alow me to put the first REAL comment. i love this band, i cant wait to go see them and sing along AND understand the lyrics. not all teenagers are as stupid as you think!
fuck this. tom used to be a crusty as fuck punk playing acoustic sets in people's basement. That is what folk music is. thats what punk music is. its music made by the people who listen to it. that is anarchy this is such bullshit playing on a fucking stage in front of all those kids who don't know shit what there singing. i'm all for getting big, but you can get big without selling out. Axle Rose and before against me was the epitome of anarcho-punk. there now a fucking corpse of a band.
you know, i kind of get a slight inclination that this song was written to be taken more tongue in cheek than literally. i mean, early against me!, when it was just tom and then with kevin, those songs were obviously supporting anarchist ideals, but i think people take songs like baby i'm an anarchist! and those anarcho punks... a little too seriously. i don't know, maybe i'm just talking out of my ass.
And even if we know that anarchy is a utopia how can someone turn his back and dont bother about anarchy when he know that this is the ideal system?Only if he is a spinless and party type idiot that doesnt care about the problems of the world.Its all about education.If people beiing educated the right way anarchy will be a reality.
Anarchy, lawlessness. This isn't utopia, this is mass murder, for the sake of murdering. I'm all for less gov't, i'm all for complete freedom. But some people in this bullshit world need to be babysat a little bit.
call your momma and tell how stupid of a child you are... i hope you get herpies in your eye... i hope you get aids and die and then the next day the find a cure..
Anarchy is about freedom, liberty, and equality. Being an anarchist has nothing to do with how you look, its an activist way of life. I just don't see what your point is, just because the people in the crowd look stupid to you doesn't mean they aren't anarchists.
yeah i'm all for freedom peace and equality but it's just funny to see little 16 year olds singing about how they are anarchists, they probably don't even know what anarchy means...
patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country...
i just dont care about ppl who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate...those who hate something that someone likes...
great song, but all the little pasy faggots in the comments talkin about how they are anarchists now because they heard this song can fuck off with your failshit.
ah, that explains why hs usage baffled me. haha i am an active anarchist and punk fanatic and i was like what--? how have i not encountered this before? haha
im completely cool with bands going big and stuff; why stop yourself from being successful? BUT understand the dissapointment of the people who were into them when they were small. They were signed to Plan it X, a verry punk rock label which promotes DIY music and DIY lifestyle. AM! had anarchist DIY messege to get out, but that becomes slightly hipocritical when you play at Starbucks-sponsored events (signed to warner bros). So its not that they got big, but they sold out their values
You watched in awe at the red, White, and blue on the fourth of july. While those fireworks were exploding, I was burning that fucker And stringing my black flag high, Eating the peanuts That the parties have tossed you In the back seat of your father's new Ford. You believe in the ballot, Believe in reform. You have faith in the elephant and jackass, And to you, solidarity's a four-letter word. We're all hypocrites, But you're a patriot
You thought I was only joking When I screamed "Kill Whitey!" At the top of my lungs At the cops in their cars And the men in their suits. No, I won't take your hand And marry the State. 'Cause baby, I'm an anarchist, You're a spineless liberal. We marched together for the eight-hour day And held hands in the streets of Seattle, But when it came time to throw bricks Through that Starbucks window, You left me all alone.
I love how every against me! video on youtube has this huge battle over if they "sold out" or not. if you didn't want against me! to get big, then you shouldn't have bought their albums, t's , misc. merch and gone to their shows. this is a capitalist society. music is a product (as a musician i know it hurts to say that). they wrote good music. now they make good money. ipso facto.
yeah that kind of surprised me too, but deadelectromix is right. people are too ignorant to know how to run a democracy let alone comprehend anarchy. just take a look at these posts.
Against Me! put on an awesome show for anyone willing to throw a gesture of goodwill to others in the world. Your just a douchebag cause you WEREN'T at that show.
It doesnt matter for shit if the people there believed anything about Anarchism.
How would Against Me!, or any other band in the world, for that matter, get their message out if all they played were clubs of 15 people? about a quarter the bands i listen to came from seeing them live and performing with other bands i knew about already.
Your just another prick who listens to music when its unknown and hates it as soon as more than 25 people like it.
You should get over your ego.
You should like music for what it is, not its popularity.
