Hey peeps. Had WATN on my ipod on permenant rotation for the last week.

Not sure when it's officially out in the shops and that but as soon as it is I'll be grabbing myself a copy. Home taping is killing music after all..

For your pleasure, I've transcribed the best song (IMO) on the album for you. Please feel free to correct mistakes, as this is by ear:

SALMON DANCE - CHEMICAL BROTHERS FEAT. FATLIP

Hello Boys and girls, my name is FatLip

and this is my friend Sammy the Salmon

*How do you do?*

Today, we're going to teach you some fun facts about Salmon,

And a brand new dance.

Let me introduce to you a brand new dance

I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance

It's not complicated, it's not too hard

You don't even have to be a hip hop star

See anyone can do it, all you need is style

Listen up peep gang (?) I'm a show you how

Put your hands to the side, as silly as a scene

And shake your body like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

Again

*All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water*

*And part of their life in salt water*

Wow, very interesting

*We change round a couple of days after spawning*

*Then we dive* (?)

When I first did the Salmon all the people just laughed

They looked around and stood like I was on crack

I heard somebody say out loud what the fuck is that

This nigga's dancin like a fish while he's doin' the snap

But the more I kept doing it the more they kept feelin' it

Tnd then I heard some bitches say yo that niggas killin' it

By the end of the night everyone was on my team

And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

again.

*Most of our friends find their home waters by their sense of smell*

*which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear*

Wow.

*My family also rely on ocean currents, tides*

*The gravitational pull of the moon*

The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow.

*Did you know?*

What?

*That I could go to Japan, and back.*

You're kidding me. Amazing. Jeez.

*Polluted water can kill both baby salmon, that are developing*

*and the adult salmon, that are on their way to spawn.*

Wow what a shame, what a shame

Huh?

Woah.

Wow. Hey kids, hey give it up for Sammy the Salmon and his amazing salmon dance.

Huh? Whadda ya say?

Who's Hungry?

Here are some corrections to you're lyrics. I'm still not sure about the "after a few days, we change around" part, because it doesn't make much sense.

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Hello Boys and girls, my name is FatLip

and this is my friend Sammy the Salmon

*What it do?*

Today, we're going to teach you some fun facts about Salmon,

And a brand new dance.

Let me introduce to you a brand new dance

I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance

It's not complicated, it's not too hard

You don't even have to be a hip hop star

See anyone can do it, all you need is style

Listen up peep gang I'm gonna show you how

Put your hands to the side, as silly as it seems

And shake your body like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

Again

*All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water*

*And part of their life in salt water*

Wow, very interesting

*We change round a couple of days after spawning*

*Then we die*

When I first did the Salmon all the people just laughed

They looked around and stood like I was on crack

I heard somebody say out loud what the fuck is that

This nigga's dancin like a fish while he's doin' the snap

But the more I kept doing it the more they kept feelin' it

And then I heard some bitches say yo that niggas killin' it

By the end of the night everyone was on my team

And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

again.

*Most of our friends find their home waters by sense of smell*

*which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear*

Wow.

*My family also rely on ocean currents, tides*

*The gravitational pull of the moon*(I'm floatin' upstream again)

The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow. Who knew?

*Did you know?*

What?

*That I could go to Japan, and back.*

You're kidding me. Amazing. Jeez.

*Polluted water can kill both baby salmon, that are developing*

*and the adult salmon, that are on their way to spawn.*

Wow what a shame, what a shame

Huh?

Woah.

Wow. Hey s-kids, hey give it up for s-Sammy the Salmon and his amazing salmon dance.

Huh? Whadda ya say?

Who's hungry?

Hey thanks.

I think these lyrics are all dead on now.

When salmon spawn they do apparently die a few days later...

this from Wiki:

Life History of Salmon

In order to lay her roe, the female salmon uses her tail fin to excavate a shallow depression, called a redd. The redd may sometimes contain 5,000 eggs covering 30 square feet.[2] The eggs usually range from orange to red in color. One or more males will approach the female in her redd, depositing his sperm, or milt, over the roe.[3] The female then covers the eggs by disturbing the gravel at the upstream edge of the depression before moving on to make another redd. The female will make as many as 7 redds before her supply of eggs is exhausted. The salmon then die within a few days of spawning.

So there you go.

Hello Boys and girls, my name is FatLip

and this is my friend Sammy the Salmon

''1 - 2''

Today, we're going to teach you some fun facts about Salmon,

And a brand new dance.

