The story is about a man in a cell prison who plan his escaped under the night of sun. Only the last to verse make you think it was an ex-dirigeant of a country.
New state officials are outside running aroud,
They're telling the public that i need to be put down
And Washington saying, Emphatically, that i was doing things democratically
The title of the songs give us the confirmation that the songs is about Hugo Chavez président of Venezuela after a been thrown off in prison.
Hugo Chavez...an ignorant, weak-minded, delusional, egotistic dummy of Fidel Castro, who allows Castro to slowly, but surely, take over Venezuelas sovereignty. A bully of the Venezuelan people, who will one day be judged and incarcerated for, amongst other things, treason and thrown right back to that 8 x 10 cell where he belongs. I certainly hope I live to see that day.
I jam every week with my buddies who live on Arkell street and we always joke that we should do a cover of the Arkells as respect - im gonna suggest this song!
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I'm shocked at the stupidity here..I love the band, and I like the song.
However, to say Hugo Chavez is doing anything but moving Venezuela towards the same dark place that Cuba is in, is plain ignorant!
I am Venezuelan, have family there and visit there quite often. Members of my family have been harassed and hurt by the this "new socialist" government you're all praising.
People are starving as he gives away oil to communist countries
yes and according to UN organisations the poverty has reduced during Chavez era and the education improved. Chavez is not responsible for things which his supporters may do.
i live here my dad is the music editor for the hamilton spectator so he knows literally everything and is like best friends iwth like every hamilton band, includine the arkells!!!!XD
Your predictable trying to be all sophisticated and professional. No one gives a shit about how they created it, just listen to the damn song and like it.
Oh god, don't you hate how they use a series of notes to create melody, and layer that on top of a percussive rhythm? Sooooooo predictable. Don't even get me started on how they use multiple notes to create harmony. Like, come on, try something new for once.
Search on Google (Videos): Israeli attack on USS Liberty (US Navy ship), Or search: CIA's War on Humans; Or search: DAS Uribe Narcotráfico,... Te vas a dar cuenta la clase de criminales que quieren dar lecciones de democracias prostitutas y corruptas en USA y Europa, ladrones y esclavistas por tradición historica
songs not bad... but dedicating it to moron dictator Chavez is like dedicating a song to Hitler, and don't even worry about arguing with me about Chavez... i live in venezuela, hence i know what he has and hasn't done
@Romi260986 Like writing a song to Hitler, exactly! And some people are proposing it to be the "catchy summer song" GROW UP people. It's all fun and games until some dictator quashes your dreams, your freedoms, your life...
@Romi260986 you gotta help me out here. I don't understand the meaning of the song. is it for/about/against chavez? I'm venezuelan too, don't live there but certainly am as anti chavez as someone can be.
Y de paso todos estos payasos hablan paja diciendo que chavez es bueno en algunos comentarios pero no termino de entender el significado de la cancion y por lo tanto tener un dicho en la bendita discusion. Hope you help!
Why do they force you to pay taxes but you can simple no vote for how much will be the military expenditures?? Now those bastards of the Pentagon and military industry has broke the Nation and enslave people for at least 100 years with more than 13 trillion dollars debt while destroying their neighbors markets during 50 years of cold war... Like the Roman Empire talking about democracy with the slaves under the table... go back to england lick the Queen illegal bastards criminals in the USA.
Bush grand father was arrested 3 times for doing dirty business with the Nazis during War World II why are you hiding this FOX criminal liars... While countries like England and France were making almost slaves in Africa... why are you hiding this Fox criminal liars...
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor intelligent services sending Anthrax virus letters to its own population while blaming other country, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to all the countries in the world, nor spending extreme corrupted communist 700 billion dollars on military expenditures every year, nor world record of drug addicts, nor CNN or FOX Nazi retarded, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
Try learning some basic English syntax before posting a sentence. This goes for native English speakers as well.
Anyways, Chavez may not be the monster he's made out to be by some, but he definitely is not the democratic leader of the people he claims to be. Many of my Venezuelan friends have begun emigrating from the country in order to pursue a better life.
Look at what he did to RCTV. Like the station or not, shutting it down is a flagrant disregard for freedom of speech.
The CIA sponsored a failed coup d'état against Chavez, so America is not the democracy it claims to be. In fact given America´s involvement in the overthrow of democracies in central and south America it would appear that they are as much at war with democracy as they are with `terror´.
I never said anything about the US in my comment, nor am I an American citizen. But I do agree with a lot of what you say. Just because the US does these things, however, does not justify Chavez's autocratic tendencies.
No but it does show an obsession that America feels it needs to control it´s southern neighbours.
Chavez models himself on Castro, although I do feel he is more likely to win over firends than Castro.
Autocractic, perhaps but let´s face it democracy may be all we have but it is overrated, I mean most western democracies are right wing with just a change of personnel every for or five years.
