The Love of 56k (to the tune of “The Love of Richard Nixon” by the Manic Street Preachers)
The world on your phone lines
The love of your modem
The fear of large downloads
The best years behind you
The bandwidth is getting higher
The times they fall behind you
The need for broadband grows stronger
The best years never found you
The love of 56k, slow beyond comprehension
The love of 56k, yeah they all replaced you
The love of 56k, slow beyond comprehension
Yeah they all replaced you
Yeah and you’re dated too
Love build around fast seeders and trackers
Love rains down like zero leechers
Record firms in the courthouse
Cowering behind poisoned torrents
The streaming video stutters
The music fall behind you
The downloads are growing larger
The pictures never found you
Ah, The love of 56k, slow beyond comprehension
The love of 56k, yeah they all replaced you
The love of 56k, slow beyond comprehension
Yeah they all replaced you
Yeah and you’re dated too
The love of 56k, slow beyond comprehension
The love of 56k, yeah they all replaced you
People forget the sounds of your analogue signals
Yeah they all replaced you
Yeah and you’re dated too
Lyrics by Si Chun Lam