Let me introduce to you a brand new dance

I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance

It's not complicated, it's not too hard

You don't even have to be a hip hop star

See anyone can do it, all you need is style

Listen up peep gang (?) I'm a show you how

Put your hands to the side, as silly AS SILLY AS IT SEEMs

And shake your body like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

Again

*All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water*

*And part of their life in salt water*

Wow, very interesting

*We change round a couple of days after spawning*

*Then we DIE* (?)

When I first did the Salmon all the people just laughed

They looked around and stood like I was on crack

I heard somebody say out loud what the fuck is that

This nigga's dancin like a fish while he's doin' the snap

But the more I kept doing it the more they kept feelin' it

Tnd then I heard some bitches say yo that niggas killin' it

By the end of the night everyone was on my team

And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream

(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)

again.

*Most of our friends find their home waters by their sense of smell*

*which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear*

Wow.

*My family also rely on ocean currents, tides*

*The gravitational pull of the moon*

The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow.

*Did you know?*

What?

*That I could go to Japan, and back.*

You're kidding me. Amazing. Jeez.

*Polluted water can kill both baby salmon, that are developing*

*and the adult salmon, that are on their way to spawn.*

Wow what a shame, what a shame

Huh?

Woah.

Wow. Hey kids, hey give it up for Sammy the Salmon and his amazing salmon dance.

Huh? Whadda ya say?

Who's Hungry?

I think Smamy says "WILL DO" at the beginning, and I vote "Then we die" too

And then I heard some bitches say "your technic is killing"

THE WORDS THAT SAMMY SAYS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG ARE "WHAT IT DO". NOT "WILL DO" NOT "1-2" NOT "HOW DO YOU DO". PROFUNK AND I ARE RIGHT SO GET USED TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is true... I think it's more of an American, "urban" saying. "What it do?" pretty much means "Hows it going?" or "Whats up?". For all those people that thinks it is "1-2" or "Will Do"--those just don't make sense, while "What it do" does.

http://www.urbandict...+do&defid=48960

not only does it make sense but it's so clear, at least for me it sounds so obvious

jeezuz, please don't tell me some of you people are so retarded that you didn't know that salmon die after spawning.

hm? That came out of nowhere...

not you, that ten98 guy posted the wiki article about salmon... seriously, don't they teach anything in elementary school anymore?

o - k..

Uh. Yeah. Nobody ever mentioned the breeding habits of the freshwater salmon to me at school, nor has it been a subject of any interest to me whatsoever until now.

Ignorance of the banal is neither a crime nor an indication of mental retardation, surely? Nevertheless I appreciate your concern "makeskidskill", at least you're trying.

Bless you too Foxboy for you efforts. However, the only lyric you posted that was any different to Profunks earlier offering was the first utterance of our good freind Sammy, and after a few more plays I'm now 86.2% certain that he does indeed say "What it do" and not "one two" or my initial wrong but close guess, "How do you do".

Fact fans might like to know that the phrase "what it do", in the context of an informal greeting, crops up a number of times in recent Hipiddy Hop tracks and compilations, and is indeed the title of a recent offering from the ever popular Pharrell "NERD" Williams in 2006 and is also the title of a possibly lesser known 2005 LeToya Luckett mixtape.

Thanks so much for your time.

Yeah, it's definitely "What it do." ... still one of my favorite lines in that song. Like Sammy is from the streets. *laugh*

I didn't read to find if anyone corrected this mistake, but isn't the line "We change round a couple of days after spawning" supposed to be "We change red a couple of days after spawning" or am I totally hearing it incorrectly? I've been debating whether or not it was "route" or "red"

That would be cool if thet change red after spawning!

" Ah i'm sooo tired of being pink "

" Let spawn! "

" Oh! Look at my fancy new red colour! "

I havent read the whole topic so sorry if this has been said before, but altho Tom and Ed are two genius, FATLIP is the one who came up with those lyrics. So Fatlip deserves the credit imo =)

Is that how it is with all chems colabs?

The guest makes the lyrics?

i guess so

Sammy's first words are definitely "What it do".

Anyone know who does the vocals for Sammy? Is that Fatlip as well?

BTW - I'm hungry.

Wild salmon DO change red...well the boys do I am sure...none of you ever seen it on tv? Wildlife on One? And when they all die they just fill up the streams all red and dead like!