What do you think of this now?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsen_Was_a_Gas
It's the Pistols riff, brutal, thuggish and draggy.
Belsen Was a Gas
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Belsen Was a Gas
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Diamond Dog wrote:...it quite clearly hit the target with you and your nonce...
...a multitude of innuendo and hearsay...
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clive gash
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Re: Belsen Was a Gas
Plenty of problematic Nazi chic in U.K. Punk, here's the Antz, twice
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Quite apart from how ill-conceived the whole thing is ( I believe it's a Sid lyric), it's absolutely second rate musically. Not as good as any of the tracks on their debut
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The riff is heavy, Holidays... trogged-out.
Early PIL played it too so Lyndon wasn't done with it yet.
Early PIL played it too so Lyndon wasn't done with it yet.
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The guitar sounds good, but the tune itself has always felt a bit undercooked.
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Some inflammatory lyrics, but I just see it as typical Pistols "scream out things that disgust you" style, culminating with "Be a man/kill someone, Be a man/Kill yourself" which is just chilling.
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It just wasn't very good, I've always thought. Bodies is a better song.
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yomptepi wrote:turd
...is the right answer.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
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I remember playing and singing it to my parents when I was around 15. "Bodies" too.
It was more like a joke than a serious attempt to frighten them or piss them off. I would sing along and cackle, and they'd give me a "kids these days" look. That's about all the song is good for. Family fun.
It was more like a joke than a serious attempt to frighten them or piss them off. I would sing along and cackle, and they'd give me a "kids these days" look. That's about all the song is good for. Family fun.
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The Modernist wrote:Quite apart from how ill-conceived the whole thing is ( I believe it's a Sid lyric), it's absolutely second rate musically. Not as good as any of the tracks on their debut
it is outrage for outrage sake and the music sounds like nondescript early hardcore. Not even Lydon's vocal can save it.
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sloopjohnc wrote: the music sounds like nondescript early hardcore.
No wonder Nev's a fan.
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clive gash
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Re: Belsen Was a Gas
Pretty much 
It's primal, unevolved thuggishness.
It's primal, unevolved thuggishness.
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The Savage Young Gash wrote:Pretty much
It's primal, unevolved thuggishness.
Yet, you chided me as "American" when I wanted to bust every guy in Phoenix in the nose.
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