Big Black - il Duce

Ok read the lyrics to this song by clicking the "more" button and you'll realise it's not praising Mussolini, but getting at the people who were stupid enough to vote him in.

BTW, this song is a great one to rotate/alternate places with the Bauhaus' classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead"! Seriously folks!

Two places to find this song:
The Wailing Ultimate compilation
Big Black- il Duce 7 inch

Lyrics:
I am Benito
I am Benito
I am Benito
And I like my job
They gave me this house
And gave me this car
They gave me the cities and streets
When they gave me this job
I am Benito
And I like my job
I am Benito
And I like my job
I am Benito
I am Benito
I am Benito
I like my job

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• dark
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• death
• rock
• punk
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• lugosi's
• dead
• dance
• il
• duce
• experimental
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• dictators
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• voters
• elections
• satire
• ridicule
• idiot
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• steve
• albini
• peter
• murphy

[2ltdab]

Sweet song. Never heard of the band. Sounds a bit noise-rock-ish.

[Ratherdroll]

Yeah the batcave/gothiness is a happy coincidence. A very happy coincidence- I've spun it at a couple nights, and got it played by a dj at the most recent Sleep When You're Dead event here in Birmingham, Alabama :)

[horseloverfatjr]

I wish that this was included on the Hammer Party collection.

[MickHaines]

@Ratherdroll

Surely you must know of Der Mussolini (also called "Tanz den Mussolini") by German band DAF (1981)?

Maybe Il Duce by Big Black owes a wee debt to Der Mussolini, a song that, by the way, wasn't praising Mussolini either...

[sprK92]

being italian it's kinda funny to ear song and read comments about facism

[ilRibe]

Mai Più.

[Sethacmilan]

LOSERS

[tathagata40]

Still have The Wailing Ultimate on vinyl : )

[texasvamp8]

@oiyabastard yeah and those bands you named were all steve albini projects so you cant say shit like theyve been ripped off.of course they sound similar

[LivesUnderABridge]

Say what you will about fascism, but Mussolino wrestled lions in his spare time. That's fucking cool.

[oiyabastard]

@2ltdab oh dude , big black has been ripped off so bad , check en out pioneers other related bands naked raygun budd rapeman shellac

[zanstones]

People VOTED for Mussolini? One tiny part of Parma was the only city to resist Il Duce!

I Dig the song of course...