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Dry Drunk Emperor

Dry Drunk Emperor
(2005)
Single - free download
Baby boy
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2012/1/7 - 19:24
Song Itineraries: George Walker Bush II
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Bomb Yourself

Bomb Yourself
[2004]
Album "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes"

Allmusic says that "Bomb Yourself" is an "antiwar meditation," but I've looked hard for the last hour and I can't find it.

Oh, I'm sure TVotR think war is bad, and I'm sure they're the good guys, but as you grab the words away from the otherworldy harmonies, separate them from the spacy swirl of electronics, all you find is a hint of apocalypse.

Not like the apocalypse you might find in a Metallica song, brought on by Chthulhu or some scimitar-clutching warrior. No, keeping in mind that TV On the Radio were formed in the short aftermath of 9/11, the apocalypse they touch upon is the same one we all worry about, the kinds that New York and Bali and Madrid have seen a share of.

As Dan Aykroyd might say, it's real wrath-of-God type stuff:

Your final fantasy
For your final days
Oh baby it's the infancy

No fucking around, the... (Continues)
Bomb your country
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2009/2/3 - 11:47




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