Capo on the 4th fret It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel Castro’s brother spies a rich lady who’s crying Over luxury’s disappointment so he walks over and he’s trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her That the Third World is just around the corner                            In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded That Dr. Robert Oppenheimer’s optimism fell At the first hurdle                                         In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear Is the sound of people stacking chairs and mopping up spilt beer And someone asking questions and basking in the light Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer                       Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses While looking down the corridor out to the where the van is waiting I’m looking for the Great Leap Forwards                          Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted Even after closing time there’s still parties to be hosted You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers While you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards                              One leap forward two leaps back Will politics get me the sack? Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards             Here comes the future and you can’t run from it If you’ve got a blacklist I want to be on it Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards              It’s a mighty long way down rock nd roll From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards              If no one happens to understand   Start your own revolution cut out the middleman Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards              So join the struggle while you may The revolution is only a T-shirt away Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards              In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this reality so give me some room! Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards              Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards   (Beam me up Scotty!) Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards             

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque les contradictions et les frustrations de la société contemporaine, mêlant des références politiques et des scènes de la vie quotidienne. Elle souligne les inégalités entre les riches et les pauvres, tout en interrogeant le sens de l'engagement politique à l'heure actuelle. Les images de désillusion, comme celle de la femme en pleurs face à la consommation, rappellent que malgré les luttes et les espoirs, le changement semble parfois difficile à atteindre. Le contexte est marqué par une critique sociale qui s'inscrit dans un monde où les révolutions sont tant attendues, mais où l'attente paraît interminable. Dans ce paysage, l'artiste suggère que, même si les efforts peuvent sembler dérisoires, chacun peut participer à la transformation à sa manière, tout en dénonçant le décalage entre les idéaux et la réalité.