The band British Sea Power release a new single on 25 July. Taken from their current album Valhalla Dancehall, it's a song called "Georgie Ray". Georgie is a reference to George Orwell, and Ray is a reference to Ray Bradbury.The song is a plea for us to act and speak out in order to prevent the destruction of the world. The opening lines are, "Before this day is cemented/In memory of Ray/Can we all do something, instead of pray."
Bradbury is also echoed in the lines "Can we all sing electric, On the sun?"
According to thedigitalfix, this is what the band's frontman has to say about the Orwell and Bradbury connection:
"Sometimes,” says BSP frontman Yan, “you end up thinking science fiction is all Star Trek and Buck Rogers, but great writers wrote sci fi too. In this song George Orwell and Ray Bradbury are combined into one person. It’s a song that looks into the possibly doom-laden future of nowadays and optimistically hopes for something better."
You can listen to the song for free on the band's official website (look for the PLAY button next to the song title "Georgie Ray").
The lyrics can be seen here (albeit with some differences to what is actually sung on the track).
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