well, since slf came about in northern ireland in the late 1970's, so this song is probably about the violent conflict between nationalist (mostly catholic) and union factions (mostly protestant).
"They put up the wall"
referring to the peace lines, a series of walls separating catholic and protestant neighborhoods in several cities in northern ireland.
"They take away our freedom
In the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off
Why won't they let us be
They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell"
I'm not sure which side they're taking, nationalist or unionist. it could go either way or even neither way.
Neither way. They object to the system and the endless fighting and the authority and the self proclaimed heroes who do nothing for the people they claim to be fighting for. Wasted Life goes into more detail.
Neither way. They object to the system and the endless fighting and the authority and the self proclaimed heroes who do nothing for the people they claim to be fighting for. Wasted Life goes into more detail.
@russrebellion SLF resolutely took neither side in the Troubles - they were neither Unionist nor Republican. Their stance was that the whole thing was a stupid meaningless fight that ruined the lives of a generation of Northern Irish people.
@russrebellion SLF resolutely took neither side in the Troubles - they were neither Unionist nor Republican. Their stance was that the whole thing was a stupid meaningless fight that ruined the lives of a generation of Northern Irish people.
well, since slf came about in northern ireland in the late 1970's, so this song is probably about the violent conflict between nationalist (mostly catholic) and union factions (mostly protestant).
"They put up the wall"
referring to the peace lines, a series of walls separating catholic and protestant neighborhoods in several cities in northern ireland.
"They take away our freedom In the name of liberty Why don't they all just clear off Why won't they let us be They make us feel indebted For saving us from hell And then they put us through it It's time the bastards fell"
I'm not sure which side they're taking, nationalist or unionist. it could go either way or even neither way.
Neither way. They object to the system and the endless fighting and the authority and the self proclaimed heroes who do nothing for the people they claim to be fighting for. Wasted Life goes into more detail.
Neither way. They object to the system and the endless fighting and the authority and the self proclaimed heroes who do nothing for the people they claim to be fighting for. Wasted Life goes into more detail.
Stiff Little Fingers pretty much thought paramilitary organisations on both sides, the Army and the RUC were all as bad as each other.
Stiff Little Fingers pretty much thought paramilitary organisations on both sides, the Army and the RUC were all as bad as each other.
@russrebellion SLF resolutely took neither side in the Troubles - they were neither Unionist nor Republican. Their stance was that the whole thing was a stupid meaningless fight that ruined the lives of a generation of Northern Irish people.
@russrebellion SLF resolutely took neither side in the Troubles - they were neither Unionist nor Republican. Their stance was that the whole thing was a stupid meaningless fight that ruined the lives of a generation of Northern Irish people.