Olly The Octopus - A Call To Arms For Hippies

[JammehC]

Is there anywhere i can get piano/keybourd sheet music for this? :')

[JammehC]

This Song never get's old :')

[OllyTheOctopus]

@JammehC er yes it does... it says 2009 in the chorus, it ages incredibly tangibly. Live I now sing it as: Now we're in the twenty tens we're living in dangerous times again....' ;)

[JammehC]

@OllyTheOctopus i was actualy thinking about that today and i came up with "now it's the year 2012 and the world is trying to fix itself" :')

[Heverton484]

Awesome!

[shitzngigglez]

will be playing this song on our radio show today 14/12/11 between 4-6. tudno f m com

thankyou!! excellent song!!

[theredvsbluefan]

CAn't tell if for or against hippies o.o

[Xynos1]

This song is amazing. WHY SO FEW VIEWS?! *shows it to everyone*

[michalgreenalien]

Hmm I still can't post hyperlinks. Well folks, due to the great popularity of my post, I shall offer you an advice: try looking up "Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'" on BBC. Website.

[whocaresanyname]

luv the tune ollie! whens the album???

:)

[ThePhunnyCookie]

watching both of u guys now on edge media!

top tune and keep up the good work!

[bigmancoolguy]

"sometimes you have to fight with music."bob marley . RON PAUL2012 one love

[92RedRevolver]

kinda remind me of frank turner. keep up the good work though!

[BigAlFiGala]

Superb!!!

[iFilipSF]

love this song, you just got a new fan!

[Kill3rDyl]

Love this song Olly, keep up the good work man! Would love to see you play this live! :)

[michalgreenalien]

"Even Syria has been raided" - of course the music will forget to tell you that the object of the raid has been a nuclear reactor. Funny how the reality can't be fitted neatly enough into a protest song.

[OllyTheOctopus]

@michalgreenalien actually iran has the nuclear reactor not Syria. Syria was supposedly harbouring militants near its borders

[michalgreenalien]

@OllyTheOctopus Well actually it really was Syria. I wanted to link some news articles but I keep getting an error. Look it up on New York Times or BBC.

[23codyy23]

@michalgreenalien you need to stop being ignorant.

Stop being part of the herd.

Sheeple.

[drumstick74]

@michalgreenalien Maybe you should get your own facts straight before your arrogant ranting.

[jakeknut2]

@michalgreenalien hey, fuck you.



[babybinladen123]

found you from cveitch ;)

[Karmathejedi1701]

Jan. 8th :)

[Dyais]

addictive song this is a TOP HIT !!! take me back to 1969...

[MusicWavesMan]

nice

[VD420herpes]

remove the barack obama at the end and this song is amazing...love it...

[NewEnglishRevolution]

@VD420herpes Why remove that bit?

It's a great song in general.

[NorthPlum]

Awesome.

[ajfisher26]

Great stuff Olly, saw you play this at the 9-11 anniversary protest last year. Awesome :)

[JHsillypantsMcGee]

Barak Obama won't do shit!

YOUTUBE: "INVISIBLE EMPIRE" Watch that movie.

[THEBIRDMAN9412]

this song could be a huge hit...

[pheafaerie]

you rock, olly!

[airbritain1]

the video is awesome, well done :D

[VengeanceIsMineBitch]

sounds like fraser nelson.

[VengeanceIsMineBitch]

how does your kike friend lail feel about your pro-palestine armchair compassion for palestine?

[VengeanceIsMineBitch]

the singer sounds like fraser nelson, probably went to the same public school

[thadeens]

LOOOL... love it!!!!

[moochingtunes1]

Best Video on youtube!

[imjustagirl776]

Loved this :o) You have some pretty awesome music, sir. Oh, and everything was good *especially* the Obama part. Keep doing what you're doing.

[Organjic]

Everything was good except the Obama part.

[lehman]

@Organjic What's wrong with the Obama part?

[Organjic]

Obama is a fascist? Youtube "Obama Deception" and then research.

[Organjic]

He has also continued the "War on drugs"

[robtherub]

search, "what if punk never happened"

[robtherub]

great single, went on five of my playlists, rub tv, documentary, interesting songs, hippystuff and music and politix

thanks

5 stars

r...

[chillatuvm]

I dig this video so hard.

If you're down with other conscious artists, you should check out youtube user zzz33333. He's a rapper, you'd probably like what he has to say.

