When I was a kid I remember listening to their song 'White Noise' and being horrified and the language used.
I have just checked out the lyrics and they are pretty racist. Was the band racist or was this just trying to highlight how stupid racism is?
2007-01-28 05:08:47 · 16 answers · asked by footynutguy 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Jake Burns words are all tongue in cheek. Listen to Barbed
Wire Love for confirmation of this theory. I'll be going to see them shorlty if you would like me to pass on any concerns about his lyrics. If you don't know this what do you know on the subject of rascism
i think you know they were taking the piss but want to stir up a hornets nest
2007-01-28 05:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Troubled Joe(the ghost of) 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Stiff Little Fingers White Noise
2016-10-29 07:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by vergeer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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When I was a kid I remember listening to their song 'White Noise' and being horrified and the language used.
I have just checked out the lyrics and they are pretty racist. Was the band racist or was this just trying to highlight how stupid racism is?
2015-08-16 21:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suspect Device Wasted Life Tin Soldiers Alternative Ulster BQ: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, 45 Grave, and Joy Division (if you count post-punk). The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Kennedys, The Cramps, The Buzzcocks, 1919, The Adverts, and the Vibrators are good too.
2016-03-13 22:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The latter - they were part of a very lefft-wing, pro-human rights wave in music, very political. That is like Roger Waters doing the Nazi role in The Wall - just showing how imbecile that aggression is, kinda like this guy with his little graphic, you can tell he's a sick little nobody.
2007-01-28 05:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of the lyrics are ridiculous, it's meant to be tongue-in-cheek - and they're certainly not a racist band
2007-01-28 05:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the lyrics are satirical pointing out the slurs that are used on blacks, Asians and the Irish in the UK
2007-01-28 05:13:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jake Burns and crew weren't racist. They had a few black followers! They were - as you say - ridiculing racists.
2007-01-28 05:13:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know if they were racist. but they were a fantastic band. i saw them live 2 years ago. and they can still do it. my fave songs were on the edge, alternative Ulster and tin soldiers.
2007-01-28 05:12:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it was to show how stupid but also a Cover up for how racist they were
2007-01-28 05:13:08 · answer #10 · answered by snatza 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