"The Modern World" was a single released by the British group The Jam on 15 October 1977, released as the first and only single from the band's second album This Is the Modern World.
Backed by the tracks "Sweet Soul Music", "Back in My Arms Again" recorded live at London's 100 Club on 11 September 1977, it reached No. 36 in the UK Singles chart. The single version had slightly changed lyrics, replacing the words "I don't give two fucks about your review" with "I don't give a damn about your review".
In the third installment of the Fourlands series Frost, the Circle's architect, unveils a visionary plan to break the stalemate in the endless struggle against the terrifying, alien Insects. However, Jant, the Emperor's winged messenger, has more immediate concerns. Lightning, the Circle's archer and Jant's best friend, asks him to find his rebellious teenage daughter who has disappeared in the sprawling city of Hacilith. Jant starts a search that takes him into his past, through the criminal underworld, across the bizarre worlds of the Shift, and to the very limits of temptation.
In the meantime Frost's plan produces shocking results. The Fourlands suddenly faces a greater threat than ever before. Can the Circle survive the dawn of a new, modern world?
The Modern are a Britishelectropopband. They are currently signed to Ninth Wave Records in the United States and EQ Music in Asia. The band consists of vocalist Emma Cooke, with Nathan Cooper and Chi Tudor-Hart on vocals and synthesizers. The band changed their name from Dirty Blonde to The Modern in 2003, and then on to Matinee Club in September 2006, before reverting to The Modern in November 2008.
History
The band first began to form in 2001. Fronted by Nathan Cooper and Chi Tudor-Hart, the group were then known as Dirty Blonde. In 2003, vocalist Emma Cooke joined the band, and they changed their name to The Modern.
Following Cooke's induction to the group, guitarist Telee and drummer Rees also joined. Rees then left the band to tour with Dirty Vegas, and was replaced by Bob Malkowski shortly afterwards. It was not long after this that Telee left to concentrate on his own band. The Modern line up was completed, and the group started to write and perform together. They obtained got a recording contract in 2005, when they were signed to Mercury Records. The band recorded several songs with record producerStephen Hague, with a view towards preparing for their debut album, which was tentatively going to be called 'Life In The Modern World'. The first of these songs was released as a single. "Jane Falls Down" received little airplay on commercial radio stations. but entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 35.
The tower is the first of two planned and is part of a larger urban renewal project for the long vacant parcel. The two towers will be separated by a 1.75-acre public park. An adjacent project called Hudson Lights will feature retail, including a three-screen movie theater, as well as a hotel and office space.
The Modern offers panoramic views of the New York City skyline, the river and the bridge, and surrounding suburbs. It contains 75,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including an infinity pool, 10 barbecue stations, basketball and volleyball courts, a lawn with an outdoor jumbotron, a private screening room, a residents lounge, a business center, a spa/sauna, a fitness center with yoga and Pilates studio, indoor and outdoor children's play areas, a covered dog walk and pet spa, a golf simulation room and a karaoke/gaming room. The building includes an attached covered parking garage and offers courtesy shuttle service to Manhattan.
Some events, while not without precedent, show a new way of perceiving the world. The concept of modernity interprets the general meaning of these events and seeks explanations for major developments.
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The fundamental difficulty of studying modern history is the fact that a plethora of it has been documented up to the present day. It is imperative to consider the reliability of the information obtained from these records.
In The Modern World is taken from Fontaines D.C.'s new album "ROMANCE" out 23 August. Pre-Order/Save here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.OYD
Stream In The Modern World here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/inthemodernworld.OYD
Director & Writer: Luna Carmoon
Production Company: ProdCo
Founding Partners / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge
Exec Producer: Theo Hue Williams
Producer: Chris Murdoch
DOP: Jack Hamilton
Directors Assistant: Ophelia O’Sullivan
MV Rep UK: Alexa Haywood @ FreeAgent UK
Production Coordinator: Callum Anderson
Label: XL Recordings
Commissioner: Scott Wright
Editor: Joseph Taylor
Edit House: Trim
Edit Producer: Charlie Dalton
Colour House: ETC
Colourist: Andi Chu
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth
Sound Design: No 8 Audio
Sound Engineer: George Castle
Sound Engin...
published: 20 Aug 2024
Fontaines D.C. - In The Modern World
"In The Modern World" is taken from the new album ROMANCE, out 23 August on XL. Pre-order here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.oyd
Lyrics
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
And wait for the day
To go dreaming
Right by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard not to be free
When you walk
Right beside me
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
I feel alive
In the city
You despise
And wait for the day
When you come
Riding on by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard just to be
If it matters
You complete me, yeah
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I...
published: 22 Aug 2024
Why are People Unhappy in the Modern World?
