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I like to party fucking hard. I like my rock and roll the same. Don't give a fuck if I burn out. Don't give a fuck if I fade away. So back to the Motor-League with me before I'm forced to face the wrath of a well-heeled buying public who live vicariously through tortured-artist college-rock and floor-punching macho pabulum. Back to the Motor League I go. Once thought I drew a lucky hand. Turned out to be a live grenade of play-acting "anarchists" and Mommy's-little-skinheads, death-threats and sycophants and wieners drunk on straight-edge. Fuck off. Who cares? I'd rather hi-lite Trip-Tiks than listen to your bullshit. Fuck off. Who cares about your stupid scenes, your shitty zines, the straw-men you build up to burn. It never ceases to amaze me and as I'm suffering your perfection it reminds me of my own race to redress my own sad history of mouthed feet. Eaten hats. Teated bulls. Amish phone-books. Drunken brawls. But what have we here? 15 years later it still reeks of ‘Swill and Chickenshit Conformists with their fists in the air; like-father, like-son "rebels” bloated on korn, eminems and bizkits. Lord, hear our prayer: take back your Amy Grant mosh-crews and your fair-weather politics. Blow-dry my hair and stick me on a ten-speed. Back to the Motor League. I guess life is just a popularity contest. Success, the ability to perform within a framework of obedience. Just ask the candy-coated Joy-Cam rock-bands selling shoes for venture-capitalists, silencing competing messages, rounding off the jagged edges. Today is good day to die.
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i believe this is talking about the 'straw man' logical fallacy committed by (but not limited to) musicians trying to make a point.
"substituting a superficially similar yet weaker proposition (the "straw man"(most likely a government or social issue)), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position."
sounds indicative of the politically motivated musical industry to me.
My take on "Today is a good day to die:" Chris often ends lyrics (in the liner notes) or interview questions with funny or depressing non-sequitors like this. I think it comes out of writing words that make you more and more depressed about the world or yourself and suddenly you just think: kill me. It's kind of black humor, not necessarily serious. I think this is an instance of that. Read some of their written response interviews or the liner notes to their old records on Recess Records (I still have mine somewhere) to see other examples.
A trajectory?: Anti manifesto -> Less Talk, More Rock -> Motor Leagues -> Rock for Sustainable Capitalism
I'm kind of sad John & company left G7... Why, John? Why?
the motor league is a place where the singer, chris, used to work, where he would hilite trip-tiks and shit.
Propagandhi are of the few and fleeting breaths left of "punk"
It started as an ideal and that is what it should remain .. Ignorance is not punk .. If you are going to believe in something how about doing it due to the research you have done first hand and not because your favorite fucking band said to do right after pimping their latest "emo-t-shirt" or "anti-corporate" company .. These 'subversive companies' are often tiomes just as much to blame as the Nike's of the world. Propagandhi is about educating the people .. as they say "Knowledge is power" .. they are not out searching for people to jump on their bandwagon but at rather conveying their raw emotion in reference to some bloated social problems with the world .. If you notice they never tell you how to think in their songs .. some people may be proponents of liking propagandhi because they are 'anti-everything man!!' but in actuality they are hoping to educate by influence .. listening to their cd is not a lesson .. it is a catalyst .. go out and read a book .. turn off your CNN and actually find out what is going on in the world .. Remain vigilant in the face of discension .. Never claim you know the answers but be proud for keeping your eyes fucking open.