Democracy may not be the best system, but it is far better than any autocratic system. In which system is a leader more likely to represent its people fairly? In one where it must uphold their rights and ensure that there is free speech, or in one where the government is given overreaching powers in which it has full control over what the people listen to in the media and the press?
Democracy is worth preserving, no matter what the situation. In the west, democracy...
May not be perfect at the moment, but it does allow a far larger portion of society to have their voices heard.
And when you say that "most western democracies are right wing with just a change of personnel every for [sic] or five years" you're really oversimplifying things. Many western democracies are led by coalitions of socialist/left wing/centrist parties (Portugal, Spain, Iceland, UK, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia...
Estonia and Lithuania all have ruling parties who are part of Socialist International). I'm not sure why we're even talking about America when all I mentioned was Chavez. Sure, he stands up to them, which is a good thing, but then he goes out and befriends other nations with imperialistic policies just as bad as the Americans (China, Russia)
Ok cmon I live in Spain and describing Zapatero and his PSOE party as socialists is laughable. In the UK the Labour Party is as much to the right as it´s opponents in the Conservative party.
The real power lies with the global comercial companies who have more money than the combined wealth of most of the countries of the world.
Most of the world´s media are owned by a handful of globalists as well, who try to control what we read and what news we get to see.
From what I've read of Zapatero and the PSOE, while they may not be purely socialist, they are surely not right-wing. What of their policies would suggest to you that they are?
Labour in the UK, while still a member of Socialist International, I agree with you, has gone far from their roots.
I also agree that TNCs have far too much power in international politics, and far too large an impact on less fortunate countries.
Regarding media: yes, it is true that the media is...
controlled and owned by a smaller and smaller group of individuals, there are still innumerable independent news sources from which the public can get its information. The internet is a wonderful thing :)
Chavez did not make 50 years of cold war to make billions of poor people around the planet; Europe and USA did it... Chavez did not kill 50 million people in world war II to play the hero and big business with weapons... while making slaves in Africa for example...
That bastard Bush I criminal told Sadam that if he invades Kuwait he will respect the sobereign desicion of Iraq then killed 500 thousand people in the war. But before that former president Reagan was talking about make the USA energy independent then after he got shot by someone; the same asshole vice president Bush took charge an they forgot the issue; today thanks to its son and the asshole criminals of the pentagon the USA economy is broke and with 13 trillion dollars debts...
Bush Grand Father was arrested three times for making dirty business with the Nazis during War World II; they were selling special gasoline for the combat airplanes. The Nazis killed 10 million people at least but the weapon business during the war killed 50 millon more. Those false heroes are the ones who want to write history and give lessons of democracy; They do not have enough oil but huge debts for at least 200 years; this is why they want to invade to steal natural resources.
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor extreme communist corrupted 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population while blaming other country, nor Kings on its constitution, nor world record of drug addicts, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor intelligent services sending Anthrax virus letters to its own population while blaming other country, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to all the countries in the world, nor spending extreme corrupted communist 700 billion dollars on military expenditures every year, nor world record of drug addicts, nor CNN or FOX Nazi retarded, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
No kidding. Tim, the drummer, is in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada right freakin now, like... at Bishop's U!!!! We just spoke to him! He's sooo cool! This is no joke, like... wow... he's really hot.
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor investing 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population while blaming other country, nor Kings on its constitution, nor world record of drug addicts, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
Its easy to talk when you live outside of Venezuela... In Venezuela are over 60 kills every weekend, you buy the food that you can get, they even tried to tell the people what to do (Where to work), what you can study... Its a Comunist, and the worst thing of all, its that the people forget how horrible comunism really is... there's one thing i'm completely sure, Chavez is the bad guy!!
Oakland and Los Angeles have public murders all the time and truth theres many people here in my city who cant afford food. Chavez is a great guy and he is doing a great job in latin america.
LA is two times bigger than Caracas... Chavez is a dictator, he is not far from Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Castro... He uses the same tactical, but the time is diferent... Because right now the world is smaller than 20 or 30 years ago... And he is not really comunist (At least not his family and friends, they have a good life) He is a horrible person, and by the way, yesterday he shut down other 29 radio stations... The song is great!!!
A horrible person? Do you live in Caracas? he has the support of the majority of the population Education for University students is at an all time high the country has advanced far more in the last few years than it had in the past century. The reason those radio stations are being shut down is because they promote violence, promoting an assasination attempt on an elected official is not professional for any radio host.
I see man you are from venezuela, but you must belong to the elite in your country, the rich which hate progress of the colored people. Your name real madrid shows your preference to europe.