Thankfully sum ppl get what its like being an artist. ppl need 2 shut the fuck up and stop calling them sellouts for making money. who gives half a fuck what they make. the message is still there
Oh. and for reference - this was at The Metro - one of the SMALLEST venues in Chicago. The only smaller one that is still considered a venue is The Pearl Room in Mokena. thats almost three hours away. So dont go prattling on about 20,000 douchebags.
oh how i just love making people angry over the internet... good shit.
oh and i didnt have a bad thing to say about am! so i dont know where you got off about me hating them.... its just annoying as hell when you see people who dont know shit about the roots... thats alls ims sayins...
question.. why are you so offended that im calling people douchebags?? are you one of em? or are you confident enough to not get worked up over comments on youtube?
No im offended cause I was at that show and I went cause i was glad that a band like AM! would play a show without pay to do some good.
If you dont hate them - i apologize for assuming. But then im going to get off on saying that fans dont need to know shit about the roots. If you enjoy it - power to ya! You dont need a music major to like dream theater, and you dont need to be an anarchist to like AM!
I went with two friends who had never even HEARD of AM and after that show - they loved em!
Your speaking all the right words..I totally agree with you and despise people who like a band as long as they have less than 100 fans. Scenesters they are.
I think the Vic Theatre is smaller. And the Fireside Bowl was the smallest, but I dont think it's there anymore. I havent lived in Chicago for 8 years, But I miss ALL the small venues.
but you meant the bowling alley right, Fireside Bowl? I dont think they do concerts anymore unfortunately. That sucks too. Its pretty close to where I live - its in Logan Square. Heh.
S!!!!! in 1964 13 year old Elisa Johnson was raped and murdered in North Carolina, her body was found with multiple stab wounds, and now that you've read this, every night she will come to your house and hang from your closet with glowing red eyes, the only way to stop this is to post this to 10 other videos. SORRY I DIDNT WANT HER IN MY ROOM .sorry just spam this.don't hate. sorry but i really dont want to see red eyes in the dark i would SCREAM im sorry
S!!!!! in 1964 13 year old Elisa Johnson was raped and murdered in North Carolina, her body was found with multiple stab wounds, and now that you've read this, every night she will come to your house and hang from your closet with glowing red eyes, the only way to stop this is to post this to 10 other videos. SORRY I DIDNT WANT HER IN MY ROOM .sorry just spam this.don't hate. sorry but i really dont want to see red eyes in the dark i would SCREAM im sorry
I saw Against Me live a couple of years before they got huge, at this small club. When they played this song everyone in the crowd put their arms around each other and swayed back and forth... it's sad to see the difference in this video.
people lose sight of the songs meaning. when you play to a group of people who dont share the same views as you and just listen to the song cause it sounds cool, it changes things.
I just recently got into against me because of his anger in his lyrics and the meaning. and im faaarrr from a punk kid haha
they were amazing last night in detroit. one of the last few great punk bands
"four letter word" is a term used to describe curse's.... It's kind of an old term but if you think about it, it works. Solidarity is unity based on common goals.
So, Tom is saying,"To you Solidarity (unity based on common goals) is a four letter word (curse).
It is a basic yet very witty. Tom is a genius. Most people don't understand how hard it is to write something so smart and powerful.
i always thought he was talking about "love" being the four letter word. so it was kind of a shot at hippies who dont do anything but preach words but sit on the street
i definetly agree with the fact that if we as anarchists dont need to fight, we should'nt. However, if the pigs that try and stop our protests get in the way, we need to take them out. and if there are people out there wronging our country, i find no problem in destroying their buildings.
IS!!!!! in 1964 13 year old Elisa Johnson was raped and murdered in North Carolina, her body was found with multiple stab wounds, and now that you've read this, every night she will come to your house and hang from your closet with glowing red eyes, the only way to stop this is to post this to 10 other videos. SORRY I DIDNT WANT HER IN MY ROOM .sorry just spam this.don't hate. sorry but i really dont want to see red eyes in the dark i would SCREAM im sorry
there will always be a system. even in anarchy you need somthing to keep you safe. cross that bridge when you get there. until then just keep throwing bricks and burning flags.
An Anarchist society would eventually fragment into groups and regress into another type of power structure. Unless something else held the people together.
