low budget

• bir ürünün ozellikleri kirpilmis daha ucuz sekli. düsük bütçe tipi...
• (bkz: independent film)
• the kinks'in dönemin ingiltere'sine, sosyo-politik konumuna sağlam giydiren muhteşem 1979 albümü. politik tavır alan çoğu punk grubuna ders niteliğinde olan albüm, 1979'da da bugün de.
  
  1979'un en iyilerinden ama kıymeti bilinmiyor yine tabi pek.
• punk gruplarına içerdiği parçalardaki sözlerdeki nükteleri, metaforları, politikalara ince vuruşlar içeren parçalara sahip olduğundan ders niteliğinde olan albüm. no future demekle birkaç ergenden fazlasını yakalayamazlar misal, ama sir ray davies oldukça iyi iş çıkarmış, misal;
  
  wish i could fly like superman
  
  woke up this morning, started to sneeze
  i had a cigarette and a cup of tea
  i looked in the mirror what did i see
  a nine stone weakling with knobbly knees
  i did my knees bend press ups touch my toes
  i had another sneeze and i blew my nose
  i looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest
  i had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed
  surely there must be a way
  for me to change the shape i'm in
  dissatisfied is what i am
  i want to be a better man
  
  superman superman wish i could fly like superman
  superman superman i want to be like superman
  i want to be like superman
  superman superman wish i could fly like superman
  
  woke up this morning, what did i see
  a big black cloud hanging over me
  i switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead
  the news was so bad that i fell out of bed
  there was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
  got to be a superman to survive
  gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
  i'm such a wreck but i'm staying alive
  
  [look in the paper, what do i see,
  robbery, violence, insanity.]
  
  hey girl we've got to get out of this place
  there's got to be something better than this
  i need you, but i hate to see you this way
  if i were superman then we'd fly away
  i'd really like to change the world
  and save it from the mess it's in
  i'm too weak, i'm so thin
  i'd like to fly but i can't even swim
  
  superman superman i want to fly like superman
  superman superman wish i could fly like superman
  superman superman wish i could fly like superman
  superman superman i want to be like superman
  superman superman i want to fly like superman
  
  low budget
  
  cheap is small and not too steep
  but best of all cheap is cheap
  circumstance has forced my hand
  to be a cut price person in a low budget land
  times are hard but we'll all survive
  i just got to learn to economize
  
  i'm on a low budget
  i'm on a low budget
  i'm not cheap, you understand
  i'm just a cut price person in a low budget land
  excuse my shoes they don't quite fit
  they're a special offer and they hurt me a bit
  even my trousers are giving me pain
  they were reduced in a sale so i shouldn't complain
  they squeeze me so tight so i can't take no more
  they're size 28 but i take 34
  
  i'm on a low budget
  what did you say
  i'm on a low budget
  i thought you said that
  
  i'm on a low budget
  i'm a cut price person in a low budget land
  
  i'm shopping at woolworth and low discount stores
  i'm dropping my standards so that i can buy more
  
  [quality costs, but quality wastes,
  so i'm giving up all of my expensive tastes.
  caviar and champagne are definite no's,
  i'm acquiring a taste for brown ale and cod roes ]
  
  low budget sure keeps me on my toes
  i count every penny and i watch where it goes
  we're all on our uppers we're all going skimp.
  i used to smoke cigars but now i suck polo mints
  
  i'm on a low budget
  what did you say
  yea i'm on a low budget
  i thought you said that
  i'm on a low budget
  i'm a cut price person in a low budget land
  i'm on a low budget
  low budget
  low budget
  
  art takes time, time is money
  money's scarce and that ain't funny
  millionaires are things of the past
  we're in a low budget film where nothing can last
  money's rare there's none to be found
  so don't think i'm tight if i don't buy a round
  
  i'm on a low budget
  what did you say
  yes i'm on a low budget
  i thought you said that
  i'm on a low budget
  i'm a cut price person in a low budget land
  i'm on a low budget
  say it again
  low budget
  one more time
  low budget
  
  [i look like a tramp, but don't write me off,
  i'll have you all know, i was once a toff
  at least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own,
  but everything else is on permanent loan.
  once all my clothes were made by hand,
  now i'm a cut price person in a low budget land.
  i'm on a low budget
  i'll have you all know
  we're on a low budget
  i'm on a low budget]
  
  a gallon of gas
  
  i've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac
  but now that i've got one i want to send it right back
  i can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine
  but even if i had the dough no one's got no gasoline
  
  i went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight
  he said there's a little gas going but i'd have to wait
  but he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade hash
  but a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount of cash
  
  i can score you some coke and some grade one grass
  but i can't get a gallon of gas
  i've got some downers some speed all the drugs that you need
  but i can't get a gallon of gas
  there's no more left to buy or sell
  there's no more oil left in the well
  a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
  for any amount of cash
  
  two extra verses from long version:
  i love your body-work, but you're really no use
  how can i drive you when i got no juice?
  because it's stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed
  and the highways are deserted
  and the air smells unnaturally clean.
  
  it's got power-assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor,
  but it's parked out front just like a dead dinosaur.
  and i'll be paying off the bank for 45 years or more.
  it should go 100 miles an hour,
  but it's never moved away from my door.
  
  who needs a car and a seven-forty-seven
  when you can't buy a gallon of gas
  who needs a highway, an airport or a jet
  when you can't get a gallon of gas
  there's no more left to buy or sell
  there's no more oil left in the well
  a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
  for any amount of cash
  you can't buy a gallon of gas
  
  gibi.
• political song for michael jackson to sing gibi eğitici şarkılarla - ki onu da minutemen yapmıştır - yarışamayacak albüm. hani kouya yandan yandan, geyiklice sızmış oluyorum da, dümdüz amaç belliyken belirtmemek olmazdı diye.
• sadece no future değil tabi ama sonuçta punk'ların kendilerinin en sevdiği gruplardan birinin, sex pistols'ın punk'la özdeşleştiren sloganı haline geldiği için, sex pistols'ı anarşist sanan politik tavırlı punk sevenlerin aslında bilmesini ve dinlemesini istediğim albüm. yoksa tabi ki crass olsun the ex olsun muhteşem, vurucu eserlere imza atmış mükemmel gruplar var. ama mesela sex pistols bunlardan biri değil. pistols'a vurmamın nedeni de ekmeğinin çoğunu onların yemiş olması haketmedikleri halde.
  
  zaten a&m'le anlaşmayı göze alabilen bir grubun nasıl anarşist olduğu masalarını yedi o zamanki dinleyiciler hayret. geffen o zaman olsaydı onlarla bile anlaşabilirdi kesin sex pistols, asylum'da emmylou harris, jackson browne ile falan kayda girerlerdi yan stüdyoda oh mis.
  
  yanlış anlamalara son vermek için not;
  
  anarcho-punk'lara değil lafın onlar yeterince iyiler zaten, pistols gibilerini sevmiyorum ve evet kendini farklı gösteren ve bunu bildiğim gruplara da tür ayırt etmeksizin gıcığım yapabileceğim bir şey yok :)