What on earth are the lyrics to this song?

I get most of it but the bit where tammy sasys "They call me a fnatanasee of.." i cant make out the next bit? Anyone know?

As always, Google is your friend! (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/k/klf7578/justifiedandancientfeaturingtammywynette272876.htm l) :)

No idea what it's about but here it is...

(This... Is Radio Freedom)

KLF, uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh
KLF is gonna rock ya!
Ancients of Mu Mu
Here we go
KLF is gonna rock ya
Are we ready?

KLF is gonna rock ya, cuz you have ta
Move to the flow of the beat we blast ya
Bass ballistics, I'm gonna kick this hard
And you can catch it
Down with the cool crew, talking about Mu Mu
Justified ancient liberation, Zulu
Got to teach and everything you learn'll
Point to the fact that time is eternal

It's 3am, 3am, it's 3am eternal.
Ancients of Mu Mu! Justified!

Sample city for Trancentral
Basic facekick elemental
Slings, springs, new technology
The K the L the F, and the ology
The force, coming down with mayhem
Looking at my watch, time 3am
Got to see that everywhere I turn will
Point to the fact that time is eternal

It's 3am, 3am, it's 3am eternal.
Ancients of Mu Mu! Justified!

KLF is gonna rock ya...

Got to see that everywhere i turn will
Point to the fact that time is eternal

Kay El Eff!

(Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the building...)

No idea what it's about but here it is... [snip]

That's a different one Ally; the one he's referring to is this:


All bound for Mu Mu Land
All bound for Mu Mu Land
(hey)
(hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (justified)
(hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land
(Bring the beat back!)

They're Justified, and they're Ancient,
And they like to roam the land.
(just roll it from the top)
They're Justified, and they're Ancient,
I hope you understand.
(to the bridge, to the bridge, to the bridge now)
They called me up in Tennessee
They said "Tammy, stand by The Jams"
But if you don't like what they're going to do,
You better not stop them 'cause they're coming through
(bring the beat back)

(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (justified)
(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (justified)
(Ancients of Mu Mu)

Mu Mu Land
Mu Mu Land
All bound for Mu Mu Land

They're Justified, and they're Ancient,
And they drive an ice cream van.
(just roll it from the top)
They're Justified and they're Ancient,
With still no master plan.
(to the bridge, to the bridge, to the bridge now)
The last train left an hour ago,
They were singing "All aboard"
All bound for Mu Mu Land,
Then someone starting screaming "Turn up the Strobe"
(bring the beat back)

(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (justified)
(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)
(Bring the beat back)

Justified and Ancient, Ancient and a-justified,
Rocking to the rhythm in their ice cream van
with the plan and the key to
enter into Mu Mu
Vibes from the tribes of the Jams

I know where the beat is at,
'cos I know what time it is
Bring home a dime,
Make mine a "99"

New style, meanwhile, always on a mission while
Fishing in the rivers of life
Fishing in the rivers of life (hoi)
Fishing in the rivers of life (hoi)
Fishing in the rivers
Fishing in the rivers
Fishing in the rivers of life (hoi)

Voo-va-voolie
Za-shi-va-zom
Voo-va-voolie
(Bring the beat back)

(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (justified)
(Hey hey)
All bound for Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)

They have travelled the world
With the ice cream van
Their voyage, the bottom of time
They have entered the place
with the Mu Mu mate
And their children so pride
Mine as a "99"
(Bring the beat back)

Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)
Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)
All bound for Mu Mu Land

Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)
Mu Mu Land (Ancients of Mu Mu)
All bound for Mu Mu Land

Mu Mu Land
Mu Mu Land
All bound for Mu Mu Land

What on earth are the lyrics to this song?

I get most of it but the bit where tammy sasys "They call me a fnatanasee of.." i cant make out the next bit? Anyone know?

Mu Mu, as in Justified Ancients of.. :)

Watch that million dollars burn!

Edit: I think that ice cream van still exists and still does the occasional tour around Wales.

Anyone know why thier songs never make any sense? Im sure they must be one something...

They're Justified, and they're Ancient,
And they drive an ice cream van.

Mu Mu, as in Justified Ancients of.. :)

Watch that million dollars burn!

Edit: I think that ice cream van still exists and still does the occasional tour around Wales.

