"You Were Not Supposed to Message It Through" - Marsh Family parody of the Bee Gees on #Signalgate

Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time favourite Bee Gees tracks, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!” A quick parody turnaround, but only five of us singing as Alfie (actually our hands-down best fake Bee Gee) is currently away, and will be annoyed. One day we’ll have a proper go with instruments live, but for now this will have to suffice as a post-work / post-school knockup.

The fantastic original, "Gotta Get a Message to You", with its uplifting modulations and incredible layered harmonies, was released in 1968 and got to number one in the UK and the top ten in the US. Apparently it’s actually about someone on death row, though we never realised this until today. Nor that there are some other lower harmonies in later verses that are a bit raspy, which we had fun with.

It’s pretty self-explanatory, and a fast-moving story, but if you want some details before you listen, then have a look here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8vgr0p8n6o.

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LYRICS:

That breach of US intel was wild Shared bombing emojis, like some four-year-old child Michael Waltz now your strike’s really blown NSA please advise? Who’s that guy on your phone?!

You were not supposed to message it through So wrong, so wrong! A world power open wide to chat groups So wrong, so wrong!

They tell you all not to worry And if they broke the law, they still won’t tell you they’re sorry Tulsi Gabbard’s got fire in her cheeks Says it’s just a stray release – she’s had no “malicious leaks”

You forgot to check addresses you used? So wrong, so wrong! Wonder how much foreign spies have on you! So wrong, so wrong!

Well we laugh, when some kind of jerk Puts sick messages up on the group chat for work Now we’re trying to figure out why? Guess we have to begin with the guys you put in:

How in God’s name are they Senate approved?! So wrong, so wrong! Done with typing, now they’re gaslighting too So wrong, so wrong!

What did people think Pete Hegseth would do? So wrong, so wrong! Once an anchor now decried on Fox News Moron! Moron!

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