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The Music Authority

by Thomas Christ

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Your Music Sucks! 03:39
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Everytime I turn on the goddamned radio I get a violent urge to commit homicide Because the crap that's considered pop these days Is enough to make you contemplate suicide I remember the days when rock was loud and angry. Every brooding word sent a chill down your spine. But now it's all so fake and commercial. These record execs should crawl in a hole and die Turn off your radio Turn off your motherfuckin radio HEY! HEY! YOUR MUSIC SUCKS! It sucks, it sucks, it sucks! The Music Authority is here to destroy. All the emo and the punk that's dominating the scene. There should only be songs filled with hate and violence. We need rock thats loud, crude, and obscene! And fuck all you backwards thinking fools making music like was done when your parents were young. The computer is the future so you better embrace it. Digital is here, tape and vinyl are done. Just turn off your radio Turn off your motherfuckin' radio! HEY! HEY! YOUR MUSIC SUCKS! It sucks, it sucks, it sucks! The music authority will be confiscating all the shitty music that your download or buy. Anything you listen to can be used against you, So i think that it's time for America to try. To avoid the commercial bullshit they sell you The music revolution is about to shine. I wanna poke this country in their iPods, So this emo garbage will be left behind. Turn off your radio, Turn off your motherfuckin radio. HEY! HEY! YOUR MUSIC SUCKS! The music authority says: YOUR MUSIC SUCKS! Thomas Christ is tellin you: YOUR MUSIC SUCKS! HEY! HEY! YOUR MUSIC SUCKS
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This Is An Uprising 02:31
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Aren't you fucking tired Of this corporate bullshit? Well, don't just fucking sit there We don't have to tolerate it! Stand with me and fight Show the world your hate. Don't do what they tell you It'll never be too late, to: Get up! Get armed! Take Action! This is an uprising! Get up! Get armed! Take action! Join the insurgence! March to their headquarters Make their offices our battlefield. Give them our demands Let'em know this shit is real. There will be a price to pay If changes are not made If we can't have the rock We'll explode like a fuckin grenade I can't take this shit for another day, can you?
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The Music Authority (Room at the Top) 04:24
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If you hear boots tramping outside your door, Throw out the trash that you bought at the store. I've got a new campaign to clean up the scene. This is an uprising to crush your tasteless dreams. If your music collection's not up to code. You better pack up and head on down the road. Don't try to hide cause you don't know what we'll do. Your cheating ipod's gonna tattle on you, cause: Everything you hear and everything you see Is now under control of the Music Authority Were stamping out the punk Were stamping out the crunk Were stamping out the mass Of commercial tasteless junk. Leaving more room at the top . . . for talent! (X4) We'll put a virus deep inside your PC. That will delete the pop you dowload for free. A troop of soldiers come and search your room. Confiscating the contrabands you're listening to. We're putting a tap on your car stereo. And make you listen to great songs that you don't know. We're saving rock music one dissident at a time. We'll make you march in step with the line. We just want YOU to comply! We're asking YOU to comply! We just need YOU to comply! We're gonna force YOU to comply! Everything you do, And everywhere you go. Don't you ever forget that The Music Authority knows. Now we are in control, We're gonna play a role. We're gonna change your heart. We're gonna change your soul! We're making room at the top . . for talent! (X4) We're making room at the top!
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List of Demands 04:36
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Enough is Enough! Enough is enough, we gotta give em what they wanted. Drugs, Sex and violence-now the hunter is the hunted. Foaming at the mouth and possessed by the devil. Fill up the syringe, inject, instant rebel. Crystal meth became man and picked up a guitar. Turn the volume down low you might wreck your fuckin' car. Flesh wrapped on metal like a nightmare birthday present. Shiny new hate bitter, vile, and unpleasant. Is it just what you wanted? Did you get what you wanted? Is it just what you wanted? I've got just what you wanted! Guts Blood Sex Violence Gore Fuck Rock Drugs Satan Tech Metal Cunt Suck Cock Head trauma, open wound, brains on the floor. Hiding and shaking, better lock your fuckin door. Bad acid trip, veitnam flash back. Disease ridden prostitute addiced to crack. Maggot eaten, rotten decaying intestines. Burn victims, cardiac, drugged up on depressants. Benzedrine, Valium, Morphine baby. Necrotic narcotic carcinoma twice daily. So is this what you wanted? Did you get what you wanted? Is it just want you wanted? I've got just what you wanted? Enough is enough! Heroin addiction schizophrenic withdrawal. Severed arms and legs result of fatal fall. Dr. Music prescribes Rock N Roll IV. Urethral catheter connect to cable TV. I've got your medicine if you want the goodies. String up an emo kid by his fuckin hoodie. I tried to make romance with my chemistry set. Then I made it explode with my lit cigarette!
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Today is the Day 03:47