You are not Venezuelan... you have no idea how is my country, racism have never been a problem... I'm white but a part of me is native american (In both sides, my mother and father)... I'm still a college student... Believe me, now there are more student but the quality is worst... Elite? Im midle class... Im a liberal (Im pro the civil rights of all people), but he is a comunist... He want to take control of everything, so we all are going to be his "employees"...
Is the quality worst because you dislike having native people in your classroom? What is a Communist these days? He is a good man trying to improve the conditions of a whole country, with everyone's well being in his agenda. I am a college student too bro, and yeah I am not Venezulan but I am a CHAVISTA desde california hermano.
I never say i dislike native people in my classroom... Venezuela is not USA, we are not racist... in fact i actually told you that i am partially native (my ancestor are Europeans and Natives) its easy to be a Chavista when you live outside Venezuela... The educations is poor, because there are 100.000 new students, but no money for infrastructure or profesors.. Thats why! and besides the "education" thats Chavez has created is there to control the population...
Do you practice any indigenous ways? I bet you do not. Anyways man we could spend years arguing about the ruling party in your country. We could both agree that your country has made some great achievements in the last decade thanks to Chavez. Venezuela was founded upon racism like the rest of the Americas when the murdering Anglo's came from Europe so don't come to me with the we ain't racist thing.
Only a few island of the caribbean, USA and Canada were England colonies... South and Central America are Spanish or Portuguese... Its true they kill a lot of people, but all the people mix together... Of course i practice indigenous and African ways... They are all part of my culture... Venezuelan culture, we are one nations of a bunch of diferent people...
Do you know how is Venezuela? How can you say that Venezuela have accomplished more achievement in the last decade than in the past century?? you have no idea what are you talking about... I can tell you that here in Venezuela, we need over 2.000.000 homes, and the state own concrete and the steel companies, so, whats is they're excuse? thats like 5 or 6 million people that don't have a place to live...
I live in the United States some say the most wealthiest Nation in the history of earth, and yet man we have people here who cannot afford rent on a home let alone purchase a home. Homelessness in my country is high especially now, San Fransisco alone has thousands. I have no doubt in my mind that my country will invade your country within a year or two, if the media keep demonizing Chavez the people will let our government go ahead with the invasion and not say a word just like IRAQ.
@kadafi5150 To be honest with you... I wouldn't mind if they invade Venezuela... and I'm from there... born and raised. Maybe that could be the only way that dude can leave the presidency.
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor investing 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population while blaming other country, nor Kings on its constitution, nor world record of drug addicts, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
people say this guy is undemocratic when in truth he ran one of the most democratic societies in south america... there were people in the media bad mouthing him, and he did nothing to stop them, when in the USA that would be an act of high treason.. Right of free speech mother fuckers
He shut down a lot media network, in radio and in tv, just because they did not agree with him... We do not have free acces to US dollars, so we are like in a prision, a giant prision... So this is not Democracy, this is Dictatorship of the proletariat... and is a previous step to comunism... USA should be aware of the incipient problem that has so closed to home, all Latin America countries could be comunist in few decades... Because he use the Venezuelan Resources to control the region...
Chavez did not kill one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor investing 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population, nor Kings on its constitution, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
I love this song!!!! I've been listening to it non stop!!! Why can't they be really famous so that the radio plays them 24/7? Best song I've heard this year!
Arkells are fucking awesome, listen to them and Coheed & Cambria every day at work!
hearshotkid2216 2 months ago
Chavez is the worst president we've had, he should be killed just like his pal Gadaffi. Hugo chavez i'll see you in the hague.
Pricklittlefucker 2 months ago
Que viva Chavez!!! y Que viva Los Arkells!!!...Power to the massive!!! =D
GrifterUno 4 months ago
Vive Chavez !
Maindo94 5 months ago
SOOOOOO excited to see them tomo at edgefest im soo proud to be canadian
jessicafunnelscott 6 months ago
The story is about a man in a cell prison who plan his escaped under the night of sun. Only the last to verse make you think it was an ex-dirigeant of a country.
New state officials are outside running aroud,
They're telling the public that i need to be put down
And Washington saying, Emphatically, that i was doing things democratically
The title of the songs give us the confirmation that the songs is about Hugo Chavez président of Venezuela after a been thrown off in prison.
glaframb 9 months ago
nice song!! i love it :)
verdulio 1 year ago
You can convert this to an mp3 at instantmp3s..com
horrible5910 1 year ago
saw them at sonic boom, they were amazing
drumhero246 1 year ago 2
HEY HEY HEEYY!