Yup and they never did recoup anything by selling it as art.

Oh right, now I remember. Still, they're both rubbish! :D

Yup and they never did recoup anything by selling it as art.

But what a statement! :D

what a **** record, cant beat the wurzels?:thumbsup:

Oh right, now I remember. Still, they're both rubbish! :D

Philistine!

The KLF are my second favourite British band ever (after The Clash) - a million times more Rock 'n' Roll than most bands today. Their 1992 Brit Awards (non) performance, where they didn't bother to turn up and sent grindcore punks Extreme Noise Terror to do a cover of 3am Eternal, and a motor cycle courier to pick up the award (and allegedly leave the carcass of a dead sheep on stage), was truly an inspired feat. Sheffield is mentioned in their earlier hit (as The Jamms) "It's Grim Up North".

I actually went to a lecture given by the guy who filmed them burning the million pounds when I was at Leeds College of Art (in a previous life). He stared at us until we were all silent and then proceeded to shout at us in Japanese. He then told us about a man he knew who ate full television sets.

Anyway, back to topic: The KLF - amazing. Shame they didn't get to f*** the millenium and build The Great Pyramid of the North, which would have been built out of 87 million discarded house bricks.

Read Bill Drummond's "45". It's ace.

Anyone know why thier songs never make any sense? Im sure they must be one something...

It makes perfect sense dear. They're justifying the nation! Stand by your jam! :D

I sense it turning into a something of a gay anthem because of the presence of Tammy Wynette. Are The Propellorheads next?

Please don't. :nono:

I sense it turning into a something of a gay anthem because of the presence of Tammy Wynette. Are The Propellorheads next?

Please don't.

Its all just a little bit of history repeating! :banana:

Oh
My
Dog


What have I done. :shakes:

Snipped from Wikipedia, to save me some effort:

Early in 1987, Drummond and Cauty's collaborations began. They assumed alter egos - King Boy D and Rockman Rock respectively - and they adopted the name The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs), after the fictional conspiratorial group "The Justified Ancients of Mummu" from The Illuminatus! Trilogy. In those novels, the JAMs are opposed to the Illuminati, a political organisation which seeks to impose order and control upon society. As The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Drummond and Cauty chose to interpret the principles of the fictional JAMs in the context of music production in the real world. Shrouded in the mystique provided by their disguised identities and the cultish Illuminatus!, they mirrored the fictional JAMs' gleeful political tactics of causing chaos and confusion by bringing a direct, humorous but nevertheless revolutionary approach to making records, often attracting attention in unconventional ways. The JAMs' primary instrument was the digital sampler with which they would plagiarise the history of popular music, cutting chunks from existing works and pasting them into new contexts, underpinned by rudimentary beatbox rhythms and overlayed with Drummond's raps, of social commentary, esoteric metaphors and mockery.

Very cool indeed. I've still to actually read Illuminatus! but I hear all about it at home on a regular basis and it's fascinating. ;) KLF were a superb act, big iconoclasts, infinitely more interesting than your average pop group.

Mu is the lost continent of myth, hence Mu Mu Land; it possibly pre-dates Atlantis and Lyonesse.

The KLF were indeed a band of some genius and at their peak made wonderful records that were big hits while at the same time completely taking the p**s. When you consider they also made the awesome Chill Out album, and that Jimmy Cauty also later formed The Orb with Alex Paterson, they were certainly one of the major players of the late 80s/early 90s.

Bill Drummond was also a prime mover in the early eighties Liverpool scene of Teardrop Explodes, Echo And The Bunnymen (he was their manager I think), Wah, Big In Japan, Deaf School etc. He ran Zoo Records which was basically Liverpool's version of Manchester's Factory Records.

I picked up a wicked vinyl double album of early and rare stuff in Help the Aged years ago for a fiver, called "Shag Times", featuring Drummond's rhymes in thick, weegie dialect. Much Beatles and Madonna sampling abounds, hence the scarcity of some of their earlier recordings. It also features an absolutely incredible dub/boogie/trance (?!) version of Doctorin' the Tardis, which I would love to play at sunrise in a warehouse one day. I've always thought that whenever Orbital used to do that (with the Doctor Who theme), they got their idea from that record.

