| Maximillian Colby – Pretty Fix Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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lyrics from the booklet: Petty Fix Medic medic said it but didn't get it got it all credit goes without it unborn unsure I'm torn believing your cure so pure divine divine yea some of the time why don't you make me cold why don't you wreak my soul why don't you wax my skis why don't you bathe in it |
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| Sleepytime Trio – 30 Equals Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| this song is pure intensity. it's like being beaten in 5/8 then stabbed in the heart in 3/4 | |
| Moss Icon – Mirror Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| for fucks sake, not every song in the world is by boys about girls | |
| Crass – Punk Is Dead Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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fuck yeah. rudolf rocker would be an awesome stage name |
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| Crass – Punk Is Dead Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| or in more posi/tolstoy words, the kingdom of punk is within you! | |
| Crass – Punk Is Dead Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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for the most part this discussion is about a word that doesn't mean anything and only because it's in the title. let's talk about things according to their merits. why do all you feel such loyalty to a word - ie. on each side, whether it's dead or not you're still a punk right? why do you have so much pride in labelling yourself? is that punk? western music has always been in the hands of suits and governments. when the sex pistols sang about anarchy it was for novelty and shock value for these same bigwigs to sell records. the clash had always been rockstars (though yes they wrote good songs, but so have lots of rockstars). the reason why crass are so important is that they weren't rockstars, they were active in pushing for political change, were active in local communities (not some shitty fashion-oriented scene, exploited fans) and were (somewhat) musically progressive. most importantly, they were doing it on their own accord and with their own energy. they weren't the first or the last to do it. there has been independent music before punk, and before rock and roll. actually to go against the title, independent music flourished after the "punk" era was over, with labels such as dischord and sst as evidence of that. these are things they considered to be part of the "punk" spirit of rebellion and autonomy. on the other hand, major labels and fashion industries and even "independent" bands for the last 30 years have taken on board rebellion and autonomy as fashion statements and lip service. quite establishment multi-national corporations that are complicit with the killings of people in the third world have co-opted anti-establishment sentiment to flog their useless products. when this sack of cynical shit took off, crass wrote this song that is valid including the title. in conclusion, fuck your pride and get active in meaningful things instead of talking shit on the internet all day. |
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| 50 Cent – That Aint Gangsta Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| being owned by suits ain't gansta either | |
| 50 Cent – Fuck Dat Bitch Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i wonder how many rapes this shithead inspires. then again, i guess it's not easy being 50 cent! | |
| Portraits Of Past – bang yer head Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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agreed oh yeah, its bang yer head. typo |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Vietnow Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| voicing opinion is great as long as you aren't brainwashing the population through subconscious advertising and subtle techniques and hidden agendas and corporate power that the mass media has down to a fine art. | |
| Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| to the person wondering their motives, i think they make it pretty clear in the liner notes they are marxist. and the zapatista schtick would confirm that they are also quite anarchist. "what is this anarchism, friend?" you say? though people automatically tie it to chaos, it translates to "without government" or "without power". it is inherently anti-capitalism as capitalism forces power heirarchies between management and worker, however it is by no means against government as an organisational tool, on the contrary. it is against the use of power and control in government. public education is very much seen as good, however at the moment it is not in the hands of the people, as the current democracy doesn't represent the people, it is just a tool to enforce patriotism and nationalism and obedience. which is what this song is about. | |
| Rage Against the Machine – In My Eyes (Minor Threat cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| this is my favourite minor threat song | |
| Rage Against the Machine – Guerrilla Radio Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Oh goodness me. Now I'm not a huge fan of rage, but I was wondering what people say about political bands when they're on mtv etc. And it confirmed my suspicions that you end up with half of them being meatheads "yeah man that riff is so dope, makes me wanna beat up some fags" and the other half interpreting it as anti-society in general and not anti-imperialist anti-authority political commentary "yeah fuck the world man, rage tell it like it is people=shit lol". Both listen to ratm and miss the message they are desperate to get out through mass media, which i guess they would expect when it comes with corporate shit that waters everything down to an image. So to most people they are an image, a t shirt. I listen to punk music. In fact, rage against the machine were going to release their first album on ebullition ( www.ebullition.com/ ), a brilliant independent political hardcore label. Of course pop-punk bands you see on mtv aren't political, that's why they're on mtv. Try listening to the majority of the world's music, independent music where people want to keep their artistic integrity and dignity instead of contributing to the four corporations controlling the music world. Try punk bands like fugazi, propagandhi, born against, minor threat, mission of burma, the minutemen (omg jackass theme dude), etc. See the intelligent discussions about them on songmeanings. Of course not all punk bands are political and not all are anti-authority (though ridding a small percentage of the world of their power over the rest is a fundamentally good idea is it not? read chomsky), but who cares, it's just a word. I call things punk by both musical and cultural themes, you might differ, it doesn't matter. The point is that rage share common ground with so much independent music in the last half century, and I assume they tried to get a message out to people being brainwashed by mtv (black-clad 'i hate everything' people included, that's a huge market) I guess it doesn't work too well, but thank god theres bands like that to open up a few young people to a more just and humane way of living. And this song is about that too, about ideas opposed to capitalist structures that control the media subverting it to reach the mainstream. Thanks for listening. |
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| Fugazi – Fell, Destroyed Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| tenor saw was a reggae artist in the 80s, his big hit was "ring the alarm". he was either run over or killed drug deal gone wrong, depending on who you ask. coprophagics are shit eaters. seems death-like but there's a bit of prison imagery too. either way it has a hopeless feel to it. | |
| Fugazi – Turnover Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| its about being lazy. | |
| Fugazi – Facet Squared Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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lyrically, this is my favourite song of all time. it's about how fucked patriotism and nationalism is. the bit in the middle about irony and cool i think is about the complacency of people who know better, when they could address one of the worst problems of human history |
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| Fugazi – Bad Mouth Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| stop talking about a word | |
| Fugazi – 23 Beats Off Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| it's magic johnson / michael jordan. well less specifically, about celebrities and human life as novelty and conversation pieces, i guess. | |
| Four Hundred Years – Who's Driving This Thing Anyway? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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We all sounded the same And with every word I spoke It got harder not to choke And when it came undone I found that everything I'd built meant nothing If I lacked the strength to open my mind Cause it was never these things that defined me All I'd known, all I'd seen, what I believed wasn't mine So I struggle to open a new door And I don't know what I'll see or what I'll find on the other side And I struggle to utter a new word And I don't know what I'll see or what I'll find when I do I don't know what scares me more Is it the thought of changing? ..Is it the thought of losing? ..Is it the thought of moving? ..Or is it the thought that I might stand still While the world is moving? (We can change; we can change our minds. We can change; we can change our lives. I'm glad I'm not stuck in the same place. I'm stepping out so I can grow) |
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