ERE songs

Favorite quotations, etc.
mausmaus
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Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

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I've seen a couple Frank Turner songs listed. I'll post another.

Photosynthesis - Frank Turner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMVHhxTtLc

Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand
All my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension plans
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done
And I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the game
Time may change a lot but some things may stay the same

And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I yeah I won't grow up

Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems
And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will
Have to grow up be an adult yeah be bored and unfulfilled
Oh when no ones yet explained to me exactly what's so great
About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate,
about meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me

And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I yeah I won't grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up

And if all you ever do with your life
Is photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour of these sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die

Now I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
Now I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin

And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all yeah I won't grow up

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We Are So Happy - Max Repka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIRnVcUkPCo
(lyrics in the youtube description)

This is more like the anti-ERE song.

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Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness:

Life lies a slow suicide
Orthodox dreams and symbolic myths
From feudal serf to spender
This wonderful world of purchase power

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I'm surprised no one has posted $ave Dat Money by Lil Dicky. Although many of the things are more cheap than frugal, I still think it's pretty clever. Additionally the video is worth a watch because he records it without spending any money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHYWD29ZNY

Verse 1
Rap game got it all wrong
We ain't 'bout to go and spend money just to flex on her
We ain't really got it like ya'll
I'm the type of motherfucker that'll check the check
Do the math, I ain't never gettin' robbed
Those margaritas not goin' on my card
I ain't 'bout to split a damn thing for convenience sake
I'm at the restaurant workin' that waitress
You ain't heard of lil Dave, or L the Jew biz major
Fuck you know 'bout the world he was raised in?
I've been saving money since the motherfucker 13
I wear the same pair of jeans everyday
Free sale with just homie, two stamps away
Book flight December but I leave in May
Drugs are generic but still work the same
I get login's for Netflix from my cousin Greg

Verse 2
I ain't parkin' that unless the meter green homie
Hair cut several months in-between homie
Hit the motherfuckin' lights when I leave homie
Single ply TP ass bleed
Air B&B the mother fucker, least I'm never there
I'm not in Cali, why the fuck my company in Delaware?
Happy hour takin' out the chicken, I don't even care
That applies to both dating and wings
Peep matinees phone bill got the motherfuckin' fam on it
401k rollin' over bands on it
Coppin' sweaters in the summer, went and sail on 'em
The fuck you rappers bragging 'bout? You overpaying for it

Verse 3
I ain't never hit a bar with a cover
Low thread count, hard with the covers
Free trial memberships though
I never join the shits though
Fuck you think this is though?
Frequent flying like a motherfuckin' finch tho
General Tso, half a dozen on the stick
Just so I can whet the appetite of dick
What you talkin' about?
My AC never doing nothing, blow fans
Walgreens card shoppin' all the off brands
Boy go hard when collecting, got Venmo
Save every motherfuckin' roach, tryna smoke
Check the clothes in my drawers, I ain't playin' around
It's LD, lil boy, Mr. Hand-me-down
Dirty drawers gettin' worn, can you blame me now?
You think I got $4.50 up in quarters on me well I fucking don't!

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Boy Meets Girl by Ghost Mice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POtq2Lshu3c

The singing's not the greatest, but I love the lyrics.

"She asked me if I had a job
I said, no way I've got no job
Why would anyone want a job?
Life's too short to have a job"

"Today's too wonderful
To worry about anything on our list of things to do"

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This always struck me as commentary on the American Dream and futilely looking outside of one’s self. And just an awesome folk punk band to watch live, happy memories of my youth!

Violent Femmes “Waiting for the Bus”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXQhYLaQ3jw

We got the mother and her kids
We got the guy and his date
We all get mad
We all get late
Looks like somebody forgot about us
Standing on the corner, waiting for the bus

Say hey Mr. driver man, don't be slow
Cause I got somewhere I gotta go
Say hey Mr. driver man, drive that thing fast
My precious time keeps slipping past

Let's call the mayor, let's complain
Looks like the city's done it to us again
Tied up in traffic, what do you know
The damn city bus, it moves so slow

Say hey Mr. driver man, don't be slow
Cause I got somewhere I gotta go
Say hey Mr. driver man, drive that thing fast
My precious time keeps slipping past

"Young man, your transfer's expired. Will you please pay full fare?"
"I just got this transfer!"
"Hey, can you open up the back door?"
"Either pay your 65 cents or you'll have to leave the bus!"
"You gotta be kidding me! I just got it!"
"Can you please open up the back door?!"

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Big Wreck - Time
Great lyrics and song. Well worth the listen.

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Renaissance Man by Midnight Oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZW6V7GXiM
Stumbled onto their CD at the thrift store of course, haha, what a find, this song immediately reminded me of ERE.

Here's some pertinent lyrics, reminds me of the "Leaving the Dark Ages" chapter of the ERE book:

A new world order has been formed
Between the cheque book and the dawn
A new renaissance man is born

Well, I heard about the spirit of life is it flickering still
Ooh, I heard that the dark bellied angels come running up the hill
Hold onto dreams, hold onto dreams, tonight

So you found a hard won friend
To hold your hand and hold your head
A new renaissance to defend

Renaissance man, are you ready?
Renaissance man, yeah
Renaissance man, are you ready?
See what a world that you can make

(Renaissance man)
Are you a renaissance man?
(Renaissance man)
Are you a renaissance woman?
If you jump out an angel will give you wings
See what a world that we can make

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Gareth Emery - You'll be OK

https://youtu.be/apKja6C804o

Seems very topical

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"Powertrip" by Monster Magnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7Zv6d-HUA

I'm never going to work another day in my life
The gods told me to relax
They said I'm gonna be fixed up right

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"I want out" by Helloween 8-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk (the original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2gq_osegrg (IMO a better cover by Sonata Arctica)

From our lives' beginning on
We are pushed in little forms
No-one asks us how we'd like to be
In school they teach us what to think
But everyone says different things
But they're all convinced that
They're the ones to see

So they keep talking and they never stop
At a certain point you give it up
So the only thing that's left to think is this

I want out
To live my life alone
I want out
Leave me be
I want out
To do things on my own
I want out
To live my life and to be free

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This song is mostly about conserving water. My favorite lines is "Most of what we do is offensive or illegal."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykQ4F-z0U1I

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I hadn't realized there was a song-sharing thread. Excellent! I've shared this elsewhere, but I've been obsessed with this song the past week or so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97gX9QSwZk (the video is pretty great as well).

"Now the answers in our heads
To the questions that were asked
It boils up from underground
And leads us to the past
To a place that's long forgotten
When we had enough for all
How long until there's nothing left at all?"

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