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Punk played it's own important role in the fight against oppression Aired awareness, new opinions, destroyed formerly accepted obsessions Right out the window went stale traditions, false morals blinded hope Respect for authority joined them; we made them a standing joke We said, "gently caress off" smarmy popstar shits portraying images of a perfect world Smearing a happy, clean face on reality, "it's the Queens Jubilee..." go to hell Refusing to be puppets with the promise of a future, there is no future So never mind the bollocks, because anarchy in the UK suits us The public screamed in outcry, demanded immediate termination The "scum of the earth" has raised its voice "How could they do this to our nation?" The media tried to destroy us, stop the 'poor mans' rock invasion The exposure only helped us reveal their hopeless situation Gaining in momentum and numbers, we needed spokesmen And that came from four people from the real world, just like the rest of us We now had a voice, an alternative, our message getting louder Nothing now could stop us rising up to meet their fast advancing challenge But when the challenge came, they crumbled, as the four proved easy prey For the states clever weapon money proved too tempting once again Big bastard business cheque books opened up and then swallowed Those leeches sucked hard slyly, and we couldn't believe the scenes that followed Punk shops - " roll up! Buy your rebellion here!" Badges, posters, bondage, books, colouring for your hair Like sheep they flocked to buy punk rock, a part of the new threat! The country laughed and screamed "punk flop"; it now seemed punk was dead! They toured the lands to Disneyland And ripped the state apart Destroyed the music status quo And created a new start Their jet set pads, the sunny land The songs of train robbings It's just all more money in the bank So come on boys and girls and sing We stood and could only watch As they took everything we stood for And made a mockery of it The four feeding finance straight back Into the system they supposedly despised What was once the black flag of anarchy Was now the colours of the Union Jack The movement, punk rock, who cares? We are just another band; they were just another band Direct action is what achieves change, not miming to words, how much longer must we sing the same old song? Crawling from the mess that they'd left standing as our future We realised we needed 'no one' to mouth off our message for us Told big business to take a running jump, went back underground where we started The tribe then split, as some stayed behind to mourn
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a bone to pick posted:brian eno created punk rock with the song "third uncle" nope, that was a good song tho so thx for the tip
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May 20, 2015 01:53
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You guys might know of a band called Chumbawamba who did Tubthumping https://youtu.be/2H5uWRjFsGc which is essentially a smashmouth song. But did you guys know that in the 80's they sung really legit anarcho punk? https://youtu.be/AyETTMDnviI it's the best example I can think of of a band dumbing themselves down and giving up on everything they used to stand for. Chumbawamba is a running joke among people who know about this.
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May 20, 2015 02:03
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Harald posted:okay, but tubthumping is still a good loving song I also enjoy it to but the contrast is just loving amazing
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May 20, 2015 02:05
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Harald posted:if you read between the lines its actually a song about an aging militant anarchist who drinks a lot. they signed themselves to a major record label and made a poo poo load of money off a pop song which is pretty much the poo poo they sung about not doing for a decade
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May 20, 2015 02:10
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Funky See Funky Do posted:As for Chumbawumba - Stop expecting artists to have integrity. You either sell out or you sell coffee. I don't think you get anarcho punk e: like i'm sure that sounded smart to you but loving lol they're pretty much the only example of that happening
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May 20, 2015 02:19
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I don't even know what it is. That's the only chumbawumba song I know. You're right though I did think it sounded smart it's okay, i love you all the same. here's a few albums if anyones interested. It used to be a lot easier to find this poo poo on youtube : / Zounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3B0vgs1KUc&list=PLF92AD66FCD1491B1 (This list is missing some songs but holyshit@this album, i'll see about uploading the full thing if i can find it) Rudimentary Peni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOiS0jqlkA4 Crass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3adXwLVIaY Omega Tribe https://youtu.be/Adyra_92uqA A//Political https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYr7MwofUdg Cress https://youtu.be/WQHKy1ks2z0 few of these you could call crust instead of anarcho if you were inclined but it's just splitting hairs imo
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May 20, 2015 03:16
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Uploaded the full album for Zounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXJN1_R6sOY&feature=youtu.be better than the other link. You're a loving garbage poster, suck my dick
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May 20, 2015 04:03
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