Rangalla8015 1 year ago
saw them on the US tour with tokyo police club!
photocole31 1 year ago
Best song evar
haloguy891 1 year ago
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lagstronaut knows nothing about real music.
ryval33 1 year ago
i actually cant believe ive never heard of these guys! ive only listened to a few songs of theirs and i think theyre quite solid
nickums101 1 year ago
people kept bugging me to check out these guys....pretty average imo (bring on the thumbs down)
lagstronaut 1 year ago
arkells killed it at scenefest tonight...wishing you the bright future you guys deserve
bowloftoast 1 year ago
who cares if they're Canadian jeez they're an awesome band their music is wonderful
ghostpoopster 1 year ago
he was wearing that same jacket when i saw them live last summer in wiarton. just sayin'
wipper15 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite songs produced by them
matthew1758 1 year ago
i freakin love this song
bronchiti 1 year ago
Hugo Chavez...an ignorant, weak-minded, delusional, egotistic dummy of Fidel Castro, who allows Castro to slowly, but surely, take over Venezuelas sovereignty. A bully of the Venezuelan people, who will one day be judged and incarcerated for, amongst other things, treason and thrown right back to that 8 x 10 cell where he belongs. I certainly hope I live to see that day.
Sabriskiing 1 year ago
Oh ah, Chavez no se va!
minihawk00 1 year ago
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Why is this song called the ballad of hugo chavez if its not about hugo chavez? At least i don't understand most of the words.
IceyPancho 1 year ago
Why is this song called the ballad of hugo chavez if its not about hugo chavez? At least i don't understand most of the words.
IceyPancho 1 year ago
@IceyPancho it is actually google the lyrics
sinsabercomo 1 year ago
Viva Chavez! Viva la Revolución.
toriyamasan 1 year ago
STEEL CITY REPRESENT!!!!!
tarq13 1 year ago
I jam every week with my buddies who live on Arkell street and we always joke that we should do a cover of the Arkells as respect - im gonna suggest this song!
Warrickneff 1 year ago
cool story bro
DaveDuva 1 year ago
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tekibran 2 years ago
Absolutely LOVE them. I'm seeing them Feb. 19th, so excited! :D
Kittybong 2 years ago
Yay! Me too!
KitSays 2 years ago
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I'm shocked at the stupidity here..I love the band, and I like the song.
However, to say Hugo Chavez is doing anything but moving Venezuela towards the same dark place that Cuba is in, is plain ignorant!
I am Venezuelan, have family there and visit there quite often. Members of my family have been harassed and hurt by the this "new socialist" government you're all praising.
People are starving as he gives away oil to communist countries
Visit the country and see what's happening there
itshighsociety 2 years ago
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Do You Realize You Contradict Yourself In That Comment??
to say Hugo Chavez is doing anything but moving Venezuela towards the same dark place that Cuba is in, is plain ignorant!
Members of my family have been harassed and hurt by the this "new socialist" government you're all praising.
People are starving as he gives away oil to communist countries
Visit the country and see what's happening there
WTF Dude?? I also Lived There And I Dont Know On Wich Side Are You..
stereoguitar182 1 year ago
yes and according to UN organisations the poverty has reduced during Chavez era and the education improved. Chavez is not responsible for things which his supporters may do.
Perussaataja 1 year ago 9
@Perussaataja there's nothing good about that dude... believe me.
villavonatja11 1 year ago
Shut the fuck up and enjoy the song.
vectron12 1 year ago 2
luv the band, luv hamilton
i live here my dad is the music editor for the hamilton spectator so he knows literally everything and is like best friends iwth like every hamilton band, includine the arkells!!!!XD
knarwa 2 years ago
Jackson Square.....Great name for a record....Long live Hamilton (my wifes home town).
Hancox17 2 years ago
i love the arkells!! they have a great sound that is unique
i really want to see them live :D
devon5000 2 years ago
sickkkkkk
numerouno416 2 years ago
woh now, pretty sure seanlazer is being sarcastic guys
kriskris17 2 years ago
I seriously want to have sex with SeanLazer
iLackofCreativityi 2 years ago
oh my god. i love this video and song
haymacwashere 2 years ago
sean lazer sounds like he has no frieeeennnndssssss
berzo88 2 years ago
@SeanLazer
What the fuck ?
Honestly,
Your predictable trying to be all sophisticated and professional. No one gives a shit about how they created it, just listen to the damn song and like it.
kthanks.
ForgottenPoem 2 years ago
hahahaha... wow
burnzy5o 2 years ago
Oh look, another chorus verse chorus verse chorus band. Boy don't I love them and their originality.
Gigamacdaddy 2 years ago
Oh god, don't you hate how they use a series of notes to create melody, and layer that on top of a percussive rhythm? Sooooooo predictable. Don't even get me started on how they use multiple notes to create harmony. Like, come on, try something new for once.
SeanLazer 2 years ago
who the hell are u supposed to be?
mrbill1000 2 years ago
What's your band called again?
