Bad Religion

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• Titre : American Jesus
• Album : Recipe For Hate
• Année : 1993

Paroles :

i don't need to be a global citizen
because i'm blessed by nationality
i'm member of a growing populace
we enforce our popularity
there are things that
seem to pull us under
and there are things
that drag us down
but there's a power
and a vital presence
thats lurking all around
we've got the american Jesus
see him on the interstate
we've got the american Jesus
he helped build the
president's estate
i feel sorry
for the earth's population
'cuz so few
live in the U.S.A.
at least the foreigners
can copy our morality
they can visit but they cannot stay
only precious few
can garner the prosperity
it makes us walk
with renewed confidence
we've got a place to go when we die
and the architect resides right here
we've got the american Jesus
overwhelming millions every day
(exercising his authority)
he's the farmers barren fields
the force the army wields
the expession in the faces
of the starving children
the power of the man
he's the fuel that drives the clan
he's the motive and conscience
of the murderer
he's the preacher on t.v.
the false sincerity
the form letter that's written
by the big computers
he's the nuclear bombs
and the kids with no moms
and i'm fearful that
he's inside me

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• Titre : Let Them Eat War
• Album : The Empire Strikes First
• Année : 2004

Paroles :

There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
With long division and writing crop
Anybody can feel like a winner
When it's served up piping hot

But the people aren't looking for a handout
They're America's working corps
Can this be what they voted for?

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed
Declining pride

From the force to the union shops
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts

Who never stole from the rich to give to the poor
All they ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed
Declining pride

We've got to kill 'em and eat 'em
Before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars
Let them bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it
At a job site the boss is god like
Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stones throw away from a rock fight
But not tonight, feed 'em death

Here comes another ration (feed them death)
Cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
When there's nothing left to feed them
When it's freedom or it's death

Let them eat war [x2]
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war [x2]

There's an urgent need to feed

Bon vous aurez tous compris le jeu de mot sur "The Empire Strikes Back" de Star Wars j'imagine! Ce 12ème album se classe directement dans la veine de The Process of Belief, le groupe pioche dans toutes ses racines pour nous servir "encore" un monument du punk rock. Pourtant on pourrait se poser des questions à l'écoute d'une intro; "Overture", ce qui n'est pas une habitude de la maison, mais on est très très rassuré par l'enchainement de celle si à "Sinister Rouge", la bande est en forme et cela s'entend avec des oozin' aahs très présent sur ce morceau d'entrée. S'en suive "Social Suicide", "Atheist Peace" et "All There Is", sur le même modèle que "Sinister Rouge", on repense tout de suite au Bad Religion de la grosse période Suffer-No Control-Against the Grain, un régal! Et là s'enchaîne surement les deux meilleurs tunes de la galette "Los Angeles Is Burning" avec son orgue et "Let Them Eat War", la comparaison se fait obligatoirement entre "Punk Rock Song" et la seconde citée, le mid tempo et le refrain penchant vers le rap avec un invité de marque Tim McIlrath de Rise Against, répondant parfaitement à Jay Bentley sur" Punk Rock Song"! Après cela on peut classer les chansons en deux catégories, les rapides et les lentes, et oui c'est aussi simple que papa dans maman^^. Donc les rapides "God's Love", "The Quickening" et son jeu monstrueux et "Live Again" montrant la facette indie du groupe. En ce qui concerne les lentes on peut signaler les excellentes "The Empire Strikes First" et "Beyond Electric Dreams". D'un autre côté "To Another Abyss" et surtout "Boot Stamping On a Human Face Forever" décoivent, trop longues et ennuyeuses pour du Bad Religion normal. Ce qui n'empêche pas cet album d'atteindre des somments!

Track List :

01. Overture
02. Sinister Rouge
03. Social Suicide
04. Atheist Peace
05. All There Is
06. Los Angeles Is Burning
07. Let Them Eat War
08. God's Love
09. To Another Abyss
10. The Quickening
11. The Empire Strikes First
12. Beyond Electric Dreams
13. Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever
14. Live Again - The Fall Of Man

A retenir donc: Sinister Rouge, Let Them Eat War, Los Angeles Is Burning, The Empire Strikes First, Social Suicide, The Quickening, God's Love