The Secret History - Johnny Anorak (Official Video)

The official video for "Johnny Anorak" by The Secret History (thesecrethistory.net). Off the album "The World That Never Was," out now on Le Grand Magistery.

DIRECTOR & EDITOR: Ben Hughes (benhughes.com)
DP: David Jacobson
ART DIRECTOR: Michael Grace, jr
PROPS: Paul Rechsteiner
PRODUCER: Adam Lytle
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Max Knies & Emily Wiedemann
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Greencard Pictures (greencardpics.com)

LYRICS:

In the ghettos dreaming of meadows
But all of our loves are Blueboy pinups
All of our sorrows are antiques
Dime novels discarded in hovels
Mickey and the Milk of Human Kindness
Johnny and the Anorak of Dreams

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha

You collapse at every street corner
Like it's a station of the cross
How do you carry what you've lost
Johnny
You massacred all of my heroes
At the karaoke bar
Now you are my only star
Johnny
J-J-J-Johnny
Here comes your golden chord

In the grottos scrawling our mottos
We've only faith in holocaust and vaudeville
Let the angels bundle up our bones
For thy brothers, sad lovers and giants
A sullen stream of music for funerals
I guess we should have just sent flowers

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha

You collapse at every street corner
Like it's a station of the cross
How do you carry what you've lost
Johnny
You massacred all of my heroes
At the karaoke bar
Now you are my only star
Johnny
J-J-J-Johnny
Here comes your golden chord

You collapse at every street corner
Like it's a station of the cross
How do you carry what you've lost
Johnny
You massacred all of my heroes
At the karaoke bar
Now you are my only star
Johnny
J-J-J-Johnny
Here comes your golden chord

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[welderboy1]

Love you Guys!!

Peace

Pitti

Maybe The Welders

[TheRealTwigman]

@noisechant

Garce had nothing to do with this - I am the bass player in Sad Lovers & Giants and I know none of us were involved in this project....not sure how the reference to us in the lyrics arose but we're flattered if it's meant to be a reference to us....a sullen stream of music for funerals....sume us up nicely - LOL - no we're really much happier than that!!

[ehiga]

..I don't get the madonna comparison lol.

[PeelingGrey]

She looks better than Madonna.

[mottnianhunter]

Ian Hunter fan checking out song: awesome! Keep up the good work.

RIP, Ronno: we will never forget you and all of your fabulous music.

[Konstantine333]

Amazing video, the theme very modern day mean streets or on the waterfront for urban lost soul living vicariously through funeral home suedehead nightclub band! Love it !

[iwasredrain]

Man! Doesn't she look like Madonna or am I crazy?

[goateeki]

If this song is any indication of the band's output, their songwriting is on par with Prefab Sprout and Belle and Sebastian. Thoroughly enjoyable.

[MrMeadfoot]

the chant at the start is "WE SHALL NOT, WE SHALL NOT MOVED, NOT BY THE HIBS THE HEARTS OR THE HUN SCUM,WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED! "

copyright... CELTIC FC,

[estereofonico]

Just like Talcahuano`s zeigeitst post-earthquake.