Television
IDLES * Track #8 On Joy as an Act of Resistance.
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Television by IDLES
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In this song, IDLES lead singer Joe Talbot expresses his disgust at the increasingly ridiculous beauty standards of today’s society and how they are perpetrated by the media. He encourages the listener to accept their individuality and feel confident in themselves.
Television Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If someone talked to you
The way you do to you
I'd put their teeth through
Love yourself
And that's what they do
The bastards made you
Not want to look like you
So you pay through the nose
To look like someone else
All the weirdos on the shelf
Love yourself
Love yourself
Love yourself
[Chorus]
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
[Verse 2]
If someone talked to you
The way you do to you
I'd put their teeth through
Love yourself
And that's what they do
The bastards made you
Not want to look like you
So you pay through the nose
To look like someone else
All the weirdos on the shelf
Love yourself
Love yourself
Love yourself
[Chorus]
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
[Bridge]
I spoke to God in my dreams last night
She said I'd go to heaven if my teeth was white
Medicator, medicator, medicator
Numb me from these naysayers
And their crocodile feels
And their crocodile love
And their crocodile tears
[Chorus]
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
I go outside and I feel free
'Cause I smash mirrors and fuck TV
And the magazines
Television and magazines
Television and magazines
Television and magazines
Television Q&A
Who wrote Television's ?
Television was written by Paul Frazer & Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire & Joe Talbot.
Who produced Television's ?
Television was produced by Paul Frazer.
When did IDLES release Television?
IDLES released Television on Fri Aug 31 2018.
What did IDLES say about "Television"?
I wrote this as a song to my daughter. I wanted to write about the new sense of self-belief I’ve found in celebrating my flaws, but also to motivate my future children in a subversive text.
— Joe Talbot in a track-by track-interview with NPR.
Women are attacked constantly with tropes of femininity...