Crass - Smother Love

[jackal59]

One way or the other, I'm going to find a way to play this for my students. Not because I completely agree with it - I don't - but because in less than two minutes it tears off the top of your skull, points inside, and yells, "There, look! Look! Why have you never questioned this before?"

[capablekel]

this is sooo AMAZING

[austereben]

@BearWindAppleyard - Find me any group that says, "Protecting your children, fighting oppression, or self-defence is bad," and I will agree that they're wrong. Eve Libertine is an anarcha-feminist, she isn't anti-love. Anarcha-feminists support free love, which would stop the state from interfering in people's sexual matters(marriage being one of them).

[BearWindAppleyard]

Crass hate evrything that can B concievd of as institution or authority etc. I think they R great & make some powerful music and lyrics but I don't share these views that love is only a prison, (marriage maybe tho). I think it's very naive to think that all authority is bad. To protect your children is authority, to fight against oppression is authority, selfdefence is authority, most Anarchist are using the tool of authority, even Crass, . U gotta spread the authority, not elimininate it

[allforch17]

@BearWindAppleyard ""I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" Henry David Thoreau

[BearWindAppleyard]

@allforch17 good quote, he seems interesting from the wikipedia page.

[mamakoala666]

Damn I love this part:

If we didn't have these codes for love, of tokens and positions,

We'd find ourselves as lovers still, not tokens of possessions.

It's a natural, it's a romance, without the power and greed,

We can fight to lift the cover if you want to sow and seed.

[agnosticfunk]

i wish i'd heard this before i got married!

awesome(not in the over used american sense) cheers for the lyrics Alan!

[LoserHenk]

Crass has definately one of the best lyrics ever.

I certainly adore the lyrics of "So what". best band ever.

[sapphirerose666]

This is powerful punk music

[kayway9]

i like it :)

[AnarkoJunkTV]

Romance Sucks!

[sapphirerose666]

These lyrics are powerful , they really hit the nail on the donkey when it comes to women's issues

[jrom78]

@sapphirerose666 And men's issues; I think we are all victims of "love" as narrowly defined by church and state...(and no, I'm not one of those "what about men's rights" people. I just wanna fight for everyone.)

[CosmeticPlague104]

Crass has amazing lyrics. They get me every time.

[lgfuad4lyf]

beautiful! weird coincidence just had a conversation about this.

[anarconcho]

Best Crass song.

[TwinKinder]

shuperb:x

[amcs977]

great song

[blacksox23]

great song~

[bent2]

Like this songs a lot, begins like a punk song and ends like post-punk song. Crass certainly had post-punk in their music. Also their playing is quite good to be an anachy-band, did the bandmembers get better at playing or did they get better musicians?

[suziecreamchease]

i don't think that crass ever were punk exactly

i think that they were hippies with short hair and a sharp edge instead of drugs..

don't think that they could ever really be accused of in anyway being really musical.. they were just audacious enough to play some instruments - o fuck maybe they were punk then..

[bill500carphead]

suzie! suzie creamcheese this is the voice of your concience babe, honey whats got inta ya

[Awesomo4003]

this comment fails on many levels

[LadyReira]

LOVE IS A LOSING GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[MRC0rnBr3ad]

says amy winehouse.... :]

[bill500carphead]

so many more crass then last time i looked top work anarcho.

[caillou1966]

Will somebody please put up Big A Little A

[AnarchoAlan]

I'm half way through making a video for this, it should be ready over the next few days.

[caillou1966]

cool - thanks.

[Firefred1]

Cheers, yes it has been years - decades. But it only gets better.

[cojak007]

love that man..do u love me do u do u do u dont u

[DannyDiplo]

I would have thought Berkertex Bribe would have fitted the video better! Anyway, nice to hear this again, been ages...

[AnarchoAlan]

As it is a similar type of song i have used similar footage to my video for berketex bribe it can be found on my channel