Jingle bells, Christmas sells (2018)
Double-single, released via CEG Records in 2018
1. Song For September (written with Paul Lynch in Nottingham, 2011, recorded and released 2018)
2. Christmas in Yiwu (written in 2014/2015 with Mandarin lyrics by Cloud Yun Wan, released in 2017 on YouTube)
1. Song For September (written with Paul Lynch in Nottingham, 2011, recorded and released 2018)
2. Christmas in Yiwu (written in 2014/2015 with Mandarin lyrics by Cloud Yun Wan, released in 2017 on YouTube)
Song For September
(Nottingham, September 2011)
Global Financial Crisis, protesters in Tahrir Square
People in tents on wall street, scent of dissension in the air
He’s sleeping on the pavement, dissatisfaction’s written on his shirt
Just when you thought that things were changing, they pushed us back, down into the dirt
working all the hours God sends just to earn some money just enough to live but not to do the things you want to
Spending too much time at the pub drinking all my money money money money,
IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Everybody’s telling me, it’s time to get a new TV, I’ve got to get my act together, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Now my TV’s telling me, I have to get it in HD, it will have better quality, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
They say that elves ain’t real
But if they are they're probably all Chinese
Coca-cola made up Santa
Turns out I have to get presents myself
Sipping some champagne on my yacht, I've got lots of money, money, money....
Sinking to the depths of despair, 'caus I've got no money, money, money.....
Argue with my family again, cos I got shit presents one of those again I always get one every year
Losing all my money again, I’m at the derby, derby, derby, derby, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Everybody’s telling me, it’s time to get a new TV, I’ve got to get my act together, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Now my TV’s telling me, I have to get it in HD, it will have better quality, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Ahahahah---its nearly christmas
My kids want a games console, they didn’t like their antique bowls, next year it’s a lump of coal, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Seas & temperatures will rise, too many living things will die, disaster, hunger, water-shortage, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS
Got caught by my little nipper, I was eating all the carrots, now they don’t believe in Santa, I’VE RUINED CHRISTMAS!
Take more oil from the Arctic, rape the seas until they're septic, burn the forests bomb the mountains, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS
My kids want a games console, they didn’t like their antique bowls, next year it’s a lump of coal, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Money Money Money......
Pound Sterling, Dollar, Yen, Rouble, Euro, Rupee, Dinero.
Pound Sterling, Dollar, Yen, Rouble, Euro, Rupee, Dinero.
Peso Peso Peso Peso
Its nearly Christmas
"Song For September"
Written by Liam S Rickard (LSR) & Paul Lynch, produced by LSR
Recorded in Flat 103 (London) & Green Oak (Wales)
Mixed & mastered in Wales by Tom Williams
Paul Lynch (London) – electric guitar
LSR – acoustic guitar, vocals, keys, sample editing
Tom Williams (N.Wales) – drums
Global Financial Crisis, protesters in Tahrir Square
People in tents on wall street, scent of dissension in the air
He’s sleeping on the pavement, dissatisfaction’s written on his shirt
Just when you thought that things were changing, they pushed us back, down into the dirt
working all the hours God sends just to earn some money just enough to live but not to do the things you want to
Spending too much time at the pub drinking all my money money money money,
IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Everybody’s telling me, it’s time to get a new TV, I’ve got to get my act together, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Now my TV’s telling me, I have to get it in HD, it will have better quality, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
They say that elves ain’t real
But if they are they're probably all Chinese
Coca-cola made up Santa
Turns out I have to get presents myself
Sipping some champagne on my yacht, I've got lots of money, money, money....
Sinking to the depths of despair, 'caus I've got no money, money, money.....
Argue with my family again, cos I got shit presents one of those again I always get one every year
Losing all my money again, I’m at the derby, derby, derby, derby, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Everybody’s telling me, it’s time to get a new TV, I’ve got to get my act together, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Now my TV’s telling me, I have to get it in HD, it will have better quality, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Ahahahah---its nearly christmas
My kids want a games console, they didn’t like their antique bowls, next year it’s a lump of coal, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Seas & temperatures will rise, too many living things will die, disaster, hunger, water-shortage, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS
Got caught by my little nipper, I was eating all the carrots, now they don’t believe in Santa, I’VE RUINED CHRISTMAS!
Take more oil from the Arctic, rape the seas until they're septic, burn the forests bomb the mountains, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS
My kids want a games console, they didn’t like their antique bowls, next year it’s a lump of coal, IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS!
Money Money Money......
Pound Sterling, Dollar, Yen, Rouble, Euro, Rupee, Dinero.
Pound Sterling, Dollar, Yen, Rouble, Euro, Rupee, Dinero.
Peso Peso Peso Peso
Its nearly Christmas
"Song For September"
Written by Liam S Rickard (LSR) & Paul Lynch, produced by LSR
Recorded in Flat 103 (London) & Green Oak (Wales)
Mixed & mastered in Wales by Tom Williams
Paul Lynch (London) – electric guitar
LSR – acoustic guitar, vocals, keys, sample editing
Tom Williams (N.Wales) – drums
Christmas in Yiwu
Live:
Christmas in Yiwu
by Liam S Rickard & Cloud Yun Wan, 2014
My eyes are filled with a thousand glittering stars,
a million little red coated white bearded men,
tiny fluffy blond white children with wings,
Five thousand spiky polystyrene things
And of course, the baubles and LEDs,
such beauty to to adorn your plastic tree,
the most pretty plastic items that there's ever been
for competitive prices like you've never seen.
