Gram Rock
IDLES * Track #10 On Joy as an Act of Resistance.
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Gram Rock by IDLES
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IDLESProduced by
Paul FrazerWrited by
Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire & Joe TalbotAbout
The title of ‘Gram Rock’ is both a play on the musical genre glam rock as well as a reference to crack rocks. Talbot takes on the voices of two drugged-up bankers as he explains to All Things Loud:
It’s an imagined Dadaist scenario of two hedge fund city boys at a funeral off their face on coke.
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Gram Rock Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm sorry your grand-dad's dead
Ah, lovely spread
[Chorus]
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
I scored a win
[Verse 2]
I'm sorry your mother's dead
Ah, lovely spread
[Chorus]
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
Badda badda bing
I'm the king
I scored a win
I'm the king
Yeah (Yeah)
Uh-huh
[Verse 3]
I got new shoes
'Cause I mean business
I mean business
I got new shoes
'Cause I mean business
I mean business, uh-huh
[Bridge]
Ten points to Gryffindor
Ten points to Gryffindor
Ten points to Gryffindor, uh-huh
Ten points to Gryffindor
Ten points to Gryffindor
Ten points to Gryffindor, uh-huh
Yeah (Yeah)
Uh-huh
[Outro]
My boy fucked Tom Hiddleston's stylist
Gram Rock Q&A
Who wrote Gram Rock's ?
Gram Rock was written by Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire & Joe Talbot.
Who produced Gram Rock's ?
Gram Rock was produced by Paul Frazer.
What did IDLES say about "Gram Rock"?
We wrote this as a concept song: we said yes to every idea proposed musically and then applied that to the subject of two coked-up bankers at a funeral. Yes.
— Joe Talbot for NPR