Boyd Rice - People

[@MrUnidyne]

I met this man in person at the First Modern Drunkard Magazine Convention. The man is so disturbingly charismatic that I expected cargo cults to spring up in his wake.

[@TheMeltPodcast]

They already have.

[@wehavexplosiv23]

What most people dont get is that Boyd is about saying things that, if we are honest with ourselves, we've felt. He speaks to the devil in us.He just doesn't have that eternal, internal censor. We are afraid to feel unless it's in keeping with the modern accepted moral template. We want to say we understand love but we reject hate. Art is about emotion, not social codes. Or at least it once was. And let's not underestimate the power of irony.That's not to say that feelings must be acted upon.

[@Joannalauralanglight]

Dr pepper

[@thelastaesthete]

Mental gymnastics. His words are to be taken at face value, naively received like how the Greeks took the oracles words.

[@vanessaadriana7657]

i love how this sounds just like a casual conversation with him

[@airstrikess]

boyd is actually kinda silly in his personal life, he's not as misanthropic as you'd think.

[@frankspade1848]

I’ve been listening to this since it’s release on constant loop. It’s the only rational medication for an all too often medicated world.

[@dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544]

If this is still true today, you've listened to it 1,758,480 times as of 9:11am 12/27/2020

[@IVIIIVV]

I envy Boyd Rice for writing this song and recording it. Listening to this song was in relation to reading your first Sartre or Camus novel and opening your eyes to the fact that you are not alone. An epiphany that hasn't made me any happier but much more aware.

[@DerScheisse]

Jingle Jangle Wayward Troll Upon The Red Pilled Path You Stroll Mimicked, Mirrored, Copied Clone Can't Find Yourself When You're Alone

[@touristinreality1110]

Except Sartre is a weird ugly goblin. Junger and Mishima are much more thrilling

[@dinguscollective1872]

@@touristinreality1110Mishima was pretentious

[@touristinreality1110]

@@dinguscollective1872 Yea that's sort of the point lol

[@doodkfkrpekfmfmrke4998]

@@touristinreality1110 junger sartre physiognomy or something

[@Pimp-Master]

Boy, the chords on this are just fantastic. If I'd been born in '96 instead of '56, I would be thinking of all the melodies I could riff, using these chords as the basics. But, sadly I just imagine it.

[@patricklink8527]

If you like this guitar I suggest you go by the first current 93 album you can. If you have a choice swastikas for Noddy would be a good start. Boyd also appears on that album plus many others. But that's a good place to start.

[@izzydeadyet7336]

I think death in June used these same 3 chords in about ten other songs .. I grew up in the 90s, born in 83, just like you said, playing guitar in my room

[@andueskitzoidneversolo2823]

we need this song more today than ever

[@subtledemisefox]

"If these weeds are not dealt with, they'll poison everything. They are poisoning everything"

[@sleazynihilist4405]

Beautiful misanthropy!!!

[@AdmiralStickney]

The irony of this is how most of the people in the comments saying stuff like "OMG RELATEABLE THATS TOTALLY ME" have totally missed the ball. The song was about you probably.

[@pablogi666]

the real irony is that everyone (including you) thinks the lyrics it's about others

[@AdmiralStickney]

@Geriatric FecalPhiliac I'm the type the punch hipsters the fuck out.

[@Anonymous-fb9dn]

@@AdmiralStickney slow down tough guy

[@AdmiralStickney]

@@Anonymous-fb9dn mhm

[@bgggsht]

@@AdmiralStickney Go Viking, go !!!

[@nonservitium]

Honesty is always worthwhile

[@allisonanne571]

Well, this song is very relevant. Now more than ever.

[@hectortorres9316]

I scream racial slurs to minorities while playing or working out I hate the society in which we live, and I do not hope for a better future for anyone, I don't have a single constructive idea to save this humanity

[@albertoftasmania]

Just like me frfr

[@archaist]

All the haters - you aren't thinking hard enough about the lyrics nor are you giving Boyd enough credit. Yeah, the point is that he's whining about how many pet peeves he has about people - starting with things that are easy to relate to and escalating to the point where you're like "uhh, wait, what?" He's parodying the person that you were when you agreed with the first few parts of the song, at the end of the song. "Look how slippery the slope of hating people is." That's all...

[@JohnDoe-qe4ih]

No, it’s not a parody lol. You’re doing mental gymnastics to avoid the point. The lyrics mean what they say. Boyd is a fascist social Darwinist who unironically believes that most people are not worth of life.

