Tin Omen
1989 · Nettwerk W1-93007 · Canada
- Artist
- Skinny Puppy
- Title
- Tin Omen
- Release
- Rabies
- Year
- 1989
- Label
- Nettwerk # W1-93007
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Genre
- Rock · Industrial Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The Industrial Metal / Industrial Rock song "Tin Omen" (Nettwerk # V-15511) mentioned the Kent State shootings. Released by Skinny Puppy, a Canadian group formed in Vancouver in 1982, the song title referenced the Tiananmen Square protest in China, in June 1989, in which military troops and tanks turned on the civilians demonstrators, resulting in hundreds of deaths, including many students. Skinny Puppy got this record out in November 1989, and used Kent State as a comparison: "Ohio Kent State was nothing so great" - thus seeking to highlight the massive scale of death in the Tiananmen example. The narrator went on to say that the National Guard wanted "away" with "flower power", and wanted to "kill this way of life". Featured on the album Rabies (Nettwerk # W1-93007).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
The industrial metal song "Tin Omen" (Nettwerk # V-15511) mentioned the Kent State shootings. Released by Skinny Puppy, a Canadian group formed in Vancouver in 1982, the song title referenced the Tiananmen Square protest in China, in June 1989, in which military troops and tanks turned on the civilians demonstrators, resulting in hundreds of deaths, including many students. Skinny Puppy got this record out in November 1989, and used Kent State as a comparison: "Ohio Kent State was nothing so great" - thus seeking to highlight the massive scale of death in the Tiananmen example. The narrator went on to say that the National Guard wanted "away" with "flower power", and wanted to "kill this way of life". Featured on the album Rabies (Nettwerk # W1-93007).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Every truncheon hit / Misguided / The people's army divided / United stance / Amped out war dance / What a ride / Inner thought of non-violent rebellion / Outside dare to die stand and fight / Show faith return all the weapons / Government says use them right / Fixed action set in motion / Doubting amnesia potion / What to hide red carpet ride / Guess it right / Ahaha, the joke's on / Dark corner the square / Ahaha, you bathe once a week / Distorted, the viewpoint, seldom seen / Way back in '68 / Ohio, Kent State / Was nothing / So great /Have of have not / Forcing the point / Shot in the back / Take it back / Down trod soldier away / Flower power / Within / Kill me / Kill this way of life / (All good people are asleep and dreaming) / And be known one by one / They'll be coming down / Altogether / Sister machine gun / Automatic high / What a ride / What a trip / Tripped over the candlestick / Tanks arrive / Fire wall / Got to keep the camera alive / Tell the world / Tell the world what's going on here / Warning shots are fired / At the stomach chest wound / Coed falls / Amped out / Amped out / Amped out / Amped out / Changing guns for brooms / The guards change to cleanup crews / Hahaha, the joke's on you / Dark corner the square / Hahahaha, you bathe once a week / Distorted viewpoint, seldom seen / Way back in '68 / Everything was so great / No way / Wrong date / Keep up the trade / Balanced charade / Close circuit truth / Used to remove / Keep the camera alive /…
About the artist
Canadian industrial band formed 1982 in Vancouver, Canada ('Tin Omen'). [Source: Wikipedia]