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EMI Sex Pistols – EMI
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EMI was one of the major record labels The Sex Pistols had signed to in their short time together. They were on the label from October 1976 until January 1977, a far cry away from the 2 year contract the band had signed. The band was let go due to their controversial behavior. This song is a “fuck you” to the label.

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They're staring all night and they're staring all day Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
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The Berlin Wall was lined with watchtowers, and both sides would use them to watch the other

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East German guards were ordered to shoot on sight if they saw people fleeing across the Berlin Wall or the border with West Germany.

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I was waiting for the communist call Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
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Lydon was waiting for the Communists to “call”, perhaps meaning the Communists crossing the border and invading West Germany

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'Cause now I got a reasonable economy Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
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The reasonable economy allows people to have extra money, money that can be spent on the people going away for holiday

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Wow, I always though it was “a bleak economy” lol

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Not a geoeconomic treatise — this line just refers to the Pistols finally having some money, having been paid by two record companies (EMI and A&M) who promptly kicked them off.

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Possibly referring to either the financial success of the band, or perhaps more broadly Britain’s economic recovery circa 1976 (After several years of recession)

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I wanna see some history Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
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John “Rotten” Lydon, lead singer of the Sex Pistols wants to go on holiday (also known as vacation) to historic places.

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Restates the line

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this is the dumbest explanation i have ever read.

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Neon lights, Nobel Prize Living Colour – Cult of Personality
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Neon lights highlight how celebrities in entertainment are similar to leaders with cults of personality in it that the purpose of the cult of personality and an entertainer are to amuse and distract from the substance of the person.

The Nobel (Peace) Prize is an award given annually to someone who has done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

Alfred Nobel was a war profiteer. He invented the prizes to warp the perception of his enduring legacy into one of peace rather than violence.

By the time he wrote his will [and outlined the framework for the Nobel Prizes], Nobel was hugely wealthy and owned nearly 100 factories that made explosives and munitions.

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I think they’re just pointing out the corrupting influence of fame and accolades.

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This line, when paired with “Neon lights,” tells us that when the rich and famous get drunk and party/do something unorthodox or criminal, they’re praised as if they won the Nobel Prize. The average person can name more celebrities that have been boozed up and arrested for whatever they did while inebriated than they can name Nobel Prize winners. That societal problem is what the line is emphasizing.

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Ignore the ignorance I rep the brilliance of Queensbridge The Game (Ft. Marsha Ambrosius & Nas) – Why You Hate the Game
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Nas has always repped Queensbridge, the housing project he grew up in

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And still I don't abort 'em when and if they sink quick The Game (Ft. Marsha Ambrosius & Nas) – Why You Hate the Game
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Even though Nas' people won’t change their lifestyles he won’t abort them: meaning he won’t cut them out of his life

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And I can show them my fortunes but can't force 'em think rich The Game (Ft. Marsha Ambrosius & Nas) – Why You Hate the Game
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Nas can show his people how much money he has, but he can’t force them to take their mind out of the streets. AKA change their mindset how to think about schemes to get rich.

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Felon, Vice behind me on the intersection The Game (Ft. Marsha Ambrosius & Nas) – Why You Hate the Game
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Nas says he is a felon getting chased by Vice, a division of law enforcement that deals strictly with “moral crimes”

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