| The Clash – Clampdown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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A lot of you are overlooking the simple fact that a song can and generally does have multiple meanings. The references to Nazi Germany are metaphorical, but they're not solely so. It's not a song about any specific power or corruption, but all in one. The Nazi bit can easily be read as a metaphorical reference to the cut-throat capitalist business world, any of many governments imposing unneeded and unwanted restrictions on their people, and even directly a mention of Nazi Germany as a prime example. It could very well be read as something of an exposure of the people who claimed after the war that they knew what they had done was wrong but did it to save themselves. If you truly believe something to be wrong and immoral, and truly oppose it, you won't go with the flow to save face. What am I getting at with this? Felix, get your elitist head out of your ass. No, the wall had not fallen in '79, but the wall did exist, and was seen as a sign of repression and degradation. No, your "deep meaning" isn't all that deep, the song has multiple meanings. Thank you and good night (now get the fuck out.) |
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| Social Distortion – Far Behind Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Way. Fucking. Wrong. What is this shit? |
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