Credit Crunch song is a hit
November 5th, 2008 | by Lynn Connelly |Here’s a link to the credit crunch song
Around 340,000 people have downloaded or watched the ‘Credit Crunch song’, by Alex Yeoman, who uses the name ‘Antan Debt and the Overdrafts’.
The video begins with Yeoman dressed in a snazzy business suit as he jumps behind the wheel of his Porsche. However, after losing his job, his car and after his house is repossessed, Alex has no choice but to beg on the streets, wearing a torn and shabby suit.
The track is set to the tune of sixties cult song ‘The Monster Mash’, while the lyrics are a satirical take on the plight of the millions who are trying to make ends meet during the credit crunch.
One line from the song reads, “I’m trying hard to stay happy in these desperate times, as far as I can tell we’re all in gross decline.
“My pockets are all empty, and my bank is too, I’ve lost my job, I don’t know what to do.”
Other lyrics include, “My bank has disappeared into a big black hole. I’ve turned the heating off to try and burn less coal.”
An Alistair Darling impersonator then appears outside Downing Street, holding a carrier bag from low price supermarket LIDL, in place of the famous treasury leather briefcase.
In less than four weeks, the video has had treble the hits that Razorlight’s new single ‘Wire to Wire’ received and has attracted over a thousand comments from fans across the globe.