But that's Nationalism, and what replaces that in Anarchy?
i think natural instinct will replace it. we need a system of contracts.
like then if you commit a crime nobody will want to give you a contract and you will be forced to leave and start over.
human nature will allow us to be close with people, they say people are greedy, but really all we need is acceptance. if you can give us acceptance in terms of unity then people will have no need to be greedy, we'll have everything we've ever needed in our freinds.
Ten years ago he was in a tape released by Crasshole, for the Anarcho Punk Federation. Against Me! was a one man band that just a dozen 'punks' knew. I was one of them because my band was in that very tape. I remember as if it were yesterday.
ya about 5 years ago i saw them in a laundromat back n gainsville and i thought "good music but its 2 bad they rnt goin any were" well i thought wrong
i think they are actually singing about the anarchist movement that is totally different then the modern view of anarchy that is chaos. The anarchist of old believed in self government or that of no formal orginization of government. They didn't want chaos they wanted absolute freedom. So "against me" could be singing about absolute freedom from an obressive conservative government.
How ironic that Against Me! are signed to Sire, an imprint of Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros., a specific corporation that the 1999 WTO Protests ("held hands in the streets of Seattle") targeted.
I thought that was a little weird.. Then again, I wouldn't say having a big label and making lots of money precludes you being an Anarchist, nor does celebrating traditional festivals which are barely religious. I thought the fact that I can hardly imagine him burning down buildings and throwing rocks through windows was funnier.. He doesn't really seem like that kind of guy.
well thanks giving is an excuse for anyone to celebrate, like halloween and christmas. excuses to party, hang out with friends and have big dinners... or candy if its halloween.
also the big label thing. my favorite quote is "keeping it real doesn't pay the bills" but is there a way out record labels and still being able to do band stuff for a living? do we truly know the intrenal workings of that sort of business?... ill ask my brother he's majoring in it lol.
Anarchy is the lack of all government. Not only is it not democracy it is imposible. Man is greedy so anarchy like comunism although are great in theory, don't work in real life. I still believe in the smallest government possible though so I am a republican.
he sounds like the cookie moster now
carlosjose2 3 years ago
hahaha cold conspirators
mattman456 3 years ago
its co-conspirators.
fracture6661 3 years ago
great song!!
BRudy87 3 years ago
You Call The Cops On The Looters and Pie Throwers, you call it class war i call it cold conspiritors!
EmosNotPunk 3 years ago
lol its co-conspirators
MuziqIsLife36 3 years ago
alow me to put the first REAL comment. i love this band, i cant wait to go see them and sing along AND understand the lyrics. not all teenagers are as stupid as you think!
blankpagepoet 3 years ago 4
i will rock this song till the day alive!
EmosNotPunk 3 years ago 3
Screw you all for arguing.
its youtube damnit.
enjoy the kickass song.
Surealsix 3 years ago 4
Look! "real" punks, fighting over youtube about what's punk and what isn't!
pathetic, to be honest.
exploitedmind 3 years ago 6
fuck this. tom used to be a crusty as fuck punk playing acoustic sets in people's basement. That is what folk music is. thats what punk music is. its music made by the people who listen to it. that is anarchy this is such bullshit playing on a fucking stage in front of all those kids who don't know shit what there singing. i'm all for getting big, but you can get big without selling out. Axle Rose and before against me was the epitome of anarcho-punk. there now a fucking corpse of a band.
AISteaksauce 3 years ago
chill out zealot, hes making great music, who cares where its played, theyre good songs and people are enjoying them
gregorymwishart 3 years ago
gosh all this folk hippie bullshit is boring
yeah im all for peace but fuck lets get some fucking action on this mother fucking planet
dont be a little pussy p.c. douche... gosh just like g.i.s.m. said, "endless blockades for the pussyfooter."
antiracistandfascist 3 years ago
Ah I wish people would just shut the hell up whining and enjoy the performance. Seriously, grow up.
pukeythief 3 years ago
you know, i kind of get a slight inclination that this song was written to be taken more tongue in cheek than literally. i mean, early against me!, when it was just tom and then with kevin, those songs were obviously supporting anarchist ideals, but i think people take songs like baby i'm an anarchist! and those anarcho punks... a little too seriously. i don't know, maybe i'm just talking out of my ass.
anarchistforpeace456 3 years ago
yep
disoda 3 years ago
And even if we know that anarchy is a utopia how can someone turn his back and dont bother about anarchy when he know that this is the ideal system?Only if he is a spinless and party type idiot that doesnt care about the problems of the world.Its all about education.If people beiing educated the right way anarchy will be a reality.
spadapimp 3 years ago
Anarchy, lawlessness. This isn't utopia, this is mass murder, for the sake of murdering. I'm all for less gov't, i'm all for complete freedom. But some people in this bullshit world need to be babysat a little bit.
