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Cassandra-Leo
i will never understand some people on this website. thank god some of you weren't music producers in the ’60s, or bob dylan and neil young would’ve made instrumental music.
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stuckinthewaltz
on silver mount zion all buried in ruins derken bana bi' şeyi hatırlatıyosun.
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DynamiteKyle
Some of my favorite lyrics in music. (I don't see what's wrong with the singing either. The man sings with emotion, and that's what counts. [2])
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IHoldVertigo
This is one of the few tracks of theirs in which I don't mind his singing... [2]
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Pizza_Jesus
I don't see what's wrong with the singing either. The man sings with emotion, and that's what counts.
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Spatenstecher
The lyrics are nice, but I hate the singing. [2] Music is great, but Efrim can't sing. His voice is really awful. Their instrumental tracks are still their best.
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Kowaqqatzi
oh, and just wanted to say that the title is a hint towards a movie written by efrim, which has the monologue of the dead flag blues.
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Kristonaut
I don’t think this song is about the Holocaust at all. Rather, I think it’s about them (the band?) daydreaming about revolution. “Let’s kill first the banker/with his professional demeanour” (obviously) means killing the banker; the epitome of the modern world of capitalism and the guy who’d do anything in the name of profit. “Let's televise and broadcast/the raping of kings” is not to be taken literally. The Kings symbolise the high-end of society that oppress the lesser man. “Let our crowds be fed on/teargas and plate-glass” is about revolt. ‘Our crowds’ refer to the people fighting against established society.
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Kristonaut
They’re being fed teargas and plate-glass (the “glass” shields that policemen often use when confronting aggressive crowds) by the police and the military. “'Cause a people united/is a wonderful thing” is about how wonderful it is when people with a righteous cause unite. The rest of the song is about how they’ve gotten too old for revolution and how their beautiful dreams of a better world never came to fruition. “Oh, don't be afraid, though the parade/will not pass our way” means that even though the parade (their parade; all their hopes and dreams) will not appear in their lifetime, it’s still “…nobler to never get paid/than to bank on shit and dismay”. They never succeeded in making the world a better place, but at least they never gave in either. That’s my take on it anyway.
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ace0spades
If you want to go further... 'let's televise and broadcast' The publicity of anti-Semitism. 'the people united is a wonderful thing' People teaming up on Jews, obviously applicable to the Nazi regime. 'don't be afraid, for the parade will not pass our way' Foreshadowing more suffering...
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ace0spades
From the band's Wiki page... "Efrim himself is Jewish, and motifs relating to Judaism are occasionally present in the band's music (he described the band's recording of their first album as a 'Jewish experience')." 'Mount Zion' is in Jerusalem, Israel. The 'Horah' is a traditional Jewish dance. 'Shoshana' probably refers to Shoshana Parsitz, a famous Zionist activist and Israeli politician. 'Kill first the banker'...Jews in finance/Holocaust. 'Raping of Kings'...I thought perhaps this alludes to Jesus. 'Tear gas'...concentration camp exterminations. 'Plate-glass'...Kristallnacht during the Holocaust. 'It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay.' Speaking of how the Jews have suffered, but maintain their pride by not asking for sympathy. These are just a few observations. I'm not sure if the theme/message of the song is supposed to be anything Jewish, or if it's more universal and these are coincidences. But I found it interesting.
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sphalerite
Really. Do we have to cry on every song? They're great but isn't anyone just happy that someone is making great music? I am
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