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Reflections of the Bourgeois Society (album) (free download)

by The Bristles

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1.
Checkpoint Sweden supporting war against terrorism creating refugees in millions x2 ch: checkpoint sweden x4 sending people back to civil wars death, prison, torture x2 ch: welcoming high skilled labourers with western skills, no others x2 ch:
2.
A Prayer for the Employer the boss: this plant will soon shut down if nothings done ‘bout the competition from producers of more attractive products cheaper, better, more useful than ours ch: say a prayer, say a prayer for the employer that's what its worth say a prayer, say a prayer for the emperor getting what he deserves the kids all wanted to work in our plant the money's alright, the work's not too hard now they'll have to find it elsewhere a generation lost, no more wonders ch: now the boss wants to be our friend says we're in this together 'til the end after spending years holding us back too good to even talk to us chorus: say a prayer, say a prayer an open letter was sent to the press demanding action against consumers saying it was illegal not to buy from us to save our jobs and work conditions
3.
Big Brother is Watching feat. Jyrki (The Negatives) you have the right to freedom of speech as long as you know your place in the production line cameras in the yard, cameras on the street cameras on buses, trains and squares cameras at work and in the super market cameras watching for ever, where ever ch: 1984 big brother is watching x2 the phone’s tapped, the internet connection too actions known instantly, in real-time information's gathered in smallest detail a life's ruined by a push on a button ch: enemy without, enemy within x2 the cold war and the terrorists everybody's a spy, everybody's an informant have a drink after work and a pill for your headache sit yourself down in front of the telly watch the news, fall to sleep another day in freedom and democracy ch: 1984 big brother is watching x3 big brother is watching big brother is watching watching watching watching watching you
4.
Brainwashing 00:59
Brainwashing if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it people will eventually come to believe it sounds familiar, eh? the songs in the media are all company music played until you start to believe you like it ch: brainwashed to believe what they want us to believe brainwashed to see what they want us to see brainwashed to be what they want us to be brainwashed the best known products is what sells best lunatic commercials for fixed purposes ch: in the papers and in the news opinions told as the truth chosen to fit the advertisers every product needs its buyer brainwashed freedom of the press power of the consumers flogging overpriced, cheap products which means low salaries, poor work conditions and so forth
5.
Weapons of Mass Destruction the modern wests project to conquer nature in the end the end nothing no more doomsday machine out of control the monster's back for his creator for his creator ch: weapons of mass destruction x3 in the wrong hands in the god damn wrong hands restored arms, new arms, new targets militarized economies and global strikes the difference between low-enriched uranium and highly enriched is money and time money and time ch: the cold wars arms race, balance of terror deterrent purpose, enforce the world order in the name of power, in the name of greed megalomania, destroyer of worlds destroyer of worlds ch:
6.
The Last Laugh (Financial Crisis) market sentiment, a flock of investment bankers running around, buying, selling anything the more they run, the higher the fees and the bonuses they'll take it all, everything they can bring mortgage salesmen living on ripping people off lending out money to buy worthless houses these debts becomes a structured investment vehicle placed in a fund on the financial market ch: the rich wanna get richer the poor are gonna to get poorer the rich are gonna to get richer, richer and richer the financial crisis makes the capitalists fewer the losers run to the government for aid demands that their lost capital be replaced all in the name of the pension funds so the banks get millions from the state with the condition to loose the dead weight workers lose their jobs and their homes managements reward themselves with bonuses ch: bonuses when business is flourishing the last laugh, the last laugh bonuses when business is declining the last laugh, the last laugh bonuses on top of pays five hundred times a workers ch:
7.
