An anti-dystalgic song? "Nostalgia, youre using it like a whore"
So you want to be entertained?
Please look away (Don't look away)
We're not here 'cause we want to entertain
Go away (Don't go away)
Reality is the new fiction they saw
Truth is truer these days, truth is man-made
If you're here 'cause you want to be entertained
Please go away
If your art is done, Johnny get your gun
Join the rank and file, on your TV dial
You come around looking 1984
You're such a bore, 1984
Nostalgia, you're using it like a whore
It's better than before
You come around sounding 1972
You did nothing new with 1972
Where's the "Fuck You"?
Where's the black and blue
Hey! Look around they are lying to you
Can't you see it's just a silly ruse?
They are lying, and I am lying too.
All you want is entertainment,
Rip me open it's free
1,2,3! If you want to take
a shot at me get in line
1,2,3! I've had all my
shots and I'm fine
1,2,3! If you ahven't had
enought of me, get in line
1,2,3! You too deserve
it now, it's all right
1,2,3! We can drown in
mediocrity, it feels sublime
1,2,3! It feels like someone
pushed rewind
1,2,3! Give it to me easily,
my feeble mind needs time
1,2,3! Make it sweet and
syrupy with rhyme
(Dont drag me down,
I'm not falling down)
The grip of fear is already here
The lines are drawn,
whose side are you on?
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Entertain by Sleater Kinney
Posted by dystalgia at 7:07 PM
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I'd give a rousing YES to this question as to whether or not SK has given us an anti-dystalgic song. If SK is ever dystalgic it is always about the present/just-past, but this is complicated. There are a number of SK songs that are anti-nostalgic (like this one), but it's harder to say whether or not they could be dystalgic or anti-dystalgic, mostly because the lyrics do celebrate music from the past while also moving music forward and commenting on other bands' failure at doing so.
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