Tuesday, November 6, 2007

El Musico!


An artist/musician who has, by now made a transition from playing acoustic pop/pop into a more funky, bluesy kind of music once said in an interview:

"this jangly acoustic pop, i don't know how long I would've stayed in it"

Yeah, I understand that, and I do agree, acoustic 'jangly' pop sounds very much like music for the hopelessly romantic. It's clear, clean, and 'nice' - you can't possibly make an acoustic song with foul/harsh words (not to say having harsh words in a song is a bad thing, it's not, especially when properly placed) in its lyrics.

Well, I like these jangly acoustic songs and I play an acoustic guitar but that doesn't mean that's the only kind of music I listen to.

Among the many different kinds of music/songs/bands that I 'layan' is Rage Against The Machine (too bad Zach de La Rocha is no longer with RATM - I truly think that he's the one who gave RATM its soul - though one may argue that without Tom Morello's guitarworks RATM wouldn't sound like the way they do/did - but I'm talking about 'soul', not guitar solos, not mean drumbeats- The SOUL).


One of their songs is "Killing in The Name of". Since RATM is an American band, their songs are about things American, but then again these things are commonly shared by everyone irrespective of whereabouts. Damn man! I feel like shouting the lyrics out loud in the middle of the city!

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"And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh!"

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Yeah! I thought maybe I should replace every single 'fuck' above with the star version 'f**k' but why should I. We're not little kids, there's no need for censorship, we all got brains.

7 comments:

thinker bell said...

haha but that's not much lyric either. u could always do it with 'Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!' x18.. heheh.

47 said...

Killing in the name of!
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Huh!

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
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That's the rest of the lyrics. See, RATM members are from minority ethnic groups in the States (or at least Zach and Tom are). So most of their songs are about the unequal treatment that the minority groups face day in and day out.

So I deem this part of the lyrics as not very relevant to our Malaysian scene. But the part that made it into my post, I think that part is very very relevant.

There's always this effort of coercing people to behave/act in a certain way in our country/ethnic group/community - depending on your perspective.

And I don't like that (I'd write 'I hate that' but hate is too strong a word).

Try listening to "Killing in The Name of" :) I'm sure you're gonna feel refreshed somewhat.

thinker bell said...

hell yeah. indeed la. am listening to it right about now :D

now my urge to kill has emerge.

but the bass sounds isn't too strong. or maybe this office's altec lansing cant capture the real sound. heh.

ada cd? bak datang. :D

47 said...

Yeah! Fee~l the rage flowing! Haha X)
I can't possibly give you the cd, but I can pass you this link.

http://www.esnips.com/

Just register, and then you can download and upload mp3s for free.

thinker bell said...

hey check out my blog. there's YOUR song ;)

cheers!

Lin Abdul Rahman said...

i totally dig this entry but i do have to (peacefully) differ on one point. You can go totally acoustic and be harsh at the same time. Try Bob Dylan's Hurricane.

47 said...

WOw, I din realize that that is possible. Will check out Hurricane out soon.