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Receptacle For The Respectable Lyrics
It took a long time for me to get over
Your incredible ways
And now I'm minded to wipe out the memory
Of the way you behaved
You're a receptacle
For the respectable
I took some time out to study your actions
Of how you painted towns red
And if my worse fears came to fruition
I'm sure you'd leave us all dead
I was so gullible
But now I'm cynical
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba (X2)
We're all susceptible
To the incredible
Tell me, tell me, tell me again
Coz it's very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Tell me, tell me, explain your game
Coz its very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Tell me, tell me, tell me again
Coz it's very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Tell me, tell me, explain your game
Coz its very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Welcome as a storm cloud in the late December gloom
Subtle as a nail bomb in the head
You came to me in peace
And left me in pieces
Ooooh...
Receptacle for the respectable (X6)
Receptacle
Your incredible ways
And now I'm minded to wipe out the memory
Of the way you behaved
You're a receptacle
For the respectable
Of how you painted towns red
And if my worse fears came to fruition
I'm sure you'd leave us all dead
But now I'm cynical
Ba ba ba ba ba ba (X2)
To the incredible
Coz it's very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Coz its very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Coz it's very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Coz its very inane
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
Subtle as a nail bomb in the head
You came to me in peace
And left me in pieces
Receptacle
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Submitted by
hanners On Jan 19, 2002
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Receptacle. For the respectable. WHOA!!!!
"It started as a song in two parts, and then we added a third and then a fourth, and at one point a fifth as well - there was a hip hop bit at the end.
"It's a song about a girl around town, and being in awe/hurt by a powerful woman about town. And it's a celebration of absurd musical juxtapositions. I think the final section makes the song valid, because up 'til then it's an exercise in classicist rock music.
"It features a great vocal by Daf in the third part. It was a monster track to mix. And it's our chance to indulge in pantomime death metal at the end.
"It seemed the obvious song to give to Pete Fowler and his boundless imagination. The film is as unpredictable as the song. He's pushed his work into another dimension, and embraced art deco, which is the last thing you'd think he'd embrace. Pete Fowler now refers to his art as Monsterism. He didn't want to be a minor player in a big classification so he invented his own movement, and he's the biggest player in his field.
"The album to this point is a great driving album. I've recently passed my test and it's given me a new outlook on music. At that point it might be where drowsiness might kick in, so it's for the lorry driver who's got comfortable with the Bacharach-style balladry."
My take was that it is about being sold out by someone you really trusted. Receptable for the Respectable, meaning the trash can for the powerful
Paul McCartney plays the celery on this one.
Receptacle. For the respectable. WHOA!!!!