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The improvisatory material revolves around a core descending riff and bassline: the song opens with a Uni-Vibe-based guitar riff intended to mimic the sound of a firing machine gun. The bass and drum patterns then commence. The rather sparse lyrics, which differ in every performance, relate the point of view of a soldier fighting in war:
The titular lead song has Milan Williams on clavinet, which led the Motown executive Berry Gordy to name the song "Machine Gun" as the clavinet work reminded him of gunfire. [ citation needed ] The title track peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard R&B Singles charts, while reaching number 22 on the US Billboard Pop Singles charts, becoming the ...
"Machine Gun" is a song by English band Portishead. The song made its radio and download debut on 24 March 2008, acting as the lead single from their third studio album, Third (2008). It premiered on Zane Lowe 's BBC Radio 1 show and was made available for download on the band's official website.
A pop-punk track, "17250" drew comparisons to Machine Gun Kelly and contains a "massive, singalong arena chorus" according to Kim, [21] while Shutler said it "wrestles with heartbreak". [8] "Pardee Urgent Care" is an indie folk track that "looks at a toxic relationship through a rose-tinted lens" and finishes with a guitar solo.
"Umshini wami", also known as "Awuleth' Umshini Wami" (English, Bring My Machine [Gun]), is a Nguni language struggle song used formerly by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress during the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa with machine allegedly referencing machine gun.
Publications generally described the song as pop-punk. [3] [6] [9] [10] [11] Pitchfork called it a faithful homage to Blink-182's Enema of the State. [12]Despite the song's upbeat sound and humorous video, Baker noted that the song was meant to have a serious message, serving as a metaphor for the chaos and civil unrest present in the year 2020, [9] with the song lyrics making allusions to the ...
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
Donovan put the message "This machine kills" on his guitar, leaving off the word "fascists"; he explained in his autobiography, "I dropped the last word, thinking fascism was already dead." [15] The Dropkick Murphys' 11th studio album, composed of songs set to unused lyrics and words by Guthrie, is titled This Machine Still Kills Fascists. [16]