I Was a Teenage Anarchist
"I Was a Teenage Anarchist" is a song by the Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Against Me!, released as the first single from their 2010 album White Crosses. The single was released as a four-track digital download through various online music stores on April 6, 2010, including the additional album track "Rapid Decompression" and two B-sides from the album's sessions, "One by One" and "Bitter Divisions".[1] A 7" single was released on April 17 in conjunction with Record Store Day, with an acoustic version of "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" featuring as the B-side.[2][3]
Laura Jane Grace's response to
Rise Against writing the song "Architects" in response to "I Was a Teenage Anarchist"
I think that the song was misinterpreted by both
Tim and a lot of people. I’m not asking myself the question “Do you remember when you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire?” I’m asking the listener that question. I’m not saying that i’ve forgotten that feeling in anyway. I guess i don’t really understand Rise Against’s politics or i don’t understand the statement that ‘The revolution was a lie’, Seems to, for a lot of people, put them really up in arms. I always feel like asking the question ‘Well how the fuck wasn’t it?” Where’s the revolution man? What’s Rise Against’s revolution? What’s the revolution? Is there a revolution that, a bunch of people are gonna start coming out to their shows and make them really rich and a really big band? Because that’s been done a million fucken times before. Is the revolution that they’re gonna be poster boys for
PETA while wearing
Nike shoes? ‘Cause i don’t fucking buy into it man, I think PETA’s full of shit. I think a lot of their politics are kinda opportunistic and self serving personally.
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Music video
The music video for the song features Laura Jane Grace in traditional punk clothing running through a park being chased by a police officer, who catches and starts beating her. After a while members of a crowd that had formed attack the officer, freeing Grace. However, these members are accosted by other officers. Grace begins to run away, only to be stopped by more police officers. At the end of the video Grace is shown being put into a police car. The entire video is shot in a long take, and is entirely in slow motion.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Laura Jane Grace, all music composed by Against Me!
Download version
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| 1. | "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Rapid Decompression" | 1:43 |
| 3. | "One by One" | 3:32 |
| 4. | "Bitter Divisions" | 4:01 |
| Total length: | 12:29 |
7" version
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| 1. | "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" | 3:13 |
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| 1. | "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" (acoustic) | 3:36 |
Personnel
Band
Production
See also
References
