Godspeed You! Black Emperor - BBF3

Thanks to recent allowances by the staff, presented unbroken for the first time on YouTube.

Album: Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada
Track: 2
Year: 1999
Label: Constellation

Category:

Music

Tags:

• post-rock
• gybe
• godspeed
• black
• emperor
• slow
• riot
• oo
• yanqui
• skinny
• fists
• efrim
• menuck
• thee
• silver
• mt
• zion
• memorial
• orchestra
• and
• tra-la-la
• band
• 1999
• he
• left
• us
• shafts
• of
• light
• gather

[AdamTrid]

I saw this band live in seattle. Paid over 3x the house price, got food poisoning the same night, ended up leaving my front row spot with perfect views to vomit violently out the back door, clean up, and then vomit out the front door, I stay and finished watching from a stool near a trash can with security watching me from the back of the venue. I regret nothing.

Best night of my life. Thank you, Godspeed.

[wallpaperkilla]

And I left it at that.

[madsoulfly]

monolithic

[andvaaryn]

@erock195 And they are fed so much about their military forces being "heroes" and so on. I think it´s just more likely to think of guns being a positive or "normal" thing when you grow up in the U.S. - or certain parts of the U.S.

It just sounded like you are defending american gun ownership and the attitude towards it. If not then I apologize.

[andvaaryn]

@erock195 In his specific case it may be true. But in my opinion it is still something typical American. In probably no other country there´s that much social acceptance of guns. The U.S. is still world leader in guns in privat ownership. Not only by numbers but in percentage by person. And of course every country fought it´s wars, but where else are there so many people thinking every war their country ever fought was "righteous". It is fed a lot by the media but still.

[erock195]

@andvaaryn He owns guns because he's a paranoid lunatic. He'd own guns no matter where he lived.

[andvaaryn]

@Enleuk I think he is a bit "out there". And also kinda contradictorily. He seems like a rebel and free-thinker who is against the ways the American Government, Economy and Societey behaves. But on the other hand he owns a lot of weapons and seems proud of it or at least not questioning it, which implicates fear and traditional (dubios) American standards and shows how the country gained it´s status quo. Also the rip-off from Maiden could mean that he is desperate, longing for attention etc.

[andvaaryn]

@Enleuk I think this is a "field-recording" from Efrim himself. You hear his voice asking the questions. They probably met the guy somewhere and started a conversation. And then they turned on the recorder. Probably was a "magical moment". I do record some stuff out on the streets my own. You find a lot of truth, anger and spirit out there if you pay attention. ... And I think they put him in the song ´cause he mirrors the current (or at 1999) happening state of the american mind/people.

[br00talKidHxC]

@wilmeister4 #tybgy!be

[shadowsburnme]

and there is nothing you can do about it.

[Traiannnn]

@jarradlowe

Listened to this song today after a very good spliff with my lil bro, and reading the whole interview/lyrics on another website. Amazing, tears, both me and my little brother.

[Enleuk]

@Venomous9 Yeah, I realized that as soon as I noticed he was American. Did he really win a poetry contest? According to wikipedia, Iron maiden has never commented on the fact that a guy quoting their lyrics was sampled in another band's music, do you know if they or Blaze Bailey have commented on it?