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Intro.....
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Silverchair are my (current) favourite band. So... well the lead guitarist/ vocalist is really cute, but that's not why! --believe it or not. Silverchair also produce some awesome music and lyrics. Actually, some pretty heinous lyrics too.....
The band formed in Australia, in a town called Newcastle.... .... .... ... hmm... Well anyway, that was in the 90s, and they got famous a few years later at the ages of 14 and 15. They had to write record and perform around their high school time tables.
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Albums.......
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Since then there have been three albums; Frogstomp, Freakshow and Neon Ballroom (released in the UK in early 1999)... The difference between the albums is extreme, even though they were released only a few years apart. The first album is rough and edgey, reminiscent of Nirvana (although it fucks them off that people always make this comparison). The latest album is completely different, it has a wide range of moods, lyrics and instruments. Personally I think the lyrics in Neon Ballroom are far superior to those in the original album where they seemed to be striving to simply rhyme and sound angry....... but I think the music on Frogstomp is banging .... basically I have no idea which is better, and you should buy all three (I'm such a good fan).
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Lyrics!!
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These are the first tracks from each album...
NEON BALLROOM: Emotion Sickness
(For Soup)
Erupt again ignore the pill
And I won't let it show
Sacrifice the tortures
Orchestral tear cash-flow
Increase delete escape defeat
It's all that matters to you
Cotton case for an iron pill
Distorted eyes
when everything is clearly dying
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
E-motion sickness
Addict with no heroine
E-motion sickness
Distorted eyes
when everything is clearly dying
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
[All my friends say]
Get up get up get up get up
Get up get up get up
Won't you stop my pain
E-motion sickness
[To idle with an idol]
Addict with no heroine
Good things will pass
It helps with excess access
Lessons learnt
E-motion sickness
[Lost no friendship]
[Corrosive head pollution]
Lessons learnt
FREAKSHOW: Slave
(for Krupi)
Lived too long now you've come to take me
To a place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Can't be something but I'll try
Lived too long and waited to just drown
In my self pity I keep falling down
Want to be your soldier
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
Only book that I own is called 'how to lose'
Pick a chapter, I know them all, just choose
Lived too long and waited to find
A place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Give me something but I'll try
Want to be your solider
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
That's how I behave
FROGSTOMP: Israel's Son
(for Sarah)
Hate is what I feel for you,
And I want you to know that I want you dead.
You're late for the execution...
If you're not here soon, I'll kill your friend instead.
All the pain I feel
Couldn't start to heal
Although I would like it to
I hate you and your apathy.
You can leave, you can leave, I don't want you here.
I'm playing this pantomime,
But I don't see you showing any signs of fear.
All the pain I feel
Couldn't start to heal
Although I would like it to
This time I'm for real
My pain can not heal
You will be dead when I'm through
[Chorus]
Pain and execution
Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
The air... yeah
I am, I am Israel's son
Israel's son I am
Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
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