The Noise of Democracy - Blue Meanies

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Red tape, red tape, bureaucratic ache,
Noise of democracy.
White noise, white noise, high speed decoys.

Red tape, red tape,
White noise, white noise.
Wait in line, you'll be one,
And you'll be two, and you'll wait in line.

This line, that line leads to another line,
Noise of democracy.
Sign here, sign here, sign on the dotted line.

This line, that line,
Sign here, sign there.
Three, four, five, six, seven,
Wait in line, wait in line.

Take a number,
Take a number.
Take a number... for information,
Take a number... for validation.

Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.
Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.

Take a number,
Take a number.
Take a number,
Take a number.

Take a number... for certification,
Take a number... for information.
Take a number... for certification, take a number... for validation.
Take a number... for information, take a number... for validation.

Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.
Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.

Carbon, carbon, carbon, paper,
Noise of democracy.
bargain, bargain, bargain paper,
Noise of democracy.

Red tape, red tape,
White noise, white noise.

This line, that line leads to another line,
Noise of democracy.
Sign here, sign here, sign on the dotted line.

Red tape, red tape, bureaucratic ache,
Noise of democracy.
White noise, white noise, high speed decoys,
Noise of democracy.
Carbon, carbon, carbon paper,
Noise of democracy.
Bargain, bargain, bargain paper,
Noise of democracy.

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Blue Meanies were an American ska-core band founded in Carbondale, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University, in 1989. They debuted in 1991 with the release of their first single, "Grandma Shampoo" c/w "Dickory Dock". This single would be the start of a lengthy discography and revolving lineup. Although their personnel was continually changing, The Meanies' sound would remain consistent as they released the albums Peace Love Groove (1991), Pave The World (1992), Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (1995), Full Throttle (1997), and the live Sonic Documentation Of Exhibition And Banter (1998).

By the time they signed with MCA Records, the lineup of John Paul Camp (saxophone/ vocals), Sean Dolan (guitar), Jimmy Flame (trumpet/ vocals), Chaz Linde (keyboard/ vocal), Dave Lund (bass/ vocals), Billy Spunke (vocals/ megaphone), and Bob Trondson (drums) stuck together as a total of 22 musicians passed through the band since their formation.

Their sixth full length album, The Post Wave, was released in late 2000. This album is musically the most different from the other five albums. This change in sound along with the title of the album probably resulted from the crash of the third wave ska scene within the US. In late 2001 the band took the rights to The Post Wave back from MCA records and reissued it on Thick Records in August 2001. Soon afterwards the band ceased touring, though they never issued an official break up statement. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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