Spike ,'Chosen'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
No? I meant it was reacting specifically to the war in Iraq, as opposed to various foreign policies in general. What is it supposed to mean?
The usual definition of "reactionary":
Characterized by reaction, especially opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative.
Hmm. As per the discussion in Natter. Reactionary would be a good opposing label for Progressive.
I've always loved (in a crank-up-the-volume-and-scream-the-lyrics / get-into-the-mosh-pit-when-they-play-it-live kind of way) "Youth Against Fascism (Hate Song)" by Sonic Youth
Oh yeah, that's awesome. "Dirty" is a really great album in general.
The Police "Invisible Sun"
What is this protesting? I always thought it was one of Sting's "poor me" songs.
What about "99 Luftballoons?"
Well, I vaguely remember hearing it was about either political violence/human rights in Africa, but also read it was Ireland. Found this in a review of a Police box set, but it's vague:
"Sumner's political voice was becoming more adept though, "Invisible sun" being powerful enough to warrant another ban by the BBC."
Oooh. That reminds me, what about that "Ain't Gonna go to Sun City" song that had a lot of artists on it?
Oooh. That reminds me, what about that "Ain't Gonna go to Sun City" song that had a lot of artists on it?
Oh yes. It had Peter Garrett too, now an MP in Australia's federal parliament.
The first verse of Invisible Sun
I don't want to spend the rest of my life/Looking at the barrel of an Armalite/I don't want to spend the rest of my days/Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say/ I don't want to spend my time in hell/Looking at the walls of a prison cell/I don't ever want to play the part/Of a statistic on a government chart
(aaaaghh why can't i format this right?!?! eta and i'm redundant anyway...)
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
It's dark all day, and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
And they're only going to change this place by
Killing everybody in the human race
And they would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even wanna die just yet
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives us hope when the whole day's done
I think it's an old celtic folk song called "Fields of Athenry".
Connie, does the version start out with some rockin' guitars, have some bagpipes in the middle, and a male lead singer, dueting with a female during the chorus? If so, it's likely Dropkick Murphys.
Curious - in my post of the Police lyrics - do you see the whole post in the "quote" font (looks like a typwriter font) or just the first paragraph? Because my browser (Firefox on XP) has shown it both ways.