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
一遍又一遍 – Yībiàn yòu yībiàn (again and again)
一天又一天 – Yītiān yòu yītiān (day after day)
我没有时间 – Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān (I do not have time)
也没有思念 – Yě méiyǒu sīniàn (no thoughts)
一遍又一遍
dip it in the glue
一天又一天
put it in glitter machine
我没有时间
hang it up and then
也没有思念
we'll do it all again!
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
Its all about give and take in this big bad world
you give me money, I give you most of my time
making pretty plastic items that you really need
for competitive prices like you've never seen.
Yībiàn yòu yībiàn,
ten face masks a day
Yītiān yòu yītiān,
engulfed in christmas dust
Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān,
in my hair and on my hands
Yě méiyǒu sīniàn,
how is this crap in demand?
Jingle bells, Christmas elves,
making fat white bearded men
Jingle bells, Christmas sells,
Some with a saxophone,
No one knows, no one knows,
tidings of comfort and joy,
Plastic toys, plastic toys,
Who is this baby in a cowshe-e-e-d?
一遍又一遍
we could do it in our sleep
一天又一天
if they'd let us have some sleep
我没有时间
I'll stay for just another year
也没有思念
then I'm getting out of here!
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
Jingle bells, Christmas elves
Jingle bells, Christmas sells
Jingle bells, Christmas elves
Jingle bells, Christmas sells.
Credits:
Liam S Rickard - composer, English lyrics, vocals, guitar, lead animator
Cloud Yun Wan - Chinese lyrics
Gareth Williams - assistant animator
Eddy Spirit - audio mixing and mastering
Francesco Carry - Sound engineering at DSI Studios, Tottenham
Joseph Woods - backing vocals, help with production
Ciara Rickard - backing vocals
Giusy Cancellara - violin
Benjamin Zoll - trombone
Adam Brown - drums
Nick Wood - bass
Drums, bass, violin & guitar recorded in DSI Studios, Tottenham, London by Francesco Carry.
Vocals & trombone recorded by LSR at home in North Wales & East London, and in Joe's house in North London.
Based on photos by by Ronghui Chen
by Liam S Rickard & Cloud Yun Wan, 2014
My eyes are filled with a thousand glittering stars,
a million little red coated white bearded men,
tiny fluffy blond white children with wings,
Five thousand spiky polystyrene things
And of course, the baubles and LEDs,
such beauty to to adorn your plastic tree,
the most pretty plastic items that there's ever been
for competitive prices like you've never seen.
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
一遍又一遍 – Yībiàn yòu yībiàn (again and again)
一天又一天 – Yītiān yòu yītiān (day after day)
我没有时间 – Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān (I do not have time)
也没有思念 – Yě méiyǒu sīniàn (no thoughts)
一遍又一遍
dip it in the glue
一天又一天
put it in glitter machine
我没有时间
hang it up and then
也没有思念
we'll do it all again!
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
Its all about give and take in this big bad world
you give me money, I give you most of my time
making pretty plastic items that you really need
for competitive prices like you've never seen.
Yībiàn yòu yībiàn,
ten face masks a day
Yītiān yòu yītiān,
engulfed in christmas dust
Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān,
in my hair and on my hands
Yě méiyǒu sīniàn,
how is this crap in demand?
Jingle bells, Christmas elves,
making fat white bearded men
Jingle bells, Christmas sells,
Some with a saxophone,
No one knows, no one knows,
tidings of comfort and joy,
Plastic toys, plastic toys,
Who is this baby in a cowshe-e-e-d?
一遍又一遍
we could do it in our sleep
一天又一天
if they'd let us have some sleep
我没有时间
I'll stay for just another year
也没有思念
then I'm getting out of here!
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
Happy Christmas from our factory in Yiwu
You've got a colourful Christmas tree,
I've got some money for my family
Jingle bells, Christmas elves
Jingle bells, Christmas sells
Jingle bells, Christmas elves
Jingle bells, Christmas sells.
Credits:
Liam S Rickard - composer, English lyrics, vocals, guitar, lead animator
Cloud Yun Wan - Chinese lyrics
Gareth Williams - assistant animator
Eddy Spirit - audio mixing and mastering
Francesco Carry - Sound engineering at DSI Studios, Tottenham
Joseph Woods - backing vocals, help with production
Ciara Rickard - backing vocals
Giusy Cancellara - violin
Benjamin Zoll - trombone
Adam Brown - drums
Nick Wood - bass
Drums, bass, violin & guitar recorded in DSI Studios, Tottenham, London by Francesco Carry.
Vocals & trombone recorded by LSR at home in North Wales & East London, and in Joe's house in North London.
Based on photos by by Ronghui Chen