JesusEclipse 2 years ago
love love love them
MEIKAwagner 2 years ago 2
They rocked at the Alexander Keith's Festival - I've been in love ever since!
nicholetta123 2 years ago
One of my alltime faves..... congrats on everything boys.
love roman
krysroman 2 years ago
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luisbeck007 2 years ago
love these guys!!!
supervixen4 2 years ago 2
songs not bad... but dedicating it to moron dictator Chavez is like dedicating a song to Hitler, and don't even worry about arguing with me about Chavez... i live in venezuela, hence i know what he has and hasn't done
Romi260986 2 years ago
@Romi260986 Like writing a song to Hitler, exactly! And some people are proposing it to be the "catchy summer song" GROW UP people. It's all fun and games until some dictator quashes your dreams, your freedoms, your life...
Sabriskiing 1 year ago
@Romi260986 you gotta help me out here. I don't understand the meaning of the song. is it for/about/against chavez? I'm venezuelan too, don't live there but certainly am as anti chavez as someone can be.
Y de paso todos estos payasos hablan paja diciendo que chavez es bueno en algunos comentarios pero no termino de entender el significado de la cancion y por lo tanto tener un dicho en la bendita discusion. Hope you help!
villavonatja11 1 year ago
going to see them on Dec 4 !!!! :) can't wait
50carms 2 years ago
where are they playing ?! :O
Chranick4213 2 years ago
they're playing at The studio at Hamilton Place. :P
50carms 2 years ago
done teh bass line
vectron12 2 years ago
i no that band 1 of them is my guiatr teacher and i got to meet all of them and chilled and shit ITS SO AWSOME
d8tona12 2 years ago
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Why do they force you to pay taxes but you can simple no vote for how much will be the military expenditures?? Now those bastards of the Pentagon and military industry has broke the Nation and enslave people for at least 100 years with more than 13 trillion dollars debt while destroying their neighbors markets during 50 years of cold war... Like the Roman Empire talking about democracy with the slaves under the table... go back to england lick the Queen illegal bastards criminals in the USA.
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Bush grand father was arrested 3 times for doing dirty business with the Nazis during War World II why are you hiding this FOX criminal liars... While countries like England and France were making almost slaves in Africa... why are you hiding this Fox criminal liars...
luisbeck007 2 years ago
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor intelligent services sending Anthrax virus letters to its own population while blaming other country, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to all the countries in the world, nor spending extreme corrupted communist 700 billion dollars on military expenditures every year, nor world record of drug addicts, nor CNN or FOX Nazi retarded, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
luisbeck007 2 years ago 27
you forgot the 110,000 in Japan
stackingpain 2 years ago 2
You're my hero.
ivseenthtb4 2 years ago
@luisbeck007
Try learning some basic English syntax before posting a sentence. This goes for native English speakers as well.
Anyways, Chavez may not be the monster he's made out to be by some, but he definitely is not the democratic leader of the people he claims to be. Many of my Venezuelan friends have begun emigrating from the country in order to pursue a better life.
Look at what he did to RCTV. Like the station or not, shutting it down is a flagrant disregard for freedom of speech.
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
@ToastMuncher2
The CIA sponsored a failed coup d'état against Chavez, so America is not the democracy it claims to be. In fact given America´s involvement in the overthrow of democracies in central and south America it would appear that they are as much at war with democracy as they are with `terror´.
21stCenturyMan1 2 years ago 8
@21stCenturyMan1
I never said anything about the US in my comment, nor am I an American citizen. But I do agree with a lot of what you say. Just because the US does these things, however, does not justify Chavez's autocratic tendencies.
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
No but it does show an obsession that America feels it needs to control it´s southern neighbours.
Chavez models himself on Castro, although I do feel he is more likely to win over firends than Castro.
Autocractic, perhaps but let´s face it democracy may be all we have but it is overrated, I mean most western democracies are right wing with just a change of personnel every for or five years.
21stCenturyMan1 2 years ago
@21stCenturyMan1
Democracy may not be the best system, but it is far better than any autocratic system. In which system is a leader more likely to represent its people fairly? In one where it must uphold their rights and ensure that there is free speech, or in one where the government is given overreaching powers in which it has full control over what the people listen to in the media and the press?
Democracy is worth preserving, no matter what the situation. In the west, democracy...
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
@ToastMuncher2
May not be perfect at the moment, but it does allow a far larger portion of society to have their voices heard.
And when you say that "most western democracies are right wing with just a change of personnel every for [sic] or five years" you're really oversimplifying things. Many western democracies are led by coalitions of socialist/left wing/centrist parties (Portugal, Spain, Iceland, UK, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia...
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
@ToastMuncher2
Estonia and Lithuania all have ruling parties who are part of Socialist International). I'm not sure why we're even talking about America when all I mentioned was Chavez. Sure, he stands up to them, which is a good thing, but then he goes out and befriends other nations with imperialistic policies just as bad as the Americans (China, Russia)
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
Ok cmon I live in Spain and describing Zapatero and his PSOE party as socialists is laughable. In the UK the Labour Party is as much to the right as it´s opponents in the Conservative party.
