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Night Rally Lyrics
I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire
And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky
They're putting all your names in the forbidden book
I know what they're doing but I don't want to look
You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny
Wait until they've got you running to the
Night rally, night rally, night rally
Everybody's singing with their hand on their heart
About deeds done in the darkest hours
That's just the sort of catchy little melody
To get you singing in the showers
Oh, I know that I'm ungrateful
I've got it lying on a plate
And I'm not buying my share of souvenirs
You can stand to attention
You can pray to your uncle
Only get that chicken out of here
Everyone gets armbands and 3-D glasses
Some are in the back room
And they're taking those night classes
You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny
Wait until they've got you running to the
Night rally, night rally, night rally
And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky
They're putting all your names in the forbidden book
I know what they're doing but I don't want to look
Wait until they've got you running to the
Night rally, night rally, night rally
About deeds done in the darkest hours
That's just the sort of catchy little melody
To get you singing in the showers
I've got it lying on a plate
And I'm not buying my share of souvenirs
You can stand to attention
You can pray to your uncle
Only get that chicken out of here
Everyone gets armbands and 3-D glasses
Some are in the back room
And they're taking those night classes
Wait until they've got you running to the
Night rally, night rally, night rally
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It's about the dangers of Nationalism, peppered with images and references to Nazism. It's a masterpiece of wit and construction. The "forbidden book" is simply the records that fascist regimes always keep on their enemies. "Wait until they've got you running to the Night Rally" is the warning that you too might join them when they get big enough. The "singing with the hand on the heart" is how fascist regimes--or any regime--has their own propogandist songs. the "singing in the showerS", is a clever double meaning, with reference to the showers in the nazi extermination camps. There's also the reference to armbands (worn by nazis).
I signed up just to thank you for your spot-on analysis! Thanks and keep up the good work!
I signed up just to thank you for your spot-on analysis! Thanks and keep up the good work!
Your analysis is correct, I just wanted to ad that I read an interview with EC about this song in 1979 or so ... it was written in response to the rise of neo-Nazis in England. There had been some rallies in London around that time.
Your analysis is correct, I just wanted to ad that I read an interview with EC about this song in 1979 or so ... it was written in response to the rise of neo-Nazis in England. There had been some rallies in London around that time.
I think, too, as you point out, it could apply to any nationalist movement. And it has some very clever phrases, but that's standard with Elvis.
I think, too, as you point out, it could apply to any nationalist movement. And it has some very clever phrases, but that's standard with Elvis.
Good stuff Thunder. About how mindless patriotism can brainwash you.
I think it's also about how people are developing blind allegiances to various things, particularly related to consumption.
I think this song is one of his best.
I love the song's ending with the nightmarish sound distortion
Great commentary on a great song. I will, however, still be voting for Donald Trump. So sorry.
@NomadMonad at least you know what you've done. prescient lyrics, eh?...See you at the Night Rally!
@NomadMonad at least you know what you've done. prescient lyrics, eh?...See you at the Night Rally!