In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Friday night we'll be drinkin' Manaschevitz
Going out to terrorize Goyem
Stompin' Shagitz, screwin' shicksas
As long as we're home by Saturday morning
'Cause hey! We're the brews
Sporting anti-swastika tattoos
Oi oi, we're the boys
Orthodox hassidic O.G. Ois
Orthopedic doctor martens good for
Waffle making, kicking through the shins
Reputation gained through intimidation
Pacifism no longer tradition
Cause hey we're the Brews
Sportin' anti swastika tattoos
Oi Oi we're the Brews
The fairfax ghetto boys skinhead Hebrews
We've got the might, psycho mashuganas
We can't lose a fight as we are the chosen ones
Chutzpah driven, we battle then we feast
We celebrate and separate our milk plates from our meat
Going out to terrorize Goyem
Stompin' Shagitz, screwin' shicksas
As long as we're home by Saturday morning
'Cause hey! We're the brews
Sporting anti-swastika tattoos
Oi oi, we're the boys
Orthodox hassidic O.G. Ois
Orthopedic doctor martens good for
Waffle making, kicking through the shins
Reputation gained through intimidation
Pacifism no longer tradition
Cause hey we're the Brews
Sportin' anti swastika tattoos
Oi Oi we're the Brews
The fairfax ghetto boys skinhead Hebrews
We've got the might, psycho mashuganas
We can't lose a fight as we are the chosen ones
Chutzpah driven, we battle then we feast
We celebrate and separate our milk plates from our meat
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Since rossx (no offense) was too lazy, I'll spell out all the sayings and puns for you.
Firstly, they are [mostly] all in Yiddish (the bastard child of Hebrew, German, Polish, Russian, and any other language out there).
Here we go:
Friday night: the beginning of the Sabbath Manashevitz: a [relatively] inexpensive wine that Jews stereotypically drink on the Sabbath Goyim: Non-Jews (it's fairly derogatory) Oi: While it has been previously used in other alt-rock type songs, it's a pun for the yiddish word "Oy", meaning something along the line of "geez!" Shagitz: Young, male non-Jews Shicksas: Young, non-married women (usually non-Jews) The 'Brews: (duh... the Hebrews...) Anti-Swatstika Tatoos: It's kinda funny... You obviously know what a swatstika is, but further in the song, they refer to themselves as orthodox, and in orthodox Judaism, tatoos are strictly forbidden) Orthodox, Hessidic: Two of the more observant sects of Judaism Fairfax: A part of L.A. full of Jews and Jewish stores Mashuganas: Crazy people, having a screw loose "The Chosen Ones": A nickname for the Jews, as told in the bible Chutspah: This word defies translation into english, but the closest is "having the balls to do something" Separate our milkplates from our meat: According to the laws of Kashrut (aka Kosher), Jews cannot consume milk and meat products together
The only thing I don't know is "O.G." If you can help me out here, that would be great...
Dayenoo means- 'it was sufficient" Does anyone get the O.G reference?
"[This is what some of the Jewish terms mean:] [Manashevitz = Cheap wine Jews stereotypically drink; Goyem = Non-Jewish people; Shagitz = Preppies; Mashuganas = Yiddish for "Crazy"; Chutspah = Untranslatable Yiddish term meaning a cross between balls and rudeness; "Sporting anti-swastika tattoos" - It's against the Jewish law to get a tattoo; "As long as we're home by Saturday morning" - Jews gotta be home in time for Synagogue; Fairfax = A part of LA where the Orthodox Jews live; "Dai Dayenu" = Part of Jewish Hymn; Shicksa = Yiddish word for referring to a non-Jewish female;]"
I think OG means original gangster in some cases but I'm not sure if that's what they mean here.
"Oi" = Punk "Oy" = Jewish Well played nofx, that one took me a while xD
Agreed... In my opinion Punk in Drublic is NOFX's bestest cd which means its really good :p and yeah it does go by to fast but so does every other good punk cd actually every other cd
punk in drublic is nofxs best album and features the "perfect" punk song..........perfect goverment!man i love that song!!!!!
that's right!! all song in this album make me spirit up when i'm down, by the way ' LORI MYERs' i love this song too..oi oi oi !!
Rancid covers The Brews on the Rancid/NOFX BYO split. It sounds very different but it still kicks ass!
thus song is awesome very adictive and hard to not want to listen to.
oh yeah... this song is about a jewish street.... as you can see there are many jewish words used in the song.... fat mike is jewish himself... and yes... OI OI OI is it possible to come up with a better statement then that? nope... OI OI OI!!!!