The real power lies with the global comercial companies who have more money than the combined wealth of most of the countries of the world.
Most of the world´s media are owned by a handful of globalists as well, who try to control what we read and what news we get to see.
21stCenturyMan1 2 years ago 2
@21stCenturyMan1
From what I've read of Zapatero and the PSOE, while they may not be purely socialist, they are surely not right-wing. What of their policies would suggest to you that they are?
Labour in the UK, while still a member of Socialist International, I agree with you, has gone far from their roots.
I also agree that TNCs have far too much power in international politics, and far too large an impact on less fortunate countries.
Regarding media: yes, it is true that the media is...
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
@ToastMuncher2
controlled and owned by a smaller and smaller group of individuals, there are still innumerable independent news sources from which the public can get its information. The internet is a wonderful thing :)
Just as long as nobody censors it!
ToastMuncher2 2 years ago
@luisbeck007 Chavez is a tropical Mussolini.
TheGustaFly 1 year ago
@TheGustaFly Spain has 145 thousand dollars debt per each person; go lick the dick of the King loser :-)
luisbeck007 1 year ago
@luisbeck007 Chavez is a patetic tropical Mussolini.
TheGustaFly 1 year ago
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@TheGustaFly Spain has 145 thousand dollars debt per each person; go lick the dick of the King loser :-)
luisbeck007 1 year ago
@luisbeck007 whatever your point is... doesn't make Chavez any less of an asshole! And I'm Venezuelan I'm familiarized with what he has done!
villavonatja11 1 year ago
@luisbeck007 nor anything eles?
OhGinjaSnap 7 months ago
@luisbeck007 Yeah, but Chavez is still a bloody prick. The douchebaggery of another does nothing to diminish your own. Just saying.
SuperGamer87 5 months ago
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Chavez did not make 50 years of cold war to make billions of poor people around the planet; Europe and USA did it... Chavez did not kill 50 million people in world war II to play the hero and big business with weapons... while making slaves in Africa for example...
luisbeck007 2 years ago
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That bastard Bush I criminal told Sadam that if he invades Kuwait he will respect the sobereign desicion of Iraq then killed 500 thousand people in the war. But before that former president Reagan was talking about make the USA energy independent then after he got shot by someone; the same asshole vice president Bush took charge an they forgot the issue; today thanks to its son and the asshole criminals of the pentagon the USA economy is broke and with 13 trillion dollars debts...
luisbeck007 2 years ago
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Bush Grand Father was arrested three times for making dirty business with the Nazis during War World II; they were selling special gasoline for the combat airplanes. The Nazis killed 10 million people at least but the weapon business during the war killed 50 millon more. Those false heroes are the ones who want to write history and give lessons of democracy; They do not have enough oil but huge debts for at least 200 years; this is why they want to invade to steal natural resources.
luisbeck007 2 years ago
Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor extreme communist corrupted 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population while blaming other country, nor Kings on its constitution, nor world record of drug addicts, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
luisbeck007 2 years ago
saw them last night in St. Kitts! Put on a great show. great band to as they were out signing autographs and talking afterwards!
Littlewall 2 years ago
from my home town, Hamilton On. great band
Bejoe35 2 years ago
cute video. neat song. goo canada ehh
immahotpepper 2 years ago 5
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Love this song!
Preacher65 2 years ago
Canadian artists are the best - Go canada!
Chewyhairball 2 years ago 25
awesome song but not hugo chaves
dinamofan12 2 years ago
i love the artists dine alone records represents.
langerCAN 2 years ago
i wonder why this is labeled "Explicit" on iTunes store. And I heard this kind of music on commercials!!
tablo213 2 years ago
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
CANADA
okijrdplok 2 years ago 3
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! lol :)
keeshaisapieceofpie1 2 years ago
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Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor intelligent services sending Anthrax virus letters to its own population while blaming other country, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to all the countries in the world, nor spending extreme corrupted communist 700 billion dollars on military expenditures every year, nor world record of drug addicts, nor CNN or FOX Nazi retarded, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
luisbeck007 2 years ago
wow great video and even better song! WOW
weesnake69 2 years ago
No kidding. Tim, the drummer, is in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada right freakin now, like... at Bishop's U!!!! We just spoke to him! He's sooo cool! This is no joke, like... wow... he's really hot.
