Phone is Tapped (And I Don't Care): old-timey string band song about surveillance

Dina sez, "We thought you might like this old-timey string band song called "Phone is Tapped (And I don't care)" by Montreal band Lake Of Stew.

Phone is tapped and I don't care (2x)
If anyone's listening, let's be clear,
Makes no difference what you hear.

CCTV on the post (2x)
Lookin' over all the ghosts
I'm gonna be the TV host.

Taking pictures from the sky (2x)
Smiling up at the satellite
You'll wish you were here with us tonight.

Send the patrol cars around (2x)
They'll find the string band throwing down
They just can't stop that joyful sound.

MP3: Phone is Tapped (And I Don't Care) (Thanks, Dina!)

[#1 posted by refrud, January 27, 2009 1:47 PM]

would this song be written by someone today

[#2 posted by leakyskull, January 27, 2009 2:25 PM]

this song was written by brad levia and richard rigby of the band lake of stew

[#3 posted by ahtran, January 27, 2009 3:02 PM]

har
this group is aces, and are responsible for my being able to sit through and enjoy bluegrass radio shows.

[#4 posted by colmannady, January 27, 2009 3:19 PM]

Anyone ever post this here? I don't read comments enough to know if this is old hat ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16InStip5k

[#5 posted by mokudan, January 27, 2009 4:53 PM]

This is one of the best band names I've ever heard in my life.

[#6 posted by mneptok, January 27, 2009 4:57 PM]

Love the ID3 tag title, "Phone The Is Taped."

Probably is, too.

[#7 posted by Piedmont, January 27, 2009 6:04 PM]

Is this link working for anyone?

[#8 posted by arkizzle, January 27, 2009 6:13 PM]

colmannady

Amazing! Thanks a million!

Gotta get the whole movie..

[#9 posted by arkizzle, January 27, 2009 6:14 PM]

Piedmont, yep.

[#10 posted by jackie31337, January 28, 2009 12:44 AM]

I think I'm going to make this my personal theme song. It sums up my thoughts nicely: I figure if somebody is going to the trouble of watching me, I might as well make sure they get a good show.

On a side note, the lyrics in the post are incomplete and not quite the same as the ones in the recording. The bridge is missing entirely. To the best of my hearing ability, it sounds like "Only so many eyes can see. Only so many ears can hear (x2)." In other places, like the "lookin' over all the ghosts" line, it really sounds like the lyrics in the recording are different. I wish I could hear/understand the rest of the words well enough to transcribe it exactly.