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“Bottled in Cork”

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Tom Scharpling hones his directorial chops with this great new Ted Leo music video which also features comedians (and regular guests of Scharpling’s The Best Show on WFMU) Paul F. Tompkins, Julie Klausner and John Hodgman.

Leo himself is a frequent guest on Scharpling’s radio program and has performed music for WFMU’s annual marathon, and on one episode of The Best Show (RealAudio required) Ted Leo invited Scharpling’s radio audience to write a song with him which he later arranged and performed on the program: the hilariously bleak “The World is in The Turlet“.

Truly this is a smorgasbord of win.

“Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

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Ted Leo And The Pharmacists cover Tears For Fears for the A.V. Club’s fantastic “Undercover” series.

 

Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It’s my own design
It’s my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There’s a room where the light won’t find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I’ll be right behind you
So glad we’ve almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

I can’t stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you’ll never never never never need it
One headline why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world