Beginning in 1987 in London, England, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) released hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and, on one occasion (the British number one hit single "Doctorin' the Tardis"), as The Timelords. As The KLF, Drummond and Cauty pioneered the genres "stadium house" (rave music with a pop-rock production and sampled crowd noise) and "ambient house". The KLF released a series of international top-ten hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the highest internationally selling UK band of 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual, and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gaining notoriety for various anarchic situationist manifestations, including the defacement of billboard adverts, the posting of prominent cryptic advertisements in NME magazine and the mainstream press, and highly distinctive and unusual performances on Top of the Pops. Their most notorious performance was at the February 1992 Brit Awards, where they horrified the formal audience with a hardcore thrash version of "3 A.M. Eternal" (performed with the justifiably named Extreme Noise Terror) that also included Drummond spraying the crowd with blanks from an automatic rifle and the post-performance announcement, "The KLF have left the music industry." Topping their already extreme actions, Cauty and Drummond delivered the carcass of a dead sheep -- plus eight gallons of blood -- to the lobby of the hotel after-party. In May 1992 the duo deleted their entire back catalogue.
With The KLF's profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year and burning a million pounds sterling. Although Drummond and Cauty remained true to their word of May 1992—the KLF Communications catalogue remains deleted—they have released a small number of new tracks since then, as the K Foundation, The One World Orchestra and most recently, in 1997, as 2K. Cauty has provided remixing services for bands as diverse as Hawkwind and Placebo, under the name Scourge of the Earth.
The KLF catalogue remained absent from digital platforms until January 1, 2021, when an 8-track compilation of their 7" hit singles 1988-1991 - Solid State Logik 1 was released on streaming platforms, marking the 1st installment of a series called Samplecity Thru Trancentral.
Madrugada Eterna
The KLF Lyrics
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Come get your mojo hey
Come back fat as a rat
All the way down the east coast
Get ready
Get ready
Get-get-I tore all the way down the east coast
I'm talkin' to you baby
Get-get-get-get-get-ready
Get ready
You!
You!
But in the kingdom of God...
all the way down the east coast
come back fat as a rat (rat rat rat)
if-if-if ya need me baby
if ya need me baby
if ya need me baby
when the sun goes down to the light
you have so much money you goin get scared
'cause I got it
sevent-
seventeen-year-old Jack Acksadapo was driving home to Belmore last
night after finishing work at his father's Lindcrest diner in Lindenhurst.
According to Nassau homocide sergeant John Nolan, witnesses saw
Acksadapo drag racing with another car along Merrick Road in Wantaugh. Nolan
says the young man lost control and slid into a row of stores. His body
was pulled from the car by a passing motorist after which the car, in flames,
destroying stores ...
Yahoo!
A reading from Matthew Nine
according to verse 22
God!
Be of good courage, and be of good comfort!
My faith has made thee whole.
Well, hello there, Mick J. Sorrenson on the all night time machine,
we're going to play some good songs tonight.
... I'm coming in
The lyrics to The KLF's song Madrugada Eterna are a collection of seemingly disjointed phrases and references that combine to convey a sense of urgency and impending doom. The repeated line "all the way down the east coast" suggests a journey or migration, while the phrase "come back fat as a rat" could refer to a return with abundance or success. The repetition of "get ready" reinforces the urgency and the sense of preparation for something big. The inclusion of a news report about a young man's death in a car accident adds a feeling of mortality and danger to the song. The biblical reference to Matthew Nine is a message of hope and faith in difficult times.
Overall, the lyrics convey a sense of impending change, perhaps an apocalypse or a major life shift. The phrase "get your mojo" suggests a need for personal power or motivation, while the news report adds a sense of unpredictability and impermanence to life. The reference to Matthew Nine offers a glimmer of hope in tumultuous times.
Line by Line Meaning
Through the light
Guided by divine light
Come get your mojo hey
Reclaim your power
Come back fat as a rat
Return successful and wealthy
All the way down the east coast
Traveling far and wide
Get ready
Prepare yourself
Get ready
Ready yourself
Get-get-I tore all the way down the east coast
Traveled a great distance with power and intensity
I'm talkin' to you baby
Directly addressing the listener
You!
Emphasizing the importance of the listener
Get-get-get-get-get-ready
Reinforcing the need to prepare
Get ready
Ready yourself
You!
Emphasizing the importance of the listener
You!
Emphasizing the importance of the listener
But in the kingdom of God...
