"Something's Gotta Stop Us" - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" adaptation by the Marsh Family

This is our slightly odd parody of the thumping 80s feel-good power ballad that was the theme tune to a weird movie, Mannequin, one of those eighties movies that has not perhaps aged well. But the original song, co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, is just as strident as it always was – first nailed by the band Starship in 1986 (and featuring on their No Protection album in 1987). We’ve given it a treatment to direct it towards an issue close to our hearts, and a subject of massive frustration in the UK, which is the lack of effective action towards what will be (in spite of COVID) the biggest crisis of the generations to come: climate change. In November the UK will be hosting the major global climate talks, COP26, and it’s a kind of last chance saloon to really drive attention and action towards remedying hundreds of years’ worth of damage caused by industrialising countries and decades of neglect and apathy, in spite of the growing evidence around us. The promises and talk – hot air – don’t cut it anymore, and there isn’t time for faffing around. It’s going to be a challenge for all of us, and we wanted to capture that too – trying to reflect what we hear from other people, but also our own failings on issues like diet and consumerism. Let’s hope they come up with something sea-changing at the talks… …in the meantime, here’s to swallowing some more tofu and rocking out to some orangutan soft metal parody. Huge thanks again to folk who’ve been able to support us on Patreon, and especially our ‘Howlers’: Andrew, Carol Leff, Chris Tiedemann, Cliff Hope, David Patrao, Derrick Brown, Jenny Pontin, JL Dinovo, John, Grandad, Paul Ballinger Howe Do consider joining and finding out about some of the bonuses if you’re interested or able at:   / marshfamilysongs