Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they'd all flown in the last war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are out-phased, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now party on the right
And their beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss


Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

[ewagner]

1. Wierd

I've been hearing that song in my head for the past two days....

synchronisity?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

3. It's a great warning

in this election season.

[XNASA]

2. I recently purchased the remasted "The Kids Are Alright" DVD......

It's fantastic. I'm the world's biggest Who fan. I even play a cherry stained SG, just like Pete used to. It's got a number "5" stuck on the body just below the tail, in homage to Pete.

The footage of WWGFA in TKAA was shot in front of a crowd of about 600 at Sheppardton (sp?) Studios in '78 and it just plain rocks.

I highly recommend the new release of The Kids Are Alright. The opening scene with the Who playing My Generation on the Smothers Brothers Show is worth the price alone. At the end of the song, Pete and Keith start smashing everything and a much larger than expected pyrotechnic explosion engulfs the stage. Tommy Smothers walks out with a guitar around his neck and Pete grabs it an smashes it to smithereens.

Rumor has it that Bette Davis and Mickey Rooney were just off-stage during the performance and that Ms. Davis fainted into Rooney's arms after the explosion went off.

I just love 'em.

[Fenris]

5. No shit? I play a cherry-stained SG for the same reason!

:)

[XNASA]

7. Smashing!!

Mine's a '61 reissue, so it doesn't have P-90's like the ones that Pete preferred, but it's close enough.

Have you ever been to this site?

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/

It's got everything, tabs, equipment, interviews with Pete talking about his gear.

:hi:

[Fenris]

10. Cool! Thanks XNASA!

4. Elections always make me thing of this song

From 1965, perhaps a little dated in parts, but also somewhat prescient in others. Written by Richard Farina.

House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
I was standing on the sidewalk, had a noise in my head.
There were loudspeakers babbling, but nothing was said.
There were twenty-seven companies of female Marines.
There were presidential candidates in new Levis jeans.
It was the red, white and blue planning how to endure.
The fife, drum and bugle marching down on the poor.
God bless America, without any doubt.
And I figured it was time to get out.
Well I actively blended between scenes, good people.
When in doubt, a dawn in the sun, good people.
Tourist information said to get on the stick.
You ain't moving 'til you're grooving with a Cubana chick.
So I hopped on a plane, I took a pill for my brain,
and I discovered I was feeling alright.
When I strolled down the Prado, people looked at me wierd.
Who's that hippy, hoppy character without any beard?
Drinking juice from papayas, singing songs to the trees.
Dancing mambo on the beaches, spreading social disease.
Now the Castro convertible was changing the style,
a whole lot of action on a blockaded isle.
When along come a summons in the middle of night,
saying, "Buddy, we're about to indict."
Well, I went up on the stand with my hand, good people.
You've got to tell the truth, in the blue, good people.
I started out with information kind of remote.
When a patriotic mother dragged me down by the throat. "
When they ask you a question, they expect a reply!"
Doesn't matter if your fixin' to die.
I was lying there unconscious feeling kind of exempt.
When the judge said that silence was a sign of contempt.
He took out is gavel, banged me hard on the head.
He fined me ten years in prison, and a whole lot of bread.
It was the red, white and blue making war on the poor.
Lying mother justice, on a pile of manure.
Say your prayers and the Pledge of Allegiance every night.
And tomorrow, you'll be feeling alright.

[commander bunnypants]

6. Buy BBC sessions

awesome Who. I got a flag to rise up on the streets


DDQM

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

8. who kick!

:kick:

[Lizz612]

9. My father's favorite! And a fav. of mine too!

He blasts it real loud while he does the dishes. Who is comfort music to me. Great song! Thanks for the reminder of home.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

11. you're welcome!

I like it too (but it's a bit before my time)