I saw the Magnetic Fields tonight, they played this song and Stephin did lead vocals. High point of the show. Fucking perfect song no matter who sings it 🖤
Dont trust all they taught you about which country is a class rating!! We all have our own national issues and they dont want us in an individual nation position...they are scrubbing and clearing our culture, our genetics, our lives!! Believe it or not..the US is not as free as you think..and we struggle as well... Fight for what makes you yourself and your country...dont let them call your genetics third rating....you are as great and precious as they are..embrace what you have and Love what makes you you!!
Intended or no, I've decided this song is Stephin reprising the same character that Claudia sang in "Washington D.C." 20 years ago for another album. Back then, "Claudia" (to give the character a name for clarity) was full of naive infatuation for her new love, and projected that feeling onto the city where the lover lived, admiring the "people doing something real." However, show me an optimist and add enough time, and I'll show you a cynic. Now, twenty years later in real life as well as for "Claudia," the bloom has been off the rose for a very long time. Having come to realize that this lover was not as great or as genuine as she once felt, "Claudia" is now projecting her feelings onto the leaders who work in his city once again.
Song and some of the footage reminded me of that cutaway gag from the Simpsons where Lionel Hutz imagined a world without lawyers. ruclips.net/video/m2VxpTMAbas/видео.html Well... most contemporary politicians are lawyers.
This song is opposite of The Day the Nazi Died by Chumbawumba, where the death of a Nazi official prompted Neo-Nazis to come out of slumber and spout hatred again.
Billions laughed and no one cried The day the politicians died Celebrations spread worldwide The day the politicians died Even their own mothers Their own husbands and wives Said, "Now all men are brothers" Let's get on with our lives Billions laughed and no one cried The day the politicians died Celebrations spread worldwide The day the politicians died We've risen from the mud We're different from the beasts We've got the taste for blood So let's eat all the priests Billions laughed and no one cried The day the politicians died Celebrations spread worldwide The day the politicians died It's all one big party now 'Cause all the politicians died
@@mattwallis I am very, very grateful for your response. And not only I, but many, many people needed your kindness. Especially those of us who don't speak English. Thank you again.
From the forthcoming album "Autocracy", also including international smash hits like "The day the journalists died" and "The day the judges died". The russian CD edition also features "The day the opposition died".
Autocracy is claiming the right to have an Australian citizen, who did journalism in Iceland, extradited from the UK, for the "crime" of publishing true information. Autocracy is vetoing resolutions to condemn ongoing livestreamed genocide, on behalf of a rogue ethnostate, because international law should not apply to a Master Race's illegal ethnostate. Fascists scapegoat "the other". Those who are not Fascists focus their criticism on their own government, which they, in theory, have the ability to change. Xenophobia makes your ass look fat, as well.
Goebbels would be very proud at how well you follow his lessons. In the real world, the main opposition to the United Russia party is the Communist Party. White Supremacist, fraudster, and foreign asset Navalny never polled over 2%. Jill Stein polls higher than that in the US, and was assaulted by police on camera during her current Presidential run, yet the White Supremacists crying about Navalny are silent about a Jewish presidential candidate being assaulted by US police on a college campus. This illustrates the brain rot behind American Liberalism. Given that it is currently looting the treasury to help 2 losing Ethnonationalist terrorist groups kill üntermenchen, "scratch a liberal and a Fascist bleeds" is on full display for anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together to see.
To be honest I'm glad Bernie pulled out when he did. Sure, he's preferable to Biden and Trump, but I like to think that he realised the system would turn him into a war criminal if he became president, just like it did with all the other presidents, and his conscience wouldn't be able to live with that. At the end of the day, he was a naive democratic socialist, who would have succumbed to the same liberal failing that all the other left-wing political parties succumb to: the belief that everything will be OK if 'the right person' gets into a position of power... if you look back through history, you'll realise that this isn't true at all...
No worries, that day will mean he no longer is needed and finally can take a Gold Retirement well needed and deserved for decades of defending the voiceless not heard nor represented because they never really matter to pro politicians
@@alexanderhall5579 No, he pulled out because it was becoming clear he didn't have a chance, because the party wanted someone who would play by the rules, and Biden served their interests more (nevermind what's good for the actual population). One person cannot change the whole system, but Bernie would've fought harder against systemic BS than Biden. And either is light-years ahead of Trump being in power.
