Saturday, February 10, 2024

Shi'ite Punk - The Vandals

Shi'ite Punk - The Vandals
3:19
Slippery When Ill, 1989
Written by Dave Quackenbush and Jan Nils Ackermann

This is a riotous punk song depicting a Muslim looking for a fight, just trying to live the punk life and be free: "Religious dedication rushing through his veins / 'Cause the Shi'ite punk don't feel no pain."  He doesn't believe in his government's dogma.  He wants to go to shows, to have a cool car, some girls, and some bullets.  "Want a freedom for my people, no religious persecution / Give me this and there'll be no revolution."  The music is the Vandal's rockabilly punk, with some country riffs and the addition of scratch box noises (although to me, a lot of the scratches sound like they some from a human beatbox).  

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