#Push the button full#

The politically charged lyrical content caused some controversy. ' I'm gonna push the button' in the final chorus, a response to ' they're gonna push the button' in the first chorus and ' he's gonna push the button' in the second chorus). But this quote, exuberant and triumphant in 'Khay', here is (perhaps slyly) repurposed as just part of the nervous narrator's thought – 'I'm still alive, alive, alive' it begins, then concludes (no longer apolitical), 'and if the situation remains as frightening as it has been, only then I will say / I'm gonna push the button' (i.e. The next line – ' ani od khay, khay, khay' ('I'm still alive, alive, alive') – is a direct quote of the hook from Israel's upbeat (and apolitical) second-place-winning 1983 Eurovision entry, ' Khay'. He switches further to his dramatic vocals, wondering if perhaps the song is altogether 'too sharp', and suggesting that 'We should sing palm tree songs, desert songs with no flags', referring to an older, romantic (and apolitical) style of Israeli song. The tempo then switches back to the steady beat of the earlier verses, but with Oz still singing in Hebrew describing the people in his situation as 'pawns'. He expands on his earlier description of the risk of fanaticism, describing a nightmarish situation in which nobody else seems aware of, or concerned about, what is happening. The chorus (complete with guitar riff) is then repeated (with 'he's gonna.' instead of 'they're gonna.').įollowing the chorus, the song changes tempo entirely, as Oz begins to rap in Hebrew. The accordion beat is then replaced once again as Oz switches back to English to sing that he does not want to die and 'I wanna see the flowers bloom / don't wanna go kaput kaboom' in a more dramatic manner. Oz sings that there is 'too much violence' due to the fanatics he described earlier. The second verse begins in a similar style to the first, with the exception that the lyrics are delivered in French.

At this point, the song moves to the chorus, featuring a guitar riff and the repeated phrase 'they're gonna push the button'.

#Push the button full#

Lead singer Kobi Oz begins by singing in English over a steady accordion beat, explaining that 'the world is full of terror' and singing about the risk posed by 'some crazy rulers' who are bent on destruction. The song is an up-tempo number, featuring many changes in tempo and style.

Teapacks had been selected as the Israeli representative by the Israel Broadcasting Authority and invited to perform four songs at the national final to determine which one would be performed in Helsinki. The entry gained the right to represent the country by an absolute majority, winning 20% of the televote, 20% of the SMS vote, 20% of the pre-vote and 40% of the jury vote. This song was the first Israeli entry to feature lyrics in French, as well as the first to feature lyrics in any language aside from Hebrew or English. ' Push the Button', known in Hebrew as ' Kaftor Adom' ( כפתור אדום, 'Red Button'), was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English, French and Hebrew by Teapacks. If you are a fan of post-punk, there will be a song on “Black Swan” that you will love.Teapacks performing at the Eurovision Song Contest They are a rebuke of the sunny pop records that young suburban artists cultivate they are the knives in the darkness that cuts away the bullshit and exposes the depths of our feelings.” “New Times” said Push Button Press “…is holding up the flag high for all the Goth kids out there that refuse to let go of their angst and skepticism and don their black platform shit-kickers with pride…descending onto this world like a dark cloud of truth here to wash away our contentment. They accomplish this while creating engrossing and polished songs you will listen too more than once. Stylistically it draws from the early days of guitar driven post-punk from bands like Joy Division, Bauhaus, Christian Death, and The Buzzcocks. Recorded in world-class studios with a multiple Grammy nominated engineer, “Black Swan” is a sonic pleasure.

Push Button Press sophomore release on Cold Transmission records entitled “Black Swan” is a tour de force of post-punk energy.