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ThyroidGlands
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Bloody bloody racket and rumpus
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^I bought this album (in Italy) ca. 20 years ago and I've listened to it countless times since then. Dopo... was an instant classic. A song I could select to play for someone yet unfamiliar with Banco and RPI. I mean to introduce them to both the band - and the regional scene. I suppose it is somewhat a shame that until I let DeepL translate the lyrics for me just now (it's not perfect, but it I've read worse translations in published novels), I've only "felt" the words and been largely indifferent to the poetry, its meaning or "anti-war message". I primarely listen to the human voice as any other instrument, and usually prefer not genuinely understanding the lyrics. Of course I'm missing out of an (for the artist/band) essential part of a word-heavy song like this in particular. And it was interesting to find out that the writing seem to be as deep and sophisticated as the musical experience have always suggested that it was. Maybe knowing the meaning behind the previously unknown words uttered or sung by the great Francesco Di Giacomo will add to the listening experience. It probably will.
-This Pearls Before Swine song about a German ship sunk by the British FAA during WWII brings a tear to my eye just by thinking about it. "On board were 4,200 Italian prisoners of war captured by the Germans for their refusal to join the Nazi party after the 1943 armistice"* *Tom Rapp tells a story factually closer to the sinking of Oria in 1944 rather than Rigal in 1943 - but that's beside the point. |
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"Gates of Delerium."
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TAAB is anti-everything, including war BTW, War is a great band so no need to be against it.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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But it's also a terrible album. Sorry, but I can't stand U2.
The lyrics on that album are excellent. They add a lot to the experience. Edited by ThyroidGlands - October 30 2024 at 05:25 |
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Bloody bloody racket and rumpus
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Dogs of War - SAHB
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The new pretty much 100% instrumental Godspeed You! Black Emperor album is called "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" by the way.
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Korni Grupa (aka Kornelyans) – Generation 1942 |
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Big Big Train – Fighter Command |
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Echolyn - Georgia Pine
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Marillion – Gaza |
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Hi,
FISH has a pretty strong piece on this subject ... ROSE OF DAMASCUS ...
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‘We Shall Overcome’ by Roger Waters totally pops into my head! |
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Possible the ultimate anti-war song.
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IQ : The Seventh house
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Whenever this subject comes up, the first song I always think of is Twelfth Night's "Sequences". Musically, it's very adventurous. Lyrically, it's HARROWING!
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Edited by Easy Money - December 11 2024 at 13:56 |
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Though, oddly, it was a completely instrumental piece which Geoff Mann added lyrics to at a later date. 'Breathing' by Kate Bush reflects on the effects of nuclear fallout on an unborn baby.. 'Who's gonna win the war' by Hawkwind doesn't need any explanation. Also the 'B' side of that single was a track called 'Nuclear Toy' which also needs no explanation.. A very different song also called 'Nuclear Toy' by Porcupine tree / Steven Wilson reflects the same post nuclear war scenario; possibly my favourite and most chilling PT/SW song
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