Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based indie rock band OK Go are known for their intricate and incredibly calculated music videos, a practice the Smithsonian called revolutionary. But this week they’ve released maybe their simplest and most direct video yet, and it’s soundtracked by a cover of Morrissey’s 1992 single “Interesting Drug.”
The OK Go version of the song modifies the lyrics a bit to combat the presidency of Donald Trump (hello, Russia!), and the video is an all-out visual assault on the man who will be sworn in today as the 45th president of the United States of America.
“We recorded a cover of Morrissey’s ‘Interesting Drug’ — it seems like the right soundtrack for this moment,” the band writes. “No matter how anxious or angry you are, try to turn your passion into something good for the world. We’re in this together.”
OK Go also performed the song on The Late Late Show With James Corden, and you can watch that here.
Morrissey – Interesting Drug
"Interesting Drug" as written by Stephen Street and Steven Morrissey....
There are some bad people on the rise
There are some bad people on the rise
They're saving their own skins by
Ruining other people's lives
Bad, bad people on the rise
Young married couple in debt
-Ever felt had?
Young married couple in debt
-Ever felt had?
On a government scheme
Designed to kill your dream
Oh mum, oh dad
Once poor, always poor
La la la la la
Interesting drug
The one that you took
Tell the truth - it really helped you
An interesting drug
The one that you took
God, it really really helped you
You wonder why we're only half-ashamed?
"Because enough is too much!
And look around...
Can you blame us? Can you blame us? "
On a government scheme
Designed to kill your dream
Oh mum, oh dad
Once poor, always poor
La la la la la
Interesting drug
The one that you took
Tell the truth - it really helped you
An interesting drug
The one that you took
God, it really really helped you
You wonder why we're only half-ashamed?
"Because enough is too much!
And look around...
Can you blame us? Can you blame us? "
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"Interesting Drug" as written by Steven Morrissey Stephen Brian Street
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