Ghostshepard 2 years ago
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Chavez did not kill Martin Luther King, nor Kennedy, nor one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor investing 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population while blaming other country, nor Kings on its constitution, nor world record of drug addicts, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
luisbeck007 2 years ago
ok just shut up hugo chavez is a bad person so fuck off
dinamofan12 2 years ago
no he isn't lol Hugo Chavez is the fucking man
velvetpistols 2 years ago
They make me sooooo proud to be Canadian ♥
VivaLaColdplayBaby 2 years ago 47
so truee
whitetrashHataa 2 years ago
ya me too :)
keeshaisapieceofpie1 2 years ago
@VivaLaColdplayBaby they make me proud to be a Hamiltonian
BaCoNxBeAnS 1 year ago
Makes me feel like I'm in a commercial. :)
SweetMisery1514 2 years ago 2
Human kind will never collectively be on the same page, so deal with it and save your breath.
P.s, Arkells kick ass!
TheGutterati1 2 years ago 6
Native? in what universe do you live?
Zhengirl57 2 years ago
Amazing what a few hundred-k of $ studio equipment can do eh, they actually sound decent.
grofuss 2 years ago
who cares enjoy the song dont look so deep into everything
acolyte013 2 years ago 5
whats with the spams???
lovefudge37 2 years ago
i know the drummer bitches
psp392 2 years ago
that's so kool he a friend of your?
RaGEInSIDeBodY 2 years ago
Its easy to talk when you live outside of Venezuela... In Venezuela are over 60 kills every weekend, you buy the food that you can get, they even tried to tell the people what to do (Where to work), what you can study... Its a Comunist, and the worst thing of all, its that the people forget how horrible comunism really is... there's one thing i'm completely sure, Chavez is the bad guy!!
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
Oakland and Los Angeles have public murders all the time and truth theres many people here in my city who cant afford food. Chavez is a great guy and he is doing a great job in latin america.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
LA is two times bigger than Caracas... Chavez is a dictator, he is not far from Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Castro... He uses the same tactical, but the time is diferent... Because right now the world is smaller than 20 or 30 years ago... And he is not really comunist (At least not his family and friends, they have a good life) He is a horrible person, and by the way, yesterday he shut down other 29 radio stations... The song is great!!!
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
A horrible person? Do you live in Caracas? he has the support of the majority of the population Education for University students is at an all time high the country has advanced far more in the last few years than it had in the past century. The reason those radio stations are being shut down is because they promote violence, promoting an assasination attempt on an elected official is not professional for any radio host.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
I see man you are from venezuela, but you must belong to the elite in your country, the rich which hate progress of the colored people. Your name real madrid shows your preference to europe.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
You are not Venezuelan... you have no idea how is my country, racism have never been a problem... I'm white but a part of me is native american (In both sides, my mother and father)... I'm still a college student... Believe me, now there are more student but the quality is worst... Elite? Im midle class... Im a liberal (Im pro the civil rights of all people), but he is a comunist... He want to take control of everything, so we all are going to be his "employees"...
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
Is the quality worst because you dislike having native people in your classroom? What is a Communist these days? He is a good man trying to improve the conditions of a whole country, with everyone's well being in his agenda. I am a college student too bro, and yeah I am not Venezulan but I am a CHAVISTA desde california hermano.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
I never say i dislike native people in my classroom... Venezuela is not USA, we are not racist... in fact i actually told you that i am partially native (my ancestor are Europeans and Natives) its easy to be a Chavista when you live outside Venezuela... The educations is poor, because there are 100.000 new students, but no money for infrastructure or profesors.. Thats why! and besides the "education" thats Chavez has created is there to control the population...
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
Do you practice any indigenous ways? I bet you do not. Anyways man we could spend years arguing about the ruling party in your country. We could both agree that your country has made some great achievements in the last decade thanks to Chavez. Venezuela was founded upon racism like the rest of the Americas when the murdering Anglo's came from Europe so don't come to me with the we ain't racist thing.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
Only a few island of the caribbean, USA and Canada were England colonies... South and Central America are Spanish or Portuguese... Its true they kill a lot of people, but all the people mix together... Of course i practice indigenous and African ways... They are all part of my culture... Venezuelan culture, we are one nations of a bunch of diferent people...
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
Do you know how is Venezuela? How can you say that Venezuela have accomplished more achievement in the last decade than in the past century?? you have no idea what are you talking about... I can tell you that here in Venezuela, we need over 2.000.000 homes, and the state own concrete and the steel companies, so, whats is they're excuse? thats like 5 or 6 million people that don't have a place to live...
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
I live in the United States some say the most wealthiest Nation in the history of earth, and yet man we have people here who cannot afford rent on a home let alone purchase a home. Homelessness in my country is high especially now, San Fransisco alone has thousands. I have no doubt in my mind that my country will invade your country within a year or two, if the media keep demonizing Chavez the people will let our government go ahead with the invasion and not say a word just like IRAQ.
kadafi5150 2 years ago
@kadafi5150 To be honest with you... I wouldn't mind if they invade Venezuela... and I'm from there... born and raised. Maybe that could be the only way that dude can leave the presidency.
villavonatja11 1 year ago
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luisbeck007 2 years ago
ilovethis
goodlifelovers 2 years ago
Yea, that might actually be worth checking out!
