Reconsidering Brecht

[blades_of_grass]

видел во френдленте, к сожалению, не помню у кого.


You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching, that’s where it begins

You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn, for once, the way the world is run
However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing, morals follow on

So first make sure that those who are now starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
What keeps mankind alive?

What keeps mankind alive?
The fact that millions are daily tortured
Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shriek the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

Comments

[oulitka.livejournal.com]

Пирамида Маслоу!
Кстати, картинка Петшопов сделана в виде одного из баркодов. :-)

[blades-of-grass.livejournal.com]

ага, именно она :)

[megazver.livejournal.com]

Бойзы вялые какие-то. Не от души. Уэйтс хороший. И этот вариант английского перевода мне нравится больше других.

Вот еще Брехт хороший. Боуи, Баал.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zx5exP5gyI

[blades-of-grass.livejournal.com]

спасибо за ссылку

а еще видел клип: видео от Hannibal Rising, voice of Tom Waits :) двусмысленно получилось, надо сказать.