 Genius Meanings
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Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas
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A cover of Elvis’s original song recorded by the Dead Kennedys for their debut album. Most of the lyrics are unchanged, although there are some changes made to the second a fourth
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Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas [Live At The Deaf Club]
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[Verse 1] / Bright light city going to set my soul / Going to set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher / There's a
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Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas
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[Verse 1] / Bright light city gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher / There's a thousand
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Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles
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The Dead Kennedys describe an exaggerated hippy dictatorship under a Presidency of Jerry Brown, who was Governor of California and a presidential hopeful at the time of recording
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Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles [Live At The Deaf Club]
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I am Governor Jerry Brown / My aura smiles and never frowns / Soon I will be president / Carter power will soon go away / I will be Führer one day / I will command all of you
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Panic! at the Disco – Star Spangled Banger
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[Chorus] / We are electric angels / We are the six-string queens / We are the new Dead Kennedys / In the land of the brave / Home of the freaks / We are the kids from the
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Dead Kennedys – When Ya Get Drafted
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[Verse 1] / Are you believing the morning papers? / War is coming back in style / There's generals here, advisors there / And the Russians nibbling everywhere / The chessboard's
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Dead Kennedys – Back In Rhodesia
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[Verse 1] / Have you been reading the morning papers? / The Cold War's coming back in style / And there's general's here, advisors there, and the Cuban intel everywhere / The Cold
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Dead Kennedys – Kill The Poor [Disco Version]
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[Verse 1] / The sun beams down on a brand new day / No more welfare tax to pay / Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light / Jobless millions whisked away / At last we have more
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Dead Kennedys – I Kill Children
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No Jello Biafra isn’t a kiddie killer like some might suggest. Jello Biafra sings through the perspective of a serial killer who murders children.
According to wikipedia, Jello
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Dead Kennedys – Gaslight
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[Verse 1] / Lady Darkness waves her wand, reality drinks lysergic acid / Makes 'em rally through tough times, support your local steel / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Positive idea works again
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Dead Kennedys – Forward to Death
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[Verse 1] / I don't need your way of life / I can't stand your attitudes / I can do without your strife / [Pre-Chorus] / I don't need this fucking world / I don't need this fucking
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Dead Kennedys – Drug Me
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[Verse 1] / I don't want to think / Don't make me care / I wanna melt in with the group / I need the balls / To leap out of my shell / And let go with my friends / Can't come up
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Dead Kennedys – Have I The Right
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Have I the right to hold you? You know I've always told you / That we must never ever part oh ooh ooh oh / Have I the right to kiss you? You know I'll always miss you / I've loved
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Dead Kennedys – Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Flew in from Miami Beach B O A C / Didn't get to sleep last night / On the way a paper bag was on my knee / God I had a dreadful flight / I'm back in the U.S.S.R / You don't know
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Dead Kennedys – Chemical Warfare
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[Verse 1] / Down at the arsenal, they keep the nerve gasses / Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits / Been sitting there for years, I'm gonna have at it / I cut through the
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Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
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The song is a criticism of pitiful, self-righteous people and their attempts to tangentially support those less fortunate than themselves by merely mentioning their plight or
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Dead Kennedys – Ill in the Head
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[Verse 1] / In a desperate mind / Little gardens grow / They grow very wide / They grow very tall / [Chorus] / Why am I alive? / Urban wonderland / By the fence, I stand / In and
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Dead Kennedys – Drug Me
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[Verse 1] / I don't want to think / Don't make me care / I wanna melt in with the group / I need the balls / To leap out of my shell / And let go with my friends / Can't come up
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Dead Kennedys – Your Emotions
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[Verse 1] / Your mommy told you this / And your daddy told you that / "Always think like this / And never do that" / You learned so many feelings / But what is there to that
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Dead Kennedys – Stealing People's Mail
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[Verse 1] / We ain't goin' to the party / We ain't goin' to the game / We ain't goin' to the disco / Ain't gonna cruise down Main / [Chorus] / We're stealing people's mail
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Dead Kennedys – Let's Lynch the Landlord
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Exposes some of the evils that landlords—specifically slumlords—were notorious for in the old days.
Jello Biafra also declares that the physical place that inspired the song is “
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Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia [Live At The Deaf Club]
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[Verse 1] / So, you've been to school for a year or two / And you know you've seen it all / In daddy's car, you know you'll go far / Back east, your type don't crawl / You like
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Dead Kennedys – Funland at the Beach
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[Verse 1] / Sunny Sunday at the amusement park / See the fat kids spill their pop / Oh, babe, lots of flags and balloons / But someone sabotaged the rollercoaster last night / Ran
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Dead Kennedys – Kill the Poor
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The third single off the punk classic Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, “Kill the Poor” portrays a right-wing celebration of neutron bombs being sicced on poor people in the name
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MDC – Soup Kitchen Celebrity (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Well, unknown people and auspicious folks / There's no big eagles here 'cause we're all fucking broke / And it's good enough for you if it's good enough for me / To be
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Genius – June 2022 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' JUNE 2022 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For June 2022 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Genius – November 2021 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' NOVEMBER 2021 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For November 2021 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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