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published: 21 Jul 2021
Fontaines D.C. - In The Modern World (Reading & Leeds 2024)
Fontaines D.C. perform In The Modern World at Reading & Leeds 2024.
Watch more highlights on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007xt4m
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published: 25 Aug 2024
How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill
It's easy to blame ourselves for not feeling 100% in our minds, but some of the causes of mental unwellness have to do with large systemic problems in our societies, among these, an emphasis on individualism, a manic faith in Romantic love and a cult of meritocracy.
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How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill – Dr. Jonathan Haidt
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Anouk - Modern World
Music video by Anouk performing Modern World (video).
Why You Hate The Modern World | Kierkegaard's The Present Age
Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world.
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00:00 The Present Age
01:21 A Passionless Present
06:29 Information Overload
11:51 The Pitiless Public
16:27 Levelling and The Individual
In The Modern World is taken from Fontaines D.C.'s new album "ROMANCE" out 23 August. Pre-Order/Save here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.OYD
Stream In The...
In The Modern World is taken from Fontaines D.C.'s new album "ROMANCE" out 23 August. Pre-Order/Save here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.OYD
Stream In The Modern World here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/inthemodernworld.OYD
Director & Writer: Luna Carmoon
Production Company: ProdCo
Founding Partners / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge
Exec Producer: Theo Hue Williams
Producer: Chris Murdoch
DOP: Jack Hamilton
Directors Assistant: Ophelia O’Sullivan
MV Rep UK: Alexa Haywood @ FreeAgent UK
Production Coordinator: Callum Anderson
Label: XL Recordings
Commissioner: Scott Wright
Editor: Joseph Taylor
Edit House: Trim
Edit Producer: Charlie Dalton
Colour House: ETC
Colourist: Andi Chu
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth
Sound Design: No 8 Audio
Sound Engineer: George Castle
Sound Engineer: James Benn
Foley: Foley House
1st Ad: Jack Meredith
2nd Ad: Alex Mcallister
Runner: Giampietro Fossemo
Runner: Kaia Bashir
Runner: Omri Dayan
Production Runner: Malachi Stewart
Focus Puller: Hermes Contreras
2nd AC: Domingo Simon
Camera Trainee: Sijo Joy
DIT: Liam Davison
Sound Recordist: Alessandra Fasto
Gaffer: Tom Nowell
Spark: Milo Sharpe
Spark: Dan Svilenov
Production Designer: Sofia Sacomani
Art Director: Ellen Aman Jones
Art Dept Assistant: Phin Symmons
Movement Director: Lewis Walker
Stunt Coordinator: Ian Kay
Location Manager: Mike Glynn
Location Supervisor: Mark Rolfe
Location Assistant: Samuel Jackson
Animal Handler: Trevor Smith @ Animals Work
Animal Handler: Alan Thompson / A1 Animals
Costume designer: Lucy James
Costume supervisor: Colleen Finnerty
Costume assistant: Layla Stone
Vintage from Cenci vintage
Makeup Artist: Natasha Lawes
Makeup Assistant: Sophie Gia Moore
Makeup Assistant: Marta Wozniak
Hair Stylist: Charles Stanley
Hair Assistant: Aimeric Amiot
Hair Assistant: Anoushka Danielle
Hair Assistant: Mariana Feliziana
BTS Photographer: Emma Jones
Casting: Road Casting
Casting Director: Coralie Rose
Casting Assistants: James Healy & Harmony Cree Morgan
Camera Provided by Panavision
Talent
Martin: Ewan Mitchell
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Asher Mirsadeghi
