Five Iron Frenzy Maddness
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 6:55pm
I just got <a href="www.fiveironfrenzy.com">Five Iron Frenzy's</a> last album, <a href="http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheEndIsHere.asp">The End Is Here</a>.

Freaking awesome is all I can say. This is an incredibly polished and masterfully writen & played album. It also comes with a live recording of their last show, a booklet with a poignant picture-story interspersed between lyrics and images, as well as a small folder inside the jewel case.

The songs are great, ranging from silly, to serious, to touching. American Kryptonite is my current favorite, with Wizard Needs Food, Badly coming in second, or rather tying for second along with Cannonball.

Er, wait, maybe Farewell to Arms is my second favorite...
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 8:31pm
Genre?
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 8:44pm
Rock with Horns.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 8:49pm
Wow. That's a genre?

In that case, there must be music out there for me...

Non-contemporary classical orchestratic hip hop electronica with cheeseburgers and fries. No milk-shake.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 9:09pm
Some people call it Ska, but FiF has moved away from pure Ska into more of a Ska/Core thing.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 9:11pm
Skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet...
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 9:58pm
Wow, it's another incredibly lame ska band with incredibly lame lyrics. That sounds like a really "good" band Kas.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 10:08pm
And did I mention that half of this shit is about God and Jesus? Man. I thought that the insurmountable portions cruelty and bitterness that people like me heap on people like this had wiped this sort of shamefully pseudo-rebellious yet unabashedly conservative music out of existence.

Apparently I was wrong.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 10:26pm
Did you even read the lyrics for any of the songs on All The Hype That Money Can Buy? Definitely not lame.

When no one looks the clouds come rolling in,
And under darkened skies the buildings grow big teeth and eyes.
They breathe and walk through unending doors,
Eating restaurants, and barbershops, and hardware stores.
With catch phrases and jingles stealing,
Steal and concrete lies,
The corridors of Babylon are craning for the skies.

[Chorus:]
Who's behind the curtain anyway,
Who pulls the levers and tells the lies?
Giants roam the land today,
Gaining dominance with every stride.

Oh don't you cry for the mom and pops,
Nothing but dry eyes for integrity's demise.
Hulking machines grind as whistles blow,
Corporate Darwinism crushes everything below.
Advances in efficiency increasing productivity,
Are narrowing the margin for liberty.

This house is haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith,
The Wealth of Nations and the further death of innocence.
To rule the world, the desire of every man,
The earth is shaking,
There are giants in the land.

See the blood red sun is rising,
On the broken carnage from the darkest days.
Giants locked together arm and arm,
Pushing all the meek out of the way.


One of my favorites. I would have thought you would like that one, considering its topic.
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  • Posted On: Jun 21 2004 10:59pm
That is horribly sad and lame. Does this guy even know what poetry is supposed to be or does he just ask his pastor what to write and then scribble it down? Yes that was a very subtle criticique of secularism, for a minute there I almost thought that Five Iron Frenzy had ideas of their own that they didn't steal from every lameass Christian preacher in the world. These lyrics not only yearn for wit and craft but intelligence.

"Corporate Darwinism"? Yeah buddy you just keep telling yourself that atheism represents the side of commercialism in your capitalist, Christian United States. No no just ignore the fact that most conservatives associate godlessness with communism. Don't worry that the Republican party represents corporate interests. You just keep writing your happy songs about God and Jesus.