However, in the eyes of God...
all the way down the east coast
Traveling far and wide
come back fat as a rat (rat rat rat)
Return successful and wealthy
if-if-if ya need me baby
Offering help if required
if ya need me baby
Offering help if required
if ya need me baby
Offering help if required
when the sun goes down to the light
During the transition period from day to night
you have so much money you goin get scared
Having excessive wealth may cause fear
'cause I got it
Implying that the artist is the source of wealth
sevent- seventeen-year-old Jack Acksadapo was driving home to Belmore last night after finishing work at his father's Lindcrest diner in Lindenhurst. According to Nassau homocide sergeant John Nolan, witnesses saw Acksadapo drag racing with another car along Merrick Road in Wantaugh. Nolan says the young man lost control and slid into a row of stores. His body was pulled from the car by a passing motorist after which the car, in flames, destroying stores ...
News report about a deadly car accident
Yahoo!
Expressing excitement or joy
A reading from Matthew Nine
Quoting a passage from the Bible
according to verse 22
Specifically referencing a passage
God!
Addressing God in disbelief or shock
Be of good courage, and be of good comfort!
Encouraging strength and comfort
My faith has made thee whole.
Asserting the artist's faith has healed the listener
Well, hello there, Mick J. Sorrenson on the all night time machine, we're going to play some good songs tonight.
Beginning a radio show
... I'm coming in
Introducing the singer's entrance into the radio show
Contributed by Riley R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@squick1842
Through the light
Come get your mojo hey
Come back fat as a rat
All the way down the east coast
Get ready
Get ready
Get-get-I tore all the way down the east coast
I'm talkin' to you baby
You!
Get-get-get-get-get-ready
Get ready
You!
You!
But in the kingdom of God...
...come back fat as a rat
all the way down the east coast
come back fat as a rat (rat rat rat)
if-if-if ya need me baby
if ya need me baby
if ya need me baby
when the sun goes down to the light
you have so much money you goin get scared
'cause I got it
sevent-
seventeen-year-old Jack Acksadapo was driving home to Belmore last
night after finishing work at his father's Lindcrest diner in Lindenhurst.
According to Nassau homocide sergeant John Nolan, witnesses saw
Acksadapo drag racing with another car along Merrick Road in Wantaugh. Nolan
says the young man lost control and slid into a row of stores. His body
was pulled from the car by a passing motorist after which the car, in flames,
destroying stores ...
Yahoo!
A reading from Matthew Nine
according to verse 22
God!
Be of good courage, and be of good comfort!
My faith has made thee whole.
Well, hello there, Mick J. Sorrenson on the all night time machine,
we're going to play some good songs tonight.
... I'm coming in
@etherealcatholic5711
ndawg333
Brian Eno
Isao Tomita
Tangerine Dream
Suicide
Boyd Rice 1977 LP (introduced sampling to music & our World was never the same)
Kraftwerk + a few other 70's German electro groups...
were doing it in the 70's long before KLF.
Still this song + entire LP was mind blowing 90-94.
@TheBobkul
Yes. I listen to this for decades now. Never get tired. Never.
@michakowalski7887
Yes :)
@sonjatischer6894
Yes😊😊😊
@Lurker1222
My brother helped me move across the country for school back in 2008. Miami to Phoenix. At about 3 am we were driving through Louisiana, on I10, in the middle of no where, in the middle of the bayou. You couldn't see anything. He then put this album on. It has scarred me for life. I'll never forget it. I was terrified. lol.
It really is one of the greats.
You can hear these random beats come in and it sounds like the song is gonna drop into some dance track. Then you realize its just supposed to be the sound of a truck driving past. Genius
@keith4804
This song takes me back to when I first discovered it. Summer 2000, I had just graduated high school. So young, my whole future ahead of me. Great loves and heartbreaks yet to be experienced. Many successes and failures yet to come. This song makes me both sad I am no longer that young man but happy to be the man I am now with so many rich life experiences and 20 years of wisdom gained. I wonder how I'll feel if or when I hear this song again maybe in another 20 years from now
@MikeRussell51
you just read my mind, exactly the same here
@Seba29015
Hello, do you know the artist of this song?
@RossoNero1987
Found out this on my beginning with listening to music. Still my favorite relaxing song. Music is very important to me
@mrwhite960
Well said mate music is very important to me too cant go one day without listening
@12inchvertical
this album was created live in a basement ... KLF hadn't even been on a train ride through the southwest of the US, this was just what they imagined it would be like if they did. that folks, is the expression of true creative talent