Ian McCulloch Rants Against Fakery

[In The Margins]

Don't know how I missed this one. What bullshit.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/ian-m ... nst-fakery

“I wonder when it happened to mankind; the point of no return, the death of trust, and hope, and faith, in itself to evolve into a species of just the right kind of man. And the right kind of women. Sho’ nuff. Nuff said. Somewhere between the patent truth and the blatant lie; between good and evil, between right and wrong, the whole human race stopped believing.

Then stopped trying. Then stopped noticing. And then stopped caring.

Every institution is run and ruined and defiled and defined by those who live in it and live off it, everything from churches, governments, banks, armies, charity organisations, even the football association, ALL THOSE FUCKING TEAMS CHEATING ON US. And poisoning everything that once, a long, long time ago, was sacred.

The world has turned off and turned on itself, digging up its own roots and now, where anything fucking goes (more of that sooner), evil is the money of all routes.

There was a time when you could choose who, what, and how to be, but now you are actually encouraged in daily newspapers to keep your socks on and get your rocks off to some gummy, gurning granny and her friend. What next? The fucking curly pig-dick problem page? Now we live in a time when none of us have any real choices in any real matter because the powers that be have long since decided or realised that any choice we have as individuals doesn’t really matter. You cannot petition the House of Lords with prayer. Because whatever the definition of democracy is - in the dictionary or in the clutch of any politician’s hands - are just words spoken louder than actions.

Democracy has become such a paranoid and frightened tyrant, so riddled with deceit and desperation that it has left us asking ourselves to make a non-choice, between abiding by, or breaking the law. BREAKING THE LAW! BREAKING THE LAW! You don't know what it’s like!!! Thank you, Judas Priest.

If I was the Prime Minister of the World there would only be three laws and three laws only: Yes, Yes and No.

Maybe four: No Maybes. And no more fucking Tony and Cherie Blairs, Mandelsons, Ingrams, or Prescotts and Tebbitts.

And most definitely no Margaret and Denis Thatchers.

And that Jack is the last fucking Straw.

HOOHAH!!!

But I’m not the Prime Minister of the World. Boo hoo!!!

The theme and title of this indulgent cul-de-sac of a rant was meant to be, and maybe still, is, ‘Fakery’.

The world doesn’t revolve or orbit round the sun. We don’t evolve into anyone. We’re resolved just to spin and run - on parole - pardon, the pun.

“Knock-knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Walter”
“Walter who?”
“WoaWoaWoaWoa...Walter Who!”
Ha ha ha!!!!

I’ve been asked to write eight hundred words about any subject I felt like. I chose to choose the second thing that came into my head. I had no choice.
The first thing (which I obviously chose not to choose) I felt like writing about was the same as my second choice.

Which was Fakery. Really!!!

I’m from God’s land, otherwise known as Liverpool, or the Monaco of Merseyside, where most people know where the truth lies. You can’t kid a kidder. They ain’t Faking...just a whole lot of shaking going on!!!

To get - bluntly - to my point I’ll just pose the question: if you have to be one of two things in life - a liar or a fake - which one would it be?

Honestly? You?

Sincerely. Me?”

[camden jack]

Exactly what's bullshit about it?

Sounds like someone who ls a bit fed up with the bullshit norm of modern life, the human condition, and lack of any kind of spirituality in our lives. He's basically a very traditional person, in the better sense of that word.

Grant you, the writing style is taking a bit of poetic license.

[JackT]

Metaphorically speaking, Mac is attempting to bash down the toilet stall door of materialism and punch the lack of spirituality in the face. Afterward, he will do a few traditional lines of coke.

[Frank The Bunny]

Metaphorically speaking, Mac is attempting to bash down the toilet stall door of materialism and punch the lack of spirituality in the face. Afterward, he will do a few traditional lines of coke.

actually, he's attempting to bash down the toilet stall door of materialism and punch the lack of spirituality's girlfriend in the face... she's kind of a bitch.

[In The Margins]

Exactly what's bullshit about it?

Sounds like someone who ls a bit fed up with the bullshit norm of modern life, the human condition, and lack of any kind of spirituality in our lives. He's basically a very traditional person, in the better sense of that word.

Grant you, the writing style is taking a bit of poetic license.

Sorry, should have been clearer. I don't have a problem with the message. It's a shame the messenger doesn't practice what he rants about.

[camden jack]

Who fucking does??

Let's throw some more stones.

[In The Margins]

Well, I do. And others here do, too.

But, apparently you don't.

Mr. Brian delete my account.

[tonywojo]

Exactly what's bullshit about it?

Sounds like someone who ls a bit fed up with the bullshit norm of modern life, the human condition, and lack of any kind of spirituality in our lives. He's basically a very traditional person, in the better sense of that word.

Grant you, the writing style is taking a bit of poetic license.

You make your own spirituality.

I think he is taking the moral high ground and looking down on anybody who is not from Liverpol, which is bollocks.

At least he's not talking shit about music as usual, churning the same nonsense out.

[camden jack]

Well, I do. And others here do, too.

But, apparently you don't.

Mr. Brian delete my account.

I'm just saying it hard for anyone to live up to their beliefs all the time.
Amazing and fantastic if you manage it.
Didn't read this as him taking a higher moral ground. I think he's well-aware of his short-comings, faults, and hypocrisy like the rest of us. If he ever forgets, he can drop by VT for a reminder.

[withahip]

Will has stated he wanted to play keyboards but everyone played guitar at the time. Is that fakery? (No.)

[Kounelaki]

He quotes Judas Priest.

[withahip]

He quotes Judas Priest.

Breaking the law
Breaking the law!

[Sick4Tunz]

Damn, why did he have to make a knock-knock joke about me? This is the second time in the same number of months he's mentioned my name publically. What did I ever do to him, other than throw a record at him, behave in a drunken manner before the stage and cheer too loudly during performances? From now on I'm standing in front of Gordy where we can both shake it during shows.

Ian's turning into one of those chrochety old men. Come to think of it, so am I.

[Dave Smith]

He quotes Judas Priest.

Wolverhampton's finest!Apart from The Mighty Lemon Drops.

[Kounelaki]

Wolverhampton's finest!Apart from The Mighty Lemon Drops.

Aren't they a Brummie band?