• @jeffw
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      148 months ago

      And besides Prison Song, do any others rant about prisons?

      • @[email protected]
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        508 months ago

        I think the point is the mix of weird, nonsensical lyrics with intense, serious political points lol

        • GladiusB
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          98 months ago

          Well they are a political band. All their songs are heavy on the lyrical end.

        • In a single song, though? I was thinking more how nearly every album I have from them, it’s like 10 political tracks, and 1 that’s just batshit random that was made either because they just needed 1 more song to fulfil their contract, or they just had some fun. lol

          If there actually is a single song like that, I’d love to hear it; I haven’t listened to everything they have put out so I am genuinely curious about that.

          • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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            78 months ago

            1 that’s just batshit random

            Rick Rubin claims credit for this. Says when Serge Tankian was having trouble finishing the lyrics for Chop Suey, Rubin told him to pull a random book off the shelf and open it to a random page and use whatever was there (this is supposedly where the “Father into your hands I commend my spirit …” bit came from).

        • @Sanctus
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          58 months ago

          And they either one, the other, or both.

      • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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        108 months ago

        Many of their songs are about oppression, genocide, corporate autocracy, technocrats, war, and other important political issues.

    • @FanciestPants
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      98 months ago

      I didn’t remember the mushroom people reference until I started singing the song in my head, and then lol

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      I think that’s what makes this low effort, they just smashed two of the mainstream weird songs together lol