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  • #1

    First mainstream song about Peak Oil?




    Way back in the year of 2017
    The sun was growing hotter
    And oil was way beyond its peak
    When crazy Hector Johnson broke into a refinery
    And the black gold started flowing
    Just like Boston tea

    It was the summer of the riots
    And London sat in sweltering heat
    And the gangs of Mini Coopers
    Took the battle to the streets
    But when the creed was handed down
    For no more trucks and no more cars
    They threw cans of petrol through the windows at Scotland Yard

    Gasoline
    Will be free, will be free
    Gasoline
    Will be free, will be free

    When the Mounties stormed the palace of the Saudi family
    They held them up for ransom
    Without disturbing their high tea
    But their getaway was shaky
    They stalled in the Riyadh streets
    Cause you can't make it very far
    When your tank is on empty

    The final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck
    And driven through the streets of Agra to the palace aquaduct
    You see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls
    Was just a target to the angry
    As they blew up the Taj Mahal

    Gasoline
    Will be free, will be free
    Gasoline
    will be free, will be free

    Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee
    Where all the farmers got together and talked about this great country
    But when the government turned its back on farming
    Man, what I hear
    They dragged the pumps out of the ground
    With a big vintage John Deere

    I've got soldiers on my payroll
    Standing guard on my front drive
    Snipers on the roof poised at those
    Who don't want me alive
    Cause they audited my taxes
    My family under threat
    Cause I've got a message and a megaphone
    And I'll scream it to the death

    Gasoline
    Will be free, will be free
    Gasoline
    Will be free, will be free

    You got the farms in Argentina
    Making fuel from sugar cane
    You got the bastards in Washington
    Afraid of popping the greed vain
    Cause the money's in the pipeline
    And pipeline's running dry
    And we'll be the last to recognize
    Where there's **** there's always flies

    From Sheryl Crow´s new album Detours

    It sounds more like her music from the 90´s , which is imo, much better than what she has been doing in the 2000s
    I need a foot massage
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  • #2
    Does she still tour? Walking from gig to gig must be a drag.

    Or maybe she bought her carbon indulgences?
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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    • #3
      I thought she "got a friend who's a communist, but she can't afford his gas?" Or something like that.
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      • #4
        *bump*

        Is that all the mocking/support we are capable of? Come on Poly, we can do better.
        "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
        "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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        • #5
          She's not bad looking and has a nice voice, but the lyrics are trash.

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          • #6
            The song sucks.
            Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Oerdin
              The song sucks.
              Sheryl Crow peaked long before oil.
              "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
              "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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              • #8
                It's a lame song. The lyrics are dumb, and the music is insipid.

                But I'd still like to shag her brains out.
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                • #9
                  Does she also have a song about wiping your arse on one sheet of toilet paper, too?
                  Speaking of Erith:

                  "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                    Does she also have a song about wiping your arse on one sheet of toilet paper, too?
                    It's the song after the one about how if it is yellow, let it mellow, if it is brown, flush it down.
                    "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
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                    "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                    "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                    • #11
                      Cheryl Crow still classifies as "mainstream"?
                      Unbelievable!

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