Eric Bogle -- Bloody Rotten Audience

Howdy, folks!

The ending to this song got cut out by LITERALLY half a second. I do not feel like re-recording it, as this would be the fourth time I've had to do it. I shall re-record it at a later date, but, as I said, it's only missing a half second.

Anyhoo.. It's a fantastic song. It comes from the album Plain and Simple.

Hope ya dig it!

--Lyrics--

Well, here's a song I've written, specifically for you
Who sit down in the audience and talk through all I do
I cannot understand it cause I'm pretty good, you see
So there must be something wrong with you, there's nothing wrong with me

[Chorus:]
You're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
If brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
I'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
While you're ignorant, you're cultureless, you're philistines en masse.

I'm an artist and authority on music and what's more
I'm incredibly informative on folksong and folklore
I'm a wonderful performer and so you all must be
So bloody thick and stupid not to like the like of me

[Chorus]

I'm a folkie and that's obvious, you can tell it by me clothes
And when I sing traditional, I sing it through me nose
And if you persist on talking every time I sing a song
I'll fix you with 'Bold Robin Hood,' that's eighty verses long!

[Chorus]

And when I sing contemporary, me heart and soul is pure
I must be bloody brilliant, cause my writing's so obscure
My hero's Leonard Cohen, I dig him perfectly
But I must be so much better, because no one here digs me!

[Chorus]

But now I'm going to leave you, cause I feel I'm wasting time
Couldn't possibly be wasting yours, so you must be wasting mine
And let me tell you now that I'm not up here for me health
So if you don't come and pull with me, I'll go and pull meself!

You're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
If brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
I'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
But underneath it all I'm just a pain in the flipping ass!

Category:

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• Eric
• Bogle
• Bloody
• Rotten
• Audience
• Plain
• and
• Simple
• Folk
• Traditional
• Satire

[jaggedtoothgrin]

great song. thanks for putting it up.

(but i'm pretty sure he's saying "if brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood")

[BarbaricGoose]

Wouldn't surprise me, I had to fix a lot of the lyrics. Guess I missed a line.

Thanks!

[Hooleo123]

Eric Bogle is one of the most talented writers of folk music in years! And, having gone to numerous bars to hear other folk singers, this song really hits home. Nothing worse than going to hear a singer and having an audience of idiots drown him out. Love it. Thanks for posting!

[ruthlesace]

@jaggedtoothgrin he is



[etruscan53]

Love this song. Enough said.

[Solidfact]

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!  Epic folk song win! Seriously, I loved it almost as much as the slang song.

[Lulubell1113]

I love this song!!!

[rbheiss]

This was awesome! Never heard this song before but I can certainly relate to parts of it!

Thanks,

Rolland B. Heiss