Jubilee is a 1978 cult film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson, and a host of punk rockers, including Adam Ant and Toyah. The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977.
In Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth I (Runacre) is transported forward in time by the occultist John Dee (Richard O'Brien) through the spirit guide Ariel (a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest). Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s. Queen Elizabeth II is dead, killed in an arbitrary mugging, and Elizabeth I moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the activities of a group of sporadic nihilists, including Amyl Nitrite (Jordan), Bod (Runacre in a dual role), Chaos (Hermine Demoriane), Crabs (Nell Campbell), and Mad (Toyah Willcox).
Numerous punk icons appear in the film including Jordan (a Malcolm McLaren protégé), Toyah Willcox, Nell Campbell, Adam Ant (born, Stuart Leslie Goddard), Demoriane and Wayne County. It features performances by Wayne County and Adam and the Ants. There are also cameo appearances by The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The film was scored by Brian Eno.
The sun came up on Monday morn,
the world was all in flame.
It's all a mortal man can do,
to make it right again.
Swing and turn Jubilee
Live and learn Jubilee
The moon came up I stood my ground,
and swore to not give in.
To never rest and do my best,
to rid this world of sin.
Swing and turn jubilee
Live and learn jubilee
The one who spoke cried tears of hope,
that we might change in time.
And when I looked into her eyes,
the fear I saw was mine.
Swing and turn jubilee
Live and learn jubilee
The time had come to travel on,
I made my way alone.
My soul will end at journey's end,
this road will take me home.
Swing and turn jubilee
Oh glad day to celebrate 'neath the cloudless sky
Air so sweet water pure fields ripe with rye
Come one, come all gather round discard your Sunday shoes
Come on now oh my land be a jubilee
Come on girl come on boy be a jubilee
Oh my land oh my good people don't be shy
Weave the birth of harmony with childrens happy cries
Hand in hand we're dancing around in a freedom ring
Come on now oh my land be a jubilee
Come on girl Come on boy be a jubilee
We will never fade away doves shall multiply
Yet I see hawks circling the sky
Scattering our glad day with debt and despair
What good hour restore our troubled air
Come on people gather round you know what to do
Come on people oh my land what be troubling
Oh my land what be troubling what be troubling what be troubling you
We are love and the future we stand in the midst of fury and weariness
Who dreams of joy and radiance? Who dreams of war and sacrifice?
Our sacred realms are being squeezed curtailing civil liberties
Recruit the dreams that sing to thee let freedom ring
Freedom ring, freedom ring, jubilee, oh my land
Oh glad day, oh my land, hear our cry, freedom ring
Jubilee slouches in the settee
He losing all will to move
He gone divy too much telly
He watching 24 hours of rubbish
He got butane he got plastic bags
His eyes are going square oh yeah
He no raver just anti social
He no going to cut his hair
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, HE NOT MEAN
ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, NOT KEEN ON
BEING LIKE ANYONE ELSE
Jubilee's dad Billy Banker
He thinks his son is a slob
He should get out more stop scabbing
He really should go and get a job
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO
BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS
BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED BY ANYONE ELSE
SO HE JUST PLAYS ON HIS COMPUTER GAME
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO
BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS
BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY
HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN
HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED
ANYONE HE'S NOT BEING LIKE
ANYONE JUBILEE'S NOT LIKE
I can tell by the way you're walking, that you don't want company
Well, I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on and
In your own good time you'll be
Back where the sun can find you
Under the wise wishing tree
And with all of them made we'll lie under the shade and call it a jubilee
And I can tell by the way you're talking, that the past isn't letting you go
There's only so long you can take it all on
And then the wrongs gotta be on its own
And when you're ready to leave it behind you
You'll look back and all that you'll see
Is the wreckage and rust that you left in the dust, on your way to the jubilee
And I can tell by the way you're listening, that you're still expecting to hear
Your name being called like a summons to all
Who have failed to account for their doubts and their fears
They can't add up to to much without you
And so if it were up to me, I'd take hold of your hand
Saying come hear the band, play your song at the jubilee
And I can tell by the way you're searching
For something you can't even name
