| Minor Threat – Filler Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Wow. I really wish Christians would shut up. They're so fucking annoying. | |
| Crass – Bloody Revolution Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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In this song, Crass (as anarchists) are criticising all Communist (big C) revolutions and their violent methods. They're also criticising the authoritarian systems which have always been set up after these revolutions. The song strongly emphasises the anarchist idea that systems like this are not communism at all (true communism should be libertarian and a form of anarchism) -- rather state capitalism. Furthermore, Crass are making the point that government is government, and you can't "free" the people from it only to set up another one with a different name. People will only be truly free when there is no state and no private ownership of land and the means of production. |
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| Manic Street Preachers – Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I like thestamp's theory about the title, but I have to say: you CAN get black flowers. They're not common, but they do exist. | |
| Joy Division – Ice Age Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song was written during the Cold War, remember. There was massive fear of a nuclear war breaking out at any time, and I think that's what this is about. "Stockpiled safety for a few While we stand holding hands" - Nuclear weapons stockpiles were the superpowers' "protection" from each other, but if used, there would be many innocent casualties. "Searching for another way See them hide behind the door We'll live in holes and disused shafts Hopes for little more" - The idea of living in a post-apocalyptic world -- while the people who "pushed the button" could hide in nuclear bunkers, civilians "live in holes and disused shafts." "Ice age" = nuclear winter "It's not an eclipse" - The most striking line for me. Very clever lyric -- we're told it's not an eclipse, but are not explicitly told what it -is-. |
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| Interpol – Slow Hands Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| You guys all lose for not picking up on the Joy Division reference in "...heart and soul..." | |
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