ZANG TUUMB TUM DISCOGRAPHY “…or the imagination”

Punk it up


A Sex Pistol
A Sex Pistol
That’s what I am
Irresponsible
I say Mummy yeah
I know you think
I’m horrible
Believe me Babe
Never did like school
No never Yeah

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
It’s all he knows
Hey Sex Pistol man

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
It’s all he knows
Hey Sex Pistol man

So drunk on punk
Punk Punk Punk it up
Hear me whistle
Sex Pistol man

So drunk on punk
Punk Punk Punk it up
Hear me whistle
Sex Pistol man

I know you can
Change the weather
Sunny forever
Make me get up and go

I know you can
Change the weather
Sunny forever
Make me get up and go

A Sex Pistol
That’s what I am
I punk it up
I’m a Sex Pistol Man
Oh yeah

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
It’s all he knows
Hey Sex Pistol man

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
It’s all he knows
Hey Sex Pistol man

So drunk on punk
Punk Punk Punk it up
Hear me whistle
Sex Pistol man

So drunk on punk
Punk Punk Punk it up
Hear me whistle
Sex Pistol man

Sex Pistol
Sex Pistol
That’s what I am
Irresponsible
I say Mummy yeah
I know you think
I’m horrible
Believe me Babe
Never did like school
No never Yeah

(In Zulu)

I know you can
Change the weather
Sunny forever
Make me get up and go

(In Zulu)

Sleevenotes: In Kwayazululand, many stories were told to me, one in particular about King Shaka, who was responsible for inventing a dance that was later used to defeat the English 150 years ago. It constituted the Zulus military training to the sound of a drum and involves stomping with their bare feet on the ground until the earth cracked beneath them, then kicking their feet in the air until one hit them in the face. There upon, they would fall on their bum, repeating these movements until they pissed blood. Nowadays, they don’t shed blood, instead they sway to the beat. Boys and girls included, retaining the original movements. We recorded this dance and titled it, “Zulus on a Time Bomb”. Naturally, I had to tell the Zulus a story. The only truly great story I had was that of the Sex Pistols. They laughed and laughed. I must have told the story at least a 100 times and “Punk It Up (I’m a Sex Pistol Man, Oh Yeah) was the result. It was for some, their favourite song, singing jointly in Zulu and English!