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Paul McGinty
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Jay Ashley Herridge
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Pete Grimwood
The Messy Gurlies: Gabriella McConway
The Messy Gurlies: Thalia Gambe
The Messy Gurlies: Mabel Robson
The Messy Gurlies: Grace Malone
Moany Teenage Girls: Asia Small
Moany Teenage Girls: Freya Mac
Siblings: Sherry Leach
Siblings: Eve Driver
Older Woman: Su Garfinkle
Older Woman: Sheila Rickerby
Dog Man: Richard Meyers
Couple: Jake Ashton-Nelson
Couple: Coral Bevan
Sombre Woman: Alessana Hall
#fontainesdc #romance #inthemodernworld
In The Modern World is taken from Fontaines D.C.'s new album "ROMANCE" out 23 August. Pre-Order/Save here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.OYD
Stream In The Modern World here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/inthemodernworld.OYD
Director & Writer: Luna Carmoon
Production Company: ProdCo
Founding Partners / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge
Exec Producer: Theo Hue Williams
Producer: Chris Murdoch
DOP: Jack Hamilton
Directors Assistant: Ophelia O’Sullivan
MV Rep UK: Alexa Haywood @ FreeAgent UK
Production Coordinator: Callum Anderson
Label: XL Recordings
Commissioner: Scott Wright
Editor: Joseph Taylor
Edit House: Trim
Edit Producer: Charlie Dalton
Colour House: ETC
Colourist: Andi Chu
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth
Sound Design: No 8 Audio
Sound Engineer: George Castle
Sound Engineer: James Benn
Foley: Foley House
1st Ad: Jack Meredith
2nd Ad: Alex Mcallister
Runner: Giampietro Fossemo
Runner: Kaia Bashir
Runner: Omri Dayan
Production Runner: Malachi Stewart
Focus Puller: Hermes Contreras
2nd AC: Domingo Simon
Camera Trainee: Sijo Joy
DIT: Liam Davison
Sound Recordist: Alessandra Fasto
Gaffer: Tom Nowell
Spark: Milo Sharpe
Spark: Dan Svilenov
Production Designer: Sofia Sacomani
Art Director: Ellen Aman Jones
Art Dept Assistant: Phin Symmons
Movement Director: Lewis Walker
Stunt Coordinator: Ian Kay
Location Manager: Mike Glynn
Location Supervisor: Mark Rolfe
Location Assistant: Samuel Jackson
Animal Handler: Trevor Smith @ Animals Work
Animal Handler: Alan Thompson / A1 Animals
Costume designer: Lucy James
Costume supervisor: Colleen Finnerty
Costume assistant: Layla Stone
Vintage from Cenci vintage
Makeup Artist: Natasha Lawes
Makeup Assistant: Sophie Gia Moore
Makeup Assistant: Marta Wozniak
Hair Stylist: Charles Stanley
Hair Assistant: Aimeric Amiot
Hair Assistant: Anoushka Danielle
Hair Assistant: Mariana Feliziana
BTS Photographer: Emma Jones
Casting: Road Casting
Casting Director: Coralie Rose
Casting Assistants: James Healy & Harmony Cree Morgan
Camera Provided by Panavision
Talent
Martin: Ewan Mitchell
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Asher Mirsadeghi
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Paul McGinty
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Jay Ashley Herridge
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Pete Grimwood
The Messy Gurlies: Gabriella McConway
The Messy Gurlies: Thalia Gambe
The Messy Gurlies: Mabel Robson
The Messy Gurlies: Grace Malone
Moany Teenage Girls: Asia Small
Moany Teenage Girls: Freya Mac
Siblings: Sherry Leach
Siblings: Eve Driver
Older Woman: Su Garfinkle
Older Woman: Sheila Rickerby
Dog Man: Richard Meyers
Couple: Jake Ashton-Nelson
Couple: Coral Bevan
Sombre Woman: Alessana Hall
#fontainesdc #romance #inthemodernworld
"In The Modern World" is taken from the new album ROMANCE, out 23 August on XL. Pre-order here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.oyd
Lyrics
I feel alive
In ...
