WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?

nyadrn · ‎06-13-2010

A PLACE TO SHARE YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AND VIDEO'S ...

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? AN OLD OLD SONG BY YOUR FAVORITE BAND OR SOMETHING NEW YOU JUST HEARD... YOUR IPOD CATALOG OF FAVORITES OR YOUR FAVORITE CD BY YOUR FAVORITE BAND.. WHATEVER IT IS, STOP BY AND SHARE IT HERE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT : )

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith

KellytheBelly · ‎03-18-2023

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This (Your Children Will Be Next) (1998)

The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
"So if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists"

Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next

dl73698250 · ‎03-18-2023

Sounds important. But, what does "This" refer to? It's too ambiguous. Without being more specific, it sounds like they're promoting being rebels without a cause. Disagree? I'm ready to back it up.

For starters, "Survival Of The Fittest" (which was/is widely promoted and accepted) by itself suggests/implies that there is intrinsically a present threat that justifies being afraid of and cold towards. Therefore, that would be the starting point without actually verifying if there really is a threat or not. Then, by definition, there can only be just one "fittest" left standing and alone. This mentality was a "monument" put to paper, that the lyrics of this song seems to be another "monument" put to paper to address. Now, which of these two "monuments" actually results in turning one into a gutless wonder? If it's true that "Monuments put from pen to paper Turns me into a gutless wonder", then why are you/them trying to do the same thing?

Bullets for your brain today, But we'll forget it all again? May that's because bullets are not the answer, but wisdom instead is. Don't confuse rejection with forgetting.

KellytheBelly · ‎03-19-2023

Hello. As you know, art (in any form) is subjective. Only the artist knows the answer/true meaning of why they wrote a song, how, and for what reason.

'As reported on MTV.com on July 10, 1998:

Bassist Nicky Wire told Britain’s “New Musical Express” that he wrote the song about the Spanish Civil War and that it pays homage to the Clash’s “Spanish Bombs.” Wire says on the band’s official website that it’s also about standing up to evil, a common MSP theme.'

To follow is the band's explanation of the song...

Manic Street Preachers - 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' | Song Stories (NME)

Thank you for your response. 🙂