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I felt compelled to finish this song I originally started in 2020. It was and is once again about mass shootings. Vocals are always a challenge for me so apologies where I fall short and thanks for listening. The lyrics are from 2020... never recorded until today. Lyrical reference to the Beatles "See how they run like pigs from a gun". In this context the pigs are victims and the police. Anyway it's rough around the edges but probably the best I can do.
Warning: The ramblings presented below contain profanity, objectionable and offensive content, as well as typos and grammatical errors. Please feel free to skip.
› Extraneous Thoughts Regarding Mental Health, Red Flag Laws, Punk Rock, Freedom of Speech, and Assault Weapons
‹ Extraneous Thoughts Regarding Mental Health, Red Flag Laws, Punk Rock, Freedom of Speech, and Assault Weapons
Earlier this week, I found my mind wandering to an early 80s punk band out of Lansing, MI called the Crusifucks.
Does anyone know this band? The lead singer Doc Corbin Dart, known for his bizarre emotive vocal delivery, struggles with some mental illnesses issues and fortunately gets the help he needs.
The Crusifucks would interlace the tracks on their albums with secretly recorded conversations Doc had with the police and various city representatives of the towns they played. Doc had a collection of the respectable people threatening his right to free speech and assembly based on ideas rather than his actions violating any laws. Look this up on YouTube by searching for album cuts like "Hinkley Had a Vision".
Anyway, I am getting to a point here. Doc struggled with some mental illness issues (borderline personality disorder, depression) but did not commit a mass shooting. He did start a band that was critical of government, religion, police violence, and made people uncomfortable.
He was arrested multiple times for speaking out against police violence and domestic abuse. He was harassed by the police and was not allowed to rent out music halls for shows. Cops would shut down their shows before they started based on the band's name on the flyers. Later he ran for mayor of Lansing on a platform of police reform with the radical idea of eliminating bad cops while keeping the good ones. If elected, half his salary would go back to the city to provide assistance for rape and domestic abuse victims.
Okay... here's the point and it involves red flag laws and gun enforcement. Doc was arrested repeatedly and banned from performing. The cops were so up his ass. But ironically, anyone can express a desire to commit violence in this country and still purchase an assault weapon. It is your protected right to be 18, open carry an assault weapon into a public square and everyone has to guess your intent.
Maybe there is no point... but seemed ironic to me. We are kept safe from the dangerous speech of Doc Corbine but only thoughts and prayers can protect us from mass shootings financed by the gun lobby and fully supported through the republican party.
And now I'll leave you with a quote from one of the stars of TV's Law and Order. Back in the 80s when he had band called Body Count with songs like Cop Killer, although this was under his rap moniker.
"Freedom of Speech, that's some motherfuckin' bullshit
You say the wrong thing, they'll lock your ass up quick"
I think your vocals turned out pretty good. Solid hook on the chorus, and I really like the post-chorus or pre-verse line as well. Also, it's a shitty state of affairs when a song you wrote two years ago is relevant for the past week -_-. I've given up hope that the government is going to do anything at all, we're all on our own, ugh.
I think your vocals turned out pretty good. Solid hook on the chorus, and I really like the post-chorus or pre-verse line as well. Also, it's a shitty state of affairs when a song you wrote two years ago is relevant for the past week -_-. I've given up hope that the government is going to do anything at all, we're all on our own, ugh.
Great song that is timely and also unfortunately probably timeless. I share your frustrations about guns and despair of any change happening. The gun lobby is too powerful, the corrupt politicians are too in their pocket, and the unsettlingly large number of gun nuts in this country care more about their guns than anything else and will not budge and iota in their fanaticism. But, yeah, thoughts and prayers.
Great song that is timely and also unfortunately probably timeless. I share your frustrations about guns and despair of any change happening. The gun lobby is too powerful, the corrupt politicians are too in their pocket, and the unsettlingly large number of gun nuts in this country care more about their guns than anything else and will not budge and iota in their fanaticism. But, yeah, thoughts and prayers.
Super catchy vocals and melody. The bassline sorta took me back to Elastica's Connection I like the intro sfx creating that feel of panic and chaos. Excellent instrumentation selection too. Awesome hard hitting lyrics as well.
Super catchy vocals and melody. The bassline sorta took me back to Elastica's Connection :) I like the intro sfx creating that feel of panic and chaos. Excellent instrumentation selection too. Awesome hard hitting lyrics as well.
I love good old political punk, so this is right up the kind of music I listen to. I did not know about the Crusifucks, but will check them out. I enjoyed this track, which had the 80s punk vibe, and it is about such an important topic.
I love good old political punk, so this is right up the kind of music I listen to. I did not know about the Crusifucks, but will check them out. I enjoyed this track, which had the 80s punk vibe, and it is about such an important topic.
Cool track. I like the drive in what I think is the verse and those funky sounds work really well! (what are they?)
Also, I like the extraneous thoughts, interesting and surprising content to get on WB
Cool track. I like the drive in what I think is the verse and those funky sounds work really well! (what are they?)
Also, I like the extraneous thoughts, interesting and surprising content to get on WB
The catchiness of the chorus's "like pigs from a gun" refrain alone deserves the applause, as does the sleazy, non-ironic funk that carries the tune. Excellent song.
› Regarding the write-up, American perspective
‹ Regarding the write-up, American perspective
I came to the US in high school, and history / political science classes loved to ham up (particularly to the immigrant in the classroom) the notion that uniquely in America, you can come to Washington DC and yell "down with America" and that would be "fine." (The idea is that the first amendment is so fundamental and indestructible...) This is the same country that gave us Tipper Gore's Parental Advisory stickers, Zappa's hearings, NWA threatened by the police because of a particular song, "support your president" George W. Bush years. The same country where coverage of Columbine mentioned Marilyn Manson and video games. Where we've been shrugging off the most violent year in recent memory yet folks yelled louder about Kaepernick taking a knee. I look back at that teenage kid I was a few decades ago bring promised freedom in America, and all I can think is "How fucking goddamn embarrassing."
The catchiness of the chorus's "like pigs from a gun" refrain alone deserves the applause, as does the sleazy, non-ironic funk that carries the tune. Excellent song.
[spoiler=Regarding the write-up, American perspective] I came to the US in high school, and history / political science classes loved to ham up (particularly to the immigrant in the classroom) the notion that uniquely in America, you can come to Washington DC and yell "down with America" and that would be "fine." (The idea is that the first amendment is so fundamental and indestructible...) This is the same country that gave us Tipper Gore's Parental Advisory stickers, Zappa's hearings, NWA threatened by the police because of a particular song, "support your president" George W. Bush years. The same country where coverage of Columbine mentioned Marilyn Manson and video games. Where we've been shrugging off the most violent year in recent memory yet folks yelled louder about Kaepernick taking a knee. I look back at that teenage kid I was a few decades ago bring promised freedom in America, and all I can think is "How fucking goddamn embarrassing."[/spoiler]
I like the intro sfx creating that feel of panic and chaos. Excellent instrumentation selection too. Awesome hard hitting lyrics as well.