BobZombie33 3 years ago
bunch of whiney babies, the lot of you.
futurewolf42o 3 years ago
i like this guy and it is great song. but it is not or ever will be punk. lyrical content does not equal punk.
gogoggrock 3 years ago
music is music. dont be a whiney bitch about genres. the music is whatever it means to the person listening.
Chicubobchester 3 years ago
music is me boning your mom and her yelling my name. shut the fuck up
AARONDUB08 3 years ago
This is the farest thing from punk music, so stop calling these guys punk.
gogoggrock 3 years ago 2
its funny seeing a crowd of kids who probabaly wore there obama t shirts and pins to school screaming about anarchy
this song was better when no one knew about it
DangerCoughlin101 3 years ago 7
amen.
lyssabyssuh 3 years ago
seriously people in the crowd have no idea what they're singing...pathetic
disoda 3 years ago
how do you know they don't understand
kvarch91 3 years ago
call your momma and tell how stupid of a child you are... i hope you get herpies in your eye... i hope you get aids and die and then the next day the find a cure..
AARONDUB08 3 years ago
i'm sorry to see that you are an American.
Dumb ass fuck!
disoda 3 years ago
haha at 0:46, that girl is picking her boogies
LightSpeed91 3 years ago
ahahah this is what happened to punk music. damn shame
don33carp 3 years ago
this is what brought punk music back for me.
What is ur idea of good music?
USFBULLIT 3 years ago 3
i actually think that acoustic punk is great like swing life away by rise against and this song.
smartin6988 3 years ago
dude this is great, against me! are punk
suckmynose000 3 years ago
You wouldn't know punk if it hit you in the face...
disoda 3 years ago
and you wouldn't know a scene of music if it fucked you up the ass
suckmynose000 3 years ago
That's because he/she/it wouldn't be a punk..
sshikamaru 3 years ago
the people on the crowd looks fag and stupid, fat grouppies singing about anarchy. This look pathetic
SrRiestra 3 years ago
Anarchy is about freedom, liberty, and equality. Being an anarchist has nothing to do with how you look, its an activist way of life. I just don't see what your point is, just because the people in the crowd look stupid to you doesn't mean they aren't anarchists.
lftovrcrizzack 3 years ago 3
yeah i'm all for freedom peace and equality but it's just funny to see little 16 year olds singing about how they are anarchists, they probably don't even know what anarchy means...
disoda 3 years ago
dude there singing the song but not about them, its like they're agreeing with Tom Gabel have u even been to a concert?...
suckmynose000 3 years ago
this bores me, tom isn't good without the rest of against me! in my opinion
and plus this just doesn't have the punch it had on the album
SpeedWobbleStudios 3 years ago
fucking awesome song
AllSmilesBrahhh 3 years ago
this song definitely has some sarcasm but he is an anarchist
jeffkeeper01 3 years ago
he is an anarchist? lmao
damianxx 3 years ago
indeed he is
suckmynose000 3 years ago
unique voice.
itzbriantea 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
NO TOM GABEL YOU ARE NOT AGAINST ME!
The band makes the message not you.
Stop acting like Branden Fowlers.
mescalero78 3 years ago
against me! was the name tom played under when he first started, so give him some credit.
rosssss224 3 years ago 3
Wow man, your so smart! great observation! NOT.
Aees118 3 years ago
people in the crowd have no idea what they are singing
disoda 3 years ago
patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country...
i just dont care about ppl who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate those who hate...those who hate something that someone likes...
