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Started by afreethinker30, June 16, 2008, 08:20:01 PM

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afreethinker30

A Perfect Circle seems to have a "Truth in Music" stance that I love.I think one of the most spot on songs from the band is "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drum".The Cd Emotive has a anti-war theme.And also Tool the song Judith would totally be my theme song if I could have one. :D

"Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window
Go back to sleep
Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
See, they don't give a
f*** about you, like I do."

"I’ll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices son
They're one in the same, I must isolate you…
Isolate and save you from yourself …"

Judith
"You're such an inspiration
For the ways that I will never ever choose to be.
Oh, so many ways for me to show you how your
Savior has abandoned you.
F*** your God, your Lord, your Christ.
He did this, took all you had
And left you this way
Still you pray never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why.

It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side.
Praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed.
He did it all for you.

Oh, so many ways for me to show you how your
Dogma has abandoned you.
Pray to your Christ, to your God.
Never taste of the fruit, never stray, never break.
Never choke on the lie, even though he's the one
Who did this to you, you never thought to question why.

afreethinker30

I thought of more.
Frank Zappa
Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
"With a ku-klux muu-muu
In the back of the truck,
If you aint born again,
They wanna mess you up, screamin:
No abortion, no-siree!
Lifes too precious, can't you see!
(what's that hangin from the neighbors tree?
Why, it looks like colored folks to me --
Would they do that...seriously? "

Skunk Anansie - Selling Jesus
"THEY`RE SELLING JESUS AGAIN
THEY WANT YOUR SOUL AND YOUR MONEY YOUR BLOOD AND YOUR VOTES"

Marilyn Manson - Fight Song
"But I'm not a slave to a god
that doesn't exist
But I'm not a slave to world
that doesn't give a s***."

Voltaire-God Thinks
"I hate people who blame the Devil for their own shortcomings and
I hate people who thank God when things go right."

Asmodean

Yeah... APC have their moments.

My personal favorites are Gravity and Passive, the latter from Emotive.

Judith is considered by many one of the epitomes of atheist songs.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

afreethinker30

I think early VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater) had some great stuff.I read at the time that he was questioning his beliefs and his general thoughts on the world.It seems to be more of a statement at times rather then a question to me.But then again music is different to everyone.

Asmodean

Oh! And let's not forget Depeche Mode's John the Revelator!  :banna:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaB1psXTjS4
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

afreethinker30

Quote from: "Asmodean"Oh! And let's not forget Depeche Mode's John the Revelator!  :D  Haven't heard this one.Soon to be on my playlist!

Asmodean

Quote from: "afreethinker30"Thanks for the link  :D
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

afreethinker30


jcm

NIN:
Trent Rocks!

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -cs

afreethinker30

Quote from: "jcm"NIN:
Trent Rocks!

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

March of the Pigs has always been a fav of mine.And he of course is that much more cooler because he's worked with Tori Amos  :)

crocofish

#10
I mentioned "The Hand that Feeds" recently in another thread.  Nine Inch Nails was going to play it on an MTV awards show with a picture of Bush behind them, and MTV canceled the NIN appearance and replaced them with another band.

Of course there is NIN's "Heresy".  When I first heard it years ago, I was surprised how bluntly anti-religion the lyrics are.
QuoteHe sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed a God up and called it Christianity
God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
Demands devotion atrocities done in his name
God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
...etc.

NIN is touring the U.S. starting in about a month.  All indications are that it will be a great show. The bassist on this tour worked with Tori Amos also.   I got my ticket about a month ago.
"The cloud condenses, and looks back on itself, in wonder." -- unknown

afreethinker30

QuoteI mentioned "The Hand that Feeds" recently in another thread. Nine Inch Nails was going to play it on an MTV awards show with a picture of Bush behind them, and MTV canceled the NIN appearance and replaced them with another band.

Oh ok I believe I read that post.MTV caved to easy.Did you see that NIN has free MP3's of Discipline out?All promo. http://dl.nin.com/discipline/wrzx That's a link from the one offered from a local radio station here.

crocofish

Quote from: "afreethinker30"[
Did you see that NIN has free MP3's of Discipline out?All promo.
Discipline is one cut of the full album called The Slip.  NIN release the whole album for free as a download; you can get it from theslip.nin.com .  It was released as a gift to the fans since the previous Ghosts album sold so well.
"The cloud condenses, and looks back on itself, in wonder." -- unknown

afreethinker30

Quote from: "crocofish"
Quote from: "afreethinker30"[
Did you see that NIN has free MP3's of Discipline out?All promo.
Discipline is one cut of the full album called The Slip.  NIN release the whole album for free as a download; you can get it from theslip.nin.com .  It was released as a gift to the fans since the previous Ghosts album sold so well.

 :hail:  Thanks.Local radio here only talked about one song.So what else is good?Always on the lookout for music.

Asmodean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1m5u6Pughs
^^Drowning Pool - Sermon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZaI1o11LI
^^Metallica - Leper Messiah

For metal-heads like Asmodean  :D
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.