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Consistent_Ad_4828 t1_j5zx4xe wrote

Reply to comment by necialspeeds in TIL about Wenceslao Moguel (nicknamed "The executed one"), a Mexican soldier under Pancho Villa who was sentenced to death after being captured but survived the execution by firing squad after being shot 8 times, and then once in the head as a coup de grâce. by TheMadhopper

Chumbawamba rules and it’s very funny to me that their one hit is out of step with almost their entire discography. Who knew the anarchist/socialist band who sing old Spanish Civil War songs and have a whole album of Medieval English rebel songs would have a breakout hit with “Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down)” lmao.

https://youtu.be/OA4FTIz2Zrw

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LeanMeanDrMachine t1_j60cm8r wrote

To be fair, they went from hardcore punk to anarchist rave to protest folk. So there's no real Chumbawamba sound

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KWNewyear t1_j63hlpc wrote

A similar thing happened with Warren Zevon. Most people remember him for Halloween Playlist Fodder "Werewolves of London", but had songs about serial rapists and CIA assassinations on the same album.

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