"Holiday in Cambodia" by the Dead Kennedys.
It juxtaposes the comforts of consumerist American upper class with the struggles of war and poverty in Cambodia, and not too subtly, at that.
Lyrics:
So you been to school
For a year or two
And you know you've seen it all
In daddy's car
Thinkin' you'll go far
Back east your type don't crawl
Play ethnicky jazz
To parade your snazz
On your five grand stereo
Braggin' that you know
How the ******* feel cold
And the slums got so much soul
It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here
Brace yourself, my dear:
It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough, kid, but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack a wife
You're a star-belly sneech
You suck like a leach
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss *** while you *****
So you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you
Well you'll work harder
With a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers
Till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake
Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son:.
Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss *** or crack
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, [etc]
And it's a holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what you're told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul
Anyone know of song lyrics that the literary device juxtaposition in it?
An old Simon and Garfunkle song called Silent Night (7 O'Clock News) which was on one of their albums. It juxtaposed a beautful rendition of Silent Night with a newscast (I think a tape of the CBS news) which was talking about the Vietnam War. Very effective, but not a lyric. It was the first thing that came to mind when I read your question.
Reply:juxtaposition isn't really a very singable word
Reply:ummm.
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