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
Happy thanksgiving? :D
cocaineduck 3 years ago
this song may be slightly sarcastic " the kill whitey" part as well as the reference to patriots and hypocrites
djmskat 3 years ago
Ca c une vrai bonne toune punk anarchist
A+
totenkov 3 years ago
oui, j'aime beaucoup aussi. Cepenedant je ne sais pas quel sont les mots, je ne parle pas anglais!
rosssss224 3 years ago
i wish they only played songs like this still
patbelski 3 years ago
great song, but all the little pasy faggots in the comments talkin about how they are anarchists now because they heard this song can fuck off with your failshit.
futurewolf42o 3 years ago
fuck new against me.
patbelski 3 years ago
all those white kids yelled "KILL WHITEY!!!".
???
wolfgar45 3 years ago
am 14 and love folk anarcho bands like this am getting more into anarchy though it give me the will to be myself though :)
anticonformist777 3 years ago
Is anarcho really a word/genre? If it is, I like it. If its not, I like it. (to me this is just punk music. and dem fine punk music at that).
TheWentzMachine 3 years ago
anarcho- is a prefix, not a word in and of itself.
Blututh1989 3 years ago
ah, that explains why hs usage baffled me. haha i am an active anarchist and punk fanatic and i was like what--? how have i not encountered this before? haha
TheWentzMachine 3 years ago
Du hast wohl den ziemlich starken Drang, dich beweisen zu müssen, brandonone. Armer Kerl!
SiPaGaKo 3 years ago
Epic!
ikomplex 3 years ago 3
One year ago today! Fuck yeah!
Shouts to all the fine people I met from Indiana (Tim + Lina) and to the Georgia contigent (Moxie, Andres, and Bruce).
See us rocking out at 0:45, 1:02, 1:44, and me screaming in my Bruce's ear (sorry!) at 1:59.
brandonone 3 years ago 4
HA! You guys are who I was referring to.
Good thing the internet is anonymous. ("._.)
lalal33t 3 years ago
I envy you in the utmost.
TheWentzMachine 3 years ago
well i wont lie...this song has intruduced me to anarchie...now i live my life by it...WERE ALL HYPOCRITS!!!!!!!!!!!!
6Beautiful6Nothing6 3 years ago
Its anarchy, with a "y." And as an anarchist, i dont advise you live by this song. While it is awesome, its not a viable philosophy or lifestyle.
TheWentzMachine 3 years ago
im completely cool with bands going big and stuff; why stop yourself from being successful? BUT understand the dissapointment of the people who were into them when they were small. They were signed to Plan it X, a verry punk rock label which promotes DIY music and DIY lifestyle. AM! had anarchist DIY messege to get out, but that becomes slightly hipocritical when you play at Starbucks-sponsored events (signed to warner bros). So its not that they got big, but they sold out their values
arjunpanda126 3 years ago
I don't mean to seem shallow, but some of those guys in that crowd are pretty damn hot.
lalal33t 3 years ago 4
Woooh!!! I was there. Most amazing show ever.
screwbrotsos 3 years ago 2
whoooooooo! Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awsomeo5001 3 years ago 3
stupid youtube system...i cant paste them on a single comment
but here are the lyrics!!!
ehm...i mean THE AWESOME lyrics!!
enjoy
and remember...we fight for freedom,for equality , for our survival against those who want us all quiet and pathetic
WE ARE NOT FUCKING ROBOTS and we wont act like them
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago 2
Yeah but we all know the lyrics :P
This isnt a normal song. :P
This is a fuckin anthem.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago 3
damn straight. and we will use it as one.
surfgirl500 3 years ago 3
yes!
jcole60brit 3 years ago
"Baby, I'm An Anarchist!"
Through the best of times,
Through the worst of times,
Through Nixon and through Bush,
Do you remember '36?
We went our seperate ways.
You fought for Stalin.
I fought for freedom.
You believe in authority.
I believe in myself.
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
I'm a molotov cocktail.
You're Dom Perignon.
Baby, what's that confused look in your eyes?
What I'm trying to say is that
I burn down buildings
While you sit on a shelf inside of them.
You call the cops
On the looters and piethrowers.
They call it class war,
I call it co-conspirators.
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
'Cause baby, I'm an anarchist,
You're a spineless liberal.
We marched together for the eight-hour day
And held hands in the streets of Seattle,
But when it came time to throw bricks
Through that Starbucks window,
You left me all alone.
