Sunday, September 19, 2010

Gang of Four "Natural's Not In It"


Short Version: A simple slutty riff that your uncle liked in the late 70's. He played billiards to it more than once.

Long Version: If I need a pick me up, I put this song on. Gang of Four can be quite political, and this song is no different. Materialism and carnal excesses are the target of his disgust. When I saw them live at Coachella a few years back he spent over 2 songs beating the tar out of a microwave on stage. He'd get angry with it,,forget about it,,,then come back and beat it some more. This song, all beatings and politics aside, has that riff that most bands would be more than happy to come up with. It sounds as if the guitarist is just lazily playing it while watching the telly and smoking a fag. He might be, and fag means a cigarette in Britain. You would know that if you spent some money on traveling versus that new plasma screen. Sorry, the song's lyrics were getting to me.

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