| Public Enemy – Bring the Noise Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Regarding the line, "Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to What he can say to you, what you ought to do," Prof Griff was fired from the group in '89 for making anti-semitic remarks, something Farrakhann's considered guilty of. Although he later rejoined the group just before it's disbandment, I think this proves PE as a group doesn't endorse/agree with All of Farrakhan's preachings. I myself don't have to agree with every single line, stance, thought, etc. artists make to decide if I like their music or not. I listen to Slayer too, but I don't pray to Pentagrams and worship the devil. It just gets me pumped up when I work out. Mel Gibson's proven himself to be an anti-Semite with his recent drunken comments that "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world". Ok so he's an idiot, but I'm still gonna watch Mad Max and Braveheart cause they're great movies. Just take what you want and leave the rest. PE had a message and they brought it before and during a time when most white Americans were in denial, or blissfully ignorant that racism still exists. "Five-O said "Freeze!" and I got numb Can't I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?" Man that was written 3 years before the infamous Rodney King beating. Regardless of his guilt all you gotta do is ask yourself, would a drunk, reckless driving, uncooperative, white guy have received the same ass whooping? PE took no prisoners and weren't concerned with dumbing down to guarantee airplay. I love the line, " Radio stations I question their blackness They call themselves black, but we'll see if they play this" PE's beats and rap style are among the most talented for that era in music. Remember MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice? 'Nuff said. |
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| Anthrax – Bring The Noise Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Correction to previous comments. I misquoted line, "still they can rock well." It's actually "still it can rock bells," which refers to LL Cool J's cut "Rock the Bells" |
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| Anthrax – Bring The Noise Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I just heard this used at the beginning of Sunday night's Bear's home game against the Seahawks to pump the crowd up, (Not that we needed much help.) When I realised I was actually hearing ANTHRAX being pumped through Soldier Field's sound system, I started screaming so loud I lost my voice. Not related to this song, but the Bears also come onto the field to Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" for all their home games which is equally AWESOME. Here's how the teaming up of these two groups came about: Musically diverse Scott Ian liked labelmate PE's sound and started wearing their shirt onstage. Chuck D took notice to this and as a nod, wrote the line, "hell wax is for Anthrax, still they can rock well" into the original track on 1998's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back." Ian decided there had to be a way the two groups could work together and was determined to make it happen. Chuck was initially reluctant to take Ian's offer, as he didn't see how the two sounds could be combined into something listenable. Scott had him listen to the drum/guitar track Anthrax had recorded and that was all it took. The rest is history. Released in '91, this one was way ahead of it's time , since Rap Metal didn't take off till Limp Bizkit's, (Ironically the same band who almost single handedly destroyed the genre thanks to Media Whore Fred Durst) release of "Three Dollar Bill Y'All" in '97. Anthrax recentley reunited with original frontman Joey Belladonna and plan to record a new album with the original lineup. True Thrash Metal will Live Again!!!! |
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