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
EisaiEnasApoTusPolus 3 years ago
are there more videos frmo this show??? its amazing.
timandjeremie 3 years ago
I'm not an anarchist (nor a liberal), but I LOVE to sing along to this band, this song especially. These guys straight up rock some ass off.
juniperolocke 3 years ago
I love how every against me! video on youtube has this huge battle over if they "sold out" or not. if you didn't want against me! to get big, then you shouldn't have bought their albums, t's , misc. merch and gone to their shows. this is a capitalist society. music is a product (as a musician i know it hurts to say that). they wrote good music. now they make good money. ipso facto.
crunge91 3 years ago
what about the fact they go from singing about anarchy to going out to rock the vote? that's selling out.
adhdkid91 3 years ago
because since anarchy isnt really available out there as a choice, we must roll with what we have and try and do the best we can.
Tabouli2 3 years ago
We can't all be 17 and idealistic forever.
deadelectromix 3 years ago
yeah that kind of surprised me too, but deadelectromix is right. people are too ignorant to know how to run a democracy let alone comprehend anarchy. just take a look at these posts.
crunge91 2 years ago
Tom Gabel's New EP Is amazing!
hafpak 3 years ago
buddy man, the songs are great. but i don't like the echo effect and drum stuff. but i do like it.
flavouredblack 3 years ago
Really? I thought it was a great choice doing it.
hafpak 3 years ago
ya really. but i did like the back up vocal stuff. good songs.
flavouredblack 3 years ago
look at the audience... what a bunch of douche bags who know nothing about anarchism
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
ok and either do you fag. Thier having a blast leave them alone you fucking douche bag.
MichaelRAPEZ 3 years ago
so i take it you were one of the douche bags in the audience...
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
fuck you douchebag.
That show was a FREE show on thanksgiving night for anyone who brought in canned food to be donated for charity to help the unfortunate.
Anarchist or not, It was for a good purpose.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
oooohhhh....that explains all the douchebags... im sorry. so what kind of canned food did you bring??
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
Against Me! put on an awesome show for anyone willing to throw a gesture of goodwill to others in the world. Your just a douchebag cause you WEREN'T at that show.
It doesnt matter for shit if the people there believed anything about Anarchism.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
thank jesus... the best am! shows were the ones that i went to back when they played in front of 15 people... not 20,000 douchebags
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
i resent that.i am not a douchbag.sorry i never had the money to fly to florida and see them in a tiny pub for one night.
CloudMeetsSky 3 years ago
seriously dumbshit.
How would Against Me!, or any other band in the world, for that matter, get their message out if all they played were clubs of 15 people? about a quarter the bands i listen to came from seeing them live and performing with other bands i knew about already.
Your just another prick who listens to music when its unknown and hates it as soon as more than 25 people like it.
You should get over your ego.
You should like music for what it is, not its popularity.
You're not cool.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
maybe ur the dumbshit.... not me
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
Thankfully sum ppl get what its like being an artist. ppl need 2 shut the fuck up and stop calling them sellouts for making money. who gives half a fuck what they make. the message is still there
sandmanowns 3 years ago
Oh. and for reference - this was at The Metro - one of the SMALLEST venues in Chicago. The only smaller one that is still considered a venue is The Pearl Room in Mokena. thats almost three hours away. So dont go prattling on about 20,000 douchebags.
It was 1,000 people. tops.
more likely about 500-600
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
oh how i just love making people angry over the internet... good shit.
oh and i didnt have a bad thing to say about am! so i dont know where you got off about me hating them.... its just annoying as hell when you see people who dont know shit about the roots... thats alls ims sayins...
question.. why are you so offended that im calling people douchebags?? are you one of em? or are you confident enough to not get worked up over comments on youtube?
xJESUSisMAGICx 3 years ago
No im offended cause I was at that show and I went cause i was glad that a band like AM! would play a show without pay to do some good.
If you dont hate them - i apologize for assuming. But then im going to get off on saying that fans dont need to know shit about the roots. If you enjoy it - power to ya! You dont need a music major to like dream theater, and you dont need to be an anarchist to like AM!
I went with two friends who had never even HEARD of AM and after that show - they loved em!
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
Your speaking all the right words..I totally agree with you and despise people who like a band as long as they have less than 100 fans. Scenesters they are.