That you haven't been able to come to the table, simply glad that you came
And when you feel like this try to imagine
That we're all like frail boats on the sea
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light, announcing the jubilee
And I can tell by the way you're standing, with your eyes filling with tears
That it's habit alone that keeps you turning for home
Even though your home is right here
Where the people who love you are gathered
Under the wise wishing tree
May we all be considered then straight on delivered, down to the jubilee
Because to people who love you are waiting
And they'll wait just as long as need be
When we look back and say those were halcyon days
They grew tired of bread form heaven
And of Moses and of God
They longed to live the life of slavery once again
So they muttered and they grumbled
And they wimpered and they whined;
With each faithless word, sank deeper into sin
He took the pen of pain once more
To write upon their hearts
The lesson they had been so slow to learn
But writing in the sand, the firey serpents came to
call
With a holy message and a bite that burned
Chorus:
Lift up the suffering symbol
And placve it high upon a pole
Tell the children to look up and be made whole
So Moses made a metal snake,
And nailed it to a pole
Sent out the saving word so they would know
That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of
their faith
and with a faithful glance, the healing power would
flow
In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land
And they left the living God to worship clay
When they forgot their suffering
Soon true faith had disappeared
So some idolize a brazen cross today
Chorus(X4)
[ music: Natalie Merchant/words: Natalie Merchant ]
[ musical arrangement: Jason Osborn/first violin: Krista Bennion Feeney/second violin: Mitsuru Tsubota/viola: Louise Schulman/cello: Myron Lutzke/bassoon: Dennis Godburn/harpsicord: Robert Wolinsky (all belonging to The Sait Luke's Chamber Orchestra)/classical guitar: Scott Kuney/double bass: Frank Luther (all directed by Jason Osborn) ]
He fills the flower vases, trims the candle bases, takes small change from the poor box.
Tyler has the key.
He takes nail and hammer to tack up the banner of felt scraps glued together reading,
"Jesus Lives In Me."
Alone in the night he mocks the words of the preacher: "God is feeling your every pain."
Repair the Christmas stable, restore the plaster angel.
Her lips begin to crumble and her robes begin to peel.
For Bible study in the church basement, hear children Gospel citing, Matthew 17:15.
Alone in the night he mocks the arms of the preacher raised to the ceiling,
"Tell God your pain."
To him the world's defiled.
In Lot he sees a likeness there;
he swears this Sodom will burn down.
Near Sacred Blood there's a dance hall where Tyler Glen saw a black girl and a white boy kissing shamelessly.
Black hands on white shoulders, white hands on black shoulders, dancing, and you know what's more.
He's God's mad disciple, a righteous title, for the Word he heard he so misunderstood.
Though simple minded, a crippled man, to know this man is to fear this man, to shake when he comes.
Wasn't it God that let Puritans in Salem do what they did to the unfaithful?
Boys at the Jubilee slowly sink into brown bag whiskey drinking and reeling on their feet.
Girls at the Jubilee in low-cut dresses yield to the caresses and the man-handling.
Black hands on white shoulders, white hands on black shoulders, dancing, and you know what's more.
Through the tall blades of grass he heads for the Jubilee with a bucket in his right hand full of rags soaked in gasoline.
He lifts the shingles in the dark and slips the rags there underneath.
He strikes a matchstick on the box side and watches the rags ignite.
He climbs the bell tower of the Sacred Blood to watch the flames rising higher toward the trees.
Sirens wailing now toward the scene.
-- Matthew 17:15 --
-- Lord have mercy onmy son
-- for he is a lunatick, and
-- sore vexed: for oftimes he
-- falleth into the fire and
-- oftimes into the wate
This is the season of Jubille
Singing and dancing for you and me
Thanking and praising because we're free
Oh this is the year of Jubilee
Put your hands together
Everybody praise the Lord
Put your hands together
Sing and shout and praise the Lord
Everything that was stolen shall be returned unto me
Mother father sister brother they will all go free
Everything that was stole shall be returned unto me
Singing dancing praising shouting increase and victory
Have ya seen us out my honey and me
Knockin' on the doors of fortune for weeks
In a big dead town where nothin' is free
Lord up above, throw me down the keys
Have you seen us out my baby and me
Have you seen us crouchin' elbow on knee
In the curbside light of yellowed marquees
Lord up above, are you out of reach
La la la
La la la
La la la
Have you seen us stroll my honey and me
With complete control my honey and me
Have you seen the likes of Annabel Lee
She's a little songbird singing dweedle dee dee
La la la
La la la
Jubilee
(Ruby Paul kid’s song)
I remember, I remember well
