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| Jets to Brazil – Sea Anemone Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is about Blake's divorce, hence the "keep the name" line. Is this the beginning of "living in a hotel" (I Typed for Miles) since he moved out of his house? |
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| Propagandhi – Firestorm, My Ass Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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AllFallDown, thanks! I just checked out the Earth Crisis lyrics, and holy shit this whole song comes into focus. Fucking awesome. |
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| Propagandhi – Utter Crap Song Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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My theory: This is John K trying to get Chris to write about more personal stuff (false dichotomy I know) Chris tried it once and recoiled from it forever. Am I on to something? |
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| Propagandhi – Fixed Frequencies Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think these most recent comments are right on - it's a comparison of little fiefdoms in the 3rd world (sometimes friends of the US, other times not, maybe like the one in this song) to big empires in the West. The lyrics in this song are really a masterpiece. Maybe the best written lyrics of any Propagandhi song ever, poetry-wise. Agree or disagree? |
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| Propagandhi – Fuck Machine Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think "Refusing to be a Man" is a more nuanced look at the issues - then again he was older and wiser when he wrote that. It doesn't sit well with me that a man, from his privileged gender, can write something like "do you really want to be our fucking toys? And in again, just condone it with a grin. Sit back, idly chat, smile, prove you're just a fuck machine. Is that what you really want to fucking be?" I don't think men on the left should be trying to pretend they know what life is like for women and what their choices should be. It surprises me how long they kept playing this song live before they thought better of it. |
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| Propagandhi – Firestorm, My Ass Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I don't catch the Earth Crisis reference. What's the story?
Why do people think he ditched these lyrics? I'm guessing he liked the ending and wanted something that went along with the theme instead of just saying "and having said that..." and then just go on to sing about a different topic (yeah I know it's RELATED, but...) |
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| Propagandhi – Fine Day Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"agglutinate and acquiesce"!! Does anyone get the sense that at some point around 94-95 Chris was taking a vocab course for material!? |
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| Propagandhi – Bent Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think this is one of their dumbest songs, musically and lyrically. It seems like they think so too. Not sure about the homophobia reading, but that is interesting. |
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| Propagandhi – Back To The Motor League Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Thanks for the info about Tip-tiks! I thought it had something to do with the Motor Leagues, but how the fuck was I supposed to know what Chris was talking about?
My take on "Today is a good day to die:" Chris often ends lyrics (in the liner notes) or interview questions with funny or depressing non-sequitors like this. I think it comes out of writing words that make you more and more depressed about the world or yourself and suddenly you just think: kill me. It's kind of black humor, not necessarily serious. I think this is an instance of that. Read some of their written response interviews or the liner notes to their old records on Recess Records (I still have mine somewhere) to see other examples.
A trajectory?: Anti manifesto -> Less Talk, More Rock -> Motor Leagues -> Rock for Sustainable Capitalism |
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| Propagandhi – Anti-Manifesto Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The second half of this song has always perplexed me. It's always seemed more ambiguous than most of the descriptions so far. Does anyone see it as "some doubt" about their own role in everything - laughing at their own attempts to be the authority on the issues they sing about? I think if the ambiguity I see is actually there, than this song takes on even more of a profound meaning. The fact that they wrote this when they were so ridiculously young continues to be impressive.
Whoever asked earlier: a "2-6" is similar to talking about a "40 oz." in the US.
I agree with Violentpacifist, from what I've seen, Propagandhi don't put their money where their mouth is often enough. I say this as a 11-year die-hard fan of the band, but I find their most recent doomsday-style lyrics all the more offensive without more substantive efforts on their part to "make this shithole planet better" beyond general support for various activist causes. Wish there was more of the hope from the first two albums in the lyrics of the latest two. |
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