Song of the Day 1/26: Cheap Perfume, “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis”
Elon Musk told Germany’s far-right party that Germans should get over their guilt about that whole Holocaust thing. So here’s a message for “Misunderstood Gesture” Musk from the – gasp! – female-fronted, Denver-based punk band Cheap Perfume. “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis” appeared on the group’s LP “Burn It Down,” released in 2019 during the first Trump administration. Funny how the lyrics require no updating.
Never thought that it would happen, but now look where we are
We’d rather have a rapist than a woman in power
When we got complacent in defending our rights
The Nazis changed their names, and they’re called the alt-rightWe’ve had to say a lot of stuff
We thought was fucking obvious like
Yes, it’s okay to punch Nazis
This is why we need punk.
I mean, Musk To Germans: “Embrace your inner Nazi.”