Chords for The KLF return after 23 year absence – Channel 4 News 23/08/2017
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The abrupt retirement of the anarchic electronic band the KLF in 1994 was described as the most heroic act of public
self-destruction in the history of pop.
Signing off with a stunt in which they set fire to 1 million pounds,
they deleted their back catalogue but promised to return after 23 years.
That time is up and last night they drove into Liverpool to begin three days of events starting with their very own
version of a book signing and our North of England correspondent Kieran Jenkins was there.
A warning there is flash photography throughout his report.
[D] 23 [Ab] seconds after midnight on the 23rd of August [B] in Liverpool, an ice cream van nudges through a giddy crowd.
It bears Ukrainian insignia, plays a haunting chime
[D] and on board two [Gb] former pop stars
[Ab] emerging from a 23 year absence.
[Ebm] The KLF [Ab] aka the justified ancients [A] of [Bbm] Moo Moo are back.
[Ab]
[Gbm] They were in the early 90s very, very [Gb] famous.
[Gbm] They spawned their own genre Stadium House, Remix Doctor [Em] Who,
rose to the top of the music pyramid and railed against it.
[Bb]
They embraced chaos, confusion and obscure mythology.
[Db] On August the [N] 23rd 1994 on a Scottish island, the KLF's Bill Drummond and Jimmy Corty set fire to 1 million pounds.
They vowed not to explain themselves for 23 years.
And here they are after said time has passed, launching a book.
Not with the answer, but a question there on the T-shirts.
What the is going on?
No, no.
May I ask what is going on?
No, no.
No, no.
Excuse me, we've got a queue.
Not a possible question.
Thank you very much.
Nice one.
Well, [E] after their [Dm] long silence, we're not going to find out [E] tonight why they burned a million quid.
So why are we [Ab] here?
What is this?
What's [E] all this about?
Well, that's deliberately [N] an open question, which they have no intention of answering.
Whatever it is, will unfold over three days in Liverpool.
The book, a self-referential dystopian novel, is just the beginning.
The ending will involve 400 volunteers doing, well, something.
So you signed up to something and you have no idea what it is that you're going to be asked to do?
Not a clue, but I trust these guys.
You trust two guys who burned a million pounds?
Oh, yeah.
In between, there'll be a mock public inquiry featuring this man.
So you were Gimpo, right?
I am Gimpo.
As a key witness.
You were there?
Yeah, I filmed it.
You saw that money go up in smoke?
Yeah, yeah, it was fun.
[E] There's merchandise for sale, high-vis vests and a fake Starbucks [B] cup.
How much [E] is all this stuff?
Well, [D] everything's £20.23, which is [F] either a lot of money [E] for a disposable cup [D] or very, very cheap for a work of art.
[Eb] [D] So you've gleaned the number 23 [Ab] is important, and so are these [N] people.
You've made it to Liverpool.
400 KLF followers who paid £100 to take part.
You've committed to three days of volunteering on a situation you know nothing about.
What are you, stupid?
They learned they'll form a fake band with fake fans.
We're [Dm] super fans.
Rules they immediately embrace.
What is going on here?
Is this some sort of middle-aged, middle [N]-class pantomime?
Dude, it's a situation.
Deal with it.
[Bb] You know, it's 2017.
[B] What are we going to do?
We need to [C] reinvent art to make it useful again.
Just saying.
[A]
[C] This is not a comeback.
The KLF won't be performing.
So what have Pop's great [Ebm] provocateurs been plotting?
Will it resonate [F] beyond their own devoted super fans?
We're about to find [Eb] out.
self-destruction in the history of pop.
Signing off with a stunt in which they set fire to 1 million pounds,
they deleted their back catalogue but promised to return after 23 years.
That time is up and last night they drove into Liverpool to begin three days of events starting with their very own
version of a book signing and our North of England correspondent Kieran Jenkins was there.
A warning there is flash photography throughout his report.
[D] 23 [Ab] seconds after midnight on the 23rd of August [B] in Liverpool, an ice cream van nudges through a giddy crowd.
It bears Ukrainian insignia, plays a haunting chime
[D] and on board two [Gb] former pop stars
[Ab] emerging from a 23 year absence.
[Ebm] The KLF [Ab] aka the justified ancients [A] of [Bbm] Moo Moo are back.
[Ab]
[Gbm] They were in the early 90s very, very [Gb] famous.
[Gbm] They spawned their own genre Stadium House, Remix Doctor [Em] Who,
rose to the top of the music pyramid and railed against it.
[Bb]
They embraced chaos, confusion and obscure mythology.
[Db] On August the [N] 23rd 1994 on a Scottish island, the KLF's Bill Drummond and Jimmy Corty set fire to 1 million pounds.
