one of the greatest songs ever writen
well in my opinion this is one of the greatest songs ever writen, its powerful,true, and touches on everyones life basicly its an epic charting birth to death living in briton under Thatcher (the milk snatcher)
but can easily be translated to briton in the 21st century this song stands the test of time and is far better than anything these days. Dick Lucus the front man also works with 2 other bands Citizen Fish and Culture Shock, both brill. theres a cpl of links at the botom of this blog thingy for Dicks blurg record site to buy Subhumans stuff real cheap and other stuff besides, like subhuman hoodys, t shirts ect as well as other bands promoted by Dick.and a link to his bebo and myspace.The band was formed in 1980 and are on tour now check the website for tour dates i recomend seeing them they rock. Well they took you from your mother's womb and put you in a school
Told you how to run your life by following the rules
Told you not to pick your nose or disrespect the queen
Scrub your teeth three times a day keep mind and body clean
Save up all your pocket money, nothing is for free
And you'd better trust your parents cos there's no one else you see
And then they send you off each day remember what you're told
"You may think you don't need teaching but you'll need it when you're old"
And if you're too intelligent they'll cut you down to size
They'll praise you til you're happy then they'll fill you full of lies
Cos intelligence is threatening and genius is sin
If you could ever see through them they know they'd never win
So they channel your ability into the right direction
If you're good enough and rich enough you can be a politician
On the other hand if your too thick they'll tell you that you're lazy
They'll put you down and wind you up until it drives you crazy
They'll say you ought to learn a trade to help you in your life
Success is written in three parts: A job, a house, a wife
They'll say that school prepares you for the awesome world outside
Well it certainly gives you bigotry and patriotic pride
Racism, sexism teacher to class
From school to work remains the sameare you white and middle class?
You'll learn that bad men dress in black and good men dress in white
And the pamphlets in the playground say that's right
And that girls were made for housework and boys were made to fight
And the naughty pictures on page 3 make everything alright
And so from school to the outside world these morals you will take
And unless you can reject them you'll have your mind at stake
They'll give you a decision when you get to 18, too
The right to vote for someone else who says he cares for you
But the only thing he cares about is getting to the top
By conning you with empty words that promise you a lot
But the end result is slavery to a false set of ideals
You'll be tempted to believe them cos they'll seem so very real
The slavery of attitudes that make you keep in line
Subconsciously devoted to the morals of our time
And when you end up on the dole which you very likely will
They'll offer you a brand new trade: Learning how to kill
Why don't you join the army? Be a man and not a fool
There's someone else to think for you just like there was at school
They'll promise you absolution from the murders you'll commit
In the name of god and country they can get away with it
They fill you full of orders and promise you rewards
Like busting up your family by sending you abroad
A holiday in Germany or Iceland or Hong Kong
Making money being useless well it seems it can't go wrong
But then it's off to Northern Ireland where you'll practice what they preached
You'll shoot to keep yourself alive and kill to keep the peace
And then it won't be so much fun as you hear the wounded crying
Cos before they couldn't speak english and you didn't know what they were saying
But when the children call you "Bastard" it will make you think again
When you cannot tell the difference between animals and men
Animals don't wear uniforms but they kill as much as you
But the army kills for money and animals kill for food
It's the basest degredation in the name of what is right
Become something you never were and regret it til you die
Cos your father will tell you "Sonny, you must do as you are told"
And you'll say the same thing to your kids when you're 32 years old
And unless you can react against the brainwash from the start
Your government will rule your mind and your mind will rule your heart
You'll conform to every social law and be the system's slave
From birth to school to work to death, from the cradle to the grave..
more info on dick and the subhumans can be found here at these urls
www.bebo.com/subhumansukband
www.subhumans.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/subhumansuk
I have seen this band live a few times in Morcambe and Blackpool at the punk fest mainly Morcambe because you could camp there for a cpl of quid, the fest tickets were cheaper and the locals much friendlier, 100`s use to camp there for the shows with hired bues in the later years ferying people to and from the shows,a makeshift camp site was also added a so many people turned up for the shows, Blaclpool lacks all this,its too strerile you dont make friends like on the campsites. Blackpool the prices are stupid and the fest being there has out priced a lot of the fans. theres no camping the b+b`s cost to much at the hight of the season. I still recomend going just to see the bands like subhumans , uk subs, The Exploited, dammed peter and the testtube babies ect. i just cant stand bloody great seaside resort that rip you for every penny you got lol
i wish they would move it back to Morcambe.
Chris Sullivan videos
Ok guys "n" galls this is Chris Sullivan`s new video, "The Wag Song" A nice little rock "n" roll number about Chris thinking back to the 60s when he rode motorbikes delivering telegrams for the post office. Wags are what they were known as in some areas, Moppers in others. Chris always seems to have lovely women around him in his videos and films, check out the lovely Cara-Mia Cassini in the video shes the one with the C.N.D earings. The song even made the news
The Wag Song is uploaded direct from the master copy (thanx to Chris for the master copy)
talking about Chris and lovely women he even stared in lifeforce with the delectable Mathilda May the naked space vamp.
here are some stills of Chris from films and TV
Chris in Distant Fear
a slightly beaten Chris in ITV`s The Bill
As Denis in As You Like It
heres a trailer for Tobe Hoopers Lifeforce staring the delectable Mathilda May, Chris sullivan, Frank Finlay, Steve Railsback and Peter Firth.
Heres an earlier single by Chris The Coombe
The Coombe is a place in Dublin Ireland, again hes got a lovely lady with him, lucky guy
The Wag Song is uploaded direct from the master copy (thanx to Chris for the master copy)
talking about Chris and lovely women he even stared in lifeforce with the delectable Mathilda May the naked space vamp.
here are some stills of Chris from films and TV
Chris in Distant Fear
a slightly beaten Chris in ITV`s The Bill
As Denis in As You Like It
heres a trailer for Tobe Hoopers Lifeforce staring the delectable Mathilda May, Chris sullivan, Frank Finlay, Steve Railsback and Peter Firth.
Heres an earlier single by Chris The Coombe
The Coombe is a place in Dublin Ireland, again hes got a lovely lady with him, lucky guy
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