Ġenerazzjoni Ta' Meqrudin
"Ġenerazzjoni Ta' Meqrudin" is a song by the Maltese rock group Xtruppaw. Two recordings of this song have been released. The first recording is a promotional demo at their rehearsal space in Santa Venera released on their official website with Malta in 2005, and the other features as one of the tracks on Is-CD tal-iXtruppaw. This song has also been included on all the band's live sets since 2005.
Word and music
Written by Jeffrey Galea and Xtruppaw, the song captures the essence of the band's ethos through incisive observations of the ills attributed to their generation of young people. The sarcastic overview of Maltese alternative youth culture is punctured by ridiculous assertions about nightlife, drug use, drunk driving and premarital sex.
The music consists mostly of staccato distorted guitar chords set to a quasi-marching beat, leading to a driving chorus, which is repeated with slight variations making the repetition potentially less noticeable to casual listeners.
Radio airplay
Although the song has never received any airplay on Maltese radio stations, it was the very first song on the first episode of the Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast by Toni Sant.[1]
Lyrics
Kemm trid toqgħod attent meta tmur Paceville
Żomm it-tazza sew f’idek
Ma jmurx xi kurnut jitfagħlek xi joint fid-drink
U int ċuċ ma tindunax!
Jistaħbew fid-dlamijiet
Vampiri tal-barijiet
Go xi rock concert hemm ġo rokna mitluqin
Jittaqqbu bil-ħaxixa
F’xi party ikunu qed jissniffjaw l-ekstasi
U jitkagħbru ma’ l-art
Tarahom b’għajnejhom ħomor nar
Ħara mejta jsuqu d-dar
Għażżenin, maħmuġin
Skoss drugati u mdamdmin
Qatta zgħazagħ bla valuri
U mħawdin
Għajjenin, Biss tajbin
Biex jintelqu u jaħlu l-hin
“X’qed jgħidulna x’wahda din?
Ġenerazzjoni ta’ meqrudin!”
Trid tahrab minnhom dawk iż-żibel ta’ tfajliet
Ta’ nofs sidirhom barra
Ja mgħaddsa jġegħluk taghmel ħafna affarijiet
Illi mhux suppost
Jagħmlu s-sex qabel iż-żwieġ
X’għarukaza ’a qatta ħmieġ!
Għażżenin, maħmuġin
Skoss drugati u mdamdmin
Qatta zgħazagħ bla valuri
U mħawdin
Għajjenin, Biss tajbin
Biex jintelqu u jaħlu l-hin
“X’qed jgħidulna x’waħda din?
Ġenerazzjoni ta’ meqrudin!”
Tarahom b’għajnejhom ħomor nar
Ħara mejta jsuqu d-dar
Għażżenin, maħmuġin
Skoss drugati u mdamdmin
Qatta zgħazagħ bla valuri
U mħawdin
Hawn ħa naħtaf l-okkazjoni
U ngħid ‘il-kazz mhux opinjoni’
“X’qed jgħidulna x’waħda din?
Ġenerazzjoni ta’ meqrudin!”
Personnel
- Jeff Galea - guitar and lead vocals
- Noel Cuschieri - vocals
- Marvin Zammit - guitar
- Dino Mifsud Lepre - drums
- Ronald "Rex" Grech - bass
References
- ↑ Mużika Mod Ieħor - podcast 1 (19 November 2005)
External links
- Xtruppaw.com - Official Xtruppaw website
- Xtruppaw on MySpace
- Flatminds - Ġenerazzjoni Ta' Meqrudin (Xtruppaw) - Fan video on YouTube (16 January 2007)