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Art Snob Solutions Lyrics
What’s up, directors? Grab your knives!
It’s time to take all all of the lives Of the people who cannot see The somnolent genius of Tarkovsky Come on authors, grab your guns! It’s time to murder everyone Who has never heard of Apollinaire Send them all to hell, it’s only fair Cast them all into the flames If they don’t know any names Of the principles of Arte Povera Or are unfamiliar with le serpent mascara That’s right, mascara snake! Come on painters, alive or dead! Give all the cretins a boot to the head If they don’t extoll convincingly Tempered Elan era Kandinsky Throw them all into a well If they cannot tell An Arto Parv feast of repitition From a Schoenberg 12 tone composition Come on artists, the day is here! And your mission is very clear Put an end to the bourgeoisie And death to everyone who’s never heard of me
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01-15-2006
i mean... it looks like it says artists should kill everyone whos never heard of their idol
great song though
ive only heard of the band a few weeks ago but i love to sing their songs so much now
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01-15-2006
i mean... it looks like it says artists should kill everyone whos never heard of their idol
great song though
ive only heard of the band a few weeks ago but i love to sing their songs so much now
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01-18-2006
Anyway, really cool song. I suppose that it's a comment on the sort of hipster-type people who would like to see anybody who disagrees with them on the subject of what makes an artist/band/whatever "good" burned at the stake.
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01-18-2006
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01-18-2006
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02-25-2006
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03-08-2006
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03-13-2006
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03-22-2006
Try using (a) an encyclopedia or (b) common sense:
(1) You know Tchaikovsky.
(2) This is a song about Art Snobs, which you clearly are not.
But if you feel like correcting something, you might want to consider mentioning that it's Schoenberg, not Schoenburg.
Sorry, I could not resist. Not this time.
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03-29-2006
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04-06-2006
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04-18-2006
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04-18-2006
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05-20-2006
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06-21-2006
I knew some of these, but that didn't make me feel any better about myself. Because... they're being sarcastic? I think they're saying how it's not really that important.
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06-24-2006
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06-25-2006
tchaikovsky (pyotr ilyich) was a russian composer & tarkovsky (andrei) was a russian director hence the 'whats up director's grab your knifes' verse. why would of montreal put a composer in a verse about directors?
apollinaire ( guillaume) was a famous french writer
arte povera (1962-72) was a term created by an art critic named germano celant. it delt with examining 14 key artists whose goals were to come up with a whole new trend of art (something like that, why should i know? i'm only 15!)
shoenberg is the correct spelling. and it's something about arranging the 12 notes in the chromatic scale (12-tone row) so it becomes the basis of his melodies, harmonies, comp, etc.
le serepent mascara... okay not too familiar with that :(
bourgeoisie, french for the wealthy..(?)
shooties!
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06-25-2006
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06-26-2006
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07-03-2006
that said, i'm the same way and found myself bragging (in my head) about how i knew all of them except that damn serpent mascara... :/ oh well, i guess that's of montreal's target audience... intelligent people.
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07-25-2006
and i honestly truly seriously absolutely
CANNOT WAIT
what a beautiful thing it will be :]
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07-25-2006
so eat it.
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09-30-2006
Just my 2c.
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10-05-2006
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01-09-2007
For people who pride themselves so highly on knowing about songs and Kandinsky, I am shcoked that ALL OF YOU were mystified by the mascara snake (or properly, Mascara Snake). This is an obvious reference, copied VERBATIM, to Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band member The Mascara Snake (Vliet's cousin from the Trout Mask Replica band). It took over 10 months for this easy as hell reference to finally be explained to supposed art lovers here. Jeez....
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