This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Oh come on
Close the city and tell the people that something's coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall, oh
You've nothing to say
They're breaking away
If you listen to fools
The mob rules
The mob rules
Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same
Play with fire, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame, oh
It's over, it's done
The ending began
If you listen to fools
The mob rules
You've nothing to say
Oh, they're breaking away
If you listen to fools
Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might start rolling and take you right back around
You're all fools, fools, fools, fools
The mob rules
Close the city and tell the people that something's coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall, oh
You've nothing to say
They're breaking away
If you listen to fools
The mob rules
The mob rules
Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same
Play with fire, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame, oh
It's over, it's done
The ending began
If you listen to fools
The mob rules
You've nothing to say
Oh, they're breaking away
If you listen to fools
Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might start rolling and take you right back around
You're all fools, fools, fools, fools
The mob rules
Lyrics submitted by og_tool
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The song's name says it all, "The Mob Rules".
How about we actually get the right artist? This is not Ronnie James Dio's solo career, but while he was in black sabbath. Wouldn't it make sense to have the artist be black sabbath. I thought so.
How about we actually get the right artist? This is not Ronnie James Dio's solo career, but while he was in black sabbath. Wouldn't it make sense to have the artist be black sabbath. I thought so.
Uuuuuugh, I hate it when this happens. This is a HUGE falsity, as this is the title track of Black Sabbath's album "Mob Rules." I actually find this to be disgusting, as it is a huge disrespect towards Sabbath.
well, its a political song i guess. if you listen to fools(vote for a fool as president and so on...) the mob rules