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Adelaide's Okay
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Download the mp3 of this song from the Triple J website.
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(Thank you to Lisa for the intro of this song).
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Adam:
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As part of our "Adelaide, it's okay" week we've asked Tripod to come up with a catchy song in honour of Adelaide. In particular, Bob Hope's dead, if we could have a mention of that; there's the Glenelg tram; we want a hidden message somewhere in the song; we want reference to the nutritional benefit of some obscure food source and we want a brutal payout on some other part of Australia. Tripod, the "Adelaide's Okay" song...
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(At this point Tripod realise they forgot the brutal payout and you hear things such as "we forgot", "oops", "no, it's okay")
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Scod:
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Everybody used to say,
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That Adelaide was kind of scary,
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But I never felt that way.
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And when you rode the Glenelg tram,
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It used to shake as it moved over,
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Unmarked graves.
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Tripod:
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But I just think,
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It's bad workmanship.
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We're smoothing out the problems,
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As we go in Adelaide.
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The ones that we can't solve,
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Then we're just burying.
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Yon:
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If the city is like beef jerky,
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As everyone always says.
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Scod:
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Then we've added some salt,
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And we've...
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Gatesy:
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Guess we've, sort of, levelled it out...
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Scod:
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Yeah...
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Yon:
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Oh, no, no, no, we've taken out salt.
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Scod:
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Why?
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Yon:
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'Cause beef jerky is salty.
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Gatesy:
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Quite salty.
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Scod:
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Oh, okay.
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Yon:
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Don't know why you'd want to have more salt.
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Scod:
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It's a weird metaphor, that one.
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Gatesy:
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Yeah.
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Yon:
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Yeah, it's a strange one.
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Scod:
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Everybody used to say,
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That the old Van Morrison ad was better,
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But I never felt that way.
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I prefer my tourist dollars,
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To go towards some imitation,
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Session guy.
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Tripod:
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Doing a rip-off,
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Of a good song.
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Gatesy:
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I hate that!
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Scod:
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I know, it's just cheap, isn't it?
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Gatesy:
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Terrible!
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Yon:
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Absolutely! And then I like when they change the melody just enough so it's, like, a different song, but you know what they're basically trying to rip off.
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Scod:
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Yeah, exactly.
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Gatesy:
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They should just write their own bloody song.
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Yon:
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Yeah, I so agree.
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Tripod:
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We're smoothing out the problems,
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As we go in Adelaide.
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We're scaling down the boringness,
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In an understated way.
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Yon:
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If the city was like bread pudding,
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As everyone always says.
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Scod:
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Then we've added a few more raisins,
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And we've...
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Gatesy:
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Put in... nutmeg...
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Scod:
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Nutmeg!
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Gatesy:
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Yeah, nutmeg!
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Scod:
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D'you put in nutmeg, in bread pudding?
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Yon:
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Absolutely.
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Scod:
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Really?
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Gatesy:
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'Cause it's a spicy kind of dessert.
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Scod:
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Right.
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Yon:
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Yeah.
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Gatesy:
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But not in a savoury way, like, it's not a chilly sort of...
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Yon:
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No, no. It's just aromatic.
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Scod:
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I've never understood that metaphor - a city like bread pudding.
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Yon:
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(Robotic) Adelaide is still shit,
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Adelaide is still shit.
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Adelaide is still shit,
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Perth is much worse though.
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Tripod:
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We're smoothing out the problems,
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As we go in Adelaide.
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We've knocked down Magic Mountain,
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And put flats up.
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Gatesy:
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Good on ya.
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Yon:
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If the city is like Bob Hope,
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As everyone always said.
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Tripod:
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Well, let's not use that metaphor,
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'Cause that guy's dead.
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Yon:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Scod:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Gatesy:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Yon:
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... As we go in Adelaide.
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Scod:
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... As we go in Adelaide.
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Gatesy:
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... As we go in Adelaide.
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Yon:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Scod:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Gatesy:
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We're smoothing out the problems...
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Yon:
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... As we go.
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Gatesy:
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... As we go.
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Yon:
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Smooth...
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Scod:
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Smooth...
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Gatesy:
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Smooth...
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Tripod:
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Smooth...
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