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America's Cup by Pond
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Originally debuted on Triple J (an Australian radio station), America’s Cup was released as the second single for Pond’s ninth album, 9. Nick Allbrook said in a radio interview that the song is about the gentrification of his home state (Western Australia) and large businesses pushing small business...
America’s Cup Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Once again, I'm slipping into my feminine ways
Pump creatine and skip leg day
Jump as four titans emerge from underground
Debating, "Would you rather be burnt or drowned?"
[Pre-Chorus]
Pump fists, drunk on the stench of fraternity
Haloed by memories of benching eternity
Head polished to a mirror for Athena
Goodbye, Nana A and stay strong, Nana Tina
[Chorus]
Before the America's Cup
It was sailors and junkies
Pescatores and bikies
Before the America's Cup
Never heard of methadone
Never called the shelter home
Never went to bed alone
Alan was a rolling stone
Uh-huh (Woo)
[Verse 2]
Once again, I'm slipping up to my hominid gait
Kiss soil, crack vertebrate
I'm cocksure as a man jumping off a cliff
Top-heavy head, cigarette and a quiff
[Pre-Chorus]
Slunk back drunk to the den of uncertainty
Crying a fantasy of bleeding maternity
[Chorus]
Before the America's Cup
It was sailors and junkies
Pescatores and bikies
Before the America's Cup
Never heard of methadone
Never called the shelter home
Never went to bed alone
Alan was a rolling stone
Uh-huh
[Bridge]
Victrol, Chronos and COSCO
OOCL China Shipping and Maersk
The whale I sent on K Line and Tex
Ocean Network Express
[Outro]
Before the America's Cup
It was sailors and junkies
Pescatores and bikies
Before the America's Cup
Never heard of methadone
Never called the shelter home
Before the America's Cup
It was sailors and junkies
Pescatores and bikies
Before the America's Cup
Never heard of methadone
Never called the shelter home
Before the America's Cup
It was sailors and junkies
Pescatores and bikies
America’s Cup Q&A
Who wrote America’s Cup's ?
America’s Cup was written by Pond.
Who produced America’s Cup's ?
America’s Cup was produced by Pond.
When did Pond release America’s Cup?
Pond released America’s Cup on Wed May 19 2021.
What did Pond say about "America's Cup"?
Nick Allbrook:
It’s about Fremantle before Alan Bond gave the big ball of gentrification its final shove, when it was cheap and harsh and the broken relics of the pre-87 port city were young, groovy cats in a secret idyll wedged between the river and the sea.
It’s also about blokes being different...
What have the artists said about the song?
Nick Allbrook:
1987 was the year Fremantle was televised to the world and gentrification began in earnest. There are still relics of the pre-cup history floating around. It’s also about large, massive champions gathered outside a gym in London, who I thought were funny. The first line is lifted fro...