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“You always seemed so sure

That one day we’d be fighting

A suburban war

your part of town against mine

I saw you standing on the opposite shore

But by the time the first bombs fell

We were already bored

We were already, already bored”

[Arcade Fire 2010]

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Gugliemo Bilancioni

“I know: it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it”

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“Money, it’s a hit 

don’t give me that do goody good bullshit 
I’m in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set 

and I think I need a Lear jet. “

[Money, in Pink Floyd, "Echoes", 2001]

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Gugliemo Bilancioni

“I know: it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it”

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“Like a king without a castle

Like a queen without a throne

I’m an early morning lover

And I must be moving on

Now I believe in what you say

Is the undisputed truth

But I have to have things my own way

To keep me in my youth”

[Supertramp, Goodbye Stranger, in "Breakfast In America", 1979]

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Gugliemo Bilancioni

“I know: it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it”

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“The Young Idealists

Raging through the coffee shops and bars

Make believe the world was really ours

Still supposing we could make a difference

Then we bought into the neocon economic dream

And we were trading in futures we believed in”

[The Young Idealists, in Lloyd Cole, "Antidepressant", 2006]

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Gugliemo Bilancioni

“I know: it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it”

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“Where did they go?

When did they come from?

What has become of them now?

How much was the leakage

From the drain in the night

And who are those dudes

In the back seat of Calvin’s car?”

[For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-hikers), in Frank Zappa, "The Grand Wazoo", November 1972]