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Song «Department of Youth» von Alice Cooper.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1975 03 11 (Album), 1975 07 (Single)
Label: Atlantic SD 18130, Atlantic 3280
Songwriter Alice Cooper & Bob Ezrin & Dick Wagner
Produktion: Bob Ezrin
Genre: Rock - Hardrock, Rock - Artrock - Glamrock
Annotationen
Alice Cooper singt: «We ain't afraid of high power/ We're bullet proof/ and we've never heard of Eisenhower, missile power, justice, or truth» und im Chorus heisst es: «We're the department of youth/ We've got the power.» Das könnte man als späte Auseinandersetzung der 70er Rock Musik mit 1968 verstehen: die Gegenkultur wird hier al eine billige Machtfantasie zelebriert. Die im Song thematisierte Machtergreifung findet auf der Bühne statt und im Publikum als Fantasie, gespeist von der Gewissheit, dass man ein grosses, weltweites Publikum ist, das im Rock Spektakel kompensatorisch die Macht der Regierungen und Konzerne bricht.
Personen und Querverweise
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Bob Ezrin
Dick Wagner
Bob Ezrin
Lyrics
We're in trouble all the time You read about us all in the papers We walk around and bump into walls A blind delegation And we ain't afraid of high power We're bullet proof And we've never heard of Eisenhower Missile power, justice or truth We're the Department of Youth Your new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth Just me and youth We talk about this whole stupid world And still come out laughing, ha! We never make any sense But hell, that never mattered But we'll make it through our blackest hour We're living proof And we've never heard of Billy Sunday Damon Runyon, manners or couth We're the Department of Youth Your new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth Just me and youth We're the Department of Youth The new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth The new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth We've got the power We're the Department of Youth We've got the power We're the Department of Youth We've got the power "Who's got the power?" "We do" We're the Department of Youth We've got the power "We got the power" "Yeah" We're the Department of Youth We've got the power "We got the power" "Yeah" We're the Department of Youth We've got the power "And who gave it to you?" "Donny Osmond" "What?"