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Actually a 'slow train running' beat, very much slowed down to sound like an east European sound.
rock music folk folk rock political
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Rock, folk, folk-rock, country. Political. Fun!
NUMBER 1 ON NEIL YOUNG'S WEB CHART WITH "TAKE YOUR WAR AND STICK IT UP YOUR ARSE" To all those who have been voting/listening - a great big thank you. We are hoping to use this to launch a publicity campaign in the UK media. Let's also not forget that, more important than songs going up charts, we can get this war ended as soon as possible. Sollox and The Spooners have been making music for a long time, but the exposure that the www can give them has inspired them to new efforts. The band are . . . Billy Sollox - vocals, writer, arranger. “Guitar” Gill Bates Snr Acoustic six-string, 12-string and electric guitars, backing vocals Chuck Babbage - Keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals Dick Mell - Keyboards, Guitars, Saxophone Job Stevens - Drums, percussion & backing vocals Lee Bernerstim - Bass, backing vocals Little Gilly Bates - Electric guitars Sunil “Sunny” Lavrot - Piano, keyboards Suze Konrad - Backing Vocals, percussion
Song Info
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #2,033
Peak in subgenre #457
Author
Billy Sollox
Rights
2007
Uploaded
February 28, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB 128 kbps 3:47
Story behind the song
Initially titled "Mr Molosevic" and changed to have more general appeal.
Lyrics
Hey Mr Politician Hey Mr, Hey Mr Hey Mr Politician I’m living in your war zone Can you tell me Mister, please Mr Politician Can you, can you tell me what happened to my sister? Your soldiers took her in the morning Didn’t have the time to drink her coffee Last time I saw her she was looking back at me, screaming, begging me to save her They had a rifle to my head, what was I to do, tell me what was I to do? I couldn’t even help my little sister. Hey Mister! Hey Mr, Hey Mr Hey Mr Politician Can you tell me Mister, please Mr Politician Can you tell me, what happened to my Mother She was trying to look after my brother He was only fourteen, they said he was a terrorist they said it was standard procedure Why don’t I believe ya? They took him off and said they would release him,when they’d got some answers They had a gun to my Mum’s head, what was she to do, tell me what was she to do? She couldn’t help her own baby!. Hey Mister! I hate what’s happened to my father, he just stares at the wall Doesn’t really move much at all There’s no life in his eyes. There’s no life in his life Hey Mr Politician, I wanna rip your guts out And leave ‘em lying in the open For ants and wasps and rats to swarm on. You’ve taken my family away You’ve taken my humanity away
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