"In The Modern World" is taken from the new album ROMANCE, out 23 August on XL. Pre-order here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.oyd
Lyrics
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
And wait for the day
To go dreaming
Right by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard not to be free
When you walk
Right beside me
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
I feel alive
In the city
You despise
And wait for the day
When you come
Riding on by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard just to be
If it matters
You complete me, yeah
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel...
No, I don't feel
I don't feel bad
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law...
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
So don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel
No I don't feel
(As long as I've known)
I don't feel bad
(As long as I've known)
Charlene
As long as I've known (Yeah?)
There's no feeling to draw (What?)
You may be the reason
But I am the law
I don't feel bad
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"In The Modern World" is taken from the new album ROMANCE, out 23 August on XL. Pre-order here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.oyd
Lyrics
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
And wait for the day
To go dreaming
Right by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard not to be free
When you walk
Right beside me
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
I feel alive
In the city
You despise
And wait for the day
When you come
Riding on by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard just to be
If it matters
You complete me, yeah
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel...
No, I don't feel
I don't feel bad
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law...
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
So don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel
No I don't feel
(As long as I've known)
I don't feel bad
(As long as I've known)
Charlene
As long as I've known (Yeah?)
There's no feeling to draw (What?)
You may be the reason
But I am the law
I don't feel bad
Follow Fontaines D.C.
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Fontaines D.C. perform In The Modern World at Reading & Leeds 2024.
Watch more highlights on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007xt4m
Liste...
Fontaines D.C. perform In The Modern World at Reading & Leeds 2024.
Watch more highlights on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007xt4m
Listen to sets and highlights on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00224qy
Follow all on social @BBCR1 / @BBCRadio1
Fontaines D.C. perform In The Modern World at Reading & Leeds 2024.
Watch more highlights on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007xt4m
Listen to sets and highlights on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00224qy
Follow all on social @BBCR1 / @BBCRadio1
It's easy to blame ourselves for not feeling 100% in our minds, but some of the causes of mental unwellness have to do with large systemic problems in our socie...
It's easy to blame ourselves for not feeling 100% in our minds, but some of the causes of mental unwellness have to do with large systemic problems in our societies, among these, an emphasis on individualism, a manic faith in Romantic love and a cult of meritocracy.
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It's easy to blame ourselves for not feeling 100% in our minds, but some of the causes of mental unwellness have to do with large systemic problems in our societies, among these, an emphasis on individualism, a manic faith in Romantic love and a cult of meritocracy.
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Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we woul...
Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world.
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00:00 The Present Age
01:21 A Passionless Present
06:29 Information Overload
11:51 The Pitiless Public
16:27 Levelling and The Individual
Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world.
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00:00 The Present Age
01:21 A Passionless Present
06:29 Information Overload
11:51 The Pitiless Public
16:27 Levelling and The Individual
In The Modern World is taken from Fontaines D.C.'s new album "ROMANCE" out 23 August. Pre-Order/Save here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.OYD
Stream In The Modern World here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/inthemodernworld.OYD
Director & Writer: Luna Carmoon
Production Company: ProdCo
Founding Partners / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge
Exec Producer: Theo Hue Williams
Producer: Chris Murdoch
DOP: Jack Hamilton
Directors Assistant: Ophelia O’Sullivan
MV Rep UK: Alexa Haywood @ FreeAgent UK
Production Coordinator: Callum Anderson
Label: XL Recordings
Commissioner: Scott Wright
Editor: Joseph Taylor
Edit House: Trim
