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Orchestra Story

from Glenn Cardier (1976) by Glenn Cardier

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Produced by Labi Siffre
Arranged by everyone on the album
Engineered by Dick Plant
Recorded at the Music Centre, Wembley, UK
Released by EMI Records UK 1976

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Orchestra Story
(Cardier)

We’re an orchestra -
Bored with the way we play our stuff -
We wanna play it mean and we wanna play it rough -
So we decided to surprise all them classical buffs -
And we did sure enough.

We don’t need no forest of microphones
Or no mountain of amplifiers -
We don’t need no incredible sound system
Or decibel multipliers -
We just thrash the living daylights out of our instruments -
The violins are strung with barbed-wires.

Supersonic, symphonic,
Philharmonic orchestra.
That’s what we are.

Well, the concert hall was hushed -
They were all so very quiet -
Fannin’ with their programs
All dolled up for the night -
Then we let go with a mighty roar -
Aw, they just about died of fright!
Man, it was outasight.

They was steeple-chasin’ over the seats
Leavin’ the place in a ruin -
They was lookin’ round to see
Just what each others was doin’ -
It was pandemonium round the podium -
Chaos all round the room.

Supersonic, symphonic,
Philharmonic orchestra.
That’s what we are.

We did Handel’s Messiah like wildfire
Till the eyes of the choir went red -
We did Brahm’s Lullaby in such a frenzy
That the veins stuck out of our head -
We did Beethoven’s Fifth so loud,
In the front row, some bloke’s nose bled.
Knocked ‘em dead.

We wanna be top-ten good-guy sure-shots -
We wanna get on every tv screen -
We wanna have them groupies in their evening gowns
Jump up and down and scream
As we smash up a piccolo,
Set fire to a tambourine.

Supersonic, symphonic,
Philharmonic orchestra.
That’s what we are.

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from Glenn Cardier (1976), released April 1, 1976
Guitar - Glenn Cardier

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Post 2000, Glenn Cardier’s re-emergence as a songwriter/performer of real distinction has been nothing short of extraordinary. In typical single-minded fashion, he writes, performs and produces his music. Onstage, there are the trademark flashes of dark humour and thumping rockabilly/blues. But underlying it all are the songs. Happy/sad songs. Sweet/crazy songs. Cardier songs. CDs on the website. ... more

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