[tanner1ie]

Hi, i just bought this single off itunes.

You should put more songs on there, especially The Gangsters Picnic.

To anybody else reading this, in case you missed it, (as i did) as it says in the description, there are two song on the single.

The other song is called What is Money, at least that's it's name on itunes - in the description Olly has What is Money, Anyway.

[SpiritSeekr]

Powerful, yet simply adorable! This guy is genious. Love him.

FYI - Not all Americans are fat, lazy, uneducated war mongers who don't give a rat's ass about the rest of the world's people. In fact, very few are. Don't get sucked into the unfair stereotype.

Love peace, don't hate war.

[z3ro66]

this needs to beat rage against the machine..

aaaargh...

[ateenz90]

LOL  nice ;D

[chronicrelease]

You rate porn Anonymous release

[anonymousrelease]

haha so do you

[jessnibble]

Very sweet and lovely singing and lovely drawings and lovely messages..xx

[youyouyouwho]

There IS a political party which embraces 'hippy' ideals.  The Green Party call for an end to prohibition of weed etc, for peace and nuclear disarmament, for social and environmental justice. Vote Green! :)

The Vietnam War started before the hippy revolution, not during. The war strengthened the movement by turning people against the government.

The hippies did not 'fail'. Do we still live in the institutionally racist, sexist, homophobic and prude 1950s? No, thanks to the 'hippies'! :)

[anonymousrelease]

Err..

We do still live in an inherently and institutionally racist, sexist, classist and homophobic society.. massively! And now we're so un-prudish we allow a disgracefully abusive pornography industry to exist. Plus now everyone hates immigrants.. They did fail!

But big up the hippies all the same. And vote Green! : )

[youyouyouwho]

@anonymousrelease

Segregation ended in the USA and black people now have the right to vote- the president of the USA is now black. There have been female prime ministers and presidents, now that women are free to work, divorce and use birth control. The rich are now people such as David Beckham and a UK royal is marrying a commoner. It's now legal to be gay, we have civil partnerships, and politicians can be openly gay. Progress does not happen overnight.

[SareyB]

I love you Olly the Octopus! xxx

[peebzzz]

I just bought it =]

[JABrinkley]

Hey Olly, saw you tonight at Monkey Chews. Good stuff, keep it up!

[OllyTheOctopus]

jolly good, thanks for dropping by

x

[matthewfreemantle]

Nice one Olly. Love it.

[ChosenByTheKeyblade9]

Olly I saw some of your videos a while back, and since then I've gotten alot of my friends into your music. So we'll all order and support you!

[OllyTheOctopus]

thankyou, thats splendid!

X

[datanmankingjester]

keep it up man! this is what the world needs right now.

[melanjh]

LOL, I love you guys, that was so cool :D

[HoopHalo]

yes!

[DannyFyah]

ingenious and inspiring brilliancy, contributed vocally out of genuine love and a pure heart...

in other words: brap!brap!brap! :) They can tek weh yuh megafone but never will dey get the good vibes you spread!!

[pr0gr]

Ordered it, thank you Olly, it's simply brilliant!

[OllyTheOctopus]

Great thankyou!

X

[ParkourRJ]

Love it ^_^

[virginiaxvita]

I love it!

You're a genius!

[steverucks]

nice work Olly top song and superb video!

x

[OllyTheOctopus]

thanks

x

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[steverucks]

no wories

Stefan x

[ParkourRJ]

Awesome! ^_^

[spilka987]

Love the good vibrations! I'd love to learn how to play it, are the tabs available?

[OllyTheOctopus]

look through the comments, the chords are posted below

x

[spilka987]

@OllyTheOctopus

Thanks! Btw I cant stop listening to this song, hopefully I don't get sick of it...nahh

[MinDBlanK1]

Saw you on Edge media, now a video and getting released.

I'll be buying xD

[boozysheep]

awsome song, awsome lyrics :)

[DJCrossTraffic]

Amazing just found u had a single from veitch's vids def buying the song keep it up, and GET ur MegaPhone BAC! :D

[OllyTheOctopus]

thanks.. its for a great cause

xx

[KMastad]

Awesome song, keep it up!

I just keep coming back here listening, and I don't do that much so good job.

[OllyTheOctopus]

geee thanks

xx

[23codyy23]

it might just be me then, who knows?

but this is the only song I can truely listen to over and over? :)

and I have been for the past like , week?

