New Orleans Is the New Vietnam
2012 · A389 A389-110 · Louisiana
- Artist
- Eyehategod
- Title
- New Orleans Is the New Vietnam
- Release
- New Orleans Is the New Vietnam
- Year
- 2012
- Label
- A389 # A389-110
- Format
- Single
- Country
- Louisiana, USA
- Genre
- Metal · Sludge Metal
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Sludge Metal group Eyehategod, formed on 20 April 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, founded by Jimmy Bower (guitar) and Joey LaCaze (drums), and a somewhat revolving line-up of bass players and drummers. The song "New Orleans Is the New Vietnam" (A389 Recordings # A389-110) used Vietnam as a comparison to contemporary problems, both in the local environment: "downtown mess, uptown wreck... east bank mess, west bank wreck", as well personal frustrations: "put down, burned up... this shit don't quit".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Uptown mess, downtown wreck / Frostbite sweat, your guilt on fire / Downtown mess, uptown wreck / Frostbite sweat Your guilt on fire / Shoes don't fit, I don't fit / Shoes don't fit, I don't fit / East bank mess, west bank wreck / Frostbite sweat, your guilt on fire / Shoes don't fit, you don't fit / Shoes don't fit, this shit don't quit / You don't fit, we don't fit / You don't fit, you don't fit / Put down, burned up, burned up / Burned up, turned back, crept up / Put down, burned up / Put down, crept up, burned up / Broke down, step down / No way, back door, pissed off
About the artist
Sludge Metal group, formed 20 April 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, founded by Jimmy Bower (guitar) and Joey LaCaze (drums).
Themes
Violence Metaphor · City & Community Violence · Vietnam Analogy