COUNTERCULTURE

co-poetry observed

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The Sex Pistols – Anarchy for the U.K.
Songwriters: MATLOCK, GLEN / COOK, PAUL THOMAS / JONES, STEVE / LYDON, JOHN
Right now ha, ha!I am an anti-Christ
I am an anarchist,
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it.
I wanna destroy the passer by
‘Cause I wanna be anarchy,
Ho dogs bodyAnarchy for the UK
It’s coming sometime and maybe
I give a wrong time stop a traffic line.
Your future dream is a shopping scheme
Cause I wanna be anarchy,
It’s in the city

How many ways to get what you want
I use the best I use the rest
I use the NME.
I use anarchy
‘Cause I wanna be anarchy,

It’s the only way to be

Is this the MPLA
Or is this the UDA
Or is this the IRA
I thought it was the UK
Or just another country
Another council tenancy.

I wanna be an anarchist
(Oh what a name)
And I wanna be an anarchist
(I get pissed destroy)

 

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The Specials – Ghost Town

This town, is coming like a ghost town
All the clubs have been closed down
This place, is coming like a ghost town
Bands won’t play no more
too much fighting on the dance floor

Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown

This town, is coming like a ghost town
Why must the youth fight against themselves?
Government leaving the youth on the shelf
This place, is coming like a ghost town
No job to be found in this country
Can’t go on no more
The people getting angry

This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town

 

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Interview, Sex Pistols

The reason why this is so significant is because, at this time in the U.K. the media was regulated to the point where cursing wasn’t allowed at all on the television. This is one of the reasons why the Sex Pistols were banned and had a warning label slapped on them.

 

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Interview, Quinten Butler

 

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Poetry Observed, This Anarchy..

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