The Barbarian s made it I. The books when. Finish the Empire Queen Mary plus the other Queen when used to finish all the women Cristobal colon when got all his tripulants to Americas Instead to other places
Yeaaaaah no. One neo-fascist party using fearmongering and lies about voter fraud to incite a coup attempt and try to undermine democracy itself... That does not lead to a better path. Quite the opposite. If you want an example of the kind of thing it leads to, there are plenty in history. 1930-1945 in Germany, just to name one in particular.
stupid song ;( the day we would have no politicians, what would we have? how would we define what we collectedly need and want? i guess we would need to from some sort of group of people that would take care of setting common rules no? But how do we chose them???? and what de we call them? since they will take care about polices I guess Politicians. Be more afraid of the ones that don't call themselves politicians, but go into politics any way...
The song's content reminds me of a kid's song about wishing they could eat ice cream for every meal. I get the sentiment, but yeah, it's short-sighted and naive. You literally can't have a society of millions (and billions, worldwide) without something like politicians (and taxes, and lawyers). The tough part is to keep them from being assholes. We definitely need to re-write the system from the ground up to remove and avoid the shit that's cropped up over centuries. But there will still be politicians.
lol you think this song is disgusting? You should hear Body Count's 'Cop Killer'. The lyrics there are MUCH harsher than this song by a mile ruclips.net/video/Tgzo1fC49RY/видео.html
“If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.” - Toni Morrison (1931 - 2019)
It took him a really long time to say that
incredible. my man knows whats up.
What a beautiful song, truly a story of hope and prosperity!
I saw the Magnetic Fields tonight, they played this song and Stephin did lead vocals. High point of the show. Fucking perfect song no matter who sings it 🖤
ruclips.net/video/3OYSEjauuq0/видео.html
As someone that lives in a third world country and the situation that we are living right know, this song became my favorite song ever!
X2
Mexico?
X3, Salvadorian here, i can confirm.
Dont trust all they taught you about which country is a class rating!!
We all have our own national issues and they dont want us in an individual nation position...they are scrubbing and clearing our culture, our genetics, our lives!!
Believe it or not..the US is not as free as you think..and we struggle as well...
Fight for what makes you yourself and your country...dont let them call your genetics third rating....you are as great and precious as they are..embrace what you have and Love what makes you you!!
ruclips.net/video/upVCiMOIVvg/видео.html
I only just discovered this song...its Brilliant!!!
lovely video
I made this my ringtone.
Intended or no, I've decided this song is Stephin reprising the same character that Claudia sang in "Washington D.C." 20 years ago for another album.
Back then, "Claudia" (to give the character a name for clarity) was full of naive infatuation for her new love, and projected that feeling onto the city where the lover lived, admiring the "people doing something real."
However, show me an optimist and add enough time, and I'll show you a cynic.
Now, twenty years later in real life as well as for "Claudia," the bloom has been off the rose for a very long time. Having come to realize that this lover was not as great or as genuine as she once felt, "Claudia" is now projecting her feelings onto the leaders who work in his city once again.
I love this band!
Has there ever been a more true song about right now? I don't think so.
ahahah i love their gloomy yet ultimately happy and comic hippie anthems
'77 life ain't all bad is my favorite song meaning wise and sound wise!
This is awesome, thanks melon
Визуализируем наши сладкие мечты, девочки 💅
one big party now!
Gosh the girl in the picture is darn pretty good Hank is lucky
So excited for the new album, such a cool concept!
Really lovely
Acabarán con nosotros, si nos dejamos.💪💪
I'm so excited!
what a great song! !!!
al genio de merritt y a la buena de claudia se les apaña siempre.
lo tocaran en buenos aires? ;)
There are times when all one has to cling to is hope
So updated... so true...
Still relevant
Song and some of the footage reminded me of that cutaway gag from the Simpsons where Lionel Hutz imagined a world without lawyers. ruclips.net/video/m2VxpTMAbas/видео.html
Well... most contemporary politicians are lawyers.
This song is opposite of The Day the Nazi Died by Chumbawumba, where the death of a Nazi official prompted Neo-Nazis to come out of slumber and spout hatred again.
Wake me up when it's this Trump nightmare and his dreamers' last day finally?
This will be a beautiful day on that day we will be one world .The revolution will look like this because we will be free
excellent
Perfect counterpoint to Chumbawamba's "the Day the Nazi died".
LOVE.
Well done!
indie pop never dies
10/02/20
coool
when was this song written? ty
More and more updated... when will all this craziness about a virus end?
En España. Ahora. Por favor. Llévenselos,
CORONA BROUGHT ME HERE
Please someone who can paste the lyrics here? I'd really appreciate it.
Billions laughed and no one cried
The day the politicians died
Celebrations spread worldwide
The day the politicians died
Even their own mothers
Their own husbands and wives
Said, "Now all men are brothers"
Let's get on with our lives
Billions laughed and no one cried
The day the politicians died
Celebrations spread worldwide
The day the politicians died
We've risen from the mud
We're different from the beasts
We've got the taste for blood
So let's eat all the priests
Billions laughed and no one cried
The day the politicians died
Celebrations spread worldwide
The day the politicians died
It's all one big party now
'Cause all the politicians died
@@mattwallis I am very, very grateful for your response. And not only I, but many, many people needed your kindness.
