seemslikeadream
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Thu Feb-07-08 01:52 AM
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They wanna have a war to stop INDUSTRIAL DISEASE |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffSXeu1fKU&NR=1Warning lights are flashing down at quality control Somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole There's rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town Somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down There's a meeting in the boardroom they're trying to trace the smell There's leaking in the washroom there's a sneak in personnel Somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze goodness me could this be industrial disease?
The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post They're refusing to be pacified it's him they blame the most The watchdogs got rabies the foremans got fleas And everyones concerned about industrial disease There's panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots Some come out in sympathy some come out in spots Some blame the management some the employees And everybody knows it's the industrial disease
The work force is disgusted downs tools and walks Innocence is injured experience just talks Everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees That these are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze On itv and bbc they talk about the curse Philosophy is useless theology is worse History boils over there's an economics freeze Sociologists invent words that mean industrial disease
Doctor parkinson declared I'm not surprised to see you here You've got smokers cough from smoking, brewers droop from drinking beer I dont know how you came to get the betty davis knees But worst of all young man you've got industrial disease He wrote me a prescription he said you are depressed But I'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest Come back and see me later - next patient please Send in another victim of industrial disease
I go down to speakers corner I'm thunderstruck They got free speech, tourists, police in trucks Two men say theyre jesus one of them must be wrong There's a protest singer singing a protest song - he says they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees They wanna have a war to keep their factories They wanna have a war to stop us buying japanese They wanna have a war to stop industrial disease They're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind They wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind They give you rule brittania, gassy beer, page three Two weeks in espana and sunday striptease Meanwhile the first jesus says I'd cure it soon Abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons The other ones on a hunger strike hes dying by degrees How come jesus gets industrial disease
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KatyMan
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Thu Feb-07-08 02:19 AM
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Edited on Thu Feb-07-08 02:24 AM by Kentish Man
I think the Dire Straits are one of the most underrated bands around (not that they're around anymore)... Telegraph Road is another great song from that album...
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down I got a right to go to work but theres no work here to be found Yes and they say were gonna have to pay whats owed Were gonna have to reap from some seed thats been sowed And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles They can always fly away from this rain and this cold You can hear them singing out their telegraph code All the way down the telegraph road
As an aside, do you think one shows one's age when using words like 'album' and 'record' ? :D
ETA: doesn't this song (Industrial Disease) sound like a precourser to Money for Nothing???
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Thu Feb-07-08 02:55 AM
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2. Did you see the video I just did? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 03:56 AM
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better than Emmylou, do they? Mrs Kentish Man is a big Texas music fan, and we listen to a lot of Emmylou, Guy Clark, etc...
Brothers in Arms is awesome, and I have to thank you for bringing the full force of it to my attention. I remember when it came out, and I was, at the time, really into the Dire Straits, but it's funny how much it resonates now, 25+ years later, doesn't it?
Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line on your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms
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