| Billy Bragg – The Saturday Girl Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Bit that gets me most- "I never understood my failings then, and I hide my humble hopes now;" |
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| Billy Bragg – The Saturday Girl Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Very well put. Love this song. | |
| Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with a lot of what ZodiacD (and chef09s reply) said, that the song, is about the hypocrisy that is exhibited primarily by rich, white liberal types who want everyone to think they are so cultured and how they know about how people around the world live but they themselves are really stuck-up, condescending, spoilt assholes who don't really care. I'm thinking the sort of people I've met, who take holidays to far off places and come back pretending they got the "real experience" and that they "know the people" when in reality they spent all their time in 5* hotels in between being chauffeured about in guided tours. So when they are faced with the reality, they get all scared because it is such a contrast to what their used to. To be honest, I don't think the usage of Cambodia is as immensely relevant as some people on here think it is - it could be anywhere from the Nazi death camps to the Rwandan genocide, Cambodia was just a contemporary example of a place where life was particularly hard. |
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| Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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What the hell are you talking about? The US never invaded Cambodia. What you might have been thinking about, is that during this time they invaded Vietnam. And you're telling other people to read the news? You're totally clueless yourself. |
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