Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by MechaBulletBill » Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:17 am

??? i know all about them, my gf is a big fan. that song i've heard a lot because 6music seemed to play it every hour for a really long time so I've thought a lot about it. i dunno why you'd be all "touched a nerve" tho! ::)

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Post by MechaBulletBill » Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:37 am

also, crucially, it was a joke

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Post by X-Ray Spex » Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:04 am

MechaBulletBill wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:37 am
also, crucially, it was a joke
No worries, it didn't come across like that at all :fp:
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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by shadowplay » Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:12 am

My daughter told me she's been playing SPK - Walking On Dead Steps out a lot, it's a great tune and very relevant.
Leather boy and bondage girl
Black shirt, uniform
Jump right up and jump right down
Fascism is in fashion again, in fashion again

In Leder, Hundekette
Schwarzhemd, Uniform
Spring hinauf und spring hinunter
Faschismus fashion

Angst Pop - Krank Pop
1,2,3,4

Walking on dead steps
Fighting for burial now
Speaking in foreign tongues
Dancing on hollow grounds

Angst Pop - Krank Pop
1,2,3,4

In Leder, Hundekette
Schwarzhemd, Uniform
Spring hinauf und spring hinunter
Fascism is in fashion again
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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by slopoke » Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:16 am

"I Hate Everybody" - Johnny Winter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyOpXoCEtGQ

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by Steadyriot. » Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:13 am

I'm not racist from Joyner Lucas is about current American political views (and even includes the MAGA hat in the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gm3CJePn0

This is America can't be missed either; Childish Gambino covers not just gun violence but also Jim Crow, black culture, religion, police corruption, the idolatry of money, riches and fame, the lack of a social safety net and the war on drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY

Rammstein's Deutschland is a recent song tackling the current surge of new right-wing political groups in Germany (and Europe as a whole I would say), laying bare the racist and Nazi ideologies from the past and present. Explaining that Germany has a long and often beautiful history which the band want's to love but can't because of the current state of affairs (it's current jolt to right wing politics with per example the AFD spouting literal Nazi ideologie and claiming the day the war ended was a loss; not a victory for the German people). Most of this is symbolic in both song and video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQM1c-XCDc

First three to pop into my head.
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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by Telliot » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:41 am

Circle Jerks - Deny Everything
I'm innocent
Until I'm proven guilty
Deny everything,
Deny everything
I'm being framed
It's all a set-up
Deny everything,
Deny everything
I'm just a spoke in the wheel
Just a part of the puzzle
A part of the game
I'm being framed
Innocent
Until I'm proven guilty
Deny everything
Deny everything
Deny everything
Deny everything
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by shoule79 » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:18 am

Telliot wrote:
Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:41 am
Circle Jerks - Deny Everything
I'm innocent
Until I'm proven guilty
Deny everything,
Deny everything
I'm being framed
It's all a set-up
Deny everything,
Deny everything
I'm just a spoke in the wheel
Just a part of the puzzle
A part of the game
I'm being framed
Innocent
Until I'm proven guilty
Deny everything
Deny everything
Deny everything
Deny everything
When the shit hits the fan is also appropriate.

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by Larry Mal » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:58 am

Back in those days, everyone knew that if you were talking about Destiny's Child, you were talking about Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and Larry.

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by shadowplay » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:37 am

Consumer Electronics - Murder Your Masters NSFW though one of the 'nicer' Consumer Electronics songs.

Queen of the Shadowplays; 'never play that when I'm in the room ever again'.

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by aRoseisaRoseis » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:27 am

^
Good call, though I prefer it on the Repetition Reinforcement 12'' for casual listening. :D
Haus Arafna - Independent
They are the illegitimate children of freedom
Forever weak and ungrateful
They don't ask for heaven's bread
Give some a miracle and make some happy
With the bread of the earth
You want them to love you honorably
Of their own free will
They are just into drift in a ghostly fog
They are tired of being independent
Let air slip them at last to the promise land
Where they think they can stand independent
Forever slaves, forever
What about you, what about you
It's a freedom you brought which no one needs
Who taught them to be independent
Don't come back and destroy the church we have been
Far away from the good - independent
We have a war to fight - independent
We have a story to write - independent
Forever slaves, forever
What about you what about you
What about you

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by shadowplay » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:35 am

aRoseisaRoseis wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:27 am
^
Good call, though I prefer it on the Repetition Reinforcement 12'' for casual listening. :D
err was supposed to be that version, I just posted without listening.

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by DesmondWafers » Fri Apr 26, 2019 4:43 pm

shadowplay wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:35 am
aRoseisaRoseis wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:27 am
^
Good call, though I prefer it on the Repetition Reinforcement 12'' for casual listening. :D
err was supposed to be that version, I just posted without listening.

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I also remember you posting that in the spoken word thread. I remembered enjoying it, but that version was not exactly to my taste. Funnily enough, the other version has been removed or deleted. I guess that version is murder THE masters instead of YOUR masters.

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Post by rexter » Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:45 am

Don't think I've listened to this since I was 13, but I still like the sentiment: NOFX Murder the Government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPCC43jjfM

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Re: Pick songs that reflect society or songs for Trumps USA or Brexit britain

Post by BobL » Sun Apr 28, 2019 1:38 pm

X-Ray Spex wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:33 am
The entire Idles album ''Joy As An Act Of Resistance'' reeks of Brexit, it's absolutely brilliant and I'd highly recommend a full listen through.

Highlights are ''Great'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzNOD7ukMA

And ''Danny Nedelko'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF_G-RF66M
Came to post this. Great record.

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