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| Crass – Asylum Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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...because anarchy has nothing to do with politics?
you're an idiot. |
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| Billy Bragg – There Is Power In A Union Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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the tune for this was lifted from the american civil war song 'battle cry of freedom'
Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom;
We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
CHORUS:
The Union forever, hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitor and up with the star;
While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom;
And we'll fill the vacant ranks with a million freemen more,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom;
And altho' they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom;
And we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love the best,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom. |
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| Bad Religion – Faith in God Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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i think it's just saying that it's perfectly fine to be religious and spiritual and have faith in god, but there are so many people who do it for the wrong reasons. |
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| The Pogues – The Old Main Drag Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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for some reason i thought he came when he was about 12 or something. i know it says iin the 'if i should fall from grace' documentary. |
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| Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Redemption Song Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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this is a bob marley song that a lot of bands have done. the one strummer did was originally with johnny cash.
oldskoolpunker23, i think you're wrong. i think it's basically a peace/unity/hope song with a lot of religous connotation to it. |
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| Crass – Asylum Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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i want to add that one of rimbaud's best friends (whose death provided a lot of the inspiration to form crass) was a christian super-jesus-freak. |
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| Flogging Molly – What's Left Of The Flag Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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you faggots get so pissed over good music not fitting the 'punk' label.
they're not punk. they're celtic-rock. they play good music. you don't have to put pussy labels on them so you can feel better about liking them. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – Worker's Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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i have mixed feeling about songs like this. a lot of this music glorifying the working class does is create more class stratification. |
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| Dropkick Murphys – Billy's Bones (The Pogues cover) Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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it's a pogues song written by their singer shane macgowan who many see as one of the greatest songwriters ever.
like all of shane's songs, there is a lot of meaning behind it. if you want the full story go to poguetry.com and go to the 'rum, sodomy, and the lash' album.
anyway, it's got crap to do with war like madcappunk said. |
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| Crass – So What Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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this is the first real song the band ever wrote. after steve read penny's 30-page book 'reality asylum' (which was later shortened into a spoken word piece), he went away and came back to penny a few hours later with 'so what?'. so the two of them started writing songs together and recording them and soon some of their friends and some people staying in penny's commune joined and stormtrooper was formed, which became crass. |
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| The Tossers – Young Ned of the Hill Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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yes, there have been many songs about this 'young ned of the hill' character. but i think this song is way more original than traditional, since i haven't seen any lyrics that come very close to this one.
out of 13 songs, 6 on red roses for me are original (transmetropolitan, boys from the county hell, sea shanty, dark streets of london, streams of whiskey, and down in the ground where the dead men go). that's the most they've ever had on any of their albums. on if i should fall from grace with god, 11 of 13 are originals (though i'm not sure about the second medley).
they do take a lot of things out of other songs and crap. like writing verses to the tune of other songs (ie, the old main drag is the exact same melody as the italian song contessa) and picking out parts of other tunes to use in their songs (ie, the final verse of billy's bones is based on the nursery rhyme solomon grundy). the majority of their songs are like that, and i consider them to be much more original than traditional.
saying this song is a pogues cover is like saying sea shanty is a cover, and i'd disagree with you there. |
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| The Tossers – Young Ned of the Hill Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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no, it was written by terry woods and ron kavana. it's not traditional.
and no, most pogues songs are NOT traditional. i'd say only about 20% of them are. |
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| R.E.M. – Losing My Religion Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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i saw an interview with him where he said it's about losing your ideals that are closest to you.
and religion makes a good metaphor because it is the way people base their lives, be it christianity, atheism, deism, taoism, whatever. and when they lose it it is like losing their identity and they can become an entirely different person. |
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| The Tossers – Young Ned of the Hill Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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a lot of bands have covered pogues songs and each time they do it shitty. this is the one time a band has done a cover of a pogues song good (probably because the pogues did it shitty themselves). |
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| The Tossers – Irish Rover Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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me too. i was gonna talk irish rock with you but you didn't respond when i said 'BOO!' so if you wanna chit chat my sn is GayGoodbar. |
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| Crass – Banned From The Roxy Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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this is an awesome song! it's funny because they were banned from the roxy because when they were in the middle of their 5-song show, the cord was pulled on them because they were too drunk and stoned and they couldn't play for shit. so they started a fight with the bouncers which eventually became a mini riot. :) |
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| Crass – Asylum Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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this was originally a 30-page book by the drummer. :)
i like the words, but it sucks. i always skip it when i listen to crass, even though they're my favorite band. |
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