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Buzzcocks - Boredom
Yeah - well - I say what I mean
I say what comes to my mind
I never get around to things
I live a straight - straight line
You know me - I'm acting dumb
You know the scene - very humdrum
Boredom - boredom
Boredom
I'm living in this movie
But it doesn't move me
I'm the man that's waiting for the phone to ring
Hear it ring-a-ding-a-fucking-ding
You know me - I'm acting dumb
You know the scene - very humdrum
Boredom - boredom
Boredom
You see there's nothing behind me
I'm already a has-been
My future ain't what it was
Well I think I know the words that I mean
You know me - I'm acting dumb
You know the scene - very humdrum
Boredom - boredom
B'dum - b'dum
I've taken this extravagant journey
So it seems to me
I just came from nowhere
And I'm going straight back there
You know me - I'm acting dumb
You know the scene - very humdrum
Boredom - boredom
So I'm living in this movie
But it doesn't move me
So tell me who are you trying to arouse?
Get your hands out of my trousers
You know me - I'm acting dumb
You know the scene - very humdrum
Boredom - boredom
Recorded in December 1976, Boredom announces punk's rebellion against the status quo while templating a strident musical minimalism (the guitar solo consisting of two notes repeated 66 times, ending with a single modulated seventh.) At the same time the lyrics already show boredom with punk itself ("You know the scene is very humdrum" and "I'm already a has-been!") - indeed Howard Devoto left the band on the eve of the record's release, saying "I get bored very easily and that boredom can act as a catalyst for me to suddenly conceive and execute a new vocation." He added that punk rock had already become restrictive and stereotyped. Richard Boon, the band's manager, asserts that "Boredom" was a satirical song. The song was placed at Number 11 in Mojo magazine's list of "100 Punk Scorchers" in 2001. Orange Juice mentioned "Boredom", used a line from it and adapted the guitar solo on their 1982 single "Rip It Up."
