Bad Religion [ft. Sage Francis]: "Let Them Eat War
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Bad Religion : "Let Them Eat War"
At first listen, "Let Them Eat War" seems to take a page from the Sum41 songbook, with an elementary bottom-string guitar riff and lumbering drums. But it regains footing when singer Greg Graffin steps in for the verses, bringing a potent melody that's evocative of Bad Religion at their best-- which says much for a band approaching its 25th anniversary. Although the lyrics are more politically focused than nearly anything in their back catalog, the track is classic by-the-numbers Bad Religion-- that is, until after the second chorus, on which Sage Francis shows up for his guest spot. (And fortunately, unlike Sum41, he doesn't try to rhyme "casualty" with "society.")
Resorting to a questionable rap/rock format could be seen as a desperate grab for more listeners, and it would be a fair assumption considering the band's late-90s slump, when they killed time filling support slots for lesser mall-punk bands and cranking out sub-par records like the appropriately titled No Substance. But Bad Religion have been on an upward curve since reverting to Epitaph from Atlantic Records, and since the return of Mr. Brett in 2002-- and shockingly, the pairing of these granddad punks with a cocky emo-rapper is seamless, as the two unite under the banner of politics.
If there's one complaint to levy at "Let Them Eat War", it's that Sage only grabs a few bars to get his point across: "Squeeze some blue collars, let them bleed from their necks/ Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat/ 'Cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it." His brief spot ends with a call-and-repose with Graffin, with Francis coughing out "feed 'em death" after each line, before Bad Religion fully reclaim the track-- if you went to update your blog, you probably missed Francis entirely. Still, it's refreshing to hear scene elders borrow a few licks from the younger set, and even if doesn't end up a soundtrack for a successful regime change, at least a few kids will be adding "deplore" to their vocabularies .