Wish this was only a treasured relic, but agreed, 40 yeas on and it's still rips away the current lies. I've been encountering a lot of vintage protest lately, Last Poets, MDC, Gill Scott-H, etc. Small wonder. Enough with 'having the conversation.', It's all bullshit until actions are taken in the halls of power. I'm not as optomitic as some. Hope I'm wrong this time...
I'm even less optimistic that you, rev.b "The halls of power" have had decades and have not done squat. Real change will come only from the people forcing the issue(s).
I remember ordering a few copies of Nazi Punks Fuck Off for a record store I worked in. The owner was a skinny 75 year old with a comb-over and a disco mustache. Polyester shirt. When he saw it come in, he ORDERED me to put it on the turntable. I was thinking, shit, playing THIS with all these rich college kids flipping through the Genesis / Rush / Go-Go's / Van Halen / whatever? Is he going to fire me? Was he fucking nuts??
No, he wasn't. He fucking loved it. We played it about 20 times in a row.
Caligari:
ReplyDeletetop!
i love that song,
pure fury.
Wish this was only a treasured relic, but agreed, 40 yeas on and it's still rips away the current lies. I've been encountering a lot of vintage protest lately, Last Poets, MDC, Gill Scott-H, etc. Small wonder. Enough with 'having the conversation.', It's all bullshit until actions are taken in the halls of power. I'm not as optomitic as some. Hope I'm wrong this time...
ReplyDeleteI'm even less optimistic that you, rev.b "The halls of power" have had decades and have not done squat. Real change will come only from the people forcing the issue(s).
ReplyDeleteI remember ordering a few copies of Nazi Punks Fuck Off for a record store I worked in. The owner was a skinny 75 year old with a comb-over and a disco mustache. Polyester shirt. When he saw it come in, he ORDERED me to put it on the turntable. I was thinking, shit, playing THIS with all these rich college kids flipping through the Genesis / Rush / Go-Go's / Van Halen / whatever? Is he going to fire me? Was he fucking nuts??
No, he wasn't. He fucking loved it. We played it about 20 times in a row.
@Lezrd Jawny Jewel:
ReplyDeleteBless you! Your story made my day.
@rev.b:
Wishing you to be wrong too. Cheers.