| Say Anything – Alive with the Glory Of Love Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Couple of changes, I think the line "Falls to the ashes" is actually "Falls to the asses", i.e. the political asses who were puppets for the Nazis but were put in charge of the Ghetto. Also, "beneath the warm wood" is "beneath the wormwood", i.e. the type of wood. I've never heard of wood that would be warm in a deserted house. |
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| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Ok this is an amazing song, but it is completely racist. I have no problem with both of these 2 facts being true, unlike many others. The Pianist is a great movie even though Roman Polanski is a pedophile, similiarly, this song is great but there is no question it supports racist people and policies. The line "they love the governor" boo hoo hoo has been debated, whether it is making fun of Wallace's detractors or agreeing with them. I think the argument is put to rest by the later line (not included in these lyrics, which should be revised) "where the skies are so blue and the governor's true." They were noted to have supported Wallace, and his presidential campaign, which by the way was founded upon the idea that Wallace would serve as power broker to end desegregation (Wallace ran on the platform of Segregation forever!). But apparently, by the watergate line, this Wallace was a better candidate than Nixon in their opinion. Now you might say, "but when the song was written George Wallace was a different guy!" Not really, he still opposed the desegregation of busing systems (the only segregated system remaining), and in 1970 he ran a tv ad in alabama of "the blacks are trying to take over alabama" with a white girl surrounded by seven black boys. Very racially charged, racist propaganda was what George Wallace suppoted at the time. The "different" Wallace was the man in 1979, long after the song was released, who became a born again christian, apologized to the black community, and retracted everything he had believed and done before. Now THIS man I could see people supporting and have no problem with it, but of course Lynyrd Skynyrd didnt see this man when they recorded their song, they saw a recist segregationalist who believed blacks were taking over his state. Is it any wonder that when Neil Young writes a song saying basically, "you should stop being racist alabama", they're response is not "we're not all racist like Wallace" but rather, "we dont need you Neil Young get out of here." |
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