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The less I know
About all the things I thought were wrong or right
And carved in stone
So, don't ask me about war
Religion, or God
Love, Sex, or Death
Because
Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
But I don't even know what's going on in myself
You've gotta work out your own salvation.
With no explanation
To this Earth we fall
On hands and knees we crawl
And we look up to the stars
And we reach out and pray
To a deaf, dumb and blind God
Who never explains
Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
But I don't even know what's going on in myself
Lord, I've been here for so long
I can feel it coming down on me
I'm just a slow emotion replay of somebody
I used to be
In Yorkshire "the" is silent so this band would be " "
Will have to take your word for it - that is for sure.
In Yorkshire "the" is silent so this band would be " "
So true (N Yorkshire here)
SO true - I recently listened to Mind Bomb straight through (after years of putting it down) - it may as well have been written yesterday. Unfortunately, you could say he's a "realist" not a pessimist.
Realist, cynic, pessimist, futurist, and visionary.
Matt Johnson has been predicting the ways of the world for over 30 years through his lyrics. His music is always outstanding. Truly a musical genius and one of the most underrated artists of our time. Listen to "Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)" off the Mind Bomb album. "The world is on its elbows and knees, it's forgotten the message and worships the creed." Written in 1989 and so relevant today. His music is intelligent, beautiful, raw and sometimes even danceable!
SO true - I recently listened to Mind Bomb straight through (after years of putting it down) - it may as well have been written yesterday. Unfortunately, you could say he's a "realist" not a pessimist.
I was just about to write this same thing. Mind Bomb's first few songs kind of run together to form a unit, and are chilling in terms of how prescient they were back in the 80s.
If I may quote from those songs (to enhance Stodoroff's quotes):
Good Morning Beautiful:
"Who is it, whose words have been twisted beyond recognition
In order to build your planet Earth's religions?
Who is it, who could make your little armies of the left and little armies of the right
Light up your skies tonight?"
Armageddon Days:
"If you think that Jesus Christ is coming,
Honey, you've got another thing coming.
If he ever finds out who's hijacked his name,
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave.
Islam is rising,
The Christians mobilizing.
The world is on its elbows and knees.
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds.
But God didn't build himself that throne.
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome.
God doesn't belong to the Yankee dollar.
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah.
God doesn't even go to church.
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn.
God will remind us what we already know:
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown."
True. Bob Dylan's My Back Pages is still very relevant.
I sometimes wonder about the average of a Radio Paradise listener. Do “young 'uns” listen or are we all “of a certain age”?
Nice lyrics, especially for those of us who have a few klicks under our belts.
Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
But I don't even know what's going on in myself
ETA: Oops, Midnight Oil was first in 1990. So strike that. Reverse it.
I would LOVE to download some of their music, but when I try a search I get millions of results..... seriously....
You should try "the the" instead. Or just use Spotify.
I was just saying to my self the other day: "Has everyone on the planet gone nuts?"
Even growing up in the days of strife at home over civil rights and the war, and the Vietnam War itself, you'd think we'd be accustomed to "interesting times" but it does seem like people have gone completely mad lately.
Certainly a 10 - anybody doubting my taste?
Except Nottingham, I mean....
and another 10! Wooow - Bill is rolling!!!
My 5th or 6th 10 in the last 45 minutes!!!
It's Saturday-morning in Germany!
Maybe I should stand up earlier in future....?!?!
Good idea. Everybody loves to diss the popular music of the 1980s. But frankly there was some great material that came out. I happened to be living in Québec and was very, very busy at the time saving the world so I missed a lot good popular music from the English-speaking world.
Nice to catch up here on RP.
Why is this sad?
Do you know the family?
I would LOVE to download some of their music, but when I try a search I get millions of results..... seriously....
haaaa - right, I know!
The are clever - aren't the?
Love The The!
Supertramp
New Order
The The
Go on then Firefall - Strange Way , Bobby Womack - Tell Me Why, Kate Rusby - anything
Thanks Again
I would LOVE to download some of their music, but when I try a search I get millions of results..... seriously....
BUY IT then..... doh
I would LOVE to download some of their music, but when I try a search I get millions of results..... seriously....
In the same way that Dubya was "misunderestimated?"
Sorry, not meaning to be snarky. I just couldn't resist.
Mmmm, this vaguely reminds me of "Charlie" by Noir Désir.
Can't say I care much for this song, though, it's musically too repetitive for my taste and the lyrics don't seem all that interesting either. I'll give it a three for the time being.
I saw them maybe about 4 or 5 years ago touring smaller venues and they were great. During the show there was some girl talking and MJ stopped in the middle of the song and asked her if he was bothering her with his singing. Just a great show.
I've seen him 3 times, twice in small venues and once in a sizeable theater. 3 of the best shows I've ever seen.
Excited to have read just today that the plan is he is coming the U.S. "soon" following current European tour. I'm all in for that!
I just grabbed tix for the Seattle show in November - I've been waiting for tomorrow (all my life)!