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Rating: There aren't many words to spend, or concepts to waste, to review this album: the summary of years of adventures of Ministry is represented, for better or worse, with great energy and the added value of fierce criticism of Bush's politics and the American lifestyle.
What surprises is Jourgensen's desire, freed from partner Paul Barker, to amaze once more with violent sounds and samples of all kinds, giving the sensation of being in a tunnel of contemporary horrors, at the mercy of daddy Bush and aunt Condoleeza.
The most shocking samples are certainly those taken from George W.'s various appearances on television, then re-manipulated to make him whisper: " I've got a message to people in Iraq....Go home and Die".
There are always the electro-industrial rides that made the fortune of the Texan combo, but this time the urgency is more evident, and there isn't a gratuitous eagerness to create chaos, but the need to shake the minds of those who listen.....supposing that the new generations of Americans still listen to Ministry.
The paradox lies in thinking, as Westerners that we are, that this type of music was blasted, as a form of torture, into the ears of prisoners at Abu Ghraib; and the words of Jourgensen himself come to mind, quoting a letter from a boy on the front lines: "Ministry you are great! You are a great support...let's blow up Iraq with your music, boom boom..."
Perhaps it is necessary to reflect whether the screams and shouts are still so functional, and whether sonic devastation as such is a valid vehicle to awaken the consciences of young people, in a world where everything is shouted to the point of obsession.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Waiting (05:02)
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
Waiting for Christ in the USA
Waiting for Christ in the USA
Waiting for Christ in the USA
Waiting til I die
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
He needs me
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
Wasting my time in the USA
Wasting my time in the USA
Wasting my life in the USA
Waiting til I die
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
He needs me
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
Waiting for the day
He needs me
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
Waiting for a life in the USA
Waiting for a life in the USA
Waiting for a life in the USA
03 Worthless (04:09)
Hate yourself
Self preservation
Torture yourself
Til the system cracks
Despise yourself
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
Means nothing to me
Kill yourself
That's what you wanted
Pity yourself
You're a righteous man
Destroy yourself
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
Means nothing to me
Rape yourself
Self-degradation
Fuck yourself
Till there's no way back
Just fight yourself
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
You're worthless
Means nothing to me
04 Wrong (04:54)
You're wrong everytime
What makes you think you've got a god given right
For killing people in a needless fight
You're like a rapist with a target in sight
Democracy!
Whoever told you that you were bright
The skull and bones the conservative right
you're like a plague turning day into night
Atrocity!
What makes you think that you could start this mess
then crawl away to a world you detest
You're fucking evil but you couldnt care less
Conspiracy!
What makes you think that we could ever believe
A major liar with a minor in greed
You make a profit off the people in need
Hypocracy!
You're time is coming and it wont be long
the bill of rights is now the bill of wrong
allready proven that you dont belong
In History!
Your time is over-you'll be out on the street
what do you say to the people you meet
i saved the world because i didnt repeat
my policy
05 Warp City (04:01)
She started drinkin' wine
And then she couldn't stop
She must be out of her head
That's why she has to be shot
That's Warp City!
I'll probably have to do time
Because I lost control
I'd rather drop on a dime
Than spend my life in a hole
That's Warp City!
I got a hole in my head
Can't make the bleeding stop
I think I'll go back to bed
and wait around for the cops
That's Warp City! x2
(Man, you talk about a warped mind, I got one...take it home!)
I shot my family dead
Then turned the gun on me
Did what the feelings said
He said he'd set me free!
That's Warp City! x4
06 WTV (04:25)
I hear voices in my head
Someone's voice is in my head
Be afraid
Be afraid
Take a pill and you'll get laid
Someone's gotta make it stop
Make it stop
Make it stop
Some stole the remote control
I can't even go to sleep
Voices in my head repeat
Stay awake
Stay awake
Like a car without a brake
I got nothing else to do
Sit around and watch the tube
Gather information
That is useless agrivation
I refuse
I refuse
To be any more confused
What is happening to me
Happens all across society
Make it stop
Make it stop
All of us are gonna rot
Living in a system
Where you can't connect the fucking dots
Stop
I hear voices inside my head
Someone's voice is in my head
07 World (05:13)
The time is right for decision
The time is right for those with something to say
This is the world I envision
The type of world where people aren't afraid
What in the world have we done
What in the world...
The time is right for revision
The time is right for revolution today
This is a world in sedition
This is a world that hasn't found its way
What in the world have we done
What in the world...
What in the world have we done
What in the world...
No time to fight for permission
No time is right for those who hesitate
This is a world in atrition
The world we live in is the world we make
What in the world have we done
What in the world...
What in the world have we done
What in the world...
08 WKYJ (05:14)
I got your picture
You gave your soul to me
You're my addiction
I'm sure you'd have to agree
Idolized by zeros
I know all of your faces
I've even watched you sleep
You're my obsession
Your life is mine to keep
Idolized by zeros
I got all of your letters
Told me to stay away
You know me better
I'll pay a visit today
Idolized idolized idolized by zeros
Idolized idolized idolized by zeros
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