This album has not left my car's six disc changer in years 🤘🤘.
@tommcg1776 Жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one.
@FarbrorBror762 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Propagandhi songs 👍🏼
@ericwalker4803 Жыл бұрын
This song is about a possible conflict between the USA and Canada. The 49th parallel is the latitude line on the globe between our two countries. The writer "Chris Hannah" is indicating that Canada starts this war. The first thing that would happen is the Canadian leaders would "Cut all diplomatic ties and expel all American dignitaries" from the country. The writer takes one last jab at the USA after mentioning the bombing of south bound traffic by stating "your stupid f-ng laser- pucks where just the start." This is in reference to a graphic the NHL used on television for a while. During hockey games a tracer was put on the puck. The idea was that the viewer could track the puck easier on TV, to the the dislike of all traditional hockey fans. Then comes the most genius line of the whole song and possibly the bands career. "And while you may stand six full cubits and a span. We got a shepherds sling and five stones in our hand and the battle of 1812 lives in our hearts" Cubits and span are units of measurement in the bible. This line is taken word for word from the bible. Samuel 17:4 describing how tall Goliath was. The writer is saying we don't care how big you are because David killed Goliath with nothing but a sling and stone. This is a genius band, this a genius song and after being a devoted fan for 30 years I just had to clear this up.
@yurishatniy110310 ай бұрын
and the battle of 1812 is when British burned down washington but British was basically a Canadian expeditionary force
@joemiller70822 жыл бұрын
Chuck is basically there. He’s saying “just a speculative fiction” but he’s pointing to it happening right in front of us.
@gnarxy2 жыл бұрын
love seeing more and more propagandhi
@olliemac32 Жыл бұрын
Best band on the planet, no one is better than Propagandhi. Incredible band.
@rdiddy14112 жыл бұрын
Best Propagandhi song IMO. Also, just a banger of an ending to a song.
@stefanheuldoch8832 жыл бұрын
Wanna understand Propagandhi's lyrics? Get MDs in history, economics, philosophy and anthropology
@jamesashley91272 жыл бұрын
Dooooood..... Great work.
@stefanheuldoch8832 жыл бұрын
@@jamesashley9127 Well...I certainly didn't!😅I was just pointing out how sophisticated they are
@Jod3lay2 жыл бұрын
Best punkrock album ever made
@coleradley66144 ай бұрын
Potemkin City Limits is inarguably the best punk rock album ever made. Start to finish, it is a work of high art.
@marshall13612 жыл бұрын
This is a true story this album is 🔥!
@zhafrantan69342 жыл бұрын
Walla thank you this is one of my favorite song of all time. Magic performed live.
@lostmotel61562 жыл бұрын
A 6!? Joel, bro….haha. It’s a straight up 10 banger supreme, and deep down you know it. Haha…totally kidding. Propagandhi is a grower, not a shower, but when it clicks, ohhh man, buckle up. Like that you picked up on how Chris breaks his lyrics up. He always does it so purposefully to like, accentuate rhymes or really drive the point home on a line and it’s just….*chef’s kiss*. If you can’t tell, they’re my favorite band and imho should be the biggest band in the world…lol. You guys aren’t wrong…there’s a lot going on here, especially referentially. But, in a nutshell, the lyrics are a kind of a “what if” scenario (a speculative fiction, eh?) where Canada (where Propagandhi are from) gets fed up with the US’s insane bullshit at the time (the song was released in 2005, so at the height of George W’s spectacular run), closes its borders and “issues a nation wide travel advisory” for any Canadians still in the states, because America is going sideways (and of course in a way, unbeknownst to him at the time, Chris’s speculation about the direction we were headed towards in 2016 is kind of right). He then just peppers that overall story with gems about stuff on that toxic side of “being a real American” at the time that were driving him crazy. The “stupid fucking laser pucks” line gets me every time. That was a historically bad idea….haha.
@defeatstatistics74132 жыл бұрын
Propagandhi are one of those bands that you get like, one part of the song stuck in your head and keep coming back. Best benefit of not writing choruses.
@patcj6559 Жыл бұрын
murals on west broadway is a reference to a stupid mural put up in a neighborhood in winnipeg, manitoba post 9/11
@_Jake.From.Statefarm_2 жыл бұрын
lol.. check out Aesop Rock. You'll be listening for 20 years and just start getting the grasp of one line. Guy is a legend and considered the closest thing to a modern day shakespeare mixed with jackson pollock. You should really check him out if you like RTJ. He and EL-P go wayyyyy back. PS: You still haven't done "Back to the Motor League - Propagandhi" it's probably their best song...
@marshall13612 жыл бұрын
I requested that one too these guys are slipping.
@KnightscastStudios2 жыл бұрын
Which Aesop Rock songs would you like us to checkout? I think there are a few in our in our request list already, but not 100%. And back to the motor league is about 50 songs down the on request list. First come first serve peeps! However... I think one of our Patreons picked this one, so that'll happen this month. 🤘 -Joel
@_Jake.From.Statefarm_2 жыл бұрын
@@KnightscastStudios This is a tough question because I don't want to overwhelm you lol but. Let's say you do the first two songs on one of his best albums The Impossible Kid. Rings - This one is straight forward, and about art. then.. Mystery Fish (which is the opening song) which is about the homelessness and disparity in the ally and neighborhood he live in, in SF.. I would do them back to back as it's hard to parce his language. Definitely check out Jumping Coffin too. NOTE: Must have lyrics out. Use Rapgenius to help (the italicized words have notations for their meanings) You're in for quite a treat....
@lostmotel61562 жыл бұрын
All those picks above for Aesop are great starting points. Definitely do those. He’s legit the best there is.
@jamesashley91272 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@jimioi87342 жыл бұрын
If you want to see some good propagandhi review videos go check out matt snider. That's my dude on these type videos.
@snomeD-832 жыл бұрын
You guys doing a live stream again at some point??
@KnightscastStudios2 жыл бұрын
We're definitely trying to put something together again! Just depends on schedules. :D -Joel
@747Cone2 жыл бұрын
Well at least you guys can admit you don’t know what it’s about. Haha. Speculative fiction about the US invading Canada. Won an award for best songwriting. Each line means something. Hard to understand unless you are a Canadian.
@joshcrump1562 Жыл бұрын
definitely easier to understand if you grew up so close to the border
@tonightweareone Жыл бұрын
butcher job of quite possibly one of the best songs of all time imo. Propagandhi is your favortie punk bands favorite band. theyre the rush of punk. You're listening to a punk band and complaining that the lines or rythms don't line up in a flow? thats like saying jazz doesnt flow. THATS THE POINT lol punk music is about doing whatever the fuck you want but still making it beautiful. "And no one seems to understand, the glory of guitar, when out of tune. The off timing, the singers who can't sing. The beauty of flaw." -Fat Mike
@KnightscastStudios Жыл бұрын
I don't think this is even the best song on the album, let alone the best song ever. It's great, but 'Rock For Sustainable Capitalism', 'Die Jugend marschiert', 'Iteration' all are a bit better imho. Hot take: I think 'Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An', 'Nigredo', 'Adventures in Zoochosis' are my top 3 tracks from Prop. -Joel
@tonightweareone Жыл бұрын
@@KnightscastStudios well Im glad you're enjoying them. I love all of those songs.I love most all of their songs. check out lotus gait. Failed States is probably my favorite album.
@maluorno4 ай бұрын
these guys are masters at their craft.....but their politics are SO CRINGE