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Give A Damn

from The Covers EP by The Stow

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With their first offering from The Covers EP, London’s most interesting band, The Stow, have managed to do something very clever – give a song its own personality. When the opening line is ‘fuck what the others say, cause we don’t really give a damn!’ each syllable punctuated by the beat, you cant help but be amused, impressed and intrigued all at the same time.

The unapologetic first line opens into a song that’s empowering without being preachy, talking about not letting haters opinions have an effect on you (‘Keep on running your mouth cause all I hear is jealousy/Just turn your back, you do you, and I’ll do me’) and the lyrics are proudly British – when was the last time you heard anybody else use the phrase ‘we don’t give a monkeys’ in a pop song?


Shi’s smooth vocals and Haydn’s witty bars make this a song that’s smart and infectious, in fact the rhythms so catchy, you’ll be singing along to the chorus by the end. Its one of those tracks that stay in your head, long after its finished but it’ll have you smiling at the memory rather than being annoyed. Radio -friendly with a message instead of a gimmick its hard not to like a song that can reference, Tourette's syndrome, a buildings society and Jay-Z in the same verse. Sure to be a future concert favourite.

Monica Rahman, peppergrain.com

lyrics

Fuck what the others say 'cause we don't really give a damn
'Cause we don't give a monkeys we don't we don't give a monkeys no
Baby baby come on
Can't you hear what we say
Baby baby come on
Live life as we know
Baby baby come on
You can chat 'til your face blues
You're more than welcome to it 'cause we don't really give a

I don’t even know what’s your name
But you try to use your words to cause me pain
Said my head is stuck up in the clouds
And I should get down right now
Let me tell you a little something for free
Inconsequential statements they don’t mean shit to me
Keeping your mouth 'cause all it shows is jealousy
Just turn your back so you can do you and I’ll do me

Fuck what the others say 'cause we don't really give a damn
'Cause we don't give a monkeys we don't we don't give a monkeys no
Baby baby come on
Can't you hear what we say
Baby baby come on
Live life as we know
Baby baby come on
You can chat 'til your face blues
You're more than welcome to it 'cause we don't really give a

I've been told that I need work
On stage from the mind of an expert
Oh god I've been rumbled now I got stage fright listen to me mumble
Fuck you Tourette's damn you
Man a man bless you
Are you listening testing one two
Wipe my arse with it couldn't give a damn for it
Here's a penny for the thought now be gone with it
No Alliance so Leicester bounce with it
Build society's my own money mason it
No jay slip here I said maisonette
Grand designs to rule world
Bond girl bodyguard for sex n kills
I mean protect and shield
Damn you freud and untimely slips
Chorus verse let em contradict

Fuck what the others say 'cause we don't really give a damn
'Cause we don't give a monkeys we don't we don't give a monkeys no
Baby baby come on
Can't you hear what we say
Baby baby come on
Live life as we know
Baby baby come on
You can chat 'til your face blues
You're more than welcome to it 'cause we don't really give a

I hear there's truth in everything good or bad I'm listening
Thicker skin thicker skin mine is simply wafer thin
Sticks and stones is nonsense 'cause words can get you killed
The truth that really matters is what you really feel
When you're really being true to yourselves
You know what's true your ego can't prevail
And the force that's really strong with me
Is that we don't really give a

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from The Covers EP, track released May 27, 2011

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In 2009, Haydn, Shi, Gus, Dave and Matt fused together their love of indie pop and hip hop and formed The Stow.

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