They vowed not to explain themselves for 23 years.
And here they are after said time has passed, launching a book.
Not with the answer, but a question there on the T-shirts.
What the is going on?
No, no.
May I ask what is going on?
No, no.
No, no.
Excuse me, we've got a queue.
Not a possible question.
Thank you very much.
Nice one.
Well, [E] after their [Dm] long silence, we're not going to find out [E] tonight why they burned a million quid.
So why are we [Ab] here?
What is this?
What's [E] all this about?
Well, that's deliberately [N] an open question, which they have no intention of answering.
Whatever it is, will unfold over three days in Liverpool.
The book, a self-referential dystopian novel, is just the beginning.
The ending will involve 400 volunteers doing, well, something.
So you signed up to something and you have no idea what it is that you're going to be asked to do?
Not a clue, but I trust these guys.
You trust two guys who burned a million pounds?
Oh, yeah.
In between, there'll be a mock public inquiry featuring this man.
So you were Gimpo, right?
I am Gimpo.
As a key witness.
You were there?
Yeah, I filmed it.
You saw that money go up in smoke?
Yeah, yeah, it was fun.
[E] There's merchandise for sale, high-vis vests and a fake Starbucks [B] cup.
How much [E] is all this stuff?
Well, [D] everything's £20.23, which is [F] either a lot of money [E] for a disposable cup [D] or very, very cheap for a work of art.
[Eb] [D] So you've gleaned the number 23 [Ab] is important, and so are these [N] people.
You've made it to Liverpool.
400 KLF followers who paid £100 to take part.
You've committed to three days of volunteering on a situation you know nothing about.
What are you, stupid?
They learned they'll form a fake band with fake fans.
We're [Dm] super fans.
Rules they immediately embrace.
What is going on here?
Is this some sort of middle-aged, middle [N]-class pantomime?
Dude, it's a situation.
Deal with it.
[Bb] You know, it's 2017.
[B] What are we going to do?
We need to [C] reinvent art to make it useful again.
Just saying.
[A]
[C] This is not a comeback.
The KLF won't be performing.
So what have Pop's great [Ebm] provocateurs been plotting?
Will it resonate [F] beyond their own devoted super fans?
We're about to find [Eb] out.
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The abrupt retirement of the anarchic electronic band the KLF in 1994 was described as the most heroic act of public
self-destruction in the history of pop.
Signing off with a stunt in which they set fire to 1 million pounds,
they deleted their back catalogue but promised to return after 23 years.
That time is up and last night they drove into Liverpool to begin three days of events starting with their very own
version of a book signing and our North of England correspondent Kieran Jenkins was there.
A warning there is flash photography throughout his report. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ 23 [Ab] seconds after midnight on the 23rd of August [B] in Liverpool, an ice cream van nudges through a giddy crowd.
It bears Ukrainian insignia, plays a haunting chime _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ and on board two [Gb] former pop stars
[Ab] emerging from a 23 year absence.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] The KLF [Ab] aka the justified ancients [A] of [Bbm] Moo Moo are back.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] They were in the early 90s very, very [Gb] famous. _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] They spawned their own genre Stadium House, Remix Doctor [Em] Who,
_ _ _ _ rose to the top of the music pyramid and railed against it.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ They embraced chaos, confusion and obscure mythology.
[Db] On August the [N] 23rd 1994 on a Scottish island, _ _ _ _ the KLF's Bill Drummond and Jimmy Corty set fire to 1 million pounds.
_ They vowed not to explain themselves for 23 years. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And here they are after said time has passed, launching a book.
Not with the answer, but a question there on the T-shirts.
What the is going on?
No, no. _ _
May I ask what is going on?
No, no.
No, no.
Excuse me, we've got a queue.
_ Not a possible question.
_ Thank you very much.
Nice one.
_ Well, _ [E] after their [Dm] long silence, we're not going to find out [E] tonight why they burned a million quid.
So why are we [Ab] here?
What is this?
What's [E] all this about?
Well, that's deliberately [N] an open question, which they have no intention of answering.
_ _ Whatever it is, will unfold over three days in Liverpool.
The book, a self-referential dystopian novel, is just the beginning.
The ending will involve 400 volunteers doing, well, something. _
So you signed up to something and you have no idea what it is that you're going to be asked to do?
Not a clue, but I trust these guys. _ _
You trust two guys who burned a million pounds?
Oh, yeah. _ _
_ In between, there'll be a mock public inquiry featuring this man.
So you were Gimpo, right?
I am Gimpo.
As a key witness.
You were there?
Yeah, I filmed it.
You saw that money go up in smoke?
