The Baboon Show - Forward In Reverse

  

  Here's a song that went down particularly well in the chatroom for this week's Just Some Punk Songs show. 

   It's by The Baboon Show (https://www.facebook.com/thebaboonshow), a band from Stockholm that I've not really featured previously for some reason (despite them forming back in 2003). A failing on my part. I think the only time I'd played them before was when they collaborated with Clowns on this track :  https://clownsband.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-knife-feat-the-baboon-show

  So let me tell you about their new ep. It's titled forward in reverse and it'll be getting a 10" vinyl release in February via Kidnap Music. You can pre order it here :   https://thebaboonshow.com/product/2-12/

  2024 will also see them touring (a tour which includes UK gigs). 

  This is the title track of the ep, the band say this about it "Every time we see the world change it seems to be for the worse. Our leaders keep on failing moving forward in reverse. We need to take the power back, go forward and emerge!" It's called Forward In Reverse...

If you look into the shadows of the stage You’ll find that some things never change Some people live in wealth while other live in pain No matter what we do they keep us in their chains Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse Our leaders keep on failing Moving forward in reverse And if we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth The world will keep on moving Forward in reverse In the streets we go, we gather, hearts alight The power brings us down They won’t care about us if we don’t make any sound We’ll keep on screaming till we’re buried underground Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse Our leaders keep on failing Moving forward in reverse And if we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth The world will keep on moving Forward in reverse Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse We need to take the power back Go forward and emerge And then we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth A new dawn and a morning Forward! We emerge!