“King Snake” is about accepting that you’re nothing, and that being a beautiful thing. It’s almost Buddhist, like, you are objectively nothing. Right? Nothing objectively exists. Don’t suddenly carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. It’s going to be alright. There’s also that feeling after you’ve had two beers where nothing matters, you know? It’s supposed to be celebratory, whether it’s because you like getting the beers in or you like the idea of being nothing."
Un brano ormai famigerato, fantomatico, ferocemente antisistema e, soprattutto antimonarchico, come solo i Sex Pistols hanno saputo fare...
"The coronation was happening, and it was pissing me off. Because as an anti-monarchist, I don’t like occupying other countries, an unelected leader, the House Of Lords… As soon as you have a kid, those beliefs become amplified with a sense of severe protection. It just highlights the dangerous, apathetic stance we have on such oppressive fucking systems within our country, and I want to talk about that through love – not anger, not hate, not disdain. Just: my daughter’s my king, he’s not my king. Tell me different! Prove to me different! You can’t.”
(Joe Talbot, da un'intervista su Mojo)
[2017]
Nell'album "Joy as an Act of Resistance", pubblicato nel 2018
“Danny Nedelko”, la lezione sempre valida degli IDLES
di Luisa Cassarà, aprile 15, 2020
“Fear leads to panic, panic leads to pain
Pain leads to anger, anger leads to hate”.
(“Danny Nedelko”)
Se fossi una persona pigra, basterebbe questa citazione per spiegare la ragione che mi spinge a parlare degli IDLES. Non ricordo né come né quando li ho scoperti, ma posso dire con certezza che, da quel momento, non ne ho più potuto fare a meno. Hanno esattamente tutto ciò che serve per affrontare la bizzarra epoca moderna: sono fortemente arrabbiati, non hanno paura di prendere una posizione e disprezzano la divisione del mondo in categorie. Tutte qualità, queste, estremamente apprezzabili già in tempi normali, figuriamoci durante una pandemia.
Questa band di Bristol si è conquistata il suo posto speciale nel panorama mondiale,... (continuer)
"Come ci si sente ad avere ridotto in polvere la classe operaia?" si chiede la bnad di Bristol in questo pezzo post-punk che vogliamo dedicare oggi al neo incoronato Charles III.
How does it feel to have blue blood coursing through your veins? (continuer)
6/5/2023 - 15:59
Odifreddi: “Re Carlo e la famiglia reale inglese sono parassiti. Un giorno la monarchia collasserà”
Idles are a British-Irish punk rock band formed in Bristol in 2009. The band consists of Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass) and Jon Beavis (drums).
Mother deconstructs the term “Mother Fucker” into its literal and metaphorical meaning.
Metaphorically, the singer’s mother was fucked over by a system that required her to work increasingly long hours, mostly unpaid, just to provide for her children.
Literally, the singer is furious at how little empathy men can have for women over sexual assault. It’s a pervasive and complex phenomenon that makes women fear for their lives. How can you mother fuckers not see how terrible mother fuckers are?
“Mother” was a song that explored the roles of my mother and, in turn, of women in my life. The lyric you plucked was inspired by a Margaret Atwood quote which opened my mind to sexual violence and led me to think of my mother’s past relationships and her vulnerability as a woman beyond her as a mum. “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” I didn’t want the song to lead the listener down a certain path, but intend to open up conversations of womanhood.
In "CRAWLER"
Fa il paio con Gift Horse...
— Joe Talbot, Consequence Track-By-Track