[@JohnDoe-qe4ih]

Wrong. Boyd is a fascist social Darwinist who unironically believes that most people are not worth of life.

[@gregarioustumours2397]

I agreed through the whole song. People suck. I am no exclusion.

[@Perchumovic]

Do you ever think about what a lovely place the world would be without all the people in this comment section?

[@zonesthesia]

HAH!

[@christophersloman1524]

The Talking Penguin something just....

[@kujoswine9860]

You being one of them... Fucking great

[@schechter01]

Yes, including you.

[@Herne0011]

To truly understand this track you also have to have been a 90s twenty something. While not all agreed with the undertones in his work, many alternative lifestyle types related to the anger and frustration he was experiencing with mainstream doctrine - whatever it was. Some of Boyds shit was over the top (especially his tone) but some of it was so subtle that it gave credibility to his work. All these years later, especially given recent American events, this track still is relevant.

[@herzwatithink9289]

Boyd Rice is a prick. His critics are cunts. Great song btw

[@ookami3380]

actually they can be used as a diary of a regular intelligent person stuck at office job, watching thru the window jersey shore kids as they fist pump and shout. but everyone is just too afraid to admit they would cut world population in half if they could (and without consequences)

[@MSDOS128]

i wouldn't even consider consequences as a factor that bears any significance at all. since no one would be able to damage myself as much as I would've done to billions, in such a case; and also because economy isn't predicated on anything but the current capacity for production and consumption, taking future in which one of those ceases into account isn't immediately profitable and thus will lead to systemic collapse, eventually. think through the implications and you will see that more and more things that people pay money for become/are redundant, speculative and of no intrinsic worth at all. thus, it could very well be a favor to humanity to do such a thing, given some very specific conditions are met

[@joshuaweingart4743]

Unironically the funniest song I have ever heard

[@ericamiles666]

I can't help but think about it, it's thrown into my face daily. We need to deal with these people, they need to go away.

[@raceyboy]

And that makes you the bad guy.

[@ericamiles666]

@@raceyboy Sweet!

[@nyssalikesbugs]

me talking about blacks

[@k_anth]

larp

[@pherphick]

They all need to go back

[@brercrow]

Boyd Rice makes me giggle. He sounds like Mr. Rogers. I don't get how people take him so seriously. He's made a living out of fucking with people's heads, and obviously having a good laugh at the expense of those who get their panties in a twist.

[@kingra88]

I relate 10000000000000% to this awesome, epic, authentic, song.

[@otacon451]

Actual MSM article: Was Genghis Khan history's greenest conqueror? -- "The Mongol invasion scrubbed nearly 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, according to surprising new research."

[@oni2538]

I think this is important, artistically It's a sort of anti-pop. Rather than being generalized, saccharine and sterile, this is a specific statement, a bitter, resentful statement, lacking in super slick production quality. Pop is known for it's basic, universal melodies, and basic, universal themes. Save for the rhythm in th background, one could hardly call this a melody, or even a conventional song, more like a spoken word poem with some music in the background to set the tone. It's themes are nihilistic, full of hate, and while the lyrics themselves aren't very complex, it's... Well, it's one thing to understand what someone's saying. It's another thing entirely to intuitively grasp why someone be saying things like this in the first place. I think Boyd does at least halfway believe what he's saying in this song, and by extension, in other things he's said. But I think another half of his almost absurdly negative (as many would describe "edgy") presentation is pure spiteful reaction, going that extra mile to spit in the face of a world he maybe came into wanting to love, but found he couldn't help but hate eventually.

[@GSwine]

Uncle Wolf yea that is pretty edgy

[@birdsey3354]

Nicely said

Boyd Rice did start the "anti pop" movement that was basically internet trolling before there was internet trolling.

[@subtledemisefox]

@ I always thought that credit belonged to Throbbing Gristle. 20 Jazz Funk Greats and its innocent looking cover, putting their most popular single on their third album but speeding it up to last a few seconds. Then the live shows, and the performance art back when they were called COUM Transmissions.

@@subtledemisefox you have a point but why stop with tg? Why not Dali? 😉

[@whitepony1986]

this is the ultimate soundtrack to my life

[@janpaweltuchlin8058]

The cutest thing is that so many edgekids go "yeah! my new anthem! go Boyd!", completely ignorant to the fact that they would be the first to go in Mr Rice's world.

