Talk:Guerrilla Radio
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This is all wrong. I don't have the time to research now, but "guerilla radio" and the whole trial stuff on the lyrics actually refer to a man that got arrested by using his radio show to bad mouth the authorities of his city.
- Exactly. If this song was made in 1999, how could it be about the 2000 elections?
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It's not about the worthlessness of democracy!! it's about the 2000 election, and how the two candidates had very similar policies! in the video they say that that's the reason why so many people dont even vote--DaGrob 19:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
"If this song was made in 1999, how could it be about the 2000 elections?" They probably knew that an election would be held in 2000, dontcha think?
The album was released a full year before the elections, recorded earlier than that, and written earlier still. I think it's a bit of a stretch to draw these conclusions from the lyrics, considering how long before even the primary elections the lyrics were written. Granted, Bush was the frontrunner, but some more definitive proof would be nice.
The line about Gore is a referance to Gore as the vice president who was seen by most the brain behind the economic policys of the Clinton administration,
The video I've seen is about textile workers.