Biografía:
"A brand new, undeniably infectious, and activist pop unit." -Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio Three.
"So extremely good that it almost defies description." -Grant Hamilton, Brandon Sun.
"Bare-knuckled black comedy bordering on surrealism, diabolically sharp and intricate left-wing zingers." - Rupert Bottenberg, Montreal Mirror.
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IN BRIEF
The Consumer Goods have reached the end of their first five-year plan having established themselves as a staple of the Canadian very-indie pop scene.
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Hockey Night in Afghanada by the Consumer Goods from the album The Anti-Imperial Cabaret (2008)
http://www.theconsumergoods.net
C C/Am
332010 x20010
Capo 4 (chords are relative to capo)
G
Fuck Don Cherry! There, I said it.
F Fm C G
How long are we gonna let it be okay to turn hockey skates into
F Am G
recruitment gates for the ar__my?
C G
"Beautiful boys" on the screen,
F Fm C G
white faces shaved so smooth and clean - noble hearts in the noble arts of
F Am G
war and occupa__tion.
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about pucks in nets, skates on ice, sticks on skin that
G F G C C7
says "it's okay if some brown person loses a limb."
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about Ron MacLean, the CBC, hits from behind that
G F G C G (hold)
say "it's alright to bomb a few foreigners from the sky."
(solo)
C G F Fm
C G F Am G
C G
Fuck the anthems that celebrate the
F Fm C G
ass we kick on a foreign stage - the only "Leaf" I see is losing 6-3 and that's
F Am G
fine with me, oh I know...
C G
it seems a harmless thing as we stand and sing, but in
F Fm C G
Afghanada it's another thing. There's no peace to keep when you ride up in a jeep and you
F Am G
blow the bleep out of some children.
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about pucks in nets, skates on ice, sticks on skin that
G F G C C7
says "it's okay if some brown person loses a limb."
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about Ron MacLean, the CBC, hits from behind that
G F G C
say "it's alright to bomb a few foreigners from the sky."
http://www.theconsumergoods.net
http://www.theconsumergoods.net
C C/Am
332010 x20010
Capo 4 (chords are relative to capo)
G
Fuck Don Cherry! There, I said it.
F Fm C G
How long are we gonna let it be okay to turn hockey skates into
F Am G
recruitment gates for the ar__my?
C G
"Beautiful boys" on the screen,
F Fm C G
white faces shaved so smooth and clean - noble hearts in the noble arts of
F Am G
war and occupa__tion.
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about pucks in nets, skates on ice, sticks on skin that
G F G C C7
says "it's okay if some brown person loses a limb."
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about Ron MacLean, the CBC, hits from behind that
G F G C G (hold)
say "it's alright to bomb a few foreigners from the sky."
(solo)
C G F Fm
C G F Am G
C G
Fuck the anthems that celebrate the
F Fm C G
ass we kick on a foreign stage - the only "Leaf" I see is losing 6-3 and that's
F Am G
fine with me, oh I know...
C G
it seems a harmless thing as we stand and sing, but in
F Fm C G
Afghanada it's another thing. There's no peace to keep when you ride up in a jeep and you
F Am G
blow the bleep out of some children.
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about pucks in nets, skates on ice, sticks on skin that
G F G C C7
says "it's okay if some brown person loses a limb."
F G C C/Am Am
There's nothing about Ron MacLean, the CBC, hits from behind that
G F G C
say "it's alright to bomb a few foreigners from the sky."
http://www.theconsumergoods.net
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