Beans On Toast Sold Out Shows song lyrics

Don't you think they've sold out rock 'n' roll

To a marketing campaign for a mobile phone

Don't you think that it would be a shame

If every single venue was exactly the same

Well I like playing gigs, I like the people, like the crowd

I been doing this for a long, long time now

But recently my gigs are all in corporate academies

And there's something about them that annoys me

Don't you think they've sold out rock 'n' roll

To a marketing campaign for a mobile phone

Don't you think that it would be a shame

If every single venue was exactly the same

£4.80 for a pint of Guinness in a plastic glass

You must be fucking joking mate, you're having a laugh

The bar staff get paid pittance, they take money from your merch

And there's plasma screen TV's everywhere advertising stuff

Don't you think they've sold out rock 'n' roll

To a marketing campaign for a mobile phone

Don't you think that it would be a shame

If every single venue was exactly the same

I understand it's just a sign of the times

And there's corporate branding everywhere and no-one seems to mind

But I can't be the only one who wishes there was something made for a reason that wasn't advertising

Don't you think they've sold out rock 'n' roll

To a marketing campaign for a mobile phone

Don't you think that it would be a shame

If every single venue was exactly the same