| Gallows – In the Belly of a Shark Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| That's a fact by the way, so there's no point arguing jgb, you'll just have to accept that you're quite a stupid person. | |
| Gallows – In the Belly of a Shark Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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You two are so ignorant, maybe you should make love to each other. I actually live in Watford, and for your information they have a natural history museum with all sorts of exciting exibits, one of which is the inside of a shark's belly that you can wonder around in, you can even sit in there and eat some sandwiches that the museum provides at no extra cost. Unfortunately the cost of providing free sandwiches means that they can't afford heating or lighting. For me and hundreds of others it's a fair compromise. Unfortunately a fair few people say they'd actually prefer heating and lighting, I'd say the split is about 80/20 in favour of the sandwiches. I personally know Frank. (We went to ginger club together when we were toddlers. Sadly though he got kicked out cos they don't allow tattoos on toddlers under the age of seven. By the time he was allowed back in, I had gone bald and not having grown pubes yet I had no way of authenticating my gingerness. We still try to stay in contact though.) and while he doesn't mind the sandwiches he says he'd prefer some heating. I said to him 'why don't you cover yourself up with a sweater Frank?', but he said 'nah I like to show off my tatts', I said 'fair play, they're very nice tatts, but you're gonna have to put up with the cold then aren't you'. Next thing I knew he'd written a song about that shark. Sadly, because of the increased tourism revenue the museum is now able to provide food, heating and lighting, so no one will ever again know what being inside that sharks belly was like all those year ago. |
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| Public Enemy – Fight the Power Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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At the end of the day Chuck D is an expert in soundbites and metaphors. The soundbite is attention grabbing and makes the listener sit up and take notice (early Manic Street Preachers lyrics also featured this a lot). Once you're attention has been grabed it's then up to you to figure out what he means and what he's saying. If the lyrics were doing nothing more than attacking two people (Elvis and John Wayne) they'd be pretty weak. When you think of Elvis, John Wayne, even Johnny Cash, I could go on, you're seeing symbols, what tv, magazines, advertisments, corporations, film, MTV have fed to you, what you've been fed by these systems of power. All this stuff is what Chuck D is all about, (eg: he warned once about 'weapons of mass distraction'. MTV, mindless video games all occupy your time and mind and stop you from thinking) 'Mother fuck him and John Wayne' is completely damning these systems of power, its also a statement of intent of wiping the cultural state clean, not only for black people, but everyone who realises that the continuation and nostalgia for these icons is utter nonsense. (It suits white authority to keep propogating such symbols: As long as those symbols stand strong then there is no space for others. Eg: Martin Luther King, with Arizona refusing to grant a national holiday for him. You can argue all you want, but White America is not going to give up its stronghold willingly). Starting afresh like this is what punk and post punk was trying to do in the late seventies and early eighties. (Terminator X's name holds a similar meaning, the eradication of all that has come before). Its all imagery and metaphor at the end of the day. Kurt Cobain had a sticker on his guitar that said 'Vandalism: as beautiful as a rock in a cops face'. Now you can be all sensitive and tiptoe around the subject "oh what if the cop has a family", "but that would hurt" "Elvis was really talented and sensitvie and wrote lovely songs". But thats not what making a statement is all about, statements have different levels. If someone you knew was a cop and got hit in the face by a rock, sure you'd be concerned; but as an image, a statement of dissention in the face of authority, its perfect. |
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