fun sang the song what do i stand for.
fun sang the song what do i stand for.
who sings the song what do i stand for?
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the reality of the new south africa is decidedly violent and crime is a well-known theme in post-apartheid afrikaans protest music. the punk group fokofpolisiekar (which translates to "fuck off police car") sings in "brand suid-afrika" [burn south africa]: "for you knives lie in wait, in the garden outside you house," and radio suid-afrika sings in "bid" [pray]: "pray that no-one will be waiting in the garden, pray for strength and for mercy in each dark day." their's is a country of "murder and child rape" where the only respite is alcohol abuse. in "blaas hom" [blow him away] by the industrial band battery9, the narrator sings how he gleefully unloads his gun on a burglar after being robbed for the third time, and in "siek bliksems" [sick bastards] kristoe strauss asks god to help against the "sick bastards" responsible for hijackings. the metal band kobus! pleads for a reinstatement of the death penalty in "doodstraf", because they feel the promise of peace has not been realized. in "reconciliation day", koos kombuis sings: "our streets run with blood, every day a funeral procession, they steal all our goods, on reconciliation day." elsewhere he states, "we're in a state of war." the video of this song features a lawless microcosm of theft, rape and abuse – a lawlessness reflected in valiant swart's "sodom en gomorra": "two cities in the north, without laws, without order, too wonderful for words." hanru niemand rewrites the traditional afrikaans song sarie marais, turning it into a murder ballad speculating on where sarie's body will be found. the new protest musicians also parody voëlvry's music: johannes kerkorrel's "sit dit af" [switch it off] – a satire on p. w. botha of the apartheid regime – is turned into "sit dit aan" [switch it on] by koos kombuis, now a song protesting mismanagement resulting in chronic power failures.
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lady sings the blues









































lady sings the blues may refer to:









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (song), a 1956 song by billie holiday









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (billie holiday album), a 1956 album by billie holiday









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (rebecca ferguson album), a 2015 album by rebecca ferguson, consisting of cover versions of holliday songs









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (book), a 1956 autobiography by billie holiday









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (film), a 1972 film about billie holiday









































bullet::::- "lady sings the blues" (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the 1972 film
lady sings the blues