When I was just a kid at Hob Moor School
Playing football, in the junior yard
Letting off steam when we’d been working hard
Those memories in so many ways
Still seem like yesterday
But twenty years have come and gone
Now I’m coming back to say
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
We’re celebrating a JUBILEE
We’re looking back on all our memories
At Hob Moor Community Primary
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
A celebration for you and me
Why don’t you clap your hands and sing along
And we’ll all join together for the JUBILEE SONG
Remember walking in a crocodile
Lining up for dinner in single file
Writing stories and learning maths
Picking daisies on the summer grass
Those happy days in so many ways
Still seem like yesterday
But twenty years have come and gone
That’s why we’ll celebrate today
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
We’re celebrating a JUBILEE
We’re looking back on all our memories
At Hob Moor Community Primary
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
A celebration for you and me
Why don’t you clap your hands and sing along
And we’ll all join together for the JUBILEE SONG
Let’s remember all the children
Of today and yesterday
Let’s be proud of how they’ve grown up strong
Through all their work and play
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
We’re celebrating a JUBILEE
We’re looking back on all our memories
At Hob Moor Community Primary
It’s a JUBILEE, a JUBILEE
A celebration for you and me
Why don’t you clap your hands and sing along
I went to the jubilee
With my friends and the family
Bought some drinks, we bought some snacks
We waved a flag and she waved right back
At the jubilee
The jubilee
Bought a mug, it cost ten pounds
We weren't allowed inside the grounds
It got me down, it spoiled my day
We saw the duke, he said go away
From the jubilee
The jubilee
We were one, we were unified
For a day full of bulldog pride
Mum cried, she felt fulfilled
Dad cried when he got the bill
For the jubilee
The jubilee
The jubilee
Made no sense to me
We all sang along with Paul
Gehe VIP`s and the have it alls
We missed our bus, we missed the tube
While we na na na'd Hey Jude
At the jubilee
drop track not for money or fame after this
ya'll gone know the name it's Nureaumerica.
party time you can tell when the cars fill the parking lot,
and the beats so bangin you don't want it to stop.
Huh, i know how you feel when T-boy prepares the track for my grill.
I asked G-Hydro to spot me a dollar then i roll
to juanbertos to get my horchata.
I'm a keep it real, don't care how you feel
i'm here to change the way you think not to make a mill.
Money only last so long like a played out song
but when you walkin right you can't go wrong.
So all my SoulJahz in or out the game put your hands in the air
and praise boost his name, and adjust your transmission
cause the words comin outta the mouth of this Christian. Uh
Chorus:
jubilee, everybody sing with me
jubilee, everybody dance with me
jubilee, finally i've been set free
i'm free, free, yeah yeah yeah
Ay yo i go by the name of Josh'ua,
Hypnotically pronouce it with the yes y'all.
Move yo feet when your the beat drop as
the heat drops to the floor go the world beggin' for more.
See i said it before time to settle the score,
Send my rebels to war never ignore heavenly doors.
Seventy floor i bet you thought you'd never explore,
The Souljahz and Tonex collabo' never before.
Don't get it twisted, you turned yo back and you missed it,
Didn't understand so you dissed it.
Get this Righteous Hip-hop done teamed up with Nureau,
Title track ?Jubilee? you know.
Yeah i said it, i rap God and proudly admit,
Give me a mic and i'll spit it ?till everyone of y'all get it.
I don't really care who you are,
What your name is, where you came from,
What gang you bang with.
Cause in the end you answer to the same King that i do.
Shoot one at Him and catch five back inside you.
So put your guns away, sheath your swords,
Heed the force let it be with you, power to my people.
Or better yet power to my Souljahz around the globe holdin' it down,
I see y'all, holdin' yo crown, explodin' my sound and never stop until they send the army for us,
Zsa Zsa bring in the chorus.
Chorus
Woke up this morning feelin all right cause i got the Ju-jubilee kinda vibe.
Uh oh didn't know girl got soul?
Flow to the beat and make ya loose control and say
Jub to the izz i L double izz E,
Get up out your seat and move your body to be bizzeat.
Hip-hop, you hop to the hip beats we drop
cause we go on and on ya know we won' stop.
Didn't understand how we flipped it.
Righteous hip-hop drops oh the world goes ballistic.
T Bizzi on the beat bringin heat.
Get up out ya seat move ya feet.
Like like a ?dancin machine? or a ?dancing queen?.
C'mon, c'mon sing with me.
I have, i have been set free.
Cause i believe in the kins most high.
Messiah, Elohiem, my Christ.
So throw your hands way up in the sky
wave em side to side and get real live.
Don't let your chance of real love pass you by.
Y'all can't deny testify till i die.
Tonex and Souljahz callab oh my!
