[BRIEF NOTE] Music and Politics

[rfmcdonald]

The Laibach mailing list (Laibach-NSK) has been filled with discussions about the French situation. The WAT album's song "Now You Will Pay" has been brought up repeatedly.

BARBARIANS ARE COMING
CRAWLING FROM THE EAST,
(WITH THEIR) EYES WIDE SHUT
AND NOSTRILS FULL OF LONGING,
EPIC AND POWERFUL,
WILD IN A GROUP,
BARBARIANS ARE COMING
FROM THE EAST.

THEY'LL COME OUT OF NOWHERE,
THEY'LL ENTER YOUR STATE,
THE NATION OF LOSERS,
THE TRIBE FULL OF HATE.
WITH KNIVES IN THEIR POCKETS
AND BOMBS IN THEIR HANDS,
THEY'LL BURN DOWN YOUR CITIES
AND YOUR DISNEYLANDS.

In classic Laibach style, this is a parodic and unconsciously self-critical text. That this text describes the sentiments of the riots-are-jihad school is no coincidence.