[OllyTheOctopus]

no, i think your right, it is the best song ever written ;)

x

[23codyy23]

I listen to it every day, and every single day, I feel the lyrics more and more...

easily the best song I've ever heard, which might sound silly, but its honestly the best written (lyriccly) song ever (in my opinion =] )

[OllyTheOctopus]

cracking, wow... that ain't faint praise... Better even than Yesterday by the Beatles or 'Nothing Compares' by Prince??? Gee thank you

xx

[boozysheep]

Great song, Great lyrics...Much Respect

[ikn0wasecret]

Yes! Nicely done Dude. Maybe we should require all politicians to smoke (and inhale) at least once daily. lmao  Smoke a bowl for peace! lol Think it would help? LoveLoveLove!!! Zen

[mrdank]

its your time !!!

nice one !!

[KnifemakingUnplugged]

Great spirit. Love it!

[simonatwarwick]

thanks for the chords

can't you convince itunes to not take a cut if it's a charity single?

[OllyTheOctopus]

nope

x

[123heleno]

I love this song... and it's not even released! :D

I intend to be responsible for increasing the number of plays greatly.

[OllyTheOctopus]

great stuff! Thankyou

x

[simonatwarwick]

G - D - Em - C - D - G seems to be the chords for most of the verses but not all of them...? Perhaps you can help me out here, I'd love to be able to play this...

[OllyTheOctopus]

you got i... pretty much the whole song apart from the pre chorus which is Em D7 G F*/D Em Am D7 G

[terbeon]

well done, production is nearly "radio capable"

one of my favourite tracks this days but i prefer your dirty live versions :D

octo the ollypus, hooah

maybe i upload one crazy color-modified version next days.

[OllyTheOctopus]

haha! Thanks, see the video responses for a cool live version someones put up

x

[ZanaJson]

Awesome stuff. Truly awesome. I wish the entire world could get the message...

[possumwee]

Id rather send those dirty arabs AIDS.

[AbeCage]

Song makes me cringe. Horribly naive and badly written. Hippies are the scourge of the earth.

I will, however, donate to the charity without buying this.

[OllyTheOctopus]

hopefully the song undermines hippies as much as politicians. I attack the lack of genuine contribution of the hippie movement and the out of touch nature of politicians. I don't like to take sides, only stimulate debate

[61shirley]

By the way i love gangsters picknick. if thats what its called

[OllyTheOctopus]

it is indeed, ye I got mugged a year or so ago and wrote that

x

[61shirley]

sorry to hear about that. it wasnt me!!

[TheFreeAdviceMan]

too bad some of the words and ideas are not what I can agree with...the tune is catchy and if it were not so pro-smoke and so politico-naive I'd enjoy it!

If I wrote an alternate set of words:

would you even consider making another version? I doubt it. But you never know!

[OllyTheOctopus]

i don't know what makes you think it's PRO smoke? anyway send me you your words ;)

[TheFreeAdviceMan]

YOU GOT IT! SENT IT TODAY!

[Isawanangel1X]

i think it's cute especially the end, "except barack obama" lol..

[OllyTheOctopus]

thanks

x

[smuckerlingos]

Brill - iant.

I am singing along here

[61shirley]

Everyone in Huthwaites whistling this tune. Fantastish!!!!

[OllyTheOctopus]

brilliant! Where is Huthwaites?x

[61shirley]

On the edge of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Loads of mushrooms round here too. Yay

[OllyTheOctopus]

haha, mushrooms scare me!

[61shirley]

cos ya not takin anough "matbe". Dry them out and weigh out 5 grams, turn the lights off and hold on tight. They use to scare me until i descovered Terence Mckenna.

[Righteous1ones]

Fantastic song and video. Glad to hear music with a true meaning behind it. Hope you keep doing what you do. 5*****

[OllyTheOctopus]

i will indeed, please pre order the tune, all proceeds for a great cause

[Righteous1ones]

I will be sure to get my copy. : )

[OllyTheOctopus]

good stuff!x

[HumanityWins]

hippies dont run for government and politicians dont inhale - lmao! so true...

[OllyTheOctopus]

..well, except Obama ;)

[Pinkainis1992]

Nice, you should go out with Charlie Veitch and Danny Shine more often thou :)

great song!

[mmcdonald2k]

I've been following you for a while! Great tunes man!

