And this is the genius behind the character of David Brent. Wildly inappropriate, often excruciatingly so because he’s so in need of acceptance. He is harmless and has a good heart which is why he wins after so much self inflicted downfall in the Office. “Chris, why don’t you fuck off.” Beautifully delivered. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Brilliant song, I love it, can't stop listening to it. It's partly comedy, partly political, not really serious but at the same time, a true masterpiece. Mr. Gervais hits another home-run. Nice!
The scalping thing was actually started by the British then Mexican governments. In 1701 the British government's used to pay 100 pounds for every scalp the scalp hunters collected. But the song is meant as a joke although I like it.
In this sound-like 70tees epic inspired by Nil Youngs "My my hey hey" melodie, David Brent pours out his hearty and justy lyrics with an honesty and illiterate passion. Genius. Need to be an Europian to sense this kind of humor.
I saw this last night for the first time. I will be telling everyone I know for at least the next week about this show/SONG!! Can I self proclaim myself: As David Brents BIGGEST FAN?
* Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho Hey yada ho ho
"I'm feeling like an irrelevance I want to soar with eagles, not waddle with pelicans Okay, true, they're birds of prey too But not the cool ones, you want associated with you" (Dom Johnson)
When ricky goes heyhoahoaho etc. it reminds me of the time when I was a dumb gullible kid and encountered some german dude who thought he was some kind of spiritual person, playing guitar and kinda singing like that. It took me years of confusion to find out that he as full of shit. Love hearing how Ricky mocks all that.
Great song. Doesn't seem to be funny which is good. I like the fact that Native Americans are getting paid back at the casinos. They were treated really bad and I think God's punishment was the civil war. God said if the widows and fatherless are mistreated and cry out to him at all, he would surely hear and their wives would be widows and their kids would be fatherless.
Kevin Kibble actually that is kind of true, by trying to virtue signal and proclaim their tolerance, they are actually kind of patronising and insulting.
The brilliance of Ricky Gervais is he wrote a great fake album, for a character, in a fake documentary movie, from a fake documentary show. If brevity is the soul of comedy, depth and longevity is the heart.