Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Step right up folks
Anarchy for sale!
T-shirts only ten dollars
Badges only 3.50
I nicked the design, never asked the band
I never listen to them either
Buy buy buy from Circle A
Like hula hoops, it's a disposable craze
Another fast-food fad to throw away
Get your anarchy for sale
Anarchy for sale
Anarchy for sale
Anarchy for sale!
T-shirts only ten dollars
Badges only 3.50
I nicked the design, never asked the band
I never listen to them either
Buy buy buy from Circle A
Like hula hoops, it's a disposable craze
Another fast-food fad to throw away
Get your anarchy for sale
Anarchy for sale
Anarchy for sale
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So true - this is even more relevant than ever, now we're all being sold nu-metal, kiddie-punk, whatever. REBEL! Don't listen to the motherfuckers who try to tell you 'how to be punk' - do it the way you think is cool.
@PunkGoth like YOU are? Easy to fall into that trap, no?
Rebel along the paths we pick
i love that line so much. its so true. every time i go see a band at a show theres all these guys outside with their huge coloured hair and so many chunks of metal through their noses that they repel eachother like magnets. and they think theyre so goddam alternative and non conforming even though they look identical. and they sneer at eachother and think themselves more superior and "punk" because their hair is a shade brighter and they have an extra rip in their pants.
its funny that the general philosophy of "punk" is to think for yourself but there are so many rules to follow. like you have to hate the conservative party (or republicans if you're american) and you have to throw away opportunities and leave school early and have the same hairstyle and have the same clothes
who cares? wow, you kids can all look identical. nice work.
i believe that we should tare this world down with anarchy and rebiuld it with socialisim, but that's just me. i don't really like violence either, but i think we need to tare down this fucked-up society and you need the violence, even if i don't condone it.
This song is about the commercialization of the punk rock movement.
I fucking LOVE the way this song mocks the people who are buying in so that they don't sell out. It's fucking hilarious. People these days are all too consumed with the whole "trying to be different just like everyone else" thing that it amuses me and makes me physically ill all at the same time. Jello is a genius. SUPPORT AN ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES BAND NEAREST YOU! :)
hehe .True^
hehe .True^
I was born with a mohawk, no need to buy into it :)
ugh mohawks are so freaking ugly. i understand that it represents how people care too much about looks but still it just looks weird
haha Vicki. This song is so awesome, and I'm sick of the media stereotyping punk, then marketing it to the trendies. Also about how anarchy means nothing to people any more... disturbing...
Haha, there's this guy and he's got a reputation for being punk and he made me laugh cos he was standing outside the detention room singing 'anarchy, anarchy, anarchy.' Haha. One day I'm gonna ask him if he knows what it means.