I once heard a really sweet story about how, despite their apparent egomanical manner, they were really in awe of Tammy Wynette, and that she actually sang the song differently to how they wanted it, but they were too polite to criticise. They then (supposedly) spent months using time-stretching and pitch-shifting technologies (which were a relatively recent invention), to correct it. Could be ********, but what a lovely story.

defstef, I've heard about this Wynette stretching too! I think it might be in "45". I seem to remember that when they went to record her, they turned up and she was having a massive row with her husband, and they just carried on rowing while Drummond and Cauty sat politely (and uncomfortably) ignoring them. Aww!

Let's not forget, it was their book "How to Write a Number 1 Hit" that inspired that crap euro-pop Edelwiess song as well. Genius.

I picked up a wicked vinyl double album of early and rare stuff in Help the Aged years ago for a fiver, called "Shag Times", featuring Drummond's rhymes in thick, weegie dialect. Much Beatles and Madonna sampling abounds, hence the scarcity of some of their earlier recordings. It also features an absolutely incredible dub/boogie/trance (?!) version of Doctorin' the Tardis, which I would love to play at sunrise in a warehouse one day. I've always thought that whenever Orbital used to do that (with the Doctor Who theme), they got their idea from that record.


I'll bet that album is worth more than a few quid! :o Didn't they also delete their entire back catalogue?

Jimmy Cauty at the age of about 17 or 18, also drew a very well known Tolkien poster that sold by the bucket load in Athena shops and must lurk still in a few attics.

Supposedly their book was behind quite a few acts getting to No1.

But what a statement! :D

I know!!! Rather brave and brilliant. I certainly take my hat off to them.

Let's not forget, it was their book "How to Write a Number 1 Hit" that inspired that crap euro-pop Edelwiess song as well. Genius.

I have a text copy somewhere...<<potters around tinternet looking for link>>... http://www.klf.de/online/books/bytheklf/manual.htm

I think their deconstruction of the elements of 'what makes a good pop song' should be central to any discussion regarding their lyrics, music, image etc. Lyrics can always be gibberish (while being seemingly poetically profound) as long as they are of their time e.g. "Bring the beat back!"; "KLF is gonna rock ya"; "Ancients of Mu-Mu" (things like this sounded cool back in '91 - it's a historicist theory of pop music construction but I think Popper can make an exception in this case)... Oasis have been periodically successful and none of their lyrics make any sense, you could say the same of Van Dyke Parks era Beach Boys or Magical Mystery Tour or even a lot of Bowie. Now you need a good hook - it has to sound good on a rubbish radio set - and you need an image, hopefully one with some mystique. The KLF wrote the book and followed it in every way and proved that you could be superlatively contrived in your objective to be successful, while at the same time being very artful. Somebody once told me that music is the lowest of the arts, and the deepest of the arts, and I think The KLF support this way of thinking. "Kick out the JAMMs Muthaf***ers!" (The MC5)

I'll bet that album is worth more than a few quid! :o Didn't they also delete their entire back catalogue?

Come to think of it, I think they did. I have a vague recollection of holding it in sweaty palms in the shop, all excited. Although, of course, records have no intrinsic value, and it's the music that matters. I've never understood record collectors - I mean the ones who never play their records. They may as well be stamps.

I've still to actually read Illuminatus!
Me too - from what I've heard about it, it sounds like the drug-crazed ramblings of libertarian hippies, not something I want to waste much time on.

Come to think of it, I think they did. I have a vague recollection of holding it in sweaty palms in the shop, all excited. Although, of course, records have no intrinsic value, and it's the music that matters. I've never understood record collectors - I mean the ones who never play their records. They may as well be stamps.

Apparently its better on vinyl as some of the original CD copies have suffered from that thing early CDs had where they would oxidise (which includes one of my Fall albums, Grrrrrrr). If I had that I'd make a digital copy 'cause I'd be paranoid of losing it. Best thing to do if you can, as then you can listen to your records with no fear of getting ruddy big scratches on 'em and making them unlistenable - modern turntables are flimsy as hell as I've found out. :mad:

In a documentary about Tammy Wynette, according to (I think, don't quote me) one of her daughters, she was so out of it on prescription drugs etc, when this collaboration came up, that she asked where Mu Mu Land was!