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Dance of the Knee Jerk Reactionaries
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Ready. Fire. Aim. 60 years of exceptional foreign intervention in song.
comedy political parody satire rants pinko
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Rants, raving and vain howling at the moon.
"an unappetizing bouillabaisse (French, bah!) of polemics, half-baked truths, and false claims of 36 hour erections..." -- Bill Kristol, Humanoid
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Genre
Podcasts • Comedy - Political Humor
Charts
Peak #46
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
W.D. Neely
Rights
1984, 1994, 2001, 2006 by W.D. Neely
Uploaded
August 11, 2010
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:03
Story behind the song
That Captain Nemo originally penned it in 1984 and has been forced to update this tune continually for two decades lends credence to George Bernard Shaw's allegation that "what we learn from history is that we don't learn from history." With the war raging in Oceania, it's timely as ever. So here's an ALL NEW techno-punk rendition of Knee Jerks.
Lyrics
We don't want another Bay of Pigs Hey now, we ain't playin in the minor leagues Next time we better get it right Last time we didn't do it right We don't want another Viet Nam Made a monkey's uncle out of Uncle Sam Next time we better get it right Last time we didn't do it right If we gotta do it -- then we oughta do it right. We don't want another Gulf War One where we got it started, didn't get it done Next time we better get it right Last time we didn't do it right We don't want another Black Hawk Down Let the local heavies chase us out of town Next time we better get it right Last time we didn't do it right If we gotta do it -- then we oughta do it right We don't want it but we got it now And we'd like to leave it but we don't know how When are we gonna get it right? When are we gonna get it right? If we gotta do it -- then we oughta do it right
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