[@jvcdeadmoney]

Says the guy who would be the first to go in Rice's world

[@jeromealexandre4162]

Oh cmon. This is a song ! Is one an edge kid because they are expressing a disdain with the way things are ? This song is about the excess mass that make the world unbearable and if you don’t see or feel that every day there’s something very wrong with you .

[@heatherschable6649]

This man is my spirit animal.

[@Kiernik]

By Gods what an excellent monologue!

[@bgggsht]

And what about sadistic people, who would like to see everyone but themselves dead ?

[@bgggsht]

@@Yeem123 Only in small numbers - it makes them special and keeps the population in more healthy number 👍

[@Iconoclast6750]

Boyd is possibly the most brutally honest person alive.. You to give him credit, whether you agree with him or not..

[@1983pulsmann]

@marpeja the movie is made in Aarhus Denmark back in 2007 by myself

[@dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544]

I fooled around with a girl in Aarhus in the summer of 1983. Met her in venice, and she invited me to her home. unfortunately, she had a jealous boyfriend, so it was a short visit. Nice city, though. There was a cool music festival, and lots of partying. I made her eggs benedict.

[@kytiladdy]

Boyd Rice for the king of world!

[@viviannelok3629]

"A brutal gardener" maakt hem af. Hahahaha.... wow. Wat een figuur.

[@no1caresanymore]

Holy shit this is going to be my new theme song. I feel like people who claim to never have these thoughts are the most dangerous. Those are the people who will someday snap. I recognize that I have these kinds of thoughts, and because of that I'm totally in control.

[@disdownloadnetvictim]

Lindsey Myers This song is actually about people like you

[@spthielen]

Rip Reed Little more, little more... that's it. That's enough dick.

[@MisterSpinalzo]

disdownloadnetvictim thanks

[@JDC352]

You have attained the supreme state of being: awareness.

[@SanguisSol3]

+Lindsey Myers Control is an illusion. You're a conditioned, irrelevant dog like the rest, living a short few years that can be broken and terminated at any time. Your youth will fade, like your health. If you're lucky the end will be quick. SS

[@Kamozeloraoz]

As much as I like the song, I have to admit that I, sadly, am part of these of people. Sigh.

[@Tarkstuff]

I think that is the point of the song

[@Francita__C]

Same.

[@orfeo793]

we all are and aren't at once, getting angry about the slow person in front of you, then the next day you're the slow person in front of another, and then they take that place themselves the next day. humans are simply inconveniences to all of us in most of our interaction in this modern world.

[@princessp1963]

The thing is, however disenfranchised, disaffected, removed or critical one is of Society. Everyone, however blind or grudging ; plays their part for good or ill. This song is a masterpiece of misanthropy.

[@subtledemisefox]

@@princessp1963 interesting interpretation of this song. I like it. I think you might be correct.

[@jackasshearts]

People, from the perspective of a cat

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

Missing the point as usual, womb-man.

[@j.k.2215]

But Cat is dead.

[@mridlon1634]

@@j.k.2215 Unless it is Schrodinger‘s Cat…

[@jeromealexandre4162]

Playing this with Boyd in 2012 at the Garage was a fucking blast . To listen to this as a teenager then play it years later with its author onstage . Doesn’t get any better than that .

[@hounddog8993]

We live in a society

[@DJofSWE2]

i love when i find artists who write song same as i think

[@oskarjakob734]

"Made in Aarhus, Denmark" Kinda says it all LOL

[@Sivels]

I'm a 21 year old male and I'm at the brink of weeping while listening to this. I'm not sure why it makes me feel this pleasant feeling almost similar to relief.

[@JamesUsill1]

an I R O N I C gardener

[@lakeviewviking]

" If you see a beggar and your pockets are full of coins, are you going to kill the beggar or are you going to share what you have with him ?" How about neither?

[@schechter01]

As a misanthrope, I totally get it.

[@AcidToast-sf4hb]

Supreme Gentleman

[@12hilariushiiri34]

Lyrics are so true! I like them a lot.

