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I want to ride my bicycle
Melbourne March 2016 (11 photos)
Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like
You say black, I say white You say bark, I say bite You say shark, I say hey man Jaws was never my scene And I don’t like Star Wars
You say Rolls, I say Royce You say God, give me a choice You say Lord, I say Christ I don’t believe in Peter Pan Frankenstein or Superman All I wanna do is
Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my
Bicycle races are coming your way So forget all your duties, oh yeah! Fat bottomed girls they’ll be riding today So look out for those beauties, oh yeah
On your marks. Get set. Go!
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle (I want a) Bicycle race
You say coke, I say caine You say John, I say Wayne Hot dog, I say cool it man I don’t wanna be the President of America
You say smile, I say cheese Cartier, I say please Income tax, I say Jesus I don’t wanna be a candidate For Vietnam or Watergate ‘Cause all I want to do is
Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my Bicycle bicycle (c’mon) bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like
One has to love the harmony in the voices in this song, as well as the harmony of this sculpture.
The sculpture, “Forever Bicycles 2015” by Chinese artist Ai weiwei is currently on display at the National Gallery of Victoria until April 22, 2016. A major new installation designed specifically for the NGV, it is composed from over 1500 bicycles, and has been installed as part of the Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei exhibition.
This sculpture is based on the Forever bicycle, a popular brand that has been mass-produced in China since the 1940s and gave many Chinese a sense of freedom and autonomy. When Ai Weiwei was growing up, a Forever Bicycle was a luxury to him. One bike symbolised the freedom to move. The brand itself meant status, the best of the best.
Max Delany, the senior curator of contemporary art, said this was the largest international contemporary show ever held at the gallery, and covered the entire ground floor of the building.
“Andy Warhol was one of the most consequential artists of the 20th century, often spoken of as the American century, the century of modernity,” he said.
“[Whereas] Ai Weiwei is an artist of what has often been postulated as the Chinese century to come, and an artist of our contemporary times.”
Mr Delany said the artists have both had enormous significance and explored many similar ideas through their work.
“Ai’s work deals with some of the most critical global issues of the 21st century, including the relationship between tradition and modernity, the role of the individual and the state, questions of human rights, and the value of freedom of expression,” he said.
(sources: ABC news and SMH) …
“Bicycle Race” is a single by the British rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen’s frontman Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song “Fat Bottomed Girls”. The song is notable for its video featuring 65 naked women, all professional models, racing at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium. It was filmed by Dennis de Vallance. The group rented the stadium and several dozen bikes for one day for filming the scene; however, when the renting company became aware of the way their bikes were used, they requested that the group purchase all the bicycle seats. The original video uses special effects to hide the nudity.
Other Queen songs to have been given the Draco treatment, include:
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