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Ever hear an unbeat song with very depressing lyrics?

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics, The Who

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The Who: The Ultimate Collection album at Amazon.com
The Who's, "We're Not Gonna Take It"
The Lyrics:
We're not gonna take it
Never did and never will
Don't want no religion
And as far as we can tell
We ain't gonna take you
Never did and never will
We're not gonna take you
We forsake you
Gonna rape you
Let's forget you better still.
Why:
The tune is very upbeat and kind of anthem-like, but in the story (this is from the rock opera Tommy) this is the part where the people decide they're sick of Tommy's rules and they burn down his camp and kill his parents.
Submitted by: umberhosen eisenheim

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