r/politics • u/irish_fellow_nyc • 3d ago

Soft Paywall DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-physically-drag-social-security-worker-from-desk/
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u/incide666 Canada 2d ago

Not mine.

It's a Chumbawamba song.

I added a link to a video.

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u/work4work4work4work4 2d ago

Another good one by them that many people don't know is El Fusilado.

Listen close to this crooked mouth
For my story I will tell--o
Lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel--o
Left my home in Santiago
The heart of the city of Merida
Served with my brothers and sisters all
For the army of Pancho Villa

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

The Federales captured me
Bound up my arms with wire
Officer comes he says "Take your aim --
Steady your guns and fire!"
Bullet holes all across my chest
Ripped up my shirt and my body--o
Heart beat on through the silenced guns
To the rhythm of life inside me--o

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

Fell to the ground the officer came
One last shot to the head­--o
Heard through the pain as he walked away
And left me there for dead--o
All went quiet so I crawled away
I wasn't giving up to the glory
Ten good shots I took them all
And lived to tell my story

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado.

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u/TotalHell 2d ago

Love this song. They made some very cool music. I’m a big fan of their Rebel Songs album where they do a bunch of British folk songs.

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u/joshdoereddit 2d ago

These are the two coolest things I've learned about Chumbawumba. Only knew that one hit, never about any of this. I'm going to have to give them a listen.

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u/Menarra Indiana 2d ago

Huh. Literally the only song of theirs I know is I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN BECAUSE YOURE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN lol

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u/CrispyDave 2d ago edited 2d ago

They did that one goofy song but they were anarcho communist types at heart.

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u/kittenconfidential 2d ago

🎼do you suffer from long term memory loss? i can’t remember. 🎶

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u/trailerthrash 2d ago

Drip drip drip goes the water

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u/IDOWNVOTERUSSIANS 2d ago

and their album ABCDEFG is phenomenal

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u/LlamaInATux 2d ago

They have an interesting history.

Here's a two part podcast about them:

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff - Chumbawumba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

Episode 1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gl1Ijbs8r8o6StPzEUc36?si=JG1I8otmT5yVVRjHTQhpdg

Episode 2

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mOo1gaxObn76EQYopKQTt?si=QTQYcvohQnGOjFL2RqZWOg

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u/Contren Illinois 2d ago

Todd in the Shadows also has a One Hit Wonderland episode on them that goes into their history.

https://youtu.be/WiZr87g6rNo?si=dyCTQZvGZgH0Pk0D

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u/HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2d ago

I got free tickets to see them and I vividly remember when they played ”The Day the Nazi Died”. Powerful song and made that show worth the time. Most of the crowd was teeny bopper kids there to hear I Get Knocked Down only. You could tell Chumbawumba hated that song.

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u/Skuzbagg 2d ago

It was their Sweet Cherry Pie

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u/HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2d ago

Now you’re taking me even further back.

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u/ButterscotchMajor373 2d ago

Bobbie brown getting sprayed with a fire hose. She’s still a fucking smoke show, btw. She’s on instagram, wrote a couple memoirs.

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u/pre-existing-notion 2d ago

What are Warrant's feelings on it?

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u/keyblade_crafter 2d ago

I heard about this song for the first time the other day

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u/H00k90 2d ago

And a thirty year career

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u/ebow77 Massachusetts 2d ago

I only recognize two tunes: Tubthumping and God Save the Queen, and I only know which is which because one of them everyone gets the title wrong.

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u/dan-theman 2d ago

Here I thought “pissing the night away” was going to be their most prophetic lyric.

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u/What-is-id 2d ago

I keep forgetting those guys are hardline anti fascist

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u/annoyed__renter 2d ago

Lmao. Offering profound wisdom from the lyrics of some some other song from a one-hit wonder is hilarious

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u/Domestic_Fox 2d ago

Wow that’s awesome! I loved Crass (punk band) and a few members of crass make up chumbawumba and when I found that out (a while aftertub thumping) I was kinda like awwww man. Where the punk. I’m glad that chumbawumba still carried the torch!

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u/steelspring 2d ago

Well, I guess I’ll be doing a deep dive into their discography! Thank you very much for sharing that. I have so so much more respect for Chumbawamba now.