With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down
Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh no, they say hes got to go
Go go godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes tokyo
Go go godzilla, yeah
Rinji news o moshiagemasu!
Rinji news o moshiagemasu!
Godzilla ga ginza hoomen e mukatte imasu!
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai!
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai!
Oh no, they say hes got to go
Go go godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes tokyo
Go go godzilla, yeah
History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of men
A song about the famous sci-fi monster Godzilla, a creation from mutations by radioactive pollution. The song is an allegory about the nuclear threat and the nuclear test in pacific ocean. The last bold words and some announcements in their concerts during 70s and 80s leads us to such an interpretation.
You can hear this song in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTW19g-uUTw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiHRm2DioMA
06 December, 2007
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult, album: Spectres 1977
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The second video from YouTube that my friend Candiru included in this post, is a live version of the song with an incredible drums solo which tries to describe the sounds of the wounded Godzilla. In the same time, the drummer wears a "Godzilla head" and gives a performance with lazer lights. It is amazing. I wish I was in this show! It is still one of my favourite songs! Fun and ecological critique in the same time!
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