[@angelicagarcia738]

Do you ever think about What a lovely place the world would be Without all the people That make life so unpleasant? All the small, petty people All the ugly, annoying people It's hard not to think about it I like to think about What could be Done to these people Something cruel Something mean Something just But the meaner the better Goodness knows they deserve it Have you ever dreamed of Killing all the stupid people? Not just the unintelligent people But the sort that don't know anything about anything But seem to have opinions about everything They're only too ready to offer their advice about How to run your life And yet look at how they run their own lives For the most part they've accomplished nothing They've contributed nothing Their lives are miserable But they talk, talk, talk… At the very least their tongues should be cut out At the very least Do you ever wanna Kill all the people who tell lies? Some certainly deserve it Not necessarily the big liars Or even those who teach lies as truth I'm talking about people Who say one thing and do another Or who tell you they sent something express mail When you know they haven't Did you ever want to Kill all the slow people in the world? The people who are in front of you When they should be behind you A crime that the swift should be help back by the slow And it's criminal that nothing is going to rectify it And what about all the really ugly people? Add them to the list as well Some people try not to think about life's ugliness I've thought about it I've thought about it quite a lot Something should be done to these people Something to make them suffer The way they've made us suffer I say, bring back the Circus Maximus For starters Unless these weeds are dealt with They'll poison everything They are poisoning everything We need a gardener A brutal gardener A thorough, thoughtful gardener An iron gardener Whatever happened to Vlad the Impaler? Where's Genghis Kahn when you need him? Or Roi d'Ys? Ayatollah Khomeini? Adolf Hitler? Benito Mussolini? Nero? Diocletian? Kitchener? Come back! Come back!

[@hamupinhere]

This is like a magnificent marriage between Jane's Addiction and United States postal workers.

[@parkgrubbs4]

greatest novelty song ever

[@marclayne9261]

'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' Carl Gustav Jung....

[@mediabear]

2021...the people remain the same

[@GriefTourist]

Right on Boyd!

[@jintsyjames]

I'm glad to see somebody made a video for this extraordinary song

[@janklaus2594]

such a beautiful song with some obscure lyrics....perfect combination

[@pherphick]

This song can totally be based on a fast walk around Paris or any other major european city

[@1983pulsmann]

@msbeakybird13 ok so do not hesitate to show him the video :-) ... He is unfortunately not often in Denmark to play concerts or to otherwise act ...

[@BEAUMANOIR-music]

3:33 --> Korg ms 20 spotted!

[@xerxes020]

I'd be pissed off too if my name sounded like a chinese side-dish.

[@aleja_kosmonautów]

BOILED RICE

[@ChodeMaster]

@@aleja_kosmonautów exactly lol

[@1983pulsmann]

@marpeja the recordings were actually made ​​for a different project, but then I heard "people" and so I thought the images matched very well with the song

[@panjawel2]

People like Douglas P., David Tibet or Genesis P-Orridge think that Boyd Rice is talented, otherwise they wouldn't decide to work with him. Do you think you know more about talent that those successful and respected artists do? Boyd is a very active musician, writer, photographer and many more, he's carved himself a small but cosy niche in artistic underworld. I wish we all could be half as "untalented" as he is.

[@nyssalikesbugs]

true!

[@KasvetliKutlama]

Should be the theme-song for God Bless America, shouldn't it?

[@TheCrystalMoccasins]

A theme song for an anthem? You are super bright aren't you?

[@KasvetliKutlama]

Jesper Nielsen Ah, i get it, you're talking about the anthem "god bless america". But i meant the movie "god bless america".

[@Helaw0lf]

That would work quiet well. I had some idiot Gen Y'er thinking I was talking about religion/patriotism with that movie. Hahaha!!!!!!

[@qwertymehta8342]

the 'come back come back' part really triggered my anxiety idk why. Shit put me into panic fight or flight mode

[@Forgottentear]

The greatest Troll of all times.

[@subtledemisefox]

Throbbing Gristle probably still has him beat.

[@Marine280395]

@Scout I think he meant that Boyd Rice is trolling when he says he's pro rape or rumours about him being a neo nazi. He's not faking misanthropy tho

[@lirvonungern3973]

@@Marine280395 it's not rumor lol he was literally a bodyguard for James Mason, a neo nazi author. He even helped him publish a book at one point

[@Marine280395]

@@lirvonungern3973 no way ?!

[@lirvonungern3973]

@@Marine280395 Google it. He also went on air with james Mason on Bob Larsons show advocating Charles Manson

[@thecoldheart2012]

Just have a glass of Martini and enjoy this masterpiece!

[@alessandrasilvacarinelli4477]

Masterpiece!!!

[@therealskinflutes]

Boyd's Great. This song is the real truth...

[@janklaus2594]

beautiful!

[@Oghr242]

Beautiful song about beautiful hypocrisy :)

[@dibensy59]

Someone needs to inform Boyd that there are more than 2 chords you can play on a guitar.

[@acolddarkgentlebruh8205]

Ahem, this song has 3 chords.

[@p.feldman6640]

It's Douglas Pearce on the guitar.

