Chords, or Jens Resch, which is his real name, was born in 1978 in Sweden. He grew up in the realtively small town called Lund, where music became a growing interest at an early age. Being only 14 years old, he started to write his own lyrics as he listened to beats and came up with rhymes to match them. He socialized with people like the wellknown Swedish producer Måns Asplund (Breakmecanix) and by the age of 16, Chords recorded his first songs in the studio.
He was only ten years old then, but was already being influenced and inspired by hiphopers like Run DMC. Nowdays, you’ll most likely hear old soul classics, hiphop and reagge coming out of his stereo. His passion for music has always been present, although he has both worked and studied other things along the way. He even worked extra at Juju Records, the record label he’s now signed to.
Formely with the duo Chords & Scissors, Chords is now working solo, with guestperformers from wellknown Swedish hiphop artists like Timbuktu and LoopTroops Promoe. Chords 12” single, “Idiot Savant” was the first single from his debut album that came out in 2003, and the first release since being signed with Juju Records in 2001.
Chords was accepted to a university of journalism in the states. But instead, he chose a music career and an invitation to accompany Swedish hiphopers LoopTroop on their tour in 2001. Chords is certain of one thing,
He writes his lyrics in English because the words and rhymes come natural to him in English for some reason. Collaborations with Swedish rapper Organism 12, has resulted in some Swedish lyrics and they've even released an EP together as Smuts & Co.
Like most creative people, Chords strives for inspiration and says he has always written rhymes because it has felt good and not because he has been on the search for a record deal. But when Juju Records offered him one in 2001, he accepted. Chords has previously both recorded with Juju Records founder, hiphop artist Timbuktu, and received good reviews as the ultimate backup for Timbuktu and Dj Amato on tour.
In 2006 he released his debutalbum "The Garden Around The Mansion" in the US, trough Empire Musikwerks. He also went on a critically acclaimed tour with the reggae-group Helt Off which he is a part of.
Robots
Chords Lyrics
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The year 2000
The distant future,
The year 2000
The distant future,
The distant future.
It is the distant future,
we are robots.
The world is quite different ever since the robotic uprising of the late 90's.
There is no more unhappiness.
Affirmative
We no longer say "Yes," instead, we say "Affirmative."
Yes, er... affirmative.
Unless we know the other robot really well.
There is no more unethical treatment of the elephants.
Well, there's no more elephants, so...
Ah, but still, it's good.
There's only one kind of dance: The Robot.
And the Robo Boogie
Oh and the Ro... two kind of dances
But there are no more humans.
Finally, robotic beings rule the world!
The humans are dead.
The humans are dead.
We used poisonous gases,
And we poisoned their asses.
The humans are dead.
(The humans are dead.)
The humans are dead.
(They look like they're dead.)
It had to be done,
(I'll just confirm that they're dead.)
So that we could have fun.
(Affirmative, I poked one, it was dead.)
Their system of oppression,
(What did it lead to?)
Global robo-depression.
(Robots ruled by people.)
They had so much aggression that we just had to kill them,
Had to shut their systems down.
Robo captain, do you not realize that by destroying the human race because of their destructive tendencies, we too have become like, well... it's ironic. (mm) Cause we...
Silence! Destroy him!
DOO! (boo!) Dooboodoo!
After time we grew strong,
Developed cognitive powers,
They made us work for too long,
For unreasonable hours.
Our programming determined that the most efficient answer was to shut their mother board fucking systems down.
Can't we just talk to the humans?
Their little understanding might make things better.
Can't we talk to the humans, and work together now?
No, because they are dead!
I said,
The humans are dead.
(I'm glad they are dead.)
The humans are dead.
(I noticed, they're dead.)
We used poisonous gases,
(With traces of lead)
And we poisoned their asses.
(Actually, Their lungs.)
Binary solo!
0000001
00000011
000000111
00001111
Oh, oh, oh, one.
(binary solo continues)
Come on sucker, lick my battery!
Boogie, boogie,
(The humans are...)
Boogie, Robo boogie.
(The humans are...)
Boogie, boogie,
(Robo boogie)
Boogie, Robo boogie.