Carouselzero 3 years ago
I think the Vic Theatre is smaller. And the Fireside Bowl was the smallest, but I dont think it's there anymore. I havent lived in Chicago for 8 years, But I miss ALL the small venues.
bglad4life 3 years ago
I forgot about Vic Theatre.
but you meant the bowling alley right, Fireside Bowl? I dont think they do concerts anymore unfortunately. That sucks too. Its pretty close to where I live - its in Logan Square. Heh.
<3 Chi-Town. I cant imagine living anywhere else.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
oh right because i forgot you can tell an anarchist by how they look.idiot. you have no idea of there political views or ideals.
CloudMeetsSky 3 years ago
so much douching going...it's great that you guys are hygienic!
crunge91 2 years ago
love Reinventing Axl Rose and All there older stuff. Amazing song . strong lyrics, Tom Gabel is a genius.
EvilBenson 3 years ago
kill city fuck you that whole album is a fuckin masterpiece
ProjectErik 3 years ago
Dude, New Wave sucks, particularly in comparison to their older stuff.
RecurRecur 3 years ago
your right, but they are still awesome live, even new wave stuff
droppedonhead17 3 years ago
I heard some people saying that about Miley Cyrus' album the other day...
TheKillCity 3 years ago
they're calling for wagon wheel not thrash unreal.
stofenism 3 years ago
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TheGamerNerdLives 3 years ago
why wouldnt you just close your closet door?
867530nine 3 years ago
wow i can't believe people are calling for thrash unreal....... that song is shit
DAHOS84 3 years ago
It's better than anything else from that piece of shit album.
TheKillCity 3 years ago
what about americans abroad and up the cuts?!
against me! pretty much died after reinventing.
maybe even after crime.
skintforeal 3 years ago
I saw Against Me live a couple of years before they got huge, at this small club. When they played this song everyone in the crowd put their arms around each other and swayed back and forth... it's sad to see the difference in this video.
fannycolekins 3 years ago
people lose sight of the songs meaning. when you play to a group of people who dont share the same views as you and just listen to the song cause it sounds cool, it changes things.
I just recently got into against me because of his anger in his lyrics and the meaning. and im faaarrr from a punk kid haha
they were amazing last night in detroit. one of the last few great punk bands
smammy08 3 years ago
I'm addicted to this I keep coming back.
pukeythief 3 years ago
im bored =( 3
307030157 3 years ago
I just got into Against Me thru my best friend Dave. I like this song a bit, but i cant think of what he means by "solidarity is a four letter word"
PS - this was filmed at the Metro wasn't it?
That place has all the greatest fuckin punk shows. :]]
go chi-town! :D
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
"four letter word" is a term used to describe curse's.... It's kind of an old term but if you think about it, it works. Solidarity is unity based on common goals.
So, Tom is saying,"To you Solidarity (unity based on common goals) is a four letter word (curse).
It is a basic yet very witty. Tom is a genius. Most people don't understand how hard it is to write something so smart and powerful.
iamchris318 3 years ago
Curse? You mean like a swear word? cause i can see that - i was about to say: "Curse? thats five letters dude." Lol.
DvineINFEKT 3 years ago
yea... thats it.
cjslapshot 3 years ago
i always thought he was talking about "love" being the four letter word. so it was kind of a shot at hippies who dont do anything but preach words but sit on the street
beavisnum2 3 years ago
i definetly agree with the fact that if we as anarchists dont need to fight, we should'nt. However, if the pigs that try and stop our protests get in the way, we need to take them out. and if there are people out there wronging our country, i find no problem in destroying their buildings.
sandmanowns 3 years ago
bloody hypocrites
m13378 3 years ago
badass
JAKEL000 3 years ago
This is quite possibly the greatest thing I've seen in years. Against Me! is beyond under rated, they should have been the "arcade fire".
punkpxpx 3 years ago
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jonasbrosarehawt 3 years ago
hey branden from the show in atlanta. who's up for road trip?
kidakider 3 years ago
i love the debates betweeen what anarchy is.
there will always be a system. even in anarchy you need somthing to keep you safe. cross that bridge when you get there. until then just keep throwing bricks and burning flags.
fakepoetry 3 years ago 2
I believe "the system" is natural.
An Anarchist society would eventually fragment into groups and regress into another type of power structure. Unless something else held the people together.
But that's Nationalism, and what replaces that in Anarchy?
