rule by regulatory muscles Love to hate our bureaucratic friends in Brussels I may win on the roundabout Then I'll lose on the swings In or out, there is never a doubt Just who's pulling the strings I'm all tied up to you But where's it leading me to? I’m like a puppet on a string THEREMIN SOLO An island race adrift from the continental team The folks in market towns fear losing pictures of the Queen Do we fear the loss of self, our falling empire? The Eurozone, the battle drone, we can’t retire Ooh aah Just a little bit Ooh aah A little bit more Ooh aah Just a little bit You know what I'm looking for Ooh aah Just a little bit Ooh aah A little bit more Ooh aah Just a little bit I’ll give you a love you can't ignore
4.	Is EU Is Or Is EU Ain't My Baby? 02:33	lyrics	buy track
Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby The way you acting lately makes me doubt Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby Seems my flame in your heart’s done gone out You can still get paid when you’ve a bun in the oven But you can’t buy eggs anymore by the dozen Our goods are safer and our beaches are cleaner But they’ve stolen the power from my vacuum cleaner! Your 48 hours working week is over soon But my 7-year-old niece can’t blow up a balloon! Food is better labelled, and we’re all better read But they’ve renamed my jam to a ‘fruit-based spread’! Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby The way you acting lately makes me doubt Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby Seems my flame in your heart’s done gone out [Clarinet solo) You can live, retire and work in any EU nation But EU water won’t stop dehydration Study abroad on the Erasmus course But they’ve banned me from eating my own pet horse! Healthcare is better, pollution less harmful I can’t buy a bendy cucumber or banana Annual leave, greater trade, more fish in the sea Yes but what’s the EU actually done for ME? Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby The way you acting lately makes me doubt Is EU is or is EU ain’t my baby Seems my flame in your heart’s done gone out Seems my flame in your heart’s done gone out!

about

ALL BANDCAMP PROFITS THROUGHOUT 2020 WILL GO TO CHOOSE LOVE TO HELP REFUGEES. BIG LOVE!

Neurovision was performed at Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe 2014. It started out as a fun parody of the Eurovision Song Contest, musing the idea of what it means to be British in changing times in our relationship with Europe and the rest of the world.

It was supposed to be a laugh.

Then life imitated art.

So Eccentronic, the fearless electro-music comedy duo from Croydon (best known for their minor internet hit parody song 'Croydon Tram') dusted off the show and updated it as 'Neurovision: Boom-Bang-A-Brexit!' for Brighton Fringe 2017.

We present an EP of four songs that tell the tale of times that are a-changin'.

Europe, I Love You
- a homage to Britain's failure at Eurovision

Boom-Bang-A-Brexit!
- another fine mess ensues when Eccentronic's John Callaghan gets on a mystery tour bus with words on the side

Battle of Waterloo
- changing times in Brussels, to the tune and words of hit Eurovision songs

Is EU is or is EU ain't my baby?
- a duet that asks the question 'What's the EU ever done for me?' Quite a bit, as it turns out.

Citizens: It's time to choose love, not hate!

To celebrate being in it together (before we really aren't), donations from the sale of the EP will go to Choose Love, a real-world and online store where you shop for gifts for refugees.

Since 2017, they've donated 1.5 million essential items to feed, clothe and support refugees when they most need it in Calais, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Serbia and the UK.

choose.love/pages/about-choose-love

Let's make Britain (French) Crepes Again.

Hit me baby, one more time...