In our time I would have knocked you on your face
set your hair on fire, hid your sandwiches
Cause I can’t stand that you wear something by the Ramones
and that you know nothing about them when I ask you about them
And how about those fancy vans on your feet
Were the k-swis on, you’re gonna pay for that
shouldn’t you be jumping around with a red bull vodka
instead of walking around with a Metallica t-shirt
Look there’s a john-ny with a t-shirt of Me-tal-li-ca
ok chill look, there used to be johnny’s
Ugly marinas with buffaloes and ponies
every day of the week at war with skaters
with adidas, pumas or vans with no laces
But I found that segregation very practical at the time
for us it was nirvana and for them songs about barbies
now it’s ruined, all gone to shit
because there’s a Johnny with a Metallica t-shirt.
Look there’s a Johnny with a Metallica T-shirt
Personally, I get where they’re coming from. I too was a metalhead and grunge fanatic who considered people who preferred pop and techno music a different species and a hostile one at that.
I’d since grown up, though, and found that, while it’s good to belong to a community, “the others” wearing its trappings doesn’t detract from it or the good memories and gatekeeping is just a petty thing to do IMO 🤷
Edit: fixed my spell check apparently thinking that gatekeeping is behavior typical of Tom Petty, since it capitalized the word 😄
An excellent flemish metal band made a song about this…
T-shirt van Metallica
MFW I go there for their take on it and the lyrics are as Flemish as the band 😄
Here’s a translation which is close…
In our time I would have knocked you on your face set your hair on fire, hid your sandwiches Cause I can’t stand that you wear something by the Ramones and that you know nothing about them when I ask you about them And how about those fancy vans on your feet Were the k-swis on, you’re gonna pay for that shouldn’t you be jumping around with a red bull vodka instead of walking around with a Metallica t-shirt Look there’s a john-ny with a t-shirt of Me-tal-li-ca ok chill look, there used to be johnny’s Ugly marinas with buffaloes and ponies every day of the week at war with skaters with adidas, pumas or vans with no laces But I found that segregation very practical at the time for us it was nirvana and for them songs about barbies now it’s ruined, all gone to shit because there’s a Johnny with a Metallica t-shirt. Look there’s a Johnny with a Metallica T-shirt
Personally, I get where they’re coming from. I too was a metalhead and grunge fanatic who considered people who preferred pop and techno music a different species and a hostile one at that.
I’d since grown up, though, and found that, while it’s good to belong to a community, “the others” wearing its trappings doesn’t detract from it or the good memories and gatekeeping is just a petty thing to do IMO 🤷
Edit: fixed my spell check apparently thinking that gatekeeping is behavior typical of Tom Petty, since it capitalized the word 😄
Well, here’s a spoiler: their songs are basically satire. They also have songs on BMW drivers, indian/pakistani nightshop owners, vegans, …
It is true, everybody should be allowed to wear what they like.
Ah ok, cool! Guess the tongue fell out of the cheek during translation 😁
That, and me assuming people would understand it’s satire 🙃
Hiding sandwiches is a step too far
Yes, eating would be my choice… 😎
Feels really similar to Hooker With A Penis.