[OllyTheOctopus]

was that you i saw outside my window the other day??!!

[mmcdonald2k]

I don't think so...I live in the USA.

I'm a fellow guitarist though :)

I would be honored if you check out some of my stuff and let me know what you think.

[truthinall33]

love it! nice work, thank you for the smiles!

[OllyTheOctopus]

my pleasurex

[dinkindonutz]

Love the song Olly, its awesome. Just wondered who made the video as its really unique

[OllyTheOctopus]

Adam Butcher. A great director indeed! X

[drakevsdennis]

i really love this song from the 1st time i've heared it.

really great music with heart and brain.

keep on rockin.

[12ape]

Saw you at the 9/11 protest, impressive lyrics.

Keep up the good work mate!

Sam - Kent

[OllyTheOctopus]

jolly good! not really sure where i stand on the whole 911 thing. I think its good that people question the status quo, hence my support. Check out my 911 truth vid for satire of such things

xx

[cumiral]

Congratulations, man!!! thank you, thank you, thank you for this :).

[OllyTheOctopus]

no worries, please pre order and spread the word

x

[ibrowze]

Unclear about your stance on Obama. I was thrilled up until that end point in the video bearing in mind that the USA have the best democracy that money can buy.

[OllyTheOctopus]

irony, the whole thing is ironic, i hope that presenting Obama in the song as a sort of panacea for all ill's (just because he smoked a bit of weed!) will undermine itself and make people think ;)x

[ibrowze]

Message received and understood. You can clock Obanka's face in the video I've made on here called 'No Man's Land aka Willie McBride'...Oh yeh, my name's Ollie too...Everything is OK ha ha.

[TheHolySpirit]

"the USA have the best democracy that money can buy"

That statement perfectly underlines exactly what the problem is.

[korvspades]

awe.. some..

[jelliedashes]

Lovely video :D

[kaasvaag]

5 Stars, love the song and the clip is amazing too!

Keep it up!

[OllyTheOctopus]

awe shucks

xx

[jamietruman]

I F***ing love this song.

Real lyrics,real talent.

[OllyTheOctopus]

gee thanks

x

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[eguitarstar]

Love the song and the video.

Are we allowed to spread this by having it on our own channels? Of course we will credit you and leave the links in so that people can purchase this.

You never know, your song could change the World back to 1969 :)

[OllyTheOctopus]

yes please, spread it as much as you can, it's for a good cause so the more we spread the love the more money we will make for charity! Do it! Although I'm sort of saying that 1969 was flawed too and that we should invest free loving ideas with a bit of pragmatism, but i did really love the music in 1969, it was bloody amazing so it wouldn't be such a bad thing;)

Thanks for your support

xx

[HealingMillions]

Dear Olly

My mouth is wide open, there are no words and I am stuck in my chair. I have no idea what you just did to me, but you definately did it. x

[OllyTheOctopus]

haha

wow, thankyou

x

[cveitch]

I think I heard this song on that Crazy Conspiracy Terrorist Charlie's channel.

Well done Olly - this edit is lovely - great CHOON

[TheHolySpirit]

Bravo! More! More! xx

[James7693]

awesome =]

[goonerno14]

arrrrgh dont wanna be negative cos i love this track but for some reason think it was better with just you and the guitar seems like this has had a little edge taken off , still awesome song and what a great video , quality . for a good cause too , well done :)

[OllyTheOctopus]

if you buy it you get a song with just me and a guitar too! How exciting!X

[xTHExDUDExPK]

Lulz, Congratulations you've won free advertising from yours truly.

All the best guys, give We Are Change Glasgow a shout when you're in the area!

[prhughes0]

Well done, OO.

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[MrEMan999]

Nice one! :)

[scawtjp]

Brilliant stuff.

Good work :-D

[Clashara]

Nice one O11y! And thanks Tin Raven for sharing this on Facebook - wi11 now do the same :)

[perrcyofbrid]

hello Ash :) am sharing too!!

[OllyTheOctopus]

thanks chaps

spread the word (and the love ;))

x

[OllyTheOctopus]

awesomeness GOGOGO!!!

[NotMarkk]

Links in the sidebar?

[OllyTheOctopus]

they are up now

x

[NotMarkk]

Nice :-)

[ReALluMiNaTi]

very cool video! well done.

[TinRaven2]

Superb... let's make it Viral.

[OllyTheOctopus]

yes please! Good plan

x