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St. Jimmy
05-16-2010, 05:12 AM
Huge departure from New Wave (which is kind of nice), but the first single and the video going with it are very pretentious. Don't believe me, judge for yourself:

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Kapoutman
05-16-2010, 12:27 PM
Maybe there's something I'm not understanding (probably), but what's pretentious about a guy being beaten up by a cop?
St. Jimmy
05-16-2010, 03:33 PM
Maybe there's something I'm not understanding (probably), but what's pretentious about a guy being beaten up by a cop?

Tom Gable is making the statement that he is being beaten up for being a young anarchist and that the law is nothing but a group of fascists masquerading behind the guise of justice.