Especially those of us who don't speak English.
Thank you again.
@@mattwallis holy crap this song is based as FUCK 😁
From the forthcoming album "Autocracy", also including international smash hits like "The day the journalists died" and "The day the judges died". The russian CD edition also features "The day the opposition died".
Autocracy is claiming the right to have an Australian citizen, who did journalism in Iceland, extradited from the UK, for the "crime" of publishing true information.
Autocracy is vetoing resolutions to condemn ongoing livestreamed genocide, on behalf of a rogue ethnostate, because international law should not apply to a Master Race's illegal ethnostate.
Fascists scapegoat "the other".
Those who are not Fascists focus their criticism on their own government, which they, in theory, have the ability to change.
Xenophobia makes your ass look fat, as well.
Goebbels would be very proud at how well you follow his lessons.
In the real world, the main opposition to the United Russia party is the Communist Party. White Supremacist, fraudster, and foreign asset Navalny never polled over 2%. Jill Stein polls higher than that in the US, and was assaulted by police on camera during her current Presidential run, yet the White Supremacists crying about Navalny are silent about a Jewish presidential candidate being assaulted by US police on a college campus.
This illustrates the brain rot behind American Liberalism. Given that it is currently looting the treasury to help 2 losing Ethnonationalist terrorist groups kill üntermenchen, "scratch a liberal and a Fascist bleeds" is on full display for anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together to see.
The trouble is that we shall need a new batch to get organized!
They Might Be Giants sound kinda tired this time.
only good comment on this video. lol
#Interesting!*
🤔
Yes but not Bernie pls
To be honest I'm glad Bernie pulled out when he did. Sure, he's preferable to Biden and Trump, but I like to think that he realised the system would turn him into a war criminal if he became president, just like it did with all the other presidents, and his conscience wouldn't be able to live with that. At the end of the day, he was a naive democratic socialist, who would have succumbed to the same liberal failing that all the other left-wing political parties succumb to: the belief that everything will be OK if 'the right person' gets into a position of power...
if you look back through history, you'll realise that this isn't true at all...
No worries, that day will mean he no longer is needed and finally can take a Gold Retirement well needed and deserved for decades of defending the voiceless not heard nor represented because they never really matter to pro politicians
@@alexanderhall5579 No, he pulled out because it was becoming clear he didn't have a chance, because the party wanted someone who would play by the rules, and Biden served their interests more (nevermind what's good for the actual population).
One person cannot change the whole system, but Bernie would've fought harder against systemic BS than Biden.
And either is light-years ahead of Trump being in power.
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This is sounds like something that wouldn’t be good enough for a Future Bible Heroes album :(
The Barbarian s made it I. The books when. Finish the Empire
Queen Mary plus the other Queen when used to finish all the women
Cristobal colon when got all his tripulants to Americas Instead to other places
No offense to Claudia, but I think I speak for most Mag Fields fans when I say: I’d rather hear Merritt’s voice.
No offense to Philip, but I think I speak for most Mag Fields fans when I say: I'd rather hear any random jerk's opinion.
Too bad the 6th didn't go this far.
Yeaaaaah no. One neo-fascist party using fearmongering and lies about voter fraud to incite a coup attempt and try to undermine democracy itself... That does not lead to a better path. Quite the opposite.
If you want an example of the kind of thing it leads to, there are plenty in history. 1930-1945 in Germany, just to name one in particular.
@@IstasPumaNevada why are you talking about the democrats twice there?
@Donald Trump
stupid song ;( the day we would have no politicians, what would we have? how would we define what we collectedly need and want? i guess we would need to from some sort of group of people that would take care of setting common rules no?
But how do we chose them???? and what de we call them? since they will take care about polices I guess Politicians.
Be more afraid of the ones that don't call themselves politicians, but go into politics any way...
The song's content reminds me of a kid's song about wishing they could eat ice cream for every meal.
I get the sentiment, but yeah, it's short-sighted and naive. You literally can't have a society of millions (and billions, worldwide) without something like politicians (and taxes, and lawyers). The tough part is to keep them from being assholes. We definitely need to re-write the system from the ground up to remove and avoid the shit that's cropped up over centuries. But there will still be politicians.
Hope this is satire cause otherwise it's a disgusting song
found the bootlicker y'all
The vocals are beautiful, so like...
lol you think this song is disgusting?
You should hear Body Count's 'Cop Killer'. The lyrics there are MUCH harsher than this song by a mile ruclips.net/video/Tgzo1fC49RY/видео.html
@@alexanderhall5579 true dat