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Today is the day we're takin' over control. Better check what you're buyin' and everything you do. Today is the day we're takin' over control. If you refuse to desist, it's pure concentrated fuck you! Consider this a warning to all parties involved. If you don't give it up now, your fuckin life will be dissolved. We're tearing a hole in the fabric of the sky. Letting the light shine through to expose the greater lie. If you're a CEO at a major record label. Prepare to be ripped open and your guts spilled on the table. I'm calling you out on the fakes that you are. Don't give a fuck about talent, you just want another star. For those who want it hard, today's a day of rejoicing. This is delivery on the demands you've been voicing. For others this will be a day of death and defeat, As you watch your favorite stars getting thrown upon the heap. To be dethroned and discared as we see fit. If your work is commercial then you're nothin' but shit. We'll find the puppeteers who are writing your songs. And they will meet the same fate before too fuckin' long. And everything you've made will be destroyed. Your lives will now become null and void.
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American Idle 04:26
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Flipping through channels, king of the remote. Laziness is your life's antidote. We hail and salute you, oh lord of the couch. You're making quite a difference, there is no doubt. TV guide, popcorn, and chips. Crumbs scattered on fat greasy lips. T-shirt stained with mustard and ice cream. Surely this is the American dream. Laying lazily upon your couch I'm glad that you got things all figured out! So brave and so free an American idle being all you can be an American idle so inspiring to see an American idle glued to the TV an American idle true American idle Who needs an eagle, when we've got a whale? The pretzels and beer never get stale. The world is crumbling, but you're entertained. You've got reality TV, and videogames. I'm calling the hotline, and voting for you. You redefine hero, with everything you do. You're a modern world leader, a latter-day Caesar. Everyone's future kept safe in your freezer. Laying lazily upon your couch I'm glad that you got things all figured out! You're a king on a couch. Got it all figured out. An American dream. Wiping injustice off with your sleeve. You're the red white and blue an American idle All the nothing you do an American idle What we need to be an American idle Proud, dumb, and lazy an American idle
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Crime 04:28
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Just like a social virus they're infecting. All the places that we're not protecting. There is no cure that will rid them all. From these sacred and hallowed halls. They may be real but they're dead in my head. Can't believe you listened to a word that they said. Their melodies offend my heart. I'd like to see them all ripped apart. Everything that they do - it is a crime. For what spews forth from their mouths - they should be doin time. I refuse to believe they are for real. The less that they have the more they steal. The evidence is all on digital file. It will be plain to see just how wretched and vile. The crimes they've committed were and are. Take them down from their thrones and into police cars. The judges gavel slams down, verdict guilty. Watch them taken away now on the TV. But the damage done can never be erased. Not just a scene, but a world, left cold and raped. They will not get away with this. They are nothing more than cheap rapists. They will not get away with this. They know that they're gonna hang for this.
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Pulse of the World 03:22
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If rock dies, the world dies with it. Glue the pieces together and make sure they all fit. We can't survive even one more funeral. Headstone for all the perverse and unusual. The blood pumps through the heart of a metal machine. Keep it lubricated, slick, and clean. There's no future without a tight suture. We need a scalpel to cut out what's grown foul and putrid. Thumb to the wrist, I must insist. To keep rock alive you've gotta fuckin resist. The mellow strumming of confused little girls. Cause rock n' roll is the pulse of the world. It is no secret wrapped in lace like gauze. This is a moment of silence, a pause for a cause. If it isn't broke then you don't have to fix it. Just make sure it punches with a fatal hit. Like adrenaline injected directly in the chest. The world is on the verge of a hard rock arrest. This is a defibrillator on maximum setting. High voltage shock to the rock is what you're getting. If rock dies, the world dies with it.

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My 8th LP, a concept album about an authoritarian regime that forces people to stop listening to disposable pop music and start listening to "great" music. Purchase includes the 2008 remix of American Idle as a bonus track!

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released May 31, 2007

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Hailing from Pittsburgh PA, Thomas Christ is an industrial rock/electro rock solo project that began in 1999. With 18 albums (and counting), Thomas Christ continues to deliver emotionally and politically charged rock and electronic music that draws inspiration from a wide variety of genres an aggressive, industrial edge that must be heard to be appreciated. ... more

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