[@followtheciaence]

king of larpers

[@iamcarpetpython]

I am probably one of the obsolete people Boyd speaks of in his work. I am okay with this. I wonder if I would patriotically salute the party and walk into the meat grinder willingly for such a movement.

[@HighlyUnlikely_]

The song is satire bruh, be a individual and think for yourself

[@lakiog1938]

@@HighlyUnlikely_ cringe. It's not satire look into boyd more he is very serious

[@boydriceisawesome2520]

It's not a satire

[@hounddog8993]

It's post-ironic. Not fully sincere, not satire either

[@JDC352]

Every single time I go outside.

[@komradeocelot]

@JeremyxFisher That's only one way of interpreting it. The same people you hate are probably looking on you as you look on them. This song could be seen as a profound irony in that many of the misanthropic people who look upon others as filth are exactly what they hate and not able to realize it. Music in this way is like poetry with a plethora of possible interpretations viable and none inherently wrong. You are both right in your own way.

[@econogate]

ween and bongwater and great thoughts

[@dementiawavin1587]

The WEF approves of this song :D

[@Corrupted-file]

Fact.

[@hounddog8993]

Common Davos W

[@yungsouichi2317]

Love him or hate him, Rice carved quite the niche in noise music.

[@CrisisHotline]

This makes me feel good

[@Bobfett1982]

I 'member back when this song come out. I kinda smirked at how nihilistic and extreme the lyrics was. I loved it and it felt like this underground thing that just existed in my bubble. Nowadays? The lyrics makes me both numb and hateful. It's all to real now.

[@justinc4782]

true

[@mridlon1634]

I getting angrier by the second.

[@Corrupted-file]

How’d all that numbness & hatred work out for ya?

[@Bobfett1982]

@@Corrupted-file Huh, can't remember i wrote this comment. Pretty lame. I'm fine.

[@Corrupted-file]

@@Bobfett1982 Not lame, I’ve written worse. 😆 Take care. 🤘🏼

[@odedfried-gaon2880]

hhhh gives me the chills every time. it's funny, but still creepy.

[@RudyCarrera]

+oded fried-gaon He makes a perfect crank, and actually, Boyd's a pretty nice guy in a way. At least my experiences in meeting him have been pleasant, and he's quite okay.

[@Jeremy_Fisher]

@inhocsignovinces88 Wrong. Some people are disgusting creatures whom should be made to perish for one reason or another, while other people are incredible in every facet. This is a song about getting rid of the unwanted, so there's more of the wanted.

[@sharlotanrovniy4174]

we all are people.

[@mridlon1634]

MEOW!😾NOW, HUMAN!

[@catheterhero]

what's funny is the lyrical content and message spoken is really about him. He fits all of these patterns.

[@GnosisF29]

It is Douglas P.! :D From the album "Music, Martinis, And Misanthropy". Happy Europe day 5.5.!!!

[@marclayne9261]

This video is a dreamlike sequence that tells the truth...

[@darylcumming7119]

" The strong rule the weak ."

[@MadMax-pt5ni]

Misanthropic wave

[@Joannalauralanglight]

This got my friend through aids. Thankyou. Amen!❤

[@deaddeaddeadful]

Tonight I'll be performing this track with Boyd at the Garage!

[@majesticfool]

prophet

[@subtledemisefox]

This song speaks to me more and more every day.

[@roskildahphreak]

I have been to this place. In 2002 and also in 2003.

[@TheCartographer89]

Kinda disturbing, yet honestly truthful.

So tender!

[@l_l708]

No place is more perfect for this video than Aarhus.

[@mechanixis]

It's interesting how every complaint this song makes can just as easily apply to everyone who's commenting saying "So true! So true! I hate everybody because I'm so SPECIAAAAAAL"

[@Mistapeice]

@olthoigangster I think rather that his intention is too be either the voice of the ignorant or a voice of a conscience which most people here very slightly or at the worst of times and try to fight off. Which is all reflected in how the voice is echoey.

[@shadul]

This theme remind me a quote: "this is a law turn it on a bullet -- this is a bullet turn it on a law" Like an ode to no one...

[@CircleOfCerberus]

Just my two cents: This has nothing to do with the devil. It's all about the will of getting rid of dumb fucks and annoying people who are just worthless. Personally, a lot of times I feel exactly this way. Specially at work.

[@CoreyHunter]

Boyd just tells it like it is.

[@BubblingSyphilisSund]

Ha. Boiled Rice. Good one, man.

[@johncaze757]

This is interesting song.