Biografia:
General Elektriks is the brainchild of Hervé Salters, a French national and a keen vintage keyboard player. Salters was playing keys for his bands and for various artists in Paris (Femi Kuti, -M-, Vercoquin, DJ Mehdi etc.…) before he moved to San Francisco in 1999… He started working on funk collages as he was moving to the US, using his favorite keyboards, a computer and a mic. There, he hooked up with the Quannum Crew (Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, etc.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Intro]
G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/C C#m (x3)
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Verse]
G# G#
Call your station, tell them we’re coming
C#m C#m
Imagination is what we’re demanding
G# G#
We won’t stray, you’ll hear us scream and shout
C#m C#m
Till they play songs we can dream about
G# G# Cm#*
Across the nation, dance to a different drum
[Instrumental]
G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/D C#m (x2)
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Verse]
G# G#
Free the DJs, burn the ties
C#m C#m
Let the music they play electrify
G# G#
Bring out the poets, bring out the punks
C#m C#m
Watch them give rise to a brand new funk
G# G# C#m*
Across the nation, dance to a different drum
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Synth Solo]
G# G# C#m C#m (x2)
G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/D C#m (x2)
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* = Strum once and release
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G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/C C#m (x3)
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Verse]
G# G#
Call your station, tell them we’re coming
C#m C#m
Imagination is what we’re demanding
G# G#
We won’t stray, you’ll hear us scream and shout
C#m C#m
Till they play songs we can dream about
G# G# Cm#*
Across the nation, dance to a different drum
[Instrumental]
G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/D C#m (x2)
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Verse]
G# G#
Free the DJs, burn the ties
C#m C#m
Let the music they play electrify
G# G#
Bring out the poets, bring out the punks
C#m C#m
Watch them give rise to a brand new funk
G# G# C#m*
Across the nation, dance to a different drum
[Chorus]
G#m Caug C#m Am
Raid the radio
E G# C#m
Cause we’re tired of hearing the same hold song
G#m Caug C#m Am
We’re gonna change the dial to something new
E G# C#
Bring some truth to this town
[Synth Solo]
G# G# C#m C#m (x2)
G#m/B Caug C#m Am/C E/B G#/D C#m (x2)
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* = Strum once and release
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