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Dumb 'Em Down
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About the dumbing down of America. A musical collaboration with Dermont. music by Stig/Dermont. Lyrics by Stig
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raw ragged garage rock with brilliant lyrics
A dusty left handed axe strangler cranking out raw ragged riffs from the prairie of Nebraska. Even the tornadoes run from mournful wailing of his tortured guitar. And that voice - it can bring down a hawk from 300 yards.
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Genre
Rock • Garage Rock
Charts
Peak #308
Peak in subgenre #18
Author
Stig Sneddon/Sneddon & Dermont
Uploaded
March 18, 2009
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:56
Story behind the song
It's about the mass media dumbing down the American public. You see it everywhere - "reality" tv shows, horrible lifeless music, idiotic commercials, etc.
Lyrics
I turned on the TV and right away I wanted to hurl At the sight of a lipsynching prefab pop star girl Weak thin voice and 7th grade words it was torture to hear her sing She does as she's told by the MBA's she's just a puppet on a string The pop culture has been stolen replaced with this corporate crap Now you can buy your rebel uniform it's on sale down at the Gap (they're) dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbina dumb dumb dedumbina dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down Keep 'em nice and stupid and they'll follow you all around yeah dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbina dumb dumb dedumbina dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down Keep 'em nice and stupid and they'll follow you all around Playing video games for years on end their youth has been squandered away Mouth half open and a dull blank look at the end of another wasted day (they're) dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down dumb dumb dumbina dumb dumb dedumbina dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down Keep 'em nice and stupid and they'll follow you all around yeah dumb dumb dumbin' 'em down
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momaloha
Mar 29, 2010
Cool! dis song iz so troo darn it dat Stig guy iz hot 2
Ed Drury
Apr 18, 2009
You express the thought about as well as any I've heard and I couldn't agree more with the premise. You've crafted a nice song about it and produced it well. The drum track alone is worth the listen, awesome power fills. Some great instrumental breaks add to the effect, 'cause you don't hear those much anymore in mainstream. Congrats on making an unfortunate fact of modern life an inspired track. Dumb 'Em Down is intelligently written and well performed. That's the kind of irony I like!
Rodrica Rudge
Mar 25, 2009
I was listening to a mainstream radio station the other day...and your lyrics just about sum up what I was thinking, lol! Great song and top notch performance.