Action Hank

The actual songs


Swings And Roundabouts

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Life moves pretty fast ... and it can get pretty good after a while. But what if you feel bad about stuff in the past? Or about being so lucky where others are not? Or about writing songs about it all?


Hyperlitical

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People who think they know what's best for others, though they haven't got their own lives sorted out yet, are among the least worthwhile people on the planet.

Yes, we are talking about Kitten from Big Brother 5.

No, it is not about time we got over her, thank you very much for asking.


Futures Of The Past: On Using 20th Century Science Fiction As An Analogy For The Prevailing Social Climate

Man, didn't the future used to be awesome?

Several films and stuff are referenced in this song.


The Action Skank

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A little bit Persian, a little bit swing. A little bit ska, a little bit rock.

No words, just physical action.

Our signature tune, man. Classy.


The Circus Song

Man, to hear some single men talk, you'd think that bachelorhood was like a frikkin' circus: a riot of colour and excitement, an unending whirl of exotic and surprising experiences.

But in many ways, being a single man is more like a circus: frightening, unsafe, and ethically questionable; dung-smelling and threadbare; characterised by parading freaks and sweaty men with looming, painted-on grins.

Or maybe it just seems that way in hindsight.


Why doesn't Batman dance any more?

This song will make you dance, like a pair of magic shoes. You will dance till you cry.


Paperclip

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Yes, it looks like I'm writing a letter. No, I don't want any help, thanks. No, actually no.

No, damnit!


Minnie The Moocher

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Ah, good old Cab Calloway, with his reet-pleated zoot suit ... our version of this is sort of gothic most of the way through, with a frantic swingcore bit in the middle.