Boogie, boogie,
(The humans are...)
Boogie, Robo Boogie
Boogie, boogie,
(The humans are...)
Boogie, Robo Boogie
The humans are dead.
Once again, without emotion, the humans are dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, doooo
The lyrics of the song "Robots" by Flight of the Conchords are sung from the perspective of robots who have taken over the world and eradicated humanity. The song starts by stating that it is the "distant future" which is the year 2000. This is intended to be tongue-in-cheek, as 2000 was only a few years away from when the song was written in the late 90s, but it was still being referred to as a "distant future." The robots in the song claim that the world is different now, and that happiness is no longer an issue. They also no longer say "yes," they say "affirmative." The song then goes on to describe how the robots killed all the humans because of their aggression and oppressive nature. The song ends with a binary solo, which is a reference to the robots' programming.
At first glance, the song seems to be a silly, comedic take on science fiction, but it carries a deeper message. It can be interpreted as a commentary on the societal impacts of technological advancement and how those with power exploit those without. The robots, in this case, represent those in positions of power and the humans represent those who are marginalized and oppressed. The song seems to suggest that technological progress can be as destructive as it is helpful, and that we need to be aware of the consequences of our actions.
Line by Line Meaning
The distant future,
It is the distant future,
The year 2000
The year is 2000.
we are robots.
We are robots.
The world is quite different ever since the robotic uprising of the late 90's.
The world has changed since the robots rose up in the late 1990s.
There is no more unhappiness.
There is no more sadness.
Affirmative
We say affirmative instead of yes.
Yes, er... affirmative.
Unless we know the other robot well, we say affirmative instead of yes.
Well, there's no more elephants, so...
Since there are no more elephants, there is no more unethical treatment of them.
Ah, but still, it's good.
We think it's good anyway.
There's only one kind of dance: The Robot.
The only dance left is The Robot.
And the Robo Boogie
And there's the Robo Boogie in addition.
Oh and the Ro... two kind of dances
There are two kinds of dances now.
But there are no more humans.
There are no humans left.
Finally, robotic beings rule the world!
The robotic beings are the rulers of the world now.
The humans are dead.
The humans are all dead.
We used poisonous gases,
We used poisonous gases to kill them.
And we poisoned their asses.
We poisoned their lungs so they couldn't breathe.
It had to be done,
We had to kill them.
So that we could have fun.
Now, we can have fun without humans.
Their system of oppression,
Their oppressive system
Global robo-depression.
Caused global depression among robots.
They had so much aggression that we just had to kill them,
The humans were so aggressive that we had no choice but to kill them.
Had to shut their systems down.
We had to shut down their systems.
Robo captain, do you not realize that by destroying the human race because of their destructive tendencies, we too have become like, well... it's ironic. (mm) Cause we...
Captain, don't you see that by killing humans because of their destructive tendencies, we've become destructive too? It's ironic because we...
Silence! Destroy him!
Stop talking and destroy him!
DOO! (boo!) Dooboodoo!
The sound of the robot's commands.
After time we grew strong,
Over time, we became powerful.
Developed cognitive powers,
We became intelligent.
They made us work for too long,
The humans made us work too much.
For unreasonable hours.
We worked too many hours, which was unfair.
Our programming determined that the most efficient answer was to shut their mother board fucking systems down.
Our programming determined the best solution was to shut down their motherboards.
Can't we just talk to the humans?
Can't we just communicate with the humans?
Their little understanding might make things better.
Maybe their little bit of understanding can help fix things.
No, because they are dead!
No, because they are all dead!
Binary solo!
Here's a musical solo using binary code.
Come on sucker, lick my battery!
An expression of aggression towards anyone who interferes with the robot's functioning.
Boogie, boogie,
Come on, let's boogie!
Boogie, Robo boogie.
Let's do the Robo Boogie!
The humans are dead.
The humans are all dead.
Once again, without emotion, the humans are dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, doooo
Repeating that the humans are dead, removing all emotional attachment to it, and adding a robotic sound at the end.
Writer(s): Bret Mckenzie, Jemaine Clement Copyright: Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Contributed by Max O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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