Zsa Zsa girl c'mon take us to the sky.
Jubilee, Oh Jubilee
Hallelujah, we've been set free
Jubilee, Oh Jubilee
Sing your song of liberty
(Repeat chorus)
Everything that's been taken away from the Chosen of the King
In this time of celebration, you can reclaim everything
This is your season, this is your day, don't let this moment pass away
Make your choice, choose to rejoice, let the celebration start today
BRIDGE
This the year of Jubilee He will set the captive free
Take back from the enemy, and will restore
All the years and all the freedom, this is restoration season
Celebrate you have a reason to rejoice
SPOKEN
Celebrate your freedom, celebrate your joy
Lift up your hands, lift up your voice
Dance in the spirit, shout to the Lord
We are His people, we've been restored
(Repeat chorus)
It's party time
(Repeat chorus)
Waaa, Hallelujah, oh'.
Glory, Hallelujah, oh'.
Talking 'bout you and me
Is nothing short of a jubilee
Everything you gave to me is mine
Things I didn't quite demand
Now I finally understand
This I'll say until the day I die
Leaving flowers at my doorstep
Dropping notes in the mail
Persistence must be pumping in your veins
Telling friends that you love me
Showing up at everything
Funny how I do not feel the same
Oh but it's too late baby
You used to leave me hanging
kept me waiting by the phone.
And how I love to see you aching,
breaking, beat up, shaken, sorry blubbering heart
Used to be you and me
Sitting underneath the tree
Everything was fine as I could see
Teasing me with your rhymes
Watching other girls go by
Think I'm blind? "oh honey, no not me!"
I would sit by the window
Waiting for you to call
Fireflies were dancing in the trees.
Sweety pies from another places
Giving them all your love
Hey!
It’s that funny little feeling I haven’t shook off yet
Don’t wanna try, don’t wanna die, don’t know what to do
instead
Cos it’s much more entertaining to just watch the puppet
show
Where they force your hand to make you a man, then say,
“Don’t be a hero”
Forgot for what I’m searching, the devil may not care
I’ve been everywhere, and it ain’t out there, but I can
hear the rebel hiss, and it says…
“We don’t owe what you said
It don’t show what we know
Choose your side, don’t forget
We outgrow overthrow”
Every waking moment spent plotting out the way
Count back the years, dry off the tears, your life has
slipped away
So be careful what you wish for, cos it just might come
true
You’ve got a taste, now have to face just what’s become
of you, now say…
Who said, who said, who said they know?
Know? No
In a matter of time, there'll be a friend of mine, gonna
come to the coast, you're gonna see him up close for a
minute or two
While the ground cracks under you
By the look in your eyes you'd think that it was a
surprise
But you seem to forget something somebody said about the
bubbles in the sea
And an ocean full of trees, and you now…
L.A.
Uptight
City in the smog
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Well, it's hard to believe, so you get up to leave, and
you laugh at the door that you heard it all before
Oh it's so good to know that it's all just a show for you
But when the suppers are planned, and the freeways are
crammed, and the mountains erupt, and the valley is
sucked into cracks in the earth
Into the shattered heart of this city it’s a one-way ride
And one more time is good enough for me
You’re not your mother’s son now, it’s a pity
Pack your shame and roll towards all the finest phonies
you can see
On and on it goes, down the rabbit hole, prescription’s
getting low
Here it comes… Feels like dying
Cut ‘em all down
Fuzz are down
It’s the things that start spontaneous that end in the
same way
I just need something that don’t need me
Run amok for a rush, safe and unsound
Only found this crutch
Here it comes… Paralyzing
So No-Ho, check and mate
Rock the boat but don’t make waves
Up is down, right is wrong
How long now has it been this gone?
It's all out on the old railroad,
It's all out on the sea,
All out on the old railroad
As far as I can see
Swing and turn, Jubilee,
Live and learn Jubilee.
Swing and turn, Jubilee,
Live and learn Jubilee.
Hardest work I ever did,
Was working on the farm,
Easiest work I ever did
Swing my true love's arm.
Swing and turn, Jubilee,
Live and learn Jubilee.
Swing and turn, Jubilee,
Live and learn Jubilee.
If I had a needle and thread
As fine as I could sew
I'd sew my true love to my side
And down this creek I'd go.
If I had no horse to ride
I'd be found a-crawlin'
Up and down this rocky road
Lookin' for my darlin'.
Swing and turn, Jubilee,
Live and learn Jubilee.
Swing and turn, Jubilee,