AdrianBuccella 2 years ago
there the nicest guys, came out to talk to us at edgefest
TheStephanieStarr 2 years ago 2
how was the edgefest?
RaGEInSIDeBodY 2 years ago
so stoked they are playing the u of t frosh
dylan9127 2 years ago 2
how did you find out I've been looking up who's going to play for ever!!!
dbzmiri 2 years ago
people say this guy is undemocratic when in truth he ran one of the most democratic societies in south america... there were people in the media bad mouthing him, and he did nothing to stop them, when in the USA that would be an act of high treason.. Right of free speech mother fuckers
deviled2 2 years ago 2
He shut down a lot media network, in radio and in tv, just because they did not agree with him... We do not have free acces to US dollars, so we are like in a prision, a giant prision... So this is not Democracy, this is Dictatorship of the proletariat... and is a previous step to comunism... USA should be aware of the incipient problem that has so closed to home, all Latin America countries could be comunist in few decades... Because he use the Venezuelan Resources to control the region...
007RealMadrid 2 years ago
Chavez did not kill one million people for oil with lies, nor 3000 nuclear weapons pointing to every nation in the world, nor investing 700 billion dollars per year on military expenditures, nor intelligent service agencies sending mails with Anthrax Virus to its own population, nor Kings on its constitution, nor Nazi retarded on CNN or FOX news, nor 13 trillion dollars debt.
luisbeck007 2 years ago 4
no he just fucked with the U.S' means of extorting a nation. bad idea...
while i might not agree with his political views i appreciate what he was trying to do.
iamcondescending 2 years ago
dude that is one of the best things said...ever
logannoo 2 years ago
correction 2:30-2:34
stirtz31 2 years ago
3:30- 3:34, so sick
stirtz31 2 years ago
Get to see them for the first time at Sausage Fest tonight.....can't wait!
sdelia 2 years ago 2
the commercial for sausage fest cracks me up
dbzmiri 2 years ago
How come on the radio theres Bass? I like the Bass one better.
LittleHappyCrayon 2 years ago
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giveMEyoursoulx 2 years ago
aha they came to my highschool to play
thatsmetoyou 2 years ago 3
thats pretty lucky
Socialcode90 2 years ago
aha yeah, it was cool, but when they came to our highschool, none knew them
thatsmetoyou 2 years ago
ya thats the best time to see bands ur one lucky ducky
Socialcode90 2 years ago
i remember my freshman year, we had the salads play at our frosh.. pretty good lol
Yeetman 2 years ago
aha, niiice
thatsmetoyou 2 years ago
so kool ur so lucky
RaGEInSIDeBodY 2 years ago
aha thanks.
thatsmetoyou 2 years ago
hey hey hey!
revoltegirl 2 years ago
This song's keeping my foot tapping on the train in Tokyo all summer.
ktokyo 2 years ago
Harris Park Kicked ass!
LaurierStud 2 years ago
DAN GRIFFIN IS A DREAM BOAT!!!
camdizzle17 2 years ago
canadians yay
CricStarSikh 2 years ago 10
Niiiight of the Suuun
catchy chorus man.
SkeeZo13 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG
ariagenavive 2 years ago 2
Can't wait to see them next week at Hillside!!! :)
caitiex 2 years ago 2
wasnt the crowd surfing epic it was so hot in that tent :p
spazerman 2 years ago
Omg it was so good.
Did you see Patrick Watson?
caitiex 2 years ago
im not very sure who that is :p
i just had a black bench hoodie bright red shoes like blue jeans prolly like a10000 other people there :p
spazerman 2 years ago
HAhahahaha. He was on Sunday night after Great Lake Swimmers and before Final Fantasy. Where you thre for the whole weekend? Or just Friday?
caitiex 2 years ago
they kicked ass last night.
davidweaverify 2 years ago 3
great song, great album saw em live great set and if any1 gives a shit i can play it on the drums
Hobovonhobo 2 years ago 3
is this song supporting him?
cobardia 2 years ago
I think it's pretty objective. He's just interested in reading biographies and stuff.
ktokyo 2 years ago
I've probably given this video 200 of its views
soodool 2 years ago
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Kinda sounds like It's Alright, It's OK by Ashley Tisdale... Still awesome song. Both of 'em!
IArjaYI 2 years ago
I've been addicted to this song for days, and it doesn't get any less catchy.
Fuck you, get out of my head! (no, stay..)
fatpaws 2 years ago 5
I love this song!!!! I've been listening to it non stop!!! Why can't they be really famous so that the radio plays them 24/7? Best song I've heard this year!
looneybun 2 years ago 2 <