Edit Producer: Charlie Dalton
Colour House: ETC
Colourist: Andi Chu
Colour Producer: Oliver Whitworth
Sound Design: No 8 Audio
Sound Engineer: George Castle
Sound Engineer: James Benn
Foley: Foley House
1st Ad: Jack Meredith
2nd Ad: Alex Mcallister
Runner: Giampietro Fossemo
Runner: Kaia Bashir
Runner: Omri Dayan
Production Runner: Malachi Stewart
Focus Puller: Hermes Contreras
2nd AC: Domingo Simon
Camera Trainee: Sijo Joy
DIT: Liam Davison
Sound Recordist: Alessandra Fasto
Gaffer: Tom Nowell
Spark: Milo Sharpe
Spark: Dan Svilenov
Production Designer: Sofia Sacomani
Art Director: Ellen Aman Jones
Art Dept Assistant: Phin Symmons
Movement Director: Lewis Walker
Stunt Coordinator: Ian Kay
Location Manager: Mike Glynn
Location Supervisor: Mark Rolfe
Location Assistant: Samuel Jackson
Animal Handler: Trevor Smith @ Animals Work
Animal Handler: Alan Thompson / A1 Animals
Costume designer: Lucy James
Costume supervisor: Colleen Finnerty
Costume assistant: Layla Stone
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Makeup Artist: Natasha Lawes
Makeup Assistant: Sophie Gia Moore
Makeup Assistant: Marta Wozniak
Hair Stylist: Charles Stanley
Hair Assistant: Aimeric Amiot
Hair Assistant: Anoushka Danielle
Hair Assistant: Mariana Feliziana
BTS Photographer: Emma Jones
Casting: Road Casting
Casting Director: Coralie Rose
Casting Assistants: James Healy & Harmony Cree Morgan
Camera Provided by Panavision
Talent
Martin: Ewan Mitchell
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Asher Mirsadeghi
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Paul McGinty
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Jay Ashley Herridge
Car-JuJitsu Opponent: Pete Grimwood
The Messy Gurlies: Gabriella McConway
The Messy Gurlies: Thalia Gambe
The Messy Gurlies: Mabel Robson
The Messy Gurlies: Grace Malone
Moany Teenage Girls: Asia Small
Moany Teenage Girls: Freya Mac
Siblings: Sherry Leach
Siblings: Eve Driver
Older Woman: Su Garfinkle
Older Woman: Sheila Rickerby
Dog Man: Richard Meyers
Couple: Jake Ashton-Nelson
Couple: Coral Bevan
Sombre Woman: Alessana Hall
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"In The Modern World" is taken from the new album ROMANCE, out 23 August on XL. Pre-order here: https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance.oyd
Lyrics
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
And wait for the day
To go dreaming
Right by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard not to be free
When you walk
Right beside me
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
I feel alive
In the city
You despise
And wait for the day
When you come
Riding on by
Oh oh oh oh
Seems so hard just to be
If it matters
You complete me, yeah
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
I don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel...
No, I don't feel
I don't feel bad
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law
As long as I've known
There's no feeling to draw
You may be the reason
But I am the law
The law...
I feel alive
In the city
That you like
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel anything in the modern world
I don't feel bad, Charlene
Kissing on the corner (Yeah?)
Wait for just a minute (What?)
Come away with me and Sal
I promise you'll be in it
So don't feel bad
In the modern world (What?)
In the modern world
I don't feel
No I don't feel
(As long as I've known)
I don't feel bad
(As long as I've known)
Charlene
As long as I've known (Yeah?)
There's no feeling to draw (What?)
You may be the reason
But I am the law
I don't feel bad
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Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world.
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00:00 The Present Age
01:21 A Passionless Present
06:29 Information Overload
11:51 The Pitiless Public
16:27 Levelling and The Individual
"The Modern World" was a single released by the British group The Jam on 15 October 1977, released as the first and only single from the band's second album This Is the Modern World.
Backed by the tracks "Sweet Soul Music", "Back in My Arms Again" recorded live at London's 100 Club on 11 September 1977, it reached No. 36 in the UK Singles chart. The single version had slightly changed lyrics, replacing the words "I don't give two fucks about your review" with "I don't give a damn about your review".
This is a modern world - This is the modern world What kind of a fool do you think I am? You think I know nothing of the modern world All my life has been the same I've learned to live by hate and pain It's my inspiration drive - I've learned more than you'll ever know Even at school I felt quite sure That one day I would be on top And I'd look down upon the map The teachers who said I'd be nothing - This is the modern world that I've learnt about This is the modern world, we don't need no one To tell us what's right or wrong - Say what you like 'cause I don't care I know where I am and going too It's somewhere I won't preview Don't have to explain myself to you I don't give two fucks about your review