Yeah, yeah, it was fun. _
_ [E] _ There's merchandise for sale, high-vis vests and a fake Starbucks [B] cup.
How much [E] is all this stuff?
Well, [D] everything's £20.23, which is [F] either a lot of money [E] for a disposable cup _ [D] or very, very cheap for a work of art.
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ So you've gleaned the number 23 [Ab] is important, and so are these [N] people.
You've made it to Liverpool.
400 KLF followers who paid £100 to take part.
You've committed to three days of volunteering on a situation you know nothing about.
What are you, stupid? _
They learned they'll form a fake band with fake fans.
We're [Dm] super fans.
Rules they immediately embrace.
What is going on here?
Is this some sort of middle-aged, middle [N]-class pantomime?
Dude, it's a situation.
_ Deal with it.
[Bb] You know, it's 2017.
[B] What _ are we going to do?
We need to [C] reinvent art to make it useful again.
Just saying.
_ _ _ [A] _
[C] This is not a comeback.
The KLF won't be performing.
So what have Pop's great [Ebm] provocateurs been plotting?
Will it resonate [F] beyond their own devoted super fans?
We're about to find [Eb] out. _ _ _ _ _ _
self-destruction in the history of pop.
Signing off with a stunt in which they set fire to 1 million pounds,
they deleted their back catalogue but promised to return after 23 years.
That time is up and last night they drove into Liverpool to begin three days of events starting with their very own
version of a book signing and our North of England correspondent Kieran Jenkins was there.
A warning there is flash photography throughout his report. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ 23 [Ab] seconds after midnight on the 23rd of August [B] in Liverpool, an ice cream van nudges through a giddy crowd.
It bears Ukrainian insignia, plays a haunting chime _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ and on board two [Gb] former pop stars
[Ab] emerging from a 23 year absence.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] The KLF [Ab] aka the justified ancients [A] of [Bbm] Moo Moo are back.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] They were in the early 90s very, very [Gb] famous. _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] They spawned their own genre Stadium House, Remix Doctor [Em] Who,
_ _ _ _ rose to the top of the music pyramid and railed against it.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ They embraced chaos, confusion and obscure mythology.
[Db] On August the [N] 23rd 1994 on a Scottish island, _ _ _ _ the KLF's Bill Drummond and Jimmy Corty set fire to 1 million pounds.
_ They vowed not to explain themselves for 23 years. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And here they are after said time has passed, launching a book.
Not with the answer, but a question there on the T-shirts.
What the is going on?
No, no. _ _
May I ask what is going on?
No, no.
No, no.
Excuse me, we've got a queue.
_ Not a possible question.
_ Thank you very much.
Nice one.
_ Well, _ [E] after their [Dm] long silence, we're not going to find out [E] tonight why they burned a million quid.
So why are we [Ab] here?
What is this?
What's [E] all this about?
Well, that's deliberately [N] an open question, which they have no intention of answering.
_ _ Whatever it is, will unfold over three days in Liverpool.
The book, a self-referential dystopian novel, is just the beginning.
The ending will involve 400 volunteers doing, well, something. _
So you signed up to something and you have no idea what it is that you're going to be asked to do?
Not a clue, but I trust these guys. _ _
You trust two guys who burned a million pounds?
Oh, yeah. _ _
_ In between, there'll be a mock public inquiry featuring this man.
So you were Gimpo, right?
I am Gimpo.
As a key witness.
You were there?
Yeah, I filmed it.
You saw that money go up in smoke?
Yeah, yeah, it was fun. _
_ [E] _ There's merchandise for sale, high-vis vests and a fake Starbucks [B] cup.
How much [E] is all this stuff?
Well, [D] everything's £20.23, which is [F] either a lot of money [E] for a disposable cup _ [D] or very, very cheap for a work of art.
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ So you've gleaned the number 23 [Ab] is important, and so are these [N] people.
You've made it to Liverpool.
400 KLF followers who paid £100 to take part.
You've committed to three days of volunteering on a situation you know nothing about.
What are you, stupid? _
They learned they'll form a fake band with fake fans.
We're [Dm] super fans.
Rules they immediately embrace.
What is going on here?
Is this some sort of middle-aged, middle [N]-class pantomime?
Dude, it's a situation.
_ Deal with it.
[Bb] You know, it's 2017.
[B] What _ are we going to do?
We need to [C] reinvent art to make it useful again.
Just saying.
_ _ _ [A] _
[C] This is not a comeback.
The KLF won't be performing.
So what have Pop's great [Ebm] provocateurs been plotting?
Will it resonate [F] beyond their own devoted super fans?
We're about to find [Eb] out. _ _ _ _ _ _