Them AgainstUus the members pays the union fee every single month workers going on the dole reduced insurance union tops, employers deciding bonuses and high pays for each other ch: them, them against us x3 them, them, them them against us the union held an election among the members on the work place the alternatives: unemployment or reduced wages nobody wants to lose their job raised pay for the bosses and the board of directors ch: the swedish model, the role model yellow union, state and capital mutual understanding at any costs based on the employers veto the governments borrowing money for tax reductions a couple of hundreds for a worker 100 000 to themselves ch:
8.
Porn, Drugs, Arms (Genocide) in this day and age of the worst depression ever there's three sectors that's been somehow unaffected by it porn, drugs and arms industry profit and murder, side by side side by side x6 brought up to be man and woman man and wo-man, men and wo-men fed the american dream desperate, disturbed tempted, pushed and tricked reflections of the bourgeois society ch: porn drugs arms x4 genocide uppers to go, hypnotics to sleep tranquilizers for our worries everything's in the pharmacy stressed out from work and bills and always short on money booze and drugs makes us happy ch: ch: children warrior's raised from gangster movies, computer games killing becomes a natural thing all power comes utmost from the use of violent force get rich or die trying ch:
9.
Out of Work 01:40
Out of Work there’s more than a hundred for every job to get one takes more than skill and luck required qualities: obedience and loyalty every job’s temporary unemployment rates going up workers real wages going down ch: out of work once again bow down to the employer, yes and amen out of work again and again workers rights, good bye congratulations, you got three months with a chance to extension if you've been true to the boss that is or you'll have to go, work shortage higher salary? better conditions? keep it up and you’ll soon be out of a job ch: you play along or that’s your unemployment insurance ch: out of work x3 once again and again and again and again
10.
Justice feat. Neli (Hogans hjältar) half the city sealed off, cops, cops, cops it’s a wedding of a billionaire people at the fences trying to get a glimpse of the rich and famous there police protection, keep the riff raff out x2 ch: equal rights and obligations equality before the law equal opportunities justice for all three meter tall protecting walls guarded by armed security armoured cars and body guards keeping the neighbourhood clean mercenaries, in case the poor should rise x2 ch: on the assembly line we all do time life without parole our pensions put at stake, soon gambled away vacations on the dole every pay check, an insult rubbed in x2 ch:
11.
Illegal Alien feat. Emilush born in a country under a fascist regime martial law and state of emergency mass unemployment, depression poverty, corruption one day the police came to my door didn't hang around to find out what for I'd be as good as dead if I’d stayed so I run away with the police after me I had to leave not just my home town, the country money and luck got me out in one piece almost safe and sound ch: hunted, used, no human rights still its better than going back hunted, used, no human rights illegal alien I came to the west, the place of democracy where I'd learned the people are born free they sent me to a refugee camp and tried my application I wasn't allowed wage labour the only money I got was pocket change I miss my friends, miss my family all alone in a strange country ch: så länge vi följer ledet så göder vi deras spel men om spelet får känna motstånd så kan vi förändra de jag menar hela systemet är präglat av massa regler som bara leder oss neråt och skapar massa problem de e fel men så länge vi vägrar se att om vi inte agerar så kommer ingenting ske vi måste kämpa oss ur ledet och visa att vi har rätt för det blir aldrig nån förändring så länge vi håller käft ch:

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Recorded at Sensus studio in the winter 2009/2010.

Engineered, mixed and produced by Klas Ideberg.

Mastered by Peter In De Betou at Tailor Maid Productions.

Backing vocals by Jyrki.

Solo guitar on the Last Laugh by Klas Ideberg.

All songs by the Bristles, except illegal alien by The Bristles and Emilush.

Thanks to Andreas Bohlin for help with the layout.

The Bristles:
Svegis - guitar
Puma - vocals
Ingemar - bass
Ray - drums

Switchlight Records, 2010. CD.
Switchlight Records, Noise from Sweden, Anarkopunx Records, 2010. LP.

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released May 1, 2010

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The Bristles Landskrona, Sweden

The Bristles is a raw punk band formed in 1982 from Landskrona, Sweden. The band broke up in 1985. In 2008 reunited. In 2010 the album Reflections Of The Bourgeois Society was out, In 2012 the band’s 2:nd album, Bigger than Punk, was released.
In 2014 the cassette EP "Val"" was out and now the the new album Last Days of Capitalism" is out Oct 23 2015.
Feb. 2018 the spilt 7" single with Rövsvett.
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