1) They played funk like the Police played reggae ie- stiff, soul-less, with a weedy, stretched tight to breaking point bass sound
2) Their supposed leftist theoretical lyrics are bullshit. "This heaven gives me migraine" isn't clever, it's poetry - just like Nick Cave singing "Rats in Paradise!". On 'Cheeseburger' they sing, "No classes in the U.S.A./Improve yourself, the choice is yours/Work at your job and make good pay/Make friends, great/Buy them a beer!" What the fuck does this say about America? And what's wrong with buying people beer, I'm sure these hypocrites were happy to buy a few rounds for the bloke at Fast Records when they (ill advisedly) were given the go-ahead to record for the label. What is "At Home He's a Tourist" about? It rhymes "culture" with "ulcer", and? If I rhyme "theocracy" with "osteopathy" does that make me a genius critic of the religious right? And as for "Love will get you like a case of anthrax, and that's something I don't want to catch", it's just bollocks, isn't it? Certainly not a patch on the Pirrhanas' "I don't want my body / It looks like a reject from an Oxfam poster / sex is its hobby / I stick it in the slot like bread in a toaster". People, Go4's lyrics were shit. A little girl could have written better.
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2) Their supposed leftist theoretical lyrics are bullshit. "This heaven gives me migraine" isn't clever, it's poetry - just like Nick Cave singing "Rats in Paradise!". On 'Cheeseburger' they sing, "No classes in the U.S.A./Improve yourself, the choice is yours/Work at your job and make good pay/Make friends, great/Buy them a beer!" What the fuck does this say about America? And what's wrong with buying people beer, I'm sure these hypocrites were happy to buy a few rounds for the bloke at Fast Records when they (ill advisedly) were given the go-ahead to record for the label. What is "At Home He's a Tourist" about? It rhymes "culture" with "ulcer", and? If I rhyme "theocracy" with "osteopathy" does that make me a genius critic of the religious right? And as for "Love will get you like a case of anthrax, and that's something I don't want to catch", it's just bollocks, isn't it? Certainly not a patch on the Pirrhanas' "I don't want my body / It looks like a reject from an Oxfam poster / sex is its hobby / I stick it in the slot like bread in a toaster". People, Go4's lyrics were shit. A little girl could have written better.
Please feel free to agree with me and big me up.