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Up-and-coming quirky singer-songwriter Nellie McKay often writes songs with political messages, but it was brought to our attention that on her latest album, Pretty Little Head, she has some harsh words for Columbia and its students.
Apparently the lyrics are about monkey-abuse, but here they are for your own dissection:
“Columbia is Bleeding”
Another day begins
And there you are
The mother sways her shins
Here comes the footstep of the man who’ll make your dreams
The tube is fitted in
And there you are
The tepid seditive
Then a scream
Hold your placard up
Cold and coffee cup
After go to a bar
Hand your flier out
Must admire
How dedicated you are.
(Chorus)
I don’t wanna know if you’re having fun
Or your maddens are on sale.
I don’t wanna know if you’ve got a gun or a new stepson
Or you think you’re gonna bail.
Chris Hougan
She had to run
Last night been a lot of fun.
But now it’s French
A little tense
She hadn’t done the reading.
There she sat
Hoped to pass
Didn’t think to face the fact
That oh by gosh o lack o lass
Columbia is bleeding.
Walkin down
Off the bus
Vickie Lucas crossed campus was
Thinkin how she’s made it now
That successful feeling.
Walked by fast
Hailed a cab
No clue that she’d passed a lab
And while she’s sittin in lit class
Columbia is bleeding.
The surgeon is in town
And there you are
The clamp is comin’ down
Then a scream.
Everybody knows protestors are those
Schmoes who don’t have a life.
See these scientists seeking differences
Have to suffer such strife.
(Chorus)
Generalize, proselytize, verbs were spillin out their sides
As Charles Eise buys his supplies gets ready for a feeding.
Tried for track
Hit the mat
Didn’t think to face the fact
That while he’s thinkin ‘man that’s whack’
Columbia is bleeding.
Quite a snob he didn’t tip
Nice guy Rob watched the eclipse
And looked around
‘I’ve made it now
I’m just so glad to be here.’
Made a pass
Got hand slapped
Didn’t think to face the fact
That while he’s mackin on that ass
Columbia is bleeding.
You don’t have a religion
But you have fingers ten
They clutch at your incision
You roll them up and
Then a scream.
They’re just animals
Make good edibles
Fester filth and disease
Check the Bible son
We got dominion
We can do as we please.
(Chorus)
Hell
Tee tee green
Mezzanine
Ended up beside the team
And gave a cheer
Got some beers
With friends who started streakin.
Back with Zach said ‘I look fat’
Didn’t think to face the fact
That while she’s under self-attack
Columbia is bleeding.
Rodney J began to pray
His momma lost her life that day.
Had been a year
It wasn’t clear
If he was safe or screamin
As he jabbed the Bible flap
He didn’t think to face the fact
That barbarism killed the cat
Columbia is bleeding.
This is the Ivy League.
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@hmm trust me. the album’s over a year old. it took forever to get it released, but it’s been available for a long time.
either way, columbia is bleeing isn’t one of the better songs on the album.
@yeah Right, we just said it’s her “latest album.” Which means the last one she put out. We didn’t say it came out yesterday.
@no. “metal pipes are sunk into the skulls of rhesus monkeys for the sole purpose of studying the effects of stress on the menstrual cycle”
http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=5299
To study cancer growths? Ridiculous. Do some research. Of course we don’t do animal testing for *fun*, but there is always going to be abuse and we need whistle-blowing activists to stop it.
@... …right, because we clearly stick tubes into monkeys’ heads to study cancer growths for *fun*.
And then we play slip-and-slide in their blood.
If anyone I knew had leukemia? Tell the monkeys to go fuck themselves. Same goes for every poser who pretends they wouldn’t do the same.
@dana damn bwog, i first leaked this shit.
no credit ?
@hello i personally like the album. which, by the way, is a year old (…bwog).
@actually the album was released on october 31.
she is a very good singer-songwriter, and a lot of her songs work. this one is terrible.
but she’s absolutely right about columbia. unnecessary animal cruelty happened here. and it did not and was not meant to save human lives.
@You can hear the song here and see accompanying video footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2hPqc2YRMI
There’s also a video interview with her here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGtglCkvtKM
As a vegetarian, I mostly agree with her stance. Musically, however, that song of hers…screw Columbia, my EARS are bleeding.
@yeah, i’ve had enough of the whole precocious-but-really-just-not-very-good singer-songwriter thing. she needs to shut the fuck up (and not because of her lyrical content; her songs just aren’t catchy/well-written).
@Ugh This would be lyrical garbage even if her message didn’t suck.
@she is not really antifolk. which isnt exactly a genre anyway.
@damn i bet she cuts herself every night before going to sleep. who’s bleeding now, foo?
@didly squat boo!! stop singing or writing songs you suck terribly and no i dont love columbia but damn you suck
@wirc I’m pretty sure she handed me an animal rights flyer the other day. She lives right around here, and I did a double-take, but I didn’t really check. Also her music, and all other anti-folk like hers sucks. Resoundingly.
@.... stop being so naive and start jumping on some stages. doing your cc readin aint gonna change a damn thing.
columbia is bleeding.
@WHAT THE FUCK I dare say, those lyrics made less sense than the recent Digitalia posts.
@Sprinkles She could have said two words and spared us these terrible lyrics: “Life sucks.”
@gee Horrendous. Are you telling me medical researchers actually do experiments on animals in order to save human lives? And at Columbia no less? My God! Next time I’m in French class, I’ll be sure to think of the poor monkeys and not about all the people dying of leukemia out there.