AnticDispossession 3 years ago
i think natural instinct will replace it. we need a system of contracts.
like then if you commit a crime nobody will want to give you a contract and you will be forced to leave and start over.
human nature will allow us to be close with people, they say people are greedy, but really all we need is acceptance. if you can give us acceptance in terms of unity then people will have no need to be greedy, we'll have everything we've ever needed in our freinds.
fakepoetry 3 years ago
I don't think the system is very natural. Native Americans were essentially anarchists, at least to the extent there were no prisons or cops.
Closely knit social bonds can enforce social norms. No one steals if it doesn't benefit them.
Division of labor, drive for profits, and the other aspects of modern capitalism keep us to independent for anarchy to work at the present time.
Until there's a social revolution, i agree, just keep breaking windows.
SayNoToDrugWar 3 years ago
for sure. african tribes were basically anarchist communities as well. i think it can work if we stick to close-knit communities.
MegalonsRevenge 3 years ago
hey brandon
duffman2703 3 years ago
theres something about this song.. well all of their songs are fucking good but this one takes the fucking cake
lillyjen860 3 years ago 3
I fucking love this song.
Frogboom 3 years ago 2
Ten years ago he was in a tape released by Crasshole, for the Anarcho Punk Federation. Against Me! was a one man band that just a dozen 'punks' knew. I was one of them because my band was in that very tape. I remember as if it were yesterday.
nenomengo 3 years ago
nice man.. music is life and the people are stronger then the hand that holds us down.
Somekid420 3 years ago 4
ya about 5 years ago i saw them in a laundromat back n gainsville and i thought "good music but its 2 bad they rnt goin any were" well i thought wrong
mrawsomepants355 3 years ago 3
good post
Nick964 3 years ago
ha yea now your quite a big kt tunstal fan.. what happened dude.> haha
michaeltravers 3 years ago
Not that big, It happens. Good music, kind of Jake Burns in skirts.
nenomengo 3 years ago
wow this is absolutely the best video ive seen on youtube!
T00thPaste 3 years ago
i think they are actually singing about the anarchist movement that is totally different then the modern view of anarchy that is chaos. The anarchist of old believed in self government or that of no formal orginization of government. They didn't want chaos they wanted absolute freedom. So "against me" could be singing about absolute freedom from an obressive conservative government.
seafor 3 years ago 3
SO GOOD!, wish I was there
KvsS3211 3 years ago
anyone else have goosebumps? i miss the old stuff.
MT62 3 years ago 3
Here, here.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
How ironic that Against Me! are signed to Sire, an imprint of Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros., a specific corporation that the 1999 WTO Protests ("held hands in the streets of Seattle") targeted.
jpb6892 3 years ago 2
good crowd lol they seem to know all of the lyrics :D
betoski 3 years ago
such a good song.
nader112389 3 years ago
Man, this is incredible. I wish I could be in a live show where everyone knew the lyrics to the song with all their fists pumped in the air..
shitface182 3 years ago
man i love this song :)
umakemsmile121 3 years ago
What i thought was funny is how in the song he claims he is an anarchist, but is on such a big label.
Also what was funny is how he said happy thanksgiving.
fordq 3 years ago 4
I thought that was a little weird.. Then again, I wouldn't say having a big label and making lots of money precludes you being an Anarchist, nor does celebrating traditional festivals which are barely religious. I thought the fact that I can hardly imagine him burning down buildings and throwing rocks through windows was funnier.. He doesn't really seem like that kind of guy.
VENII08 3 years ago
well thanks giving is an excuse for anyone to celebrate, like halloween and christmas. excuses to party, hang out with friends and have big dinners... or candy if its halloween.
also the big label thing. my favorite quote is "keeping it real doesn't pay the bills" but is there a way out record labels and still being able to do band stuff for a living? do we truly know the intrenal workings of that sort of business?... ill ask my brother he's majoring in it lol.
lostabyss 3 years ago
Maybe he coverted to anarcho-capitalism.
Solechnaya 3 years ago
Anarchy (as of now) is a true democracy. Our government regulates everything. It shouldn't be this way, we all know we are not in a true democracy.
CodyAllenmusic 3 years ago
Anarchy is the lack of all government. Not only is it not democracy it is imposible. Man is greedy so anarchy like comunism although are great in theory, don't work in real life. I still believe in the smallest government possible though so I am a republican.
Frogboom 3 years ago