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I was going to fix the clipping, but it made it funnier (thelemmy.club)
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Description: Meme Four panels Top left Smiling happy guy Top right text reads: Listening to homophobia by Chumbawumb The name of the band is cut off due to its length. Bottom left image: Traumatized guy Bottom right text reads: Remembering what the song is about

The joke is that the second half of the song uses an upbeat tone and a tuba playing a jovial tune while the band sings about hate crimes and lynchings committed during the AIDS crisis.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

the lyrics are kinda lib tho

original is about partisans
their version is just gibberish lyrics or some specific thing I lack the context for

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Haha, very much not liberal.

    It came out during a major crackdown on protesting including the introduction of stop and frisk specifically targeting muslims in the UK; an international court finding the UK had been torturing prisoners; multiple union leaders from the UK were found dead and mutilated; as well as the ongoing invasion of west asia.

    The new lyrics are telling people that the capitalists are responsible for all of this and that they need to say goodbye to their loved ones as what they are about to do will mean never seeing them again and that their face will be on TV.

    Protesters don't get their faces on TV.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the context. I still wish more music like this wouldn't beat around the bush. It's designed to be esoteric enough that it's inoffensive and anyone can listen to it and it can be on the radio and stuff. A far cry from explicitly left-wing songs like Solidarity Forever or Pie in the Sky or Communism Marches Through the Planet or Should I Ever be a Soldier or El Pueblo Unido or literally any explicitly left-wing song. A lot of progressive pop music groups really mellow their message in order to get more media exposure.

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